vstinit

vstinit — Load a VST plugin into memory for use with the other vst4cs opcodes.

Syntax

instance vstinit ilibrarypath [,iverbose]

Description

vstinit is used to load a VST plugin into memory for use with the other vst4cs opcodes. Both VST effects and instruments (synthesizers) can be used.

Initialization

instance - the number which identifies the plugin, to be passed to other vst4cs opcodes.

ilibrarypath - the full path to the vst plugin shared library (dll, on Windows). Remember to use '/' instead of '\' as separator.

iverbose - show plugin information and parameters when loading.

Examples

Example 561. Loading a VST Plugin

/* orc */
sr = 44100
kr = 4410
ksmps = 10
nchnls = 2
gihandle1 vstinit "c:/vstplugins/cheeze/cheeze machine.dll",1
instr 1
      giHandle2 vstinit "c:/vstplugins/crazy diamonds.dll",1
endin
      
/* sco */
i 1 0 1
e
      

Credits

By: Andrés Cabrera and Michael Gogins

Uses code from Hermann Seib's VSTHost and Thomas Grill's vst~ object.

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