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README.md

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 musicbox runs and compiles easily on Windows and OSX (and Linux soon).
 
+# compiling
+
+## windows
+
+- install the [Visual Studio 2015 Community Edition](https://www.visualstudio.com/en-us/downloads/download-visual-studio-vs.aspx) and ensure the C++ compiler and tools are installed.
+- clone the musikcube sources: `git clone https://github.com/clangen/musikcube.git`
+- install the [32 bit version of boost 1.60](https://sourceforge.net/projects/boost/files/boost-binaries/1.60.0/boost_1_60_0-msvc-14.0-32.exe/download). ensure it shares the same parent directory with musikcube. e.g: `c:\src\musikcube` and `c:\src\boost_1_60_0` -- the project's solution will reference it via relative paths.
+- open `audioengine.sln` and build/run. 
+
+## mac
+
+you'll need [homebrew](http://brew.sh/) to install the required dependenies. 
+
+- `brew install cmake boost libogg libvorbis flac mpg123 taglib`
+- `git clone https://github.com/clangen/musikcube.git`
+- `cd musikcube`
+- `cmake .`
+- `make`
+- `cd bin`
+- `./musikcube`
+
 # sdk
 
 if you know C++ you can checkout the sdk interfaces here: https://github.com/clangen/musikcube/tree/master/src/core/sdk