Hey Gang,

I’m getting close to opening a beta for SoundSync, a platform I’ve been building to help audio/plugin developers handle licensing, customer accounts, serial activation, product delivery, and simple storefront/checkout workflows.

I’m especially looking for feedback from HISE developers because the first real integration package is built around a HISE workflow.

The goal is not to replace anything inside HISE. It’s more about the stuff around releasing a plugin:

• Product setup
• Storefront/checkout testing
• Customer library/download access
• Serial generation and activation
• Plugin-side license validation
• Offline grace handling
• Suspend/deactivate/reactivate flows
• Basic customer and purchase management

Right now the platform is in Stripe test mode, so no real payments are processed. Anyone testing checkout would use Stripe’s test card:

4242 4242 4242 4242

Any future expiration date and any CVC works.

What I’m hoping to find out:

1. Does the setup flow make sense for a HISE developer?
2. Is the HISE drop-in package clear enough?
3. Does the activation/licensing flow feel reliable?
4. Are the product/customer/storefront tools useful or confusing?
5. What would make this safer or easier before real launch?

This is not meant to be a polished public launch yet. I’m mostly looking for a few people willing to test the waters, create a demo product, run a fake checkout, and try the plugin activation flow.

If anyone here is actively building or selling HISE plugins and wants to test it, just sign up on the website: https://soundsyncsolutions.biz

I’d also appreciate blunt feedback on whether the workflow feels useful, unnecessary, confusing, or missing anything important for real-world HISE releases.

Best,

Aaron

I havent used Claude but Codex works better than expected as well.

Ive used it with VS Code and linked it directly to my HISE projects.

No GUI creation or anything but with effects, scriptnode, debugging, etc it has been a huge time saver.

@Chazrox I think the VariSpeed sounds awesome!

@Chazrox I've got a Rhythmic glitch delay / scatter processor dsp I could swap.
Grid timing, drift warp, swing offset, random jitter, scatter repeats, impact burst, clang feedback, output filtering

@Oli-Ullmann could you use a gain?

@the-red_1 try changing the type from decibel to "unknown" or whatever the top selection is.

Then you can change it back once you set the value if you need.

@alexey_inlay Good stuff brother!

@trillbilly If anyone hits the same problem, I got around it by using a tempo-synced ramp and a couple compare nodes to simulate the timers engagement.

Simple and works.

So I've made a minimal snippet that crashes the DAW (Ableton in my case) on every open instance of the plugin.

Can anyone confirm it happens to them as well?

Is there something about the way Im using the timer that is throwing the error?

Im using Develop Branch downloaded 12/12/2025.

Snippet:

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Plugin Scanner Log:

2026-02-18T09:07:44.747455: info: Vst3: scanning plugins in "C:\Program Files\Common Files\VST3" (global)
2026-02-18T09:07:44.843369: info: Vst3: scanning plugins in "C:\Program Files\Common Files\VST3" (custom)
2026-02-18T09:07:44.885112: info: Vst3: check plugin at path: "C:/Program Files\Common Files\VST3\Timer_Test.vst3"
2026-02-18T09:07:45.160264: info: Vst3: found: Timer_Test
   vendor: My Company
   url: http://yourcompany.com
   email: 
   device-class-id: device:vst3:audiofx:56535441-6263-6474-696d-65725f746573?n=Timer_Test
   cardinality: 2147483647
   version: 1.0.0
   sdkVersion: VST 3.7.2
   subCategories: Fx
   path: "C:/Program Files\Common Files\VST3\Timer_Test.vst3"   fp: 18a4800:6995c74e
2026-02-18T09:07:45.182662: info: Vst3: check plugin at path: "C:/Program Files\Common Files\VST3\Timer_Test.vst3"
2026-02-18T09:07:45.183532: info: Vst3: plugin already scanned.  Rescan
2026-02-18T09:07:45.309615: info: Vst3: found: Timer_Test
   vendor: My Company
   url: http://yourcompany.com
   email: 
   device-class-id: device:vst3:audiofx:56535441-6263-6474-696d-65725f746573?n=Timer_Test
   cardinality: 2147483647
   version: 1.0.0
   sdkVersion: VST 3.7.2
   subCategories: Fx
   path: "C:/Program Files\Common Files\VST3\Timer_Test.vst3"   fp: 18a4800:6995c74e
2026-02-18T09:07:45.314000: info: Vst3: finished scanning plugins

