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.
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<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
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
+ ultimately more flexible but probably requires more work. We have
users—thousands of users—on Linux who would like to use your
plugins.
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