HISE build fails on MacOS - Proper protocols and recommended Xcode versions

[Oli Ullmann]

@HISEnberg
I am also always shown that my JUCE path is not correct. However, I can still compile HISE. Have you tried to compile HISE despite the error message?

[HISEnberg]

@Oli-Ullmann Yes sorry if that was not clear. When I compile the build fails as there is no connection to any of the modules files included in the project. This specifically only happens on any versions of Xcode less than 15. I am not sure if it is a security trigger which is blocking access to them (since it seems to look in the right location) or some incompatibility issue of Xcode 14 with Sonoma. I understand though, when I am on PC I typically ignore these issues and have no problem building in VisualStudio.

[Oli Ullmann]

@HISEnberg
Ah ok, I see. Sorry, but I don't have a solution for that right now. I'll keep my fingers crossed that you can solve the problem quickly!

[HISEnberg]

@Christoph-Hart , any chance you are able to recall how you resolved this?
(Xcode 15)

[Christoph Hart]

@aaronventure discovered that it's the plugin copy step that's causing the issue. I've disabled the copy step on Sonoma now so that it compiles without having to modify the Projucer file.

[DanH]

@Christoph-Hart so Xcode 15 is good to go?

[Christoph Hart]

@DanH yes. You just need to copy the plugin files manually to the plugin folders. Apple.

[DanH]

@Christoph-Hart from the release folder you mean? that's fine!

[Christoph Hart]

@DanH yes.

[d.healey]

@Christoph-Hart I prefer that actually, it always annoys me when I go to the folder to get the binary and all I find is a symlink.

[Christoph Hart]

@d-healey in CI mode (when exporting with the export_ci command) it skipped this step too (so you can grab the compiled binaries as a relative path from your installer script within your project folder).

[DanH]

@d-healey @Christoph-Hart I also prefer this

[HISEnberg]

@Christoph-Hart My man that is amazing thank you for taking that issue on and resolving it so quickly! My team really appreciates your dedication on resolving these issues for us.

I am a bit ignorant when it comes to Mac OS, but does anyone know where I can find the plugin files (.au, .vst, etc.)? The compiler seems to work and I see the build folder inside Binaries>Build>MacOSX but can't find the actual files. I know Im overlooking something simple but I don't develop on mac too often. (EDIT: They showed up in Release subfolder, for some reason it took a couple tries for them to show up there).

Lastly, anyone with experiencing building HISE with the vDSP library (or another FFT that is not Intel's IPP) I would love to know how you went about it (my project contains convolution so I am sure this will help optimize performance)! I can also make a separate post about this topic.

[d.healey]

@HISEnberg You don't need to do anything special on Mac regarding FFT, as far as I'm aware it will automatically use Apple's FFT thingy that comes with xcode.

[HISEnberg]

@d-healey Thanks for clarifying!

[clevername27]

@HISEnberg Just general advice on anyone starting with HISE and building on macOS: Don't change anything in the configuration. Compile the default project EXACTLY as it comes, and it will compile (other than the X15 issue, though that's resolved now.).

[HISEnberg]

@clevername27 Thank you for the tip! Can confirm that Xcode15 is compiling just fine in AU and VST formats.