Dear list,

I'm happy to announce the release of vstplugin~ v0.3.0.

[vstplugin~] allows to load VST2 and VST3 plugins on Windows, macOS and Linux.

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

Please report any issues at https://git.iem.at/pd/vstplugin/issues or https://github.com/Spacechild1/vstplugin/issues

BTW, I've made a small tutorial video :-): https://vimeo.com/382944239

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*** Change Log ***

New features:

* better error messages when plugins fail to load (e.g. wrong CPU architecture)

* automatically scan VST3 presets

* new simplified preset management system, using named presets which are saved to standard locations (the old methods remain for power users).

* new vstpresetbrowser.pd abstraction

* improved vstpluginbrowser.pd: better GUI + plugins can be filtered by keyword, type, category and vendor

* [open( can be called asynchronously and responds with [open <success>(

* preset methods can be called asynchronously and respond with messages, e.g. [preset_load <success>(

* [reset( can be executed asynchronously and responds with [reset(.

* [search_stop( method to cancel an asynchronous plugin search.

* [param_list(, [program_list( and [preset_list( accept an optional plugin key argument

* [info( also outputs the VST SDK version.

* experimental support for PDINSTANCE (untested)

Bug fixes:

* fixed serveral bugs in the VST3 implementation

* fix crash when calling [midi_*( methods without plugin

* don't lock Pd when receiving events from the GUI thread if DSP is running, instead set an atomic flag and set a clock in the perform routine. This avoids dead-locks in certain plugins and also improves realtime-safety.

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Have fun!

Cheers,

Christof