Publishing Your Plugin DSP Audio Effects on Hardware with the Multiverse Pedal

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Aviate Audio launched a programmable DSP guitar stompbox called Multiverse that has a comprehensive framework for easy development of plugin-like effects. We have been working with plugin developers that would like to implement their audio effects on a guitar pedal hardware and share with players!

Our tool called Effect Creator is a developer application that lets you build plugins (called EFX) and make graphical GUIs for them, similar to VST plugins. You then use these EFX on your own pedal, or can upload them to their website for others to download.

There are plenty of open-source examples of effects that have been published on the pedal and that you can check out. This can be a great tool for bringing your audio effects to life on a fully functioning pedal either for yourself or to share with the community!

Below is where more detailed information including guides and specs can be found:
https://aviateaudio.com/products/multiverse-pedal (https://aviateaudio.com/products/multiverse-pedal)

Please reach out and contact us if you are interested in implementing your plugin on hardware!
contactus@aviateaudio.com (mailto:contactus@aviateaudio.com)

[Paul_Driessen]

sounds cool! what CPU is in the multiverse?

[Benedict]

I am assuming is a proprietary SyntEdit-esque program that can run programs (like Reaktor builds) on the pedal. Same logic as ZenCore with some of the Roland gear.

I don't see it running random VST etc. Interesting idea.

[BertKoor]

sounds cool! what CPU is in the multiverse?

From the linked page: Cortex M7 @ 600 MHz

I am assuming is a proprietary SyntEdit-esque program that can run programs (like Reaktor builds) on the pedal. Same logic as ZenCore with some of the Roland gear.

I don't see it running random VST etc. Interesting idea.

I don't know Reaktor in depth, but I've skimmed through the Developer Guide and it's not so not SynthEdit-like (for chaining effects it is), but a proper coding framework. Each effect is a proper C++ class.

[whyterabbyt]

sounds cool! what CPU is in the multiverse?

From the linked page: Cortex M7 @ 600 MHz

Developer Guide references Teensy (and bare metal or Teensyduino), so I guess its a Teensy 4.1 then? (I just bought a couple of Teensy 4.0 and not a lot of places still had them)

[Paul_Driessen]

sounds cool! what CPU is in the multiverse?

From the linked page: Cortex M7 @ 600 MHz

Developer Guide references Teensy (and bare metal or Teensyduino), so I guess its a Teensy 4.1 then? (I just bought a couple of Teensy 4.0 and not a lot of places still had them)

ok thanks, so most likely they use the software library from Paul Stoffregen.
It is a nice CPU for timedomain effects, doing more elaborate stuff with FFT's or a NAM player is hard on such a CPU.

[whyterabbyt]

ok thanks, so most likely they use the software library from Paul Stoffregen.

Their framework is based on a modified version. The Developer Guide explains.

[_leras]

Are there any plug ins that do this, allowing C++ functions?

[whyterabbyt]

Are there any plug ins that do this, allowing C++ functions?

Its likely some of the 'scripting' (and visual scripting) type plugins do (Im thinking things like PlugData, which is open source so you can extend yourself, or PlugNScript which allows use of compiled 'Native scripts') do, though offhand I couldnt enumerate them all.
You may find others, eg Bidule has an SDK for writing new modules.