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  • Wormhole 2 Now Open Source!!!!

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    Hey great news.  Plasq Wormhole 2 is now i) FREE and ii) Open Source. 

    http://code.google.com/p/wormhole2/

    They are also looking for a new project leader.  Now why don't the guys at VSL help out.  VSL cries out for something like wormhole 2.

    Come on guys, this would be a great opportunity.

    Tim
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    I don't think that VSL cries out for Wormhole. I may be wrong, but I see no benefit for me in this. Care to elaborate?

    DG
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    Hi DG,

    For OSX users where we don't have the benefits of FXTeleport (and it looks like we probably never will judging by Max's lack of input on his own website) an Audio Over Lan solution is ideal for VE.  And wormhole could well be the solution.  I use it fairly successfully today although it does require the odd reset every now and then.  It's a far cheaper and more elegant solution than having too spend $/£s on multiple adat devices just so you can slave other mac's. 

    Personally I'm all for Wormhole's continued development and imagine if they built Audio Over Lan functionality into the VE that could also be cross platform!  Plus VSL have the experience of AU/VST and even RTAS development plus access to the Steinberg VST SDK I'd think it would be a great opportunity.

    Tim
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    @timkiel said:

    Hi DG,

    For OSX users where we don't have the benefits of FXTeleport (and it looks like we probably never will judging by Max's lack of input on his own website) an Audio Over Lan solution is ideal for VE.  And wormhole could well be the solution.  I use it fairly successfully today although it does require the odd reset every now and then.  It's a far cheaper and more elegant solution than having too spend $/£s on multiple adat devices just so you can slave other mac's. 

    Personally I'm all for Wormhole's continued development and imagine if they built Audio Over Lan functionality into the VE that could also be cross platform!  Plus VSL have the experience of AU/VST and even RTAS development plus access to the Steinberg VST SDK I'd think it would be a great opportunity.

    Tim

    Ah, I see. Personally I don't think that VSL should spend all the resources it would take, just for the benefit of Mac users, particularly if it only worked with VSL products. It make more sense for Apple to develop it, as Windows users have no need for it.

    The other thing to remember is that we are now approaching an era where multiple machines are no longer needed. Where I think that VSL could benefit is by developing a virtual MIDI and audio cable to go with VE, so that when projects are re-loaded, the samples could remain in a kind of standalone. I have my own fix for this, but an official one would be good. this would benefit Mac users greatly, as AFAIK they are still having to use multiple standalones to use the full extent of their memory.

    DG
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    Tim: I agree. Wormhole could be cross platform and an alternative to FX Teleport for Windows users. FX Teleport for Macs has, so far, been vaporware and now the there seem to be increasing questions regard continued development of FX Teleport for Windows (see the FX Teleport forums). While use of multiple machines may be declining, it seems likely to continue on a smaller scale (i.e.with fewer slave machines) as there are questions of processing power as well as RAM capacity. As to whether VSL should develop Wormhole, well one could have argued that there was no need for Vienna Ensemble as there are many DAWs available as hosts. (Logic even has what seems something like a plugin equivalent (the Direction Mixer) to "Power Panning." Yet I think we are all glad that they chose to develop it.
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    The advantage of VE has nothing to do with power panning, as all modern DAWs already do this without a need for a plugin, but using the memory outside of the DAW, whilst still being a VSTi has made all the difference to me. This is not available elsewhere AFAIK.

    I still think that Apple should incorporate Wormhole into their operating system, and this might start to make Macs look more attractive to people like me.

    DG