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VSTHost v1.46
File Size
560 KB
License
Open Source (All Free software)
License Conditions
N/A
System Requirements
-
Date Added
2009-10-23
Software Description
VSTHost is a demonstrational Windows program written in order to comprehend the inner workings of VST plugins. VSTHost is capable of:
- loading VST effects (aka "plugins")
- parameterizing / editing them
- sound output for VSTis
- MIDI-input and -output
- loading / saving .fxb files
The important part of the program is an implementation of a VST host in form of 2 classes:
CVSTHost
This implements the audio callback needed by an effect plugin as a neatly encapsulated VST host class. This is practically platform-independent code. The few platform-specific things are encapsulated in...
Ceffect
This encapsulates a VST effect, as loaded by the VST host. This class isn't fully complete - since I don't have a Mac, I've only included the Windows code.
New in v1.46
- Can play .mp3 files (using external mpg123 package - see VSTHost documentation for details).
- Lots of bug fixes and internal changes as usual. Since it's been nearly two years since the last official update, there are many.
- Experimental VST3 support.
- Experimental VST Module Architecture support.
- MIDI filtering and transformations have been expanded and made much more flexible.
- Speaker configuration can be done for plug-ins that support it.
- Audio in / out is done through special pseudo-plug-ins now; this permits to remove the distinction between "insert" and "send" links between plug-ins.



VST host greatness!
Hey, the best hosting platform out there for live performance! AND IT"S FREE!!!!!! Even works well in Vista with a little larger buffer size. Helpful meter in bottom right corner shows how much CPU you are using in real time so you don't accidentally overload it. I've piled many many big chunky vsts into this thing and then routed them through all kinds of fx without a single crash. Simply the best out there as far as I've seen.
VST Host
This software is pretty well unbeatable for running VST instruments and effects in real time with ASIO hardware. It is very efficiently coded and will alow you to run CPU heavy modules that you might not be able to under other hosts. While I have heard so much about krystal and energyXT, I still don't need to look at them because vsthost has not let me down yet. Thanks again Mr Hermann Seib.
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