Build VCV Rack with and without audio glitch fix

glitchfix.sh

#!/bin/bash
#-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
#
#   glitchfix.sh  -  Don Cross <cosinekitty@gmail.com>
#
#   Script that builds two copies of VCV Rack 2.2.0,
#   one from original source code, another with the
#   following fix for a glitching issue when sending
#   output audio to PulseAudio on Linux:
#
#   https://github.com/cosinekitty/rtaudio/commit/effb23d8c64efe00c741ed746ca0e0f4e983f17a
#
#-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Fail()
{
    echo "glitchfix.sh: $1"
    exit 1
}

CloneVcv()
{
    git clone https://github.com/VCVRack/Rack.git $1 || Fail "Could not clone VCV Rack source into: $1"
    git clone https://github.com/VCVRack/Fundamental.git $1/plugins/Fundamental || Fail "Could not clone VCV Fundamental repo into: $1/plugins/Fundamental"
    pushd $1 > /dev/null || Fail "CloneVcv - error changing directory to: $1"
    git submodule update --init --recursive || Fail "Could not fetch submodules into: $1"
    popd > /dev/null || Fail "CloneVcv - popd"
}

ApplyGlitchFix()
{
    pushd "$1/dep/rtaudio" > /dev/null || Fail "ApplyGlitchFix cannot change to directory: $1/dep/rtaudio"
    cat > fix.patch << EOF
diff --git a/RtAudio.cpp b/RtAudio.cpp
index e59a8ed..8d39e46 100644
--- a/RtAudio.cpp
+++ b/RtAudio.cpp
@@ -9264,20 +9264,7 @@ bool RtApiPulse::probeDeviceOpen( unsigned int device, StreamMode mode,
     }
     break;
   case OUTPUT: {
-    pa_buffer_attr * attr_ptr;
-
-    if ( options && options->numberOfBuffers > 0 ) {
-      // pa_buffer_attr::fragsize is recording-only.
-      // Hopefully PortAudio won't access uninitialized fields.
-      buffer_attr.maxlength = bufferBytes * options->numberOfBuffers;
-      buffer_attr.minreq = -1;
-      buffer_attr.prebuf = -1;
-      buffer_attr.tlength = -1;
-      attr_ptr = &buffer_attr;
-    } else {
-      attr_ptr = nullptr;
-    }
-
+    pa_buffer_attr * attr_ptr = nullptr;
     pah->s_play = pa_simple_new( NULL, streamName.c_str(), PA_STREAM_PLAYBACK,
                                  dev_output, "Playback", &ss, NULL, attr_ptr, &error );
     if ( !pah->s_play ) {
EOF
    git apply fix.patch || Fail "Error applying patch."
    rm -f fix.patch
    popd > /dev/null || Fail "ApplyGlitchFix - popd"
}

BuildVcv()
{
    pushd "$1/$2" > /dev/null || Fail "BuildVcv - error changing directory to: $1/$2"
    make dep || Fail "BuildVcv - error making dependencies"
    make || Fail "BuildVcv - error making Rack"
    cd plugins/Fundamental || "BuildVcv - error changing directory to: $1/$2/plugins/Fundamental"
    make || Fail "BuildVcv - error making Fundamental"
    make dist || Fail "BuildVcv error making Fundamental dist"
    cd ../.. || "BuildVcv - error changing back to ../.."
    make dist || Fail "BuildVcv - error making Rack dist"
    popd > /dev/null || Fail "BuildVcv - popd"
}

#-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

# Nuke and re-create directory for building Rack from source.
GLITCHFIXDIR=${PWD}/buildglitchfix
rm -rf "${GLITCHFIXDIR}"
[[ -e "${GLITCHFIXDIR}" ]] && Fail "Cannot delete existing build directory"
mkdir -pv "${GLITCHFIXDIR}" || Fail "Could not create build directory"

CloneVcv "${GLITCHFIXDIR}/original"
CloneVcv "${GLITCHFIXDIR}/patched"
ApplyGlitchFix "${GLITCHFIXDIR}/patched"
BuildVcv "${GLITCHFIXDIR}" original
BuildVcv "${GLITCHFIXDIR}" patched

echo "glitchfix.sh: SUCCESS"
exit 0

glitchinst.sh

#!/bin/bash
#-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
#
#   glitchfix.sh  -  Don Cross <cosinekitty@gmail.com>
#
#   After running the companion script glitchfix.sh, this script
#   extracts the zipped VCV Rack `dist` packages and places them in
#   the directories:
#
#       install/original/
#       install/patched/
#
#-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Fail()
{
    echo "glitchinst.sh: $1"
    exit 1
}

InstallRack()
{
    unzip -q buildglitchfix/$1/dist/RackFree-2.2.0-lin-x64.zip || exit 1
    mv -v Rack2Free install/$1
}

rm -rf install
[[ -e install ]] && Fail "Could not delete existing install directory"
mkdir -pv install || exit 1

InstallRack original
InstallRack patched