Ouroboros

Illposed Software

Ouroboros
is a simple stand-alone sampler application that hosts Audio Unit effects.

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VSTHost

Hermann Seib

VSTHost is an Open Source VST-compatible host that:

  • Loads VST plugins.
  • Parameterizesing / editing them.
  • Sound output for VSTis.
  • MIDI-input and -output.
  • Loading / saving .fxb files
  • Supports ASIO2.

SAVIHost

Hermann Seib

SAVIHost is a derivative version of VSTHost that can be used to make any VSTi run like a standalone application.

This offers two major advantages:

  1. VSTi can be used (tested, checked or tried) easily and directly without the need or search for another host.
  2. VSTi can be distributed to be tested in a temporary directory without the need of the presence of another host or to search for a dedicated VSTPlugIns-subdirectory. The VSTi-dll can still be used within other hosts like Cubase, Sonar etc. when copied to that host's VSTPlugins-subdirectory.

For use just rename SAVIHost.exe to the corresponding VSTi.dll e.g. if there is abc123.dll rename SAVIHost.exe to abc123.exe and this will run the VSTi.


DarkWave Studio

ExperimentalScene

DarkWave Studio is a modular virtual studio, similar to the tracker / modular studio Buzz. It allows you to load various machines such as virtual instruments and effects and connect them in a modular and straightforward fashion. DarkWave can load VST instruments and effects and it can also load machines using the DarkPlug API, which was custom made for DarkWave.

DarkWave natively supports both x86 (32-bit) and x64 (64-bit) versions of Windows with native binaries compiled for each platform. The x86 and x64 versions can each only load plug-ins for that platform, i.e. the x64 version only loads 64-bit VST and DarkPlug plugins.

DarkWave supports multiple processors, with an aggressively multithreaded audio path that can utilize multiple processors or cores by multithreading. Apparently the program soars on a Pentium D system with Windows XP 64-bit Edition.

The following plugins are included with DarkWave:

  • MIDI Input
  • ES BrainSynth (Virtual Analog Subtractive Synth)
  • ES SpatialVerb (Room Modelling Reverb Unit)
  • ES DrumKit (Virtual Analog 909)
  • ES Delay (Echo Effect)
  • ES Kick (Rave Kick Generator)

MultiFXVST

CTAF

MultiFXVST is a free Windows effect chainer that loads as a VST effect in your VST host and can also host, and chain, VST effect plug-ins itself.

Features:

  • Up to 127 chains of effects.
  • Unlimited number of effects in one chain (Limited by the power of your computer).
  • Re-use plug-ins between chains.
  • MultiFXVST and VST plugin parameters are controllable through MIDI messages and VST automation.
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Dual Channel FFT

Christian Budde

Dual Channel FFT is a program that analyses the spectral difference between two measurement points. This can be useful to measure the electro- and acoustical chain during a live performance.

Additionally the program can visualize the processing of VST Plug-ins, export the frequency response to TXT/BMP and export the impulse response to WAV.

Dual Channel FFT is free for non-commercial use.

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VST Host Winamp Bridge

audio da onca

VST Host Winamp Bridge
is a DSP/Effect plugin for Winamp that hosts VST effects allowing you to use your favorite VST plug-ins within WinAmp.