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Rebuild these for capnp v0.6.

But it would probably be better at this point not
to commit them, as the main reason they are in the repo is because the
compiler wasn't available for Visual Studio builds, and that's no longer
the case.

# Piper Vamp C++

Supporting code in C++ for the Piper audio feature extractor protocol,
primarily for making Vamp plugins work with the Piper protocol.

_This is pre-1.0 code and the API may change at any time_

## Contents

 * code to adapt Piper messages to the classes used in the Vamp SDK
 * a command-line converter between Piper serialisations that goes
   via Vamp SDK classes
 * a server that makes Vamp plugins available via Piper messages

## Directory index

*vamp-json* - convert between Piper JSON messages and Vamp SDK classes

*vamp-capnp* - convert between Piper Cap'n Proto messages and Vamp
abstractions

*vamp-support* - support classes for the above

*vamp-server* - main programs for command-line converter and server

*vamp-client* - logic to make Piper servers available to Vamp hosts
through a Vamp-like API

*vamp-client/qt* - logic specific to hosts written with Qt

*ext* - json11 and base-n third-party libraries: see individual
directories for copyright details

[![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/piper-audio/piper-vamp-cpp.svg?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.org/piper-audio/piper-vamp-cpp)

## Authors and licensing

Written by Chris Cannam and Lucas Thompson at the Centre for Digital
Music, Queen Mary, University of London.

Copyright (c) 2015-2017 Queen Mary, University of London, provided
under a BSD-style licence. See the file COPYING for details.