

when the VST version starts, it should browse the ~/.stereo_tool.rc config file if it exists, to retrieve settings and license key from the standalone version. I'd suggest for the next versions of Sterotool, a simple feature request: It is important to note that although the standalone StereoTool version writes it's configuration in the "~/.stereo_tool.rc" file, the VST version writes its own config into the “~/vst_stereo_tool" file, which is not a best practice (config files should be hidden (a dot leading the file). The "Registration key=" line *must* be placed in the "" section to be valid.

On MacOS, it is possible to manually edit the VST configuration file to paste the registration key, as stated above. pasting the license key from the clipboard by clicking on the "paste" button in StereoTool license settings either doesn't work at all (the text field stay blank), or I see the license key displayed in the field but it's immediately erased so I can't validate it). keyboard presses are ignored (typing the license, or RDS data for example). Once the VST is running, on either music editor, it works perfectly but : I tried without sandboxing the plugins, but the issue is the same. In Renoise Preferences, the "Run all plugins in sandboxes (separate process)" is clicked by default.

The plugin works on Renoise and Reaper but has the issues mentioned below.

Users/bruno/Library/Audio/Plugins/VST (my default VST directories): StereoTool VST 圆4 9.40 ("stereo_tool_64.vst" file), copied either into Music editors: Renoise 3.2 圆4, Reaper 4.78 圆4 MacOS Mojave (didn't switch to Catalina because I still have some 32bit apps I need). Here are some additional details to help troubleshoot the issue: I didn't use StereoTool VST for a while, but I'm back to the same issue of registering my license on VST.
