Hello!

I thought that maybe for some this Inno Setup script could be useful. It installs the plugin + samples automatically on the user's computer.

It does the following:

1. Asks the user where they have their VST3 plugins folder. {commoncf}\VST3 is selected by default, but the user can change it.
2. It then asks where you want to install the samples.
3. And finally it creates the LinkWindows file with the chosen location of the samples.

(In this case I also added the file "AudioResources.dat" so that it is automatically installed in the userappdata folder)

In this way, the user simply opens the plugin and already has everything configured.

Paying attention to the * symbol at the end of the source file location because it includes the folders inside the selected folder. For example, inside the "D:\Downtown Grand Piano\Samples Folder*" location I have the folder called Downtown Grand Piano Samples. Inno Setup will include the folder inside “Samples Folder”, which is "Downtown Grand Piano Samples" (You can check the Inno Setup documentation if you need to understand this better.)
Then the linkWindows file is autogenerated with the location chosen by the user + \Downtown Grand Piano Samples at the end.

(I received help from GPT to automatically generate the linkWindows file, although it took me some time to make it work properly)

[Files]
Source: "D:\Downtown Grand Piano\AudioResources.dat"; DestDir: "{userappdata}\ZAK Sound\Downtown Grand Piano"; 
Source: "D:\Downtown Grand Piano\VST3 File\*"; DestDir: "{code:GetVst3Directory}"; Flags: recursesubdirs
Source: "D:\Downtown Grand Piano\Samples Folder\*"; DestDir: "{code:GetSampleDirectory}"; Flags: recursesubdirs createallsubdirs

[Code]
var
  Vst3DirectoryPage: TInputDirWizardPage;
  SampleDirectoryPage: TInputDirWizardPage;

procedure InitializeWizard;
begin
    SampleDirectoryPage := CreateInputDirPage(wpSelectDir, 'Select Samples Directory', 'Where would you like to install the samples?', 'Select the location where you want to install the samples (2.58GB). You can use an external drive if you have one.', False, '');
    SampleDirectoryPage.Add('');
    SampleDirectoryPage.Values[0] := ExpandConstant('{commoncf}\VST3\Downtown Grand Piano');
    
    Vst3DirectoryPage := CreateInputDirPage(wpSelectDir, 'Select VST3 Directory', 'Where would you like to install the VST3 file?', 'Select the default location of your VST3 plugins. In most cases, there is no need to make any changes.', False, 'Size: 29MB');
    Vst3DirectoryPage.Add('');
    Vst3DirectoryPage.Values[0] := ExpandConstant('{commoncf}\VST3');

 end;

function GetVst3Directory(Param: String): String;
begin
  Result := Vst3DirectoryPage.Values[0];
end;

function GetSampleDirectory(Param: String): String;
begin
  Result := SampleDirectoryPage.Values[0];
end;


procedure CurStepChanged(CurStep: TSetupStep);
var
  LinkWindowsFilePath: string;
  LinkWindowsFileContent: string;
  SampleDirectory: string;
  BaseDirectory: string;
begin
  if CurStep = ssInstall then
  begin
    BaseDirectory := ExpandConstant('{userappdata}\ZAK Sound\Downtown Grand Piano');
    ForceDirectories(BaseDirectory);

    LinkWindowsFilePath := BaseDirectory + '\LinkWindows';
    if FileExists(LinkWindowsFilePath) then
      DeleteFile(LinkWindowsFilePath);

    SampleDirectory := GetSampleDirectory('');

    LinkWindowsFileContent := SampleDirectory + '\Downtown Grand Piano Samples';

    SaveStringToFile(LinkWindowsFilePath, LinkWindowsFileContent, False);

@bendurso Well, I just made my own svg paths for the waveforms. If someone needs them, here it goes:

Sine
110,109,0,0,0,0,0,0,72,66,98,0,0,200,65,0,0,0,0,0,0,150,66,0,0,200,66,0,0,200,66,0,0,72,66,101,0,0

Saw
110,109,0,0,200,66,0,0,72,66,108,0,0,200,66,0,0,0,0,108,0,0,72,67,0,0,200,66,108,0,0,72,67,0,0,72,66,99,101,0,0

Square
110,109,0,0,0,0,0,0,200,66,108,0,0,0,0,0,0,72,66,108,0,0,72,66,0,0,72,66,108,0,0,72,66,0,0,200,66,99,109,0,0,72,66,0,0,0,0,108,0,0,72,66,0,0,72,66,108,0,0,200,66,0,0,72,66,108,0,0,200,66,0,0,0,0,99,101,0,0

Triangle
110,109,0,0,0,0,0,0,72,66,108,0,0,72,66,0,0,0,0,108,0,0,200,66,0,0,72,66,108,0,0,22,67,0,0,200,66,108,0,0,72,67,0,0,72,66,101,0,0

