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So I'm trying to misuse a VST in my DAW, Reaper, for musical things. Basically I want to be able to write to and read from different files using VSTs.

The VST I'm using has a string option (which gets saved and restores using presets). I want to look under the hood a bit to see what is going to see if I can do what I want.

Is it possible to get a list of presets from the VST -VST; or does a VST just output raw "data" for presets that can't be understood. Also? Also what is the relationship between presets and midi automation -automation; is every parameter in a VST settable from your DAW? I found a bunch of preset ini.ini files in reaperReaper, but they seemed to just contain binary data.

Resources found so far

Resources found so far

  • I found this thread https://forum.cockos.com/showthread.php?t=114458this thread that is using the reaper apiReaper API to set parameters and also an API.
  • There is a UI control in the FX painpane in reaper, which shows sliders instead of the graphical interface. However, string values don't seem to be there.

Get hold of a list of vst presets / parameters?

So I'm trying to misuse a VST in my DAW, Reaper, for musical things. Basically I want to be able to write to and read from different files using VSTs.

The VST I'm using has a string option (which gets saved and restores using presets). I want to look under the hood a bit to see what is going to see if I can do what I want.

Is it possible to get a list of presets from the VST - or does a VST just output raw "data" for presets that can't be understood. Also what is the relationship between presets and midi automation - is every parameter in a VST settable from your DAW? I found a bunch of preset ini files in reaper, but they seemed to just contain binary data.

Resources found so far

  • I found this thread https://forum.cockos.com/showthread.php?t=114458 that is using the reaper api to set parameters and also an API.
  • There is a UI control in the FX pain in reaper, which shows sliders instead of the graphical interface. However, string values don't seem to be there.

How to get a list of VST presets / parameters

So I'm trying to misuse a VST in my DAW, Reaper, for musical things. Basically I want to be able to write to and read from different files using VSTs.

The VST I'm using has a string option (which gets saved and restores using presets). I want to look under the hood a bit to see what is going to see if I can do what I want.

Is it possible to get a list of presets from the VST; or does a VST just output raw "data" for presets that can't be understood? Also what is the relationship between presets and midi automation; is every parameter in a VST settable from your DAW? I found a bunch of preset .ini files in Reaper, but they seemed to just contain binary data.

Resources found so far

  • I found this thread that is using the Reaper API to set parameters and also an API.
  • There is a UI control in the FX pane in reaper, which shows sliders instead of the graphical interface. However, string values don't seem to be there.
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So I'm trying to misuse a VST in my DAW, Reaper, for musical things. Basically I want to be able to write to and read from different files using VSTs.

The VST I'm using has a string option (which gets saved and restores using presets). I want to look under the hood a bit to see what is going to see if I can do what I want.

Is it possible to get a list of presets from the VST - or does a VST just output raw "data" for presets that can't be understood. Also what is the relationship between presets and midi automation - is every parameter in a VST settable from your DAW? I found a bunch of preset ini files in reaper, but they seemed to just contain binary data.

Resources found so far

I found this thread https://forum.cockos.com/showthread.php?t=114458 that is using the reaper api to set parameters and also an API.

  • I found this thread https://forum.cockos.com/showthread.php?t=114458 that is using the reaper api to set parameters and also an API.
  • There is a UI control in the FX pain in reaper, which shows sliders instead of the graphical interface. However, string values don't seem to be there.

So I'm trying to misuse a VST in my DAW, Reaper, for musical things. Basically I want to be able to write to and read from different files using VSTs.

The VST I'm using has a string option (which gets saved and restores using presets). I want to look under the hood a bit to see what is going to see if I can do what I want.

Is it possible to get a list of presets from the VST - or does a VST just output raw "data" for presets that can't be understood. Also what is the relationship between presets and midi automation - is every parameter in a VST settable from your DAW? I found a bunch of preset ini files in reaper, but they seemed to just contain binary data.

Resources found so far

I found this thread https://forum.cockos.com/showthread.php?t=114458 that is using the reaper api to set parameters and also an API.

So I'm trying to misuse a VST in my DAW, Reaper, for musical things. Basically I want to be able to write to and read from different files using VSTs.

The VST I'm using has a string option (which gets saved and restores using presets). I want to look under the hood a bit to see what is going to see if I can do what I want.

Is it possible to get a list of presets from the VST - or does a VST just output raw "data" for presets that can't be understood. Also what is the relationship between presets and midi automation - is every parameter in a VST settable from your DAW? I found a bunch of preset ini files in reaper, but they seemed to just contain binary data.

Resources found so far

  • I found this thread https://forum.cockos.com/showthread.php?t=114458 that is using the reaper api to set parameters and also an API.
  • There is a UI control in the FX pain in reaper, which shows sliders instead of the graphical interface. However, string values don't seem to be there.
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Get hold of a list of vst presets / parameters?

So I'm trying to misuse a VST in my DAW, Reaper, for musical things. Basically I want to be able to write to and read from different files using VSTs.

The VST I'm using has a string option (which gets saved and restores using presets). I want to look under the hood a bit to see what is going to see if I can do what I want.

Is it possible to get a list of presets from the VST - or does a VST just output raw "data" for presets that can't be understood. Also what is the relationship between presets and midi automation - is every parameter in a VST settable from your DAW? I found a bunch of preset ini files in reaper, but they seemed to just contain binary data.

Resources found so far

I found this thread https://forum.cockos.com/showthread.php?t=114458 that is using the reaper api to set parameters and also an API.