Instruments • Re: Waldorf MicroWave as a plugin?

If Waldorf do bring this out as a plugin I guess they may not turn a blind eye to Vavra in future

The motorolla emulator is perfectly legal , as longs as it's not supplied with the microwave dsp found in the rom file
Which is currently still available on waldorf's site
https://waldorfmusic.com/legacy-microwa ... tk-series/

I know but other companies have pursued developers of plugin emulations before on less grounds eg Roland used to do it all the time

Nintendo did this recently as well. Even if the process itself seems legal, very few people are able to shoulder the legal fees that can quickly pile up and, while they may not be able to remove all traces of the code on the internet, they can make it exceedingly difficult to organize any kind of project around the code.

Nope.
Nintendo were only successful and had any chance of doing anything because the developers of said emulator gave instruction on how to run Nintendo software.
There are two key differences here.
1 These developers flat out refuse to show how to do anything with their emulator.
2 They emulate a chipset, not an entire device, yes you can download it with a name and GUI etc, but the developers only make an emulator of a set of chips.
It is also worth noting that emulation has been given more of a steady footing since the last case where it is now legal for emulators to be on app stores, in fact it is illegal to stop them being on app stores.
It is uncertain that Nintendo will ever have that footing again to do what they so often do (Everybody is keeping an eye on the Mig, to see how that pans out)

Statistics: Posted by bungle — Mon Jul 29, 2024 4:13 pm

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