Vst pluggins and rewire

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sps1
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Vst pluggins and rewire

Post by sps1 » Wed Aug 25, 2004 5:58 pm

Do vst pluggins stop working when Live is rewired into Protools? I am having trouble getting them to open up when rewired but not when Live is opened up by itself, why?

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I believe...

Post by gaspode » Wed Aug 25, 2004 6:04 pm

that vst/vsti fx are not supported while live is rewired.

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Post by sps1 » Wed Aug 25, 2004 8:18 pm

damn :?

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Post by audiofarm » Thu Aug 26, 2004 11:43 am

Does anybody know why? Is there a technical reason?

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Post by Frank Hoffmann » Thu Aug 26, 2004 12:55 pm

Yes, there is a technical reason. When in Rewire Slave mode, the Live GUI and the Live Audio Engine (DSP) run in two different processes. The User Interface and the DSP code in a VST and Audio Unit plug-in are tightly connected and the standards are not designed to allow inter process communication.

It is not that it is impossible to achieve, but it is really difficult and requires a lot of work.

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