Are you asking if it’s possible to make plugins around libPd, or whether there is a generic way to port Objective-C UI’s to other platforms…?

Re: libPd, my understanding is that it is not possible to host multiple instances of libPd within the same process due to libPd’s extensive use of global state. I noticed that someone has been working on an alternative to libPd called Pd++, which claims to solve this problem, but I can’t vouch for how stable / full-featured it is as I haven’t used it: https://bitbucket.org/resler/pd-audio-unit-plug-in/

In terms of UI and other portable components there is JUCE, but I’m guessing you already knew about that ;)

Hi,
I am the creator of the Elastic Drums iOS app (with great PD help from Matt Davey).
It’s made with PureData, libPD and Objective-C.
I got asked a couple of times now, if there will be ever a standalone desktop version or even better Plugin (VST, AU) version of the app.

As far as I know, there are not ready to use workarounds to do so. Which is sad, because I can imagine a lot of fantastic plugins emerging from PD

Has somebody here some experience with doing such ports?
Then please contact me.

Cheers,
Oliver

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