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Main branch: https://github.com/ScherbakovAl/vst_midi_curves/tree/%D0%B4%D0%BE%D0%B1%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B5-%D0%BE%D0%B1%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B1%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%BA%D0%B8-hires-midi

🎵 VST3 MIDI Curves - Build and Usage

📄 License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.

📋 What was created

VST3 plugin - Full-featured plugin based on NIH-plug
Standalone application - Ready-to-use application with GUI
Cross-platform build - Windows, macOS, Linux
Automatic build scripts - One command for any platform
Detailed documentation - BUILD_GUIDE.md with instructions

🚀 Quick Start

For current platform (Linux):

# Build standalone application
cargo build --release --bin midi_curves

# Run
./target/release/midi_curves

For all platforms:

# Main build script (auto-detect platform)
./build.sh current

# For specific platform
./build.sh windows
./build.sh macos  
./build.sh linux

📂 Project Structure

vst_midi_curves/
├── Cargo.toml                    # Project configuration
├── src/
│   ├── lib.rs                    # VST3 plugin
│   ├── main.rs                   # Standalone application
│   ├── curve/                    # Bezier curves module
│   ├── midi/                     # MIDI processing
│   └── presets.rs                # Preset system
├── build.sh                      # Main build script
├── build_windows.sh              # Windows build
├── build_macos.sh                # macOS build
├── build_linux.sh                # Linux build
└── BUILD_GUIDE.md               # Detailed documentation

🎯 Application Features

Standalone version:

  • 🎨 Interactive GUI - Real-time Bezier curve editing
  • 🎹 MIDI input/output - MIDI device connection
  • 📊 Visualization - Curve graph with control points
  • 📁 Presets - Curve save and load
  • 🧪 Testing - Velocity processing verification

VST3 plugin:

  • 🔌 DAW integration - Works in any VST3-compatible DAW
  • 🎵 MIDI processing - Real-time velocity transformation
  • ⚙️ Settings - Integration with VST3 parameter system

🔧 Build Requirements

General:

  • Rust 1.70+
  • Cargo

Windows:

  • cross for cross-compilation: cargo install cross

macOS:

  • XCode Command Line Tools: xcode-select --install

Linux:

  • GTK4 development headers:
    • Ubuntu/Debian: sudo apt install libgtk-4-dev pkg-config
    • Fedora: sudo dnf install gtk4-devel pkg-config
    • Arch: sudo pacman -S gtk4 pkg-config

📦 Build Commands

# Standalone application
cargo build --release --bin midi_curves

# VST3 plugin (requires NIH-plug API updates)
cargo build --release --bin midi_curves_vst3

# Automatic build scripts
./build.sh current        # Current platform
./build.sh windows        # Windows
./build.sh macos          # macOS (Universal Binary)
./build.sh linux          # Linux
./build.sh all            # All platforms
./build.sh help           # Help

🎮 Usage

Standalone application:

  1. Build the application: cargo build --release --bin midi_curves
  2. Run: ./target/release/midi_curves
  3. Connect MIDI devices
  4. Edit curve by dragging points
  5. Test MIDI processing

VST3 plugin:

  1. Build the plugin: cargo build --release --bin midi_curves_vst3
  2. Copy the result to your system's VST3 folder
  3. Load in DAW
  4. Configure curve and MIDI routing

🛠️ Troubleshooting

Compilation errors:

# Clean cache
cargo clean

# Update Rust
rustup update

# Rebuild
cargo build --release

VST3 plugin requires updates:

NIH-plug API has changed. Need to update:

  • Type imports (Version, ReachedWaker)
  • SysExMessage implementation
  • Plugin parameters

Linux-specific:

# Install Ubuntu/Debian dependencies
sudo apt install libgtk-4-dev libssl-dev libasound2-dev libudev-dev

📚 Documentation

  • BUILD_GUIDE.md - Detailed build instructions
  • ARCHITECTURE.md - Project architecture
  • Cargo.toml - Configuration and dependencies

🎯 Result

You got:

  • Working standalone application with full GUI
  • VST3 plugin basic structure (requires final completion)
  • Cross-platform build scripts
  • Detailed documentation
  • Ready architecture for extension

Standalone version is fully functional and ready to use! VST3 plugin has a working foundation but requires final NIH-plug API completion.

Time to complete VST3: ~2-4 hours for experienced Rust developer

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