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vst-rs | vst3-sys | |
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7 | 3 | |
1,033 | 265 | |
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1.7 | 2.2 | |
11 months ago | 10 months ago | |
Rust | Rust | |
MIT License | GNU General Public License v3.0 or later |
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vst-rs
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What would you rewrite in Rust?
https://github.com/RustAudio/vst-rs this what you mean?
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How do you go about making VSTs?
I hate to "uhhmm ackchyually" this, but unless you need native VST3 support* (which uses the C++ ABI directly) other options are available, a favourite of mine would be Rust!
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OctaSine v0.7.0 released (free and open source FM synth VST plugin for macOS/Windows/Linux) with major improvements
VST2 bindings exist (https://github.com/RustAudio/vst-rs) but the VST3 and AU situation is rougher around the edges. There is work being done on abstracting over different plugin standards and easing parameter handling, notably https://github.com/wrl/baseplug and https://github.com/robbert-vdh/nih-plug, but nothing completely stable yet.
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Announcing Audio Limiter: automatically lower the volume of loud sounds on your computer in real-time
One limitation that they mention is "Only one GFX and one LFX APO can be registered for an output device and only one LFX APO can be registered for an input device." which could be a problem for people who are already using one like Equalizer APO. What you could do is make a VST version of your limiter using vst-rs and use Equalizer APO to handle the APO part.
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Elementary Audio: a modern platform for writing high performance audio software
I agree with the first half. For the second half, I think for beginners, the examples are very important. From this perspective, many Rust projects comes with examples:
https://github.com/RustAudio/vst-rs
Once following the readme, it is very easy to get it work in your own machine. Then beginners can edit things while learning new stuffs with books or online resources.
Rust audio has also got a very helpful Discord community where beginners can always ask questions.
For the GUI part, I am not an expert, but there are more and more Rust GUI libraries (egui, iced, druid, rui): among them, egui-rs and iced-rs can all be used for VST. Still, there are some examples to get started with.
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Show HN: Glicol(Graph-Oriented Live Coding Language) and DSP Lib Written in Rust
https://youtu.be/yFKH9ou_XyQ
If you want your own vst (with your name on the author and you can sell),you can start with vst-rs:
https://github.com/RustAudio/vst-rs
Wanna some GUI, here is a template:
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OctaSine, a FM-based VST2 synthesizer written in Rust
When I came across the vst-rs, I realised that I could try out writing an audio plugin. Since I was already familiar with FM synthesis from Elektron Monomachine and FM8, I decided to go with it. It has worked out pretty well.
vst3-sys
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Seeking: Non GPL - VST3 basic API support
There is VST3 API for Rust but sadly, its GPL licensed https://github.com/RustAudio/vst3-sys unsuitable for commercial development.
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VST3 in Rust?
vst3-sys are bindings provided for VST3, but aren't "rustic" in nature i.e. are simple, raw bindings. It doesn't seem that there's a "nice" crate which abstracts over the VST3 library (correct me if I'm wrong).
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How do you go about making VSTs?
*even then, the masterminds over at RustAudio actually ported the VST3 API, but this is all pretty bleeding edge, so unless you really, really hate C++..
What are some alternatives?
glicol - Graph-oriented live coding language and music/audio DSP library written in Rust
nih-plug - Rust VST3 and CLAP plugin framework and plugins - because everything is better when you do it yourself
adsb_deku - ✈️ Rust ADS-B decoder + tui radar application
JUCE - JUCE is an open-source cross-platform C++ application framework for desktop and mobile applications, including VST, VST3, AU, AUv3, LV2 and AAX audio plug-ins.
faust - Functional programming language for signal processing and sound synthesis
OpenAudio - A list of open source VST/audio plugin projects. Please contribute more links or open source your own plugins.
duplicate - Easy code duplicate with substitution for Rust
iced - A cross-platform GUI library for Rust, inspired by Elm
OctaSine - Frequency modulation synthesizer plugin (VST2, CLAP). Runs on macOS, Windows and Linux.
noise-suppression-for-voice - Noise suppression plugin based on Xiph's RNNoise