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> On 5 okt 2006, at 01.12, Krispen Hartung wrote: > >> Two things, on the wishlist...converting a PC VST to a MAC VST, >> doesn't someone make an app that will make a pc VST work on a mac? >> I used to have a program that converted VST to RTAS, etc. Very good questions! I'm not skilled in programming myself, so I asked Angus F. Hewlett because his company, FXpansion, makes the best converters between plug-in formats run on the same platform. Below you'll find his excellent answer (quoted with his permission). Per >> Per Boysen wrote: >> >>> Are there any plans for wrapping a Windows VST to work in a host on >>> an Intel Mac? >>> >>> If that was possible, in OSX, I know it would be useful to many >>> musicians, including myself. > On 5 okt 2006, at 01.50, Angus F. Hewlett wrote: > >> If it was possible, we'd be on the case. >> >> Three problems:- >> >> --> WINE (the supporting technology that allows Windows apps to >> run on >> Linux or OSX) is GPL open source.. as such it's hard to sell software >> based on it. Codeweavers are able to do so because they struck some >> kind >> of deal with the main Wine developers (in fact, as I understand it, a >> lot of the Wine devs work for Codeweavers). >> >> --> WINE wraps from Windows to the 'X Window' API (for those that >> don't >> know, X Window is the GUI and windowing system used by many Unix >> systems). Whilst OS X does support XWindow, it doesn't really >> allow it >> to be integrated in to apps using OS X's native windowing >> technologies >> (Quartz, Quickdraw, Carbon, Cocoa etc.). There is a driver that >> allows >> WINE to talk directly to Quartz, but it's very immature and buggy >> - it >> won't be stable enough for commercial software any time soon. >> >> --> Even if those obstacles were to be overcome, there is the issue >> that >> WINE's Windows-compatibility is not 100%.. with an unpatched WINE >> app, >> probably 80% of VSTs (generally smaller and simpler ones) will work >> OK. >> With a heavily patched WINE, it's possible to do a lot better -- but >> Muse Research (makers of Receptor) have had good engineers working on >> this problem for years and are still only up around the 95% mark. >> That's >> plenty good enough for Linux users, or for a preinstalled/approved >> kinda >> system like Receptor.. however it's my impression that 'works' means >> something rather different to OS X users compared to Linux users.. >> 80% >> compatibility is nowhere near good enough for a commercial OS X >> software. >> >> Hope this helps, >> Angus. >> >> Greetings from Sweden Per Boysen www.boysen.se (Swedish) www.looproom.com (international) http://tinyurl.com/fauvm (podcast) http://www.myspace.com/looproom