Can iPlug2 plugins host other plugins?

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Hello iPlug friends,

First time on the forum! I’m a software developer and music producer who recently decided to put those two worlds together and start making my own plugins. I stumbled upon iPlug2 and it looks super promising!

I have a few ideas I would like to start prototyping and one requires me to host VST/AU plugins. Think building “wrapper” functionality around existing plugins, or allowing the user to use their own plugins as part of a signal chain within the plugin, that sort of thing.

Had a quick look at the API documentation, and I can’t tell whether the IPlugVST3/IPlugVST3Controller classes are made to encapsulate a third-party VST or if it acts as a representation of the IPlug2 plugin itself.

Does IPlug support hosting plugins? If so, are there. any open source examples of plugin hosts built with IPlug2?

Thanks everyone!

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There is no plugin hosting in iPlug2. Juce would be a good choice if you need to host plugins.

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Ah, too bad. Appreciate the quick response though Oli. Big fan of your work!