NORMSONIC PLAYER 0.1.0-beta.1 — Windows x64 VST3
Free personal, educational and commercial audio use. See LICENSE.txt.
Product and support: https://normsonic.com/

INSTALL THE VST3 PLUGIN
1. Close your DAW.
2. Extract this complete ZIP into a folder you can keep.
3. Copy the complete .vst3 folder (not only the inner binary) to:
   C:\Program Files\Common Files\VST3
   or another VST3 folder your host explicitly supports. The system folder can
   require Windows administrator permission.
4. Rescan plugins in your Windows x64 DAW and insert the named NORMSONIC plugin.

Audio inputs/outputs inside a DAW belong to that DAW. These plugins do not open
another hardware driver or clock. Additional buses are usable only when the
host exposes and routes them; a stereo-only host cannot expose 64 independent
strips. Select mono/stereo layouts through the host and the plugin's strip
controls; the host may suspend/reconfigure audio for layout changes.

HOW TO USE THIS TOOL
Choose a WAV file, then enable Follow DAW transport or switch it off for
manual Play/Stop. The waveform shows the loaded source. This is an audio
generator: it needs no audio input. Compatible hosts may list it under effects,
generators or tools. Its output feeds your processing chain.

WAV PCM16/24/32 and float32 are supported. Files are preloaded with a 512 MiB
limit; audio callbacks do not read the source disk. Linear sample-rate conversion
is provided. There is no timeline editing, compressed-audio import or faster
than realtime export in this beta.

PLAYER can send sample-offset NORMSONIC Sync start/end messages to RECORDER
through a host that routes its MIDI SysEx data-event output. This works inside
NORMSONIC RACK. A DAW that filters those events requires DAW transport or manual
control instead.

COMPATIBILITY
This independent utility is VST3, with 32/64-bit host audio and a native Windows
editor. It can be used without purchasing or installing NORMSONIC RACK. It is
not a VST2, CLAP, AU or AAX build. It does not include ASIO or another hardware
backend; the host controls hardware and latency. Third-party DAW compatibility
depends on its port, layout and event support. This beta is not a certification
of every DAW. See THIRD-PARTY-NOTICES.txt.

PACKAGE
NormsonicPlayer.vst3/ is the complete plugin bundle. No installer, activation, test
fixture, developer SDK, private profile or publisher C++ source is included.
