Zynaddsubfx - Linux Synthesizer

[puvijain]

can you post the links to your previous tutorials? You've mentioned that we should be refereing to the previous tutorials but i dont know where to find them...please post the links

[metalx1000]

@puvijain: Sorry, I do have a link in the description, but I have re-designed my site since I made this video and some older videos aren't listed there any more. But, all my videos are still in playlist by category on Youtube. So, just check out my channel.

[SELG88]

i dont get sound from my computer . can you explain why dude

[metalx1000]

@SELG88: do you mean no sound at all from your computer, or no sound from zynADDsubFX?

[SELG88]

@metalx1000 no sound from zynADDsubFX. thanks for replying.jack audio doesnt show anything in the audio tab.

[metalx1000]

@SELG88: Does jack say it's running? 

[SELG88]

@metalx1000 yes , i mean i open it before runun synadd . well its runing because i can link my midi keyboard to zynadd

[metalx1000]

@SELG88: What distro are you running? sorry for all the questions, I'm just trying to narrow the problem down.

[metalx1000]

@SELG88: This is just a guess, but I know that my midi keyboard is detected as an audio device even though it doesn't have any speakers on it. Check your jack settings and see what hardware it is trying to use. if it's using hw:0 and there is a hw:1 try switching it to hw:1 and restarting jack.

[JRCrowley]

These are awesome videos. THANKS!

[metalx1000]

@JRCrowley: Thanks

[Scumkill2]

Nice presentation. I use Zynaddsubfx with KORG nanoKEY keyboard and I connect it with AconnectGui tool - it's simplier than Jack. It works fine, but I have a strange issue with Zynaddsubfx. When I have web browser opened with Youtube there's no sound from YT and Zynaddsubfx freezes. And I found impossible running other music tools with Zynaddsubfx like for example Hydrogen drum machine. :/ Do You have similar problems?

[metalx1000]

@Scumkill2: Only one program can access the sound card at a time. That is where jack comes in. Jack connects to your sound cart and allows any program, that has jack support, to connect to it. So, Hydrogen, Ardour, RoseGarden, zynaddsubfx, and other programs can all be used at the same time. You still won't be able to play Youtube video while jack is running.

[RicorianGuardian]

@metalx1000 The sound card can only be used by one program at a time? That's the most retarded thing I've ever heard. In that case JACK is the coolest program ever.

Also I love how in linux everything works together because it's all free and not trying to fuck each other over with copyrighted filetypes and whatever else.

[metalx1000]

@RicorianGuardian: yup, that's how all sound cards are as far as I know. That why you have a program to control the audio on your system such as Pulse Audio or Jackd.

Yeah, it is nice. Some programs such as Qtrackor, hydrogen, jackbeat, and Ardour will use Jack for timing. Press play in one and they all start playing and keep in time.

[orpheus2046]

Fantastic synth,does anyone know how to set the knobs of a controller midi or if exists something like a midi learn?

[metalx1000]

@orpheus2046: I have not figured that one out yet with this program. I'm betting that it can, but I have not seen it in the settings anywhere. I know I can with amsynth, LMMS and Ardour. If you find out, let me know :)

[MAS68saxophone]

please help! my instaler keepes on showing some random text and wont let me download!

[metalx1000]

@MAS68saxophone: What distro? Which installer are you using? What does the text say?

[MAS68saxophone]

@metalx1000 im using the add and remove program for ubuntu 8.04 and the text says E: dpkg was interrupted, you must manually run 'dpkg --configure -a' to correct the problem.

E:_cache->open() failed, please report.

but where do i report that text?

[metalx1000]

@MAS68saxophone: Sounds like an install was interrupted (may be you turned your computer off while installing something or your battery died)

But, if you do as the message says and run 'dpkg --configure -a' and then try to install zynaddsubfx again it should work.

So, as you can see, it's not just random text. The error message it will tell you exactly what to do.

