Thanks. I was using with VSTHost which is ugly and useful. But I was getting a lot of glitches and had to restart the vsthost from time to time. Light Host might be just what I was looking for.
Hello, I know this is old, but I wanted to know if you could possibly make a video on how to add TAL onto Voice Meter banana or If I can like combine the two?
Nice tutorial but I think you should have also talked about the order of the plugins and the order you used wasn't all that great. I would probably have put the noise reduction first, then the gate, then the de-esser. EQ should be towards the end either before, or after the reverb, or add it twice once before and once after. You have to think about it all working in a chain and you want to remove any accidental noise first and tone shaping (EQ) second to last with the compressor last of all.
Andrew, thank you very much for your video, I watched it in 2020, I tried several times to adjust my audio, but I couldn't, this year I tried again and it worked very well.
Thanks for the Video but for me it doesnt work :( I dont know why... I can run Light Host and also open the different VST Pugins, but they dont change anything.... It looks like that all the Plugins dont get any sound from my Microphon. But in Voice Meeter Potato there is sound... I am using a SM7B with an Audio Interface and on my PC Voice Meeter Potato. I have installed the Plugins on D on my PC. Dont know if thats the problem. I have also checked in 1 Left and in 1 Right by the Patch Insert under System Setting / Options on Voice Meeter... I hope someone can help me!
hello! I did as you said, but it seems the reverb is also going to my virtual sound instead of just the mic and its causing a very loud feedback on eveything. Could you help me please?
Hello Andrew! I need some help. When I enable any of the VSTs through Light Host, it disables my microphone in voicemeeter, so I can't hear or monitor any changes while I mess with the patches, and it basically makes it all not work at all. How can I fix this?
Whenever I click ASIO in Preferences, my Light Host just crashes.. I am unable to select it. It lets me choose the other 2 just NOT ASIO... I recently Reset my whole pc when i upgraded My Boot drive; before i did, Light Host and reaper worked perfect on VMB. But now it doesn’t let me. Help?!? Anyone have the same issue I do??
This doesn't seem to work for me. When I enable the patch inserts in Banana the mic goes completely silent, and refuses to work unless I disable them (patch inserts). Combine this with having to manually load Light Host every time you run Windows, and that pretty much makes this useless. I appreciate the tutorial. It was clear, and concise, but somewhere along the lines something is getting borked. Since all I use the VST plugins for is SLOBS I'll just stick to those. Thank you though, you did a great job!
I have no idea how to get Light Host up and running, good tutorial, just missed a very important beginning process leaving most of us wondering how to follow along.
Andrew Alliance what’s really weird is I know how to unzip/extract but it didn’t come with a .exe file for some reason! If it did I wouldn’t have any issues. It’s so weird!
Andrew Alliance No worries at all! Thanks for checking! I was just trying to give solid critique, definitely not trying to be rude. The video itself was really good, I just got confused.
Hey man can you tell me how you got to add voicemeeter aux to your hardware input 2, mine doesn't show any voicemeeter related in the list on clicking but shows virtual mics from other software (NDI webcam).
Check if you have any A1, A2 buttons activated at the microphone column. Those buttons make so that audio signal from the mic is sent to the output device, depending on which is activated. Also, if you're using Voicemeeter Potato, activate only B1 button next to the gain control and choose "Voicemeeter Potato Insert ASIO" in "Preferences". Then you shouldn't be able to hear yourself. Make sure that in the sound settings, "Recording" tab, the microphone device is Voicemeeter Output (VB-Audio Voicemeeter VAIO). So: 1. Voicemeeter Potato -> Microphone column (Hardware Input 1 for example) -> "B1" 2. Light Host -> Preferences -> "Voicemeeter Potato Insert ASIO" 3. Windows "Sound" settings -> "Voicemeeter Output (VB-Audio Voicemeeter VAIO)"
Hi and thanks for video, did you note that LH can't reload preset after its launch? at least not for all plugin. I find a workaround to setup the plugin according to my preferences and then name the preset and save it as default. When LightHost is relaunched the default preset is loaded too. Ciao!
"How do I set the input in Light Host?" - he skipped this important step. In light host, go to Preferences. Change the Audio Device Type to "ASIO", then select "Voice Meeter Insert Virtual ASIO".
Thank you for this video, helped me finally get going with VSTs in Voicemeeter. My only question is does Light Host have any kind of set path for the audio signal? Does it matter in which order the plugins are listed or not?
