@David-Healey Thank you, kind sir.

@David-Healey David… does that cover the topic at hand… the build, adding the JUCE bit, etc?

Curious… what is the HISE 4.1 installer for, then?

@ustk i had downloaded and installed 4.1 — what I thought to be the latest installer.

I did not build from q development branch — did not know I needed to.

I ran the Export Wizard, and it had me download a few things.

I am also on Tahoe.

I am, for the first time, trying to Export to Standalone.

When the compiling begins in the terminla window, I see an error.

Opened the exported project in Xcode 26, found thr error, and fixed it by disabling “IPP” in HISE settings.

Re-exported the project, and another single error was revealed.

Someone indicated there could be an incompatibility betwixt HISE 4.1 and Xcode 26.

NOTE: I am nee to this HISE world, and audio plugin development.

@VybeCodeDSP StripKit looks really nice!

It seems you only support the Windows platform?
If so, are you planning to support MacOS?
If so, let me know if you need a beta tester!

Anyone know?

Thanks for the great responses on this so far!

I have one ting I need confirmation on:

Can MatrixPeakMeter be made to LOOK like my needle meter?

Is there a forum article, or other resource that can get me started, and even deep quickly, with LAF?

David --

Thanks for your reply.

I am new to HISE.

I already have assets created for building a VU meter plugin, and haven;' been able to figure out to feed system audio to the animated needle,

My assumption is that I need to use scripting.

I have, however, figure out how to use the MatrixPeakMeter, and see that responding to audio.

Additional observation:

In Scriptnode, the core.peak node offers "Add new external DisplayBuffer".

Creating buffers results in persistent entries (#1, #2, #3, etc.) that remain after saving the archive, closing HISE, and reopening the project.

Deleting the core.peak node does not remove these buffers.

Can external DisplayBuffers be accessed from scripting, or are they intended only for AudioAnalyser / visualization components?

I'm building a stereo VU meter in HISE 4.1.

Current status:

Custom filmstrip needles working
NeedleL and NeedleR animate correctly using setValue()
MatrixPeakMeter works
AudioAnalyser works
Both successfully monitor a ScriptFX processor when ProcessorId = "Script FX2"

What I'm trying to do now is obtain a real-time audio level value in script so I can drive the custom needles.

Things I've already tried:

Scriptnode core.peak
dynamics.envelope_follower
control.smoothed.parameter
Synth.getEffect("Script FX2")

Results:

MatrixPeakMeter and AudioAnalyser clearly receive valid audio/meter data from Script FX2.
Synth.getEffect("Script FX2") returns a valid processor object.
getNumAttributes() returns 0.
I have not found a way to access the meter values from script.

Question:

What is the recommended HISE 4.1 workflow for obtaining peak or RMS values from a ScriptFX processor and feeding them into a custom scripted UI meter?