DISTRHO Plugin Framework
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  76. <div class="title">DISTRHO Plugin Framework </div> </div>
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  79. <div class="textblock"><p>DISTRHO Plugin Framework (or <b>DPF</b> for short) is a plugin framework designed to make development of new plugins an easy and enjoyable task.<br />
  80. It allows developers to create plugins with custom UIs using a simple C++ API.</p>
  81. <h1><a class="anchor" id="Macros"></a>
  82. Macros</h1>
  83. <p>You start by creating a "DistrhoPluginInfo.h" file describing the plugin via macros, see <a class="el" href="group__PluginMacros.html">Plugin Macros</a>.<br />
  84. This file is included in the main DPF code to figure out which features for each plugin format to export.</p>
  85. <p>For example, a plugin (with UI) that use states will require LV2 hosts to support Atom and Worker extensions for message passing from the UI to the plugin.<br />
  86. If your plugin does not make use of states, the Worker extension is not set as a required feature.</p>
  87. <h1><a class="anchor" id="Plugin"></a>
  88. Plugin</h1>
  89. <p>The next step is to create your plugin code by subclassing DPF's <a class="el" href="classPlugin.html">Plugin</a> class.<br />
  90. You need to pass the number of parameters in the constructor and also the number of programs and states, if any.</p>
  91. <p>Here's an example of an audio plugin that simply mutes the host output: </p><div class="fragment"><div class="line"><span class="keyword">class </span>MutePlugin : <span class="keyword">public</span> <a class="code" href="classPlugin.html">Plugin</a></div>
  92. <div class="line">{</div>
  93. <div class="line"><span class="keyword">public</span>:</div>
  94. <div class="line"> MutePlugin()</div>
  95. <div class="line"> : <a class="code" href="classPlugin.html">Plugin</a>(0, 0, 0) <span class="comment">// 0 parameters, 0 programs and 0 states</span></div>
  96. <div class="line"> {</div>
  97. <div class="line"> }</div>
  98. <div class="line"></div>
  99. <div class="line"><span class="keyword">protected</span>:</div>
  100. <div class="line"> <span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="keywordtype">char</span>* <a class="code" href="classPlugin.html#a00f7945c16149db6845fbcc2af729f4f">getLabel</a>()<span class="keyword"> const override</span></div>
  101. <div class="line"><span class="keyword"> </span>{</div>
  102. <div class="line"> <span class="keywordflow">return</span> <span class="stringliteral">&quot;Mute&quot;</span>;</div>
  103. <div class="line"> }</div>
  104. <div class="line"></div>
  105. <div class="line"> <span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="keywordtype">char</span>* <a class="code" href="classPlugin.html#a955832840de786a7a22798f0ef451c5d">getMaker</a>()<span class="keyword"> const override</span></div>
  106. <div class="line"><span class="keyword"> </span>{</div>
  107. <div class="line"> <span class="keywordflow">return</span> <span class="stringliteral">&quot;DPF&quot;</span>;</div>
  108. <div class="line"> }</div>
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  111. <div class="line"><span class="keyword"> </span>{</div>
  112. <div class="line"> <span class="keywordflow">return</span> <span class="stringliteral">&quot;MIT&quot;</span>;</div>
  113. <div class="line"> }</div>
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  115. <div class="line"> uint32_t <a class="code" href="classPlugin.html#abae540dd93caf4834270358a8aad334a">getVersion</a>()<span class="keyword"> const override</span></div>
  116. <div class="line"><span class="keyword"> </span>{</div>
  117. <div class="line"> <span class="keywordflow">return</span> 0x1000;</div>
  118. <div class="line"> }</div>
  119. <div class="line"></div>
  120. <div class="line"> int64_t <a class="code" href="classPlugin.html#ad6ff8c80227d5ceebd40b96f3be29a66">getUniqueId</a>()<span class="keyword"> const override</span></div>
  121. <div class="line"><span class="keyword"> </span>{</div>
  122. <div class="line"> <span class="keywordflow">return</span> cconst(<span class="charliteral">&#39;M&#39;</span>, <span class="charliteral">&#39;u&#39;</span>, <span class="charliteral">&#39;t&#39;</span>, <span class="charliteral">&#39;e&#39;</span>);</div>
  123. <div class="line"> }</div>
  124. <div class="line"></div>
  125. <div class="line"> <span class="keywordtype">void</span> <a class="code" href="classPlugin.html#a0a969c78f8455ac6ba65fa42e8c498f6">run</a>(<span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="keywordtype">float</span>**, <span class="keywordtype">float</span>** outputs, uint32_t frames)<span class="keyword"> override</span></div>
  126. <div class="line"><span class="keyword"> </span>{</div>
  127. <div class="line"> <span class="comment">// get the left and right audio outputs</span></div>
  128. <div class="line"> <span class="keywordtype">float</span>* <span class="keyword">const</span> outL = outputs[0];</div>
  129. <div class="line"> <span class="keywordtype">float</span>* <span class="keyword">const</span> outR = outputs[1];</div>
  130. <div class="line"></div>
  131. <div class="line"> <span class="comment">// mute audio</span></div>
  132. <div class="line"> std::memset(outL, 0, <span class="keyword">sizeof</span>(<span class="keywordtype">float</span>)*frames);</div>
  133. <div class="line"> std::memset(outR, 0, <span class="keyword">sizeof</span>(<span class="keywordtype">float</span>)*frames);</div>
  134. <div class="line"> }</div>
  135. <div class="line">};</div>
  136. </div><!-- fragment --><p>See the <a class="el" href="index.html#Plugin">Plugin</a> class for more information and to understand what each function does.</p>
  137. <h1><a class="anchor" id="Parameters"></a>
  138. Parameters</h1>
  139. <p>describe input and output, automable and rt safe, boolean etc, cv</p>
  140. <h1><a class="anchor" id="Programs"></a>
  141. Programs</h1>
  142. <p>describe them</p>
  143. <h1><a class="anchor" id="States"></a>
  144. States</h1>
  145. <p>describe them</p>
  146. <h1><a class="anchor" id="MIDI"></a>
  147. MIDI</h1>
  148. <p>describe them</p>
  149. <h1><a class="anchor" id="Latency"></a>
  150. Latency</h1>
  151. <p>describe it</p>
  152. <h1><a class="anchor" id="Time-Position"></a>
  153. Time-Position</h1>
  154. <p>describe it</p>
  155. <h1><a class="anchor" id="UI"></a>
  156. UI</h1>
  157. <p>describe them </p>
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