How to build VstBoard : Steinberg SDKs : ================ Steinberg VST and ASIO SDKs can't be redistributed : you have to create an account and download them yourself. We need "VST 2.4 Audio Plug-Ins SDK" and "ASIO SDK" available at http://www.steinberg.net/en/company/developer.html Copy the VST SDK in ./libs/vstsdk2.4 (see README.txt in that folder) Copy the Asio SDK in ./libs/portaudio/src/hostapi/asio/ASIOSDK (see README.txt in that folder) Qt Creator : ============ Download and install "Qt SDK for Windows (based on MinGW)" (the Complete Development Environment) from http://qt.nokia.com/downloads In Qt Creator, create a new session and open : ./src/vstboard/VstBoard.pro ./src/portaudio/portaudio.pro ./src/pormidi/portmidi.pro - Compile portaudio and portmidi - You can now compile the VstBoard project x64 and msvc 2010 : ==================== hotfix needed : http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2280741