On Thu, 2004-04-29 at 14:50, Mark Knecht wrote: > jdd wrote: > > Mark Knecht wrote: > > > >> Hi, > >> Sorry, but a very non-linux question. > >> > >> I wonder if anyone here can say anyting about how the Windows > >> version of Audacity works? Is it stable? Does the VST enabler work? Is > >> it stable? Does it only provide for audio suite/non-realtime operation > >> on Audacity Audio, or does it allow Audacity to become a VSti platform > >> of any type? > >> > >> Thanks in advance, > >> Mark > >> > >> > > I'm not sure of what you mean about "VST station", but I do multitrack > > (sequencial) recording with audacity windows (my game theater card is > > not so well recognised by linux, alas) > > > > when recording the second track, there is a small (1/100s?) delay > > between the first track and the new recorded one, but this is easily > > corrected manually by shifting the second one. > > > > jdd > > > > jdd, > Sorry I wasn't that clear. When I first worte I was wondering if > Audacity handles VSTi's as opposed to just VST's. I don't want to record > using Audacity. I was wondering if Audacity could serve as a simple VSTi > host. From further reading I think it won't. > > I'm currently using Pro Tools under Win XP on one machine and on > another I use Acid Pro under Win ME to host VSTi's. Acid accepts MIDI > input, for instance, and generates audio output using it's own Tempo > sync. I then fly the audio back to Pro Tools to record. > > Since writing the first message here I Spent some time looking at > the Audacity-help archives. I think I won't even bother loading > Audacity. It appear the community is not very helpful. It looks like > fewer than 20% of the requests there get even a single response. I did > better here getting 3 responses than anyone has there in the month of > April! ;-) > > Thanks for all the response, even Russell's! ;-) As I said...Just here to halp! If I can't help with Linux probs I can provide comic relief eh? :) > > Off to find a more simple VSTi platform for my system. Sorry, but > I'm just not up to loading a 4th version of Wine so that I can attempt > to do this under Linux. I currently have 3 Wine versions running. I wish > these Wine guys would converge, or the Linux VST Server project would > choose a release that these other major projects are using. Don't blame you here...I went looking for ANY other possibility than Wine and Vst server...I have about a million vst plugs and the last time I tried to run VSTserver, my wife left, the house caught on fire, I kicked the dog, etc, etc, etc. R~ > > Cheers, > Mark
