VST2–VST3 Bridge or Patch for Using Pianoteq 9 in Sibelius?

[HLikas]

Hi everyone,

I’m looking for a workaround or patch that would let Sibelius, which only supports VST2 plug-ins, load Pianoteq 9, which now provides only a VST3 version.

As far as I understand, Sibelius requires a .dll (VST2) file, but Pianoteq 9 no longer includes one — Pianoteq 8 was the last version to offer a VST2 build.

Has anyone found a VST2–VST3 bridge or another solution that would allow Pianoteq 9 to work inside Sibelius? Any insight, patch, or workaround would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,
Harry

[mcbpete]

You could try the demo of Metaplugin - Know it does bit-bridging and vst<->au bridging, though not sure if it does VST2<->VST3 bridging

Demo at the bottom of this page - https://ddmf.eu/metaplugin-chainer-vst- ... x-wrapper/

EDIT: Yep just tested it, loaded a VST2 instance of Metaplugin in Reaper and then dragged Pianoteq 3.vst onto the UI, all loads fine and can be routed to the DAWs midi input and audio output

[dikrek]

Hi everyone,

I’m looking for a workaround or patch that would let Sibelius, which only supports VST2 plug-ins, load Pianoteq 9, which now provides only a VST3 version.

As far as I understand, Sibelius requires a .dll (VST2) file, but Pianoteq 9 no longer includes one — Pianoteq 8 was the last version to offer a VST2 build.

Has anyone found a VST2–VST3 bridge or another solution that would allow Pianoteq 9 to work inside Sibelius? Any insight, patch, or workaround would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,
Harry

Blue Cat Patchwork would do it too

https://www.bluecataudio.com/Products/P ... PatchWork/

[Sahul]

Kushview Element should do it, and for free:
https://kushview.net/element/

[whyterabbyt]

Hi everyone,

I’m looking for a workaround or patch that would let Sibelius, which only supports VST2 plug-ins, load Pianoteq 9, which now provides only a VST3 version.

As far as I understand, Sibelius requires a .dll (VST2) file, but Pianoteq 9 no longer includes one — Pianoteq 8 was the last version to offer a VST2 build.

Has anyone found a VST2–VST3 bridge or another solution that would allow Pianoteq 9 to work inside Sibelius? Any insight, patch, or workaround would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,
Harry

This post seems to a duplicate of one you made in another thread; Isaw the other one first, so Ive posted there about the xlutop tool specifically for wrapping a VST3 plugin as a VST2 dll file.

[sqigls]

yeah, and there was another one before that in which several people including myself added information to help this individual. yet it's still going around and around.
obviously this person wants a free option or can't be arsed to actually try shit for themselves.

Askhole