Kvraudio iconKvraudioSep 23, 2026 ~1 min source read

YBK Audio releases Instrument Player - Standalone Windows VST3 Player with always-on MIDI capture (free until October 19)

YBK Audio has released Instrument Player, a standalone Windows app for playing your VST3 instruments without a DAW, project or timeline. Chain VST3 effects after the instrument and search instruments with favourites.

YBK Audio releases Instrument Player - Standalone Windows VST3 Player with always-on MIDI capture (free until October 19)

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YBK Audio has released Instrument Player, a standalone Windows app for playing your VST3 instruments without a DAW, project or timeline.

Chain VST3 effects after the instrument and search instruments with favourites.

Separate-process scanning, WASAPI shared or exclusive, DirectSound and Starter Synth.

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YBK Audio has released Instrument Player, a standalone Windows app for playing your VST3 instruments without a DAW, project or timeline. Chain VST3 effects after the instrument and search instruments with favourites. Separate-process scanning, WASAPI shared or exclusive, DirectSound and Starter Synth.

How it works

  • Licenses claimed during that period continue to work, and no card is required.
  • MIDI Replay MIDI Replay keeps the last five minutes of playing in memory automatically.
  • Pull a phrase back, edit it in the piano roll, then export a standard.mid file for any DAW.
  • Pricing & Availability Instrument Player is free through October 19, 2026, during the launch month.
  • Instrument Player by YBK Audio, a MIDI-recording standalone VST3 player Read More

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Features Standalone VST3 instrument player with no DAW required. Always-on MIDI capture of the last five minutes. Piano-roll editor with tempo grid, quantise, copy, paste and duplicate.

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