diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
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+[submodule "plugins/zynaddsubfx/zynaddsubfx"]
+	path = plugins/zynaddsubfx/zynaddsubfx
+	url = git://github.com/LMMS/zynaddsubfx.git
diff --git a/plugins/zynaddsubfx/zynaddsubfx b/plugins/zynaddsubfx/zynaddsubfx
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+Subproject commit 0d76dc8aa6e4bfc2b4ca6e670b905e7d2d7293f2