[ANN] Vee One Suite 0.8.6 - The End of Autumn'17 release

[rncbc]

Wholly greetings!

The Vee One Suite of so called old-school software instruments, synthv1, as a polyphonic subtractive synthesizer, samplv1, a polyphonic sampler synthesizer, drumkv1 as yet another drum-kit sampler and padthv1 as a polyphonic additive synthesizer, are here released just in time for the merry season greetings.

As before, all available in dual standard forms:
- a pure stand-alone JACK client with JACK-session, NSM (Non Session management) and both JACK MIDI and ALSA MIDI input support;
- a LV2 instrument plug-in.

The almost common change-log for this end-of-season follows:
- Sync option added to DCO wavetable oscillators, as for making either one to hard-sync (slave) with the other one (master) in each pair. (applies to synthv1 only)
- Micro-fade-in/out that were stapled at the loop start/end points respectively is now gone.(applies to samplv1 only)
- Set on a minimum attack time of 500usec as much to prevent audible clicking on low-pitched notes.

The Vee One Suite are free, open-source Linux Audio software, distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License (GPL) version 2 or later.

Back in order of appearance:


[url=http://synthv1.sourceforge.net"]synthv1[/url] - an old-school polyphonic synthesizer

synthv1 0.8.6 (end-of-autumn'17) released!



synthv1 is an old-school all-digital 4-oscillator subtractive polyphonic synthesizer with stereo fx.

LV2 URI: http://synthv1.sourceforge.net/lv2

website:
http://synthv1.sourceforge.net
https://synthv1.sourceforge.io

downloads:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/synthv1/files

- source tarball:

• synthv1-0.8.6.tar.gz

- source package:

• synthv1-0.8.6-36.rncbc.suse.src.rpm

- binary packages (openSUSE Tumbleweed):

• synthv1-0.8.6-36.rncbc.suse.i586.rpm
  synthv1-0.8.6-36.rncbc.suse.x86_84.rpm

- AppImage packages (JACK stand-alone only):

• synthv1-0.8.6-3.x86_64.AppImage

git repos:

• http://git.code.sf.net/p/synthv1/code
  https://github.com/rncbc/synthv1.git
  https://gitlab.com/rncbc/synthv1.git
  https://bitbucket.org/rncbc/synthv1.git

[url=http://samplv1.sourceforge.net"]samplv1[/url] - an old-school polyphonic sampler

samplv1 0.8.6 (end-of-autumn'17) released!



samplv1 is an old-school polyphonic sampler synthesizer with stereo fx.

LV2 URI: http://samplv1.sourceforge.net/lv2

website:
http://samplv1.sourceforge.net
https://samplv1.sourceforge.io

downloads:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/samplv1/files

- source tarball:

• samplv1-0.8.6.tar.gz

- source package:

• samplv1-0.8.6-36.rncbc.suse.src.rpm

- binary packages (openSUSE Tumbleweed):

• samplv1-0.8.6-36.rncbc.suse.i586.rpm
  samplv1-0.8.6-36.rncbc.suse.x86_84.rpm

- AppImage packages (JACK stand-alone only):

• samplv1-0.8.6-3.x86_64.AppImage

git repos:

• http://git.code.sf.net/p/samplv1/code
  https://github.com/rncbc/samplv1.git
  https://gitlab.com/rncbc/samplv1.git
  https://bitbucket.org/rncbc/samplv1.git

drumkv1 - an old-school drum-kit sampler

drumkv1 0.8.6 (end-of-autumn'17) released!



drumkv1 is an old-school drum-kit sampler synthesizer with stereo fx.

LV2 URI: http://drumkv1.sourceforge.net/lv2

website:
http://drumkv1.sourceforge.net
https://drumkv1.sourceforge.io

downloads:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/drumkv1/files

- source tarball:

• drumkv1-0.8.6.tar.gz

- source package:

• drumkv1-0.8.6-32.rncbc.suse.src.rpm

- binary packages (openSUSE Tumbleweed):

• drumkv1-0.8.6-32.rncbc.suse.i586.rpm
  drumkv1-0.8.6-32.rncbc.suse.x86_84.rpm

- AppImage packages (JACK stand-alone only):

• drumkv1-0.8.6-3.x86_64.AppImage

git repos:

• http://git.code.sf.net/p/drumkv1/code
  https://github.com/rncbc/drumkv1.git
  https://gitlab.com/rncbc/drumkv1.git
  https://bitbucket.org/rncbc/drumkv1.git

[url=http://padthv1.sourceforge.net"]padthv1[/url] - an old-school polyphonic additive synthesizer

padthv1 0.8.6 (end-of-autumn'17) released!



padthv1 is an old-school polyphonic additive synthesizer with stereo fx
padthv1 is based on the PADsynth algorithm by Paul Nasca, as a special variant of additive synthesis.

