Re: [LAU] [LAA] Foo YC-20 1.2.0 released

On 01/21/2011 12:24 PM, rosea.grammostola wrote:
> On 01/21/2011 11:26 AM, Jeremy Jongepier wrote:
>> On 01/20/2011 04:03 PM, Sampo Savolainen wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I am proud to introduce a new version of Foo YC-20, the Yamaha YC-20
>>> software synthesizer.
>>>
>>> The main udpates in version 1.2.0 are:
>>> - LV2 plugin
>>> - VSTi plugin (and standalone Jack client) for Windows
>>> - OS X build (standalone Jack client)
>>> - Improved volume control curve
>>> - Fixed bug with 4' drawbar bleed
>>> - More subtle hover highlights
>>> - Switch GUI to use GTK directly without GTKmm
>>>
>>> It is worth noting that the plugins allow finer control of the drawbar
>>> positions than the standalone GUI offers.
>>>
>>> Big thanks to Robin Gareus for the work on the OS X build!
>>>
>>>
>>> Source tarball:
>>> http://foo-yc20.googlecode.com/files/foo-yc20-1.2.0.tar.bz2
>>>
>>> Windows (VSTi and Jack client):
>>> http://foo-yc20.googlecode.com/files/foo-yc20-1.2.0.zip
>>> OS X (Jack client):
>>> http://foo-yc20.googlecode.com/files/foo-yc20-1.2.0.dmg
>>>
>>> Website: http://code.google.com/p/foo-yc20/
>>> Screenshot:
>>> http://foo-yc20.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/graphics/screenshot.png
>>>
>>> ---
>>>
>>> The YC-20 is a divide-down combo organ designed in the late 60's. This
>>> emulation faithfully copies the sound, features and flaws of the
>>> original organ.
>>>
>>> Main features of this synthesizer:
>>> * 61 keys
>>> * Two main voice sections
>>> * Switchable bass section
>>> * No polyphony restrictions
>>> * A realism control to add flaws found in the real organ
>>>
>>> Flaws:
>>> * Takes quite a bit of CPU power
>>> * No touch vibrato
>>>
>>> The emulation is written in Faust and uses Jack for audio and MIDI.
>>> All controls of the synthesizer can be controlled with MIDI.
>>>
>>> There is an undocumented "easter egg". Any command line argument given
>>> to the program will be used as the configuration file name. The state
>>> of the organ controls are read from the file and the file will be
>>> overwritten with the current setup when the synthesizer is shut down.
>>>
>>> More information about the real organ can be found at:
>>> http://www.combo-organ.com/Yamaha/yamaha.htm#YC-20
>>>
>>>
>>> Sampo Savolainen
>>
> Thanks Sampo!
>
> With the discussion about plugins in mind, how did you manage to build
> JACK clients for Linux, Windows and OSX

Use The Source. foo-yc20 SVN includes a folder named tools/
with build and package scripts.

There are a few other projects that do this as well, but Sampo did an
amazing job.

>and a LV2 plugin?

There's a foo-yc20 LV2 plugin for OSX; the plugin works, but there are
problems with the GUI when bundling GTK with the plugin. GTK-OSX
upstream dev has been notified. AFAIK there is no stable [FLOSS] LV2
host that runs on OSX OOTB. I sent a patch to Nedko for lv2rack and
zynjacku. As for win32 LV2: I don't know.

ciao,
robin
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Received on Fri Jan 21 16:15:03 2011