artcode releases artcode DAW 2.0 - adds VST3 hosting and a Windows build

The useful part

artcode has released version 2.0 of artcode DAW, a music production application for macOS and Windows. This version adds hosting for third-party VST3 plugins and a Windows build, and brings the application's local audio generation to Windows. The standard install locations are scanned at startup, including plugins placed inside a vendor's own subfolder:

How it works

• Audio generation guided by the user's performance artcode DAW passes the user's own material to the generative model rather than a text prompt.
• The user chooses which tracks the model listens to, and how closely the result should follow them.
• What returns is audio that follows those chords and that melody.
• Plugins are included when the project is exported, so nothing needs to be frozen or bounced first.

What to take from it

Scanning runs in a separate process, so a plugin that crashes during scanning does not take the application down. Windows Support Windows 10 (64-bit) or later, with the same feature set as the macOS build. This was macOS only in version 1.0 and now runs on Windows as well, where it requires an NVIDIA GPU.

Details worth keeping

VST3 Plugin Hosting VST3 plugins load as instruments or as effects. MIDI learn maps a plugin's parameters to a controller. Plugins that fail to load are listed with the reason.