{"id":57523,"date":"2023-08-17T08:15:47","date_gmt":"2023-08-17T12:15:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=57523"},"modified":"2023-08-17T08:15:47","modified_gmt":"2023-08-17T12:15:47","slug":"audio-plugins-for-radios-part-3-vst-technical-setup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2023\/08\/audio-plugins-for-radios-part-3-vst-technical-setup\/","title":{"rendered":"Audio Plugins For Radios, Part 3 \u2013 VST Technical Setup"},"content":{"rendered":"

Many thanks to\u00a0SWLing Post<\/em>\u00a0contributor,\u00a0TomL<\/a>, who shares the following guest post.\u00a0Click here<\/a>\u00a0to check out all of the posts in this Audio Plugin series:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Audio Plugins For Radios, Part 3 \u2013 VST Technical Setup<\/h1>\n

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

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Processing legacy audio still has a place in an increasingly digital world for the time being.\u00a0 The first article on this topic was strictly using the speaker jack output from an old Kenwood transceiver using a simple Behringer UCA-202 RCA-to-USB converter.\u00a0 However, my main receive radio is the SDR based AirSpy HF+.\u00a0 Either type of radio should work with the apps discussed below as long as the audio gets to your Windows computer unmolested.\u00a0 There are VST apps for Mac and Linux, too.<\/p>\n

VST apps: VST3\/VST2\/DLL files<\/b><\/h1>\n

Also mentioned was how to install VST Host and the VST apps run inside it.\u00a0 A simple reminder is that VST Host does not really install.\u00a0 It just resides in any one Directory\/Folder you want and you create a shortcut to run VSTHOST.EXE.\u00a0 All the .XML files and profiles will be stored there.<\/p>\n

I like tinkering with many apps but you may prefer things a lot simpler.\u00a0 I use 64-bit versions when possible, like VST3 and x64 DLL files.\u00a0 Because of the myriad settings involved, I will just list the apps in order of processing with brief comments.\u00a0 The second icon on the top of each app opens up its control panel and the bottom left icon will Bypass the app as if it is not in the audio chain.\u00a0 The top-left icon Links to the Preceding<\/b> app in the audio chain.\u00a0 Most controls inside the apps let you double-click on that control to reset to a default.<\/p>\n

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The general functional order of these apps is:<\/p>\n