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+[submodule "vamp-plugin-sdk"]
+	path = vamp-plugin-sdk
+	url = https://github.com/c4dm/vamp-plugin-sdk.git
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+Subproject commit 7df85ecf98d9477c1ac5a36f51807062e00d8695