vst-rs

vst-rs is a library for creating VST2 plugins in the Rust programming language.

This library is a work in progress, and as such it does not yet implement all functionality. It can create basic VST plugins without an editor interface.

Note: If you are upgrading from a version prior to 0.2.0, you will need to update your plugin code to be compatible with the new, thread-safe plugin API. See the transfer_and_smooth example for a guide on how to port your plugin.

Library Documentation

• https://rustaudio.github.io/vst-rs/vst/

Crate

This crate is available on crates.io. If you prefer the bleeding-edge, you can also include the crate directly from the official Github repository.

# get from crates.io.
vst = "0.2.0"

# get directly from Github.  This might be unstable!
vst = { git = "https://github.com/rustaudio/vst-rs" }

Usage

To create a plugin, simply create a type which implements plugin::Plugin and std::default::Default. Then call the macro plugin_main!, which will export the necessary functions and handle dealing with the rest of the API.

Example Plugin

A simple plugin that bears no functionality. The provided Cargo.toml has a crate-type directive which builds a dynamic library, usable by any VST host.

src/lib.rs

#[macro_use]
extern crate vst;

use vst::plugin::{Info, Plugin};

#[derive(Default)]
struct BasicPlugin;

impl Plugin for BasicPlugin {
    fn get_info(&self) -> Info {
        Info {
            name: "Basic Plugin".to_string(),
            unique_id: 1357, // Used by hosts to differentiate between plugins.

            ..Default::default()
        }
    }
}

plugin_main!(BasicPlugin); // Important!

Cargo.toml

[package]
name = "basic_vst"
version = "0.0.1"
authors = ["Author <author@example.com>"]

[dependencies]
vst = { git = "https://github.com/rustaudio/vst-rs" }

[lib]
name = "basicvst"
crate-type = ["cdylib"]

Packaging on OS X

On OS X VST plugins are packaged inside of loadable bundles. To package your VST as a loadable bundle you may use the osx_vst_bundler.sh script this library provides. 

Example: 

./osx_vst_bundler.sh Plugin target/release/plugin.dylib
Creates a Plugin.vst bundle

Special Thanks

Marko Mijalkovic for initiating this project