Syntheway's VST plug-ins is now also supported under Linux Operating System 

Linux Requirements:

• - JACK : 0.100.0 or above (http://jackit.sourceforge.net)

• - Wine : preferably 1.0 or above (many older versions will work too) (http://www.winehq.org/)

• - FST : 1.7 or above (http://joebutton.co.uk/fst/)

JACK is a low-latency audio server, written for POSIX conformant operating systems such as GNU/Linux and Apple's OS X. It can connect a number of different applications to an audio device, as well as allowing them to share audio between themselves. Its clients can run in their own processes (ie. as normal applications), or can they can run within the JACK server (ie. as a "plugin").

Wine is free software. The licensing terms are the GNU Lesser General Public License.

http://jackit.sourceforge.net

Wine is an Open Source implementation of the Windows API on top of X and Unix.

More information can be read in the articles Why Wine is so important, and Debunking Wine Myths.

http://www.winehq.org

FST is a program by which uses Wine, Jack and Steinberg's VST Audio Plug-Ins SDK to enable the use of many VST audio plugins under Gnu/Linux.

http://joebutton.co.uk/fst/

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http://www.linux.org

Ardour The New Digital Audio Workstation

A multichannel digital audio workstation for Linux.

Ardour is a digital audio workstation. You can use it to record, edit and mix multi-track audio. Produce your own CD's. Mix video soundtracks. Experiment with new ideas about music and sound. Generate sound installations for 12 speaker gallery shows.

Ardour capabilities include: multichannel recording, non-linear, non-destructive region based editing with unlimited undo/redo, full automation support, a mixer whose capabilities rival high end hardware consoles, lots of plugins to warp, shift and shape your music, and controllable from hardware control surfaces at the same time as it syncs to timecode. If you've been looking for a tool similar to ProTools, Nuendo, Cubase SX, Digital Performer, Samplitude or Sequoia, you might have found it.

http://ardour.org

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Forums:

http://www.nabble.com/Syntheway-VST-plugins-for-Linux-t3645027.html

http://linux-audio-music.blogspot.com/2007/06/syntheway.html

http://www.linuxelectrons.com/news/application/11298/syntheway-announces-

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Linux Journal

The Original Monthly Magazine of the Linux Community

Something's Happening Here By Dave Phillips

It's a relaxed entry this time, an update on some recent happenings in the Linux audio world. Without further preamble, let's take a look at some of the good things going on there.

(Syntheway Magnus Choir VST plugin hosted by FST 1.8)

Dave Phillips excellent tutorial "Using VST/VSTi Plugins In Linux"

Syntheway Magnus Choir running with FST (Image courtesy Dave_Phillips)

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http://linuxaudio.org/

Linuxaudio.org is a not-for-profit consortium of libre software projects and artists, companies, institutions, organizations, and hardware vendors using Linux kernel-based systems and allied libre software for audio-related work, with an emphasis on professional tools for the music, production, recording, and broadcast industries