Making a Vocal Strip Plugin for Livestream Mic Audio
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I basically have an FL Patcher preset that I kinda want to make as an actual vst or standalone app. Everything was visual so just nodes. As someone who doesn't have scripting experience. Can I do the same thing in Hise by just visual coding (ScriptFX)?
These are the features to my patcher preset
Autotune (with an on/off switch)
EQ (Controllable [Low Mid High Air]
EQ Presets (general mixes for a dynamic mic or condenser mic for the lazy users [switch between])
Megaphone Effect (On/Off Switch)Reverb and Delay Knobs
basically my clients/users are livestreamers that entertain. Majority of them sing. I just found that Hise is the better one based on my experience with FL Studio's Patcher.
I have already explored ScriptFX, I'm mostly done. I just got confused on how to switch between EQ Effects. Especially the buttons side of things. Knobs are okay, its the buttons I got confused.
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Nope not with visual coding.
You need custom dsp for this. You can do those processors if you get hold of c++ stuff to plug into Hise, or get a developer.
Autotune and good reverb is the kicker.
Both of those are 'life's work' type effects that take years to develop from scratch, and so nobody likes to give out their implementations of those for free.
Megaphone effect you can do in default hise using the built in convolver if you're willing to use convolution. EQ can be done that way too, or using the stock hise EQ (It's not an amazing eq I don't reccomend it) but it would work.
I'm a perfectionist so take all of the above with a grain of salt. Maybe there is a mediocre but easy way to do it that I've never considered. But I'm fairly confident that you're out of the scope of the built in hise modules. 100% Definately out of reach if you don't want to code at all.
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@griffinboy Thanks! I guess I'll start learning codes XD. I wanted a vst or a standalone app for streamers that don't want the hassle of using a daw or navigating through an actual vocal chain hence why the idea popped up. Guess I'll just promote my patcher preset using stock fl studio plugins for now while I'm learning.
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@griffinboy may I ask how much would the estimated cost be to get a developer to make such a vst? Because I can just send the patcher preset as a reference
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It completely depends on quality, and how long you want development to take.
The EQ + megaphone + Delay stuff can be commissioned cheaply (I myself would do it cheaply anyway), Autotune and Reverb are the heavyweight tasks. You can expect it to cost around a thousand each for those two pieces of dsp.The absolute cheapest path would probably be around a thousand?
That's really pushing it though. This would be if you were willing to use the stock Hise EQ, stock hise convolver for megaphone effect, stock hise reverb, stock delay, and have the autotune be the main piece of custom commissioned dsp.However, that's just dsp costs.
There are potentially (but not necessarily) more costs than just dsp, for a project like this.For example, if you don't want your project to be GPL open source licence you'll need to pay the Hise and Juce liscence fee costs.
There is also the matter of creating your GUI and Installer, and getting a codesigning liscence for Mac and Windows / any other platform you plan to release on (codesigning makes it so that your software won't get immediately flagged or blocked by default security / antivirus software).Developing a piece of software is a step up from making presets, you should be prepared for the trouble involved! That being said, it is possible, and a dsp engineer will be able to make custom dsp to match your patcher preset, that part is completely possible, it's just down to cost and time!
