RINGWORM95  v1.0  (32-bit)
Full guide with pictures: RingWorm95-Manual.pdf (in this folder).
Sidechain tool for bass: carves the bass out of the way of your kick and snare.
Draw a volume duck and a ring-mod carve that play on every drum hit, plus a
clip guard that keeps bass + drums from summing over 0 dB.

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NEEDS
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- Windows 10 or 11, and a 32-bit DAW
  Almost every current DAW is 64-bit: if yours is, get
  RingWorm95-v1.0-Windows-64bit.zip instead. A 32-bit plugin
  won't load in a 64-bit DAW.
- A DAW that loads VST3 plugins (made and tested in FL Studio)
- Not available for Mac

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INSTALL
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1. Copy the whole "RingWorm95.vst3" folder into:

       C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\VST3     (64-bit Windows)
       C:\Program Files\Common Files\VST3           (32-bit Windows)

   (Windows will ask for admin permission - click Continue.)

2. Open your DAW and rescan plugins.
   FL Studio: Options > Manage plugins > Find plugins.
   It shows up as "RingWorm95" by fx-idk.

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SET IT UP (FL Studio)
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1. Put RingWorm95 on your BASS mixer track.
2. Select your KICK mixer track, right-click the arrow at the bottom of
   the bass track and choose "Sidechain to this track".
3. In RingWorm95's plugin window, click the gear icon > Processing tab,
   and set the sidechain input to the kick's track.
4. Press play. When the kick reaches the plugin, its waveform appears in
   the black screen and "SC: Active" shows in the status bar.

Two instances work well: one fed by the kick, one fed by the snare,
both on the bass track one after the other. Try the "Kick" and "Snare"
presets on them.

Other DAWs: put it on the bass and route the kick into the plugin's
sidechain input. Not tested outside FL Studio yet.

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QUICK GUIDE
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Duck tab / DUCK group   Volume shape played on every hit.
                         Sens = how easily hits trigger it.
Ring tab / RING group    Carves the bass with the kick's own waveform.
                         Keep Lows = leave the sub alone below this
                         frequency (use about 150 Hz for snares).
Clip Guard               Keeps bass + sidechain at or under 0 dB.
Presets                  DnB 174, Amen, Kick, Snare, Techno, House...
                         "Save..." stores your own presets.

In the black screen: drag points to move them, double-click to add or
remove one, drag a line up or down to bend it, right-click to delete.

Your own presets are saved in:
    %APPDATA%\RingWorm95\Presets

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UNINSTALL
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Delete "RingWorm95.vst3" from C:\Program Files\Common Files\VST3.
