VST LUA beta -- midi scripting VST

[gsoto]

MIDI output appears on Maize Studio now.
But the load button does nothing . I suspect it may be a host issue though.
Loading works in Cubase LE. Strange thing: the load dialog shows a mini player there (play/stop buttons and volume control), is that intentional?

[tzec]

The plugin uses the host file selector to open things (or the default VSTGUI one if it can't find one). I think that's what creates the play/etc. icons. I guess Maize studio doesn't support that quite right yet...

[gsoto]

Makes sense.

[tzec]

le update!

I've redone the GUI a bit and added some additional GUI features to the scripting itself. A bit more stable (I hope) too.

http://t-zec.org/vstlua/



Changelog:
Ver 0.02

shinier gui
gui component sizes are passed to controls
xypad added (slightly useless, as drag doesn't work yet, only click)
text control added
file selector added
now threadsafe!
menus can be hierarchical

simple scheduler added (see init.lua)
less crashing
fixed midi out not showing in eXT
added getCycle and getBarStart functions
added saveProgramCb and loadProgramCb functions when just before/just after programs changed

compiled in luasockets so network access is possible (maybe we will see OSC sometime soon )
code cleaned up, windows specific stuff moved to separate file as far as possible, other stuff ifdef'd appropriately
photoshop file for the gui is now in the source distribution

[contrast]

Awesome again, thank you for considering OSC support... Maybe it would save quite some work to use oscpack? Just in case you don't already know about it. http://www.audiomulch.com/~rossb/code/oscpack/

I will try to submit some scripts this weekend.

[chuck death]

Ooh now this looks interesting. Cheers for this tzec, I'm off to play!

[Dewdman42]

FYI - This version does not even open in Sonar at all now. If I try to load the VST into a sonar slot, crashes Sonar.

[tzec]

Hmmm, that's bad. Dewdman42, are you running a dual-core/multi-core machine? I don't have Sonar to test, but it seems to work in the hosts I've tried (eXT/Reaper/Live), so I suspect it could be hardware difference.

[Dewdman42]

Hmmm, that's bad. Dewdman42, are you running a dual-core/multi-core machine? I don't have Sonar to test, but it seems to work in the hosts I've tried (eXT/Reaper/Live), so I suspect it could be hardware difference.

No, not dual or quad. Its a P4.

let me correct the specifics. When Sonar7 starts up it scans for new plugins and does some kind of boot strapping. VSTLua fails during this step. The first version did not fail, the new one does. I have the option to disable it. If I don't disable it and try to run it, that's when it crashes sonar(duh). Anyway, doesn't work.

[spacedad]

it crashes xt1.4.1 .i could copy the error box if it'll help.
WinXP Home.SP2.C-Media Wave Device.NVIDIA GeForce 6200.AMD Athlon 3000+.CPU Speed 2002 mhz.RAM 1024.ASIO4ALL.EnergyXT1.4.1.

[Markleford]

I don't have Sonar to test

You could contact Cakewalk and ask for an NFR copy to help debug.

Alternately, you could send me source and I could debug under SONAR. I hesitate to say that, given my extreme lack of free time and energy, but there it is. Mind, the bug could be in SONAR's MIDI bridge/bus, so no guarantees.

- m

[Dewdman42]

Markleford, the source is already up online at the same webpage where you can download the plugin.

[Markleford]

Markleford, the source is already up online at the same webpage where you can download the plugin.

You're not supposed to tell me this: now I have no excuse for not getting it done!

- m

[Dewdman42]

[tzec]

it crashes xt1.4.1 .i could copy the error box if it'll help.
WinXP Home.SP2.C-Media Wave Device.NVIDIA GeForce 6200.AMD Athlon 3000+.CPU Speed 2002 mhz.RAM 1024.ASIO4ALL.EnergyXT1.4.1.

Yes, please copy the error box here, it might give me a clue... Markleford, if you'd like to have a go at debugging it, be my guest!