Here's a fully-fledged ASIO host that loads VST plug-ins (instruments & effects).

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MiniHost is a powerful and full-fledged ASIO host that loads a VST plugin (instrument or effect) and processes it in realtime. It offers many features that similar programs don't have. Here are just some of them:

• send MIDI data to VST plugins from external MIDI inputs, a resizable virtual MIDI keyboard, the computer keyboard or MIDI files
• process ASIO inputs or a WAV file
• record audio output to WAV (16 and 32 bit)
• browse through the presets
• included preset manager, allows easy organisation of all presets
• included preset randomizer with script support and mutate option
• drag n' drop support
• support for VST MIDI plugins that generate MIDI data
• much much more.

• opening multiple WAV/MID files at once is now possible
• preset switching improved
• drag n' drop of multiple files now works
• improved unloading of ASIO driver
• preset names updated after bank load now works correctly
• support for removable (USB/FW) ASIO cards
• ASIO component code optimized for AMD CPUs, thanks to Christian Budde
• support for French AZERTY computer keyboard layout
• manual updated
• various other bugfixes and improvements.