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@@ -1,53 +1,7 @@ Ingen is a realtime modular synthesizer and/or effects processor for -Jack/Alsa/LADSPA/DSSI/LV2/etc (ie GNU/Linux audio systems). +Jack/LV2/LADSPA/etc. (i.e. GNU/Linux audio systems). -More information may be found at http://drobilla.net/software/ingen +More information can be found at http://drobilla.net/software/ingen -To build, first check "./configure --help" for options, you can build this -code in many different ways (standalone engine with seperate clients, build -engine server only, build clients only, build monolithic clients, etc. etc). -Then do the typical "./configure; make; make install" routine. - - -*** Optimization *** - -Ingen's configure script, by default, does not clobber your CFLAGS or CXXFLAGS -environment variables (which is the proper behaviour), though it does add a -few flags that should be turned on in any case (as described in this file). -If you want to submit usable bug reports (for segfaults and the like), -build with --enable-debug. This will also enable assertions, which also -makes bug hunting easier (see below). - -SIMD (SSE/Altivec): - -If you have GCC4, it is hightly recommended that you enable your SIMD -instruction set, especially if you have a Pentium 4 -(ie "-march=pentium4 -mfpmath=sse"). The performance gain is good for any chip -with a SIMD instruction set (Altivec, SSE, and friends), but in the case of a P4 -the denormal avoidance is crucial for audio software. Note that -march=athlon64 -implies -msse, -msse2, -mfpmath=sse, etc. - - -*** Debugging *** - -Ingen makes very heavy use of assertions to catch bugs. Assertions have a -(minor) performance hit unless the preprocessor symbol NDEBUG is defined. -By default the configure script will add this to the end of your flags, -but it's worth noting. Assertions have a minor overhead everywhere, but -will likely make bug reports much more useful. Debug symbols add quite a -bit of bloat to all the code, and is not useful unless you plan on debugging -the code yourself. A good compromise between performance and bug -reporting ability (eg for using the code from SVN) is ---enable-assertions without --enable-debug-symbols. - - -*** Bugs *** - -If Ingen crashes, PLEASE REPORT THE BUG. People too often assume "someone" -"must" know about the bug and it will magically get fixed without telling -anyone about it. It probably doesn't happen for me, and if I don't know about -it, I'm probably not going to fix it :) - - -Have Fun. +See the INSTALL file for building instructions. |