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-title: Using Windows VST Plugins on Linux
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-<p>
-  Thanks to the combined work of Torben Hohn, Kjetil Mattheusen, Paul
-  Davis and a few other developers, it is possible to use Windows 
-  <dfn><abbr title="Virtual Studio Technology">VST</abbr>
-  plugins</dfn> (that is, plugins in VST format built and distributed 
-  for the Windows platforms) on Ardour running on Linux. (Note: there 
-  is no VST support of any kind on OS X).
-</p>
-
-<p>However, doing so has three substantial downsides:</p>
-<ul>
-  <li>It requires a special build of Ardour that is fundamentally 
-  very different from normal builds.</li>
-  <li>Support depends on <a href="http://winehq.org/">Wine</a>,
-  a Windows "emulator".</li>
-  <li>As usual with plugins, a crashing plugin will take Ardour down 
-  with it. And crashes in Windows VST plugins are more likely when 
-  used in this way.</li>
-</ul>
-
-<p>The dependence on Wine makes it almost impossible for the Ardour
-project to support this feature. Wine's functionality generally
-improves over time, but any given release of Wine may behave worse
-with some or all Windows VST plugins. It may even just crash Ardour
-completely.</p>
-
-<p>Step back and think about what "using Windows VSTs" really means:
-taking bits of software written with only one idea in mind - running
-on the Windows platform - and then trying to use them on an entirely
-different platform. It is a bit of a miracle (largely thanks to the
-incredible work done by the Wine project) that it works at all. But is
-this the basis of a stable, reliable DAW for a non-Windows platform?
-Getting Ardour on Linux to pretend that its really a Windows
-application running on Windows?</p>
-
-<p>We understand that there are many outstanding plugins available as
-Windows VSTs and that in many cases, no equivalent is available for
-Ardour's Linux-based users. If your workflow is so dependent on those
-plugins, then remain on Windows (or potentially consider using an
-actual Windows VST host running inside of Wine). If you can make the
-effort, you will get a better environment by using a normal build of
-Ardour and exploring the world of plugins built to run on Linux
-natively. This covers LADSPA, LV2 and Linux VST formats, and even some
-outstanding proprietary plugins such as those
-from <a href="http://www.linuxdsp.co.uk/">LinuxDSP</a>
-and <a href="http://www.loomer.co.uk/">Loomer</a>.
-</p>
-
-<h2>A Plea To Plugin Manufacturers</h2>
-<p>
-  Please consider porting your plugins so that users can enjoy them on
-  Linux too. Several other commercial plugin developers have already
-  done this. You can choose between using "Linux VST" (which is what
-  Loomer and others have done) - you will find toolkits like JUCE that
-  help to make this fairly easy - or using LV2 format which is
-  ultimately more flexible but probably more work. We have users -
-  thousands of users - on Linux who would like to use your plugins. 
-</p>