AceForge Bridge — AU/VST3 Plugin for AceForge

Experimental AU and VST3 plugin that connects your DAW to the AceForge API for text-to-music generation and playback (ACE-Step, etc.).

• Target: macOS (Apple Silicon); build via CMake + JUCE.
• API: Local HTTP, e.g. http://127.0.0.1:5056 (AceForge server must be running).

What it does

• Generate — Enter a prompt, set duration and quality, click Generate. The plugin talks to AceForge and plays the result once through the plugin output.
• Library — Successful generations are saved as WAVs; the plugin lists them (newest first). You can Insert into DAW (opens the file in Logic Pro) or Reveal in Finder and drag the file into your DAW timeline.

Full description, build details, and installer steps: ml-bridge/README.md.

Quick start

1. Build (from repo root):

   cmake -B build -G "Unix Makefiles" -DCMAKE_OSX_ARCHITECTURES=arm64
   cmake --build build --config Release

   Or use the Xcode generator: -G Xcode instead of -G "Unix Makefiles".

2. Install — Copy the built .component and .vst3 from the build tree into your plug-in folders, or build the installer:

   ./scripts/build-installer-pkg.sh --sign-plugins --version 0.1.0

   Then install release-artefacts/AceForgeBridge-macOS-Installer.pkg (or open it in Finder).

3. Rescan plugins in your DAW; run AceForge so the API is available at http://127.0.0.1:5056.

Repo layout

Path	Description
ml-bridge/	Plugin source, AceForge client, and docs
ml-bridge/plugin/	JUCE AU + VST3 target (CMake)
ml-bridge/AceForgeClient/	C++ HTTP client for AceForge API (macOS)
ml-bridge/AceForge.md	API summary for the plugin
ml-bridge/BUILD_AND_CI.md	Build and GitHub Actions release
.github/workflows/release-plugins.yml	Build and release on GitHub Release

Releases

Creating a GitHub Release (e.g. tag v0.1.0) triggers the workflow and attaches AceForgeBridge-macOS-AU-VST3.zip to that release.

License

See repository license. Plugin uses JUCE (GPL mode) and talks to the AceForge API.