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It appears you can compile the project yourself since it's open source[0].

Besides that there's a free installer download option on the website.

[0] https://git.sr.ht/~alextee/zrythm/tree/master/INSTALL.md

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Note: you must also build the software yourself to get ASIO support for Windows (which uses RtAudio). You'll be stuck with an order of magnitude greater latency under WASAPI (or worse under MME), assuming your device drivers are built to use it.

https://docs.zrythm.org/md_doc_dev_windows_build.html

IANAL, but it looks like maybe the devs don't want to to register the license with Steinberg and keep this free (as in beer) licensing-wise?

This looks cool, but the barrier to entry to a bit steep under Windows. I want to make noise, not spend time messing around with building software.

Thank you for proving my point.

Assuming this works I have no problem donating 15 or 30$. I already know it's not going to work as Logic, so then it turns into $15 just to sort of see what it is.

For the average user, $15 is probably a lower barrier of entry than asking them to compile their own binaries.

I compile stuff for myself all the time and I bought the installer. As far as this category of software goes, $15 is cheap. (Although I think it was $5 when I got it.)

It didn't work very well a year and a half ago or whenever it was, though. Maybe I should give it a look again.

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