Hey, no worries. You can monitor it through the VST. Another great VST is Element - kushview.net/element/ - that is my main. Memory footprint is small and works well. Hope that helps.
i just did everything, i am stuck with setting input in Lighthouse with my Voicemeeter. it says no such device when i select "Voice Meeter Insert Virtual ASIO" in preference
Is using a VST host something that software like Logitech G Hub or the Rode suite emulates with on the fly audio processing? I’m looking for ways to improve my mic for a podcast. Thanks in advance!
Really helpful, my one question is when using obs i was using rnnoise suppression with all of my reaper vst's and that made it 10 times better, is there any way of using rnnoise here?
Great video, really informative. Do you know if there is any way to activate the plugins with the macro buttons? Like if I want to talk regular, then hit a macro button that turns on effects, use them, then hit macro button trigger to turn off?
Is it possible to use VST Plugins on individual Hardware Outputs? More specific: I want to use a low pass filter on A2 Output while leaving A1 Output as it is. The sound would be coming from a line-in on my soundcard which should not be changed in any way (A1 should still output the unmodified signal, only A2 should output the modified signal).
hello bro. how did you set the background music slowing down when you are talking? i don't know the right term for that. i like that technique so much.
I follow the steps, cant seem to make it work, get all the plugins but no signal received on the VSTs. I understand your using Banana. is it compatible with Potato?
Something I realised, make sure you're selecting Voicemeeter POTATO Insert, not just Voicemeeter insert. They are two different options, didn't work for me until I I selected the correct one.
Hey, Andrew- any idea if there's a way to apply this technique to my audio playback? Right now, I route my Discord audio through Voicemeter Aux (Virtual Input #2). Lighthost picks up my mic OK- but I can't seem to get the patch insert to address my system audio. Pretty sure I'm thinking about this the wrong way, but it's hard to find details online (all VST > VM tuts focus on mic, not speakers. Any tutorials on system audio tend to just use Virtual Audio cable as a workaround, but I don't want to add too much latency to my setup.) Thoughts?
Hello, I'm trying to set up two mics to use in a podcast using Voicemeeter Potato and the Light Host VST with the Reaper Plugins. The Plugins that I am using are the reafir and the reagate. The problem is they are only working on one mic(my main mic) not the other mic which I have on a second input in voicemeeter. Can anyone help me resolve this issue? Thx!!!
I’m currently using VM Potato and it runs well. What I’ve been trying to figure out is if there’s a way to compress or normalize the sounds coming out of the recorder. I have it set up as a soundboard with macro buttons (and TouchPortal) with different clips that come through my mic in discord. However, the clips have different volume levels and I can’t seem to find a way to normalize the output like you can with the inputs. For reference, I use VST plugins with VM and Cantabile for my mic. Is there a way to route the output of the recorder to hit a compressor first or is there anything built in that I can use as a limiter?
VM Banana has 5 inputs. 2 of them are virtual and they are technically input 4 and 5 (to me). I patch them via vst as well - and use a luffs meter at the end of my audio chain.
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Are you using plugins with Voicemeeter Banana?
Hi, how did you route light room through voicemeeter? I want to figure out how to use them on my mic output. Thanks in advance
Light Room. This is Light Host, bud.
Thanks. I was using with VSTHost which is ugly and useful. But I was getting a lot of glitches and had to restart the vsthost from time to time. Light Host might be just what I was looking for.
@@AndrewAlliance you can just answer the guy's question instead of correcting light room. you know he meant to type light host....
Hello, I know this is old, but I wanted to know if you could possibly make a video on how to add TAL onto Voice Meter banana or If I can like combine the two?
You skipped the part where you explain how to route signal from Voicemeeter to Lighthost and back again.
Mind sharing how?
Nice tutorial but I think you should have also talked about the order of the plugins and the order you used wasn't all that great. I would probably have put the noise reduction first, then the gate, then the de-esser. EQ should be towards the end either before, or after the reverb, or add it twice once before and once after. You have to think about it all working in a chain and you want to remove any accidental noise first and tone shaping (EQ) second to last with the compressor last of all.
Thanks for the tip! Still learning. ua-cam.com/video/5-UJIVeC5jo/v-deo.html
Are you experiencing any kind of latency with this?
And also, is it possible to insert VSTs on the master output (A1) instead of the inputs?
Andrew, thank you very much for your video, I watched it in 2020, I tried several times to adjust my audio, but I couldn't, this year I tried again and it worked very well.
You're welcome!
Using the reaper plugin with subtract.... MONEY!! thanks so much for this.
You're welcome!
