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The Basic Audio Programming Black Friday deal covers a 4-hour mini course from pointblank Music School, at $17.49 with 50% off until Nov 15, 2026.
Dr Chris Nash of pointblank developed it in association with The Audio Programmer, exclusively for Plugin Boutique.
The course teaches you to build audio plugins in C++. The maker says no previous experience is required, so it suits producers curious about coding and developers coming to digital signal processing alike.
You build four real-time plugins across 12 bite-size lessons in 4 modules. The maker describes it as a taster of pointblank's BSc (Hons) Music Production and Software Engineering degree.
The course runs in a virtual learning environment built specifically for teaching audio programming.
It includes interactive online exercises that cover coding and basic maths concepts, and you run them in the browser. Over 60 animations explain audio and computing ideas visually.
Every practical task comes with a video demonstration, plus audio commentary. For the hands-on coding, the course integrates with Klang Studio, a C++ IDE that lets you write plugins inside the DAW.
The first module is available as a free sample, so you can see the lesson format before you commit.
If the course leaves you wanting more, pointblank offers the full BSc (Hons) Music Production & Software Engineering (MuSE) degree. It is also available as a 1-year CertHE or a 2-year DipHE.
Yes. The Basic Audio Programming Black Friday deal takes 50% off, bringing the course to $17.49. The deal ends Nov 15, 2026. It is a 4-hour mini course from pointblank Music School, sold through Plugin Boutique.
You build four: a Gain effect, a Distortion effect, a Subtractive Synthesis plugin and a SuperSaw synth inspired by the JP8000, capable of classic trance sounds. They are developed across 12 lessons in 4 modules, all in C++.
No. The maker says no previous experience is required. The course starts with how audio is represented as data, then introduces conditional statements, code objects, arrays and loops as each plugin needs them.
You need a Mac on macOS 10.15 Catalina or higher, or a Windows 10 or higher computer. You also need an audio interface, speakers or headphones, and a modern browser such as Chrome, Edge, Firefox or Safari.
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