mGUIman has a built-in automatic Skin-Builder, and can share the same MIDI-controller between different mGUI VST-wrappers and instances ...
It is possible to wrap any GUI-less VSTi or VST, you can create your own skins ... 3 different skin-themes are included: Grey, Cream and Black
mGUI is freeware, in return I would like everyone to donate their own creates skins / templates / presets back to the community.
You can upload your own creations on the mGUI WIKI pages.
The following VST-wrapper examples can be downloaded from here, only download the v1.3 stuff ...
- Juicy77
- Juicy77x2 - load 2 instances of Juicy77
- TS' Secret
- W1 Limiter
- AriesVerb
- mdaBeatBox
- mdaCombo
- VanillaComp
NOTE: this information is outdated, please go to http://asseca.org for updated information !!
How to set-up the VST wrapper (using the built-in skin-builder): (naming convention: the plugin to be wrapped is called myvst.dll)
- if myvst.dll contains an internal preset/bank, then save this to .FXP/.FXB
- copy myvst.dll to asData\plugins.
- add the line copy mGUI.dll myvst_GUI.dll to copy-dlls.bat and run copy-dlls.bat, (you might need to download "mgui-update.zip")
- now, load myvst_GUI.dll and
- load the corresponding child plugin
- load the template .SKN skin, e.g. "Template-asGrey.ini" these are specially formatted .SKN files
- now, unload and then reload the plugin
- (optionally) click on the little LED above the "Design"-button, this LED will no light up, when now unloading the plugin,
this is only needed once after using the skin-builder,
the parameter-numbers in the .SKN file will now be replaced with the parameter-names - DONE, now you can modify the skin to your own taste ... (see the advanced section)
BTW, it is possible to build/rebuild just the skin by loading e.g. Template-asCream.skn from the "Options Panel" ...
Here's a short explanation of the "design" button:
The "Design" button has 3 modes
- Preset mode - used for normal operation + MIDI learn/set for each preset (works only if "plugin.ini" has useChunks=1 (see Properties panel)
- Global mode - MIDI/PRMs set for the plugin's global state, the MIDI/PRMs settings are saved in the "Plugin.ini", (see Properties panel)
- Move mode - to position the knobs and resize the plugin
