Installation

Note: If you plan to use Sointu to make music for 4k Windows intros, you will probably need also the -native versions of the executables / DLLs. This is because they use the x87 assembler version of the virtual machine, mirroring the stack limitations of the compiled version of the virtual machine. In particular, the x87 virtual machine is limited to 8 signals on the signal stack. However, the non-native versions are nowadays a bit faster with the latest Go-compiler, so you might prefer them while still composing the song.

You can either:

1. Download the latest build from the master branch from the actions (find workflow "Binaries" and scroll down for .zip files containing the artifacts. Note: You have to be logged into Github to download artifacts!

or

2. Download the prebuilt release binaries from the releases. Then just run one of the executables or, in the case of the VST plugins library files, copy them wherever you keep you VST2 plugins.

The pre 1.0 version tags are mostly for reference: no backwards compatibility will be guaranteed while upgrading to a newer version. Backwards compatibility will be promised from 1.0 onwards.

Uninstallation: Sointu stores various data (e.g. customized key bindings and recovery files) in OS-specific folders e.g. AppData/Roaming/Sointu on Windows. For clean uninstall, delete also this folder. See here where to find those folders on other platforms.