Gen Code Export: VST
Following are the steps for the creation of VST filters with gen~ on both Windows and OSX.
Requirements
Xcode 4.6 or later for OSX
VisualStudio 2010 for Windows
Max 6.1 or later
Preliminaries
- Download the VST SDK from Steinberg
- Be sure to download the VST Audio Plug-Ins SDK (Version 2.3 and 2.4). VST3+ is not supported by Max.
Building a VST
- Duplicate the provided VST project
- Move the project into the VST SDK folder vstsdk2.4/public.sdk/samples/vst2.x
- Open a gen~ patch to be turned into a plugin
- Send gen~ the exportcode message in order to export the genpatcher as C++ code
- Choose the top-level folder where you new plugin project is located as created in step 1.
- Open the Xcode or VisualStudio project from step 2
- In .cpp, change the plugin descriptors
- UNIQUE_ID
- VST_NAME
- VST_VENDOR
- VST_VENDOR_VERSION
- Build the project
- Copy the build product to the /Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/VST folder (on OSX)
- Test in Max with the vst~ object
- Nov 25 2017 | 12:55 pmThanks for the tutorial . However I doesnt seem to work with Visual Studio 2017, I retargeted the solution but still .Do you published any more information about this? Juce is working propperly when using it , but when trying to open it from the example gen-code-export / indtrojucer , it just shows visual studio 2013 , while using introjucer from the latest juce it recognizes vs 2017.
- May 09 2019 | 10:30 amAFAIK Steinberg now removed the VST SDK v2.x and only allows v3 VSTs to be developed. How will Gen cope with that?
- Aug 29 2019 | 10:52 pmFollowing NOOU.
- Jul 29 2020 | 11:54 amDoes this still work with VST 3?
- Aug 09 2021 | 9:24 pmHas this yet been updated for VST3 ?
- Aug 21 2022 | 5:18 pmFor those looking for VST3 building information, there is a github project here which explicitly mentions and supports VST3.
