On Wednesday 24 October 2012 15:37:31 Patrick Shirkey did opine: > On Thu, October 25, 2012 5:16 am, Kaza Kore wrote: > >> Date: Tue, 23 Oct 2012 20:57:10 -0700 > >> From: len@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > >> To: looplog@xxxxxxxxx > >> CC: linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > >> Subject: Re: Fairlight > >> > >> On Tue, October 23, 2012 8:14 pm, michael noble wrote: > >> > This hasn't come up on list yet. It seems Fairlight's new flagship > >> > workstations are Linux based: > >> > > >> > http://au.fairlight.com.au/product/quantum/technical/ > >> > >> And yet "Full integration of VST plug-ins and instruments". I suppose > >> that > >> could be "full integration of the ones that work". > >> > >> It would be interesting to find out more. > >> > >> Not that I have any VST plug-ins to play with :) > > > > The Lionstracs I mentioned in the other mail also states the same. > > Probably more related in this discussion. > > > > " > > Beyond Standards > > > > Virtual instruments and effects that you are used to from the > > > > studio, should not be missing on the road. Copy your VST plugins from > > > > MS Windows onto your instrument and load them with the dedicated VST > > control interface, directly from the touchscreen. > > > > Analogue to any other sound engine in your instrument, your > > > > VSTi plugins are assigned to the instrument's patch selector pads, > > allowing to switch among your VST instruments quckly during your live > > performance. > > > > Besides the virtual instruments, you can assign a chain of > > > > VST effect plugins to each instrument. When switching among your VST > > instruments, the respective chains of VST effects are automatically > > restored along to the virtual instrument." > > and also ASIO applications from Windows: > > " > > Windows ASIO applications > > > > Even though the Lionstracs instruments are not MS Windows > > > > computers, they can host all your Windows audio applications for you. > > This is especially handy for virtual studio tools that are not > > available > > > > as VST plugins. Thanks to an efficient implementation of the ASIO > > audio interface standard, your ASIO applications can even reach > > lower > > > > latencies on the Groove OS than under MS Windows. > > > > Each Lionstracs instrument provides 10 ASIO app hosts, that > > > > is you can run up to ten Windows ASIO apps simultaniously and > > immediately switch among them during live performance with the > > instrument selector pads on the touch screen and by the sound selector > > buttons on the chassis. All MIDI and audio connections to your ASIO > > application are automatically established by the Groove OS for you, so > > your favourite Windows audio applications are automaticallly, > > seamlessly > > > > integrated into the overall system of your Lionstracs instrument, > > > > allowing them to utilize all features of your Lionstracs instrument, > > e.g. applying the builtin audio effects. > > > > Integrating another Windows ASIO application in your > > > > instrument, doesn't need more than copying the software onto your > > instrument and selecting the executable (.exe) file from the dedicated > > ASIO control interface, again directly by the integrated touchscreen." > > From: http://www.lionstracs.com/groove/ > > Surely there is no way they can truly claim to be able to handle all > > and everything when nobody else seems to have managed that at home. > > Leaving themselves open for lawsuits of false advertising?? > > Are there any people or companies that would undertake a lawsuit over > this claim? > > If that was the case 90% of music hardware advertising in the past 30 > years would be liable for action because of exaggerated claims. > > Or to put it another way the bar for marketing BS in the audio hardware > and software industry has been set pretty high by other companies over > the past 30 years or so why point the finger at companies that claim to > provide full support for VST plugins on Linux based systems? > While I'm 100% in agreement Patrick, I'll have to confess that my first thought was the question of a GPL violation. Fairlight or Farlight has if my memory can be trusted, a rep for keeping their code locked well away from prying eyes even when it was running on some M68k hardware that looked a lot like a big box amiga. I'll get me coat... > > -- > Patrick Shirkey > Boost Hardware Ltd > _______________________________________________ > Linux-audio-user mailing list > Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user Cheers, Gene -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) My web page: <http://coyoteden.dyndns-free.com:85/gene> is up! It would be illogical to assume that all conditions remain stable. -- Spock, "The Enterprise Incident", stardate 5027.3 _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user
