Thank you for the invitation, it was cool, I don’t know how much time it continue after (my) midnight… but I’m tired now.
I have discovered nice people -and a dog- that know how to listen way better than me, interesting discussions and informations. I’ve discovered too that in 2025 not everyone have hi speed internet and we still have people with two full seconds of lag between video and audio . And that I have to keep training myself to understand real English as easy as international English.
And sorry to take so much space, but it was great to speak to you and with you. Now that I’m divorced, it was a refreshing moment.
There was a demo of development of the launcher changes - it mostly worked and was mostly well received.
A MIDI controller was dismantled and fixed. I can now play middle C again with confidence.
Samplerate conversion is not as simple as it seems.
But time is even more complex!
Pianoteq 9 was discussed, including its, “…rich, vibrant swirl, making the sound feel organic and evolving, like ripples shimmering at the surface of a lake.”
We saw how code abstraction can lead to wider implementation of features.
We heard how anything is possible, but nothing is easy.
This is what happens when no one takes notes… I forget almost everything! Some of this account may be true. (Although it seems that the current world view of “truth” is quite distorted so who can know?)
Brian calculated that if you load all available slots in zynbleton (16 channels × 32 rows) with an audio clip of 30 seconds, you’d need 2.8 Gigs of RAM.
We talked about engines with multiple audio outputs.
Yes, it was a good suggestion to be able to record loops. We talked about where sooperlooper could/should be used for this workflow.
I found an feature request to be able to split multitrack audio to separate chains which sounds similar to the idea of handling synths with multiple outputs.
I would just clarify for those not there that old and young users are long term and new users to Zynthian with their differing levels of experience, workflows and approaches …. not their time on the planet.
There was some discussion around features and I didn’t get a chance to mention something on my mind about how other devs are handling the integration of new features into old workflows.
Microsoft Windows 11 24H2 is a continuously integrated version with 25H2 but with all the new features defaulted to being unenabled but available to be enabled.
Obsidian note taking app takes the same approach when adding new features so users can enable new functionality at their own pace or ignore them entirely to keep their workflow.
The vid posted by @wyleu discusses the challenges of changing default, familiar but ultimately flawed behaviours without disenfranchising old users’ familiar workflows but making features more sensible/discoverable for new users.
I might be wrong, but I thought that pressing the record button just globally records audio, while the play button plays the last recorded audio without a ZynSampler chain. Same with Alt-Record and Alt-Play for Midi.
That sounds like a useful feature, sometimes i do multitrack recording with Z and after i go to Audacity with my multitrack file to mix it. Would be really nice to be able to do stuff with the multitracks in Z.
. And that I have to keep training myself to understand real English as easy as international English.
