Has anyone tried using an older PC (700-1ghz) with an 8 in/8 out digital sound card running VST plugins/effects as a realtime effects module? I read about using the obsolete Gadget Labs Wave Pro 8/24 card, running FXpansions free VST Host software, and new 3rd party WavePro 8/24 ASIO drivers to lower the latency in order to process in realtime... 4 stereo VST effects at once.
Anyone tried something like this, even with another card?
Using windows PC as a standalone VST effects host...
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Re: Using windows PC as a standalone VST effects host...
I haven't tried it, but thought about it with a laptop. Basically, my problem was that I wanted to use it for live shows, and I would have depended on it more that I think it was able to handle, stability wise, forcing me to rely on backup tracks (and lip syncing w/ guitar), and that kinda blows for me...
But good luck, I'd really like to know how it goes.
Oh yeah, I have been able to do this with one channel on my desktop, running some VST plugs real time while playing guitar... Really trippy feeling, no noticable latency...
But good luck, I'd really like to know how it goes.
Oh yeah, I have been able to do this with one channel on my desktop, running some VST plugs real time while playing guitar... Really trippy feeling, no noticable latency...
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Re: Using windows PC as a standalone VST effects host...
I have done a little bit of this just screwing around with my Seasound Solo in Sonar, but never in a live performance situation. I was using my theremin in combination with my guitar going through a vocoder and some other stuff...made some really kickass sounds. I've been giving a lot of thought to maybe doing some of this with the next band I'm in if I can talk my wife into letting me buy a laptop. IMHO I've never heard a VST effect that I liked as well as the real thing, when such existed, but the plain fact of the matter is that I will never be able to afford the real thing so it's a moot point. I think this sort of option offers a lot of potential for those of us on a microscopic budget.
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