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windell

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    Comment #49565960

    Interesting! Thank you for the explanation. I wonder what file permission issues we might face trying to write adjacent to the plugin file. I'll see what Surge does.

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    Comment #49521306

    Thank for the excellent suggestions! I'll definitely take a look. Perhaps the key difference is that Decent Sampler allows you to create a custom GUI for your sample library. Floe …

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    Comment #49521224

    Interesting, I'll take a look at the Surge source, they're a clever bunch. If you have a moment - I'd like to understand this use-case more. What do you mean multi room studio? Doe…

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    Comment #49513585

    It can run from any path so long as your plugin host or DAW is happy to load it from there (the plugin APIs define standard folders plugins should be installed to, but lots of host…

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    Comment #49513437

    Not quite as generic as that. I suppose there's 2 types of users at the moment. Musicians who just want load up virtual instruments (whether that's 'real' instrument, or synthesise…

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    Comment #49510325

    Since early 2026 it's mixed AI and handwritten. Before that it was mostly written by hand. Quite a lot of the code goes back to 2018 even. Typically, I do back and forth with Claud…

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    Show HN: Floe – an open-source plugin for sample libraries – CLAP/VST3/AU

    I'm Sam, I make sample libraries (as FrozenPlain). These sample libraries run inside Floe, my audio plugin for Linux, macOS and Windows. It's designed for musicians, composers and …