# First steps are really hard following documentation

**URL:** <https://forum.cabbageaudio.com/t/first-steps-are-really-hard-following-documentation/4949>\
**Category:** Cabbage Stew\
**Created:** [6 December 2025 21:44 UTC](https://forum.cabbageaudio.com/t/first-steps-are-really-hard-following-documentation/4949 "2025-12-06T21:44:10Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![raphaeldinge](https://forum.cabbageaudio.com/user_avatar/forum.cabbageaudio.com/raphaeldinge/32/6136_2.png) [@raphaeldinge](https://forum.cabbageaudio.com/u/raphaeldinge)\
**Post date:** [6 December 2025 21:44 UTC](https://forum.cabbageaudio.com/t/first-steps-are-really-hard-following-documentation/4949/1 "2025-12-06T21:44:10Z")

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Hi,

Finally managed to subscribed to the forum. Apparently can’t subscribe with email, never got the confirmation, checked my spam.

I followed the first steps in the documentation in the first minutes:

> **[First Effect | Cabbage Audio](https://cabbageaudio.com/docs/first_effect/)**
>
> Cabbage is a framework for audio software development. Using simple markup text and the Csound audio synthesis language users can target four major operating...

And trying to export as a plug-in.  
Exporting to VST or AU shows up

 ![Screenshot 2025-12-06 at 22.43.01](https://forum-next.cabbageaudio.com/uploads/default/original/2X/c/cd74e53ea9dcb1c7a46170e087e98d75789b5905.png)

Exporting to VCV is expecting plugins-v1, but Rack is version 2 since some years now.

So how to export just the test project from the documentation?

Thanks,

Raphael

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**Author:** ![rorywalsh](https://forum.cabbageaudio.com/user_avatar/forum.cabbageaudio.com/rorywalsh/32/165_2.png) [@rorywalsh](https://forum.cabbageaudio.com/u/rorywalsh)\
**Post date:** [8 December 2025 09:52 UTC](https://forum.cabbageaudio.com/t/first-steps-are-really-hard-following-documentation/4949/2 "2025-12-08T09:52:15Z")

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Hi @raphaeldinge, welcome to the forum. I’m not sure why you didn’t get a confirmation email, I’ve never heard of that happening before. I’ll take a look and see what the problem might be.

> [@raphaeldinge](#):
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> And trying to export as a plug-in.  
> Exporting to VST or AU shows up

Did you read the documentation about `pluginId()`?

> **[Form | Cabbage Audio](https://cabbageaudio.com/docs/form/#pluginId)**
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> Form creates the main application window. pluginId() is the only required identifier. The default values for size are 600x300. Form identifiers are mostly static apart from latency() which can be updated dynamically. | Cabbage is a framework for...

You can still run your plugins, as the dialog says, but some hosts might not load them. Did you try loading the plugin? Also, keep in mind that on MacOS you may need to sign the plugin too.

With regards to VCV, I don’t have time to maintain that at the moment. Feel free to clone the repo: [GitHub - rorywalsh/CabbageRack](https://github.com/rorywalsh/CabbageRack), make the relevant changes and create a PR 👍

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**Author:** ![raphaeldinge](https://forum.cabbageaudio.com/user_avatar/forum.cabbageaudio.com/raphaeldinge/32/6136_2.png) [@raphaeldinge](https://forum.cabbageaudio.com/u/raphaeldinge)\
**Post date:** [9 December 2025 10:14 UTC](https://forum.cabbageaudio.com/t/first-steps-are-really-hard-following-documentation/4949/3 "2025-12-09T10:14:47Z")

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Hi @rorywalsh ,

Thanks for your reply.

My point is that I followed the documentation of [https://cabbageaudio.com/docs/first\_effect/](https://cabbageaudio.com/docs/first_effect/) and the dialog in my first message pop-ups.

The example on the page [https://cabbageaudio.com/docs/first\_effect/](https://cabbageaudio.com/docs/first_effect/) gives on the second line:

```

form size(280, 160), caption("Simple Reverb"), pluginID("plu1")

```

The documentation you gave me says `pluginId` (with small letter D). Thanks for that, it solves the warning and allows to at least load the AU version of the example.

Not sure how to submit a PR for the documentation typo.

Thanks,

Raphael

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**Author:** ![rorywalsh](https://forum.cabbageaudio.com/user_avatar/forum.cabbageaudio.com/rorywalsh/32/165_2.png) [@rorywalsh](https://forum.cabbageaudio.com/u/rorywalsh)\
**Post date:** [9 December 2025 10:21 UTC](https://forum.cabbageaudio.com/t/first-steps-are-really-hard-following-documentation/4949/4 "2025-12-09T10:21:29Z")

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Ah darn it, you’re right. I hadn’t spotted that. There isn’t currently a way to make a PR for documentation, but I’m looking into adding thise for Cabbage 3 when it’s out. But with regards to the PR I was referring to the VCV Rack stuff.