Audio Visualiser

This project is an OpenGL based audio visualiser written in C++. The solution was originally created with Visual Studio and relies on a few NuGet packages for its third‑party libraries.

Quick start (Windows)

1. Install Visual Studio Build Tools 2022 with the "Desktop development with C++" workload.

2. Open a Developer Command Prompt and run the provided build script:

   powershell -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -File build.ps1

   The script downloads nuget.exe if necessary, restores the NuGet packages and builds the solution in a Debug/x64 configuration. After it completes you can run x64/Debug/AudioVisualiser.exe.

Running with VSCode on Windows 11

1. Install Visual Studio Build Tools 2022 and select the "Desktop development with C++" workload. This provides the msbuild tool and the MSVC compiler used by the project.

2. Open a Developer Command Prompt (or ensure msbuild and nuget are on your PATH).

3. Clone this repository and open the folder in VSCode.

4. Restore the NuGet packages (or simply run build.ps1 from a command prompt):

   nuget restore AudioVisualiser.sln

   Alternatively you can run msbuild AudioVisualiser.sln /t:Restore.

5. Press Ctrl+Shift+B to build the project. The provided tasks use msbuild to compile a Debug/x64 configuration.

6. Start debugging (or press F5) to launch the program. The debugger configuration in .vscode/launch.json runs the generated executable from x64/Debug/AudioVisualiser.exe.

After these steps the audio visualiser window should appear and react to music/Rolemusic_-_pl4y1ng.mp3 which is included in the repository.