I tested SunVox for Linux x86 on AVLinux running plain vanilla ALSA. The tracker UI is easy to use and lends itself to complex pattern-based composition, but I should emphasize that any kind of music can be composed with a tracker. The "modular" in Alex's description refers to the program's module tracker, a music sequencing interface designed originally for music composition programs in the late 1980s. It's a light-weight but complete music composition environment that includes a handy set of built-in synthesizers and effects processors. "modular synthesizer with pattern based sequencer (tracker)"ĭeveloper Alex Zolotov calls his SunVox (Figure 2) a "modular music creation studio". While you're out there, you should also check out his music improvised with harmonySEQ, it's an impressive display of the program's potential (and the composer's talent). For more information see the harmonySEQ home and Louigi Verona's article on his use of harmonySEQ. However you choose to use it, harmonySEQ is likely to find a permanent place in your Linux MIDI system. the user can assign sequences to keypresses, a very flexible method for patching together fixed-form compositions or for formal improvisation in realtime performance. Emile Tobenfeld's great Keyboard Controlled Sequencer, i.e. HarmonySEQ has also borrowed a page from Dr. a Control Sequence editor for writing MIDI Controller curves and OSC support for remote transport control. This "little" sequencer is a straightforward MIDI loop composition environment with some unique features, e.g. I built and installed the latest development version 0.16 of harmonySEQ (Figure 1) on a 64-bit Arch system.
#SUNVOX KNOWN BUGS SOFTWARE#
" live loop-based MIDI software sequencer intended to aid music composers and performers"
#SUNVOX KNOWN BUGS FREE#
Go on, you've been good, give yourself a few extra belated gifts and don't worry if your budget's busted - it's all free software, you can't beat these deals. I've been busy with the predictable confusions and minor crises that attend this time of year, but I managed to find time to jot down some recommendations for my readers. I hope all my readers enjoyed the best of the holiday season.