Introduction

This module describes use of the Faust programming language²by Yann Orlarey [2,1] to generate real-time DSP plugins from a high-level specification. In addition to generating efficient inner loops, Faust supports Graphical User Interface (GUI) specification in the source code, and can emit code for various application and plugin environments.³ Moreover, Faust can generate easy-to-read block diagrams directly from the source, illustrating signal flow and processing graphically. This module focuses on generating pd, LADSPA, and VST plugins from a simple Faust program specifying a resonator driven by white noise.

The software discussed in this module can be downloaded as a compressed tarball:

http://ccrma.stanford.edu/~jos/faust/faustpd.tar.gz