How do I start building a VSTi plugin?
I am wondering exactly which method I can use to create a VSTi plugin. I don't expect the next Array to copy in a few short weeks as I don't know about DSP and very basic programming skills. I'm sure this is probably above my current level, but I believe I will grow as a programmer if I give myself a lofty goal that I'm very interested in.
All that said, I'm at a loss as to where to start. I know I will need to download the Steinberg VST SDK, but many other resources I looked for gave conflicting information on which frameworks I need to download, etc. Etc.
So what are the main tools I need and what good resources.
I am currently using Visual Studio 2013 Ultimate as my IDE and I will be writing in C ++.
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Getting the development environment and tools built to write a VST plugin is very time consuming. I highly recommend Juce ( http://www.juce.com ), which abstracts much of the weirdness of the VST structure for you, and also provides good tools for generating project files for your IDE, etc.
Juce is not a prefect, but he is much better than doing everything by hand.
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