eldonslogic / ddsp-vst

Realtime DDSP Neural Synthesizer and Effect

DDSP-VST

VST3/AU plugins and desktop applications built using the JUCE framework and DDSP.

Helpful Links

• Home page
• Blog post
• Download the latest plugins
  • macOS
  • Windows
• Train a new model
• Join our DDSP community!

Installation

macOS

1. Download the plugin binaries from here.
2. Unzip and copy the two plugins (DDSP Effect and DDSP Synth) to their respective system folders:
   • Audio Unit: /Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/Components
   • VST3: /Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/VST3
3. Rescan for new plugins in your respective DAW (verified on Ableton/Logic Pro/FL Studio/Reaper).

Windows

1. Download the plugin binaries from here.
2. Unzip and copy the two VST3 plugins (DDSP Effect and DDSP Synth) to C:\Program Files\Common Files\VST3
3. Rescan for new plugins in your respective DAW (verified on Ableton//Reaper).

Usage

Take a look at this guide on how to use the plugins!

Build

Supported Platforms

• macOS
• Windows

Setup

Prerequisites

• CMake 3.15 or above
• macOS
  • Xcode
  • Ninja (optional)
• Windows
  • Visual Studio 2022
  • Git Bash

Initialize

Clone this repo and run the following script to initialize the submodules and download DDSP models.

./repo-init.sh

macOS

• Generate Xcode project files (recommended for development and debugging):
  • cmake -B build -S . -G Xcode
  • Open DDSP.xcodeproj, select a target and build.
• For release, we recommend building with Ninja or CMake since building XNNPACK is unsupported on Xcode. Additionally, Ninja builds are faster compared to CMake.
  • cmake -B build-ninja -S . -G Ninja
  • Build all targets: cmake --build build-ninja
• Plugins will be copied to ~/Library/Audio/Plug-Ins directory automatically post-build.

Windows

• Generate Visual Studio 2022 solution:
  • cmake -B build -G "Visual Studio 17 2022"
• CMake adds m.lib as a dependency which causes a build error, this can be removed by running the following script after generating build files.
  • ./scripts/remove-m-lib-win.sh
• You may encounter errors when building TFLite, they can be fixed by applying this patch.
• Build the VST3 targets and copy plugin binaries to C:\Program Files\Common Files\VST3
• If the plugin UI looks blurred on Ableton, right click on the plug-in title bar and deselect "Auto-Scale Plugin Window". More information can be found here

CMake

• Edit cmake/FileList.cmake to add new source files to the project.
• Compiler/linker options and project version can be found in cmake/Config.cmake.

Contributing

We're eager to collaborate with you! Take a look at the contribution guidelines on how to contribute.

Disclaimer

This is not an official Google product.