Any plans for support for VST plugins in HQPlayer?

[jussi_laako (Jussi Laako (Signalyst))]

@Magnus

I would like to use VST plugins in my chain, which is Roon → HQPlayer → NAA (microRendu), @jussi_laako are there any plans to add support for VST plugins in HQPlayer (before up-sample or they will be to CPU heavy)?

No plans to support VST plugins for various reasons:

• No support for all three platforms (Linux, macOS, Windows)
• No support for DSD
• Most plugins have limitations on sampling rates they can process
• Not suitable for GPU enabled DSP pipelines

@Magnus

Roon → VST host → HQPlayer → NAA
is problematic since VST hosts typically require a fixed sample rate, which means you have to do an up-sample in Roon, and then another in HQPlayer which isn’t optimal.

VST support in Roon would also work, but they don’t seem very interested in fixing it.

Roon may have dislike for VST for similar reasons. VSTs may work in constrained studio environment for which they are designed for. For what I’m after they are not useful.