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amSynth (C) 2001-2003 Nick Dowell http://amsynthe.sourceforge.net/amSynth
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Thank you for your interest in amSynth!
amSynth is a real-time analogue modelling synthesizer.
It presents a dual-oscillator subtractive synthesizer with envelopes, filter,
modulation and effects. The aim was to keep the synth easy to use, so you can
more easily get the sounds you want ;-)
I hope that amSynth works well for you, and you can get the sounds you want to
create! Good luck!
- Nick Dowell
Running amSynth
---------------
read INSTALL for installation instructions!!
Once youve compiled and installed amSynth, run it with the -h flag to get a list
of command-line options.
For more in-depth discussion of using amSynth, please visit the web-forum at
http://amsynthe.sourceforge.net/amSynth/forum
Configuration
-------------
To save passing command-line options every time, you can set the options in the
~/.amSynthrc file. Also, there are some options which can only be set in this
file, so it is recommended to customise it.
Presets
-------
Presets are stored in a bank file, "~/.amSynth.presets" by default
You can specify another file using the 'amSynth -b <file>' command line option
You can also load other bank files from the application's menu.
!! Whenever you exit amSynth, the bank you are using is automatically saved !!
Known problems
--------------
I have tested this software on my setup, and for me it seems to work fine..
So far I've used it succesfully with:
+ Cubase (Atari ST) running on another machine
+ seq24 running on the same machine
+ MuSE running on the same machine
+ Rosegarden 4 running on the same machine
+ vkeybd (virtual keyboard program) running on the same machine
Although I've been using this software myself for a while without many problems,
I am aware of some issues which have arisen in the past :-
+ Careful with the polyphony! If you play too many notes at once for your CPU,
two things can happen:
+ If you aren't running amSynth SUID root (i.e. with realtime priority) you
will experience (continuous) buffer dropouts, which will sound like horrible
distortion.
+ If you are running SUID root, you will also experience dropout, plus your
system will appear to be locked. This is because amSynth is eating up *all*
the CPU time, and running at highest priority.
Experiment with the "polyphony" setting in .amSynthrc or with the `-p' option
on the command line.
You have been warned!
But more importantly, have fun ;-)
!! IMPORTANT !!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
If you find a bug in amSynth, or just something plain annoying, please give some
feedback, this is the only way the software will improve, and you want that,
don't you? ;-)
Send messages to the mailng list: amsynthe-main@lists.sourceforge.net
or discuss on-line: http://amsynthe.sourceforge.net/amSynth/forum
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