Zebra stand-alone wrapper?

[tribalogical]

Hi Urs,

As if you haven't already got enough on your plate....

Gmedia recently released a "wrapped" version of their impOSCar AU plug... (rather, it requires the AU version to work). It let's you run impOSCar stand-alone on the desktop. It has some limitations, but I've been using it regularly since it became available, and I love it! (it's one of the great strengths of the NI plugs too, they all run stand-alone.)

Anyway, my question: could you consider doing something similar for the Zebra? I'd love to be able to program patches, play, jam, etc. with the Zebra sans-host... (I know, there's Rax, or Bidule, but those tend to complicates matters...).

A humble suggestion/request!

peace,
tribalogical

[Urs]

Hiya trib,

yeah, that might become possible, at least on the Mac.

I have some very weird ideas anyway. But first of all there's only the Win port that counts.

We'll see...

Cheers,

Urs

[tribalogical]

hey, thanks Urs...

well, keep this one in mind... it would be a nice little add-on to the 'package'.

FYI (you probably already know this but, just in case): Gmedia is apparently using FXpansion's "CarbonAUHost" for the stand-alone environment... when you run impOSCar stand-alone, the app-name showing is actually CarbonAUHost... version 0.1 btw...

peace,
tribalogical

[Angus_FX]

FYI, the version of CarbonAUhost that comes with ImpOSCar can be tweaked to run Zebra (or any other AU instrument). You'll have to figure out how for yourself though

Clue: ctrl+click on an application may well reveal secrets.

[tribalogical]

cool...

hey, well, maybe you and Urs can get together and tweak it into submission...?

I can get it to load & play stand-alone, but most of the tabs and drop-downs don't seem to work... which means limited patch editing and no patch selection... darn! something I'm missing?

So close, and yet...

thanks for the tip Angus!

peace,
tribalogical

[kodama]

There was a beta of Rax for a long time that was a free AU host (and much simpler), also there is a Pluggo Based VSTi host that ships with the Computer Music CD.

[tribalogical]

yeah, plug-hosts aplenty... I suppose I could use the "middle man"...

I like the idea of stand-alone instrument plugs (ala NI's stuff)... one less step, one less layer, no host required... just click and go, I love that!

Is there still a decent free plug-host option available? 'Decent' meaning rock-solid and reliable?

peace,
tribalogical

[the8bitdeity]

RAX will host 1 Instrument in the free version. If you register it hosts more.

[Urs]

Is there still a decent free plug-host option available? 'Decent' meaning rock-solid and reliable?

Numerology demo would do the trick as well. Hasn't crashed on us during Musikmesse.

Urs

[beej]

FYI, the version of CarbonAUhost that comes with ImpOSCar can be tweaked to run Zebra (or any other AU instrument). You'll have to figure out how for yourself though

Clue: ctrl+click on an application may well reveal secrets.

Nice! I now have Zebra and impOSCar running in it standalone. Cool!

Edit: Hmm, Zebra is flaky under this - some controls work but many don't. Oh well, nice try!