Thanks for the Video but for me it doesnt work :( I dont know why... I can run Light Host and also open the different VST Pugins, but they dont change anything.... It looks like that all the Plugins dont get any sound from my Microphon. But in Voice Meeter Potato there is sound... I am using a SM7B with an Audio Interface and on my PC Voice Meeter Potato. I have installed the Plugins on D on my PC. Dont know if thats the problem. I have also checked in 1 Left and in 1 Right by the Patch Insert under System Setting / Options on Voice Meeter... I hope someone can help me!
hello! I did as you said, but it seems the reverb is also going to my virtual sound instead of just the mic and its causing a very loud feedback on eveything. Could you help me please?
This was exactly what I was looking for, from start to finish. Thanks so much
Glad it helped!
Hello Andrew! I need some help. When I enable any of the VSTs through Light Host, it disables my microphone in voicemeeter, so I can't hear or monitor any changes while I mess with the patches, and it basically makes it all not work at all. How can I fix this?
check the order of the vsts perhaps?
I have the same problem
I'm having this same problem
Hey how do i delete the settings for Light Host because I put too many vsts by mistake and it crashed and wont open back up?
Whenever I click ASIO in Preferences, my Light Host just crashes.. I am unable to select it. It lets me choose the other 2 just NOT ASIO...
I recently Reset my whole pc when i upgraded My Boot drive; before i did, Light Host and reaper worked perfect on VMB. But now it doesn’t let me.
Help?!?
Anyone have the same issue I do??
hope someone can chime in.
thank you so much! you've made my cheap mic sound sooooo much better!
when I turn the plugins on in voicemeeter it stops picking up my mic audio do you know how to fix that?
Great to hear!
why i cant select "Voice Meeter Insert Virtual ASIO"? it says no such device.. Please help
@@user-ns9fc Any luck on how to fix it?
@@jameswoyak Nah man I just sticked to normal audio🤷🏽
Hi, I'm a bit late but can you do a video on how to set up Light Host and install the plugins?
This doesn't seem to work for me. When I enable the patch inserts in Banana the mic goes completely silent, and refuses to work unless I disable them (patch inserts). Combine this with having to manually load Light Host every time you run Windows, and that pretty much makes this useless. I appreciate the tutorial. It was clear, and concise, but somewhere along the lines something is getting borked. Since all I use the VST plugins for is SLOBS I'll just stick to those. Thank you though, you did a great job!
I have no idea how to get Light Host up and running, good tutorial, just missed a very important beginning process leaving most of us wondering how to follow along.
Ah, I see. Once you download Light Host, extract the contents to your PC, double click its exe - it will be running in the system tray. 📝✅⚡🙏🏾
Andrew Alliance what’s really weird is I know how to unzip/extract but it didn’t come with a .exe file for some reason! If it did I wouldn’t have any issues. It’s so weird!
@@AnnoyedWithChat Ahhhh - understood, keep me posted on this - and I did have all the links in the description.
My bad - added the link that has the .exe files for 32 bit and 64 bit. My fault - the link has now been added in the description.
Andrew Alliance No worries at all! Thanks for checking! I was just trying to give solid critique, definitely not trying to be rude. The video itself was really good, I just got confused.
dont work, light house close when starting.
what if i dont have the asio for voicemeeter
what do i do
Hey man can you tell me how you got to add voicemeeter aux to your hardware input 2, mine doesn't show any voicemeeter related in the list on clicking but shows virtual mics from other software (NDI webcam).
Appreciate this tutorial, thanks. Just a short question, how did you get the limiter to show up on voicemeter banana with the -3 value?
right clik on the bar, add your value, hit enter.
Great, continue with excellence. Blessed day to you.
is it possible to toggle/bypass individual plugins with macrobuttons because all i can do is toggle the patch insert which toggles all the plugins
Works brilliant i had trouble installing the ftonteir limiter but it works well without so far
Thanks for the video ❤
Glad it helped
I am trying to get guitar rig 6 vst to go into it. How do you connect a vst to go through voicemeter?
I have installed including light host, but the plug ins are not working, I have activated in voicemeeter too.
Great advice! Unfortunately doesn't work with Guitar rig.. says .dll failed to load correctly. bummer lol
lighthost only has 3 options in the tray "quit" "invert color" and "delete plugin states" i cant edit plugins or anything
turns out i had to left click and not right click.. lol, very confusing
I cannot get it to stop sending my voice back to me. Everything else is set up perfect; but I continue to hear a live monitor.
Check if you have any A1, A2 buttons activated at the microphone column. Those buttons make so that audio signal from the mic is sent to the output device, depending on which is activated.
