Syd Vocoder for macOS (VST3, Apple silicon and Intel, macOS 11 or newer)
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Install
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1. Close your DAW (Ableton Live, for example).

2. Double-click "Install Syd Vocoder.pkg".

   The installer is not registered with Apple, so the first time macOS stops it with a
   message like "Install Syd Vocoder.pkg Not Opened" or "cannot be opened because Apple
   cannot check it". That is expected. Click Done (or OK), then:

   macOS 15 (Sequoia) or newer:
     a. Open the Apple menu > System Settings > Privacy & Security.
     b. Scroll down to "Security". It says that "Install Syd Vocoder.pkg" was blocked.
     c. Click "Open Anyway" and enter your Mac password (or use Touch ID).
     d. Click "Open Anyway" once more. The installer starts.

   macOS 14 (Sonoma) or older:
     Hold Control and click "Install Syd Vocoder.pkg" (or right-click it), choose Open, and
     click Open in the message. The installer starts.

3. In the installer, click Continue and then Install. Enter your Mac password: the one you
   use to log in. When it says the installation was successful, click Close. If it asks
   whether to move the installer to the Bin, either answer is fine.

   The plugin is now in /Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/VST3/. You do not have to open that folder.

4. Start your DAW. Ableton Live finds Syd Vocoder by itself if "Use VST3 Plug-In System
   Folders" is on. If it does not show up: Live > Settings > Plug-Ins, switch on
   "Use VST3 Plug-In System Folders" and click Rescan. Syd Vocoder is in the browser under
   Plug-Ins > VST3 > Lloyd Stellar.

The manual (Syd Vocoder Manual.pdf) shows step by step how to set up the voice track and
the MIDI track in Ableton Live.

Updating
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Close your DAW and run the installer of the new version. It replaces the old one.

If you installed a test version earlier by copying "Syd Vocoder.vst3" yourself, delete that
copy first, or your DAW may see two. In the Finder, choose Go > Go to Folder, type
~/Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/VST3 and press Return. If "Syd Vocoder.vst3" is there, drag it to
the Bin.

Uninstall
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In the Finder, choose Go > Go to Folder, type /Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/VST3 and press Return.
Drag "Syd Vocoder.vst3" to the Bin and enter your password.

Using it
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Syd Vocoder is an instrument: load it on a MIDI track, play the carrier with MIDI and send
your voice to its sidechain input. The manual explains the routing for Ableton Live and
other hosts, every control and the presets. Logic Pro needs an Audio Unit, which Syd Vocoder
does not have.

Licence: GNU Affero General Public License v3.0 (LICENSE.txt). The embedded fonts are under the
SIL Open Font License 1.1 (FONTS-OFL.txt).
