freeware VSTi plugin to stack VST synths?

MrHope · Post by **MrHope** » Sun May 25, 2008 6:50 am

Is there any kind of freeware VST plugin that will host other VST instruments and allow me to send MIDI from one channel to 2 or more VST instruments at the same time? I'm realising that I get much thicker sounds when I stack the synths, but it gets tedious copying and pasting MIDI to duplicate tracks.

Any ideas?

optimus prime · Post by **optimus prime** » Sun May 25, 2008 5:40 pm

Xlutop Chainer: http://www.xlutop.com/html/chainer.html

MrHope · Post by **MrHope** » Mon May 26, 2008 6:57 am

Hmmmm. Chainer didn't work on my system. Perhaps the download was corrupt. At any rate I found out that EnergyXT can work as a VST plugin and host at the same time allowing stacking of VST instruments. Looks like I'll be using that instead.

mute · Post by **mute** » Tue Jun 10, 2008 12:48 pm

Chainer kicks a*s and is very affordable.. one of the better vst hosts i know of but its been a couple years since its last update. Notably, it was a first-of-kind.. but there are alot of options out there now (like the mentioned semi-modular EnergyXT, which has a active and friendly userbase).

jimi_t · Post by **jimi_t** » Thu Jun 12, 2008 3:39 pm

MrHope wrote:Is there any kind of freeware VST plugin that will host other VST instruments and allow me to send MIDI from one channel to 2 or more VST instruments at the same time? I'm realising that I get much thicker sounds when I stack the synths, but it gets tedious copying and pasting MIDI to duplicate tracks.

Any ideas?

You can do it natively in live by arming more than one track - I think you shift click the button IIRC.

freeware VSTi plugin to stack VST synths?

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