Why we wrote our own plugin framework
One clause in a licence made every off-the-shelf option unusable, so we implemented VST3, AU, CLAP, LV2 and a standalone host from their specifications. What that cost.
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Notes from building a thing that builds audio plugins — the formats, the DSP, and what it costs to implement them yourself.
How to make a VST plugin without coding
The four routes that exist today — visual patchers, generators, hiring it out, and describing it in a chat — what each one costs, and what you end up owning.
VST3, AU, CLAP, LV2: which formats you need
What each plugin format is, which hosts load it, which ones you can legally ship, and why VST2 is not on the list any more. Written while implementing all of them.
Lovable, but for audio plugins
The comparison people reach for, taken seriously: what carries over from chat-built websites to chat-built VST plugins, and the two places it breaks.