Dev with VST3 SDK : my plugin is not detected

[theredled]

Hi,

I'm quite new with VST SDK and C++. I have only already customized AGain to make an overdrive, added parameters etc...

I wanted to build a new plugin. So I copied AGain project (Visual C++ Express 2008), changed file names, class names, etc, and made my new plugin (a simple tremolo) with it.

It compiles well. The .vst3 file goes where it has to. Fine.


But the problem is : PluginTestHost and Cubase do not detect this plugin. It's like it didn't exist.

What can be the problem, how can I debug that ?


Thanks a lot!

Benoît

[arakula]

Did you create a new GUID for it, too?

Regarding debugging: my VSTHost should be able to load your PlugIn, if it really is a valid VST3 PlugIn.

Assuming Visual Studio .NET/2003/2005/2008, simply specifying
X:\whereveryouinstalledit\vsthost.exe
as debugging command with the parameters
/noload /nosave "$(CommonProgramFiles)\VST3\Steinberg\$(ProjectName).vst3"
should be enough. Set breakpoints, press F5.

[theredled]

Did you create a new GUID for it, too?

You rock !

What's the role of GUIDs ?

[plastique]

There's also this VST3-Validator inside the SDK which runs a couple of tests with your plugin. It sure helped me to understand a couple of other things VST3 related.

[theredled]

Thanks too for VSTHost and breakpoints, that's really a basic tool that will be very very useful.

Note : my Tremolo works now

Next step, 50's Delay with a LPF \o/

[arakula]

What's the role of GUIDs ?

It may become clearer if you think about the fact that this is an acronym for Globally Unique Identifier

Cubase has always been notorious for requesting that each PlugIn has its own identifier.

[theredled]

Ok thanks !

(Fingers in the nose the LPF "Laylay" Delay works already \o/)