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VST 3 Links

On this page:

• Getting VST SDK
  • Download the full VST 3 package as zip file
  • Clone VST 3 repository from GitHub
• Online Documentation
• VST 3 Forum
• VSTGUI
• External Links to VST 3, DSP, Conferences and Plug-ins development

Related pages:

• How to set up my system for VST 3

Important links you will need for working with VST 3.

Getting VST SDK

You have 2 possibilities for getting the VST SDK:

Download the full VST 3 package as zip file

Download a full VST SDK package which includes everything you need to build a VST 3 plug-in or host. Test your VST 3 plug-in in real-time with the included VST 3 Plug-in Test Host and execute automated tests (See What is the VST SDK?):

https://www.steinberg.net/vst3sdk (direct link to zip file, ~100 MB)

Clone VST 3 repository from GitHub

Clone the VST SDK repository from GitHub for easy integration into your workspace:

https://github.com/steinbergmedia/vst3sdk

ⓘ Note
Independently of the download source of the VST SDK be sure that you follow the license agreement (check What are the licensing options for VST 3?)

Online Documentation

Browse the VST SDK's online documentation including API reference and sample code:

https://steinbergmedia.github.io/vst3_doc

Browse the VST portal for the whole documentation and tutorials:

https://steinbergmedia.github.io/vst3_dev_portal/pages/index.html

VST 3 Forum

Visit Steinberg's VST Developer Forum in order to get help with development, submit bug reports, request new features and connect to other VST 3 developers:

https://sdk.steinberg.net

VSTGUI

When you download the VST SDK, the last official release version of VSTGUI is included, but you can get it (the release and the development branches) from github:

https://github.com/steinbergmedia/vstgui

External Links to VST 3, DSP, Conferences and Plug-ins development

Here, you can find some links to external resource about VST 3, DSP and Plug-ins development:

Category	Links
YouTube	• ADC 2020: Support of MIDI 2.0 and MIDI-CI in VST 3 instruments, Arne Scheffler and Janne Roeper • ADC 2017: VST 3 history, advantages and best practice, Yvan Grabit • ADC 2016: The Golden Rules of Audio Programming, Pete Goodliffe • How to setup the VST SDK's Sample Plug-in Projects
Forums / Mailing List	• KVRAudio Forum: DSP and Plug-in Development • music-dsp mailing list at columbia.edu • music-dsp Web • Sursound mailing list at Virginia Tech • DSP Stack Overflow: DSP Developer community • Stack Overflow: Developer community
Tools / Libraries	• MATLAB®: Audio Plug-in Creation and Hosting • Blender: A free and open source 3D creation suite • Armadillo: C++ library for linear algebra & scientific computing • lapack++: Linear Algebra PACKage in C++ • dlib: Dlib is a modern C++ toolkit • Intel MKL: Intel® Math Kernel Library • CMSIS-DSP: CMSIS-DSP is an optimized compute library for Arm CPU (filtering, mathematics,...)
Books	• DSP related.com: Articles, news, and blogs about basic and modern DSP topics • Introduction to Signal Processing by Sophocles J. Orfanidis • DSP Guide by Steven W. Smithn (The Scientist and Engineer's Guide to Digital Signal Processing) • Online Books by Julius O. Smith III (Mathematics of the Discrete Fourier Transform (DFT), Introduction to Digital Filters, Physical/Spectral Audio Signal Processing) • Seeing Circles, Sines, and Signals: A visual and interactive introduction to DSP • The ART of VA Filter Design by Vadim Zavalishin (theoretical and practical aspects of the virtual analog filter design in the music DSP context) • Stackoverflow - The Definitive C++ Book Guide and List: Nice list of C++ books (for beginner to advanced levels)
Conferences	• ADC: Audio Developer Conference • DAFx: Digital Audio Effects • ICASSP: International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing • ISMIR: International Society for Music Information Retrieval
Other	• VST on wikipedia • VST Story Interview • Steinberg Media Technologies