HEEEEEEEROOOOOOO !
thanks a lot for this, having longed for this for years !
my first tests of VST plugins ran like a charm !
(pd 0.49 and Win7)
as for VST instruments (software synths) - that was a little more
complicated:
while my test synths did load alright, i couldn't really recall preset
banks. i COULD load them but the "program_set" message did not load them.
(BTW: there's an error in the help file on this message box.
right now it says [program_set( while it should say [program_set $1( )
i had "light" success with the "midi_program_change 1 $1" message but
not on all of them. some freezed PD.
i have to add that i use a couple of rather old and obscure "no-install"
synths ("ODsay", "Oatmeal" ...) that might be too old and buggy, so the
problem's moste likely not on your side.
(For example with OATMEAL, i could not use the native GUI interface at
all (the UI did not update, preset banks didn't load, buttons are
unresponsive))
A "commercial" synth like "Discovery" worked as expected for the most
parts. but the GUI also didn't update when a new preset was loaded. it
only updated when i moved a slider.
but all in all:
great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great work !
best
oliver
Christof Ressi wrote:
Dear list,
I'm happy to announce the first alpha release of [vstplugin~], an external to -
you guessed it - load VST plugins in Pd.
features:
* cross platform (Windows, MacOS and Linux)
* load any kind of VST plugin (audio effect, MIDI effect, soft synth etc.)
* automate plugin programmatically with Pd messages
* use either the native VST GUI (WIN32, Cocoa, X11) or a generic Pd editor
* preset management: read/write standard .fxp and .fxb files or
set/get the plugin state as a Pd lists to build your own preset management.
* choose between single and double precision (if the plugin supports it)
* MIDI input/output
* basic sequencing support (for arpeggiators, sequencers etc.)
NOTE: currently only VST2.x plugins are supported but VST3 support will come
soon!
see vstplugin~-help.pd for detailed instructions.
the external is already available on Deken. here's the source code:
https://git.iem.at/ressi/vstplugin
please report any issues, questions or feature requests to
https://git.iem.at/ressi/vstplugin/issues
NOTE: on MacOS, the plugin GUI defaults to the generic Pd editor, use "-gui" to
force the native VST GUI. if you want to know why, check out the README.
*** for all the Cocoa devs lurking, please have a look at:
https://git.iem.at/ressi/vstplugin/issues/4 - I need your advice :-) ***
have fun!
Christof
PS: check out the wonderful IEM plugin suite (https://plugins.iem.at/) - a set
of crossplatform and open source Ambisonics VST plugins developed at the IEM.
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