Plugin context
Family, plugin identity, preset name/index, and the controls exposed by the current editor.
What it reads
Live readouts
Host-authoritative input/output peaks, level delta when available, and parameter positions that need a second look.
Signal-flow role
The bridge uses the plugin’s DIH family and lane context to keep source, bus, send, and master decisions separate.
What it returns
Ma’at — direction + balance
A concise corrective direction: protect the source, check low-center stability, verify stereo integrity, or choose the lightest corrective stage.
Imhotep — build suggestions
A practical next move grounded in the captured state, such as preparing one source, assigning the correct family bus, or containing a combined program.
Capture → apply → undo
Read Signal captures the current state. Build returns the grounded correction and its before/after values. Apply commits a supported patch in the plug-in; Undo restores the exact prior values. If no safe correction is found, the bridge stays review-only and does not guess.
Safety and privacy boundary
- Native delivery; no JUCE wrapper is required for the bridge.
- The current provider is
offline-canon. The bridge does not make network model calls or require provider credentials. - The bridge never runs from the audio thread or from
processBlock; audio remains under the host and plugin DSP. - A captured signal can produce a bounded, reviewable parameter patch; protected controls are never eligible for patching, and no change is made until the user presses Apply.
- The host meters remain authoritative. A bridge comment cannot override a DAW meter or a deliberate user decision.
Session flow
- Open a DIHWorld Audio plugin in the DAW.
- Capture/read the current editor state and signal readouts.
- Review Ma’at’s balance note and Imhotep’s build suggestion.
- Make the change manually or apply a supported proposal, then use the plugin’s undo path if needed.