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natufian · Post by **natufian** » Fri Feb 24, 2017 1:43 am

I currently use a VST host to allow me to use my favorite audio editor as my default editor in Windows. It supports calls like:

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Host.exe editor.dll sound_file.wav

As far as I can tell Patchwork only accepts the .preset argument.

Directly calling VST .dll's with parameters would be a simple, but very welcome, addition.
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Blue Cat Audio · Post by **Blue Cat Audio** » Fri Feb 24, 2017 8:19 am

Hi,

Thanks for the suggestion. Right now the use of presets is mandatory because loading a single VST is not fully defined (some people would like it to be loaded with a single slot, some others would prefer another default configuration).

Why not loading the VST first, configure PatchWork the way you want, and save it as a preset that you can reload with the command line?

natufian · Post by **natufian** » Fri Feb 24, 2017 12:22 pm

Why not loading the VST first, configure PatchWork the way you want, and save it as a preset that you can reload with the command line?

I've actually done this, it seems to be the best solution I've got for right now. The problem is that I can't use it to launch arbitrary files as there's no way to pass further parameters to the VST's being called. Only to launch the VST itself.

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start "Patchwork Sound Editor" C:\Patchwork.exe C:\Edison.dll %*

is a .BAT file I could associate with the .WAV extension in Windows, and whenever I double click any .WAV file, that specific file would be opened by Edison. While I can currently use PatchWork to launch Edison via a preset, there's no way for me to hand Edison further information about what I want it to immediately do.

Blue Cat Audio · Post by **Blue Cat Audio** » Sat Feb 25, 2017 10:13 am

I am not aware of a protocol that lets you load a VST with parameters, so I am not sure what this host is doing. I don't think it could be applicable to PatchWork.

natufian · Post by **natufian** » Sat Feb 25, 2017 12:06 pm

Yeah, I was surprised when this worked myself. Image-Line's MiniModularHost allows me to load Edison with parameters. (The host lacks support of plugin resizing, hence my reason for wanting to use PatchWork instead). It sounds like this is an edge case so I understand why it's not supported. I appreciate you looking into it.

Blue Cat Audio · Post by **Blue Cat Audio** » Tue Feb 28, 2017 10:24 am

Since the host and plug-in are from the same company they have probably added custom features for it.

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