PluginCollider is a generic (multiplatform/plugin format) wrapper that allows using a SuperCollider server inside a VST3 or AU plugin. The embedded server may be controlled over OSC as usual.
PluginCollider is an experimental fork of https://github.com/supercollider/SuperColliderAU
- Remove CoreAudio (AU) dependencies (e.g. Linux and Windows support)
- Multichannel support
- Remove World global lock
- Configurable UDP port
- Server log from plugin UI
JUCE framework is used as a generic wrapper.
- It provides a unified build system among plateforms and plugins configuration
- It provides a "Standalone" plugin version that greatly simplify development and debugging
- Simplifies plugin format evolutions and maintenance
In order to build PluginCollider, you first need to build SuperCollider, which is included in this repository as a submodule. For this to work you must first clone the PluginCollider with the recursive flag:
git clone --recursive https://github.com/asb2m10/plugincollider
After this, cd to the libs/supercollider directory and build as explained in the Build Instructions section in README_MACOS.md. This is needed for generating SC_Version.hpp and also for compiling plugins. It is important to note that the build process for PluginCollider assumes that the name of the supercollider build folder build.
cmake .. -DSC_EL=no -DSC_QT=OFF
After compiling SuperCollider, cd back to the PluginCollider root directory and run:
mkdir build
cd build
cmake .. # add `-G Xcode` if you want to use Xcode
make
In order to test the plugin, with sclang execute this code:
o = ServerOptions.new;
s = Server.remote(\pluginCollider, NetAddr("127.0.0.1", <listening plugin port>), o);
{ [SinOsc.ar(439, 0, 0.2), SinOsc.ar(444, 0, 0.2)] }.play(s);