Added BeatDrop readme

README.md

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-# milkdrop2-musikcube
-a port of the amazing milkdrop2 visualizer to musikcube
+# BeatDrop Music Visualizer
 
-most of the code was pulled straight from the [official Milkdrop2 source code](https://sourceforge.net/projects/milkdrop2/), but some was adapted from the [XBMC plugin](https://github.com/oO-MrC-Oo/Milkdrop2-XBMC).
+BeatDrop is a stand-alone implementation of the amazing Milkdrop2 Winamp plug-in.
+
+It lets you experience the stunning visual 2D effects with your music player of choice. No additional configuration steps needed! Just start BeatDrop and play your music.
+
+Use BeatDrop with your favourite
+
+* Music player:
+  [foobar2000](https://www.foobar2000.org/),
+  [VLC media player](https://www.videolan.org/vlc/index.html),
+  [Clementine](https://www.clementine-player.org/),
+  [AIMP](https://www.aimp.ru/),
+  ...
+
+* Web-based player:
+  [SoundCloud](https://soundcloud.com/),
+  [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/),
+  [Vimeo](https://vimeo.com/),
+  ...
+
+* Internet Radio station:
+  [SomaFM](https://somafm.com/),
+  [DI.FM](https://www.di.fm/),
+  [RauteMusik.FM](https://www.rm.fm/),
+  ...
+
+## System Requirements
+* Windows 10, Windows 8.1 or Windows 7 SP1
+
+* WASAPI-compatible sound card
+
+* DirectX 9 - compatible GPU
+
+* DirectX End-User [Runtimes](https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=8109) (also included in the installer) contains the required 32-bit helper libraries d3dx9_43.dll and d3dx9_31.dll
+
+## Acknowledgements
+Special thanks to:
+
+* Ryan Geiss and Rovastar (John Baker) [official Milkdrop2 source code](https://sourceforge.net/projects/milkdrop2/)
+
+* oO-MrC-Oo [XBMC plugin](https://github.com/oO-MrC-Oo/Milkdrop2-XBMC)
+
+* Casey Langen [milkdrop2-musikcube](https://github.com/clangen/milkdrop2-musikcube)
+
+* Matthew van Eerde [loopback-capture](https://github.com/mvaneerde/blog)
+
+* and all the preset authors!
+
+## License
+
+[license]: #license
+
+This repository is licensed under the 3-Clause BSD License ([LICENSE](LICENSE) or [https://opensource.org/licenses/BSD-3-Clause](https://opensource.org/licenses/BSD-3-Clause)) with the exception of where otherwise noted.
+
+Although the original Matthew van Eerde's [loopback-capture](https://github.com/mvaneerde/blog) project didn't explicitly state the license, the author has been kind enough to provide the [license clarification](
+https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/matthew_van_eerde/2014/11/05/draining-the-wasapi-capture-buffer-fully/)
+
+> ### Sunny March 29, 2015 at 11:06 pm
+> Hi. Just wondering is this open source? I'm looking for something like this for my school project.
+>
+> ### Maurits [MSFT] March 30, 2015 at 8:35 am
+> @Sunny do with the source as you like.
+
+All changes in this repository to the original Matthew's code are published either under the terms of BSD license or the license provided by original author.
+
+## Contributions
+
+Unless you explicitly state otherwise, any contribution intentionally submitted for inclusion in the work by you, shall be licensed as above.