Excerpts from James Stone's message of 2010-08-03 22:02:59 +0200: > On Tue, Aug 3, 2010 at 6:54 PM, Louigi Verona <louigi.verona@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Hey James! > > Can you talk about Neil? Is it any good? > > > > Neil is a fork of the (now defunct) Aldrin, which, in turn is a Linux > implementation of Jeskola Buzz. > > The main page (including fairly extensive install instructions) is here: > > http://sites.google.com/site/neilsequencer/ > > The source is here: > > http://bitbucket.org/bucket_brigade/neil/ > > and here: > > http://bitbucket.org/bucket_brigade/libneil/ > > The way the program works is you place "machines" (like plugins) on a > "canvas". These are then connected together in the sequence generator > -> (effect(s)) -> output. The generators can be linked to multiple > effects, and the relative output to each effect controlled with volume > sliders. > > The standard generator machine is the Matilde Tracker, which is a > sample-based tracker. Then there are other generators that perform the > function of FM synthesis modules, "analogue" synth, SID (C64) emulator > etc. All are built into the program. > > Notes are entered in the tracker interface (all generator machines > have roughly the same grid-based tracker view). > > One other way where it diverts from traditional trackers is it is > possible to sequence tracks from each machine separately in a > song-view. > > It takes a bit of getting used to, but after some perseverance, it is > probably one of the most flexible tracker-type programs available. > There are still a lot of bugs, but the main dev is very responsive to > bugreports, and posts code updates most days. > > James At this point the successor to Aldrin should be mentioned as well, it's called 'jacker' and can be found here: http://bitbucket.org/paniq/jacker/wiki/Home Regards, -- Philipp -- "Wir stehen selbst enttäuscht und sehn betroffen / Den Vorhang zu und alle Fragen offen." Bertolt Brecht, Der gute Mensch von Sezuan _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user
