Re: VSTPlugin and VST instruments

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

This is definitely the correct way! VSTPluginMIDIProxy should not be instantiated by the user, as VSTPluginController already holds an instance. I should make this more clear in the docs.

Christof

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Am 3. Juni 2021, 09:10, um 09:10, [email protected] schrieb:
>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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