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).
+ for the Windows platforms) on Ardour running on Linux.
</p>
<p>However, doing so has three <em>substantial</em> downsides:</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
+ different platform. It is a bit of a miracle (thanks largely 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