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+This crate is no longer maintained.  Please refer to [the `vst` crate repo](https://github.com/rust-dsp/rust-vst) for an actively developed repository.
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 A library to help facilitate creating VST plugins in rust.
 
 This library is a work in progress and as such does not yet implement all