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VST 3 Links

On this page:

• Getting VST 3 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 3 SDK

You have 2 possibilities for getting the VST 3 SDK:

Download the full VST 3 package as zip file

Download a full VST 3 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 3 SDK?):

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

Clone VST 3 repository from GitHub

Clone the VST 3 SDK repository from GitHub for easy integration into your workspace:

https://github.com/steinbergmedia/vst3sdk

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

Online Documentation

Browse the VST 3 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 3 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 MIDI2 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 3 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 by Roli • 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