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Aug 3, 2024, 5:53:15 PM8/3/24

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Unity supports native plug-insA set of code created outside of Unity that creates functionality in Unity. There are two kinds of plug-ins you can use in Unity: Managed plug-ins (managed .NET assemblies created with tools like Visual Studio) and Native plug-ins (platform-specific native code libraries). More info
See in Glossary, which are libraries of native code you can write in languages such as C, C++, and Objective-C. Plug-ins allow the code you write in C# to call functions from these libraries. This feature allows Unity to integrate with middleware libraries or existing C/C++ code.

The native plug-inA platform-specific native code library that is created outside of Unity for use in Unity. Allows you can access features like OS calls and third-party code libraries that would otherwise not be available to Unity. More info
See in Glossary provides a simple C interface, which the C# script then exposes to your other scriptsA piece of code that allows you to create your own Components, trigger game events, modify Component properties over time and respond to user input in any way you like. More info
See in Glossary. Unity can also call functions that the native plug-in exports when certain low-level rendering events happen (for example, when you create a graphics device). See Low-level native plug-in interface for more information.

You build native plug-ins with native code compilers on the target platform. Because plug-in functions use a C-based call interface, you must declare the functions with C linkage to avoid name mangling issues.

A software that is compiled for Intel CPUs can not talk to software running compiled for Silicon. These are two completely different CPU technologies and Apple built Rosetta just to allow the huge amount of software, built on machines before the M-Series, to continue to work.

You need to talk to the plugin developer for a native version of your plugin, because some time in the future Apple will even stop supplying Rosetta. They did this already when they switched from PowerPC CPUs to Intel, back in 2006, where they had the first version of Rosetta.

ive contacted the developer heaps, they have moved to dw soundworks and no longer supports it , he has jumped ship on it. so im left here with 2017 drum kit (imo the best for metal) trying to make it work on M1 native

Web apps can access the full power of Native APIs with plugins. Plugins wrap common native operations that might use very different APIs across platforms while exposing a consistent, cross-platform API to JavaScript.

Capacitor automatically generates JavaScript hooks on the client, so most plugins only need to use Swift/Obj-C for iOS and/or Java/Kotlin for Android. Of course, adding custom JavaScript for a plugin is also possible.

I guess Waves is looking for other ways to earn money than to keep customers loyal to Waves, which is all the proof I need to know the sound quality I can expect from Waves and the kind of support I would get if needed.

Of course I am not spending a cent on Waves plugins or subscriptions ever again but I paid others and I am thankful I had this problem with Waves to have the opportunity to realize how much better are other brands plugins.

It was not advertised that I would need to install Rosetta for installing the plugins. It was advertised that Waves v14 were 100% fully native and never explained that I would still need to install Rosetta.

Rosetta is an Apple technology and is installed from Apple servers after MacOS rejects running Waves Central on Apple Silicon. A dialog pops up and asks you if you want to install Rosetta and and if you do, you are required to enter your administrator password. It is not installed stealthy nor is it installed by Waves.

Again. This is explained in the tech specs which you should be looking at before purchasing to make sure that plugin will work on your system and with your DAW. You also have the option to install the demo before you purchase to make sure it meets your expectations.

When you purchase a plugin, right above the confirm button, is All Sales Are Final. Nothing about this is unfair. There were multiple steps in the process where you could have decided not to purchase these plugins.

I did read the tech specs as I do my job. I also tried the demo in another system, but as Rosetta was launched stealthy and silent in that one computer, I never realized Waves v14 still requires Rosetta being installed.

Add native functionality to your app with Capacitor, a native runtime built by the Ionic team. Install the core packages and easily add them to your project. Capacitor has a wide range of capabilities that developers can use to access features like the device file system, camera, and native location services. All of this is powered by a unified TypeScript API that automatically handles platform differences.

While the core features of Capacitor are free and open source, some enterprises might find themselves needing more features or custom third-party integrations. If you need such additional features, check out the Ionic Enterprise SDK.

I use two SSL native plugins: the channel strip and bus compressor. After a while working on a project, all instances of both types of plugins' UI becomes unresponsive. The VU's do not show anything, compressor leds do not lit, etc. But I can still turn pots and hear the plugin doing its work. So it seems it's only the UI that is affected. But all instances on all tracks and buses exhibit the problem at the same time, so I guess it could be Cakewalk related.

Well was worth a try!

Incidentally, I use the SSLs as well (just got 'em a couple months ago when they were on offer) and they work just fine, so yes, gotta be something specific to your system. Hard to say what. Maybe checking the Event Viewer can give some hints of possible malfunctions?

@Jacques Boileau I doubt that its related to your install. If the plugin UI stops working after playing for some time it looks like an internal bug in the plugin (memory leak, or some overflow condition maybe). You should report this to the plugin vendor with any steps you remember and perhaps send them a project file for diagnosis.
Only they can help with this issue since it is unlikely to be related to Cakewalk.

I do agree that it does not seem to be Cakewalk related and I posted here mostly because this forum is so full of knowledgeable people. But the only thing that bothers me is that all instances stop working at the same time. Do different instances of a plugin share common code or memory that would explain that they would all stop working together? It would also mean that the two different plugin, channel strip, and bus compressor, would share common ressources. I am a software developer but I have no experience in VSTs. Are they a bit like DLLs and share common resources?

Absolutely! Its very common for plugins to share common state across all instances. In fact this is likely the root cause of the bug so you should pass on this information to SSL. We are also in touch with their engineering so if there is any thing they need from us you can ask them to contact me.
Yes VST plugins are nothing but dlls and individual instances live in the same dll. With Waves you can have a single dll (the waves shell) hosting all their plugins. Its less likely that different plugin types will share common state but its really up to the manufacturer to how they implement it so its not far fetched that if a channel strip stopped working an open bus compressor may have the same issue. Since you are a developer you know that if there is global state shared and that state is modified unexpectedly it will affect all clients that use that state.

Does the problem only affect already open plugins or does it also affect newly inserted plugins of the same type?

Tell the user to exit Unity, and then navigate to where the package is installed in Windows Explorer or Finder or whatever, and delete it entirely before re-opening the project in Unity. This is extremely ugly and unprofessional design. Absolute no-go.

Also, having a second instance of the same library loaded is not much of an improvement, as it means you now have two contexts, so some function calls will point to the original library and some will point to the new one.

My question has to do with incorporating native plugins in a UPM package, specifically, is there a suggested or ideal workflow for including updated plugins within a new version of a package that the user downloads while working on their project.

So far all I can think of is just exposing to the user through alert dialogs, console log messages, and documentation, that the plugin dependencies are there, and that performing updates on the package might require an extra step or two.