[Jsynthlib-cvs] New user

[Martin T. <m.t...@zo...>]

Hi,

I am new to JSynthLib and want to introduce myself with a few remarks:

1. These mailinglists seem to be extremely low-traffic. Are there still 
any active users and/or developers around? I think JSynthLib is still a 
great project with lots of potential, but also with plenty of room for 
improvement.

2. With such low traffic, do we really need 2 mailinglists ? Why not merge 
the CVS and devel lists ?

3. I have downloaded beta version 0.20.0 and CVS alpha version 0.21.0.
I could not compile the CVS version because (I think) an error in the 
Roland-GP16 driver. After disabling this driver in the Makefile, running 
"make" was succesful (on my Linux Fedora 15 system)

4. In the CVS version the DX7 editor does not open, I am getting an error 
message instead. The DX7 editor is working fine in 0.20.0 version.

5. I am an expert in DX21/TX81Z (etc.) SysEx. I am the author of the old 
ATARI program YSEDITOR (http://yseditor.atari.org) so I know what I am 
talking about.

I see room for improving the editor/driver. (For example: the EG and 
PEG graphs do not correctly represent the effect of the rate and level 
parameters. Please read the TX81Z manual, and/or compare with YSEDITOR)

But I have no Java programming knowledge. I have programmed in Atari 
GFABasic, a little C, and Python. I will try to teach myself some simple 
Java programming. Maybe somewhere in the near future I might start 
contributing to JSynthLib.

Hope to see some more life in these mailinglists!

Greetz, Martin

P.S.

DX7 (and compatibles) owners might want to try my latest project 
DXconvert. This tool is able to convert DX7 patches in virtually every 
fileformat that can be found on the internet to a fileformat that for 
example JSynthLib is able to import. (clean SysEX, or MID with embedded 
SysEx). It can also import/convert patches from FB01, TX81Z, V50, DX200, 
and convert them to DX7 files that can be imported with JSynthLib's DX7 
driver. You can download the current version here:


http://members.tele2.nl/m.tarenskeen/download/sysex/DXconvert-1.1.3.zip