[LAU] [ANN] setBfree - DSP tonewheel organ

[S. Massy]

On Thu, Jul 19, 2012 at 10:14:30PM -0700, Ken Restivo wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 16, 2012 at 01:05:04AM +0200, Robin Gareus wrote:
> > We are happy to share the following announcement with you,
> > 
> >      setBfree v0.5.0 was just released under GPLv2.
> > 
> > setBfree is a MIDI-controlled, software synthesizer designed to imitate
> > the sound and properties of the electromechanical organs and sound
> > modification devices that brought world-wide fame to the names and
> > products of Laurens Hammond and Don Leslie.
> > 
> > Homepage: http://setBfree.org
> > Source & Issue-tracker : https://github.com/pantherb/setBfree
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > Will Panther succeeded where others have failed and made it possible to
> > adopt Fredrik Kilander's Beatrix in terms of the GPL. We have spent the
> > last weeks to update the code-base to meet requirements and are happy to
> > announce a first beta version.
> > 
> > The organ and effects as are available as LV2 plugins as well as a
> > standalone JACK application. We've reworked the engine to allow
> > arbitrary sample-rates, standardized interfaces, fixed various bugs,
> > added a build-system, man-pages, a simple GUI for testing, etc.
> > 
> > The sound is still pretty much the same as the original awesome Beatrix.
> > Next steps include adding end-user documentation, tweaking and honing
> > the synth-engine and fixing the bugs that you discover :)
> > 
> > This release features contributions from
> > Fredrik Kilander, Ken Restivo, Will Panther and Robin Gareus.
> > 
> > For discussion please use the linux-audio-user list, bug reports should
> > to the issue-tracker at github.
> > 
> > Feedback of any kind is welcome.
> > 
> 
> Many thanks to Robin and Will for the heroic task of finally getting Beatrix free!
> 
> I haven't had a chance to make any music with the new version, but, as part of the discussions of the Hammond distortion, I had dug up an old example of a real Hammond being overdriven by a maniac who seems unable to decide if he's trying to be a percussionist or a shredder-metal guitarist, and figured some on the list might enjoy it:
> 
> http://storage.restivo.org/music/Lahar/lahar-bacon_stain-solo.ogg
> 
> That's the Boom Boom Room's rather bruised and battered B3, in need of servicing, some years ago.
> 
> -ken
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Lovely. You can almost hear the crud on the valves. :)

Cheers,
S.M.