vstinit — Load a VST plugin into memory for use with the other vst4cs opcodes.
vstinit is used to load a VST plugin into memory for use with the other vst4cs opcodes. Both VST effects and instruments (synthesizers) can be used.
instance - the number which identifies the plugin, to be passed to other vst4cs opcodes.
ilibrarypath - the full path to the vst plugin shared library (DLL, on Windows). Remember to use '/' instead of '\' as separator.
iverbose - show plugin information and parameters when loading.
Here is an example of the use of the vstinit opcode. It uses the file vst4cs.csd.
Example 1027. Example of the vstinit opcode.
See the sections Real-time Audio and Command Line Flags for more information on using command line flags.
<CsoundSynthesizer> <CsOptions> ; Credits: Adapted by Michael Gogins ; from code by David Horowitz and Lian Cheung. ; The "--displays" option is required in order for ; the Pianoteq GUI to dispatch events and display properly. -m3 --displays -odac </CsOptions> <CsInstruments> sr = 44100 ksmps = 20 nchnls = 2 ; Load the Pianoteq into memory. gipianoteq vstinit "C:\\Program Files\\Steinberg\\VstPlugins\\Pianoteq 3.0 Trial\\Pianoteq30 Trial.dll", 1 ; Print information about the Pianoteq, such as parameter names and numbers. vstinfo gipianoteq ; Open the Pianoteq's GUI. vstedit gipianoteq ; Send notes from the score to the Pianoteq. instr 1 ; MIDI channels are numbered starting at 0. ; p3 always contains the duration of the note. ; p4 contains the MIDI key number (pitch), ; p5 contains the MIDI velocity number (loudness), imidichannel init 0 vstnote gipianoteq, imidichannel, p4, p5, p3 endin ; Send parameter changes to the Pianoteq. instr 2 ; p4 is the parameter number. ; p5 is the parameter value. vstparamset gipianoteq, p4, p5 endin ; Send audio from the Pianoteq to the output. instr 3 ablankinput init 0 aleft, aright vstaudio gipianoteq, ablankinput, ablankinput outs aleft, aright endin </CsInstruments> <CsScore> ; Turn on the instrument that receives audio from the Pianoteq indefinitely. i 3 0 -1 ; Send parameter changes to Pianoteq before sending any notes. ; NOTE: All parameters must be between 0.0 and 1.0. ; Length of piano strings: i 2 0 1 33 0.5 ; Hammer noise: i 2 0 1 25 0.1 ; Send a C major 7th arpeggio to the Pianoteq. i 1 1 10 60 76 i 1 2 10 64 73 i 1 3 10 67 70 i 1 4 10 71 67 ; End the performance, leaving some time ; for the Pianoteq to finish sending out its audio, ; or for the user to play with the Pianoteq virtual keyboard. e 20 </CsScore> </CsoundSynthesizer>