ofxVstHost

Introduction

Enable to load VST plugins and use them as audio effects in openFrameworks.

License

See license.md.

Installation

1. Go to https://www.steinberg.net/en/company/developers.html and download the VST SDK.
2. Extract the VST SDK on your computer and copy the pluginterfaces folder inside the addon lib\VST2_SDK\ folder.

Dependencies

None.

Compatibility

OF 0.9+ Mac/Win/Linux.

Compile on Linux

For the compile to succeed under Linux, a change has to be made to the aeffect.h file in the VST SDK sources. This will only affect the compiler behaviour under Linux and won't have any effect for other targets.

// ORIGINAL @ line 37

#elif defined(__GNUC__)
    #pragma pack(push,8)
    #define VSTCALLBACK __cdecl

// REPLACE @ line 37

#elif defined(__GNUC__)
    #pragma pack(push,8)
    #if defined(__linux__)
        #define VSTCALLBACK
    #else
        #define VSTCALLBACK __cdecl
    #endif

Architecture

Make sure the VST architecture (32/64-bit) match your project architecture!

Known issues

VST editor not implemented (i.e. VSTi cannot be displayed).