On Thu, 2004-04-29 at 16:19, Malcolm Baldridge wrote: > Quoting Russell Hanaghan <hanaghan@xxxxxxxxxxxx>: > > > 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. > > I don't know how mature or usable vmWare's audio "emulation" is, but have > you guys tried or considered using vmWare to run the Windows-side software? > It's only a "hardware" emulator - the CPU stuff runs at 90-95% full speed. Think I used 4.0 when it first came out...Only worked as a 500mhz virtual machine on a 650mhz box. I would think the latency and extra layers of "stuff" would be hard to live with on a DAW where resources and latency are king?? I could be wrong...I have been wrong before...lot's! :) > > I've used it very effectively on server consolidations and to eliminate the > random flake-factors of running Wintendo. > > =MB=