GMaq wrote:
I understand the 'comfort' of moving into Linux with a known plugin format but unfortunately Windows VST support is at best a curiosity and at it's worst full of hollow promises.
Last night I had Hydrogen, Drumcore, and Kitcore all being played by a hardware sequencer,
3 separate drumkits, so 3 unique drum-samples on each beat, processed both clean, and through Rakarrack, with Rez2 and Synth1 providing muzak, and the lot recorded live with Timemachine.
Drumcore, Kitcore, Rez, and Synth1 vsts were all hosted in Reaper, and Qjackctl routing
is pretty simple. I put hydrogen, Rakarrack and reaper on separate desktops to avoid clutter.
It is almost 2012. The future done got here early
There is an ocean of vsts out there that work fine in Reaper, which works fine in most linux/wine installations. The Reaper forum has some useful threads of success stories.
Lots of musicians, especially those with money, are agnostic regarding plugin formats and operating systems, just wanting to maximize use of the computer and audio interface they paid good money for, to play and record enjoyable, or commercially successful music.
I also wish you a giant paella (or your favorite feast) and beach trip. AVLinux is full of
fixes and enhancements that remove the headaches and gotchas most often encountered
by musicians new or experienced, to linux. A massive undertaking, and labor of love, to be sure
.
