Tag Archives: host

DISTRHO Ildaeil ~ Plugin Host

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DISTRHO Ildaeil is mini-plugin host working as a plugin, allowing one-to-one plugin format reusage. The idea is to load it as a plugin inside your DAW and then the other “real” plugin inside Ildaeil. This allows, for example, a VST3 host to load LV2 plugins and vice-versa.

The Ildaeil name comes from the korean 일대일, which means “one to one”.

Features:

The current formats Ildaeil can work as are:

  • JACK/Standalone
  • CLAP
  • LV2
  • VST2
  • VST3

And it can load the following plugin formats:

  • Internal (from Carla)
  • LADSPA
  • DSSI
  • LV2
  • VST2
  • VST3
  • CLAP
  • JSFX

With a few extra formats through the “Load from file…” action:

  • Audio files (through internal audio file player, synced to transport)
  • MIDI files (through internal MIDI file player, synced to transport)

github.com/DISTRHO/Ildaeil

yabridge ~ Host WIndows Plugins On Linux

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Yet Another way to use Windows audio plugins on Linux. Yabridge seamlessly supports using both 32-bit and 64-bit Windows VST2, VST3, and CLAP plugins in 64-bit Linux plugin hosts as if they were native plugins, with optional support for plugin groups to enable inter-plugin communication for VST2 plugins and quick startup times. Its modern concurrent architecture and focus on transparency allows yabridge to be both fast and highly compatible, while also staying easy to debug and maintain.

github.com/robbert-vdh/yabridge

DawDreamer ~ Audio Processing Python Framework

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DawDreamer is an audio-processing Python framework supporting core DAW features and beyond:

  • Composing graphs of multi-channel audio processors
  • Audio playback
  • VST instruments and effects (with UI editing and state loading/saving)
  • FAUST effects and polyphonic instruments
  • Time-stretching and looping, optionally according to Ableton Live warp markers
  • Pitch-warping
  • Parameter automation at audio-rate and at pulses-per-quarter-note
  • Parameter automation saving in absolute audio-rate time
  • MIDI playback in absolute time and PPQN time
  • MIDI file export in absolute time
  • Rendering and saving multiple processors simultaneously
  • Support for the Faust Box and Signal APIs
  • Transpiling Faust code to JAX/Flax and other target languages (C++, Rust, Wasm, etc.)
  • Machine learning experiments with QDax
  • Multiprocessing support
  • Full support on macOS, Windows, Linux, Google Colab, and Ubuntu Dockerfile

DawDreamer’s foundation is JUCE, with a user-friendly Python interface thanks to pybind11. DawDreamer evolved from an earlier VSTi audio “renderer”, RenderMan.

github.com/DBraun/DawDreamer

foo_dsp_vst3 ~ Foobar2000 Hosts VST Plugins

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Official component that allows VST effects to be used as DSPs in foobar2000.

www.foobar2000.org/components/view/foo_dsp_vst3
hydrogenaud.io/index.php/topic,123342.0

Audiodope ~ Freeware Audio Editor

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Audiodope is an audio editor. You can load and listen to music files of various formats such as wave, MP3, WMA, etc. You can also edit part or the whole stream with functions like copy, cut, paste, insert and delete. You may modify any part of the stream by applying audio effects and synthesize sound files.

Features:

  • Sound editing functions such as copy, cut, paste, delete, insert, trim.
  • Apply processes like click removal, DC offset correction, compressor, echo, fading, inversion, noise reduction, normalization, pitch scale, pitch shift, reverberation, reversing, sound 3D, tempo, true bass, volume
  • Filters like, moving average, high-pass, low-pass, band-pass.
  • Special effects like flanger, phaser, chorus, gargle.
  • Listen to the audio file with play, pause, stop commands
  • Record from any source
  • Various tools like, frequency analyzer, tone generator, noise generator, DTMF synthesis, text to speech.
  • Process any channel separately or both
  • Apply third party VST plug-ins

www.audiodope.org

Stargate ~ Open Source Digital Audio Workstation

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Stargate is an all-in-one DAW and plugin suite, designed to be a comprehensive solution for music production, with a focus on providing unique and innovative features, especially for EDM production.