Random
110,109,0,0,0,0,0,0,72,66,108,0,0,160,65,0,0,72,66,108,0,0,160,65,0,0,240,65,108,0,0,32,66,0,0,240,65,108,0,0,32,66,0,0,160,66,108,0,0,112,66,0,0,160,66,108,0,0,112,66,0,0,160,65,108,0,0,160,66,0,0,160,65,108,0,0,160,66,0,0,112,66,108,0,0,200,66,0,0,
112,66,108,0,0,200,66,0,0,32,65,108,0,0,240,66,0,0,32,65,108,0,0,240,66,0,0,180,66,108,0,0,12,67,0,0,180,66,108,0,0,12,67,0,0,32,66,108,0,0,32,67,0,0,32,66,108,0,0,32,67,0,0,140,66,108,0,0,52,67,0,0,140,66,108,0,0,52,67,0,0,72,66,108,0,0,72,67,0,0,72,
66,101,0,0

They're SVG paths. So you can customize them within a panel :)

@oskarsh Another friendly bump.

I want to use it to move panels down/up.

@d-healey Thanks for your comments about my brand. You helped a lot for it, infinitely thank you :)

@d-healey oh, I found the solution on this post: https://forum.hise.audio/topic/4355/changing-impulses-in-scriptnode/15

@d-healey It works on mine, and it's a M2. I didn't receive any complaints either.

@d-healey said in Compiling macOS Components and VST3 Doesn't Put Them in the Project Folder:

In a recent commit of HISE Christoph removed the copy step so it should no longer be moving the plugin files automatically (although this might only apply on the latest MacOS version I'm not sure).

I can confirm. I'm using Sonoma 14.3.1, and the compiled plugins are now located inside the project folder. That was a good surprise :)

@ThinkTank You have to add this:

const var ParametriqEQ1 = Synth.getEffect("Parametriq EQ1");
Engine.addModuleStateToUserPreset("Parametriq EQ1");

(Replace ParametriqEQ1 with your real EQ name)

@alfaholic This is how to copy/paste components: https://forum.hise.audio/topic/4408/copy-paste-component-following-feature-requests-thread?_=1696542841615

@bendurso I just realized that setting the Source Length to the same sample length (2048, I was using Automatic mode before) and enabling FLAC compression does the trick to obtain the same file as the example.

@David-Healey Yes, it also works in Ableton, but you have to route it to a new MIDI track.

@David-Healey Oh.. on reaper it works if you select Record output midi, instead of input midi..

@bendurso Oh, the problem might be that HISE clears all MIDI messages on the midi out if the plugin is not a MIDI FX?

https://github.com/christophhart/HISE/blob/develop/hi_core/hi_core/MainController.cpp#L1641

@David-Healey Well, I tried this snippet using just the keyboard: https://forum.hise.audio/topic/6575/still-problems-with-message-sendtomidiout/28

It doesn’t work in Reaper. The idea is to transform the artificial notes into real MIDI notes so they can be recorded in the DAW.

This is the simplified snippet I’m trying to achieve: (I'm exporting as Instrument Plugin).

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@Avián You should use Server.callWithPOST
https://docs.hise.audio/scripting/scripting-api/server/index.html#callwithpost

something like this based on what I read from the docs of gumroad (i'm not using gumroad, so I don't know if it works)

Server.setBaseURL("https://api.gumroad.com");

const var params =
{
    "product_id": "1234",
    "license_key": "your_license_key",
    "increment_uses_count": "true"
};

Server.callWithPOST("v2/licenses/verify", params, function(status, response)
{
    if(status == Server.StatusOK)
    {
        if(response.success)
        {
            Console.print("License valid");
            Console.print("Uses: " + response.uses);
            Console.print("Product: " + response.purchase.product_name);
        }
        else
        {
            Console.print("License invalid");
        }
    }
    else
    {
        Console.print("HTTP error: " + status);
    }
});

@David-Healey Well I think

https://docs.hise.audio/scripting/scripting-api/message/index.html#sendtomidiout

Docs:
sendToMidiOut
This will forward the message to the MIDI out of the plugin. Edit on GitHub

Message.sendToMidiOut()

@David-Healey I actually don't have another plugin with midi out to test hehe. But the standalone also should send midi out

@David-Healey I checked with the standalone and ableton

@David-Healey

Thanks, I had already found those posts.

However, I still haven’t found a solution. The console output confirms that the message contains a MIDI controller number and value, but sendToMidiOut() doesn’t seem to be sending anything. I’m checking with MIDI monitor, and it isn’t receiving any data.

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@David-Healey yeah :)