AlsaModularSynth

AlsaModularSynth project is a realtime modular synthesizer and effect processor.

Modular synthesis is one of the most flexible and fascinating ways of making electronic music. The principles of voltage-controlled modular synthesis have been stated in the famous paper Voltage-Controlled Electronic Music Modules by Robert A. Moog , presented in 1964 at the Annual Convention of the Audio Engineering Society.

AlsaModularSynth is a digital implementation of a classical analog modular synthesizer system. It uses virtual control voltages to control the parameters of the modules. The control voltages which control the frequency e.g. of the VCO (Voltage Controlled Oscillator) and VCF (Voltage Controlled Filter) modules follow the convention of 1V / Octave. Read the first two pages of the Moog paper to understand why this logarithmic scale is so important.

A real analog synthesizer has a lot of knobs and switches which give immediate access to all important parameters of the generated sound. AlsaModularSynth can be controlled by MIDI controller boxes, like e.g. the Doepfer Pocket Dial . MIDI events can be assigned to module parameters in a very flexible way by using the Control Center dialog of AlsaModularSynth.

Features:

• MIDI controlled modular software synthesis
• Realtime effect processing with capture from e.g. "Line In" or "Mic In".
• Full control of all synthesis and effect parameters via MIDI.
• Integrated LADSPA Browser with search capability
• JACK Support

What is new in this release:

• New Features
• Redesign of 3D look
• Application icon
• German translation
• Keyboard shortcuts for menu and dialog items
• Menu item for recently opened files
• French translation (by Fank Kober)
• New --name command line option to specify the ALSASEQ/JACK clientname
• Legato in monophonic mode using the "--poly 1" command line option (by Atte Andre Jensen) General Changes
• Port form Qt 3 to Qt 4.x library.
• A newly written autoconf/automake environment now provides the usual "./configure && make && make install" comfort.
• Command line options are reworked. - JACK now is the default interface, if the connection fails ams connects to ALSA. This behavior can be modified using the -J and -A options. - The initial patch file to be loaded no longer needs the -l option.

Requirements:

• FFTW
• Jack audio connection kit
• LADSPA