Seed is a small synth plugin project aimed at Ableton Live on macOS. The first implementation step is a minimal JUCE VST3 shell with one gain control, a placeholder sine voice, and a console test target.

The project version lives in the repository root VERSION file. Update that file when you want to bump the plugin version, then re-run CMake so the generated version header and plugin metadata stay in sync.

• Xcode
• CMake 3.24 or newer
• Git

ninja is not required. The current repository builds with CMake's Unix Makefiles generator on macOS.

Run from the repository root:

cmake -S . -B build-make -G "Unix Makefiles" -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER=/usr/bin/clang -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=/usr/bin/clang++

Run from the repository root:

cmake --build build-make --parallel 4

If COPY_PLUGIN_AFTER_BUILD succeeds, the built plugin bundle is copied to:

~/Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/VST3/Seed.vst3

Run from the repository root:

ctest --test-dir build-make --output-on-failure

1. Open Ableton Live and enable VST3 plugins in Settings if needed.
2. Rescan plugins.
3. Insert Seed on a MIDI track.
4. Play notes and confirm the placeholder sine tone is audible.
5. Move the gain slider and confirm the output level changes.