VST 3 plug-ins Examples

Table of Contents

• ADelay
• AGain
• TestChannelContext
• HostChecker
• TestLegacyMIDICCOut
• mda Plug-ins
• Note Expression Synth
• Note Expression Text
• Panner
• PitchNames
• TestPrefetchableSupport
• TestProgramChange
• Sync Delay

The SDK includes some plug-ins and host implementation examples.The Legendaries AGain and ADelay ADelay, thanks Paul Kellet the OpenSource mda Plug-ins, a basic Note Expression Synth supporting "Note Expression Event" and an example of pitchnames support plug-in (PitchNames) and more.

Note: They use cmake as project generator: cmakeUse
In order to add your own plug-ins check: addownplugs

ADelay

Very simple delay plug-in:

• only one parameter (a delay)

Check the folder public.sdk/samples/vst/adelay of the SDK!

Classes:

• ADelayProcessor
• ADelayController
  
  

AGain

The SDK includes a AGain plug-in which is a very simple VST 3 plug-in. This Plug-in:

• is multichannel compatible
• supports bypass processing
• has an automated gain parameter
• has an Event input bus (allowing to use noteOn velocity to control the gain factor)
• has a VU peak meter
• uses the VSTGUI4 library
• a version of this plug-in with side-chaining is available (showing a plug-in using the same controller and different components)
• a AAX version is available
• a AUv3 version is available
  

Check the folder public.sdk/samples/vst/again of the SDK!

Classes:

• AGain
• AGainWithSideChain (used for side-chain version)
• AGainController
  
  

TestChannelContext

Very simple plug-in:

• showing how to use the Steinberg::Vst::ChannelContext::IInfoListener interface
• using a generic UI

Check the folder public.sdk/samples/vst/channelcontext of the SDK!

HostChecker

• Instrument, Panner and Fx plug-in checking the VST 3 support of a host.
• a AAX version is available

Check the folder public.sdk/samples/vst/hostchecker of the SDK!

TestLegacyMIDICCOut

Very simple plug-in:

• showing how to use LegacyMIDICCOutEvent which allow to generate MIDI CC as output event
• VST parameters change which create LegacyMIDICCOutEvent Event

Check the folder public.sdk/samples/vst/legacymidiccout of the SDK!

Classes:

• LegacyMIDICCOut::Plug
  
  

mda Plug-ins

• Effects (stereo to stereo plug-ins):
  • Ambience : Reverb
  • Bandisto : Multi-band Distortion
  • BeatBox : Drum Replacer
  • Combo : Amp and Speaker Simulator
  • DeEsser : High frequency Dynamics Processor
  • Degrade : Sample quality reduction
  • Delay : Simple stereo delay with feedback tone control
  • Detune : Simple up/down pitch shifting thickener
  • Dither : Range of dither types including noise shaping
  • DubDelay : Delay with feedback saturation and time/pitch modulation
  • Dynamics : Compressor / Limiter / Gate
  • Image : Stereo image adjustment and M-S matrix
  • Leslie : Rotary speaker simulator
  • Limiter : Opto-electronic style limiter
  • Loudness : Equal loudness contours for bass EQ and mix correction
  • MultiBand : Multi-band compressor with M-S processing modes
  • Overdrive : Soft distortion
  • RePsycho! : Drum loop pitch changer
  • RezFilter : Resonant filter with LFO and envelope follower
  • RingMod : Simple Ring Modulator
  • Round Panner: 3D panner
  • Shepard : Continuously rising/falling tone generator
  • SpecMeter : Stereo 13 Bands spectral Meter
  • Splitter : Frequency / level crossover for setting up dynamic processing
  • Stereo Simulator: Haas delay and comb filtering
  • Sub-Bass Synthesizer: Several low frequency enhancement methods
  • TalkBox : High resolution vocoder
  • TestTone : Signal generator with pink and white noise, impulses and sweeps
  • Thru-Zero Flanger : Classic tape-flanging simulation
  • Tracker : Pitch tracking oscillator, or pitch tracking EQ

• Instruments (1 Event input, 1 stereo Audio output):
  • DX10 : Sounds similar to the later Yamaha DX synths including the heavy bass but with a warmer, cleaner tone.
  • EPiano : Simple EPiano
  • JX10 : The plug-in is designed for high quality (lower aliasing than most soft synths) and low processor usage
  • Piano : Not designed to be the best sounding piano in the world, but boasts extremely low CPU and memory usage.

Based on the OpenSource mda plug-ins (http://mda.smartelectronix.com/), this set of plug-ins demonstrates how wrap DSP code in a VST 3 plug-in.

Check the folder public.sdk/samples/vst/mda-vst3 of the SDK!

Classes:

• BaseProcessor
• BaseController
• BaseParameter
  
  

Note Expression Synth

• Instrument plug-in supporting note expression events
• It shows how easy it is to use vstgui4
• a AUv3 version is available

Check the folder public.sdk/samples/vst/note_expression_synth of the SDK!

Classes:

• NoteExpressionSynth::Processor
• NoteExpressionSynth::Controller
• NoteExpressionSynth::Voice
  
  

Note Expression Text

• Plug-in visualizing the NoteExpression as Text
• It shows how easy it is to use vstgui4

Check the folder public.sdk/samples/vst/note_expression_text of the SDK!

Panner

• Simple panner plug-in showing how to support Panner category (mono to Stereo)
• It shows how easy it is to use vstgui4

Check the folder public.sdk/samples/vst/panner of the SDK!

Classes:

• PlugController
• PlugProcessor
  
  

PitchNames

• Instrument plug-in showing PitchNames support
• It shows how easy it is to use vstgui4

Check the folder public.sdk/samples/vst/pitchnames of the SDK!

Classes:

• PitchNamesController
• PitchNamesProcessor
• PitchNamesDataBrowserSource
  
  

TestPrefetchableSupport

Very simple plug-in:

• showing how to use the Steinberg::Vst::IPrefetchableSupport interface
• using a generic UI

Check the folder public.sdk/samples/vst/prefetchablesupport of the SDK!

TestProgramChange

Very simple plug-in:

• showing how to support Program List
• using a generic UI

Check the folder public.sdk/samples/vst/programchange of the SDK!

Sync Delay

Very simple delay plug-in:

• showing how to support IProcessContextRequirements

Check the folder public.sdk/samples/vst/syncdelay of the SDK!