[linux-audio-dev] Ultramaster Juno6, anyone?

[Dave Robillard]

Frank NEUMANN wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> some might remember that two years ago (or so) there was a nice (though at
> that time closed-source, I think) software synth for Linux called Ultramaster
> Juno 6, a faith reproduction of the Roland Juno 6. At some point this project
> disappeared from the websites. When I talked to Marek Peteraj earlier this
> year, he mentioned to me that he attempts to convince the developers to release
> it to the public. And right now, while "proofreading" Ico's paper
> for the next ICMC I found that it has been open-sourced this year and is
> now available here: http://sf.net/projects/juno6
> 
> That's the old source code from 2000, and people have started converting it
> into a VST instrument recently.
> 
> I just wonder if anyone has already begun with attempts to e.g. jackify it
> or otherwise fixing it up for e.g. ALSA Midi input etc. Looks like a very
> nice small to medium-sized project..

Just in case anyone's interested, I got bored today so I stripped out all the windows
crap and got this thing to compile and run.. it doesn't actually WORK but hey... at
least it runs.

So if anyone wants to work on it, drop me a line.

(I'll post an update if I get the damned thing actually making noise...)

-Dave