[linux-audio-user] Zyn, Was: FUD or not? what is your opinion?

Folderol &lt;folderol(a)ukfsn.org&gt; writes: Currently blessed approach (that I disagree with) is that "every app" should have lv2.h packaged in its sources. And yes, lv2 is just interface - no code. No. I still concentrate my efforts on code. But there are already some discussions here and on IRC that could help. In particular I still try to help/guide ppl though installing the plugin. So far it is not that popular that I cannot handle it. And this feedback I get is very useful. For zynadd (the only synth engine that is available from zyn project ATM) itself you only need lv2dynparam: http://home.gna.org/lv2dynparam/ You can load the synth in any lv2 host, but with elven and lv2_jack_host you will not get UI. Currently only zynjacku supports the lv2dynparam extension and can generate generic UI for zynadd. I prefer generic UIs over custom ones but I accept later. I just have no motivation to create custom not reusable piece of work. I prefer to work on smart generic UI host that will help other synths too. This includes but is not limited to the other zynaddsubfx synths - subsynth and padsynth. I also dream about FM synthesis synth and sampler/drum machine. I need those for my music. zynjacku site is at: http://home.gna.org/zynjacku/ zynjacku depends on lv2dynparam too. It also depends on pygtk and libslv2. You will also need recent jack version (read - jack midi). zyn project has (several months old) copy of appropriate code. The code is being heavily modified why original algorithms are being preserved. My initial goal was to preserve original code without or with minor modifications. However more deep inspecting of code exposed some major problems in layers of internal abstractions (some of them causing realtime problems of zyanddsubfx). Thus I was forced to throw this initial intent. The new code has engine abstracted and reusable with glue code for interfacing with LV2 paradigm. This will help if anybody wants to create say DSSI or standalone ALSA synth. If such thing happens, I'd be glad if lv2 variant shares same repository with those other "interfaces". -- Nedko Arnaudov <GnuPG KeyID: DE1716B0>