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Questions / Re: LA-2A (leveling amplifier) VST plugin that works with MusicBee?

« on: March 03, 2025, 05:37:11 PM »

I've followed the steps you gave, sveakul. (Thank you!) I also installed version 9.6 of Waves CLA-2A, which is apparently the last version of the plugin that supports VST2/32. Unfortunately, it does not show up in the Equaliser and DSP Settings window.

I'm at the stage now where I feel my computer is a bit messy, what with having had to uninstall the current Waves Central, as it doesn't co-exist with v9.6, the flakiness of MusicBee's VST plugin and MusicBee's VST support being limited to only VST2/32. So unless I get some fresh ideas I am ready to uninstall Waves Central 9.6 and the MusicBee VST host. At some stage I'll get a sound interface with a loopback feature, so whenever I want to use plugins I'll pipe MusicBee's output through Pro Tools which for me is a simple and familiar setup.

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Questions / Re: LA-2A (leveling amplifier) VST plugin that works with MusicBee?

« on: February 27, 2025, 11:14:18 AM »

Thank you for all these tips. I'll need to update some of my MusicBee components I see. I'm quite happy doing that, as I've never had MB lose a database or anything dramatic when  I've done that before - it was actually very smooth iirc

Free was not actually a requirement in this case. I have the Waves emulation, CLA-2A, installed on my ProTools (so AAX, not VST at all), but I doubt Waves still distribute it in a VST2-32bit DLL.

Will report on progress or lack thereof here.

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Questions / LA-2A (leveling amplifier) VST plugin that works with MusicBee?

« on: February 26, 2025, 08:14:14 PM »

Hullo, Long time reader, first time asker - please be kind.

I listen to quite a lot of orchestral music with (the wonderful) MusicBee. I prefer recordings that capture the dynamic range of the orchestras, and have quite a few of these; they sound great on the big speakers in the loungeroom.

Late at night, on the 7-inch monitors in my bedroom, I have to keep the volume way down, for obvious reasons. I've had some success pulling the file I want to listen to into ProTools and applying compression, but this is not exactly something I want to be doing every time I fancy some Beethoven at 2 am.

Has anyone had any success getting MusicBee to run the sound through an LA-2A emulation plugin using VST? (Only a couple of my VST plugins work with MusicBee, the rest cause problems that iinevitably lead to "no audio"..)

Any information or opinions would be most appreciated.