Comments on: Kushview Element Modular VST Plugin Host Is Now FREE

By: Axl

Axl — Sun, 08 Oct 2023 19:40:38 +0000

Impressive tool for the electronic musician ! Really well coded, very recommendable!

By: grant

grant — Mon, 26 Jun 2023 21:52:24 +0000

Got all of my waves ( mainly vst3 ) working wonderfully inside of reason 10 , up to version 12. Version 14 of waves crashes but im happy that most of them work

By: grant

grant — Mon, 26 Jun 2023 18:19:58 +0000

just realized i may be able to use this as a workaround for waves plugins

By: Atme

Atme — Sat, 02 Nov 2019 23:30:41 +0000

Brilliant and very useful. Thanks a lot Kushview!

By: OK1

OK1 — Fri, 01 Nov 2019 00:57:17 +0000

In reply to OK1. What I actually forgot in all of this is that Element is also a host, so I may not need another host like Cantabile, we'll see. !

By: OK1

OK1 — Fri, 01 Nov 2019 00:55:54 +0000

A few years ago I discovered that the free version of Tracktion (then it was version 5, but this feature has been retained in all the free versions up to and including Tracktion Version 7,. which I think is an awesome freeware host), had a modular feature by which you could group a whole bunch of plugins and the routing between them, into a single mega plugin block, which you could then use as a single custom plugin in the effects chain.

IIRC you could also save this mega plugin block, so it was recallable and reusable..

The only thing missing was I could not use it in another DAW.

I also cherish Cantabile which has a free version, as an excellent tool for live playback, as a VST hos which has an excellent free version. But the issue with this also was that all the work I did in Cantabile, was not reusable in another DAW.

When I 1st met Element, when it was 1st released, the cost of the paid version put me off, not that I do not like to pay for music software, which I do and have spent a tidy sum on over many years, but having to pay to fully try out the product was a step too far, to test its ability to also be used as a VST.

I am encouraged to try it out especially as it is pretty much similar to the best features of Tracktion’s modular environment.

Obviously there is not much demand for tools like this, cos not too many people work in multiple DAW’s, or have need to want to switch from a studio DAW to a live host DAW(which has usually special features to support set changes, patch changes, etc)., but the new Element release enables the possibility of switching all the hard work I put into designing a plugin chain, straight from a Studio DAW like Reaper, into a Live DAW like Cantabile, without losing anything.

Very promising, I will check it out…..

By: Choko

Choko — Wed, 30 Oct 2019 15:08:13 +0000

In reply to Mark. Yes it has a stand-alone app. Great for a guitar amp. :)

By: Mark

Mark — Wed, 30 Oct 2019 09:45:24 +0000

Can this be used outside of the DAW – as a stand-alone app? I want an app that allows me to dump some plugins into a lightweight host – without needing to assign tracks and the sort. Essentially, a featureless daw

By: Tomislav Zlatic

Tomislav Zlatic — Wed, 30 Oct 2019 06:28:08 +0000

In reply to Choko. Yeah, easy way to build complex FX chains and even multi-instruments within the DAW.

By: Tomislav Zlatic

Tomislav Zlatic — Wed, 30 Oct 2019 06:26:53 +0000

In reply to The Sound Of Lex. Indeed!

By: Tomislav Zlatic

Tomislav Zlatic — Wed, 30 Oct 2019 06:25:29 +0000

In reply to Adam. Exciting! Do you know of any freeware bridge applications that are available at the moment?

By: bmovie

bmovie — Tue, 29 Oct 2019 21:50:12 +0000

In reply to Adam. Cool! Thanks for the info