FunkeySynth 0.12.1 for Harmattan available

Hi all!

Tagged a new release of FunkeySynth for N9/N950. Main changes since version 0.12:
– Recording&playback of 16-sec loops
– UI for the 3 additional oscillators
– Support for algorithms (different routing for the oscillators)

Download the latest .deb from http://koti.kapsi.fi/~sh8dfwk/funkeysynth

Please note: if you haven’t got portaudio already, install it from the above location too!
Installing goes the traditional way via command line:
– Log in as root, copy .debs to /home/user/MyDocs, dpkg -i package.deb for each package

For loop support, there’s a new record/playback button in the main screen:

Functionality of the button:
– Press once -> it goes to ‘ready for recording’ state
– Start playing the keys -> recording starts
– Press again to stop recording
– Now it’s a play button. Press to start/stop playback of the loop
– Long-press to clear the loop from memory. The button returns to the initial state

Another big update, a new screen for adjusting the additional oscillators:

With this screen, you can adjust various properties of the oscillators,
such as attack, decay, sustain, release, and wave type. Also, there’s an
algorithm selection button available (the black&white thing with numbers).

The algorithm selection button controls how the signals from the oscillators are routed,
e.g. in the screenshot above all of them are in series. This means that oscillator 4’s
output is fed into oscillator 3, oscillator 3’s output to 2, and so on. Oscillator 1
is the ‘main’ one, dynamics of which you can control in the main screen.

In total, there are six algorithms available, varying between having all the oscillators
in series to having them in parallel, where it’s just four signals summed to get the output.

Below is a demo video of the new updates. It demonstrates the use of
the algorithm selector and the looping. You might not notice too big difference
between the different algorithms via the video, the best way is to experiment
with the app yourself and see what kind of sounds you come up with.

(Disclaimer: Playing touch-screen keyboard with one hand is hard : P)