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Hi Julien,
Yes, the setBfree synth engine is just that: a standalone app. You can

pass it commandline options, but it is not interactive on the terminal.

It takes MIDI messages (JACK-MIDI or ALSA-sequencer) as input and

outputs sound to JACK, nothing else.
The GUI is a standalone app (based on vkeybd for now) that just sends

MIDI-CCs and MIDI-program changes to the synth and also features 2

keyboard-manuals (MIDI channel 1,2) and bass-pedals (MIDI channel 3).
Setting up all MIDI controls (drawbars, key-click, vibrato, leslie,..)

is not trivial and we currently lack standard-mappings for commonly used

controllers or keyboards. So getting started is easiest with the GUI.
The top-level Makefile will fail if tcl/tk is not available, but you can

build the standalone synth via `cd src; make` and also run it from there.
Example: `./setBfree -d midi.driver=alsa midi.port=129`
Using the "-d" you will get a list of default MIDI-CC and MIDI-Program

mappings listed to stdout during startup. You can customize those as

outlined in `./setBfree --help`.  The format of the config files is

backwards compatible to Beatrix .cfg and .pgm files.
enjoy,

robin
On 07/16/2012 02:05 AM, Julien Claassen wrote:

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> Hello Robin!

>   You're raised to an angel, weren't they sometimes the bringer of very

> good news? This is absolutely thrilling!

>   I have one question: Does setbfree still work with a text-based

> interface only? Yousaid, that you provided a basical GUI for testing. If

> you don't have any text-based interface, may I put in a plea for

> something like that. I'd be happy for the time being, to edit all the

> config files by hand and just use the typical MIDI controls as familiar

> from Beatrix. Of course, if you're thinking of implementing some direct

> control of the config features, it would be nice to have a simple shell

> interface or something like that. But I could live without it. I like an

> instrument once adjusted to my needs and then leave it at that. The

> spirit of the old days. :-)

>   Warmly yours

>            Julien

>

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