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+# Template file for 'amsynth'
+pkgname=amsynth
+version=1.8.0
+revision=1
+build_style=gnu-configure
+hostmakedepends="pandoc intltool pkg-config"
+makedepends="dssi-devel ladspa-sdk gtk+-devel jack-devel alsa-lib-devel
+ liblo-devel libsndfile-devel"
+short_desc="Analogue Modeling SYNTHesizer"
+maintainer="Olga Ustuzhanina <me@laserbat.pw>"
+license="GPL-2.0-or-later"
+homepage="https://amsynth.github.io/"
+distfiles="https://github.com/amsynth/${pkgname}/releases/download/release-${version}/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.bz2"
+checksum=d05363b654752494c4b6a404d80d70d27857db5ec9ca398eebcf6c5b466d6668