Softube Saturation Knob as a plugin? (SOLVED)

[giovannibuchelli]

Is there a way to use Softube Saturation Knob as a plugin and not as part of the ProChannel?

 

 

Edited June 1, 2021 by giovannibuchelli

[scook]

I am not sure if the bundled plug-in is a dual VST/PC dll but the plug-in is available for free from Softube

While the plug-in is free, it requires an iLok account and license manager for activation.

[giovannibuchelli]

Yeah, I've been using the plugin in Reaper and other DAW.

But Cakewalk takes it automatically as part of the PC. 

[scook]

Add the plug-in path used by "Reaper and other DAW"

If they are scanning the PC path, then copy the SaturationKnob.dll to a different folder in the scan path outside of the PC path.

 

[giovannibuchelli]

The Vst2 folder I have is the same for every DAW (program files/vstplugins). 

I'll try installing the Vst3 version.

 

 

[giovannibuchelli]

Solved!

I needed to use the Vst3 version, not the Vst2 one.

 

 

 

 

[Victor Flores]

I was about to make this same question until I found your thread. So...I'm not understanding how you solved it. Is there a Vst3 version in Cakewalk? Or did you download a vst3 from Softube and opened it in Cakewalk outside of the ProChannel? I ask because my plan was to open Softubes Saturation Knob in a Stereo Bus to affect many vocal tracks, but the only way I can use it is through the ProChannel which would mean having many instances of Softube open which eats up resources. Thanks ahead.

[scook]

CbB includes an older version of the VST2 plug-in installed in PC modules folder.

AFAIK, the only way to acquire the VST3 format is download it directly from Softube.

There is a ProChannel on every bus.

[Victor Flores]

Thanks for the prompt response. Your last sentence saved the day. "

There is a ProChannel on every bus."

When I look at the top of the  stereo bus, there is no way to open the module folder, but...when I look in the inspector track panel at the top, there is the module folder. Thanks a million. 

[Xoo]

Alternatively,  open up regedit (Registry Editor), navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Cakewalk Music Software\Cakewalk\Cakewalk VST X64\Inventory\c:/program files/Cakewalk/shared utilities/Internal/Saturation Knob.dll, and hasVstEntryPoint from 0 to 1.

Open CbB and rescan VSTs; you may need to close and re-open CbB (I did, but that may be because I was registry editing at the same time).

It'll appear as a plug-in and a PC module.

Edited June 17, 2021 by Kevin Perry