yes, on closer looks this header seems to be the equivalent of the host interface SDK header, not the ones for creating plugins. The question is whether there is the equivalent VeSTige C++ headers for plugins. Of course the base class implementation is also good to have (but it might possible to reimplement it alright).
My reasons for looking at this is that I would have liked to build a VST plugin example from the ground up without having to depend on the SDK, with LGPL or similar license. It's an educational thing. Victor ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chris Cannam" <can...@all-day-breakfast.com> To: "victor" <victor.lazzar...@nuim.ie> Cc: "Paul Davis" <p...@linuxaudiosystems.com>; "Linux Audio Developers" <linux-audio-dev@lists.linuxaudio.org> Sent: Friday, June 12, 2009 9:12 PM Subject: Re: [LAD] VeSTige headers > On Fri, Jun 12, 2009 at 8:53 PM, victor<victor.lazzar...@nuim.ie> wrote: >> Does anyone know whether it is possible to write fully-compatible >> VST plugins with this header? It does seem to have a lot less than >> the VST SDK headers on first looks. Or is this just meant for >> writing hosts? > > I'm not completely confident about this, but I think that effectively > it's only good for hosts. > > The header contains everything that a "normal" host in "normal" use > will use to communicate with a plugin, so you can certainly use it to > write a plugin that would work in this situation. But it isn't > complete; a host could invoke things not specified in this header, and > your plugin won't respond correctly to them if your only reference is > this header (as it presumably will be if you aren't to trangress > against the VST licence). So your plugin might work in other hosts, > but I don't see how you could be sure of that. > > On a practical level, of course, most existing plugins derive from the > C++ classes provided in the SDK, which have no equivalent here. So > you'd have to do more work. > > > Chris _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-dev mailing list Linux-audio-dev@lists.linuxaudio.org http://lists.linuxaudio.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-audio-dev
