Port Glitch VST to OSX please!

blamethesun · Post by **blamethesun** » Mon Jan 09, 2006 1:04 am

reply if you'd be willing to dedicate money, maybe even more than the vst costs itself on windows, just to get it. i've messed around with it on windows and it's save to say i'd be willing to fork over more money than the "retail" price to have this piece of code in my arsenal. this is the vst i have been dreaming of for years. if there is enough replies/support, we can forward this to the Glitch guy, see what he thinks, maybe start a paypal account, who knows!

sign!

blamethesun

blamethesun · Post by **blamethesun** » Mon Jan 09, 2006 1:07 am

perhaps we could even contact tobybear. he has converted a lot of windows vst plugins that the smartelectronix crew made to osx vst/audio unit format for free. that way this wouldn't be entirely on the shoulders of the guy at Glitch and he could maintain the windows version.

ernene · Post by **ernene** » Mon Jan 09, 2006 2:17 am

not only bumping, I'm really in

Actuel · Post by **Actuel** » Mon Jan 09, 2006 4:02 am

signed!

thanks,
actuel

acornblend · Post by **acornblend** » Mon Jan 09, 2006 6:07 am

I also desire such a treat for my puter tuter OSX!!!

blamethesun · Post by **blamethesun** » Mon Jan 09, 2006 6:21 am

hey tell all yer mac buddies about this thread and to reply.
i'm going to start passing it around too

LOFA · Post by **LOFA** » Mon Jan 09, 2006 6:36 am

I would be interested in buying it for the current price if ported over.

dblue · Post by **dblue** » Mon Jan 09, 2006 8:11 am

What's up guys. I just wanted to quickly drop in to say hello and thanks for all the positive words about my plugin. I'm still kind of surprised by how well it's been received. Cheers!

I get emails from people almost every day asking me to make a version for Mac, some of whom have also offered cash to support it. I really appreciate the idea of this petition/fundraiser, but I have to say that it probably won't speed anything up in terms of getting it ported to Mac. The limiting factor here isn't really money, it's my own free time (or lack thereof). The development of the plugin has occured almost entirely in the few spare hours I get between working my day job and doing other essential tasks.

Another factor is the code itself. I didn't know anything about coding VSTs when I started this thing back in August or whenever it was, and apart from 2 or 3 very basic test plugins I made in the beginning, Glitch is basically the first VST I've ever made. I am a pretty fast learner, but I don't mind admitting that the code itself is a total mess. It works pretty well overall but it's unoptimised and messy - the result of a person jumping in at the deep end on a subject he knew nothing about. So I would not wish it on anyone to try and decipher my mess trying to port it to another OS.

Currently I have two main goals for Glitch:

1) Rewrite the guts of the current version to be more efficient and modular, creating properly structured classes to handle all the various functions. Basically coding it the way it should have been done from the beginning, if I'd had a better understanding of the whole process. I will also add some useful features that I've overlooked, a few new effect types, as well as a few useability suggestions people have made. This version will probably be released as v1.5. I'm hoping to get it out of beta very quickly since I've hit most of the major bugs/stumbling points already (though I'm sure, as with all things, that there'll be a whole new series of bugs to deal with!).

2) Create "Glitch 2.0" which I am aiming to be a much more powerful system based on the same basic concept. There will still be a sequencer which triggers the effects, but I plan to allow people to create their own new effects in a fashion somewhat similar to Reaktor or Max/MSP, by combining together simple modules which perform specific tasks. You might, for example, create a new effect by combining a retrigger module and a bitcrusher, then add an lfo module to automate the parameters for you, then add a filter and distortion unit on top of the whole thing, etc, etc. I'm sure you all get the idea

(and sorry for the tease)

So, right now I am in the early stages of goal 1 - creating Glitch 1.5. I'm not sure how long it'll take me but so far it's going quite well. I should make good overall progress simply because I've already created the core logic of the plugin. Now it's just a matter of refactoring the code itself.

When 1.5 is done and I really feel good and comfortable with the code, like it wouldn't be a complete nightmare for someone else to try and work through it, THEN I will put more effort into finding a solution for a Mac version. Until then save your money and petitioning energy

As for Glitch 2.0, that one is anyone's guess. I think I want to hold off on starting it until I've further explored the Mac version issue. Suffice to say, it won't be happening anytime soon.

Anyway, that's it I guess. Just wanted to let people know where things are at.

Later.

blamethesun · Post by **blamethesun** » Mon Jan 09, 2006 9:18 am

thanks for the update. i am waiting for the osx port of 1.5 with great great anticipation as i think many are.

hats off to ya

blamethesun · Post by **blamethesun** » Tue Jan 10, 2006 7:32 am

who else is excited about this

i wish i knew a date so i could mark it on my calendar and count down the days!

ernene · Post by **ernene** » Tue Jan 10, 2006 12:44 pm

Thanks dblue! we can only wish U the best, and wait till you get what you want and then develope what we want

Congrats, great plug.... I can wait if I see a light at the end of the tunnel.......

Poster · Post by **Poster** » Tue Jan 10, 2006 3:44 pm

where do I sign?

tisco_over · Post by **tisco_over** » Mon Feb 06, 2006 7:40 am

signed

xtz.V2 · Post by **xtz.V2** » Thu Feb 23, 2006 5:37 am

I am very interested in an OS X release.

jasefos · Post by **jasefos** » Thu Feb 23, 2006 6:01 am

dblue wrote:What's up guys. I just wanted to quickly drop in to say hello and thanks for all the positive words about my plugin. I'm still kind of surprised by how well it's been received. Cheers!

Many thanks for your candid and soul-bearing post.
A refreshing change from many dev's out there.

I've gotta say I'm also impressed with Glitch. Thankfully most of my music is created on WinXP.

I'm going to buy this when version 2 happens (at this stage, it unfortunately behaves a little too much like it's still in beta [exception errors and suchlike] however it certainly does sound magnificient). I just record the audio results of it in periods where it is behaving.

Congratulations on having a hit plugin on your hands!
nice 1!

Cheers !

jasefos

Port Glitch VST to OSX please!

Port Glitch VST to OSX please!

woo woo!!

OS X