Download and run instructions Windows
From the main HQStreamer2 GitHub page, click the Downloads folder.
Click the windows_x64 folder.
Click on HQStreamer2.exe if you just want the standalone program, or both the EXE and the VST3 if you want the VST3 plugin also.
Click Download.
Find HQStreamer2.exe in your Downloads folder or wherever you saved it, and double-click it. It may not show the .exe file extension.
If you get a security warning like this, click More Info.
Then click Run Anyway.
If you get an error message like this
or like this
go to this page on the Microsoft website. Under Visual Studio 2015, 2017, and 2019, download and run vc_redist.x64.exe. You may have to restart your computer after installing this. Then try running HQStreamer2.exe again.
HQStreamer2 looks like this once it's working.
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Open a Windows Explorer (folder view) window and navigate to C:\Program Files\Common Files\VST3. If you haven't installed any VST3 plugins before, the VST3 folder may not exist within the Common Files folder. In this case, create a folder named VST3 inside the Common Files folder.
Be careful not to accidentally use Program Files (x86) instead of Program Files.
Drag or cut-and-paste the HQStreamer2.vst3 file you downloaded in step 3 above into the VST3 folder. You will get a prompt like this. Click Continue.
Open your DAW of choice (REAPER). Create a new track and click the FX button to add a new effect to the track.
In the VST3 (not VST or VST3i) category, choose HQStreamer2 (Sauraen).
If HQStreamer2 does not appear in the list automatically, tell your DAW to scan for new plugins.
If there were issues with a plugin last time it was scanned (for example, if the plugin failed to load with an error message and then you installed the Visual C++ Redistributable described above), simply re-scanning will not reload it, you must clear the plugin cache and re-scan.
The HQStreamer2 VST3 plugin looks like this once it's working.
Click here to continue to the instructions for how to join a session as a client.