Hey pals! Here's a cheeky demo of a plugin i'm finishing up, just want to show how flexible HISE is and how someone like me with very little scripting knowledge can make something fun:

it's sort of a vocal channel strip? using a combination of default modules and scriptnode:

drive: 2 custom shapeFX curves
shape: basic EQ stuff that I find myself using a lot, reduced to 2 knobs
air: scriptnode LWR filters with compression on the high frequencies
comp: 1176-ish style compression (very fast attack+release with fixed ratios, when combined with drive it can get pretty close to the VMR one)

GUI made entirely in Blender (free) with quixel textures (not free) and using an online sprite sheet generator

if people want to download the vst dll (windows) to play with it let me know, sounds cool on drums (drive+compression), and acoustic guitar (air module, no drive/compression)

and yes that is steven slate singing

thanks to everyone who helped out with my questions about stuff, and to Christoph for making something so great! can't wait to dive into SNEX 2.0 and properly get into scriptnode

now time to save for a commercial license

Just launched my first suite of HISE stuff today I'll let you know if it does well

I've been super lazy lately but last night realized the Expansion system was updated (woops) so I spent the night making a little player to load all of my (previously) Kontakt libraries in a single thing

it has (or will have) uniform ADSR and FX across all libraries, automatic purging/reloading and probably some scriptnode shenanigans, it's also so much easier to make a new expansion (as opposed to making a new Kontakt library)

HISE is the future!

Yep, just tested in a FL20 demo and had ~6ms delay using Edison to record On Play.

Looks like they might have fixed it

Just a quick HISE (and PluginDoctor) appreciation post. I've been making some "analog" effects, loosely based on other stuff on the market. This is more aimed at beginners or people that want to learn how to make "analog" plugins using HISE.

PluginDoctor lets you take any plugin (or hardware unit) you like, analyze it and figure out what makes it work, then recreate it or incorporate aspects that you like into your own HISE stuff.

Obviously I don't recommend just straight copying competitors, for legal reasons. But this combination is a great way to learn why something sounds good, and then use those tools and techniques to improve your own products. My own skillset has noticably improved since I got PD, so any of you DSP guys or girls out there, I can't recommend it enough.

(And yes the two compressor sound pretty similar).

Note: GUI/DSP aren't final, I plan on modifying stuff so it's not just a straight 1-1 copy.

This is a quick FET-style compressor which emulates the classic hardware unit, noted for it's super aggressive compression style, saturation and frequency response.

All I did for this:

• Input + Output Gains.
• Parametric EQ to loosely match the frequency response.
• Scriptnode a dry & wet chain.
• Wet chain has a tanh() node into a compressor node, with attack/release matching the real hardware unit.
• Connect everything up and spend way too long on the GUI.

Some other random quick things I've picked up:

• Macro controls for the Parametric EQ. Analog units have complex frequency responses, not just a straight high shelf or basic notch.

• You can add a "Circuit A / Circuit B" type of switch, just using 2 different Para EQs with different settings.

• Some analog units and plugins gently roll off the high-end frequencies. This helps give that "warm vibe".

• Saturation is very important for the "sound". ScriptNode has both a tanh() and a pow() node, for odd and even-order harmonics, respectively. These waveshaping functions are also what the big companies refer to as "non-linearities".

• If adding saturation, put it in an Oversample node!

• Powerful high-shelf boost + compress high frequencies = "air" button

• Transient Shaper node on low-end = "Punch" button

• You don't have to actually model a real unit. Just taking the concept of analog into the digital domain can help make great-sounding plugins (airwindows does something similar to this iirc).

• A lot of the marketing hype for these types of plugins are actually very simple things like EQ, compression, saturation, stereo-widening etc. They just blur the definitions by using terms like "warm, punchy, vibe, smooth musical curves, etc".

• Some companies are sneaky and have found a way to hide their DSP from PluginDoctor. These companies are very sneaky sneakers

• DSP is only part of the equation, your plugin needs a really clean interface and great marketing/support.

