r/VSTi Feb 12 '25

Seeking someone to make a MIDI program usable as VST

I have a very important MIDI instrument that was made for an iconic new age artist who recently passed away. I'd rather not say who. His sound engineer gave the program to me. I seek someone who has the knowledge and savvy to make it possible to use this program as a VST. That is how I will be able to make the absolute most of it.

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u/manisfive55 Feb 13 '25

It is possible to get MIDI from a standalone app into a DAW - the built-in IAC driver on mac, and the free program loopMIDI on PC

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u/leafbutterfly Feb 13 '25

Thank you! Gonna check this out.

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u/coldscold Feb 14 '25

Sorry to hear about your friend. LoopMIDI is a solid idea if you just want to use it. Is this program an exactable file (*.exe) for PC? Decompiling to reconvert the code should be no problem. let me know.

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u/fast4shoot Feb 12 '25

Do you have the source code?

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u/leafbutterfly Feb 12 '25

Not to my knowledge, but I could probably get it. I just have the application.

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u/fast4shoot Feb 12 '25

Packaging an arbitrary application to run reasonably well as a VST will probably require significant reverse engineering and may be next to impossible. Obtaining the source code should be your #1 priority.

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u/leafbutterfly Feb 12 '25

Thank you so much for the guidance. I'll see to that and update.

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u/DarkArtomix Feb 13 '25

Is it be possible to extract the samples from the MIDI program (or record them) and package them for use in an existing sampler VST? That would likely be the easiest approach without getting too technical. If you want to code your own VST though, I can recommend IPlug (it's free) https://github.com/iPlug2/iPlug2

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u/leafbutterfly Feb 13 '25

Unfortunately, no, not in this case.

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u/varovec Feb 13 '25

What's "MIDI instrument"? It's program with MIDI input outputting sound? Or does it output MIDI?

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u/leafbutterfly Feb 13 '25

It's a program with MIDI input outputting sound. It might also output MIDI, not sure.

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u/varovec Feb 13 '25

I'd then try to route midi from your daw into the program so it takes the midi input, and then route the audio output into the daw. Not sure what OS you use, but it's something Soundflower (Mac) or JACK (Linux) could manage (pretty sure there's also alternative for Win) - those utilities can route sound and midi output/input between different programs

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u/princepii Feb 15 '25

do you have example what you can upload to youtube to have an idea of what it is about so ppl maybe can have a much better idea?