[LAD] [LAA] [ANN] guitarix-0.05.0-1 released

hermann brummer- at web.de
Tue Jul 28 10:19:31 UTC 2009


Am Dienstag, den 28.07.2009, 11:22 +0200 schrieb hollunder at gmx.at:
> On Tue, 28 Jul 2009 09:38:23 +0200
> hermann <brummer- at web.de> wrote:
> 
> > Am Montag, den 27.07.2009, 16:08 +0200 schrieb hollunder at gmx.at:
> > > On Mon, 27 Jul 2009 10:14:16 +0200
> > > hermann <brummer- at web.de> wrote:
> > > 
> > > > guitarix is a simple Linux Rock Guitar amplifier and is designed 
> > > > to achieve nice thrash/metal/rock/blues guitar sounds. 
> > > > Guitarix uses the Jack Audio Connection Kit as its audio backend 
> > > > and brings in one input and two output ports to the jack graph. 
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > Release 0.05.0-1 comes with some major changes:
> > > > 
> > > >   * Completely new source structure by James
> > > >   * add keyboard shortcuts
> > > >   * improved skin handling
> > > >   * add logging window
> > > >   * improved preset handling 
> > > >   * add middle tone control
> > > >   * reworked audio engine
> > > >   * add bypass mode
> > > >   * add engine state widget
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > Please read the README for more details regarding the new options.
> > > > 
> > > > have fun
> > > > ________________________________________________________________________
> > > > 
> > > > The standalone version of guitarix is based on GTK2+. 
> > > > But guitarix is also released as a suite of LADSPA plugins 
> > > > and can be used in e.g. ardour.
> > > > guitarix is licensed under the GPL.
> > > > 
> > > > Project page with screenshots:
> > > >          http://guitarix.sourceforge.net/
> > > > 
> > > > download:
> > > >          http://sourceforge.net/projects/guitarix/
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > For capture, guitarix uses the external application 
> > > > 'jack_capture' (version >= 0.9.30) written by Kjetil
> > > > S. Matheussen. If you don't have it installed, 
> > > > you can look here:
> > > > 
> > > >          http://old.notam02.no/arkiv/src/?M=D
> > > > 
> > > > For extra Impulse Responses, guitarix uses the 
> > > > convolution application 'jconv' created by Fons Adriaensen. 
> > > > If you don't have it installed, you can look here:
> > > > 
> > > >          http://www.kokkinizita.net/linuxaudio/index.html
> > > >  
> > > > I(hermann) use faust to build the prototype and will say
> > > > thanks to
> > > >                 
> > > >          : Julius Smith
> > > >          http://ccrma.stanford.edu/realsimple/faust/
> > > >                 
> > > >          : Albert Graef
> > > >          http://www.musikwissenschaft.uni-mainz.de/~ag/ag.html
> > > >                 
> > > >          : Yann Orlary 
> > > >          http://faust.grame.fr/
> > > >  
> > > > 
> > > >  regards   
> > > >         guitarix-dev team: Hermann Meyer &  James Warden
> > > 
> > > Thanks, it's great, I just plunked some bass through it and it's a
> > > lot of fun. Arch User Repository is updated.
> > > 
> > > Some things I noticed:
> > > 1) The default connections, especially with the meterbridge enabled,
> > > seem weird to me.
> > > 2) Nice new website, I really like that sunburst theme, but on the
> > > website it's a jpg which shows lots of aliasing, maybe a png
> > > or something would be better?
> > > 3) Everything's quite small on my screen, I can hardly read some of
> > > the things, like 'resonanz' and 'vibrato'.
> > > 
> > > Anyway, it's lots of fun :)
> > > Regards,
> > > Philipp
> > > _______________________________________________
> > 
> > Hi Philipp
> > 
> > Thanks for making the arch build script to guitarix. 
> > 
> > to 1.) do you mean the default settings ? Then I must say yes, we have
> > completely forget to adjust them to the new effects and amp
> > simulation's, so indeed they are (bad) useless.
> 
> I mean something else:
> When you open the meterbridge guitarix makes automatic jack connections.
> From first guitarix out to second meterbridge in.
> From first meterbridge out to guitarix in.
> I don't understand the purpose of that connection.
> 
>  
> > to 2. ) thanks for the hint, yup have update it to png.
> > 
> > to 3. ) do you think it's to small, or is it just the font colour with
> > the sunburst skin ? May we rework the font colour so that we could set
> > it with the gtkrc file also, in the moment it's hardcoded (pango).
> > 
> > regards  hermann
> 
> I think it's too small, those two things are even smaller than the
> rest, which is already small. The fonts in the oscilloscope are also
> very small.
> 
> Regards,
> Philipp

the meterbridge is to show the diff between in and output. 
guitarix is a monoamp, so there is no diff between the two output
channels, except you move the balance slider, so one channel monitoring
is enough, I think. For easy useage we decide to start it connected
already.
Also the oscilloscope show only the right output channel.

To the font size, yea, I try to make it as small as possible, that's
true, may I go a little to small with it. I wont to save space in the
GUI for future includes. resonanz and vibrato, I make smaller because
the arrangement of the controllers.
So, okay, it's to small, we will rework it for a better view, 
thanks for your feedback,

hermann 




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