MAMEWorld Forums - The Loony Bin - Re: Requesting a little VST help....

> I'm just checking out VSTi plug-ins and stuff. I have some from someone, and I picked
> up VSTHost, and.....while it says it can load and save FXB/FXP files, it doesn't seem
> to allow these.
>
> In file>new plugins, it prompts for dll and vst3.
>
> In the ui, 'load plugins' is grayed out, and in the File menu, 'plugins' is grayed
> out.
>
> I kind of thought this deal would work maybe like MAME or something, where you put
> the plugin there, you select it, you connect your midi device (in this case a digital
> piano), it detects it, and you play the sucker.
>
> Yet, this situation seems like something I imagined it being like in the mid 90s.

I don't know anything about VSTHost, but it sounds like you want to do File | New Plugins and point it at the DLL for your VSTi. That should load the plugin up and let you play it.

FXB/FXP files are just banks and patches. Once you have a VST synth loaded, you can load an FXB or FXP file (assuming they're meant for the synth you're using) to get new sounds/settings.