version numbering

2010-02-07T13:20:14Z

1.41 is out and I am glad to see that packages for some distributions become available, for instance Ubuntu and Fedora. The package maintainer for Fedora pointed out that with the number 1.41 it would be difficult when I name the next version 1.5 as I originally intended. It would be less and so buried behind the 1.41. So the next version will be 1.50, hopefully in this year, bringing a polyphonic mode. Stay tuned...

binary package for Ubuntu Karmic

2010-02-02T23:37:05Z

For the current version 1.41 there is a binary package for Ubuntu Karmic (thats Ubuntu 9.10). I stay away from providing binarys but someone Jeremy uploaded that to

https://launchpad.net/~philip5/+archive/extra/+sourcepub/948759/+listing-archive-extra

new release version 1.4

2010-01-30T18:49:44Z

its another year and here is a new release, fixing some bugs:

- fix: names of patches and multis where displayed only the last letters which are usually blanks
- fix: change so that it can be now compiled without being in C99 mode
- new: using alsaseq eventfilter to receive only events that are processed

version 1.3 released

2009-01-20T00:21:54Z

Today the new version 1.3 is released. Main changes are a better compatibility to current gcc compilers and better envelopes. They are now sort of exponential and have a better punch imho.

gcc 4.3 and Minicomputer

2008-05-31T12:33:01Z

Today I added the patch Leslie P. Polzer sent me a while ago concerning some legacy includes which doesn't work with gcc/g++ 4.3 and onwards (I still have a slightly older version which doesnt give me any trouble) . I reworked some headers and commit it to the SVN. Expect a 1.2.1 version soon, which is just a maintenance release.

Here is the patch anyway, thanks Leslie!:

Index: editor/Memory.h

--- editor/Memory.h (revision 92)
+++ editor/Memory.h (working copy)
@@ -25,11 +25,13 @@
#include <string> //string
//#include <boost/archive/text_oarchive.hpp>
//#include <boost/archive/text_iarchive.hpp>
-#include <stdio.h>
-#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <cstdio>
+#include <cstdlib>
+#include <cerrno>
+#include <cstring>

- #include <unistd.h>
- #include <errno.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+
#include "../common.h"
using namespace std;
//#include "patch.h"

1.2 released

2008-05-01T14:35:01Z

Version 1.2 is released today. Highlights are an included installer/deinstaller which install it to /usr/local/bin and an unified behaviour, you now only need to start only one application. Several bugfixes of course too.

step closer to a unified behaviour

2008-04-29T20:36:38Z

In the svn repo I commited changes which make the editor starting and stopping the synthcore so it looks more like a monolitic application. But for now it has to be in the same directory and the editor has to be started from within. It screams for a healthy installer and deinstaller so the apps resides in a bin/ file and this is comming next.

optimization for 1.1

2008-03-19T15:40:50Z

I got a chance to check out Minicomputer on Intel platform with Ubuntustudio and discoverd a bug which made low latency impossible in this setup. Maybe AMD is more tolerant but I had to change the sleep time of the new Midithread in the engine main.c . It behaves much better. The change is for now only in the repository but will be in the next release.

back from Musik Messe

2008-03-19T15:37:41Z

On Sunday I came back from the Frankfurt Musik Messe which was an exhausting but cool experience. I got the chance to exhibit Minicomputer and Linux as an audio platform in general at the booth of Synthesizer Magazin for which I write articles. At least some coverage happend, Matrixsynth posted about it and its in the video by Sonic State along with a ride through our booth.

http://matrixsynth.blogspot.com/2008/03/industrial-grade-digital-synthesizer.html

http://www.sonicstate.com/news/shownews.cfm?newsid=6327

version 1.1 released

2008-03-09T23:02:01Z

Today I released the version 1.1 which should fix some bugs like wrong colors in the editor and jack zombification of the engine, which happen to some users.
A new feature is in it anyway, now you can specify the port number for OSC connection so its now possible to run more then one instance of Minicomputer.

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