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I'm gonna add my own ten cents because this app really should be in the featured list and therefore it needs at least five reviews.
This app is nothing less but a GEM. Anybody working with VSTi synths - I'm a sound designer - needs this thing as bad as you need your ears.
This probably is the smallest VSTi host out there (it is a plugin in its own right). It is FAST (loads in no time), flexible (you can add as many VST directories as you have) and does not use up all the memory and CPU time any other host would. If you don't need sequencing and the lot why would you waste your resources on any other host.
I tried this baby on a regular P III laptop, no special audio cards or anything and latency was just STUNNING !
Being a programmer I can definitely appreciate the fact that I can use my computer's keybord to play - no need for an external keyboard. (people that need to be mobile like me will definitely appreciate this)
Specs say you can load up to 100 VST instruments/effects in one instance of Chainer ... BUT .. you can also load several instances of Chainer in Chainer (as it is a standalone app AND a plugin ) You can't even begin to imagine what possibilities that will open up.
Imagine layering Model E, PPG wave, Pro 53 and Pentagon .... and whatever else you have around ... BOY ... the sounds this little baby lets you produce just makes your pants drop down ! And most surprising of all .. the processor hardly notices !!! Try that in Cubase SX or any other host !!
Forget RTPlayer, because of it's stupifying clumsy handling of VST subdirectories, and forget V-Stack if you don't need VST link.
Enough said, only if you're really stupid you will not download the fully functional demo at http://www.xlutop.com and play with it for a while. This will be your best spent 60 bucks EVER .. trust me.
In short : your processor will love you for it and your latency impotence will be temporarily relieved.
Chainer is VIAGRA for VST ..nothing lessRead Review
This app is nothing less but a GEM. Anybody working with VSTi synths - I'm a sound designer - needs this thing as bad as you need your ears.
This probably is the smallest VSTi host out there (it is a plugin in its own right). It is FAST (loads in no time), flexible (you can add as many VST directories as you have) and does not use up all the memory and CPU time any other host would. If you don't need sequencing and the lot why would you waste your resources on any other host.
I tried this baby on a regular P III laptop, no special audio cards or anything and latency was just STUNNING !
Being a programmer I can definitely appreciate the fact that I can use my computer's keybord to play - no need for an external keyboard. (people that need to be mobile like me will definitely appreciate this)
Specs say you can load up to 100 VST instruments/effects in one instance of Chainer ... BUT .. you can also load several instances of Chainer in Chainer (as it is a standalone app AND a plugin ) You can't even begin to imagine what possibilities that will open up.
Imagine layering Model E, PPG wave, Pro 53 and Pentagon .... and whatever else you have around ... BOY ... the sounds this little baby lets you produce just makes your pants drop down ! And most surprising of all .. the processor hardly notices !!! Try that in Cubase SX or any other host !!
Forget RTPlayer, because of it's stupifying clumsy handling of VST subdirectories, and forget V-Stack if you don't need VST link.
Enough said, only if you're really stupid you will not download the fully functional demo at http://www.xlutop.com and play with it for a while. This will be your best spent 60 bucks EVER .. trust me.
In short : your processor will love you for it and your latency impotence will be temporarily relieved.
Chainer is VIAGRA for VST ..nothing lessRead Review
