26 Nov
2003
26 Nov
'03
8:23 p.m.
Specimen is a midi controlled sampler, and it's very first public
release is available from http://www.gazuga.net/specimen.tar.gz
In all honesty, I advise against downloading this in it's current
state unless you intend to hack on it or play with it for sheer
amusement value only. There are a few TODO items that must be taken
care of before this can be considered usable software (as the next
release will be). The main reason for this release is because I said
I was going to make a release in a couple of weeks 15 days ago.
It's very nascent stuff.
You have been warned.
[pb]
26 Nov
26 Nov
8:38 p.m.
On Wed, 2003-11-26 at 18:26, Peter Bessman wrote:
Specimen is a midi controlled sampler, and it's
very first public
release is available from http://www.gazuga.net/specimen.tar.gz
In all honesty, I advise against downloading this in it's current
state unless you intend to hack on it or play with it for sheer
amusement value only. There are a few TODO items that must be taken
care of before this can be considered usable software (as the next
release will be). The main reason for this release is because I said
I was going to make a release in a couple of weeks 15 days ago.
It's very nascent stuff.
You have been warned.
Downloaded, compiled, ran (couldn't load wavs though). Neat anyway.
This makes three sampler projects starting to take shape for linux.
There's a big niche to be filled in this area so I'm psyched.
Would you mind offering a hint as to what kind of features you intend to
implement?
Thanks for another open source gift,
-ry
9:28 p.m.
New subject: [linux-audio-user] Announcing the ultra-mega-alpha release of Specimen
At Wed, 26 Nov 2003 18:37:24 -0600,
Ryan wrote:
Downloaded, compiled, ran (couldn't load wavs
though). Neat anyway.
Wha...? You should be able to load wavs, I have several gigs of them
in various formats and I've been able to load them without a hitch.
My gui design is probably unintuitive, and it isn't evident that you
must first add a patch (action->add), then the 'Load Sample' button
will become usable.
Would you mind offering a hint as to what kind of
features you intend to
implement?
The main goals are quality, efficiency, and flexiblity. I want it to
sound good, I want it to be lean and fast, and I want to leave as much
up to the user as possible without being overly overwhelming. In a
more practical, short term sense, I want to support cuts; sample
looping via several different methods; regular and granular pitch
scaling; several built in filters; envelopes for volume, panning,
filter cutoff, and resonance; a few built in distortions; and effects
via the LADSPA interface.
But first, I need to make sure the users can load wavs...
[pb]
1 Dec
1 Dec
5:35 p.m.
New subject: [linux-audio-user] Announcing the ultra-mega-alpha release of Specimen
On Wed, 2003-11-26 at 17:31, Peter Bessman wrote:
At Wed, 26 Nov 2003 18:37:24 -0600,
Ryan wrote:
Peter,
Back from vacation. Took a quick second and built Specimen. It built
fine, and with your help I could load a single wave fail and play it
using the play button. This is on Alsa-1.0.0rc1.
I'm not clear whether it is your intention that Specimen be able to
load multiple wave files on different MIDI notes today? Should I be able
to put different loops on different notes and then play them back?
Thanks! I hope you generate a bit of interest and this turns into
something bigger and better.
Take care,
Mark
Downloaded, compiled, ran (couldn't load wavs
though). Neat anyway.
Wha...? You should be able to load wavs, I have several gigs of them
in various formats and I've been able to load them without a hitch.
My gui design is probably unintuitive, and it isn't evident that you
must first add a patch (action->add), then the 'Load Sample' button
will become usable.
Would you mind offering a hint as to what kind of
features you intend to
implement?
The main goals are quality, efficiency, and flexiblity. I want it to
sound good, I want it to be lean and fast, and I want to leave as much
up to the user as possible without being overly overwhelming. In a
more practical, short term sense, I want to support cuts; sample
looping via several different methods; regular and granular pitch
scaling; several built in filters; envelopes for volume, panning,
filter cutoff, and resonance; a few built in distortions; and effects
via the LADSPA interface.
But first, I need to make sure the users can load wavs...
[pb]
2 Dec
2 Dec
12:27 a.m.
New subject: [linux-audio-user] Announcing the ultra-mega-alpha release of Specimen
At Mon, 01 Dec 2003 13:33:33 -0800,
Mark Knecht wrote:
I'm not clear whether it is your intention that
Specimen be able to
load multiple wave files on different MIDI notes today? Should I be able
to put different loops on different notes and then play them back?
Yes, that is the intention, and hopefully it works. Use the action
button to add another patch, and load a sample file for it. You can
then switch between these patches using the drop down patch menu, and
have them listen on different midi channels and notes.
Thanks! I hope you generate a bit of interest and
this turns into
something bigger and better.
Thanks for _your_ interest!
[pb]
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