synthv1 - an old-school polyphonic synthesizer

an old-school 4-oscillator subtractive polyphonic synthesizer with stereo fx.

Features:

• pure stand-alone JACK [1] client with JACK-session, NSM [3] and both JACK MIDI and ALSA MIDI [2] input support;

• LV2 [4] instrument plugin. URI: http://synthv1.sourceforge.net/lv2

License:

synthv1 is free, Linux Audio [5] open-source software, distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License (GPL) [6] version 2 or later.

Website:

https://synthv1.sourceforge.io http://synthv1.sourceforge.net

Project page:

https://sourceforge.net/projects/synthv1

Git repos:

https://git.code.sf.net/p/synthv1/code https://github.com/rncbc/synthv1.git https://gitlab.com/rncbc/synthv1.git https://codeberg.org/rncbc/synthv1.git

Weblog:

https://www.rncbc.org

Requirements:

mandatory,

• Qt framework [7], C++ class library and tools for cross-platform application and UI development https://qt.io/

  optional (opted-in at build time),

• JACK [1] Audio Connection Kit https://jackaudio.org/

• ALSA [2], Advanced Linux Sound Architecture https://www.alsa-project.org/

• LV2 [4], Audio Plugin Standard, the extensible successor of LADSPA https://lv2plug.in/

• liblo [8], Lightweight OSC implementation (needed for NSM support [3]) http://liblo.sourceforge.net/

Installation:

• unpack tarball as usual; in the extracted source directory:

  cmake [-DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=] -B build cmake --build build [--parallel ]

• optionally, as root:

  [sudo] cmake --install build

• note that the default installation path () is /usr/local .

Acknowledgements:

synthv1 logo/icon is an original fine work of Jarle Richard Akselsen.

References:

[1] JACK Audio Connection Kit https://jackaudio.org/

[2] ALSA, Advanced Linux Sound Architecture https://www.alsa-project.org/

[3] Non Session Management (NSM) (legacy) http://non.tuxfamily.org/nsm/ New Session Manager (NSM) https://new-session-manager.jackaudio.org/

[4] LV2, Audio Plugin Standard, the extensible successor of LADSPA http://lv2plug.in/

[5] Linux Audio consortium of libre software for audio-related work https://linuxaudio.org

[6] GNU General Public License https://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html

[7] Qt framework, C++ class library and tools for cross-platform application and UI development https://qt.io/

[8] liblo [8], Lightweight OSC implementation (needed for NSM support) http://liblo.sourceforge.net/

Cheers && Enjoy.

rncbc aka. Rui Nuno Capela rncbc@rncbc.org https://www.rncbc.org