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Plugins / Re: VST Effects Plugin

« on: August 15, 2017, 08:22:48 AM »

I am using Portable Musicbee since I have to change computers every now and then. I do all the editing on one computer, of which I am an administrator, but do the playing on another computer of which I am not an administrator. I have tried to copy the VST folder to the portable drive but the two computers show different lettering for the same drive. Is it possible to set the VST plugin in MusicBee to point to the portable drive no matter what letter it is registered on the computer? Can anyone help please?

Yes, as long as the VST you are using is within the MB plugins folder. Just type the correct path of the plugins folder of MB in plugin's preference section, and see to it that the "mb_VST.dll" is there also.

Btw, for the information of all, my VST plugin dlls are copied from the original VST plugin folder when the VST is installed in "Program Files(x86)\VSTplugins", that's X86 since we only need 32bit plugins.

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Plugins / Re: VST Effects Plugin

« on: August 14, 2017, 08:44:07 AM »

Reply to

Try with the latest 3.1 version of MB from the first forum topic to see if that makes any differences. It's working fine for me.

Thanks for the reply

Updated with 3.1 but the situation is the same

The strange thing is the VST are actually loaded (if i move and put back the .dll file of the plugin I can hear the difference)

I can reinstall it, i guess, but I would like to find a solution...as I said before, when i update the plugin, at first restart, it was working fine, then...no :/


If i go to preferences-->plugin i can't see the plugin (can't uninstall)


Does anyone else experiencing something similar?



EDIT: I've managed to find the VST settings in C:\User\AppData\Roaming\MusicBee\VstSettings.dat , after delete, I can find the plugin back in the preferences and all the VST (obviously I need to set-up the sound again)

Maybe a bug from an unsupported VST?

Not been to this forum lately....
I hope that you had figured out your problem, if not, maybe this one will help.

*** In my case all plugins are in this directory, "C:\Program Files (x86)\MusicBee\Plugins", and see to it that all plugins are 32-bit (X86) versions, since MB is running on 32 bit.

*** One question though, are you using those plugins that I use or this is different plugin? Coz' I cannot guarantee it's compatibility with MB.

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Plugins / Re: VST Effects Plugin

« on: April 30, 2017, 06:43:41 AM »

Here's the error I keep getting:

I did not get if your running on 64bit of win10. If so, did you install both version of that C++ required; since i think MB is running on 32bit only.

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Plugins / Re: VST Effects Plugin

« on: April 27, 2017, 07:23:00 AM »

Btw, I was amazed with MusicBee (thank you very much Steven). Using ASIO as sound device in MB and enabling resampling of 48k in preferences, MB excels in sound in every player i tried in Windows system. Now, having tried and using two free VST plugins, ReaXcomp (multiband compressor from cockos) and TDR VOS SlickEQ (3-band parametric equalizer from Tokyo Dawn Lab), MB even pushed further with customizable sound enhancer to your own taste, be it just a multi media speaker system or a powerful audio system at your home. Great piece of software !!!

Here are the links of that plugins:

ReaXcomp - http://www.reaper.fm/reaplugs/ (just download the 32bit version of ReaPlugs Vst and uncheck all other plugins except ReaXcomp when installing. After installation, go to C:\Program Files(x86)\VstPlugins, copy the "ReaPlugs" folder to MusicBee plugins folder.

SlickEQ - http://www.tokyodawn.net/tdr-vos-slickeq/ (just download the Windows (no intaller) package and extract it to MusicBee plugins folder.

As I posted above, if it is the first time you are putting plugins in MB, then you must change the preference path of its plugins as in my case to "C:\Program Files (x86)\MusicBee\Plugins". (Apply)

MY SETTINGS:
 
Important: The position in MB’s DSP window of these two plugins, ReaXcomp must be over SlickEQ (or ReaXcomp first then SlickEQ). The 2 plugins must be active with no other DSP turned-on or the MB’s default EQ.
 
For ReaXcomp:
 
(In my case, moving the slider control of ReaXcomp crashes MB, so I just input values numerically).
If no values indicated, leave other config as it is.
 
Band/Frequency/Threshold/Ratio/Attack/Release/Gain
 
Band1/80Hz/-18/2.5/1.0/200/6
Band2/250Hz/-16/2.0/1.0/200/3
Band3/6000Hz/-3/1.0/10/100/0
Band4/12899/-3/1.0/10/100/1.5
 
You can increase bass boost by decreasing threshold to -3 if it is too weak for you.
 
For SlickEQ:
 
LOW: 80Hz, gain 4.0dB, curve is V or A (red-lit indicator)
MID: 144Hz, gain 1.7dB
HIGH: 6.5kHz, gain 3.5dB, curve S 0r Z (blue-lit indicator)
Click “AUTO” button (blue-lit indicator will turn off) so as not to activate auto-gain.
Increase OUT GAIN to 2.4dB if desired.
 
You can increase or decrease gains in frequencies in to your liking to compensate sound produced by your amplifier.


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Some modification to my previous ReaXcomp settings: (for 6000Hz & 12899Hz)

Band/Frequency/Threshold/Ratio/Attack/Release/Gain
Band3/6000Hz/0/2.0/1/200/0
Band4/12899/0/2.0/1/200/0

Changing values of threshold, ratio, and attack same as that of low ranges make these two frequencies more active I think, especially by increasing the threshold to negative values.

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Here's another modification to my settings, and I think it improve much the function of the compressor (ReaXcomp);
- I gave values to "knees" and made changes to frequencies of mid and high.

band/freq/threshold/ratio/KNEE/attack/release/gain

1/80Hz/-16/5/2/3/160/6
2/250Hz/-16/5/2/3/160/1.7
3/1000Hz/-1.5/2/4/50/100/0
4/6000Hz/-1.5/2/6/50/100/0

I made changes also to SlickEQ;

LOW: 80Hz, gain = 0.2 (or increase if weak)
MED: 1260Hz, gain = 1.2
HIGH: 6.5kHz, gain = 2.0 (or increase if weak)
Try also to enable auto gain.

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Plugins / Re: VST Effects Plugin

« on: April 27, 2017, 06:42:56 AM »

Hi,

I have Windows 10 64bit & Musicbee v3.0.6276.
I've installed your plugin in "C:\Program Files (x86)\MusicBee\Plugins", checked that 2010 runtime is installed but the plugin just does NOT show up in the DSP window. Like it is not installed at all.

I've tried to run Musicbee as admin but still no luck.

Any ideas?

In version 3.0.6276, the path of Plugins in Preference section is "C:\Program Files (x86)\Steinberg\Plugins". You must change that manually to "C:\Program Files (x86)\MusicBee\Plugins". I don't know if it was the same path in Windows 10 coz mine is Windows 7.