SaviHost v1.43 update released

[TheSteven]

SaviHost v1.43 update released
https://www.hermannseib.com/english/savihost.htm

Great app for quickly & easily testing or licensing VSTs.

V1.43
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Release Date: 2021-04-03
Changes:

• - MIDI Controller dialog didn't display controller names correctly in the VS2008 builds
• - Increased MIDI Input Device number to 4 (somebody came up with a perfectly rational explanation why this would be a good idea ?
• - VST3 enhancements
• - Donation dialog is only shown once per version, not once per version and PlugIn as in previous versions
• - if a loaded USB MIDI device is detached and reattached, SAVIHost automatically reconnects to it (experimental, but works fine for me)
    Requires drivers that support DRV_QUERYDEVICEINTERFACE (not all do)
• - MIDI->Parameter and Parameter->MIDI added
• - Wave device names ending in blank characters caused problems; should be  corrected
• - JUCE 5-generated VST3 PlugIns couldn't start
• - Donate dialog is a web browser window now
• - Int32MSB16/18/20/24 and Int32LSB16/18/20/24 ASIO sample types work  better now
• - ASIO driver unloading didn't release buffers before closing; corrected
    (funny that it took about 15 years until I came across a driver that  reacts badly to that)
• - Cursor Up/Down/Left/Right didn't work on the keyboard bar; corrected
• - /noavrt command line option added (automatically set if running in a  WINE environment, as this would kill SAVIHost otherwise)
• - VST3 PlugIn Editor context menu corrected
• - Status bar didn't resize correctly for very narrow PlugIns

 

From Hermann Seib's review on KVRaudio:
https://www.kvraudio.com/product/savihost-by-hermann-seib

Quote

 

This is one of the best free tools around, like a Swiss Army knife, it's perfect to quickly check out a VST instrument without the need for a DAW, or to use a VST instrument without a DAW.

Here's basically what one needs to do:

1: Download SAVI host
2: Unzip/Unrar downloaded file
3: Place unpacked "SAVI.exe" file in same folder as "X-VST.dll"
4: Rename "SAVI.exe" to exactly the same name as "X-VST.dll", in other words = "X-VST.exe"
5: Double click renamed "X-VST.exe" to start instrument

The programme got lots of features, like recording of perfomances that can be saved as wav files.

 

 

Edited April 13, 2021 by TheSteven