[CM] Windows CM 3.8.0: Plugin graphs do not load correctly

[Heinrich Taube]

welcome to the wonderful world of software installation.
if you get it working please send me the steps so no one else has to  
go through what you are doing.

i dont understand why you need to set the define by hand. in my  
premake.lua i have:

    if vst then
       add(juce_config, "JUCE_PLUGINHOST_VST=1")
       add(juce_library.includepaths, vst)
    end

so that the vs2008 project file that builds cm should already have  
that  in it.



On Apr 25, 2012, at 7:53 AM, Pietari Seppänen wrote:

> This was a puzzle for someone who has never coded in C/C++ and never  
> installed VS2008 Express, etc. Then I had to go to Steinberg's site  
> and fight my way through it until I could download VST SDK 2.4. Then  
> I had to add the directory I extracted that to VS2008's include  
> directories. That still didn't do it for CM even when I changed the  
> VST setting in juce_amalgamated to 1, but I could build the Plugin  
> Host fine. I added these two lines to juce_amalgamated.h:
>
> #undef  JUCE_PLUGINHOST_VST
>  #define JUCE_PLUGINHOST_VST 1
> /*** End of inlined file: juce_Config.h ***/
>
> It was a hunch. I know nothing of C++, so I can't guess why, but  
> that finally allowed me to build CM with VST support. I'll let you  
> know later if I find I broke something.
>
> Regards,
>
> Pietari Seppänen
>
> On 25.4.2012 15:20, Heinrich Taube wrote:
>> the cm/readme.text will tell you how to do the basic build on  
>> windows, you need to download  sources for sndlib and build that  
>> first
>> for cm you need premake (3) installed,  and then open the windows  
>> terminal and type someting like
>>
>> premake --target vs2008 --vst /path/to/vststuff --sndlib /path/to/ 
>> sndlib
>> it will look for
>> /path/to/vststuff/pluginterfaces/vst2.x/aeffect.h
>>
>> where /path/to  is of course replaced by the correct directory on  
>> your machine. avoid spaces in your directory path or you invite  
>> trouble, i would put everthing in a top level director like
>>
>> /software/sndlib
>> /software/cm
>>
>> ive never tried to build plugin on windows so i expect you will  
>> encounter some issues to solve. but if your vst makes a toot in  
>> pluginhost then thats a good sign, cm isnt really doing anything  
>> other than what plugin host does.
>>
>>
>>> Well there is the problem! I did not see any warning that this  
>>> would be the case. I will have to figure out how to compile the  
>>> source. Thanks!
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>>
>>> Pietari Seppänen
>>>
>>> On 25.4.2012 13:55, Heinrich Taube wrote:
>>>> also im assuming you build Cm from its source on windows,  
>>>> otherwise  plugin support will not be available at all since vst  
>>>> support is licenced
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Apr 25, 2012, at 4:17 AM, Pietari Seppänen wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hello! I'm not an expert with CM and this is my first encounter  
>>>>> with
>>>>> VSTs, so please bear with me. I do not believe I did anything  
>>>>> wrong, but
>>>>> correct me if I did. I used the JUCE Plugin Host to make a graph  
>>>>> with a
>>>>> MIDI input, a VST plugin and an audio output. It works perfectly  
>>>>> in the
>>>>> plugin host. Image: http://www.student.oulu.fi/~seppanep/juce.jpg
>>>>> <http://www.student.oulu.fi/%7Eseppanep/juce.jpg>
>>>>>
>>>>> Unfortunately, when I load it in CM I get the following message:
>>>>> Plugin Graph 'test(2)' (2 nodes, 0 connections)
>>>>> Nodes:
>>>>> Midi Input
>>>>> Audio Output
>>>>> Connections:
>>>>>
>>>>> Obviously something is missing here and I get no sound. The Plugin
>>>>> Graphs -> Plugins menu shows those two nodes greyed out with  
>>>>> "(no editor)".
>>>>>
>>>>> It's a great shame because I have been hoping to use synthesis  
>>>>> to make
>>>>> the output sound a bit more interesting, but the built-in  
>>>>> systems are
>>>>> way over my head.
>>>>>
>>>>> Regards,
>>>>>
>>>>> Pietari Seppänen
>>>>>
>>>>> PS: I sent Heinrich Taube a direct email about this first. I  
>>>>> believe I
>>>>> neglected to mention I was using Windows. Heinrich, if you  
>>>>> replied to
>>>>> that I didn't receive it because of an email server change that  
>>>>> took
>>>>> place yesterday.
>>>>>
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>>
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