Stereo Tool

The DLL's, not the settings?

Oh, that shouldn't have been in the list for input 2 .

Yes, the DLL's. Using the previous settings without issue.

Ever since beta 29 for 9.92, using VST2-32 with Adobe audition 3, when I open Stereotool. all I see is a blank white screen. I just tried it again today with beta 67. Is this a known problem?

Ted Alexander W8IXY

Hi, no, this is not a known issue. I just tried it here (in a different version of Audition), and here it opens fine, but with a too small window. Aside from that everything seems to work fine.
Can you send me your VST .ini file in a PM? It's usually in C:\Users\username\vst_stereo_tool.ini

Edit: I found a bug that explains the wrong window size. I don't know if this also causes the white screen on your end, but it might. I'll run a new build tonight.

Do you know if it started in exactly BETA029? That one is pretty old (several months), and I don't see any size-issues in that version, they were introduced later (about 2 weeks ago).

BETA068 is posted; only change is the fix for the VST display size for the old GUI.

Hi Hans,

Here is the vst.ini file you requested. Version 29 was the last one that the GUI worked with Adobe Autition 3. Using Windows 10.

[Direct soundcard access]
Device ID=Microsoft Sound Mapper
[FM Transmitter]
Enable UECP=0
RDS PS text=2s:STEREO/2s:TOOL/<1=1.5s,2..-2=2t,-1=1.5s:WWW.STEREOTOOL.COM/1s:\T2h\:\T02m\:\T02 ... 02m\:\T02s
RDS PTYN text=
RDS RadioText text=60s:Stereo Tool: Professional Audio Processing - www.stereotool.com/30s:Stereo Tool by Hans van Zutphen, 1999-2017 - www.stereotool.com
UECP DSN=0
UECP Encoder Address=0
UECP PSN=0
UECP Port=4001
UECP Site Address=0
UECP listen on specific encoder address=0
UECP use standard RDS settings when connection closed=0
[PNR Low Latency Monitoring]
Block size=0
[PNR Normal]
Block size=0
[Presets]
Recent file 1=H:\1 Stereotool Presets\MAIN133 10 6 2018.sts
Recent file 10=H:\1 Stereotool Presets\2 futzing 17 10 18 2017.sts
Recent file 11=H:\1 Stereotool Presets\2 futzing 18 10 18 2017.sts
Recent file 12=H:\1 Stereotool Presets\2 futzing 16 10 18 2017.sts
Recent file 13=H:\1 Stereotool Presets\CD process for car 10 7 2017.sts
Recent file 14=H:\1 Stereotool Presets\CD process for car interim 9 11 2017.sts
Recent file 15=H:\1 Stereotool Presets\2 futzing 15 10 18 2017.sts
Recent file 16=H:\1 Stereotool Presets\2 futzing 13 10 17 2017.sts
Recent file 17=H:\1 Stereotool Presets\2 futzing 14 10 17 2017.sts
Recent file 18=H:\1 Stereotool Presets\2 futzing 4 10 17 2017.sts
Recent file 19=H:\1 Stereotool Presets\2 futzing 10 10 17 2017.sts
Recent file 2=H:\1 Stereotool Presets\MAIN 10 18 2017.sts
Recent file 20=H:\1 Stereotool Presets\2 futzing 1 10 17 2017.sts
Recent file 3=H:\1 Stereotool Presets\2 futzing 23 10 18 2017.sts
Recent file 4=H:\1 Stereotool Presets\2 futzing 20 10 18 2017.sts
Recent file 5=H:\1 Stereotool Presets\2 futzing 21 10 18 2017.sts
Recent file 6=H:\1 Stereotool Presets\2 futzing 22 10 18 2017.sts
Recent file 7=H:\1 Stereotool Presets\CD process for car 4 10 2017.sts
Recent file 8=H:\1 Stereotool Presets\CD process for car 7 26 2016.sts
Recent file 9=H:\1 Stereotool Presets\2 futzing 19 10 18 2017.sts
[SST Export]
Author=Thimeo Stereo Tool 9.10
Contains Cleanup=1
Contains FM=1
Contains Processing=1
Name=Imported from Stereo Tool
[ST Preset Info]
Software class=Thimeo
Software name=Thimeo Stereo Tool
Software version=9.10
[Stereo Tool Configuration]
Enable web interface=0
Extra info in title bar=
Password=
Port=8080
Software version=9.03 BETA033
Whitelist=127.0.0.1/32
[Stereo Tool Dynamic Settings]
Poll STS File name=
[Thimeo MicroMPX]
Stream hash key=
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Hi Hans,

I just loaded BETA 68 VST 32 and it still opens only to a blank white screen. Adobe Audition 3, Windows 10.

Ted Alexander

Oh! I misunderstood your earlier post - I thought version 29 was the first one that *didn't* work. So, does this mean that 030 was already broken? I just looked through all the code changes between 029 and 031 and I don't see anything suspicious.
The .ini file looks really old - the last version that wrote to it was version 9.10 from several years ago. So I think there's a newer .ini file (did you rename the VST DLL?)

Are you loading existing settings or are you creating a new VST plugin instance in Audition? If you're loading existing settings, something in those settings might trigger the crash.


I have sent you a PM.

Hi Hans. I didn't see a PM. (It may have been caught in my spam folder and deleted.)

I hadn't been loading every Beta, just the several I mentioned before. The first problem I had was with BETA 35, which was the Beta I loaded after 29.

I have kept a VST DLL file in a folder in one of my drives for several years now. I just add each BETA I download to that file/folder. Should I start a new folder? Or should I delete the old .ini file completely and start over? How do I change the latese .ini file?

I appreciate your advice. I know I still use the old Adobe Audition 3 VST2. It does everything I need it to do, nothing more,nothing less.

Ted Alexander
w8ixyw8ixyw8ixy@gmail.com