The "headless" version of Ardour (all the functionality, no GUI) certainly does this. Its not a problem. We don't use XCode or any Apple tools except their somewhat ancient "utility libs" which are just wrappers around AU to make it slightly more C++ idiomatic.
On Fri, Mar 30, 2018 at 9:10 AM, Igor Clark <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi all, > > Is it possible to load an existing AudioUnit MIDI plugin and interact it > with it from a CLI program written in C? I'd like to be able to use > commercial plug-ins in my MIDI processing app. > > I'm comfortable with how to communicate between C & C++ using 'extern' > etc, so that's not the main issue. Rather, I'm wondering whether it's > possible to have a C CLI app that loads the AU and sends MIDI passages to > it, so that the AU processes the data (ideally async) and then returns its > result back to the C app. I guess it's effectively writing an AU host app, > but does that all have to be done in Xcode, or is it possible to do it as a > straight C/C++ program using clang/llvm at the shell? > > Also, the AU Hosting Guide docs > <https://developer.apple.com/library/content/documentation/MusicAudio/Conceptual/AudioUnitHostingGuide_iOS/Introduction/Introduction.html> > talk about I/O, Mixer and Effect units - is there any other material that > focuses on how to do MIDI in AU? Or is a adaptor/translator layer necessary? > > Thanks for any pointers, > Igor > > _______________________________________________ > Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. > Coreaudio-api mailing list ([email protected]) > Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: > https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/coreaudio-api/ > paul%40linuxaudiosystems.com > > This email sent to [email protected] > >
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