Brad Ling

This is my workaround too. Definitely imperfect because you need to use a virtual cable with this, and there are just so many more layers of signal processing that could compromise the sound quality using that. Plus the inconvenience of needing to open a program to hear stuff.

I downloaded PatchWork x64 VST demo version and added it into Equalizer APO. Voxengo CurveEQ works perfectly being wrapped inside PatchWork. But when I insert GoodHertz CanOpener into PatchWork, it doesn't take any effect, no matter what I change within CanOpener. Any suggestions? Seems like CanOpener is the most difficult VST and it needs a completely "active" VST host.

Thank you for the suggestions, but: 1. Equalizer APO crashes whenever I scan for VSTs in VSTForx. 2. Equalizer APO crashes whenever I add Element. 3. VSTWrapperBuilder keeps saying "this DLL is not a VST" whenever I select my VST, be it Goodhertz CanOpener, Voxengo CurveEQ, or ReaEQ.

Thank you for the suggestions, but: 1. Equalizer APO crashes whenever I scan for VSTs in VSTForx. 2. Equalizer APO crashes whenever I add Element. 3. VSTWrapperBuilder keeps saying "this DLL is not a VST" whenever I select my VST, be it Goodhertz CanOpener, Voxengo CurveEQ, or ReaEQ. Maybe I'll have to shell out €99 to have CanOpener work in Equalizer APO.

Yeah this is quite a big problem. All VST plugins in Equalizer APO are currently completely static. VSTs that need to be active/dynamic to work don't work in EAPO. That's a very large fraction of all VSTs out there.

This is important. Equalizer APO doesn't appear to work with VSTs are do anything "active" or "dynamic" or are somewhat more complex. Goodhertz CanOpener causes the sound to mute. Waves plugins cause EAPO to crash. MeldaProduction MBandPass's modulation feature doesn't modulate in APO. Equalizer APO would be so much more powerful if it worked with more VSTs.

If controlling a preamp within APO using the volume buttons is what you want to do, you can use this AutoHotkey script I wrote. It simply listens to the volume button keystrokes and changes the preamp value in the config file accordingly. I've included detailed explainations as comments in the code, so that you or anyone else could easily modify it for their use case. I know this comes 1.5 years after the original post, but for anyone else concerned, I hope this helps.

WOW. I didn't check back on this after I initially commented, but thank you for sharing all this knowledge with me and others! I ended up bypassing Windows' volume control directly using AutoHotkey, but I bet this will be useful for someone at some point. I looked at your profile and you've apparently helped countless people on this forum, so thank you!