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Introduction
This is a user interface toolkit mainly for audio plug-ins (VST, AudioUnit, etc). Based on the XML definition of the plug-in UI, VSTGUI includes an embedded editor (UIDescription Editor) which allows the developer to create a plug-in UI just by drag & drop of the UI element.
First developed in-house by Steinberg Media Technologies (around 1998) for their first VST plug-ins. Later added as binary libraries to the official VST SDK. Since May 2003, VSTGUI is open source, and is hosted now at GitHub https://github.com/steinbergmedia/vstgui.
The last official release version of VSTGUI is always included in the VST 3 SDK.
Example of the VSTGUI UIDescription Editor (embedded editing WYSIWYG)
Check the folder vstgui4 of the SDK!
VSTGUI Forum
Visit Steinberg's VST Developer Forum in order to get help with development, submit bug reports, request new features and connect to other VSTGUI developers:
VSTGUI on GitHub
https://github.com/steinbergmedia/vstgui
VSTGUI License
BSD style
VSTGUI LICENSE
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Tutorials for VSTGUI
Use VSTGUI to design a User Interface
This tutorial explains how to use VSTGUI. VSTGUI comes with a WYSIWYG editor that allows you to createstunning user interfaces for your plug-in.