Is there any VST plugin out there that is capable of loading other VST plugins (effects) ?
A free one, if possible :P
Is there any VST plugin out there that is capable of loading other VST plugins (effects) ?
A free one, if possible :P
Unfortunately not free, but the following two options have worked for me in the past:
Energy-XT which can be used as a VST plugin, or a DAW in its own right. I use it as both, as there's a Linux version, and I love it.
Try Plogue Bidule. There is a trial of the standalone version which can really do amazing things, the paid plugin version can host other plugins.
These plugins load other plugins:
Blue Cat Audio Patchworks (€59 / $79 excl. VAT)
DDMF Metaplugin ($49)
If there is another plug-in format supported, you could try a VST wrapper and see if that helps. I know FXExpansion makes one for VSTs, but again, your host would have to support something other than VSTs.
You could write your own hosting plug-in. This paper explains the architecture:
http://eprints.bournemouth.ac.uk/18249/1/ICMC2011%2DPaper_Final_Camera_Ready_ver2.pdf
The best plugin host I can think of would be from Steinberg themselves who were the inventors of VST:
https://www.steinberg.net/en/company/developers.html
Download this: VST 3.6.0 Audio Plug-Ins SDK
Unzip it and there will be the vst host executable in the bin folder. I test out most of the plugins I write using this. And it is quite amazing.