Also, if you're using Voicemeeter Potato, activate only B1 button next to the gain control and choose "Voicemeeter Potato Insert ASIO" in "Preferences". Then you shouldn't be able to hear yourself. Make sure that in the sound settings, "Recording" tab, the microphone device is Voicemeeter Output (VB-Audio Voicemeeter VAIO).
So:
1. Voicemeeter Potato -> Microphone column (Hardware Input 1 for example) -> "B1"
2. Light Host -> Preferences -> "Voicemeeter Potato Insert ASIO"
3. Windows "Sound" settings -> "Voicemeeter Output (VB-Audio Voicemeeter VAIO)"
I found that the equalizer and gate settings VMB provides are more than enough.
Hi and thanks for video, did you note that LH can't reload preset after its launch? at least not for all plugin. I find a workaround to setup the plugin according to my preferences and then name the preset and save it as default. When LightHost is relaunched the default preset is loaded too. Ciao!
"How do I set the input in Light Host?" - he skipped this important step.
In light host, go to Preferences. Change the Audio Device Type to "ASIO", then select "Voice Meeter Insert Virtual ASIO".
2:29 ??
@@Moootin XD nice
Thank you for this video, helped me finally get going with VSTs in Voicemeeter. My only question is does Light Host have any kind of set path for the audio signal? Does it matter in which order the plugins are listed or not?
Order matters. May be similar to OBS, which is top to bottom I believe.
What configuration did you make that every time you speak into the microphone, the background music decreases in volume?
idk how he did that with this setup but its called sidechain compression, maybe that helps
When i goto system settings at the beginning, there is no patch inserts section, the last thing showing is "engine mode: normal"??
Great video thank you very much, how do I get the plugins to work on my other inputs independently?
someone help me please my light host don't want install how i can resolve that
Sorry to hear that, hope someone chimes in.
Thanks for the tutorial! I wanted to ask... after activating the VSTs, can it be monitored on voicemeeter banana while streaming/recording/etc?
Hey, no worries. You can monitor it through the VST. Another great VST is Element - kushview.net/element/ - that is my main. Memory footprint is small and works well. Hope that helps.
So my Light Host crashes when I try to scan for my VST3 plugins. UGH.
where do we get the reaq standalone from?
Being able to see your mouse cursor would be helpful ♥
Noted!
i just did everything, i am stuck with setting input in Lighthouse with my Voicemeeter. it says no such device when i select "Voice Meeter Insert Virtual ASIO" in preference
Is using a VST host something that software like Logitech G Hub or the Rode suite emulates with on the fly audio processing? I’m looking for ways to improve my mic for a podcast. Thanks in advance!
when i use asio my sound goes away and i need to restart my pc
my vst3 plugins arent showing up even with a scan, anyone know how to fix?
you probably didnt set the needed folders where your plugins are saved
Really helpful, my one question is when using obs i was using rnnoise suppression with all of my reaper vst's and that made it 10 times better, is there any way of using rnnoise here?
Great video, really informative. Do you know if there is any way to activate the plugins with the macro buttons? Like if I want to talk regular, then hit a macro button that turns on effects, use them, then hit macro button trigger to turn off?
Not that I know of
Hello, did you find a way to do that ?
If I want to use different VST plugins/different settings (for two different mics) this method will not work, right?
hey man you prolly wont see this but light host doesnt run for me, i dont know why...
mine is showing Mono left only..
how to make it left and right stereo?
Interesting.
Is it possible to use VST Plugins on individual Hardware Outputs? More specific: I want to use a low pass filter on A2 Output while leaving A1 Output as it is. The sound would be coming from a line-in on my soundcard which should not be changed in any way (A1 should still output the unmodified signal, only A2 should output the modified signal).
That would be dope.
hello bro. how did you set the background music slowing down when you are talking? i don't know the right term for that. i like that technique so much.
Sounds like I need to do another video 🤣
@@AndrewAlliance of course you do. 😂😂 ASAP if you can. This week maybe?? Please... Please... 🤩🤩
Is there a possible way for me to setup VoiceMeteer Banana's macro buttons to bypass specific plugins (such as triggering on Reverb or off)?
I dont know. You may have to get a pad for that, for that to work by programming it.
how do i make it to affect only the microphone? the vst's change my output aswell
I have a problem ... When I talk, all I hear is noise and not my voice
What do I do so that I do not monitor my own voice anymore after I finish tuning all the plugins?
Great walkthrough. Thank you!
Glad you enjoyed it!
what is light host and how do I use?
Hi Andrew have you ever had any issues with light host? For some reason after downloading the vst’s it won’t stay open and keeps closing
I have. Another one I'd recommend is Element by Kushview (need to do a vid on that one). All VST Hosts have their quirks.
