I'm happy to announce the release of [vstplugin~] v0.4.0 - a Pd external to load VST plugins on Windows, macOS and Linux!

Binaries are available on Deken or can be downloaded here: https://git.iem.at/pd/vstplugin/-/releases

If possible, please report any issues at https://git.iem.at/pd/vstplugin/issues, otherwise leave a comment here: https://forum.pdpatchrepo.info/topic/13013/vstplugin-v0-4-0-released

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Here are the major new features:

• automatic bit bridging (load 32-bit plugins on a 64-bit Pd and vice versa).

• [open(: new flags "-p" for sandboxing and "-b" for bridging. Both options allow plugins to crash safely without taking down the Pd. This can be handy for buggy/unstable plugins (especially during live shows :-)
  

• [open(: new "-t" flag for multithreading (process plugins in seperate helper threads to utilize more CPU cores)

• [latency( message is sent whenever the plugin's processing latency changes

See the release page for the full change log.

Have fun!