Dexed VST not working

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schmaz
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11 Mar 2021

Hey folks, new here. Does anyone have experience with the Dexed VST in Reason? I cannot get Dexed (https://asb2m10.github.io/dexed/) to populate as a plugin within Reason 11.3.2. Unfortunately - after trying two versions of Dexed (0.9.5 and 0.9.6) nothing has worked besides the standalone Dexed.exe app. The standalone app sounds great, but I have no way to record audio into Reason from there or feed midi into it, and I'd really like to use it within the context of Reason.

I'm not very well versed in Reason, DAWs, or VSTs, but it seems the issue possibly stems from the fact that Reason does not support VST3 plugins. No .dll files seem to come with the newer versions of Dexed, just a VST3:
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Does anyone know if this assessment is correct, and if so...how did people get dexed to work back in the day? viewtopic.php?t=7510255

I would like to figure out a way to make this work. It sounds that good. Even if someone has the old .dll package lying around I'd be willing to try that.

Thanks in advance for any help offered, and sorry if any of my questions or terminology are off!
-Schmaz

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joeyluck
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11 Mar 2021

Yes, the latest Dexed version does not include VST2. Reason doesn't support VST3 yet.

I believe the version you want is 0.9.4?
https://github.com/asb2m10/dexed/releases/tag/v0.9.4hf1

Or "Nightly"?
https://github.com/asb2m10/dexed/releases/tag/Nightly

Here are the releases:
https://github.com/asb2m10/dexed/releases

Looks like 0.9.5 introduced VST3 and dropped VST2

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Billy+
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11 Mar 2021

VST 3 is not supported in Reason V11.3.x
https://help.reasonstudios.com/hc/en-us ... in-Reason-

Also just to make you aware nor are VST MIDI devices supported such as :-

https://xferrecords.com/products/cthulhu
https://mixedinkey.com/captain-plugins/

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DaveyG
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12 Mar 2021

Yep, it's that VST3 thing again. Reason Studios stubbornly hanging back behind the curve.

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Billy+
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12 Mar 2021

DaveyG wrote:
12 Mar 2021
Yep, it's that VST3 thing again. Reason Studios stubbornly hanging back behind the curve.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reason_Studios wrote: In April 2017, Propellerhead announced plans to support VST plugins in Reason, starting from version 9.5
And I'm still waiting for it to be fully realised...........

schmaz
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12 Mar 2021

Thank you! 0.9.4 worked!
joeyluck wrote:
11 Mar 2021
Yes, the latest Dexed version does not include VST2. Reason doesn't support VST3 yet.

I believe the version you want is 0.9.4?
https://github.com/asb2m10/dexed/releases/tag/v0.9.4hf1

Or "Nightly"?
https://github.com/asb2m10/dexed/releases/tag/Nightly

Here are the releases:
https://github.com/asb2m10/dexed/releases

Looks like 0.9.5 introduced VST3 and dropped VST2

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