[LAU] new Hexter

[Lorenzo Sutton]

Sean,

This has always been one of my Linux Audio favourites, thanks for 
developing it, maintaining it and releasing it as open source!

Lorenzo.

On 01/11/12 17:12, Sean Bolton wrote:
> On Thu Nov  1 2012, Dave Phillips wrote:
>> Sean will probably announce this release himself, but since he hasn't
>> yet done so here's a link to the new Hexter 1.0.0 :
>>
>>       http://dssi.sourceforge.net/hexter.html
>>
>> Cool improvements to an already cool synth.
>
> (Aw, Dave, way to steal my thunder! ;-)
>
> On the eighth anniversary of hexter's first public release, I am
> pleased to announce the new 1.0.0 version.
>
> http://sourceforge.net/projects/dssi/files/hexter/1.0.0/
>
> hexter is a software synthesizer that models the sound generation of
> a Yamaha DX7 synthesizer. It can easily load most DX7 patch bank
> files, edit those patches via a built-in editor or MIDI sys-ex
> messages, and recreate the sound of the DX7 with greater accuracy
> than any previous open-source emulation (that the author is aware
> of...) hexter operates as a plugin for the DSSI Soft Synth
> Interface.
>
> Release 1.0.0 adds significant capability to hexter over the 0.6.2
> release, including:
>
> * An integrated patch editor (finally!)
>
> * The option to use floating-point math in the synthesis code
>      instead of fixed-point.
>
> * Performance optimizations.
>
> * Better patch bank loading, thanks to Martin Tarenskeen.
>
> * MIDI non-registered parameter (NRPN) support, thanks to Jamie
>      Bullock.
>
> hexter is written and copyright (c) 2012 by Sean Bolton, and
> licensed under the GNU General Public License, version 2 or later.
>
> More information about hexter and DSSI can be found at:
>
>     http://dssi.sourceforge.net/hexter.html
>
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