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Originally posted by msz are there any forums out there for development of vsti plugins? free source codes maybe.

There are lots!

VST SDK.
http://ygrabit.steinberg.de/~ygrabi...html/index.html
http://www.steinberg.de/324_0.html

A big website full of DSP code.
http://www.musicdsp.org/

KVR developers forum.
http://www.kvraudio.com/forum/viewforum.php?f=33

The source for a few basic plugins (like a gain control etc.) are included with the Steinberg SDK. You can find some more in this thread: http://www.kvraudio.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=30071.

Most vsts are written in C++ with the odd bit of assembly. You can also write them in Delphi, C, Java (but the wrapper sucks) and a few other languages. If you don't know these languages, it will take you a long time to get started. If you want an easier option, you an use something like Reaktor or SynthEdit.

http://www.synthedit.com/

Reaktor is quite good, but SynthEdit is generally of questionable quality. SynthEdit will let you use a bit of your own assembly code though, which I don't think Reaktor will. Be aware though, there is a threading bug in SynthEdit which means any plugin can't be loaded more than once on a dual or quad core CPU - it will crash.

Oh, BTW. I have heard JUCE is very useful for VST programming. I have not used it myself though.
http://www.rawmaterialsoftware.com/juce/

Last edited by echosystm on Jun-25-2008 at 00:18