Video tutorial: Programming Custom Audio Effects (VST/AU) - An Introduction

[drwx]

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Unfortunately this video is out-of-date and I decided to abandon this project.

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[IIRs]

Looks interesting! How much programming knowledge does this assume?

[IIRs]

Requirements:

You must know how to code in C++ (ie. you should know the difference between a class and a method).

Oh, ok. So what is the difference between a class and a method?

[UncleAge]

drwx, this sounds very interesting. i'll hit you up later today or tomorrow for the purchase.

[Xenakios]

Requirements:

You must know how to code in C++ (ie. you should know the difference between a class and a method).

Oh, ok. So what is the difference between a class and a method?

A method is a function that is a member of a class.

Code: Select all

void doSomething()
{}

class Foo
{
public:
  void doSomething() {}
};

int main()
{
  // call non-member function
  doSomething();
  // instantiate one foo and call member function (method)
  Foo fooinstance;
  fooinstance.doSomething();
  return 0;
}

The code above isn't guaranteed to compile or do anything useful.

[arakula]

Oh, but it's guaranteed to do nothing useful

[drwx]

I like the way you stay in topic. Is there anybody going to post about the ping pong game next?

[IIRs]

I like the way you stay in topic. Is there anybody going to post about the ping pong game next?

I can tell you're new to these forums...

Ok then back on topic. I am interested in your tutorial, but it seems that I would need more background programming knowledge to make any use of it.

So my next question is, can anyone point me to some resources to help me learn those basic oop skills? And, how ambitious a task would it be to try to teach myself?

I have a reasonable understanding of DSP processing having built some useful stuff in Synthedit/Synthmaker/Reaktor but no proper background in programming, nor any experience beyond coding a few Synthedit modules a few years back.

[drwx]

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So my next question is, can anyone point me to some resources to help me learn those basic oop skills? And, how ambitious a task would it be to try to teach myself?

Well, if you don't do C++ already, you probably want to keep developing plugins in the way you do (C++ gives you full power but you probably don't need it). If you want to learn C++, you must need it badly, otherwise your patience will suffer... That said, I used this tutorial to get started at it: http://www.icce.rug.nl/documents/cplusplus/.

[IIRs]

I used this tutorial to get started at it: http://www.icce.rug.nl/documents/cplusplus/.

Thanks. Plenty there to keep me going for a while I think!