[LAU] [Zynaddsubfx-user] zyn and the art of software maintenance

[Gabriel M. Beddingfield]

On Thu, 17 Sep 2009, rosea grammostola wrote:

> [OT]
>
> Thanks
>
> But it doesn't run
>
> ZynAddSubFX - Copyright (c) 2002-2009 Nasca Octavian Paul and others
> Compiled: Sep 17 2009 16:09:52
> This program is free software (GNU GPL v.2 or later) and
> it comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY.
>
> Try 'zynaddsubfx --help' for command-line options.
>
> Sample Rate =           44100
> Sound Buffer Size =     128 samples
> Internal latency =      2.9 ms
> ADsynth Oscil.Size =    65536 samples
> ERROR - I can't open the .
>
>
> And then it hangs, system gets very slow and zyn doesn't show up totally
> [/OT]

Same here.  I think it's trying to use OSS.  That's when I realized that 
cal's yoshimi was a fork.  (I wasn't paying close attention before....)

If you free up your audio card (i.e. _don't_ run JACK), Zyn worked fine 
for me.

-Gabriel