Linux and Music
Notice: This thread is targeted more towards aspiring/hobbyist/professional musicians who use virtual instruments in at least part of their work.
So as any musician and free software nut might know, OS OSes got the short end of the metaphorical stick when it comes to music production. Although Rosegarden isn't a bad sequencer, there's just one problem concerning what sort of instruments you can use on that particular platform...
Windows: NI Products. Alchemy, Zebra2, many others.
Macintosh OS: NI Products, Alchemy, Zebra2, Garage-band/Logic instruments, many others.
Linux: ZynAddSubFX (broken on Ubuntu), Yoshimi (ZASF derivative, also broken on Ubuntu), AmSynth (scarily slow development time), and several others that even if they worked wouldn't quite compare to what's available for the other two platforms.
Furthermore, I have yet to come across a free synthesizer that measures up to what Native Instruments (example) has to offer. So. As anyone who reads my profile will know, I took it upon myself to create from scratch an additive synthesizer that could compare to the $200+ synthesizers out there. That's where a lot of my time away from this forum has been going (I know, sorry!).
In my mind, it would be filling a hole in free software "continuum". Linux has GIMP, Linux has Inkspace, Linux has Avidemux, Linux has Ardor, Linux even has the Flex SDK... but I have yet to see any good sound synthesis utilities on Linux.
Thoughts?
-Albatross
Postscript: 3000 posts, and counting.
So as any musician and free software nut might know, OS OSes got the short end of the metaphorical stick when it comes to music production. Although Rosegarden isn't a bad sequencer, there's just one problem concerning what sort of instruments you can use on that particular platform...
Windows: NI Products. Alchemy, Zebra2, many others.
Macintosh OS: NI Products, Alchemy, Zebra2, Garage-band/Logic instruments, many others.
Linux: ZynAddSubFX (broken on Ubuntu), Yoshimi (ZASF derivative, also broken on Ubuntu), AmSynth (scarily slow development time), and several others that even if they worked wouldn't quite compare to what's available for the other two platforms.
Furthermore, I have yet to come across a free synthesizer that measures up to what Native Instruments (example) has to offer. So. As anyone who reads my profile will know, I took it upon myself to create from scratch an additive synthesizer that could compare to the $200+ synthesizers out there. That's where a lot of my time away from this forum has been going (I know, sorry!).
In my mind, it would be filling a hole in free software "continuum". Linux has GIMP, Linux has Inkspace, Linux has Avidemux, Linux has Ardor, Linux even has the Flex SDK... but I have yet to see any good sound synthesis utilities on Linux.
Thoughts?
-Albatross
Postscript: 3000 posts, and counting.
| Synthesizer status: And it works! |
Anyway, I'm glad you found a need. It would be awesome if I could help.
Although I probably can't..
Thoughts? Yeah: OMG PLEASE DO THIS. And if possible, without jack. Can't get that sucker to work.
The reason I'm not showing much of it yet is because additive generally suggests more than one sine wave as an output. Right now... one! Also, I'm hoping to completely drop STK as a dependency if only because it doesn't seem I can change the sampling rates of the STK's sine generators without getting some annoying pitch shifts and without completely reallocating them.
EDIT1: Once I have my own sine wave generator for this thing, I'll release an open-source beta. :)
EDIT2: Also, here's a screenshot, which is mostly to show off stylistic details: http://tinypic.com/r/rvy51w/5
If your signals and slots system were a bit more flexible, and if your combo-boxes' style system weren't broken, Qt, I'd really like you.
-Albatross
EDIT1: Once I have my own sine wave generator for this thing, I'll release an open-source beta. :)
EDIT2: Also, here's a screenshot, which is mostly to show off stylistic details: http://tinypic.com/r/rvy51w/5
If your signals and slots system were a bit more flexible, and if your combo-boxes' style system weren't broken, Qt, I'd really like you.
-Albatross
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