Subject: Re: [linux-audio-user] [ANN] amSynth 1.0beta1
From: Nick D (nixx_AT_nixx.org.uk)
Date: Tue Mar 19 2002 - 19:50:23 EET
On Tue, 19 Mar 2002 12:29:37 -0500
Paul Winkler <pw_lists_AT_slinkp.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 19, 2002 at 02:55:51PM +0000, Nick D wrote:
> > Hi all.
> >
> > I've been working on this software synth for a while now, and i feel it's (nearly) ready for a public release.. It's been the software for my finalist undergrad project, but it's quite useable(?) - indeed I play with it quite a lot ;-)
> >
> > If you're interested, visit the project page at http://amsynthe.sourceforge.net
>
>
> Nice work Nick, I just downloaded from CVS,
> played around for a few minutes and had no
> trouble coming up with some nice sounds.
Cheers! :))
> I did also manage to lock my box while playing around with
> a random sound... hmmm, maybe I should invest in a
> watchdog card... let's face it, playing with all these
> alpha/beta SCHED_FIFO apps can be a bit scary!
Yes, this can happen. the system _will_ recover if you keep playing *one* note on your keyboard repeatedly... trust me, ive tested this! ;-)
If youve got a long release time it will take longer to recover though..
> Couple of notes regarding presets:
> 1) The README that comes with the CVS version mentions an
> amSynth.presets file, but it's not provided.
Sorry, my fault - its '.amSynth.presets'
>
> 2) Something is screwy with the preset saving.
> Here's an xterm where I looked at the preset file, started amSynth,
> saved a single random setting, and looked again:
>
> [pw_AT_kermit src]$ wc ~/.amSynth.presets
> 39 114 1182 /home/pw/.amSynth.presets
> [pw_AT_kermit src]$ ./amSynth
>
> [pw_AT_kermit src]$ wc ~/.amSynth.presets
> 4738 14337 130780 /home/pw/.amSynth.presets
Does it grow larger after this?
Its saving 128 (all) its presets, even if thyre not used. Im pretty sure its stable
The saving/loading will be undegoing a rewrite though..
-Nick
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