{"id":57300,"date":"2023-07-20T06:17:40","date_gmt":"2023-07-20T10:17:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=57300"},"modified":"2023-07-31T06:42:18","modified_gmt":"2023-07-31T10:42:18","slug":"tomls-guide-to-using-computer-audio-plugins-with-older-radios","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2023\/07\/tomls-guide-to-using-computer-audio-plugins-with-older-radios\/","title":{"rendered":"TomL’s Guide to Using Computer Audio PlugIns with Older Radios"},"content":{"rendered":"

Many thanks to\u00a0SWLing Post<\/em>\u00a0contributor,\u00a0TomL<\/a>, who shares the following guest post:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Using Computer Audio PlugIns with Older Radios<\/h1>\n

by TomL<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Older radios have a way to get audio out to speakers or another audio input device, usually just a headphone jack.\u00a0 Software for processing audio are plentiful and very useful tools, called VST’s.\u00a0 Furthermore, most Plugins were made for Musicians needing full frequency spectrum capability.\u00a0 I will use my Kenwood TS-590S amateur radio as a test case.\u00a0 I have used its speaker output to a cheap Behringer UCA-202 RCA to USB converter (it has its own volume control to keep it from overloading).<\/p>\n

Amazon Link: Behringer UCA202<\/a><\/p>\n

My Windows 10 Sounds Properties sees this audio as \u201c3-USB Audio CODEC\u201d which I have enabled on a physical USB hub with individual power switches for each port.\u00a0 Thanks to Steve (K1GMM) and his YouTube channel (K1GMM Green Mountain Maniac) for describing how to use Windows plugins for processing either Receive or Transmit audio.\u00a0 This article only focuses on Receive audio.<\/p>\n

For my simpler needs, I have chosen to use VST Host.\u00a0 It will run the small \u201capps\u201d that usually have a file extension of .VST or .DLL.\u00a0 I downloaded it right from Steve’s website:<\/p>\n

https:\/\/kc1egu.wixsite.com\/essb-ham-radio\/copy-of-icom-ic7300-others<\/a><\/p>\n

I then downloaded a number of plugins suggested by Steve on his web site (\u201cMore\u201d Menu pulldown, DAW’s\/VST DOWNLOADS).\u00a0 Each VST file can be copied to a central directory\/folder on your computer and all read from the same place inside the VST Host.\u00a0 Most of these are Windows types but there are some for Linux if that is something you use.\u00a0 I found that VST Host does NOT like a write- protected directory, so it and the VST’s reside in my top-level Documents directory.<\/p>\n

My resulting \u201cchain\u201d of VST’s process the audio from my 3-USB Audio CODEC in a sequential manner, which are:<\/p>\n