Hello!
I usually listen to Foobar - ASIO - DAC music.
But sometimes it becomes necessary to use some VST plugins.
How do I connect Foobar to Blue Cat's PatchWork, via ASIO?
Foobar2000 to Blue Cat's PatchWork.
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Blue Cat Audio Blue Cat Audio https://www.kvraudio.com/forum/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=39981 - KVRAF
- 6336 posts since 8 Sep, 2004 from Paris (France)
The easiest way to do that is to use the Connector plug-in inside PatchWork as a send/receive device and the Connector ASIO driver in the Foobar application. It will work as if it were hosted inside PatchWork.
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- KVRer
- Topic Starter
- 2 posts since 1 Oct, 2024
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Thank you so much for your help!Blue Cat Audio wrote: Tue Oct 01, 2024 6:15 pm The easiest way to do that is to use the Connector plug-in (https://www.bluecataudio.com/Products/Product_Connector/) inside PatchWork as a send/receive device and the Connector ASIO driver in the Foobar application. It will work as if it were hosted inside PatchWork.
Is it possible to learn more about how to configure Foobar, Connector plug-in and PatchWork.
Should I install Blue Cat's Connector inside PatchWork? What output device should be in the Foobar?
Please explain the entire setup step by step.
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Blue Cat Audio Blue Cat Audio https://www.kvraudio.com/forum/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=39981
- KVRAF
- 6336 posts since 8 Sep, 2004 from Paris (France)
Sorry for the delay. I'd like to write a full tutorial for the blog, but since it will take some time, here are the main points:
- Make sure to install the free Connector ASIO driver.
- Select the Connector ASIO driver in Foobar 2000 and setup the input and output ports for Connector (for example 8080 & 8081 as setup by default). Select the same buffer size as the one you will use in PatchWork.
- In PatchWork, load Connector and set it up to both send and receive audio to localhost, on ports 8080 & 8081 (send must correspond to the receive setup in the driver and vice versa). Yes you need to send audio to Foobar2000 even if it is not processed, that's for the clock.
Voilà! As soon as the connection is established Foobar2000 should stream the sound into PatchWork. The Connector instance virtually makes Foobar2000 work inside PatchWork (as far as audio is concerned), at the location where you placed it, so you can add effects after.
I hope this helps!
- Make sure to install the free Connector ASIO driver.
- Select the Connector ASIO driver in Foobar 2000 and setup the input and output ports for Connector (for example 8080 & 8081 as setup by default). Select the same buffer size as the one you will use in PatchWork.
- In PatchWork, load Connector and set it up to both send and receive audio to localhost, on ports 8080 & 8081 (send must correspond to the receive setup in the driver and vice versa). Yes you need to send audio to Foobar2000 even if it is not processed, that's for the clock.
Voilà! As soon as the connection is established Foobar2000 should stream the sound into PatchWork. The Connector instance virtually makes Foobar2000 work inside PatchWork (as far as audio is concerned), at the location where you placed it, so you can add effects after.
I hope this helps!
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Blue Cat Audio Blue Cat Audio https://www.kvraudio.com/forum/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=39981
- KVRAF
- 6336 posts since 8 Sep, 2004 from Paris (France)
Of course you may need to add extra buffering in the Connector instance placed in PatchWork, in case you get audio dropouts. But first, make sure that the buffer size in PatchWork and the Connector ASIO driver are the same.
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- KVRAF
- 2048 posts since 13 May, 2004 from Germany
Why not use the vst directly in foobar2000. It has vst2 and vst3 support