Audio Programming C++, VB, ???

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So, I've seen the code for the infamous Slackmaster2K Suck VST plugin, and I'm close to the edge of trying to put together a little audio based app. (Not a plugin, tho...)

So, I wuz wondering... being a "Senior Systems Analyst", all they let me do is think stuff up and get the programmers to code things correctly. My company doesn't do anything close to audio apps, we do research. Lately, most of the "app building" we do is done in VB. Would that be an adequate IDE for me to make my little audio app or do I need to relearn C?

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Unfortunately you have to be a little bit more specific. You can write audio apps in VB, you can write audio apps with C/C++. What you use to write your code will depend on performance, and the API's you are going to use.

Crazy that you dug up those code snippets. I sorta hid them. Just keep in mind that I was learning the VST interface as I chunked my code together. If you want a much better resource for VST, check out steinberg's VST API download (somewhere on their site).

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Being a coder, i am way interested in this. I know C++ decently, but the open source stuff I look at is WAY over my head.

I am interested in a suck plug in though. Not that I need a plugin for it, but hey, sounds like fun. Where's it at Slack?

MIKE
 
mastahnke,
click on the 'website' button in slack's post...

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The Suck Knob was a little plugin I wrote to get back at our beloved Brad, who is a Boston (the band) lover (loser). It's just for fun, and can be found in the "misc" section of my website http://www.slackmaster2000.com . Note: you have to follow the install instructions to the letter.

The code is stuck someplace else on my site. At the end of my free plugin list article methinks.

I was just at steinberg's site and I can't find the VST SDK anymore. It's a great resource for learning how to write VST plugins, which is where you want to start because the complexities of a DX filter is prohibative to just screwing around or learning. If the SDK doesn't turn up I've got a copy.

BTW, before you get all excited about writing plugins, you should know that digital audio processing is really very complex. Do a quick lookup of the fourier transform or wavelets. I looked once, and I've never been quite the same since.

Slackmaster 2000
 
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