If you’ve ever wanted to run Windows VST plugins on Mac OS X, check out Plugwire. Setup is a little complex, but details instructions are provided
Plugwire is a free download.
If you’ve tried Plugwire, leave a comment with your thoughts on it!
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Finally!!! Great!
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This is amazing news for OSX DAW users.
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Nope, it’s actually easier to download a free VST than to buy a whole new computer.
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Alright, find me a 300$ i5, 4GB Ram, 500GB hard drive, intel HD4000 computer with 64 bit windows(all brand new)+ printer + monitor!
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The current Mac Mini costs 629€@Apple Store. Very easy to match, even with an SSD, 24′ Monitor and printer. The PC itself with I5 3330 (3Ghz Quad), 8GB Ram, 120GB SSD, Mikro-ATX MB, Modular-PSU and Case is 425€. Only quality components and no cheap crap. The ideal Hackintosh if you like to and quite expandable with anything you like.
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Good! some nice free VST’s are only for windows, now we have on our Mac’s!
Thank You.
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Meh – pretty much the only things that aren’t available on Macs are that hundreds of synthedit synths.
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Is that all you know about VST’s? Have you ever seen what people do for the KVR Developper’s Challenge for example?
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The only one that looked very interesting this year was orchestra one.
There are surely some good Windows-only VSTs, but I haven’t seen anything that is worth kludging around with.
Still – kudos to the developer. This will probably be useful to people, especially if they’ve been jealous of the freeware that’s available for Windows.
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there are several amazing vsts which are pc only. i will not name them.
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“there are several amazing vsts which are pc only. i will not name them.”
So amazing that it’s hard to remember their names.
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if only there was a windows only vst that i actually wanted to use, heh.
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How about an app that lets us run Mac effects and instruments on our PCs?
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http://www.audioimpressions.com/overview/audioportuniversal
lets you use a pc as a sampler/instrument to go into another pc or mac.
also check out the following vids
http://youtu.be/IduSwkSUads
http://youtu.be/mvyTJaIvzlY
http://youtu.be/c-WqGgh6PE0
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another link with a vid about AudioPort™ Universal by Audio Impressions
http://www.sonicstate.com/news/2009/01/26/wnamm09-32-audio-channels-over-etherne-for-pc-and-mac/
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Game over
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*setup is a little complex*
No kidding….plus one of the elements in the install is only a 30 day trial…..
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Great news! I often check Music Radar’s updates on new and free VSTs. Needless to say it featured most of the time Windows only products, as there seems to be an increasing interest for Windows from the developers (big and small). So I’m happy I can run some interesting VSTs like Illformed’s Glitch or ToneByte’s Bleep.
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“No good windows plugs”‘ are you people crazy? This will be worth using for the G-sonique plugins alone, and I’m sure there’s plenty of others I can’t remember. Of course we’d all prefer if developers would make proper cross platform versions, but this will be helpful in the meantime until some of these smaller developers can hire an OSX coder.
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“I’m sure there’s plenty of others I can’t remember. ”
Exactly – there are a lot of PC-only VSTs, but not a lot that are very memorable.
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So “memorable” isn’t good enough for you, it has to be “very memorable”?
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Great idea, but the clunky handling of the plugin(s) will disrupt my workflow. It’s free though. Sort of. Was it 30 days for the trial of one of the programs?
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I agree this is not intuitive, but its only the first version, I guess it can only get better with time.
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Quick, someone sample the sound of people’s panties getting in a knot! Dubstep is crying out for that! There are a few things I would like to at least demo, such as a few of H. G. Fortune’s cool synths, but so much is cross-platform now, this app doesn’t pass the cost/benefit analysis for me. If you know enough about synth programming, you don’t have to pile things up. Between the easily-tweaked player-libraries of several types and powerhouse plugs like MiniMonsta, you can cover pretty much Everything readily. I can live without this one and I don’t use Bootcamp, either; Windows has cooties. I would not fault anyone who took the plunge if it fired their imagination. I simply wonder why a Mac user would feel the need.
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looks as easy as hand-spicing dna.
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I might have to see if I can get pSoft’s Void synth working on my my Mac.
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Its not an app. Its a workflow setup. Please correct the title. It’s misleading.
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