cookiecutter-dpf-faust

A cookiecutter project template for DISTRHO Plugin Framework (DPF) audio effect plugins using FAUST for the implementation of the DSP pipeline.

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⚠️ Important notice: This project has been superceded by my new copier-based dpf-faust-project-template! This repository has been archived.

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Quickstart

To create a DPF effect plugin using this template, install cookiecutter (see the installation instructions) and then run:

$ cookiecutter https://github.com/SpotlightKid/cookiecutter-dpf-faust

and enter the plugin name and other info at the prompts. (See the cookiecutter documentation on how to change the default values for these prompts.)

Here is an example (some output omitted for clarity):

$ cookiecutter https://github.com/SpotlightKid/cookiecutter-dpf-faust
project_name [DPF FAUST Gain]:
plugin_description [A simple audio volume gain plugin]:
author_name [Joe Doe]: Christopher Arndt
domain [example.com]: chrisarndt.de
github_username [christopher.arndt]: SpotlightKid
email [[email protected]]: [email protected]
plugin_brand [chrisarndt.de]:
plugin_name [DPFFAUSTGain]: DpfFaustGain
repo_name [dpffaustgain]:
plugin_uri [https://chrisarndt.de/plugins/dpffaustgain]:
project_license [MIT]:
version [0.1.0]:
year [2020]:
num_inputs [1]:
num_outputs [1]:

Running post-project-generation hook...

Initializing new Git repository:
Leeres Git-Repository in /home/chris/dpffaustgain/.git/ initialisiert
Adding Git submodule for DPF library:
Checking out submodules:
Klone nach '/home/chris/dpffaustgain/dpf' ...
[...]
Making initial Git commit:
[master (Root-Commit) 88d8ec2] Initial commit
 17 files changed, 1291 insertions(+)
[...]

Your DPF/FAUST audio effect plugin project is now ready!
To compile it, change into the 'dpffaustgain' directory and type 'make'.
The plugin binaries and LV2 bundle will be placed in the 'bin' subdirectory.
Have fun!

A directory named after the value you gave for repo_name will be created and initialized as a Git repository and DPF added as a Git submodule.

Enter the directory and run make:

$ cd dpffaustgain
$ make

The resulting plugin binaries will be placed in the bin sub-directory of your project.

The FAUST DSP implementation will be in in the faust sub-directory, in a file named <plugin_name>.dsp (in all lower-case). Adapt it as you see fit and run make again to re-generate the C++ source code from the the FAUST source and to rebuild the binaries. The second compilation will be much faster, because the DPF library has already been built.

The static and generated source code for your plugin is in a sub-directory of the plugins directory named after the value you specified for plugin_name (again in all lower-case).

See the README.md file in your generated project for more information on compiling, prerequisites and how to install the finished plugin(s).

Requirements

To create a project using this cookie cutter template you need:

• Python
• Git
• cookiecutter

To build the generated project, you need additional development tools. See the README.md file in your generated project for more information.

License

This cookiecutter template is released under MIT license. See the LICENSE file for more information.

When generating a project using this template, you may choose any license you like for the resulting files.

faustpp architecture files in the faust/arch directory of generated projects are distributed under the Boost Software License 1.0 and come with a special license exception, which can be found in the LICENSE-EXCEPTION.md file in the same dierctory.

Authors

• Christopher Arndt (@SpotlightKid)
• Jean Pierre Cimalando (@jpcima) - faustpp architecture files