[LAU] Thoughts on Alsa Modular Synth?

[Patrick Shirkey]

> AMS looks like the answer to my dreams, except that I've never been
> able to get it working - 3 different machines, 3 years, 3 different
> distros (all numbers approximate), it segfaults within about 5 minutes
> of playing around. Currently trying to get version 2.0.1 it working on
> Arch64 (AMD) with jack. First VCO appears OK. Second VCO causes a
> segfault, and a scope causes a freeze-up.
>
> SO the question is - does anybody have a different experience to me?
> Fons describes it as 'incredibly versatile', which suggests he managed
> to get it to run for longer than 5 minutes without crashing, but is it
> actually usable for anything? If so, maybe I'll try again next year
> with a different machine and a different distro...
>


I have used ams to records many hours of experiments with sound.

You may be finding issues with your jack settings.

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Patrick Shirkey
Boost Hardware Ltd