Hi Paul,

Is there a date or time frame you can state re VST3 instrument support in VEP? Thanks :)

Originally Posted by: MS

Originally Posted by: fuzzydude

Originally Posted by: lafauna

Does it suport VST3 plugins?

Sadly, no! And Steinberg no longer officially support VST2. VST3 plugins in the VEP mixer has been a long time coming and I'm very surprised its not been inlcuded in this release.

It's in the works, just didn't make it into the first release.

Firstly, a gret release with excellent features etc (I meant to add that before my last note :) That's great to hear re VST3 being on yhe list. Any idea when it'll be implemented?

Originally Posted by: lafauna

Does it suport VST3 plugins?

Sadly, no! And Steinberg no longer officially support VST2. VST3 plugins in the VEP mixer has been a long time coming and I'm very surprised its not been inlcuded in this release.

https://www.steinberg.net/en/newsandevents/news/newsdetail/article/vst-2-coming-to-an-end-4727.html

Late 2013 we announced that the Software Development Kit (SDK) for VST 2 would no longer be maintained and would only be available as subset of the VST 3 SDK. Five years down the line and this transitional phase is now also coming to an end.

From October 2018 onward we are closing down the second version of VST for good. While the  VST 2 SDK has been unavailable, and so have maintenance and technical support, the subset within the VST 3 SDK will also be omitted.

VST 2 compatibility with Steinberg VST hosts will remain, however, we recommend to root for the latest version of VST. VST 2 was introduced in 1999 and since then the technology has evolved dramatically. Since 2008, the SDK for the third iteration of VST, VST 3, has been available and since then efforts are focused entirely on the further development of VST 3.

“We appreciate that developers and users alike gravitate strongly toward the VST 3 interface that comes with many technological advancements. By bidding farewell to VST 2, we hope to offer everyone a clear direction,” comments Yvan Grabit, technology lead at Steinberg.

Yes, they've had the same timiing for the lst two years/releases. Its always a couple months after so defnitely worth waiting. :)

Hi Jim,

There are a lot of new things in since CB 6.5 that may interest you or annoy the hell out of you. I personally would never consider going back to 6.5 and think 9 is a great update. I'd suggest holding off for the trial which should be around in a month and checking it out for yourself as you'll need to dig deep and spend time with it to know if it works for you.

I'd strongly suggest doing a system wide backup prior in to installing it so you can be sure you can recover your computer to its prior state if something goes wrong! Installing V9 trial will not stop you using CB 6.5 

Also if on Windows 10 v1607, remember to go into the properties of 'shell2vst' and switch to run in Windows 7 compatibility mode if you experience a failure to create issue.