Is the creator going to release updates on the github repository or is this the last version that's released as open source? Because the github seems to be out of date a bit.
Open Source Spectral warping wavetable synth
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Re: Open Source Spectral warping wavetable synth
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The GP isn't saying that the author is making the software unfree by mixing it with commercial software. The GP is saying that author is distributing that software as unfree with a different license since as copyright holder, the author can do whatever they wish. QT, for example, is distributed as GPL or with a commercial license. Which is to say the GP is correct this is possible and it's a sleazy maneuver. Which is…
Oh, because the distributed binaries aren't really open-source because they're made from a different version of the source? That's true, and it might come back to bite the author. What do you think of Vitalium? I don't know enough about synthesizers to have an informed opinion.
I'm only getting my feet wet on synthesizers but it gives the impression that it has a lot of cool and unique features, even compared to commercial synthesizers or LMMS, the synthesizer I've looked at the most .
The problem is these people saying they're open source then playing game pisses me off much more than if they said they were commercial with a free version.
So I'm torn on trying them. And I can't get the github code to compile on Ubuntu 20.
Re: Open Source Spectral warping wavetable synth
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It's universally accepted that aggregating free software with non-free data does not make the software non-free. The explanation in the repo about the licensing is correct and perfectly okay from an OSS perspective. The software's copyright holder cannot infringe his own copyright by distributing the software from his own website, even if he also offers a GPL license. If he were accepting contributions from other peo…
The GP isn't saying that the author is making the software unfree by mixing it with commercial software. The GP is saying that author is distributing that software as unfree with a different license since as copyright holder, the author can do whatever they wish. QT, for example, is distributed as GPL or with a commercial license. Which is to say the GP is correct this is possible and it's a sleazy maneuver. Which is…
Surge is an awesome open source synthesizer that is getting updated all the time: https://github.com/surge-synthesizer/surge
LMMS is a digital audio workstation, not a synth. If you're looking for another FOSS DAW there is Ardour.
Re: Open Source Spectral warping wavetable synth
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I found the source code for the synth here on GitHub[1], but it doesn't look like they advertise it on their site? It seems to be compiling/linking fine on Pop!_OS, but I had to do some apt trial/error to ensure the right packages were installed. [1] https://github.com/mtytel/vital
Let us know if you get enough for a usable system once you're done.
Hey sorry, for the late followup. I was getting compile/link errors related to Google Services dependencies. I think this is one of those situations where it's GPL-licensed, but not necessarily the most accessible.