On Tue, 16 Oct 2018 21:01:37 +0200 Robin Gareus <robin@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >On 10/15/2018 08:38 PM, Will Godfrey wrote: >[..] >> There was also some discussion about running Yoshimi on a Raspberry Pi - all >> housed in a small box with a minimal touch screen - Interesting idea. > >Do you know http://zynthian.org/ ? It's almost exactly that: A RPi 3B in >a nice box, with touch-screen, MIDI and audio i/o and a few knobs. > >You can get it either as pre-assmbled, as DIY kit, or a schematic and >select bits and pieces. That one seems to have escaped my notice. It's a very interesting project. >> People are definitely less 'scared' of Linux these days, which is good, >> although again, there was some discussion about porting Yoshimi to the Mac. > >ZynAddSubFX, zyn-fusion really, runs on Mac and Windows (LV2 and VST). >You could link interested users to your sister-project. Yes I know. However, some people prefer Yoshimi :@) Also, (just my personal opinion) I find a multi part, multi synth engine an extremely poor fit for a plugin, and a rather awkward and inefficient way of using both the host and the synth. To make matters worse, some people will use a new instance per track, so that's the memory for at least 15 wasted parts per track (potentially 63 for Yoshimi). There's also an (admittedly small) overhead checking part activity. I dimly remember someone splitting out the individual engines, but I couldn't get on with that at all. Trying to build some of the multi-layer voices was a nightmare! >> The greatest, most pleasant surprise was the (fairly elderly) wife >> of a friend who was quite interested in the actual sound banks, and >> impressed with the reproduction quality. > >Oddly enough that does not surprise me :) >Your preset collection is actually a great asset, also for zyn. The vast >majority of users would likely be happy to only use existing banks or >presets. Thanks. Oh and there is also a 'companion' bank slowly being populated. Yes, yes. I know. Pathetic bank names :) > >> www.musically.me.uk/Photos/Synthfest2018/Synthfest2018_02.jpg > >Very nice setup! Kudos for spreading the word and waving the linux-audio >flag at events! I do like your "Fully FOSS - no fuss" tagline. > >Cheers! >robin Thanks again. That tagline was the idea of one of Yoshimi's Little Band of Helpers. Will. P.S. I would have responded sooner, but had an important appointment with a dining room and 10 rolls of wall paper :( -- Will J Godfrey http://www.musically.me.uk Say you have a poem and I have a tune. Exchange them and we can both have a poem, a tune, and a song. _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user