[MAS68saxophone]

@metalx1000 one last question, where do i goto run this message?

ps. thanks!

[metalx1000]

@MAS68saxophone: best place would bee the terminal. Should be under accessories in your applications menu. and put sudo before it.

sudo dpkg --configure -a

[MAS68saxophone]

@metalx1000 thanks man!

im subing!

[jaws33321]

hay i downloaded Zynaddsubfx and pressed the keyboard=no sound

i added an effect=no sound

i reinstalled it=no sound

and i added an instrument=no effect

can you please help me .

P.S. i am running Ubuntu 10.4

[metalx1000]

@jaws33321: When you say you pressed the keyboard, do you mean the Virtual Keyboard in ZynaddSubFX or your qwerty Keyboard?

This may sound like a stupid question, but did you try and turn the Master Volume in ZynaddSubFX up? The default instrument is kinda quiet.

Did you try changing the instrument?

Do you have Jackd running, or are you running ZynaddSubFX by itself?

[orangetree4]

@metalx1000 i have the same problem, but i don't have jackd running and am not sure what it is. I started using linnux yesterday from windows and i'm kind of useless at this stuff so thanks for all of your videos!

[radioheadyorke]

when you plug in your keyboard, can you make the sound come out from the keyboard speakers ? or just from the computer ones ?. thanks!

[metalx1000]

@radioheadyorke: My keyboard doesn't have a build in synthesizer. I relies on an external one such as ZynAddSubFX. If your keyboard has both a MIDI in and a MIDI out then you should be able to hook both up to your computer and link your software to it with Jackd. Since I don't have that type of hardware I can't really give you step by step instructions. But, it is possible with the right hardware.

[radioheadyorke]

@metalx1000 Thank you mate.

[ST2K]

oh ok derpderp I just got there. Had to kick the vending machine the right way.

[ST2K]

I'm not all the way there yet, but this helped quite a bit. Thank-you so much for a very clear and well-put-together tutorial.

[floatingtux]

Summary so far: Rosegarden WITH JackD: No sound

Zynaddsubfx with 0r without JackD: sound

Rosegarden WITHOUT JadkD: Sound, but no sound in Zynaddsubfx.

In other words: for me it's either/or: Either Rosegarden Or Zunaddsubfx. Not both

[metalx1000]

When you say JackD. Are you using The GUI Jack Control and connecting the programs?

[DeRaNGeR87]

how can i do a MIDI mapping with cutoff and other parameters of zynaddsubfx on my oxygen 49? O_O IT'S very important!

I've seen the homepage of zyn but i don't know how do that! pleaze help me Q_Q

[metalx1000]

I'm not 100% sure what you're asking, but I'll try to do more MIDI videos over the next few days. I'm going to do a few videos on RoseGarden which is like CakeWalk for Windows. It will allow you to record notes played on your MIDI control. Then you can edit the notes and you can connect RoseGarden to any synthesizer, such as zyn. I will also go over how to connect LMMS to zyn.

[DeRaNGeR87]

i want to use Zyn standalone like a real synth with my oxygen 49, using knobs of my MIDIkeyboard to edit the zyn's parameters... this is very important for me :( and my band... please help me and sorry for my bad english (i'm italian) .

i'm under Ubuntu 9.04 with many programs like Rosegarden MuSE Seq24 wineasio kernelRT and others...

please help me :(

[meeself]

Next video don't crank up the master volume in zynaddsubfx too much, it distorts and ruins the sounds...

[metalx1000]

Sorry, I noticed that while I was recording. But, I didn't was to start screwing with it too much while I was recording.

[korwinblue]

Would have been nice if you'd tell us what a synthesizer is. I googled it, but I figure you should've told us what it is since you're making a video on one.

[metalx1000]

Sorry, I thought everyone new what a synthesizer was. A synthesizer (or synthesiser) is an electronic instrument that is capable of producing a variety of sounds by generating and combining signals of different frequencies.