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Guide to processing system sound with VST plugins using VAC and VSTHost?

post #1 of 5
11/2/11 at 8:30am
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I've grown totally addicted to the sound I'm getting from my Philips SHE3580 canalphones when processed through Electri-Q in foobar.  But that limits me to just music that foobar can play.

 

I know that in theory I should be able to use Virtual Audio Cable to pipe all system sounds to an internal digital output that feeds VSTHost, which would host a VST plugin like Electri-Q, which would feed to the real sound output.  But I kept crashing VSTHost at the last part confused.gif

 

Is there anyone who can walk me through getting this done? smily_headphones1.gif System is Windows 7 x64 Ultimate.

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post #2 of 5
11/2/11 at 9:39am
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Scratch that, the system I actually had trouble on was actually a WinXP netbook.  I had put off trying again on the Windows 7 desktop anticipating much trouble but actually everything went without a hitch! etysmile.gif

 

Well, except for this tiny bit of crackling / stuttering I'm getting every now and then.  Do I need to set the buffer to be longer?  Or maybe VSTHost needs to be promoted to a Realtime process in thread priority?

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post #3 of 5
11/2/11 at 9:41am

EDIT, you were faster ...

 

Do you have the latest version (64-bit) of VSTHost running there?

 

You should find needed instructions by searching here in Computer Audio forum.

 

Just try those buffer settings to solve issues.

 

jiiteepee

 


Edited by jiiteepee - 11/2/11 at 9:43am
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post #4 of 5
11/3/11 at 9:59am
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Alright, I'm pulling my hair out now...

Nothing I tried has made things better.  Upping VSTHost's thread priority actually made things worse.  Installed ASIO4ALL and now I have at least 2 sets of buffer settings to play with (one in VSTHost, one in ASIO4ALL) and still nothing I do helps??  I'm just pulling sliders blindly now, I suppose a larger buffer is supposed to help but the audio gets delayed?

 

Is a bit of glitching always to be expected with this kind of setup?


Edited by Joe Bloggs - 11/3/11 at 10:08am
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post #5 of 5
12/22/11 at 11:48am

I know this thread is almost 2 months old, but since I just got this setup properly the other day I will explain what worked for me.

 

1. I installed both VAC and VSTHOST.

2. I selected my default playback device in Window$ to be the VAC.

3. I left everything default in the VAC Control Panel except I changed the Stream fmt to "Cable format" (I was getting pops and crackles with this set any other way) and checked "Volume Control".

4. In VSTHOST I went into "Devices" - "Wave" and selected the "DS: VAC" for input and my "DS" output driver for output. I left everything default here as well.

5. I then pointed VSTHOST to my plugin directory (I happen to be using the tonebooster suite) and WALLA! 

 

Hope this helps somebody.

 

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