I used macros for internal control of partial stuff while building my first VST.

Is there anyway I can make my interface knobs parameters without using MACROS as parameters? And maybe even hide macros as parameters?

If not than what do I do?
Am I just cooked?

@Quemis Actually nvm I figured it out ! : )

@Quemis @HISEnberg @Lindon

Ok I lied I guess - The sampler is so weird. I am trying to "Scroll through" loop start/end times along with sample start time at the same time,

And its being all glitchy. Rarely plays the right part of the sample, sometimes stops playing sound all together...

I have my preload size set to the entire sample..

Very confused.

@Lindon @HISEnberg

I always have a problem with constants!

Knobs wont point at them, macros wont point at them. They are so confusing.
Usually I use the autolink thing, and point a dummy knob at it, and then point my actual knob at the dummy knob.. very confusing.

I figured out how to use the sampler it turns out anyway.

Thank you both for your help though! <3

And in the future I will for sure use those scripts HISEnberg!

• So im making my second vst, and I have this audio file - its the only one I'll be using,
  to do a bunch of things with. I want the ability to only play a section of that and loop it. I got some ideas about how to do this via modulating a start time property of the audio loop player, only to find the only one that exists is "Random start time."

I don't think it makes sense to use a sampler when I only have the one short audio file.
Also, I tried using the sampler and couldn't really figure out a way to do what I wanted anywho.

I know there has got to be a way to do this.

Any ideas?

@David-Healey

Oh I was under the impression for I dont know why actually, that you developed HISE.

Thanks for the help though! : )

@David-Healey

Ok! So I know this is probably super annoying to answer 10x a day, but I finally have everything compiled and updated aand using VS2026 - Im pretty sure.

Everything seems tip-top.

What is the process for distributing a VST that features a wavetable? That doesnt build into the Vst3 right?

If I want to put my Vst on my website and say: Download this!

What do i do?

@Lindon no it isn't on a mac.

@David-Healey

So the synth only features three things:

A noise gen, a single sample,

And most importantly, the main feature is a janky ass wavetable I made.
Its a Dungeon Synth Synth that makes grainy "creature" babbling. Its actually pretty damn cool, if slightly more Lowfi than I intended.

There isn't a way to test if the sample is working or not, because it only exists on a noise filter (seperate from the noise gen) and in a convolution reverb - both of which require the wavetable to be working. Which isnt.

Before I finally got it working on my computer I was having the same issue - Everything worked, the noise gen, the animations I made, the art and knobs, - but the main sound wasn't playing when I hit notes.

I found out my wavetable was "in the wrong bank" or something and I did the trick where you make a new instrument and like force it to update by renaming the same hwt in it or something. (why didnt you put like a refresh in this thing?)

Also - Ai and things online keep talking about audio pools that dont exist, and various options in export and tools that dont exist... I am like damn this program sounds sick and user friendly.. if half of this stuff existed.

Yes by the way I do have the compiled version.... or A compiled version... Copilot made some monstrosity where it changed all the files internally to run on visual studio 2022 because I heard HISE was as of right now broken on 2026, which I am starting to think isnt true.. ugh.

Actually I think my install is broken right now. Was trying to update it to see if it would help last night, and ugh. I am not good at this.

SO:

I made an installer that would create the /My Company/ directory in their appdata and put the sample and the hwt in there in AudioFIles. It also puts the VST in their /programfiles/common.

Should work like a dream. It's doing the same thing though that it was doing to me before.

I open it in my gfs FL studio, and its art. Its noise gen. Knobs and animations fine.
But no main wavetable sound.

Checked everything 10 times.

What gives?

For the record - there is only a noise gen and a wavetable in the thing.

The gen works. The animations and knobs and art I made all works.

Its just the wavetable that doesnt.

I have tried SO many fixes. Im losing it.

I have finally after weeks of learning how to code, reading so much documentation and forums and various things, - asking ai things even, realizing that even my new compiled and updated HISE isnt even the real good HISE or some shit.

- I have finally finished a VST.

It works in FL studio.
its janky, but beautiful, and thematic. Its wonderful.

However, I cant get it t owork on other computers.
I even created an installer to move stuff to appdata.

I have tried all of the stuff you are going to tell me first.
Including wavetable bank checking.

I am at my wits end. I am so tired.

Help.