Features:

  • A digital audio workstation (DAW) with a powerful pattern-based workflow
  • A comprehensive suite of built-in instrument and effect plugins
  • A basic wave editor
  • Powerful track routing matrix with easy sidechaining
  • Modular mixer architecture. Mixer channels are a type of plugin that can be chosen per track send, mix and match plugins, or skip them when not needed
  • Runs on Windows, Mac and Linux, x86 and ARM. Can be ported to other platforms if there is sufficient demand
  • Everything you need to create music in a single package, no need to install additional software
  • Revolutionary CPU efficiency for DAW and plugins, minimum recommended hardware: Raspberry Pi 4, or a 15 year old laptop with a dual core CPU, 1GB of RAM and a 720p display.
  • Support for display resolution from 720p to 4k and above.
  • Optional portable flash drive install on Windows and MacOS
  • Broad audio and MIDI hardware support using Portaudio and Portmidi

github.com/stargateaudio/stargate
github.com/stargatedaw

Kontakt Player ~ Industry Standard Sample Player

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KONTAKT PLAYER is a free application that runs all of our KONTAKT instruments, as well as a large number of instruments from other companies.

Features:
  • Free sample player based on Kontakt 6.
  • Hosts a huge selection of Native Instruments and third-party instruments.
  • Also included in KOMPLETE START – the free bundle with 2,000 sounds and 6 GB of content.

www.native-instruments.com/en/products/komplete/samplers/kontakt-6-player

MusiKernel ~ Cross-platform DAW & Plugin Suite

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MusiKernel is an all in one Digital Audio Workstation and suite of instrument & effect plugins, designed to be easy to install and use without the need for any third party software. Simply install the package for your operating system, select your audio and MIDI hardware, and start making music.

download at github.com/j3ffhubb/musikernel

Project has moved to github.com/stargateaudio/stargate

VSTHost ~ Windows VST Plugin Host

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It’s a VST-compatible host that’s capable of:

  • loading VST effects (aka “plugins”)
  • parameterizing / editing them
  • sound output for VSTis
  • MIDI input and output
  • loading / saving .fxb / .fxp files
  • I/O through either Windows MME or ASIO drivers
  • Wave Player / Recorder
  • MIDI Player

While the program started mainly as an aid in understanding and debugging VST plugins, it has evolved into a quite capable program by now which can be really helpful in a keyboard artist’s Live setup.

www.hermannseib.com/english/vsthost.htm

Element ~ Advanced Plugin Host

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This is the community version of Element, a modular AU / LV2 / VST / VST3 audio plugin host. Create powerful effects, racks and instruments by connecting nodes to one another. Integrates with your existing hardware via standard protocols such as MIDI.

Features:

  • Runs standalone or as a plugin in your DAW
  • Route Audio and MIDI from anywhere to anywhere
  • Play virtual instruments and effects live
  • Create re-usable instruments and effect graphs
  • Preloaded plugin graphs
  • External sync w/ MIDI clock
  • MIDI controller mapping
  • Sub graphing – nest graphs within each other
  • Custom keyboard shortcuts
  • Placeholder nodes
  • Built in virtual keyboard
  • Multiple undo/redo
Element

github.com/kushview/Element
kushview.net/element/

OwlPlug ~ Audio VST Plugin Manager

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OwlPlug is a desktop application for Windows and Mac that simplifies VST Plugin management and installation. User installed plugins are automatically discovered and new plugins can be installed through Stores. The default store called OwlPlug Central delivers quality plugins made by the community. Any third party plugin distributors can set up a compatible Store and let owlplug interact with it. OwlPlug is still in a beta stage, all kind of feedbacks are welcomed.

owlplug

owlplug.com
github.com/DropSnorz/OwlPlug

Carla ~ Cross-platform Plugin Host

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Carla is a fully-featured modular audio plugin host, with support for many audio drivers and plugin formats. It has some nice features like transport control, automation of parameters via MIDI CC and remote control over OSC.

Carla currently supports LADSPA (including LRDF), DSSI, LV2, VST2, VST3 and AU plugin formats, plus SF2 and SFZ file support. It uses JACK as the default and preferred audio driver but also supports native drivers like ALSA, DirectSound or CoreAudio.

There are 4 types of engine processing:

  • Single-client: (JACK driver only)
    Same as Multi-client, except that all JACK ports belong to a single master client.
    This is needed when a setup doesn’t support multi-client JACK apps, such as LADISH.
  • Multi-client: (JACK driver only)
    Every single plugin is exposed as a new JACK client. Audio and MIDI ports are registered as needed.
  • Rack:
    Plugins are processed in order, from top to bottom.
    Plugins with non-stereo audio channels are not supported, but a forced-stereo option is available for Mono ones.
  • Patchbay:
    Modular patchbay mode, just like in JACK Multi-client and many other modular applications.
    Every plugin gets its own canvas group and ports allowing you to interconnect plugin audio and MIDI.
carla

kx.studio/Applications:Carla
github.com/falkTX/Carla