Process Panel F10 Standard / Ultra
Load VST3 plugins to apply on transfer or for monitoring. Reorder, save presets, and run a separate monitor chain that doesn’t touch the exported file.
Open with the Process tab on the right sidebar, or F10.
Plugin format & scanning
Supported: 64-bit VST3 only.
Open the Process Panel and basehead auto-scans your VST3 plugins.
VST3 is a registered trademark of Steinberg / Yamaha Corp.
Effects rack
The Rack tab has three cards: Rack, Monitor, and Pitch / Stretch Ultra. The Rack card holds your plugin chain — load as many VST3 plugins as your CPU can handle.
Tail
The tail spinner, next to + at the bottom of the Rack card, adds seconds to the end of the rendered file so reverb and delay ring out. It’s rack-wide and also applies to Bounce Audio Ultra.
Reordering
Click any plugin and drag up or down. A position bar shows where it’ll land. Release to drop.
Copy & paste plugin settings
Right-click any slot to copy or paste parameters between slots — or remove the plugin.
Monitor section
Two slots for plugins you want active for monitoring only — like a master limiter or metering. Anything in the monitor section is not baked into transferred files.
Effects rack presets
Click the Presets pull-tab on the right edge of the Rack tab to slide out the presets drawer.
- Rack / Mon tabs for each section’s presets.
- Store, Update and Folder (opens the preset folder in Finder / Explorer). The filter box doubles as the name box when storing.
- Click a preset to load it. Hover for the pencil (rename) and X (delete).
- The pin button keeps the drawer open as a second column.
pitchFX axis Ultra
Standard X/Y axis with two pitching modes: pitchFX and stretch. Drag the green ball around to hear the difference.
Reverse playback
Press the Reverse button to create a temporary reversed file. The waveform turns purple as visual feedback. Shortcut: Ctrl+R / Cmd+R.
FAQ
Are effects applied to files or only for monitoring?
Effects in the Rack are applied to files on transfer. Disable individual plugins with the Bypass buttons. Effects in the Monitor section are never applied to exports — great for compressors, limiters, and metering plugins.
Where are the plugin scan whitelist / blacklist files?
PC: %AppData%\basehead\PluginScan.settings
Mac: ~/Library/Application Support/basehead/PluginScan.settings
The Log button on the Process Panel’s Plugins tab opens PluginScan.log.
My reverb / delay tails are cut short on export.
Raise the tail spinner at the bottom of the Rack card to add time to the end of the file.
How do I move VST2 presets from v2023 and earlier?
Copy them from the old VST/Presets folder to ~Documents/basehead/Presets/VST. They’ll show up flagged with (VST2) in the preset list. VST2 parameters can’t be converted to VST3 (different formats), but plugin chains will load fine if a VST3 of the same name is installed.
Why don’t my Waveshell plugins show up?
WAVES doesn’t follow the same plugin standards as other vendors, so we no longer support Waveshell directly. You can still load WAVES plugins by hosting them inside another shell plugin.