[LAA] Foo YC-20 1.2.1 released

Sampo Savolainen v2 at iki.fi
Fri Jan 21 16:55:30 UTC 2011


Hi,

Denormal protection for the LV2 and VST plugins was left out by
mistake from the 1.2.0 release. Version 1.2.1 fixes this. There is no
need to update the OS X version as the Jack clients were not modified.


 Sampo

On Thu, Jan 20, 2011 at 5:03 PM, Sampo Savolainen <v2 at iki.fi> 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
>


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