AlsaModularSynth(1)

✨ AlsaModularSynth(1) — ams, the bestie synth 🎹

Okay so bestie, this is the manual for ams (the manual name is AlsaModularSynth(1), General Commands Manual) 💖 It's literally a software synthesizer modeled after modular patching synths, and it's giving full main character energy 👑

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🎀 NAME

ams — A software synthesizer modeled after modular patching synthesizers 🦋

🌸 SYNOPSIS

ams [OPTIONS]

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💜 DESCRIPTION

Okay so AlsaModularSynth (AMS for short 💅) is a software synth inspired by the iconic analog modular synths of the 1960s 🌈 It uses virtual control voltages (VC) for each module's parameter control, and it uses the Moog synthesizer's 1V/oct logarithmic control scale for its oscillator and filter functions. Iykyk 💀

Following the modular synth model, AMS gives you a whole buffet of sound-producing and sound-processing software modules, like digital oscillators, filters, amplifiers, and DSP effects ✨ You link these together (that's called patching) to build complex audio synthesis networks 🧚 These network patches can be played in realtime via MIDI or internal control structures, and you can save and reload them whenever you want 🫶

🎛️ OPTIONS

Runtime options for AMS are shown here with their default values in brackets. Obsessed with how clear this is tbh 🔥

• --jack — Enable JACK I/O 🎀
• --in <num> — Number of JACK input ports 🦋
• --out <num> — Number of JACK output ports 🦋
• --poly <num> — Polyphony [1] 🌸
• --periodsize <frames> — Period size [1024] 💜
• --frag <num> — Number of fragments [2] ✨
• --rate <samples/s> — Sample rate [44100] 🌈
• --edge <0...10> — VCO edge [1.0] 💅
• --soundcard <plug> — Soundcard [plughw:0,0] 🎹
• --preset <file> — Preset file 🍓
• --presetpath <path> — Preset path 🧚
• --nogui — Start without GUI 🙈

📁 FILES

Okay, the example patches are the best part 😭 You'll find numerous ones in /usr/share/ams or /usr/local/share/ams ✨

Tutorial documentation is available at http://alsamodular.sourceforge.net/alsamodularsynth_doc.html 🌈

🐛 BUGS

Found something weird? Send bug reports or any other feedback to Matthias Nagorni <mana@suse.de> 🫶

👩‍🔬 AUTHOR

AMS is written and maintained by Dr. Matthias Nagorni 👑

⚖️ COPYRIGHT

Copyright and license information for AMS:

AlsaModularSynth by Matthias Nagorni (c) 2002-2003 SuSE AG Nuremberg. Licensed under the GNU General Public License Version 2 (or higher) 💖

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Source/version: AlsaModularSynth(1) — last updated November 2003 🌸 Stay iconic, bestie 💅🦋✨