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What I want is a way to run VSTs from the command line. Often I just have the same chain of VST with saved settings that I want to run a file through and a DAW

What I want is a way to run VSTs from the command line. Often I just have the same chain of VST with saved settings that I want to run a file through and a DAW shouldn't be required. mrswatson is the only thing close I have found but it doesn't seem to work at all. I'll admit my usecase is unique, just running certain Izotope plugins over interview audio to clean them up but I really wish command line composition and automation were possible. https://github.com/teragonaudio/MrsWatson https://github.com/teragonaudio/MrsWatson

mixmastamyk 5y ago
Look at gstreamer.
hunter2_ 5y ago
My first thought was to see if ffmpeg could do this. Unfortunately it seems like not currently [0] but what caught my eye is a mention that "the VST SDK has a linux command line VST Host you can compile" which might be all you need. [0] https://superuser.com/questions/1661505/naive-query-vst-plugins-in-ffmpeg https://superuser.com/questions/1661505/naive-query-vst-plug...
jdevera 5y ago
Maybe you can cook something quickly with Spotify's Pedalboard: https://github.com/spotify/pedalboard https://github.com/spotify/pedalboard
TheRealPomax 5y ago
What is "a file" in this case? Because VST don't have idea what that is, so you're still going to be generating your projects in _something_ That said, what you're describing sounds pretty close to using cantabile in headless mode (https://www.cantabilesoftware.com/guides/commandLineOptions https://www.cantabilesoftware.com/guides/commandLineOptions), where you just create a project with your desired VST chain, and then take it from there.
- adamgordonbell 5y ago
  But don't VST's have settings? mrswatson can feed them fxp settings files so I assume its a standard. mrswatson just only seems to work with older or simpler vsts. I'll check that out cantabile headless thanks!
mxmilkiib 5y ago
Check out https://github.com/falkTX/kuriborosu https://github.com/falkTX/kuriborosu
spacechild1 5y ago
If you don't mind a little bit of high level programming, I would recommend SuperCollider in NRT mode + the VSTPlugin extension or Pure Data in batch mode + the [vstplugin~] external. In both cases you'd generate the OSC command file resp. write the Pd patch once and then invoke it from the command line with any soundfile you want.
alextee 5y ago
this is on the radar, what you are asking for is similar to lv2apply I guess you can already run guile scripts via the command line so you could run a few plugins and process audio if you wanted to assuming all the necessary API is exposed but I haven't really tried that yet for now, I recommend kuriborosu as well https://github.com/falkTX/kuriborosu/ https://github.com/falkTX/kuriborosu/
- adamgordonbell 5y ago
  Thanks, very cool! I'll check out kuriborsu!
wolfblood 5y ago
have you seen the pedalboard project? Might get you the outcome you're after if you want to dabble in python. https://github.com/spotify/pedalboard https://github.com/spotify/pedalboard
cpdomina 5y ago
Check out https://github.com/fedden/RenderMan https://github.com/fedden/RenderMan and https://github.com/DBraun/DawDreamer https://github.com/DBraun/DawDreamer
- adamgordonbell 5y ago
  thanks, I'll check these out!

mixmastamyk 5y ago

Look at gstreamer.

hunter2_ 5y ago

My first thought was to see if ffmpeg could do this. Unfortunately it seems like not currently [0] but what caught my eye is a mention that "the VST SDK has a linux command line VST Host you can compile" which might be all you need. [0] https://superuser.com/questions/1661505/naive-query-vst-plugins-in-ffmpeg https://superuser.com/questions/1661505/naive-query-vst-plug...

jdevera 5y ago

Maybe you can cook something quickly with Spotify's Pedalboard: https://github.com/spotify/pedalboard https://github.com/spotify/pedalboard

TheRealPomax 5y ago

What is "a file" in this case? Because VST don't have idea what that is, so you're still going to be generating your projects in _something_ That said, what you're describing sounds pretty close to using cantabile in headless mode (https://www.cantabilesoftware.com/guides/commandLineOptions https://www.cantabilesoftware.com/guides/commandLineOptions), where you just create a project with your desired VST chain, and then take it from there.

adamgordonbell 5y ago
But don't VST's have settings? mrswatson can feed them fxp settings files so I assume its a standard. mrswatson just only seems to work with older or simpler vsts. I'll check that out cantabile headless thanks!

mxmilkiib 5y ago

Check out https://github.com/falkTX/kuriborosu https://github.com/falkTX/kuriborosu

spacechild1 5y ago

If you don't mind a little bit of high level programming, I would recommend SuperCollider in NRT mode + the VSTPlugin extension or Pure Data in batch mode + the [vstplugin~] external. In both cases you'd generate the OSC command file resp. write the Pd patch once and then invoke it from the command line with any soundfile you want.

alextee 5y ago

this is on the radar, what you are asking for is similar to lv2apply I guess you can already run guile scripts via the command line so you could run a few plugins and process audio if you wanted to assuming all the necessary API is exposed but I haven't really tried that yet for now, I recommend kuriborosu as well https://github.com/falkTX/kuriborosu/ https://github.com/falkTX/kuriborosu/

adamgordonbell 5y ago
Thanks, very cool! I'll check out kuriborsu!

wolfblood 5y ago

have you seen the pedalboard project? Might get you the outcome you're after if you want to dabble in python. https://github.com/spotify/pedalboard https://github.com/spotify/pedalboard

cpdomina 5y ago

Check out https://github.com/fedden/RenderMan https://github.com/fedden/RenderMan and https://github.com/DBraun/DawDreamer https://github.com/DBraun/DawDreamer

adamgordonbell 5y ago
thanks, I'll check these out!