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Script for building VCV Rack 2.4.1 with my improved (low-latency) PulseAudio anti-glitching fix applied.
#!/bin/bash
Fail()
{
echo "vcvbuild.sh: $1"
exit 1
}
CloneVcv()
{
git clone https://github.com/VCVRack/Rack.git $1 || Fail "Could not clone VCV Rack source into: $1"
git clone https://github.com/VCVRack/Fundamental.git $1/plugins/Fundamental || Fail "Could not clone VCV Fundamental repo into: $1/plugins/Fundamental"
pushd $1 > /dev/null || Fail "CloneVcv - error changing directory to: $1"
git submodule update --init --recursive || Fail "Could not fetch submodules into: $1"
git checkout --recurse-submodules -b donfix $2 || Fail "Could not check out tag: $2"
if [[ -z "$3" ]]; then
echo "vcvbuild.sh: Keeping latest version of Fundamental modules."
else
# Hack to work around "taylor5" function rename.
cd plugins/Fundamental
git checkout $3 || Fail "CloneVcv - error checking out Fundamental commit: $3"
fi
popd > /dev/null || Fail "CloneVcv - popd"
}
ApplyGlitchFix()
{
pushd "$1/src" > /dev/null || Fail "ApplyGlitchFix cannot change to directory: $1/src"
cat > fix.patch << EOF
diff --git a/src/rtaudio.cpp b/src/rtaudio.cpp
index 09686a3b..a937d445 100644
--- a/src/rtaudio.cpp
+++ b/src/rtaudio.cpp
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ struct RtAudioDevice : audio::Device {
options = RtAudio::StreamOptions();
// options.flags |= RTAUDIO_MINIMIZE_LATENCY;
options.flags |= RTAUDIO_SCHEDULE_REALTIME;
- options.numberOfBuffers = 2;
+ options.numberOfBuffers = 4;
options.streamName = "VCV Rack";
int32_t closestSampleRate = deviceInfo.preferredSampleRate;
EOF
git apply fix.patch || Fail "Error applying patch."
rm -f fix.patch
popd > /dev/null || Fail "ApplyGlitchFix - popd"
}
BuildVcv()
{
pushd "$1" > /dev/null || Fail "BuildVcv - error changing directory to: $1"
make dep || Fail "BuildVcv - error making dependencies"
make || Fail "BuildVcv - error making Rack"
cd plugins/Fundamental || "BuildVcv - error changing directory to: $1/plugins/Fundamental"
make || Fail "BuildVcv - error making Fundamental"
make dist || Fail "BuildVcv error making Fundamental dist"
cd ../.. || "BuildVcv - error changing back to ../.."
make dist || Fail "BuildVcv - error making Rack dist"
popd > /dev/null || Fail "BuildVcv - popd"
}
#-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
VCVBUILDDIR=${PWD}/build
VCVTAG=v2.4.1
FUNDAMENTALTAG=""
# Nuke and re-create directory for building Rack from source.
rm -rf "${VCVBUILDDIR}"
[[ -e "${VCVBUILDDIR}" ]] && Fail "Cannot delete existing build directory"
mkdir -pv "${VCVBUILDDIR}" || Fail "Could not create build directory"
CloneVcv "${VCVBUILDDIR}" "${VCVTAG}" "${FUNDAMENTALTAG}"
ApplyGlitchFix "${VCVBUILDDIR}"
BuildVcv "${VCVBUILDDIR}"
echo "vcvbuild.sh: Unzipping final build..."
unzip -q build/dist/RackFree-2.*-lin-x64.zip || exit 1
ls -l
echo "vcvbuild.sh: SUCCESS - you can move the Rack2Free directory manually and run from there."
exit 0
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