externalAudioPlugin Class

Load a VST audio plugin into MATLAB® by specifying its full path. If you are using a Mac, replace the .dll file extension with .vst.

pluginPath = fullfile(matlabroot,'toolbox/audio/samples/ParametricEqualizer.dll');
hostedPlugin = loadAudioPlugin(pluginPath)

Use info to return information about the hosted plugin.

info(hostedPlugin)

Use setParameter to change the normalized value of the Medium Center Frequency parameter to 0.75. Specify the parameter by its index.

setParameter(hostedPlugin,5,0.75)

When you set the normalized parameter value, the parameter display value is automatically updated. The normalized parameter value generally corresponds to the position of a UI widget or MIDI controller. The parameter display value typically reflects the value used internally for processing.

Use dispParameter to display the updated table of parameters.

dispParameter(hostedPlugin)

Alternatively, you can use getParameter to return the normalized value of a single parameter.

parameterIndex = 5;
parameterValue = getParameter(hostedPlugin,parameterIndex)

Load a VST audio plugin into MATLAB™ by specifying its full path. If you are using a Mac, replace the .dll file extension with .vst.

pluginPath = fullfile(matlabroot,'toolbox','audio','samples','ParametricEqualizer.dll');
hostedPlugin = loadAudioPlugin(pluginPath);

Create input and output objects for an audio stream loop that reads from a file and writes to your audio device. Set the sample rate of the hosted plugin to the sample rate of the input to the plugin.

fileReader = dsp.AudioFileReader('FunkyDrums-44p1-stereo-25secs.mp3');
deviceWriter = audioDeviceWriter('SampleRate',fileReader.SampleRate);
setSampleRate(hostedPlugin,fileReader.SampleRate);

Set the MediumPeakGain property to -20 dB.

hostedPlugin.MediumPeakGain = -20;

Use the hosted plugin to process the audio file in an audio stream loop. Sweep the medium peak gain upward in the loop to hear the effect.

while hostedPlugin.MediumPeakGain < 19
    hostedPlugin.MediumPeakGain = hostedPlugin.MediumPeakGain + 0.04;
    x = fileReader();
    y = process(hostedPlugin,x);
    deviceWriter(y);
end

release(fileReader)
release(deviceWriter)