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André Müller edited this page Nov 13, 2026 · 1 revision

Installation

From a release (recommended)

  1. Download Dubcycling-vX.Y.Z-win64.zip from the releases page.
  2. Unzip it. It contains the folder Dubcycling.vst3, the README and the license.
  3. Copy the whole Dubcycling.vst3 folder to C:\Program Files\Common Files\VST3\ (Windows asks for administrator rights).
  4. Start your DAW and rescan plugins. Dubcycling appears as an instrument: put it on a MIDI (instrument) track, not on an audio track.

The binaries are not code-signed. If Windows SmartScreen warns, choose More info → Run anyway, or unblock the zip in its file properties before unzipping.

macOS (experimental)

The macOS build is a universal VST3 (Apple Silicon and Intel, macOS 11 or newer). It is built, unit-tested and validated automatically on GitHub Actions, but it has not been tested on real hardware or in a real host. The bundle is ad-hoc signed, not notarized. There is no AU version.

  1. Download Dubcycling-vX.Y.Z-macos.zip from the releases page.
  2. Unzip it and copy the whole Dubcycling.vst3 folder to ~/Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/VST3/.
  3. Remove the quarantine flag, otherwise macOS refuses to load the plugin: xattr -cr ~/Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/VST3/Dubcycling.vst3
  4. Start your DAW and rescan plugins.

Linux (experimental)

The Linux build is an x86_64 VST3. Like the macOS build it is built, unit-tested and validated on GitHub Actions (Steinberg validator and pluginval), but it has not been tested in a real DAW.

  1. Download Dubcycling-vX.Y.Z-linux.zip from the releases page.
  2. Unzip it and copy the whole Dubcycling.vst3 folder to ~/.vst3/.
  3. Start your DAW and rescan plugins.

If you try the macOS or Linux build, feedback is very welcome.

From source

See Building from Source.

Updating

Replace the Dubcycling.vst3 folder with the new one. Your presets live outside the plugin, in Documents/Dubcycling/Presets (see Presets and Banks), and are not touched.

Projects saved with an older version load in a newer one. The other direction loses data: a project re-saved by an older version drops what that version does not know (effect settings, mix, pass slots, REV), and older versions refuse to open banks saved by a newer one. Keep backups if you switch back and forth.

Uninstalling

Delete C:\Program Files\Common Files\VST3\Dubcycling.vst3 (macOS: ~/Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/VST3/Dubcycling.vst3, Linux: ~/.vst3/Dubcycling.vst3). Your banks stay in Documents/Dubcycling/Presets.

Dubcycling

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