Re: VSTPlugin and VST instruments

Good answer! The only thing I would add is that you can get the MIDIProxy
directly from the PluginController.

Instead of creating a 'c'...

> c = VSTPluginMIDIProxy(b);

...you can just use b.midi directly.

Glen.


On Thu., Jun. 3, 2021, 02:17 <[email protected]> wrote:

> On Wed, Jun 2, 2021 at 3:28 PM <[email protected]> wrote:
> > I think I should use Voicer but at the moment I don't know if it's
> possible to use it with VST instruments and VSTPlugin.
>
> I don't think Voicer is necessary for this.
>
> Most VST plug-ins handle their own voice stealing -- every one that
> I've ever looked at has a "polyphony" or "voices" parameter. So the
> easiest way to handle voice stealing is to set the plug-in
> appropriately.
>
> The original question was about playing a note in a VST plug-in for a
> specific duration (where the duration is known in advance).
>
> Events already automatically do this.
>
> You didn't want to use patterns, but there is no requirement to use
> patterns in order to use events. You can build the event yourself and
> play it.
>
> ```
> (
> SynthDef(\vst, { arg out;
>     Out.ar(out, VSTPlugin.ar(numOut: 2));
> }).add;
> )
>
> a = Synth(\vst);
> b = VSTPluginController(a);
>
> b.open("Vital.vst3", editor: true);
> b.editor;
>
> // here:
> (type: \vst_midi, vst: b, midinote: 64, amp: 100/127, sustain: 3).play;
> ```
>
> ^^ So, in the last one, it is sustaining the note for three beats --
> the release is handled for you -- and no patterns were used.
>
> (The VSTPluginController help file does say "VSTPlugin defines two
> custom Event types which can be used in Pbind"... This is true as
> stated, but if you misread it slightly, you might think that the event
> types may *only* be used in Pbind. That inference is not correct.
> Events are independent of patterns. They are commonly used with
> patterns, but there was never any requirement that events must be
> generated by patterns.)
>
> If you really strongly object to using events, you can schedule the
> release yourself:
>
> ```
> c = VSTPluginMIDIProxy(b);
>
> (
> c.noteOn(0, 64, 100);
> thisThread.clock.sched(3, { c.noteOff(0, 64) });
> )
> ```
>
> hjh
>
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