However, having waited this long I stuck with it, and 85 minutes later I finally finished downloading the 9Mb update file for my VST/24! Finally, on the third day I got a reasonable 2kb/second download speed (I can get 5kb/second with some sites), but sadly no file sizes were indicated, so I had no idea how long the download would take. I tried for three days to get a reliable link, giving up on several downloads when speed dropped to a yawn‑inducing 700 bytes/second. Steinberg have upgraded their servers considerably, but despite this I experienced severe problems. Steinberg go along with this policy in Cubase 3.71 (more on this later), and if you are a VST owner it will pay you to read the remainder of this column carefully before installing the latest update.Ĭubase VST 3.7 revision 1 appeared on the Steinberg web sites in December (the easiest way to find the download pages is to follow the links from but judging by the amount of traffic on the Steinberg web site at the time, many of you may have given up trying to download it, or have waited for confirmation of its stability before taking the plunge. Now that both DirectX and VST‑specific plug‑ins can be accessed by such a wide variety of applications, it makes sense to organise them in a more global fashion, so that a vital folder doesn't disappear during a routine update to another application. This is partly due to software protection problems (as I discussed in November's PC Notes), but also because of the simultaneous arrival of Wavelab 3.0 and Cubase 3.71. This month I seem to have spent an inordinate amount of time re‑installing and moving plug‑ins. You can download it from This month Martin Walker examines the changes in the latest Cubase VST v3.71 update, and finds you yet more musical freeware! It certainly sounds exactly like the original (if my memory serves me well), and in honour of its most illustrious user, Stylophone VST has been dubbed RolfWare. Unlike the original, this VST Instrument provides eight notes of polyphony and full MIDI control. Stylophone VST lets you recreate the memorable tones of the original Stylophone Classic. Here's a chance to incorporate the sound of a classic '60s synth into your latest songs.
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