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+# Mindball
+
+A tiny, minimal stereo delay plugin with a no-frills UI. Feedback echoes, ping-pong
+and inverting modes, tempo-synced delay time, and an auto-panner — all wrapped in a
+clean, resizable interface with 20 factory presets.
+
+Built with [JUCE](https://juce.com) 8.0.9 and CMake, available as a VST3, Audio Unit
+and standalone app.
+
+---
+
+## Features
+
+- **Stereo delay engine** with independent left/right delay lines (up to 16 seconds)
+- **Smooth delay-time changes** — a two-head crossfade avoids the pitch-bend
+  artifacts of a gliding read head
+- **Feedback loop filtering** — separate low-cut and high-cut filters on the repeats
+- **Four modes**: Normal, Invert, Ping-Pong, SuperPong
+- **Tempo sync** — 12 note divisions (1/16 to 8 bars), tempo read from the host
+- **Double, Center and Auto-Pan** options, with a syncable panning LFO
+- **Per-channel level meters** with peak hold
+- **20 factory presets** and a UI scale control (50%–300%)
+- **No external runtime dependencies** — no GTK, no libcurl
+
+---
+
+## Controls
+
+### Knobs
+
+| Control   | Range            | Default | Description                              |
+| --------- | ---------------- | ------- | ---------------------------------------- |
+| FEEDBACK  | 0 – 95%          | 35%     | Amount of the delayed signal fed back    |
+| LO-CUT    | 20 – 4000 Hz     | 100 Hz  | High-pass filter on the delay repeats    |
+| HI-CUT    | 500 – 18000 Hz   | 12 kHz  | Low-pass filter on the delay repeats     |
+| TIME      | 10 – 3000 ms     | 300 ms  | Delay time (or note division when synced)|
+| PAN       | 0 – 100%         | 100%    | Auto-pan depth (when AUTO-PAN is on)     |
+| DRY/WET   | 0 – 100%         | 40%     | Mix between the dry and delayed signal   |
+
+### Toggles
+
+| Toggle     | Description                                          |
+| ---------- | ---------------------------------------------------- |
+| ON         | Bypass the effect (inverted indicator)               |
+| MODE       | Cycles Normal → Invert → Ping-Pong → SuperPong       |
+| DOUBLE     | Adds a second tap at twice the delay time            |
+| SYNC       | Syncs TIME to the host tempo instead of milliseconds |
+| AUTO-PAN   | Applies a stereo LFO to the wet signal               |
+| CENTER     | Collapses ping-pong/superpong output to the center   |
+
+### Meters
+
+DRY and WET level meters show both channels with peak hold. A red segment marks the
+current peak.
+
+### Top bar
+
+- **Preset menu** — pick one of the 20 factory presets; the active preset is ticked
+- **UI scale menu** — resize the interface from 50% to 300%
+
+---
+
+## Presets
+
+Default, Slapback, Analog Echo, Tape Echo, Dub Delay, Ping-Pong, Wide Ping-Pong,
+SuperPong, Sync 1/16, Sync 1/8, Sync 1/4, Sync 1/2, Sync 3/4, Invert, Hall Echo,
+Whale Song, Filtered Space, Auto-Pan Delay, Centered Pong, Clean Echo.
+
+The currently loaded preset is detected from the live parameter values, so if you
+tweak a knob the preset name updates to the closest match.
+
+---
+
+## Building
+
+### Prerequisites
+
+- CMake 3.22 or newer
+- A C++20 compiler
+- JUCE 8.0.9 is fetched automatically from GitHub — you only need a network
+  connection (or `git`) on the first configure. To build against a local checkout
+  instead, pass `-DJUCE_ROOT=/path/to/juce`.
+
+### macOS
+
+```sh
+cmake -B build -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release
+cmake --build build --target Mindball_VST3 Mindball_AU Mindball_Standalone
+```
+
+Requires the Xcode command line tools. Built plugins are copied to
+`~/Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/VST3` and `~/Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/Components`.
+
+### Linux
+
+```sh
+cmake -B build -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release
+cmake --build build --target Mindball_VST3 Mindball_Standalone
+```
+
+The configure step checks for the required system headers (X11, FreeType, FontConfig
+and ALSA) and fails with a clear message naming the missing packages:
+
+```sh
+sudo apt-get install pkg-config libx11-dev libfreetype-dev libfontconfig-dev libasound2-dev
+```
+
+Mindball deliberately does **not** require the GTK/webkit2gtk or libcurl development
+packages. libcurl support is disabled in `juce_core`, and the GTK-dependent
+`juce_gui_extra` module is not linked.
+
+### Build formats
+
+The default formats are `AU VST3 Standalone`. Override with the `MINDBALL_FORMATS`
+cache variable, e.g.:
+
+```sh
+cmake -B build -DMINDBALL_FORMATS="VST3 LV2"
+```
+
+---
+
+## Project layout
+
+```
+CMakeLists.txt                  Build configuration (JUCE, formats, Linux checks)
+Source/
+  PluginProcessor.cpp/.h        Audio processing and the parameter tree
+  PluginEditor.cpp/.h           UI: knobs, toggles, meters, presets, scale
+  DelayEngine.h                 Stereo delay engine (filters, modes, crossfades)
+  DelayLine.h                   Circular buffer delay line
+  BuildInfo.h.in                Template for generated build info header
+```
+
+---
+
+## License
+
+See the source files. This project uses the JUCE framework, which is subject to its
+own [licensing terms](https://juce.com/legal/juce-8-licence/).