https://github.com/polarity/plugin.nih.polarity-sc-dark
Spectral Compressor with per-bin upward and downward compression, pink-noise shaping, sidechain spectral matching, freeze, and IR export. Download VST3 and CLAP for Windows, macOS, and Linux.
https://github.com/polarity/plugin.nih.polarity-sc-dark
audio-processing clap plugin vst3
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Spectral Compressor with per-bin upward and downward compression, pink-noise shaping, sidechain spectral matching, freeze, and IR export. Download VST3 and CLAP for Windows, macOS, and Linux.
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/polarity/plugin.nih.polarity-sc-dark
- Owner: polarity
- License: gpl-3.0
- Created: 2026-04-19T15:16:09.000Z (3 months ago)
- Default Branch: master
- Last Pushed: 2026-05-21T14:39:48.000Z (2 months ago)
- Last Synced: 2026-05-21T23:43:06.365Z (2 months ago)
- Topics: audio-processing, clap, plugin, vst3
- Language: Rust
- Homepage: https://polarity.productions/polarity-sc
- Size: 552 KB
- Stars: 20
- Watchers: 1
- Forks: 1
- Open Issues: 0
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Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
- License: LICENSE
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README
# Polarity-SC-Dark
Polarity-SC-Dark is an FFT-based spectral compressor built on top of a
vendored NIH-plug snapshot. The repository is organized as a plugin project
first: the product crate lives in `plugin/`, and the framework crates it
depends on live in `framework/`.
The current plugin feature set is intentionally focused on three compressor
modes:
- Pink Noise
- Sidechain Matching
- Sidechain Compression
Freeze and IR export remain part of the compressor workflow.
## Repository Layout
| Path | Purpose |
| --- | --- |
| `plugin/` | Polarity-SC-Dark crate: DSP, GUI, entry points, assets |
| `framework/nih_plug/` | Vendored NIH-plug core framework crate |
| `framework/nih_plug_derive/` | Vendored NIH-plug derive macros |
| `framework/nih_plug_vizia/` | Vendored VIZIA integration used by the plugin |
| `framework/nih_plug_xtask/` | Vendored bundling/tooling library |
| `framework/xtask/` | `cargo xtask` entry point |
| `framework/cargo_nih_plug/` | Optional `cargo nih-plug` wrapper |
| `docs/` | Project-specific technical notes |
| `docs/user-feedback` | Feature Requests and Reports by users. Each user a markdown file |
## Build
After installing [Rust](https://rustup.rs/), bundle the plugin with:
```shell
rustup run stable cargo xtask bundle polarity_sc_dark --release
```
Artifacts are written to `target/bundled/`.
To build just the plugin crate:
```shell
rustup run stable cargo build -p polarity_sc_dark
```
To run the standalone binary:
```shell
rustup run stable cargo run -p polarity_sc_dark --bin polarity_sc_dark_standalone --release
```
## GUI Development
The plugin theme lives at `plugin/src/editor/theme.css`. Use the `hot-reload`
feature to load the CSS from disk at runtime:
```shell
cargo run -p polarity_sc_dark --bin polarity_sc_dark_standalone --features hot-reload
```
Close and reopen the editor window after editing `plugin/src/editor/theme.css`.
## Notes
- All vendored NIH-plug crates live under `framework/` because I like it.
- `bundler.toml` is intentionally scoped to this single plugin.