Skinned UI in the works

It's something that I wanted to have in amsynth since the very beginning, so I'm pleased to finally be able to show you a new skinned user interface that is nearing completion.

I hope you'll agree it's much more attractive than the currently released version:

If you're interested in playing with the new UI, grab the source code from SVN:

svn co https://amsynthe.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/amsynthe/branches/new-gui-1

It's not quite ready for release yet - it will only run if executed from the top-level directory of the source tree, because it looks for the 'amsynth-skin.zip' file in the current working directory.

amsynth 1.2.3 released

Download amSynth 1.2.3 (source code)

Bugs Fixed:

• [2820935] hanging on exit
• [2986164] build fails with GCC 4.5
• [2988697] 'Virtual Keyboard' menu item doesn't gray out as expected
• [2993107] presets loaded incorrectly on some non-english systems

Sound generation improvements:

• Reduced amount of audible aliasing on saw tooth waveforms
• Improved performance of noise waveform generator
• Clamped maximum allowed pulsewidth on square / pulse waveform generator to prevent silence
• Tweaked default for master_vol to a value that doesn't produce harmonic distortion

Other Changes:

• New factory preset - 'Dirty Pulsating Bass'
• Added a preset modification indicator to title bar ('*')
• Executable is no longer installed with suid enabled. for good low-latency performance please use the JACK audio system. Old behaviour can be re-enabled with ./configure --enable-realtime
• Fixed compilation errors on various platforms caused by missing #include statements
• Cleaned up compiler warnings
• Other internal code improvements

A big thank you to everyone who tried out and gave feedback on the code in subversion :-) Couldn't have tracked down and fixed that preset-loading bug without your help!

amsynth 1.2.2 released

Download amSynth 1.2.2 (source code)

Changes in this release:

• Fixed more missing headers with different compiler versions & build configurations
• Fixed compatibility issues with jackdmp
• Better reporting of errors starting audio subsystem - the GUI new reports the error and opens the configuration dialog
• Updated about dialog with list of contributors

amsynth 1.2.1 released

Download amSynth 1.2.1 (source code)

The project is not quite dead or orphaned! ;-)

Changes in this release:

• fixed compilation errors on Linux/GCC-4.3.2
• fixed a buffer overflow crash, which prevented running on recent ubuntu versions