Re: [Zynaddsubfx-user] Some thoughts

[Mark M. <mar...@gm...>]

> I can't seem to find
> any missing libraries, and it always compiled OK before - any
> suggestions?
What is the specific error?

> Having said that, I notice there was already a compiled image there, so
> I ran that. This seemed to have all the nio bits in it. Is that the
> default now or is it just that someone left it there?
Within git there should not be any compiled images.
If there is, then I would say it was mistakenly put there.
As per nio, it is still hidden away in git::nio.

> Is there a way to make Zyn default to alsa-midi rather than jack-midi?
I assume that you are referring to nio.
If that is so, then no.
The change is minor to make that a configuration option, but for the
moment one can only select midi and audio at the same time.

I will try to remember to make this modification next time I have a
chance to venture into the codebase, but for now I am swamped with
other things.

> Zyn seems to have the panning left-right the opposite way round to all
> the other sound stuff I use (this has always been the case). Is there
> any likelihood of this being changed? It's not much of a problem when
> you're used to it but is likely to confuse newbies.
Hm, I always thought it seemed strange, but I did not know something
about audio jargon.
For right now, you could reverse left and right (global setting?), but
if you list it as a bug, it should get taken care of.

> Currently, my system is not exactly ideal :( and things get chucked out
> more easily than they used to, but I've noticed that if I try to load a
> new parameter set into an already 'used' instance of zyn it completely
> locks up. I don't remember it doing that before.
In nio I assume?
If so, then Harald Hvaal has pointed that out and I think it is some
threading that gets confused, which gets the system into an invalid
state.
Yet another thing that is on the queue of things to do.

--Mark McCurry