Nick Copeland wrote:
Bristol has been updated with a user configurable ARP 2600 synth. It
has the usual pre-patching as the original and, additionally, outputs
can be redirected to arbitrary inputs. This was a few changes to
bristol to adjust the engine buffer management for data that may feed
back on itself, and additionally a few extra operators for
electroswitches, reverb and ring-mod, etc. The envelope follower has
not been tested at all and not all the patch possibilities either as
there are honestly too many to go through - about 600 possibilities
with just a single cable.
The biggest changes were in the GUI. To support the user patches an
extra layer was added for their representation, then this was
converted into a transparency layer so the cables can be layered over
the GUI to allow control of the parameters without them 'getting in
the way', then the cables were coloured perhaps somewhat randomly -
yellow patches carry signal left to right, red cables carry signal
right to left when see from the user interface.
Once that was done I put in a cheesy watermarked logo - you can clear
it with the 'l' key or use the '-logo' option on the command line, but
the effect was too good to miss out on. The transparency can be
toggled with the 't' key to allow you to foreground and background the
layer, and 'o'/'O' will adjust the depth of opacity. Load memory
number 17, and play with the 'o' and 't' keys to get a feel for how
the interface works. To patch, select an output (the jack sockets
light up for outputs) and then select an input (these are just
'momentary'). This will direct the new engine routing algorithm for
each voice and then paint in the GUI. To clear a patch just select
either jack socket at the cable ends.
The net output of the synth is reminiscent of the sounds from the BBC
Radiophonic Workshop's greatest ever hit - the theme tune to 'Dr Who'.
If you don't know what that is don't worry, it's perhaps a bit
obscure. The original was composed on the elder brother of this synth
- the ARP 2500 of which the BBC had a few, so the results came as a
pleasant surprise.
Graphics can be seen on the sourceforge homepage. Downloads as well of
course.
https://sourceforge.net/project/screenshots.php?group_id=157415
Regards,
Nick.
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hi, very nice application, since bristol is now jack-capable.
in my case rhodes, and rhodes-bass arent working, segfault?
but the question that i have is, what i should copy in to usr/local/bin
or /usr/local/lib, so that i can put some menu-entries, so being able to
start from menu?
cheers,
doc
