# Drive REAL app bridge SHM: cycle several VST3 plugins on ch=0, screenshot each, brightness. # Usage: python probe_app3.py import ctypes, ctypes.wintypes as w, struct, subprocess, sys, os, time, re from PIL import Image sys.stdout.reconfigure(encoding='utf-8', errors='replace') SHM_NAME = b"SonicForge_DAW_IPC" SIZE = 32768 HERE = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)) APP_LOG = os.path.join(os.environ.get('APPDATA', '.'), 'SonicForgeDAW', 'logs', 'bridge.log') VST = r"C:\Program Files\Common Files\VST3" PLUGINS = [ ("nexus", os.path.join(VST, "Nexus.vst3")), ("kontakt", os.path.join(VST, "Kontakt.vst3")), ("scaler2", os.path.join(VST, "Scaler2.vst3")), ("ample", os.path.join(VST, "Ample Sound", "ACDD.vst3")), ] user32 = ctypes.windll.user32 kernel32 = ctypes.windll.kernel32 kernel32.OpenFileMappingA.argtypes = [ctypes.wintypes.DWORD, w.BOOL, ctypes.c_char_p] kernel32.OpenFileMappingA.restype = ctypes.c_void_p kernel32.MapViewOfFile.argtypes = [ctypes.c_void_p, ctypes.wintypes.DWORD, ctypes.wintypes.DWORD, ctypes.wintypes.DWORD, ctypes.c_size_t] kernel32.MapViewOfFile.restype = ctypes.c_void_p FILE_MAP_ALL_ACCESS = 0xF001F hMap = kernel32.OpenFileMappingA(FILE_MAP_ALL_ACCESS, False, SHM_NAME) if not hMap: print("OpenFileMapping failed", ctypes.get_last_error()); sys.exit(1) ptr = kernel32.MapViewOfFile(hMap, FILE_MAP_ALL_ACCESS, 0, 0, 0) if not ptr: print("MapViewOfFile failed", ctypes.get_last_error()); sys.exit(1) def w32(off, fmt, *args): ctypes.memmove(ptr + off, struct.pack(fmt, *args), struct.calcsize(fmt)) def write_control(type_, arg0, arg1, ch, path): for i in range(8): off = 2836 + i * 1040 t = ctypes.c_uint32.from_address(ptr + off).value if t == 0: w32(off, 'IIII', type_, arg0, arg1, ch) if path: b = path.encode('utf-8')[:1023] + b'\x00' ctypes.memmove(ptr + off + 16, b, len(b)) return i raise RuntimeError("control queue full") def push_controls(events): for i in range(8): w32(2836 + i * 1040, 'I', 0) for (type_, arg0, arg1, ch, path) in events: write_control(type_, arg0, arg1, ch, path) w32(11156, 'I', len(events)) def log_lines(): try: with open(APP_LOG, 'r', encoding='utf-8', errors='replace') as f: return f.readlines() except FileNotFoundError: return [] def wait_log(pattern, timeout, since): end = time.time() + timeout while time.time() < end: lines = log_lines() for i in range(since, len(lines)): if pattern in lines[i]: return lines[i].strip() time.sleep(0.2) return None def shot(hwnd, tag): rw = w.RECT() user32.GetWindowRect(hwnd, ctypes.byref(rw)) wdt, hgt = rw.right - rw.left, rw.bottom - rw.top if wdt <= 0 or hgt <= 0: return None png = os.path.join(HERE, f"probe_app3_{tag}.png") ps = f""" Add-Type -AssemblyName System.Drawing $bmp = New-Object System.Drawing.Bitmap({wdt}, {hgt}) $g = [System.Drawing.Graphics]::FromImage($bmp) $g.CopyFromScreen({rw.left}, {rw.top}, 0, 0, $bmp.Size) $bmp.Save('{png}') $g.Dispose(); $bmp.Dispose() """ subprocess.run(["powershell", "-NoProfile", "-Command", ps], check=False) img = Image.open(png).convert('L') px = list(img.getdata()) n = len(px) avg = sum(px) / n buckets = [0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0] for v in px: buckets[v // 32] += 1 pct = [round(100 * b / n) for b in buckets] return f"avgLum {round(avg,1)} buckets[0-31..224-255] {pct} size {img.size}" for tag, path in PLUGINS: since = len(log_lines()) print(f"--- {tag} ---") push_controls([(2, 0, 0, 0, path)]) r = wait_log("instrument loaded ch=0", 90, since) print(" load:", (r or "TIMEOUT").split(" type=")[0]) since = len(log_lines()) push_controls([(4, 0, 0, 0, tag)]) r = wait_log("GUI attached", 40, since) print(" open:", (r or "TIMEOUT")[:100]) m = re.search(r'hwnd=([0-9A-Fa-f]+)', r or "") if not m: print(" NO HWND"); continue hwnd = int(m.group(1), 16) time.sleep(8) res = shot(hwnd, tag) print(" shot:", res) # close GUI via WM_CLOSE (VstWindowProc hides + detaches view) user32.SendMessageW(hwnd, 0x0010, 0, 0) # WM_CLOSE time.sleep(3) print("done")