is it possible for RNBO to send/receive data between exported AU or VST plugin instances?

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    Joseph Branciforte
    May 10 2023 | 1:49 am
    i'm in the processing of doing some initial experiments with RNBO to try to port some of my M4L patches over to AU or VST for use in logic or pro tools. does anyone know if there is a way to share data (e.g. send / receive numerical values) between instances of AU or VST plugins exported using RNBO? i don't need to pass audio between devices, only messages.

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      Julien Bayle
      May 10 2023 | 9:20 am
      RNBO system can only export what you get in the RNBO patcher. If you wanted to send data from within a RNBO to outside of it, you'd need to add something more.
      You could use plain C++ to get your own communication protocol between whatever you want to and combine a C++ export with your own C++ to a framework like Juce to compile your VST/AU.
      This is a whole work outside of the RNBO boundaries, by the way.
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      Joseph Branciforte
      May 11 2023 | 7:22 pm
      thanks for the info julien, i basically figured as much! just out of curiosity (and since i'm imagining there might be others interested in pursuing something similar)... do you have any idea on best practice for creating such a C++ communication protocol? i've not yet programmed in C++, but i do have programming experience in other languages, so i'm imagining this could be achieved using some shared / global variables between plugins. are you aware of any resources dealing with C++ communication within the context of a DAW plugin architecture? i'm happy to do the research and perhaps share code if i'm able to deal with this successfully.