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Workshop 8: DSP in Practice

From Block Diagram to Working Plugin

In this workshop, you will learn the complete process of designing and implementing an audio effect plugin, specifically a flanger.

You will connect the dots between theory and practice: how to reason about musical features of your plugin before implementing it and how to translate a block diagram into a working implementation.

This workshop covers all the essential steps in professional audio effect development.

You will learn:

• the basics of digital signal processing: samples, sample rate, and delay,
• how DSP engineers represent and analyze signal flow,
• how to reason about delay-based effects,
• how to quickly prototype your effects in Python,
• how to set up a C++ audio plugin project using JUCE and CMake,
• how to create reusable DSP “building blocks” and combine them to create more advanced effects from your diagrams,
• how to create user interface controls for your plugin and connect them to your effect,
• how to code, build & test your plugin.

The workshop will include both theoretical and practical components.

Before attending the workshop, please clone the workshop repository and go through the "Getting Started" section.

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