CakeAlexSHere
sharke
I'm baffled by all of this trouble just to use some ancient dx plugins that could easily be replaced by free equivalents that are probably better in every way.
Jeeze why am I always agreeing with you.. exactly.. time to move on.. there's a billion out there this is ancient tech and who knows when it will stop working. It's certainly not supported in any way.
As a rule I try to stay away from anything that is built on the x86 framework, anything that has been discontinued, and anything that even appears half baked. As a rule. It just makes my life in the studio simpler.
But there are a couple reasons to try to salvage plugins that fall into one or more of those categories:
1) they exist in old projects, and for some reason I need to briefly revisit that old project, and I don't want to spend time swapping plugins.
2) the old plugin has a feature that I have not yet found in a current plugin. Examples, for me, would include NI Vokator and Spektral Delay, and yeah, the danged Sonitus delay.
That doesn't mean I would stop my hunt for replacements, I'd dearly love to have a 100% x64/VST(3) system, but there are reasons to keep the dinosaurs, at least for a little while longer!
Now I've found a decent work-around for x86 VST instruments - VEPro has an x86 server that does a very nice job of hosting the older instruments. I suppose I should try it with old processors now?