Just updating in case anyone is interested.
I switched to AV Linux in the end, and Audiogridder installed with no problems. Got it working well with the plugin server running on my old Windows laptop.
But then I tried a Virtualbox VM with Win 10 (Win 11 seemed a bit unstable) connected via a 'host only' Virtualbox network. On my Thinkpad P14s I just got 24 simultaneous instances of Diva running in the VM through to Reaper in the host, buffer 128, 3ms latency, with no dropouts (the audio hardware is the laptop's integrated, on ALSA). That's pleasing as it's not massively lower than what I would get with just Reaper in Linux (which, by the way, is consistently 10-15% better than what Windows 11 manages on the same hardware).
So it looks like I will be able to persevere with the Linux system for music, and perhaps not need the fallback of a second machine for occasional Windows needs..
Statistics: Posted by Quaylebeast — Fri Jan 12, 2024 1:14 pm