jVSTwRapper 0.9g

Develop VST plug-ins with the Java programming language
jVSTwRapper is an easy and reliable Java Wrapper for Steinbergs VST interface. jVSTwRapper enables you to develop VST 2.4 compatible audio plugins and virtual instruments plus user interfaces with the Java Programming Language on Mac OS X, Windows, or Linux. Three Demo Plugins ( src) are included!

The jVSTwRapper also enables you to write platform independent (mac/win/linux) vst plugins. The same files run, without any additional effort (no need for recompilation, no platform specific GUI, etc.) on all platforms.

The wrapper itself is a native compiled binary (.so on linux, .vst bundle on the mac, .dll on windows) that invokes a JVM and delegates native calls to the VST plugin implemented in java.

Hosts on Mac OS X:
· Ableton Live
· Melodyne
· Traction
· LUNA
· Amadeus II
· Amadeus Pro
· Plogue Bidule
· Spark XL
· Audacity (using jVSTwRapper as LADSPA plugin)
· Any host based on the Max/MSP runtime, e.g.: The Ugly VSTi Interface, VST Shell X, ...
· VSTi Host (this one uses Max/MSP Java (MXJ) and spawns a JVM --> simply put a copy of jVSTsYstem_bin.jar into the folder: "/Applications/VSTi Host/VSTi Host.app/support/java/lib")
· MissWatson
· minihost


What's New in This Release:

Integrated with VSTAU (http://code.google.com/p/vstau/), for Audio Unit support.

Apache Maven integration: allows to create a .zip file from your jVSTwRapper plugin for all 3 supported platforms (windows, linux, mac osx) with a single command (again supported on every platform).

Compilation and deployment of the wrapper itself is now also done via Apache Maven

Introduced a simple gui to show/hide the plugin when window-embedding is turned off

Rewrote the gui handling: greatly improved gui stability on all platforms

Fixed parameter automation bug

Increased length of the ClassPath and other config entries that contain paths, now up to 5000 chars are allowed

Added automation support to the JayDLay example plugin

Fixed a tricky threading bug that crashed the jvm in very rare cases

New example vst instrument: LiquinthVST, a polyphonic synthesizer -- donated by Martin.

Updated list of 3rd party jVSTwRapper users and projects on the website

Code cleanup

Performance improvements, esp. further minimized need for garbage collection