Steinberg SDK is a dependency. It's unavoidable. It's API, every host must communicate with all the plugins. There must be something between them.

 

I am gathering hopes for SOUL now ! Jules hardly fails to impress.

 

I know nothing about SOUL. Why is it defferent from JUCE?

And I have to say it. You want to make plugins yourself for using them in your own music production, right? Now you can forget about music making and defer it on one of your next lives. Believe me, I know what I'm saying

 

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Wow @The Mazeman, - you're a difficult man to please & today your nom de plume makes complete sense...

 

So basically...music production/plugin development.....pick one?

 

Blue Cat's Plug'n Script
https://www.bluecataudio.com/Products/Product_PlugNScript/

 

This is the best for starters, as long as you know how to code C/C++ style.

 

SOUL is almost exactly an OpenGL for audio. It implies programming language, hardware developers, drivers, OS,...
It's a very long shot they can allow themselves thanks to their great work with JUCE, but we won't see any result, if any, in several years. And there'll be competition, money involved.

FAUST is a language developed exclusively for audio/music.

Edited: I forgot Matlab. It's a f*ing beast, unbeatable for prototyping audio processing. It can even export to VST, though not optimized.

 

Mostly, yes. If somebody wants to acheive something. But if programming is a hobby or music making and programming are hobbies why not? It's interesting and we could do it just for fun. It's not good to be scattered if we want to achieve something.
My words was not not about money or a job. I said about a real result. Something completed, good, useful, valuable. A good plugin (may be paid one) or an excellent song. All we do needs a dedication. And we cannot take all in.

 

does Faust has a feature to accommodate custom GUIs ??

 

This doesn't make you a master of C++ or audio DSP. In fact, it might be irrelevant.

See http://www.musicdsp.org/en/latest/index.html for FX algorithms.

To make a Audio VST takes patience, passion, persistence, and preferably background & an aim.

Maybe C++ VST development isn't for you. There's a lot of boilerplate involved with VSTs. See https://sourceforge.net/projects/mda-vst/ for examples.

This probably means you want to focus on the core of your audio. This is my 1st JSFX . It's very simple & I still use it often.

https://github.com/junh1024/Reaper-Surround/blob/master/Specialist/DifferenceMaker.txt

And i still use JS today because it's quick & simple to make. No boilerplate. No compilation & linking.

BUT ITS NOT VST!!!!

You can transpile to VST using https://sourceforge.net/projects/geep-jeez/ or just use ReaJS VST to load JSFX into VST.

 

Clearly you didn't read the previous comments.
ReaJS requires you to have reaper. You are just repeating what others have said.

 

hi Mazeman you know NI Reaktor?
How To Build A Synth In Reaktor> https://www.adsrsounds.com/reaktor-tutorials/how-to-build-a-synth-in-reaktor-a-beginners-guide/
happy day!

 

Not what I want.

 

You're throwing questions without doing your homework.
And you are wrong, and your wrong assumption is already answered.

Google ReaPlugs.

Just to complement this very good comment, if you wanna do GUIs is always complex. Sometimes very complex.
Modular beasts aside (Matlab, MaxMsp, Bidule,...) if you don't use:
1. JUCE: minimal C++ with all the boilerplate added
2. ReaJS: uses EEL2 language developed by Reaper staff. It's super fast to develop with it because it's an interpreted language (uses a JIT compiler like Javascript so doesn't need to compile). Con: the syntax is very weird, though because of good reasons.
3. Plug'N Script: uses AngelScript which is another JIT script language. But it's a C++ oriented language. Exports directly to VST2/VST3 and you can even compile in C++ with minimal changes.
Then you better create your own language. Join SOUL team for example :P

Both ReaJS(EEL2) and Plug'N Script(AngelScript) are fast (for a scripted language) and real-time oriented (maximum latency guaranteed, no sudden Garbage Collecting).

 

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if it is not for commercial purpose, you can build basically anything in Reaktor Core , and you can download several Ensembles from the repository of the community and edit them freely.

 

VST programming is not easy. You need to understand DSP programming, Processor/System resource utilization, UI development etc.... Juce is a good place to start. Roli who purchased Juce is working on a new language called SOUL (Sound Language) that may take module development to the next level. You can learn more about it here:

I suggest that you check out Dexed. It's a really nice "free" crossplatform FM(DX7) synth that can load sysx cart files as well. It's written with JUCE and the source code is available here:

Check it out here:
https://asb2m10.github.io/dexed/ (Note: Click on the Github button at the top for the source)

There is also AudioKit which can be found here:
https://audiokitpro.com/audiokit/

Have fun creating!

Lasher

 

WOW ! You guys don't read the previous comments at all do you ?

 

That's the ideal solution now, isn't it mate ?

 

I am guessing you meant *minimum latency.