Creating XTC Devices
4) Installing XTC PlugIns
For SCOPE Platform applications you can save your devices as usual. For use with XTC there are some additionals step you should consider. The host software cannot load or read Pulsar devices (.dev) and modules (.mdl). So you need a Dynamic Link Library (.dll) file. As this is just a simple dummy file there are principally four types of this file: one for mono effects, one for stereo effects, one for mono synthezisers and one for stereo synthesizers.
We provide you with these four dummy dlls (inside '/dummy dlls' in your installed folder). For your device you need to pick the right one and name it exactly as your device. These dlls will reference the device with the same name. Although the effect dlls are looking for .mdls we recommend saving the effects as devices and rename the files accordingly (from .dev to .mdl).
It is also important where the files are finally located. The mdls and devs should be in the Pulsar XTC folder. whereas the dlls are supposed to be in the hosts VST PlugIn folder. For Cubase this is the folder 'C:\Programme\Steinberg\Vstplugins\PulsarXTC\' by default and for Emagic it is 'Logic-Home\VSTPlugins\PulsarXTC\'.
The mdls and devs should be in '\PulsarXTC\Devices\Effects\' then in the 'Mono' or 'Stereo' or in 'PulsarXTC\Devices\Synths\' for synths.
Writing an Installer
For those of you who want to write your own installer there are some Registry entries that should help you installing the files in the right places.
PulsarXTC location - installing your devices
You can find the location where PulsarXTC is installed in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Creamware\PulsarXTC\InstallDir. Then you should navigate the installer to 'Devices\Effects\Mono' or 'Devices\Effects\Stereo', or 'Devices\Synths'.
Steinberg VSTPlugIn location - installing the dlls
For Steinberg products you can find the installation folder for VSTPlugIns in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\VST\VSTPluginsPath. The XTC plugIns are in the subfolder 'PulsarXTC' (there are no further subfolders for effects and synths!).
Emagic Logic VSTPlugIn location - installing the dlls
For Logic PulsarXTC saved an Registry entry. That can be found in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Creamware\PulsarXTC\EMVSTDIR and the PulsarXTC plugins are located inside an 'PulsarXTC' folder.
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