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Sjefke · Post by **Sjefke** » Thu Sep 18, 2014 6:22 pm

i am looking for a simple OSX host that allows me to...

-route midi (have 60 key midi controller and a hardware synth connected..
-assign VST instruments and MainStage 3 to those midi channels
-assign several VST effects to the VST instruments

i would prefer something that looks like a mixing console

dformd · Post by **dformd** » Fri Sep 19, 2014 3:10 pm

Pedalboard2 http://www.niallmoody.com/apps/pedalboard2
+
Piz MIDI plugin collection http://www.thepiz.org/plugins/?p=pizmidi

A great combo (imo).
However it doesn't look like a mixing console.

dformd · Post by **dformd** » Fri Sep 19, 2014 3:13 pm

Minihost Modular http://www.image-line.com/documents/new ... 1391136116
is another host option

arkmabat · Post by **arkmabat** » Fri Sep 19, 2014 3:22 pm

Can garage band not do most of that?

Dewdman42 · Post by **Dewdman42** » Fri Sep 19, 2014 6:27 pm

garagaband does not support VST, only AU

Sjefke · Post by **Sjefke** » Sat Sep 20, 2014 6:24 pm

Garageband or does not support VSTi, thats the reason of the question in the first place...

And FL studio which i have licensed on Windows does not work under OSX...

Those two hosts look really good, espescially the 2nd which could be part of FL...

Dewdman42 · Post by **Dewdman42** » Sat Sep 20, 2014 6:33 pm

reaper is free to demo indefinitely. Try that.

timobrien · Post by **timobrien** » Sat Sep 20, 2014 8:11 pm

Reaper isn't free... but it's what you should try. It's all I use.

Dewdman42 · Post by **Dewdman42** » Sat Sep 20, 2014 8:14 pm

Its free to demo

Calum · Post by **Calum** » Sat Sep 20, 2014 10:46 pm

Mulab should do the job, or if you want to stick with garageband you can use the AU version of Minihost modular to host 64bit VSTs.

Ogopogo · Post by **Ogopogo** » Sat Sep 20, 2014 11:41 pm

Dewdman42 wrote:Its free to demo

There is no such thing as "demo indefinitely," since using Reaper without a license doesn't restrict access to any of the features like other daws. If you continue to use it you are just "using" it.

dformd · Post by **dformd** » Sun Sep 21, 2014 2:20 am

Sjefke wrote:Garageband or does not support VSTi, thats the reason of the question in the first place...

And FL studio which i have licensed on Windows does not work under OSX...

Those two hosts look really good, espescially the 2nd which could be part of FL...

Minihost Modular is a separate app; not requiring FL Studio, and works in Mac OSX

dformd · Post by **dformd** » Sun Sep 21, 2014 2:25 am

timobrien wrote:Reaper isn't free... but it's what you should try.

Why? It's a full fledged sequencer and far from simple (as the op requested). I got the impression the op was looking for a simple plugin chainer and MIDI router.

Sjefke · Post by **Sjefke** » Sun Sep 21, 2014 7:57 am

dformd wrote:
timobrien wrote:Reaper isn't free... but it's what you should try.
Why? It's a full fledged sequencer and far from simple (as the op requested). I got the impression the op was looking for a simple plugin chainer and MIDI router.

Thats correct, reaper is totally oversized for what i am looking for, just a simple host, because all the sequencing will be don on my hardware.. I just want to add VSTs and effects, and controll them trough my hardware and my Macbook in a live situation...

I dont see any reason to get a fullfledged DAW.. And if i wanted a DAW for live use, it would either be Live or FL studio 11( which is not available on mac)

nay-seven · Post by **nay-seven** » Sun Sep 21, 2014 9:50 am

Have you tried the free version of Usine Hollyhock ? you can route what you need , works with Midi buses, support AU and VST , 4 different racks

good free host for OSX