could those be the smallest vst hardware hosts?

[maki]

http://www.amazon.com/Tronsmart-T428-An ... B00CK6ZRE6
http://liliputing.com/2012/11/minix-neo ... or-76.html
Correct me if I am wrong but I can easily imagine that those Adroid/Ubuntu mini pcs could be usb-connected with midi controllers. With Wine converter running vst plugins those mini pc-s has a potential to be a great, small hardware vst hosts, almost as accessories for midicontrollers!
Any attempts?

[jussi3001]

"Unfortunately since this device has a Rockchip processor there's currently no support for Linux or other non-Android operating systems."

[johnleedenver]

"Unfortunately since this device has a Rockchip processor there's currently no support for Linux or other non-Android operating systems."

Android is Linux-based and the "Rockchip processor" is simple an ARM Coretex A9 processor manufactured by Rockchip.

So the main problem here is that it is non x86 hardware. So I'd rather go for Intel Atom-based TV boxes/mini-PCs like: http://www.amazon.com/ZOTAC-Intel-Bareb ... 004WO8O9Y/
But then I'd actual get a used Atom-based netbook: http://www.amazon.com/ASUS-1000HE-10-1- ... 001QTXL82/

But to come back to the original question: no, though instead of VSTs you could run Android software, even Synth if such a thing should exist for Android.

[arakula]

Correct me if I am wrong

You are.

With Wine converter running vst plugins those mini pc-s has a potential to be a great, small hardware vst hosts, almost as accessories for midicontrollers!

You might want to read up on what that cheeky recursive acronym means: WINE Is No Emulator. It only works on Intel x86-based machines. WINE doesn't support running Windows stuff on an ARM platform; for that you'd need something like QEMU, which emulates the processor; and that comes at a cost. The emulated VST would crawl instead of flying. Are you old enough to remember the performance of a 300MHz Pentium II? Well, that's presumably much more than what you could expect from these little thingies.