Ask HN: How to code synths, vst and guitar amp modellers?

Posted by youshy on Thursday March 21, 2019 @05:12AM
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Is it mostly C/C++? When it comes to frameworks and SDKs is there anything bigger than JUCE and Steinberg SDK? Any sort of materials that might lead me into building such things?

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Re:Ask HN: How to code synths, vst and guitar amp modellers? by nightfly on Thursday March 21, 2019 @05:20AM (#19450326)

C/C++ and some ASM or fancy compiler intrinsics. You'll want to get familiar with SIMD programming on x86 and probably NEON for ARM stuff. Learn how different types of PCM audio are encoded if you don't already. Also, learn how to work with the MIDI protocol at the byte level.

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Re:Ask HN: How to code synths, vst and guitar amp modellers? by HelloNurse on Thursday March 21, 2019 @07:35AM (#19451093)

As an alternative to VST, consider VCV Rack.

C++, more modern, far simpler, a bit limited in comparison.

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