The old design had us checking isActive inside our audio callbacks, and
also modifying isActive from prepareToPlay(), and releaseResources(). To
avoid race conditions, and to ensure that isActive actually reflects the
activation state of our plugin, we need to lock in these places. If we
don't lock, there's a chance that other threads will observe isActive to
be true while the plugin is not actually active (for example).
If you're not convinced, imagine this scenario:
- The message thread calls prepareToPlay. The plugin is activated.
- The audio thread starts calling processBlock, and gets as far as the
isActive check. The plugin appears active, so we continue into
processBlock.
- At the same time, the message thread calls releaseResources(). The
processBlock call is still in progress, but the message thread is
simultaneously making calls to setProcessing() and setActive(), which
is a race.
Normally, it'd be up to the host of the AudioProcessor to ensure that
prepareToPlay() isn't called at the same time as processBlock().
However, VST3 plugins can request a restart at any time from the UI
thread, requiring us to call prepareToPlay() even while processBlock()
is running.
Previously, IEditController parameter indices were being used to index
into the AudioProcessor parameter array, but these parameter indices are
not guaranteed to point to the same parameter (parameter groups may
cause reordering on JUCE's side). Now, we use the IEditController
indices universally.
Previously, the following plugins were causing issues when hosting their
editors:
- Softube plugins. I used Saturation Knob for testing, which crashed when
deleting the temporary parent view.
- KORG Gadget series, which displayed a black screen after the temporary parent
view was deleted.
- FabFilter Pro-C, which displayed at the wrong scale when opened on a
retina display.
Old PluginDescriptions may only have the `deprecatedUid` field set, with
the `uniqueId` field set to 0. In this case, the uniqueId should be
ignored, and the deprecatedUid used instead.
This change ensures that popup menus will be dismissed when hosted
plugin windows are moved, even when these plugin views are themselves
hosted inside JUCE views, like those used in the AudioPluginHost.
When drawing a popup menu for a target component with a non-unity scale,
the contents of the component were being drawn with an unwanted vertical
offset.
