Hello,

is there a simple audio recorder accepting VST plugins for guitar like Amplitube, BIAS Amp, TH-U or others ?
I'm a guitarist and I wish I could quickly save my ideas without having to open my DAW, create a project, etc.
By the time everything is ready, I will have already lost my idea ...

 

You mean something like this?
https://acondigital.com/products/acoustica-audio-editor/

 

IK Amplitube has the stand-alone version with an 8 track recorder. Reaper opens in 1 sec. is that too long not to loose your idea?

just create a template in reaper , so when you fire it up (1 sec) it loads your ampsim and drum machine and such.

 

Audacity?
It's still free, too.

I concur with @korte1975. Reaper has lately become my weapon of choice.

 

Thank you all for your answers, I will test your suggestions

 

Also, you can use Reaper that way and it's free to try as long as you wish.

 

That seems to be the best way to make it

 

You are funny, this works in different (all?) DAWs.

 

Reaper

 

templates will save a lot of time setting up a project.
or something like audacity will load quicker than most DAWs. it can host VSTs but its not great to work with. i would suggest quickly capturing your ideas in audacity then exporting them over to your DAW for editing and effects.

 

True ! (for the most of the DAWs I suppose). I work with Ableton Live 10 but it doesn't load quickly and sometimes I just want to plug my guitar and play, so at this time when you get an idea you need a fast software just to record it. Maybe I have to think different and create a template in Ableton and load it everytime I'm playing guitar ?

 

When we had a similar discussion I suggested this setup:
https://audiosex.pro/threads/a-good-tool-to-quickly-note-down-musical-ideas.45153/#post-410439

Very neat simple and fast. See if it fits..

 

I use reaper for that. Like mentioned. My template opens up and is ready faster than I can sit on my chair and plug the guitar in.