AMY on Windows

March 24, 2026 ยท View on GitHub

A minimal example that plays a 440Hz sine wave using AMY on Windows.

Prerequisites

Install Visual Studio Build Tools 2022 (free) with the C++ workload:

winget install Microsoft.VisualStudio.2022.BuildTools --override "--add Microsoft.VisualStudio.Workload.VCTools --includeRecommended --passive"

Or download from https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/visual-cpp-build-tools/ and select Desktop development with C++.

Build

Open a Developer Command Prompt for VS 2022 (search for it in the Start menu), then:

cd path\to\amy\windows
build.bat

This produces amy_sine.exe.

Run

amy_sine.exe

You should hear a 440Hz sine wave. Press Enter to quit.

CMake (alternative)

If you have CMake installed, you can also build from a Developer Command Prompt:

cd windows
mkdir build && cd build
cmake ..
cmake --build . --config Release