That's me done celebrating and hyping up HISE & PD hope everyone had a great new years.

merry xmas hise friends

This is great, I wouldn't be against a kind of sales tactic thread where we all pitch little tricks to help each other get more conversions.

A great thing I've learned is to bundle, then pitch the bundle on the product page of each individual item. Something like "this product is part of X bundle, grab it and save Y%", as long as it isn't too intrusive. I've doubled my average order value by upselling a bundle.

Edit: since others have already talked a bit about bundling, I'll add that a consistent brand/image is also very important. If someone clicks your green ad, and your website is purple, they're likely to bounce.

@yall https://forum.hise.audio/topic/3897/connecting-filterdisplay-to-scriptnode-to-show-on-gui/10

Should be coming soon

Click the Interface dropdown and switch it to "dsp" or "ScriptFX1" or whatever your ScriptFX module is called.

Personally attacked

OKAY got it working (I think), I didn't know about the expHandler.setExpansionCallBack() function and was trying to do things manually this whole time

I've just realized there's a

Engine.setCurrentExpansion and a expHandler.setCurrentExpansion.

This might be the cause of my woes...

I still need help regarding making expansions persistent and loading on DAW open/close.

https://streamable.com/1z0dbm

I can install the libraries and load them manually just fine. But on DAW save/load it defaults back to no expansion HOWEVER if I hit "Open Preset Folder" in the preset browser, it directs me to the right expansion folder.

So somehow the currentExpansion is saved, but I can't figure out how to restore it.

I've tried making init presets and using

Engine.loadNextUserPreset(1);

in both button callbacks and onInit, without any success.

//init stuff:

include("CustomExpansionLoading.js");

const var expHandler = Engine.createExpansionHandler();
var currentExpansion;

//Load expansions

switch (currentExpansion)
{
    case "Cloudburst":
        loadCloudburst();
        break;
        
    case "Atlas":
        loadAtlas();
        break;
        
    case "Blackout":
        loadBlackout();
        break;
        
    case "Bloom":
        loadBloom();
        break;
    
    default:
};

inline function loadBloom()
{
        //Initialize Expansion    
    Engine.setCurrentExpansion("Bloom");
    currentExpansion = "Bloom";
        //Put Stuff Under This
        //Setting BG Image        
    backgroundImage = ("{EXP::Bloom}bg_bloom.png");
    Image_BG.setAlpha(1);
    Image_BG.set("fileName", backgroundImage); 
        //Setting up Samplers    
    SamplerRR.setAttribute(12, 0);
    Sampler_NoRR.setAttribute(12, 1);
    Sampler_Loops.setAttribute(12, 1);
    SamplerRR.setBypassed(0);
    Sampler_NoRR.setBypassed(1);  
    Sampler_Loops.setBypassed(1);
    SamplerRR.asSampler().loadSampleMap("{EXP::Bloom}Bloom_SampleMap");   
        //Setting Key Colours    
    colourKeysReset();
    colourKeysBloom();
        //Hiding othe GUI Elements    
    ComboBox_Atlas.set("visible", 0);    
    Button_LoopSpeedHalf.showControl(0);
    Button_LoopSpeedDouble.showControl(0);
    Label_LoopSpeedHalf.showControl(0);
    Label_LoopSpeedDouble.showControl(0);     
};

//Button to switch to this expansion.
inline function onExpansions_ButtonBloomControl(component, value)
{
    if (value)
    {
        loadBloom();
    }
};

A lot of it is dependant on the variable currentExpansion, and I think somehow it isn't saving that right.

I've probably massively overcomplicated this...

@d-healey Sweet cheers!

@d-healey Yeh just tried it, works. Is that fine for performance in an onNote() call?

I've noticed it doesn't work in HISE:

case 60 ... 95:

Do we have an alternative?

@d-healey very weird, could maybe be an IPP thing? shooting in the dark at this point