Is offline processing possible from mix bus

Developer VST 3 SDK
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Hi Experts,

I am a total beginner when it comes to vst3. Can you tell me if the following scenario is possible with a vst plugin:

Add the plugin to the master bus.

On click of a process button, export offline (fast) the complete mixdown to a file or to memory, process outside of the DAW and bring the resulting processed audio back into a new track. For performance I do not want to wait to play back the mix but rather export offline.

Thanks alot,

Mozzak

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Hello and welcome.

As per your description this is doable. In fact, what you’re asking for seems to be, if you allow, a rather ordinary workflow.

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Thank you for your feedback. I read the docu some and found IoModes which can be set to kOfflineProcessing. I wonder if this would tell the host to provide the audio data in batch mode instead of real time.

Thanks for your time. I will play around with this some more.

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Wait, are you developing a VST3 plugin? Or do you just want to be able to find the workflow in Cubase?

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Ideally, a vst3 plugin that would work with any DAW. It would let me export the mix down fast, process it and add back into the project. Possible?

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I am in the wrong forum, aren’t i? Apologies.

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I think so, so please ignore my initial response. I have moved your topic in the VST developers section.