pluginhost~ - a plugin host for Pure Data
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This directory (pluginhost) contains sourcecode and possibly binaries for a plugin host for Pure Data. It currently supports the following plugin types:

    LADSPA:     http://www.ladspa.org/
    DSSI:       http://dssi.sourceforge.net/

The functionality of the external is demonstrated in in the help patch (pluginhost/pluginhost~-help.pd).

Requirements
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To compile pluginhost~ the following are required;

pd header (m_pd.h) >= 0.37

The help patch requires:

PD >= 0.39

Installation
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From the same directory as the makefile type:

make
make install (as root)

If compiling on recent versions of OS X, but you are using a 32-bit Pd, you may need to type:

make FAT_FLAGS="-m32"

Once compiled the binary file and help file should be placed in directories that are included in Pure Data's search path.

License
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All files included in the pluginhost~ directory, and all binary files (if included) are licensed under the GNU GPL Version 2 (see LICENSE.txt for details).

All files included in the pluginhost~/include/ directory are licensed under the GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL).