Waves Free StudioRack v14 and VST3 Plugins and DP

[JSmith1234567]

Hi!

I saw recently that Waves' Free StudioRack v14, a plugin "chainer" that looks really flexible, will now load third-party plugins as long as they are in VST3 form.

I like the idea of a plugin chainer that would allow inline parallel processing, especially for virtual guitar effects- racks, etc.

And especially that you can mix them in parallel within StudioRack.

DP defaults to loading the AU version of plugins, which I am perfectly happy with.

I went to see which of my favorite plugins are available as VST3's, and quite a few (but not all) of them are, but enough of the ones I use with electric guitar that I want to try this.

I'm guessing it's the VST3 version of StudioRack I need to load into a channel to work with this, and then enable the VST3 versions of my plugins I want to use in DP preferences, but how does that work with DP?

Does DP start giving you a choice of which version (AU or VST3) of the plugin you want to use, or does it still default to the AU version?

Or can you make a folder of just your VST3 versions to use with StudioRack and have everything else default to AU?

And are AU plugins more compatible / less CPU-stress on DP than VST3?

What do people think?

[JSmith1234567]

Well to answer my own question, StudioRack works really well.

One interesting thing;

In DP, loading the VST3 version of StudioRack crashed DP a few times.

Loading the AU version, it was fine, but then the AU version only loads VSt3s if you want 3rd-party ones.

This is all fine, but weird that a plugin that will load only VST3s only works with the AU version!

Again, not a problem at all.

It works terrifically in DP, and the AU version does everything it is supposed to do.

[James Steele]

Loading the AU version, it was fine, but then the AU version only loads VSt3s if you want 3rd-party ones.

This is all fine, but weird that a plugin that will load only VST3s only works with the AU version!

That's kinda like the AU version of Komplete Kontrol. The plugin itself only opens VST3 instruments.

[JSmith1234567]

Loading the AU version, it was fine, but then the AU version only loads VSt3s if you want 3rd-party ones.

This is all fine, but weird that a plugin that will load only VST3s only works with the AU version!

That's kinda like the AU version of Komplete Kontrol. The plugin itself only opens VST3 instruments.

Hey James as a guitarist I think you'd dig this!

Basically you can load 8 effects of your choice (3rd party too) in a parallel rack-mixer, with a bunch of assignable knob controls on the left side.

Kind of the old Rane SM-26 rack-mixer for the digital age?