Although it doesn't make any sounds itself, it allowed me to create combinations of sounds and effects that I couldn't (or simply wouldn't take the time to) in another host.Ĭhainer is a lightweight and minimal host, but it does far more than you might expect. This is a difficult area to score for a host. I would have deducted a point for the rather garish colour scheme, but there is now an alternative skin available now :-) You can drag and drop plug-ins between slots, bypass single instances or entire channels. Everything feels like it's in the right place, and the 'slot-based' concept for plug-ins works really well. The GUI is extremely intuitive and usable. Chainer gives you the maximum of control with the minimum of fannying around. This is a must for all live musicians and sound designers, as well as people who are just extremely lazy. Then it is just a case of using Chainer's own MIDI learn to map the controller knob to the parameter. One thing I have to mention is how the parameter list focuses on whichever control is being adjusted in the plug-in's main GUI. Mapping the controls from my MIDI keyboard to a plug-in is a breeze using the parameter list editor, when I'm done I can just save the configuration as a preset. It functions very well as a lightweight host, but its strength is really in the ease of editing and routing / automation possibilities it presents. If like me you occasionally take a semi-modular approach to your plug-ins (like layering several instances of Synth1 for example) these features come in very handy. You can do this very easily and recall the preset in a couple of clicks, run it alongside an existing chain or on a different channel, load / save the same configuration under Cubase or FL Studio and so on. It can even host multiple instances of itself what's the point of that then? Well, suppose you find a combination of synths and effects that sound awesome together (with strategic mixing and panning) and you want save the 'chain' as a single preset. I bought it for live use but have found myself constantly using it on my main DAW. These 'chains' can also be accessed through your favourite host by using Chainer as a plug-in. It can effectively make any combination of your synths and / or effects stand-alone, free from the complexity and CPU drain of Cubase et al. Chainer is a low-cost VST / VSTi host that functions as both a stand-alone application and as a plug-in itself.

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