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

[Folderol]

On Fri, 18 Sep 2009 20:41:27 +0100
Folderol <folderol at ukfsn.org> wrote:

> On Fri, 18 Sep 2009 21:18:38 +1000
> cal <cal at graggrag.com> wrote:
> 
> > And so there's 0.010, <http://www.graggrag.com/zyn/yoshimi-0.010.tar.bz2>.
> > 
> > I've tested it with an older version of cmake, so hopefully the lack of
> > 'unset' nonsense is over.
> > 
> > cheers, Cal
> 
> OK, just given this some torture testing and it is coming out very, very
> well :)
> 
> The best bit was running 'Lair Of The Dragon King' and recording it via
> TimeMachine, while at the same time playing along to it with my MIDI
> keyboard using the Hyper Matrix patch. Processors peaking at around 70%
> but not a single pffuzz burble or click :D
> 
> All the other tunes ran fine and sounded correct.
> 
> I was able to change voice patches while running, there were clicks
> sometimes - especially when loading the more complex ones, but I'm not
> at all surprised by that. There were no zombies of major screw-ups.
> 
> I was also able to silently open the virtual keyboard and use both the
> mouse pointer and the computer keyboard to play along, without any
> noticeable problems.
> 
> I should also add, I was reloading parameter sets without quitting
> yoshimi at all. With zyn 2.2.1 this is a guaranteed way to get zombies.
> 
> Minor quibbles:
> It seems ccmake can't run without a default cache script. I have to run
> cmake first then go back to ccmake, then cmake again.
> 
> I'd removed a dev package (no I don't know why either) and it reported
> a missing package but didn't say which one it was! That was fun for a
> while :)
> 
> On the main display, the instrument name is above the box, not in it.
> 
> 
> P.S.
> I would really, really like direct recording back.
> ... please
> ... pretty please :)
> 

Some further stress testing (and I should have gone to bed long ago!)

Plus
I'm really not hearing any problems. I've been editing voices in both
addsynth and subsynth. All controls that I twiddled so far seem to work
correctly. Saving works, and the new versions load and play back in Zyn
the same (as far as I can tell). Not played with padsynth yet, but that
is a bit of a beast.

Minus
When you edit the name of a voice patch, the display doesn't update, but
the saved version is correctly named, and reloading it displays the
right name.

-- 
Will J Godfrey
http://www.musically.me.uk