Hi there!
I recently discovered this cool synthesizer: http://tytel.org/helm/
The problem is, the installer creates a whole bunch of folders here and there which is messy, in my opinion, for such a simple app.
The synth is free and open source (under GNU license I think).
The source: https://github.com/mtytel/helm
Here is a list of folders the installer creates:
Standalone - C:\Program Files\Helm\helm.exe (default)
VST - C:\Program Files\Steinberg\VstPlugins (default)
VST3 - C:\Program Files\Common Files\VST3\Helm\helm.vst3
Local Presets - C:\Documents and Settings\\Application Data\helm\patches
Factory Presets - C:\Program Files\Helm\Patches
Config File - C:\Documents and Settings\\Application Data\helm\Helm.config
My ideal scenario would be just to have vst and vst3 files and a single "data" folder so I can just copy paste it to my DAW's vst folder. I don't need the standalone .exe that much, buy maybe is should be there for completeness of the package.
I hope someone would be interested to help me with this.
Anyone?
Perhaps someone can at least asses how hard it will be to compile the source files into a portable .zip archive?
There is similar issue opened now in project's GitHub https://github.com/mtytel/helm/issues/121