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Life & fun · June 24, 2014

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Protoplug – Create audio plugins on-the-fly with LuaJIT

protoplug is a VST/AU plugin that lets you load and edit Lua scripts as audio effects and instruments.

Protoplug – Create audio plugins on-the-fly with LuaJIT launched on June 24, 2014 with 23 votes and more than 75% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 12 years on.

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In plain words

Protoplug is a VST/AU plugin that allows users to load and edit Lua scripts as audio effects and instruments within their digital audio workstation. Rather than relying on pre-built plugins, musicians and sound designers can write custom audio processing code in real-time using LuaJIT. This makes it suitable for those who want to create specialized audio effects or experimental instruments without leaving their DAW.

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