I follow the steps, cant seem to make it work, get all the plugins but no signal received on the VSTs. I understand your using Banana. is it compatible with Potato?
Yup, it should be. My go to vst host is Element, that one is great as well.
Something I realised, make sure you're selecting Voicemeeter POTATO Insert, not just Voicemeeter insert. They are two different options, didn't work for me until I I selected the correct one.
Hey, Andrew- any idea if there's a way to apply this technique to my audio playback?
Right now, I route my Discord audio through Voicemeter Aux (Virtual Input #2). Lighthost picks up my mic OK- but I can't seem to get the patch insert to address my system audio.
Pretty sure I'm thinking about this the wrong way, but it's hard to find details online (all VST > VM tuts focus on mic, not speakers. Any tutorials on system audio tend to just use Virtual Audio cable as a workaround, but I don't want to add too much latency to my setup.)
Thoughts?
It's been a while since I've used it, can someone chime in? - I'd appreciate it.
Hello, I'm trying to set up two mics to use in a podcast using Voicemeeter Potato and the Light Host VST with the Reaper Plugins. The Plugins that I am using are the reafir and the reagate. The problem is they are only working on one mic(my main mic) not the other mic which I have on a second input in voicemeeter. Can anyone help me resolve this issue? Thx!!!
Hope someone can chime in.
what output go finished voice?
I’m currently using VM Potato and it runs well. What I’ve been trying to figure out is if there’s a way to compress or normalize the sounds coming out of the recorder. I have it set up as a soundboard with macro buttons (and TouchPortal) with different clips that come through my mic in discord. However, the clips have different volume levels and I can’t seem to find a way to normalize the output like you can with the inputs.
For reference, I use VST plugins with VM and Cantabile for my mic. Is there a way to route the output of the recorder to hit a compressor first or is there anything built in that I can use as a limiter?
VM Banana has 5 inputs. 2 of them are virtual and they are technically input 4 and 5 (to me). I patch them via vst as well - and use a luffs meter at the end of my audio chain.
I've done everything the same as you have done and it doesn't work
live saver! thank you!
Glad it helped!
Does this work for Tokyo Dawn Plugins as well?
I don't know but give it a shot.
if thats a 32/64bit .dll and it says vst, u can use it.
it does for me!
How do you install this software? The Zip doesn't have an exe file or any installer??
Download zip, extract folder, double click exe - github.com/rolandoislas/LightHost/releases
@@AndrewAlliance thanks the other link didn't have this same file. This has the application in it the other didn't. Thanks!
@@ariffk Cheers and stay blessed.
what about the order of the plugins?
top to bottom, left to right - depending on the software. OBS is top to bottom...
Lisp keeps crashing lightroom any time I try to interact with the gui, what's wrong?
Use light host, not light room.
When I activated Frontire my light host completely stopped working and wont open again no matter how many times I restart my pc or delete the files.
Try to reinstall, also google Element VST, its good as well.
I've had a similar issue with another plugin. Did you fix it?
@@AndrewAlliancesame issue here, light host simply stopped working. The problem continued even after several reinstalls. Any clues?
Would be so great if there wasn't so much missing
i can't even install the plugins into lighthost so i fail at step 1
Thanks a lot for sharing this video!
No worries!
It looks like Lighthost crashes upon launching it. Anyone have any solutions?
Cantabile is another great VST.
i did everything, but when i'm in a discord call, it doesn't sound any different.
Try setting you default recording device (in Windows System Settings) to VoiceMeter Audio Output. It's a bit tricky to configure at first.
@@pectoralismajor1097 what do i set on discord?
@@RPGPiixe the voicemeeter output
I dont see light host :O
Where’s light host download? I don’t see a link in desc
Thanks for the heads up - Refresh.
Andrew Alliance hey man, when I use reafir plugin, I don’t see it reading my CPU fan. Any reason why that may be
Or in other words, the background noise. Voicemeeter deff picks it up tho
@@erick9o8 Not sure, you can try the reaper gate as well and set the level above the noise floor.
@@AndrewAlliance what plugin do you use to make other sounds' volume go down when you talk into your mic
how to remove the echoing in light host??
I'm not familiar with echo challenges with Light Host. Double check your sources and input output levels.
thanks for sharing.
You bet!
doesn't work with potato for whatever reason
Wild. Not sure about Potato since VM Banana is my current focus.
Now I cant use this to make shows, is like a dsp from china
This sounds complicated c:
that eq is not healthy
Que????
What a useless tutorial... how do you route voicemeeter to lighthouse ?
Thanks for the feedback.