HOW TO: Apply effects to system audio.

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This is my first time posting here, so someone please tell me if I'm in the wrong place, or if somebody has already made one of these!

So I had this application called Dolby Home Theater, which gave me a basic EQ, and forced compression on everything. Due to having terrible laptop speakers, I ended up using it all the time. I knew about alternative applications like DFX Audio Enhancer and Breakaway Audio Enhancer, but I wanted total control. So I did this:

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First, you have to download and install VB-Cable and VST Host:
VST Host, non surprisingly, hosts the VSTs, and VB-Cable is what routes the audio to VST Host.
http://vb-audio.pagesperso-orange.fr/Cable/ (http://vb-audio.pagesperso-orange.fr/Cable/)
http://www.hermannseib.com/english/vsthost.htm (http://www.hermannseib.com/english/vsthost.htm)
Here's a zip of both of them because I don't trust URLs:
http://www.mediafire.com/download/z8ueu ... Bundle.zip (http://www.mediafire.com/download/z8ueudbb4caac7e/RoutingBundle.zip)


Then, set VB-Cable as the default speaker so you don't have to configure it per application (if that's even possible). Also, you need to set the input port of VST Host to CABLE Output You might have to restart before this.

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Be sure to also set the Output Port to the appropriate device. You can then load your VSTs by going to "File->Set Plugin Path". At this point, you have complete control. I personally like using ASIO for the output port because it's ASIO and it's cool. I'm not going to lie, it has a lot of kinks in it and Engine->Restart was used multiple times.

My set up involves a steroizer, an EQ, and a hard limiter. If you can think of any better ways to do this, please post.

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If it's only for music listening, I'd rather use -> http://www.foobar2000.org/
It has basic sound shaping tools inside and with an extra extension you can even load vst plugins to it.
http://wiki.hydrogenaud.io/index.php?ti ... ST_adapter


And it's the best music librarian ever.
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What's with the Mediafire link, those are current companies. Yes, this is old information.
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