[Maverick] Issue with Qtractor + Fluidsynth-DSSI EVEN IF EVERYTHING IS FROM THE REPOSITORIES

[Scott Lavender]

On Sat, Feb 26, 2011 at 3:34 PM, Scott Lavender <scottalavender at gmail.com>wrote:

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> On Sat, Feb 26, 2011 at 8:15 AM, Ralf <ralf.mardorf at alice-dsl.net> wrote:
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>> PPS:
>>
>> Using Qsynth the sound is ok, it's just fluidsynth-dssi 1.0.0-2 that
>> doesn't work.
>> I compiled fluidsynth-dssi and installed it as package version
>> 1.0.0-2.1, but with this version I can't edit fluidsynth-dssi.
>>
>> To build Qtractor from SVN I need the package dssi-dev from the
>> repositories, but to install it, JACK2 from the repositories will be
>> replaced by JACK1 from the repositories.
>>
>> I build two versions of dssi, but used only the current version
>>
>> dssi_1.0.0-1_i386.deb
>> dssi_1.1.0-1_i386.deb
>>
>> and added dummy packages
>>
>> dssi-dev_1.1.0-1+dummy_all.deb
>> dssi-host-jack_1.1.0-1+dummy_all.deb
>> dssi-example-plugins_1.1.0-1+dummy_all.deb
>> dssi-utils_1.1.0-1+dummy_all.deb
>>
>> I removed the dummy package dssi-dev and the package dssi completely.
>> I reinstalled fluidsynth-dssi from the repositories and reinstalled the
>> packages dssi-host-jack, dssi-example-plugins and dssi-utils from the
>> repositories.
>>
>> Nothing changed.
>>
>> I installed Qtractor from the repositories.
>>
>> The problem still is present.
>>
>> Currently I reinstalled the self-build dssi again, kept fluidsynth-dssi
>> from the repositories, build and installed latest version of qtractor
>> and try to go on with Qsynth instead of fluidsynth-dssi.
>>
>> :(
>>
>>
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>
> I think what you are reporting is that using Qtractor you are unable to
> edit a synth's settings?
>
> If so, I ran into the same problem.  After talking with a few people,
> including rnbc (the author of Qtractor) in #opensourcemusicians, they
> mentioned that I should update Qtractor.  They suggested I used AutoStatic's
> PPA.
>
> I did and it resolved the problem for me.
>
> I hope this information is helpful.
>
> ScottL
>

I should point out, however, that I was running a Lucid install which
installs Qtractor 0.4.5 by default.

In contrast, Maverick includes Qtractor 0.4.6 by default.

I believe that AutoStatic's PPA has the latest, which is Qtractor 0.4.8.

Well worth the time to upgrade I believe.

Cheers.
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