Vamp Plugins

Developing Vamp plugins and hosts

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Vamp is a very easy system to develop plugins for, as it has a standard cross-platform SDK which includes API documentation, example plugins, ready-to-use C++ base classes, the C API header, and a test host.

The formal Vamp API is defined in C for the greatest level of binary compatibility. However, plugins and hosts are strongly encouraged to make use of the set of C++ base classes provided. This is particularly advisable since the values returned by a plugin may have relatively complex structures.

• Download the Vamp plugin SDK (current version 1.3):
  • The development headers and source code: Gzipped tar file or ZIP file (the contents are identical).
  • Pre-compiled library and host binaries for Windows (MinGW), OS/X and Linux.
  • API documentation bundle.
  • Example plugin binaries for Windows, OS/X and Linux.
  • The SourceForge download area for any files not listed above.
  
  
• New! Read the Vamp plugin SDK Programmers Guide!
• Read a presentation about the principles of Vamp plugins for potential developers.
• Read the API documentation online. Your plugins will normally derive from the Vamp::Plugin class.
• Read the README file for the SDK.
• Have a look at a simple example plugin: header, source file.
• Browse the SDK and examples code in the Subversion repository.

The entire SDK is published under a very permissive BSD-style license. You are encouraged to copy from it wholesale, whether developing open-source or proprietary plugin or host software.

Mailing list and forum

Vamp plugin and host development may be discussed on the vamp-devel list and the Vamp plugins forum.