Re: [Qtractor-devel] hexter DSSI plugin not working correctly in qtractor?

[Holger M. <ho...@ma...>]

On Mon, 28 Nov 2016, Frank Neumann wrote:

> Hi Rui and all,
> 
> yesterday I wanted to compare several "DX7" emulating synths for Linux (OxeFM,
> Dexed, Hexter) against original DX7 sounds "from YouTube", and noticed that
> Hexter wouldn't behave quite well.
> 
> I start from an empty qtractor (0.8.0) session, create a MIDI track, instantiate
> the Hexter DSSI plugin (version 1.0.3), activate the synth, create my MIDI
> connections, and press some keys on a connected keyboard.
> 
> The first keypress comes out fine, but after that I sometimes only get a
> short sound on key _release_, or no sound at all, except for a full-scale
> crackle sound on both press and release. I see no suspicious CPU load spikes
> and also no buffer Xruns, but it appears as if a note is cut off immediately
> after key press for some reason.
> 
> Can someone else test this on his setup and tell me whether it's just me? :-)
> Running Hexter in the jack-dssi-host app works fine, by the way.

Last time I checked *one* Hexter instance behaved fine, with *two* I got
strange delays. Some people told me that it was Hexter's fault because
if its internal programming.

I use Dexed now and it works fine.

Another try might be encapsulating Hexter in Carla (LV2). Hexter sounds
a bit brighter than Dexed so some people prefer Hexter's sound.

Regards
Holger