About this project
Old Windows plug-ins brought to the Mac, and new ones built the same way
Three of these began life as Cakewalk DXi plug-ins written in Visual C++ 6 between 2003 and 2004, and have been ported to macOS from their own sources rather than reimplemented from their behaviour — the DSP carried over sample for sample except where a deviation is deliberate and written down. The other five are new work on the same template.
Each one builds a .vst3 and a .component from a
single CMake project, so there is one set of sources and one DSP behind
both formats.
Where each one came from
- ForTran — Ported from the 2003 Cakewalk DXi (Visual C++ 6 / MFC).
- FilterDrum — New work on the DXi port template — an original voice built around a model of the Korg MS-20 lowpass.
- Project6 — Written from scratch on the DXi port template — the shell a larger instrument goes inside.
- SampleDrum — New work on the DXi port template — a drum kit built around Project6's WAV reader and drag-and-drop grid.
- R2Synth — New work on the DXi port template — a monophonic synth built around SpaceDub's ladder filter and models of both Korg MS-20 filters.
- SpaceDub — Ported from the 2003 Cakewalk DXi (Visual C++ 6 / MFC).
- SpyBand — Ported from the 2004 Cakewalk DXi, rebuilt from its own sources.
- VocalFilter — A new design on the DXi port template.
How these were made
Designed by A. E. Cobley and built with the help of Claude (Anthropic). Claude ported the original C++ sources and wrote the tests, installers and this site. Every release was tested in a DAW and approved by me before it shipped.
Contact
You can find me on LinkedIn at linkedin.com/in/andy-cobley-513a36b.