Desenvolvimento interativo de plugins para produção musical com testes em tempo real.

Abstract

Plugins, programs that help with music production, are highly sought after by artists today because they expand the possibilities for creating music. In the creative process, specific needs often arise, so the idea of creating your own plugin can be very attractive. However, the process of programming plugins can be considerably counterintuitive, because in order to even hear the results that they can bring to the composition, it is usually necessary to write and compile the program separately, and only then test it. This project, therefore, aims to demonstrate the viability of an existing alternative, much more interactive, suitable for musicians who have less affinity with programming technologies. The proposed solution involves using two programs, plugdata and hvcc, to create plugins of various types, without the need to write code and being able to test them in real time. plugdata provides the user with an environment to build various useful functionalities for a composition, and it is possible to hear the results in real time. Using the other program, hvcc, it is possible to convert this plugdata construction into code in the C++ language, compile this code and transform it into a plugin in the desired formats. Thus, the creation of plugins becomes much more accessible to musical artists. To demonstrate this, three plugins with different functionalities were created, which were used in the composition of an original musical track.