VST 3.7.13 SDK Released

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Dear VST Developers,

Steinberg Media Technologies today releases the VST SDK 3.7.13

Here’s a brief overview of changes:

Version 3.7.13 (2025/02/28)

  • Interface changes:

    • Fix -Wundef warnings (PR#17).
    • Fix enabling/disabling warnings in public header files (Issue#18).
    • Add the possibility to disable #pragma warning on Windows (Visual Studio) with SMTG_DISABLE_DEFAULT_DIAGNOSTICS.

  • VSTGUI update 4.14.2

  • Documentation

    • Update doc about pluginterfaces/gui/iplugview.h. See VST3 forum.
    • Add more information for each VST 3 API function about threading and state context.

  • cmake

    • Update cmake_minimum_required to 3.25.0
    • Fix linker warning on Mac (PR#11).
    • smtg_target_add_plugin_resource groups and structures the resources files into the IDE.
    • Fix white space issue with resources Forum.

  • Plug-in Wrappers:

    • Audio Unit:
      • AU/AUv3 Wrappers:
        • Fix crash running AGain AUv3 thru auval (public.sdk/source/vst/auv3wrapper/Shared/AUv3Wrapper.mm).
      • AU Wrapper:
        • Fix auwrapper MIDI output bugs (PR#76) (public.sdk/ssource/vst/auwrapper/auwrapper.h).
        • Fix MIDI CC input in AU wrapper (PR#74). (public.sdk/source/vst/auwrapper/auwrapper.mm).

  • Examples:

    • Add support of Vst:: IAudioProcessor::setProcessing in most of the plug-ins, demonstrating how this function can be used (e.g., cleaning delay lines, killing voices, etc.).
    • Update Hostchecker plug-in:
      • Redesign the UI.
      • Add check of COM correct behavior when calling queryInterface ().
      • Add check for ProcessContext::systemtime of continuity.

  • Helpers classes:

    • Fix in openurl.cpp openURLInDefaultApplication returns wrong result on macOS and Linux.
    • Fix vst3_public_sdk/source/vst/hosting/module_linux.cpp: Plug-in bundles with an extra dot in the name fail to load with the Hosting::Module class (Issue#73).
    • Fix -Wundef warnings (PR#75).
    • Fix HostApplication::queryInterface – mPlugInterfaceSupport Query Interface should use “_iid”, not “iid”(Issue#131).
    • Fix seek to the end + add new function take allowing to take the memory out of the stream: public.sdk/source/vst/utility/memoryibstream.h.

  • VST3 Project Generator v2025.02:

    • Fix: Only add SMTG_PREFIX_FOR_FILENAMES_CLI argument when not empty.

  • VST3PluginTestHost v3.9:

    • Fix add parameter changes to output parameter queue so that the edit controller will see the change.
    • Fix use parameter step count for program change calculation.

The SDK can be downloaded here:

Online documentation available under:
VST - VST 3 Developer Portal (steinbergmedia.github.io)

Your Steinberg Team