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Updated README for stand-alone VST release.
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askeksa committed Nov 18, 2018
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To use the synth, you need to follow these steps:
1. Download MetaSynth.dll from https://github.com/askeksa/MetaSynth/releases.
This is a generic VST which delegates the sound generation to a Lua program.
Be sure to get version 2.1 or higher.
2. Install the VST in your favorite VST host. For example, in Renoise, you need
to place it in a directory mentioned under VST Plugins in the Plug/Misc
settings. The VST host must provide a GUI for generic VST parameters which
can adjust parameter values at 0.01 precision.
3. Select the VST for an instrument. In the file selector that pops up, select
the Cinter4.lua file.
4. Adjust parameters to your liking. Test the sound using the notes C-1 to B-3,
which correspond to the same notes in Protracker on the Amiga.
5. When satisfied with an instrument, play an E-4 note. This will save a raw
1. Locate the VST plugin for your OS in the vst directory and install it in
your favorite VST host. For example, in Renoise, you need to place it in a
directory mentioned under VST Plugins in the Plug/Misc settings.
The VST host must provide a GUI for generic VST parameters which can adjust
parameter values at 0.01 precision.
2. Select the VST for an instrument and adjust parameters to your liking.
Test the sound using the notes C-1 to B-3, which correspond to the same
notes in Protracker on the Amiga.
3. When satisfied with an instrument, play an E-4 note. This will save a raw
8-bit sample into the directory where Cinter4.lua is located. The name of
the file contains an encoding of all the parameters.
6. Use these samples to make music in Protracker (or another tracker capable of
4. Use these samples to make music in Protracker (or another tracker capable of
saving in Protracker format).
7. Run the CinterConvert.py script on the Protracker module. It will output
5. Run the CinterConvert.py script on the Protracker module. It will output
binary files to be included in your intro.
8. Include the Cinter4.S source file and the binary output files from the
conversion script in your intro and use them as prescribed.
9. Profit. :)
6. Include the Cinter4.S source file and the binary output files from the
conversion script in your intro and use them as prescribed. See the
Cinter4Test.S file for a usage example.


USING THE VST
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Player option to handle the DMA write manually.
More accurate estimation of precalc time.

2018-11-18: Re-implemented the synth as a stand-alone VST in Rust.
VST builds available for Windows, Mac and Linux.


ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

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