VST Plugins Adapter's Notice

©2000, Georges-Edouard Berenger, berenger@francenet.fr
Hamburg, December 17th, 2000.

What is VST Plugins Adapter?

VST Plugins Adapter is a SoundPlay plugin that will bring VST Plugins support to that application.
In other words, it will allow SoundPlay to use the BeOS version of VST Plugins.[to continue...]
To know more about VST Plugins, please visit Steinberg's Web site.

Is the source code available?

Yes, here, at BeBits.
You are encourage to copy it to bring VST Plugins support to your own applications. I have started this project as the last thing I have done while working for Steinberg for that purpose. Thanks to the Steinberg people for letting me do that.

Where can I find VST Plugins for BeOS?

For example, Here!
If you are interested in writing your own VST Plugins, you should start by downloading the VST Plugins Developer Kit.

How does it work?

VST Plugins Adapter comes directly installed with SoundPlay. If you have installed SoundPlay properly, then you only need to download VST plugins for BeOS and place them in some defined place(s). We recommend that you place them in the /boot/home/config/add-ons/VST Plugins/ folder, but you can place them anywhere. You'll just have to tell VST Plugins Adapter where to look for them though. To do that:

Troubleshooting

It happens that one suspects that some VST Plugin causes SoundPlay to crash, especially when SoundPlay starts (VST Plugins are temporarily loaded then to build SoundPlay plugins list). Here are a few tips to help.

Special Thanks!

A number of special thanks must be given:

License

This software is a freeware.

This software is not endorsed by Steinberg Media AG, and therefore, questions, requests, bug reports should only be sent to the author.

The author makes no warranties, express or implied, including without limitation the implied warranties of merchandability and fitness for any particular purpose, regarding this software. The author does not warrant, guarantee or make any representations regarding the use or the results of the use of the software in terms of its correctness, accuracy, reliability, currentness or otherwise. The entire risk as to the results and performance of the software is assumed by you.

I'll be glad to hear about your bug reports, problems, comments, flames...
You can mail me directly : Georges-Edouard Berenger.

Before you get to me though, please be as sure as possible that the problem lies in VST Plugins Adapter itself, and not in a specific VST Plugin or SoundPlay itself... In those later case, please get in touch with their respective authors.

Known bugs & problems

History

v1.0 (December 17th, 2000)