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amsynth 1.9.0 has now been released

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• Added support for NSM (Non Session Manager)
• Improved FreeBSD OSS audio support
• Sustain pedal can now be used in Mono and Legato modes
• JACK MIDI inputs are now automatically connected
• Fixed a crash in MIDI learn dialog when receiving CC messages
• Other minor bug fixes

Thanks to everyone who contributed feedback, ideas, bug reports, translations and pull requests!

For bug reports, feature requests, and help, please visit Github

I have added it to the official "Applications Supporting NSM" site.

http://non.tuxfamily.org/wiki/ApplicationsSupportingNsm

nixx wrote:amsynth 1.9.0 has now been released

Are you the author? If so, thank you very much not only for maintaining it so far, but for amsynth in general.

It's probably the best sounding synth out of the box (my personal opinion) that doesn't require a lot of fiddling to make nice sounds. It also ships with some nice presets, although I find the way they are organized and named a bit confusing, there are very interesting sounds but with names like "WantsToSing3" they are really hard to find. Maybe a categorization (like ZynsubaddFX does) would help? Is is something for which a pull request can be made?

Thanks nixx! It's great to see some new developments for this synth!

Brian

I just noticed on my LinuxMint 17.3 "Rosa" PC that amsynth in the distros is version 1.3.2-2.
I'm aware that my distro is now needing an upgrade to 19, but until a few months ago it was getting regular updates.

Brian

Basslint wrote: Are you the author? If so, thank you very much not only for maintaining it so far, but for amsynth in general.

It's probably the best sounding synth out of the box (my personal opinion) that doesn't require a lot of fiddling to make nice sounds. It also ships with some nice presets, although I find the way they are organized and named a bit confusing, there are very interesting sounds but with names like "WantsToSing3" they are really hard to find. Maybe a categorization (like ZynsubaddFX does) would help? Is is something for which a pull request can be made?

Thanks! I am the author and maintainer, and it's great to hear that people are still getting enjoyment out of amsynth

I agree that preset categories and a browser interface would be a big improvement, and something that's been discussed in the past

• https://github.com/amsynth/amsynth/issues/90
• https://web.archive.org/web/20151219133 ... tail?id=58

It would be a fair amount of work, though... help is always appreciated If you're interested in contributing, let me know!