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VST that plays .wav files?
mpark
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PostPosted: Sat Mar 17, 2012 9:50 pm reply with quote
I hope this is the right place to ask this.

I'm playing various soft synths hosted in VSTHost, and at certain times in the performance I want to play some .wav files. Is there perhaps a VST whose sole purpose is to play .wavs on command? Or some other way to accomplish what I need?
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PostPosted: Sat Mar 17, 2012 11:09 pm reply with quote
mpark wrote:
I hope this is the right place to ask this.

I'm playing various soft synths hosted in VSTHost, and at certain times in the performance I want to play some .wav files. Is there perhaps a VST whose sole purpose is to play .wavs on command? Or some other way to accomplish what I need?


I thought you'd never ask!

Free, too. http://www.uvisoundsource.com/uvi-workstation/article_info.p hp/articles_id/8

Como
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PostPosted: Sat Mar 17, 2012 11:23 pm reply with quote
mpark wrote:
I hope this is the right place to ask this.

I'm playing various soft synths hosted in VSTHost, and at certain times in the performance I want to play some .wav files. Is there perhaps a VST whose sole purpose is to play .wavs on command? Or some other way to accomplish what I need?


You may find you luck here (freeware):
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/jez.price/players.htm
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PostPosted: Sun Mar 18, 2012 12:11 pm reply with quote
mpark wrote:
I want to play some .wav files. Is there perhaps a VST whose sole purpose is to play .wavs on command?


That would be a 'sampler'.

If you're on Windows, the free Shortcircuit sampler is excellent and drag-and-drop.
(be sure to use v. 1.1.2 as 2.0 was never finished)
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PostPosted: Sun Mar 18, 2012 12:20 pm reply with quote
mpark wrote:
I hope this is the right place to ask this.

I'm playing various soft synths hosted in VSTHost, and at certain times in the performance I want to play some .wav files. Is there perhaps a VST whose sole purpose is to play .wavs on command? Or some other way to accomplish what I need?

You can do that with HighLife as sampler and Discovery Pro or Corona as synths.
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PostPosted: Sun Mar 18, 2012 11:26 pm reply with quote
Thank you all for the suggestions! My .wav-playing needs are very minimal, so something simple like Sam!Solo 1.1 (thanks, VoltAirOhm) looked to be right up my alley. Unfortunately, VSTHost doesn't like more than one instance of it at a time, so I moved up to Sam 2.2, which is working OK so far.
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PostPosted: Sun Mar 18, 2012 11:30 pm reply with quote
more free samplers.

if you need something very simple, try SFZ+ (also free).
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PostPosted: Wed Apr 04, 2012 7:49 pm reply with quote
como baila wrote:
mpark wrote:
I hope this is the right place to ask this.

I'm playing various soft synths hosted in VSTHost, and at certain times in the performance I want to play some .wav files. Is there perhaps a VST whose sole purpose is to play .wavs on command? Or some other way to accomplish what I need?


I thought you'd never ask!

Free, too. http://www.uvisoundsource.com/uvi-workstation/article_info.p hp/articles_id/8

Como

Are you kiddin' me!? Very Happy I've been looking for a such one for ages, will try this one asap. Cool, thanks
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