New Octamed V2 ( PC version ) to support VST's

[hooligan]

If true, I wonder how that would work in a tracker? either way it would be a cool modern thing to have available in a tracker?

I use Renoise daily basis and the VST's in it work fabulous. Sad to say Renoise wipes the floors with SoundStudio, its way way WAY more advanced not to mention its free of charge.

[hooligan]

if comes to tracker on pc then its reason. reason has vst support too since ages, got excellent sound quality, amiga mode, a wonderful gui - its the best tracker of all time (got mac osx version, even ppc, i've played with it on my peg with the help of mol). i can even use it to boost my old digibooster modules (save them in xm with digi). its not freeware duh but cheap and worth the money 100%. a must have for tracker users.

Reason doesnt support VSTs itself, but only through ReWire (unless this has suddenly changed). Also its gui sucks, its not a tracker and definetely not cheap (500 euros, I believe?)

[hooligan]

Even the diskwriting can be done via a VST so if you really dont want you dont have to pay. 50eur for such quality software is peanuts though. You can still compose without limitations and save your songs, so I consider it free.