Create Vst Plugins In Matlab

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Create Custom Plugin

This example shows how to create a custom plugin that counts the number of passing and failing assertions when the TestRunner is running a test suite. The plugin prints a brief summary at the end of the testing. To extend the TestRunner, the plugin subclasses and overrides select methods of the matlab.unittest.plugins.TestRunnerPlugin class.

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Create AssertionCountingPlugin Class

In a file in your current folder, create the custom plugin class AssertionCountingPlugin, which inherits from the TestRunnerPlugin class. For the complete code for AssertionCountingPlugin, see AssertionCountingPlugin Class Definition Summary.

To keep track of the number of passing and failing assertions, define two read-only properties, NumPassingAssertions and NumFailingAssertions, within a properties block.

Extend Running of TestSuite

Implement the runTestSuite method in a methods block with protected access.

The testing framework evaluates this method one time. It displays information about the total number of tests, initializes the properties used by the plugin to generate text output, and invokes the superclass method. After the framework completes evaluating the superclass method, the runTestSuite method displays the assertion count summary by calling the helper method printAssertionSummary (see Define Helper Methods).

Extend Creation of Shared Test Fixtures and TestCase Instances

Add listeners to AssertionPassed and AssertionFailed events to count the assertions. To add these listeners, extend the methods used by the testing framework to create the test content. The test content includes TestCase instances for each Test element, class-level TestCase instances for the TestClassSetup and TestClassTeardown methods, and Fixture instances used when a TestCase class has the SharedTestFixtures attribute.

Invoke the corresponding superclass method when you override the creation methods. The creation methods return the content that the testing framework creates for each of their respective contexts. When implementing one of these methods using the incrementPassingAssertionsCount and incrementFailingAssertionsCounthelper methods, add the listeners required by the plugin to the returned Fixture or TestCase instance.

Add these creation methods to a methods block with protected access.

Extend Running of Single Test Suite Element

Extend runTest to display the name of each test at run time. Include this method in a methods block with protected access. Like all plugin methods, the runTest method requires you to invoke the corresponding superclass method.

Define Helper Methods

In a methods block with private access, define three helper methods. These methods increment the number of passing or failing assertions, and print the assertion count summary.

AssertionCountingPlugin Class Definition Summary

The following code provides the complete contents of AssertionCountingPlugin.

Create Example Test Class

In your current folder, create a file named ExampleTest.m containing the following test class.

Add Plugin to TestRunner and Run Tests

At the command prompt, create a test suite from the ExampleTest class.

Create a TestRunner instance with no plugins. This code creates a silent runner and gives you control over the installed plugins.

Run the tests.

Add AssertionCountingPlugin to the runner and run the tests.

Description

externalAudioPluginSource is the base classfor hosted audio source plugins. When you load an external pluginusing loadAudioPlugin, an objectof that plugin is created having externalAudioPlugin or externalAudioPluginSource asa base class. The externalAudioPluginSource classis used when the external audio plugin is a source plugin.

For a tutorial on hosting audio plugins, see Host External Audio Plugins.

Methods

Inherited Methods

dispParameter	Display information of single or multiple parameters
getParameter	Get normalized value and information about parameter
info	Get information about hosted plugin
process	Process audio stream
setParameter	Set normalized parameter value of hosted plugin

getSampleRate	Get sample rate at which the plugin is run
setLatencyInSamples	Set latency in samples reported to DAW
setSampleRate	Set sample rate at which the plugin is run

getSamplesPerFrame	Get frame size returned by the plugin
setSamplesPerFrame	Set frame size returned by the plugin (MATLAB environment only)

Copy Semantics

Handle. To learn how handle classes affect copy operations,see Object Behavior.

Examples

Load a VST audio source plugin into MATLAB® by specifying its full path. If you are using a Mac, replace the .dll file extension with .vst.

Use info to return information about the hosted plugin.

Use setParameter to change the normalized value of the Frequency parameter to 0.8. Specify the parameter by its index.

When you set the normalized parameter value, the parameter display value is automatically updated. Generally, the normalized parameter value corresponds to the position of a UI widget or MIDI controller. The parameter display value typically reflects the value used internally by the plugin for processing.

Use dispParameter to display the updated table of parameters.

Alternatively, you can use getParameter to return the normalized value of a single parameter.