digital audio programming

Finished Juce Pitcher VST Plugin

Saturday, December 6th, 2008

I have completed my VST Audio Effect plugin in preparation for final presentation Monday Dec 8th. I added an enable/disable button for the pitch-shifting to save on CPU resources if that part is not needed. I also added a ‘Bass Mix’ slider to mix  un-processed bass frequencies back into the vocal-removed signal. Depending on the [...]

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Juce Pitcher VST plugin now with Vocal Removal!

Sunday, November 23rd, 2008

To expand the versatility of my final project for Digital Audio Programming I decided to explor adding Vocal removal. The standard technique is relatively simple to implement but can be hit-or-miss. It relies on the assumption that vocals will be mixed ‘center’ meaning equal energy in each channel, left and right. By negating one channel [...]

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The Juce Pitcher Pitch Shifting VST Plugin

Tuesday, November 18th, 2008

I am developing a Virtual Studio (VST) Plugin for MAT240A, Digital Audio Programming. VST plugins are used in professional audio software such as Cubase, Sony ACID and Ableton Live. Development is simpler than making a standalone audio application since the details of manipulating sound files are taken care of by the plugin host. The host [...]

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