Subject: Re: [linux-audio-user] Linux synths
From: Atte André Jensen (atte_AT_ballbreaker.dk)
Date: Mon Sep 15 2003 - 22:17:09 EEST
On Mon, 15 Sep 2003 09:06:37 -0700 (GMT-07:00)
Ken Locarnini <renueden_AT_earthlink.net> wrote:
> Hi Atte,
> I've used Csound alot in the past too. Mostly command line from
> Common Music which I like alot. I'm trying to go more real-time
> though now. I just decided I would try and get into PD!
Sounds like me two months ago. Maybe you make it (I didn't) :-)
> How is your orchestra set-up. Do you have 1 synth per instrument per
> channel?
One long (1600+ lines) .csd file with
* one "patch/synth" per instr which gives one one patch per program
change
* a few global (always on) fx instruments
* a special "output instrument" that does a little eq + compression
* patching/routing with global variables.
Each USB keyboard sends on a seperate midi channel, but they all access
the same pool of patches. Since the Evolution will let you assign a
program change to each of the 0-9 buttons (and remember them after
poweroff) I always use the same Evolution for the same thing (one for
pads for instance) and program each button to point to different
instr's.
> I always had a hard time in Csound as I wanted to have 1 synth per 16
> channels and have them all have their own set of presets.
You could run multiple instances of csound, which might (or might
not...) give relatively poorer performance. But I don't understand why
this configuration is paramount to you..??!?
>PD supports multiple midi ports so I thought that would probably work,
>though learning another language will be tough as I know Csound well.
Be prepared that pd doesn't handle polyphonic patches gracefully IMHO.
> I also want the graphic routines, and as you know Csound dosen't have
> the Opengl stuff in Linux, (yet).
Might be, never messed with that...
>I also don't understand the status of Csound right now. Is anyone
>actually working on coding Csound5?
AFAIK the guys are working like mad, cleaning up code (and API's?) and
preparing for csound5. I even thing it's for download somewhere, maybee
sourceforge somewhere. You might also be pleased to hear that csound
recently turned GPL. There are still a few contributed opcodes that
haven't been GPL'ed (scanned opcodes for instance) but that's probl.
gonna happen soon from what I hear.
-- peace, love & harmony Atte
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