[PD] vst~ for OSX, any update?

[Chris Clepper]

On Thu, Feb 13, 2014 at 12:08 AM, Miller Puckette <msp at ucsd.edu> wrote:

> Hi all -
>
> I tried to do this a while back but found out that on Mac you have to
> structure
> a program as an "app" (which entails using Apple's event loop instead of
> your
> own scheduler).  I couldn't see any reasonable way to get Pd working that
> way, and eventually gave up.
>

Jamie and I did all of the OSX window, mouse and keyboard code for GEM
using the Apple event loops.  It wasn't fun, but also not too terribly
difficult either.  I'm sure the GEM source is very deprecated now since it
isn't an iOS app.


> My workaround was to use another application to show the GUI, learned the
> controls and found reasonable settings, and then used the plug-in in Pd
> with
> no GUI.
>

That's just nuts.  It should be possible to build a Pd patch wrapper for
all of the VST parameters right?


> By the way, at the time there seemed to be NO open-source program for
> Macintosh
> that could host plug-ins.  I ended up using Max :)
>
>
SuperCollider hosts AudioUnits, but given James' day job that is not
surprising.




> Miller
>
> On Wed, Feb 12, 2014 at 06:32:04PM +0000, Pagano, Patrick wrote:
> > Hello
> >
> > I am asking if anyone has had any success on updating the vst~ object
> for OSX. I would really like to use some simple vst~ plugins with GUIs
> inside of Pd, but i cannot seem to get the GUI window to pop up still. Pd
> sees all the information, ins/outs and methods but cannot display the GUI
> interface so it seems. I am building and extension to the Console
> abstraction Leonard made some years ago and i would like it to have
> interchangeable vsts for REVERB/DELAY/FILTER AND a wildcard effect.
> >
> >
> > please help
> >
> > pp
> >
> > Patrick Pagano B.S, M.F.A
> > Audio and Projection Design Faculty
> > Digital Worlds Institute
> > University of Florida, USA
> > (352)294-2020
>
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