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je-8086 into full wet OTO BIM & a little CXM 1978

By scottux on March 22, 2026 9:53 pm

hot warbles ensue.

I was playing around with the jp-8080 emulator situation from The Usual Suspects and it rules.

Only tangentially related, I am trying to figure out how to run a windows vst on mac (some kinda wine or similar situation? maybe?) so I can use the Emulator X plugin to get at some sounds they have on there for a project I'm trying to do to write songs using only the sounds they used on the Metroid Prime soundtrack. I have a microkorg and I have the je-8086 and I think the emulator x has the remaining sounds I'm after. The vst is very available on websites, it's just a matter of somehow getting it to run on mac. I wish there was a method for running windows vsts on mac that was well understood and documented. I imagine there's a way to accomplish this, I have no doubt it's _possible_, it's just that I have many doubt it's already been done and documented enough that I can figure it out for my purposes. I do imagine there's alternatives I can seek to get my Emulator X patches running in something similarly emulatory, but the source would've been nice.

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March 23, 2026 12:19 am

levelcapybara

I am SO here for Metroid Prime a la Scottux! In the meantime, this is such a beautiful piece. The light and tasteful distortion is fantastic. 😊

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April 10, 2026 3:29 pm

embix

Nice atmospheric soundtrack. Also kinda envy you, je-8086 runs on your machine. Mine isn't beefy enough but will have to do, until RAM prices go back to sane levels.

As for running Windows vsts on Mac, I don't have a clue. I'd probably try a workaround running a Reaper (or your DAW of choice) instance on windows, one on Mac and connecting them with sonobus to scrape the audio. That's probably too painful, to really get in the flow, but may be worth a try if you're desperate.

see: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NVXcZWALxrU or https://sonobus.net/sonobus_userguide.html

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April 10, 2026 8:24 pm

scottux

embix wrote:

Nice atmospheric soundtrack. Also kinda envy you, je-8086 runs on your machine. Mine isn't beefy enough but will have to do, until RAM prices go back to sane levels.

As for running Windows vsts on Mac, I don't have a clue. I'd probably try a workaround running a Reaper (or your DAW of choice) instance on windows, one on Mac and connecting them with sonobus to scrape the audio. That's probably too painful, to really get in the flow, but may be worth a try if you're desperate.

see: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NVXcZWALxrU or https://sonobus.net/sonobus_userguide.html


sonobus is actually not a bad call, esp since it's all running on my local network. Might be worth a shot actually! Thank you!

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