I'm happy to announce the first public release of gx_head. gx_head is a simple guitar mono tube amplifier simulation based on the work we have done in the guitarix project. gx_head provide 3 tube models (12AX7, 12AU7, 6V6) and 8 different tonestack models(Bassman, Twin Reverb, Princeton, JCM-800, JCM-2000, M-Lead, M2199, AC30), so you can simply create the amp-model to your needs. gx_head comes with a bunch of in-build effects, like distortion, crybaby, autowah, phaser, flanger, echo, delay, . . . The effects could ordered in two Racks, on for the mono effects, witch could be load for pre or post processing, and one for the stereo effects, witch could only used in post processing. Effects are loadable over the menu, a pop-up menu in the racks, or a plugin bar. Settings could saved/load as presets. gx_head comes with some factory settings provided by guitarix/gx_head friend "funkmuscle", thanks therefore. All UI controllers could connected with jack midi via MIDI learn with your external MIDI controllers. gx_head is ready for language support via gettext() and comes thanks to Pablo Fernández with a Spanish translation. The style file gx2 is contributed by zettberlin, thanks Hartmut some features in short: * 8 tonestack models * 3 tube models * cabinet impulse response module * bass boster * easy Impulse Response file support via zita-convolver * on the fly IR-file resampling via zita-resampler * Oscilloscope and tuner * multi band distortion model * scalable EQ * phaser, flanger, stereo delay, stereo echo, * overdrive, compressor, freeverb, reverb, * chorus, moog filter, low/high pass filter, . . * MIDI learn * Patch Info widget * Preset File Load/Export option * factory settings * language support * shining User Interface via GTK/gtkmm * . . . . have fun _________________________________________________________________________ gx_head is licensed under the GPL. screenshots: http://sourceforge.net/apps/wordpress/guitarix/ direct download: http://sourceforge.net/projects/guitarix/files/gx_head/gx_head-0.12.0.tar.b… download: http://sourceforge.net/projects/guitarix/ please report bugs and suggestions in our forum here: http://sourceforge.net/apps/phpbb/guitarix/ ________________________________________________________________________ For extra Impulse Responses, gx_head uses the zita-convolver library, and, for resampling we use zita-resampler, both written by Fons Adriaensen. http://www.kokkinizita.net/linuxaudio/index.html We use the marvellous faust compiler to build the amp and effects and will say thanks to : Julius Smith http://ccrma.stanford.edu/realsimple/faust/ : Albert Graef http://q-lang.sourceforge.net/examples.html#Faust : Yann Orlary http://faust.grame.fr/ ________________________________________________________________________ For faust users : All used Faust dsp files are included in /gx_head/src/faust, the resulting .cc files are in /gx_head/src/faust-cc The tools we use to convert (post-processing and plot) the resulting faust cpp files to the needed include format, stay in the /gx_head/tools directory. ________________________________________________________________________ regards guitarix development team