Ultraschall/ultraschall-soundboard

Ultraschall Soundboard 1.9.6 does not appear in Reaper on Windows

svenwiegand opened this issue · 5 comments

Following configuration:

  • Windows 10 64-Bit
  • Reaper 5.04 64-Bit
  • SWS 2.8.1 64-Bit
  • Ultraschall 1.3 for Windows
  • Ultraschall Soundboard 1.9.6

I've copied the soundboard to C:\Program Files\Steinberg\VstPlugins and explicitly added the path to the reaper VST plug-in path. As I were not sure whether I need to copy only the DLL or the ZIP file I've copied both to the directory mentioned above. But even if I try them alone, the VST plugin isn't shown.

I've added a soundboard track, but when I open the Soundboard tab Reaper shows the error message "The following effect plug-in could not be loaded: VSTi: Soundboard (Ultraschall)". Even if I try to add the plug-in manually I get a huge list of plug-ins, but the soundboard plug-in is not listed.

I've also tried with 32-bit Reaper with the same result.

I've added a soundboard track, but when I open the Soundboard tab Reaper shows the error message "The following effect plug-in could not be loaded: VSTi: Soundboard (Ultraschall)". Even if I try to add the plug-in manually I get a huge list of plug-ins, but the soundboard plug-in is not listed.

Can you try to add the Soundboard VST manually like other VST Plugins in Reaper. The Ultraschall Menus are designed for MAC OS X. As i know Windows use other naming of VST Plugins.

On Windows 7 I've made a little progress. Here is what I've done:

  • Copy the Soundboard.dll into Reaper's Plugins\FX directory
  • Bring up Options > Preferences > Plug-ins > VST and click the Clear cache/re-scan button.
  • This results in an error box saying that msvcp140.dll is missing
  • Download and install Visual C++ Redistributable for Visual Studio 2015
  • Again pressing the Clear cache/re-scan button does no longer bring the error message
  • Create a soundboard track and -- voila -- I get the soundboard VST and can start it's GUI
  • But: As soon as I select a directory in the Soundboard GUI Reaper's VST host 32 crashes -- this happens no matter whether I install the 32- or 64-bit Redistributables for Visual Studio 2015.

Assumption: There is some kind of 32 vs. 64 bit issue

On Windows 10 64-bit the situation is completely different: I can follow exactly the step 1 and 2 described above. The rescan will not bring an error message, but the soundboard effect is not available. I still get the "The following effect plug-in could not be loaded: VSTi: Soundboard (Ultraschall)". Even if I try to manually add a instrument to an audio track the soundboard isn't listed neither in the "VSTi" nor in the "VST" section.

Ok thanks for the good Reports. I check this soon.

See my latest debugging results in #13.

try the new installer