LV2 URI: http://padthv1.sourceforge.net/lv2

website:
http://padthv1.sourceforge.net
https://padthv1.sourceforge.io

downloads:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/padthv1/files

- source tarball:

• padthv1-0.8.6.tar.gz

- source package:

• padthv1-0.8.6-3.rncbc.suse.src.rpm

- binary packages (openSUSE Tumbleweed):

• padthv1-0.8.6-3.rncbc.suse.i586.rpm
  padthv1-0.8.6-3.rncbc.suse.x86_84.rpm

- AppImage packages (JACK stand-alone only):

• padthv1-0.8.6-3.x86_64.AppImage

git repos:

• http://git.code.sf.net/p/padthv1/code
  https://github.com/rncbc/padthv1.git
  https://gitlab.com/rncbc/padthv1.git
  https://bitbucket.org/rncbc/padthv1.git

See also:
http://www.rncbc.org/drupal/node/1879


Enjoy && have lots of fun
--
rncbc aka. Rui Nuno Capela

[chaocrator]

- Sync option added to DCO wavetable oscillators, as for making either one to hard-sync (slave) with the other one (master) in each pair. (applies to synthv1 only)

thanks for implementing it so quickly (that was my feature request).

[rncbc]

- Sync option added to DCO wavetable oscillators, as for making either one to hard-sync (slave) with the other one (master) in each pair. (applies to synthv1 only)

thanks for implementing it so quickly (that was my feature request).

you're welcome, ofc
enjoy the season, there are indeed the last of the year--yep, northern autumn ends tomorrow, at least in astronomical sense
cheers && merry solstice, whatever

[gennargiu]

Hi Rui,many thanks for your upgrade and works

gennaro

[briandc]

The sync feature should be LOTS of fun indeed!

I assume this new release is backwards-compatible with presets made with earlier releases..?


brian

[chaocrator]

I assume this new release is backwards-compatible with presets made with earlier releases..?

no problems so far at least in Arch and Ubuntu/KXStudio.

[briandc]

I assume this new release is backwards-compatible with presets made with earlier releases..?

no problems so far at least in Arch and Ubuntu/KXStudio.

Great to hear!
I'm currently testing out Librazik-2, a very nice distro. It doesn't have this latest version in the repos yet, but I can't wait to try it out!

brian

[briandc]

I've had a chance to test out the sync function. As I understand it, getting the sync effect requires that one of the two oscillators must be able to detune significantly away from the other oscillator (ie 2-3 octaves), in order for the waveform resetting to be noticeable.
Perhaps the sync should be linked to the other synth? (Synth 1 with Synth 2)
Or, there would need to be more detuning "spread" between oscillator 1 and 2. (current detuning is iirc about 1 wholetone)

Hoping to hear everyone's thoughts,
brian

[rncbc]

I've had a chance to test out the sync function. As I understand it, getting the sync effect requires that one of the two oscillators must be able to detune significantly away from the other oscillator (ie 2-3 octaves), in order for the waveform resetting to be noticeable.
Perhaps the sync should be linked to the other synth? (Synth 1 with Synth 2)
Or, there would need to be more detuning "spread" between oscillator 1 and 2. (current detuning is iirc about 1 wholetone)

Hoping to hear everyone's thoughts,
brian

yes, correct, the new Sync options do indeed assume that one of the DCOs are detuned from the other one...

however there's this catch speciality on the vee-one:
a. none of the DCO's is Sync'ed : the Detune parameter applies symmetrically to both DCO's, DCO1 runs on fc - detune, DCO2 on fc + detune; this is the way the synthv1 works since day one
b. either one of the DCO's is Sync'ed to the other one:the Detune parameter applies only to the slaved/sync'ed DCO running on either fc -/+ detune (DCO2/1) while the master always runs on fc no more no less (DCO1/2);
nb. fc = note/pitch central frequency.

hth
cheers

[briandc]

yes, correct, the new Sync options do indeed assume that one of the DCOs are detuned from the other one...

however there's this catch speciality on the vee-one:
a. none of the DCO's is Sync'ed : the Detune parameter applies symmetrically to both DCO's, DCO1 runs on fc - detune, DCO2 on fc + detune; this is the way the synthv1 works since day one
b. either one of the DCO's is Sync'ed to the other one:the Detune parameter applies only to the slaved/sync'ed DCO running on either fc -/+ detune (DCO2/1) while the master always runs on fc no more no less (DCO1/2);
nb. fc = note/pitch central frequency.

hth
cheers

Hi rncbc,
thanks for your post. Unfortunately, I still don't see how to use sync on Synthv1. Do you have a preset you can share where it is used?


brian