VST2 is now the relic of the past. I requested some dev's to provide the VST2 version of their plugins and they responded saying that steinberg has pulled the SDK for compiling the VST2 plugins so there's nothing they can do.
Right now using Analog Obsession plugins, had to dig deep into the interwebs to able to find the old VST2 versions of their plugins as everything newer is in VST3 format. Miss out on the updates and all the improvements and enhancement.
I wish the EqAPO dev is reading this, I desire nothing more from this software than to support for VST3 plugins. I can't believe dev is not aware of this situation.
Last edit: Wealstarr 2024-03-29
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Thank you Peter for taking time and investing the issue. I see Juha suggests Metaplugin, but the problem is it's not free. Moreover routing audio through more plugins will introduce latency that I'm trying to avoid.
It would be 100 times better if the APO could support the newer format natively. Does developer of APO even read these discussion ? I see a recent update so maybe they are still around. Hope springs eternal.
Many thanks for the support. Highly appreciated.
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The developer does occasionally read posts. And he does some work on Equalizer APO. But I don't expect any major changes soon although I'm sure he has plans. In the meanwhile I'm doing the most support where Juha and Etienne chip in.
I get it that low latency is in your case important. Using a VST host indeed adds more latency. Unfortunately I don't know about any low latency cheap or free VST hosts.
And you're welcome.
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Would be nice indeed.
Btw. I was under the impression that only VST3 plugins are supported.
Hello Peter, thank you for the response.
VST2 is now the relic of the past. I requested some dev's to provide the VST2 version of their plugins and they responded saying that steinberg has pulled the SDK for compiling the VST2 plugins so there's nothing they can do.
Right now using Analog Obsession plugins, had to dig deep into the interwebs to able to find the old VST2 versions of their plugins as everything newer is in VST3 format. Miss out on the updates and all the improvements and enhancement.
I wish the EqAPO dev is reading this, I desire nothing more from this software than to support for VST3 plugins. I can't believe dev is not aware of this situation.
Last edit: Wealstarr 2024-03-29
Perhaps a VST2 wrapper can load VST3 plugins? I guess not.
I've tried to look for clues in the source code of Equalizer APO to discover which VST version is actually being supported. I couldn't find any clues.
I see that VST2 is ancient (1999). No wonder Steinberg has pulled the SDK 25 years later.
Found this discussion about VST 3 support. Juha suggests a wrapper.
Thank you Peter for taking time and investing the issue. I see Juha suggests Metaplugin, but the problem is it's not free. Moreover routing audio through more plugins will introduce latency that I'm trying to avoid.
It would be 100 times better if the APO could support the newer format natively. Does developer of APO even read these discussion ? I see a recent update so maybe they are still around. Hope springs eternal.
Many thanks for the support. Highly appreciated.
The developer does occasionally read posts. And he does some work on Equalizer APO. But I don't expect any major changes soon although I'm sure he has plans. In the meanwhile I'm doing the most support where Juha and Etienne chip in.
I get it that low latency is in your case important. Using a VST host indeed adds more latency. Unfortunately I don't know about any low latency cheap or free VST hosts.
And you're welcome.
Hi Peter, tested Metaplugin but it crashes the editor. I read other posts on the interwebs and many people are reporting that it crashes their DAW.
I'll leave the request for the developer here and hope they see it and implement it. I'll keep an eye out for the newer versions of APO.
Many thanks for the support.
So Metaplugin isn't that good (yet). That's unfortunate.
Good luck!
Try Blue Cat