And this in another Live Log.txt:

2026-02-18T09:07:53.720767: info: Vst3: Going to create: Timer_Test
2026-02-18T09:07:54.071001: info: Exception: Windows Exception
2026-02-18T09:07:54.071029: info: Exception: Fatal Error: Unhandled exception

Here is the entire network in the snippet:

Has anyone had trouble with the control.timer? Anytime i add it to my scrptnide network and test in Ableton Live, it hard crashes instantly.

Im on a relatively new version of hise, within the last 2 months or so.

Thanks

@Lindon My subscriber list for my Plugins are roughly the same as yours (around 18k). Ill be as open and honest about what Ive done, results, etc since beginning my current plugin company 1 year ago.

My main focus for marketing is collecting emails. I do this in various channels (resellers, free giveaways, exclusive blog discounts, affiliates, etc).

Whenever I have a new release, my email subscribers get it first. Whenever I have a deal/bundle/sale, my email subscribers hear about it first and/or get a special/addional discount.

Any purchase recieves a thank you along with he downloads.

Some amount of time later, usually 5-7 days, i automate an email checking in on how they like the product and if they would leave a review. Leaving a review gets you a small discount/gift card to be used in the store.

As far as campaigns, it depends on what Im aiming for. A new release will get "hype" emails, 1-2/week, for a couple weeks. Then the actual launch and deal will recive 2 emails/week. The final 48 hours receive 2 emails as well for urgency purposes.

Bundles, deals and sale may get a similar treatment just less "hype".

My audience is pretty used to my email format and layout. Im usually pretty straight to the point with a bit of sarcasm. I think being yourself and not bullshitting is pretty important.

I typically can make $2000-$4000 from my email list each release/deal. These deals are usually 2 week periods.

Hopefully something in this ramble while im rocking my daughter to sleep s helpful.

@resonant yes, I think this is it. It pitches the contents of the container rather than the incoming signal.

@dannytaurus So what would be the best way to repitch the actual signal in scriptnode? The PitchMod wont work within the effect network, I believe because its mono. Is this correct?

@Chazrox I was just messing with this as well and thought the same thing. As you move the RepitchFactor knob, you can audibly hear it repitching, but, once you set the knob, the audio seems to be back to normal. I couldn't figure it out.

@d-healey I can just download without permissions?

Hey Gang,

Im working on SoundSync and am having an issue with something. I thought I had it figured out but turns out, I dont.

Im trying to display developer logos from the SoundSync server into the plugin. I've gotten HISE to read and recognize I am sending the image URL but the image never displays.

Is this possible with the download link? Another way?

Thanks,

Aaron

UPDATES:

1. Implemented developer branding info (Brand Color, support email/webpage) from the Tools > Branding section to display directly on the GUI.

2. Logo can be added to this as well by simply adding your logo named "SoundSyncLogo" to the image pool. The script will auto-detect if the logo is present. If you dont have a logo added to the project, it will display initials for your Brand (example: SS for SoundSync) instead.

UPDATES:
Some updates the the HISE Security integration have taken place.

1. All content and components now use Content.add for simplified drop-in. Mostly this means you don't have to manually add the various required panels, labels, etc.

2. Easy LAF color updates for various items.

3. Auto-center the verification panel.

4. Auto-sizing Transparent GUI Blocker.

I will be implementing developer branding info (Brand Color, Logo, support email/webpage) from the Tools > Branding section to display as well.

Check out the HISE Implementation page here (you will need a free account): https://www.soundsyncsolutions.biz/developer/tools/licensingapi

Thanks @Lindon for the awesome feedback.

@lijas90 Thanks.

The HISE integration is a drop-in code. The only item that needs to be updated is an "App Specific Identifier" that you can generate right from the website (Tools > API).

It also has customization options for the coloring, etc.

Also in the works of adding a few more things to this.

I'll get a video done for it ASAP. There is also a demo HISE project included in the Tools > API area.