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toddyjoe
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 Posted: Sun Jul 23, 2006 1:08 am Post subject: More Musician Pups Pt.4: MusE, TkEca, AmSynth & AMS |
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are a few more dotpups for audio/music/home-recording applications. As
before, these were created with Puppy 1.0.8rc1 so that ALSA is already
installed. The dotpups should work fine with the newer Puppy2 series.
Each of the dotpups were tested on three computers (including a 400
MHz/128MB laptop) but these programs will require more processing power
than 400 MHz to really do anything of value. You may want to check the
websites for the programs to see the recommended minimum hardware
requirements. These dotpups either require or improve in performance
with JACK, so you may want to install the JACK-Qjackctl dotpup I posted
a month ago if you need JACK. All libraries and requirements besides
JACK and ALSA are included in the dotpups.
(1) MusE
After much ado, here is MusE 0.7.1, a top-of-the-line MIDI and
audio multitrack sequencer program. The instructional documents and
MusE manual are included and may be opened from the MusE program menu
or ROX. The dotpup also comes with a few example templates to make it
easier to start creating your own songs with MusE. Of note, this
program would not fully load on my old 400 MHz laptop so you will need
an adequate amount of CPU power to use all of MusE's functions. MusE
requires JACK to be installed and running and will give you a pop-up
warning if JACK is not running.
Binary version - 14.2MB (15.0MB):
http://savefile.com/files/1386924
(2) TkEca-Ecasound
Ecasound is a multitrack audio recorder, player and processor
compiled from source. TkEca is one of better graphical front-end
interfaces available for Ecasound. Ecasound serves a similar function
as Ardour, except for some major differences. Whereas Ardour requires a
higher-end computer setup and takes a Cakewalk/Cubase/Protools approach
to the interface, Ecasound works on old and low-end computers and
produces mixes as script files which you can easily edit with Emacs and
the like. The TkEca interface is a little bit old-fashioned in an
Atari/Commodore way but it is very straightforward, readable and easy
to use. TkEca-Ecasound does not require JACK but I believe Ecasound has
JACK compatibility.
Smaller binary version - 17.8MB (18.8MB)
http://savefile.com/files/4175080
Larger development version with headers/documents - 18.1MB (19.0MB)
http://savefile.com/files/9158229
(3) Alsa Modular Synth
An impressive graphical modular soft-synth similar to Spiral Synth
Modular compiled from source. Because it is modular and packed full of
options, some background user knowledge of modular synth terminology
and operation will be helpful to make the most of it. When run from the
Start menu, Alsa Modular Synth is set up to require JACK to be
installed and running... primarily because I had some problems getting
the program to work without JACK on some computers. You can run Alsa
Modular Synth from the command line as "ams" if you do not want to run
it with JACK. In addition, both dotpups include numerous instrument
examples and song demos. These instruments and demos required the
installation of several LADSPA plug-in libraries (SWH, CMT, REV, MCP,
VCO and SCALA), all of which I compiled and included in the dotpups for
ease of use. [NOTE: I can make a smaller, barebones dotpup of Alsa
Modular Synth without any instrument examples, demos or plug-in
libraries upon request.]
Smaller binary version - 9.25MB (9.70MB)
http://savefile.com/files/3463423
Larger development version with headers/documents - 10.2MB (10.75MB)
http://savefile.com/files/1288243
(4) AmSynth
A popular, graphical soft-synth program used in other distros like
DeMuDi. It has lots to offer from such a small download package. From a
visual standpoint, its is one of the better-looking graphical
interfaces, which makes it easy to read, understand, manipulate knobs
and use. You have to have JACK installed on your computer but AmSynth
does not require JACK to be running; it will work fine with just ALSA,
but you may find it works more smoothly with JACK installed and
running. Although it does not require the computer power of Alsa
Modular Synth, you still may want a relatively modern computer with
average processing power to make music without clicks and pops.
Smaller binary version - 800KB (820KB)
http://savefile.com/files/3638452
Larger development version with headers/documents - 816KB (836KB)
http://savefile.com/files/3051758
Have fun and please let me know if there are any issues or problems
with any of these dotpups. I am trying to get a few other music/audio
resources working (the newer Rosegarden 4 for starters) and will
provide dotpups as I get them to work. Enjoy!
[Edited for correction regarding AmSynth: 7/23/06.]
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zigbert
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| Posted: Sun Jul 23, 2006 4:47 am Post subject: |
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Thanks for interesting packages. I've tried Amsynth without Jack.
| Quote: | | It does not require JACK and will work fine with just ALSA |
When starting from terminal:
| Code: | sh-3.00# amsynth
/usr/lib/amsynth/amSynth.bin: error while loading shared libraries:
libjack-0.80.0.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or
directory
********** there was an error! **********
please check your config in ~/.amSynthrc |
I changed the audio_driver setting in .amSynthrc from
to
with no effect
How did you get it work without jack? |
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Dougal
Joined: 19 Oct 2005
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Location: Back In The Village
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| Posted: Sun Jul 23, 2006 5:21 am Post subject: |
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| zigbert wrote: | | How did you get it work without jack? |
From the error you got it seems like you might need libjack to rus
it, as it is dinamically linked to it. You will be able to run it
"without jack" in the sense that you don't need the jackd server
running (and run through alsa), but the libjack will have to be there
to get the binary running (unless you can unlink the binary from libjack. I don't know how to do that)
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zigbert
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| Posted: Sun Jul 23, 2006 9:42 am Post subject: |
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thanks, Dougal.
I'll go for jack. |
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MU
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Location: Hamburg, Germany
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toddyjoe
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| Posted: Sun Jul 23, 2006 4:16 pm Post subject: |
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| zigbert,
Dougal is correct and I apologize for my mistaken statement. You need
JACK installed on your computer because the "amsynth" binary is
dynamically linked to libjack. However, you do not need to be running
JACK to run AmSynth; you can run AmSynth with just ALSA. Sorry if I
suggested otherwise and I thank you for catching my error. I will
correct my initial post above to avoid confusion. |
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