Possible to distribute bare VST and AU files?

[dannytaurus]

My first HISE project looks like it will be a simple synth with no samples or other 'external' assets. The only thing it uses are a couple of short audio loops, which I believe are compiled into the plugin binary.

Does this mean I can export as VST and AU and distribute those 'bare' files?

Mac: MyPlugin.vst3 and MyPlugin.component
Win: MyPlugin.vst3

[HISEnberg]

@dannytaurus technically the VST3/AU are bundles that contain binaries and metadata (you can open them up and theres a bunch of subfolders/files).

But you should be good to go, just make sure Embed Audio Files and Embed Image Files set in the project settings (so they are distributed with the binary).

[d.healey]

@dannytaurus Yes. The bundle format @HISEnberg mentioned only applies to MacOS (it is possible to make vst3 bundles for Windows but HISE/JUCE doesn't).