On 06/26/2016 07:10 AM, D. Michael McIntyre wrote: > Ah yes. I'm still on Ubuntu 14.04 with the old gcc. I'm holding off on > the upgrade until 16.04.1 comes out, or until I'm forced to do so to get > the new audio interface working. The jury is presently deliberating > this last point. When Ubuntu 16.04 came out, I tested it with in all of my MIDI usage cases, and on numerous test machines (including a very slow, 450 megahertz, 512 megabytes RAM machine), it passed all my tests. I have been using it successfully on my performance machines since then.
I have successfully upgraded all of my machines (except my production machine, and my backup machine) to 16.04. That being said, it's getting to where only Lubuntu will work with my slower, less-memory machines (that not that many years ago used to be average machines). One persistent problem I encountered, is that the ZynAddSubFX synthesizer has not worked on switching banks and programs via MIDI bank-select and program-change messages, since the version available with Ubuntu 14.04 (2.4.3-4). The Zyn developers say it has been fixed in version 2.5.3, but that is not available in the repository for Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. For the time being, I have locked the Zyn version at 2.4.3-4, so I can continue to use it (I need to be able to switch banks and patches under program control). When it finally becomes available in an Ubuntu release, I may provide a bank definition for Rosegarden for Zyn. I could do it now for the Ubuntu 14.04 version of Zyn (2.4.3-4), but that set of definitions will not work for later versions, since they have significantly re-arranged the patches and banks. -- Sincerely, Aere ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Attend Shape: An AT&T Tech Expo July 15-16. Meet us at AT&T Park in San Francisco, CA to explore cutting-edge tech and listen to tech luminaries present their vision of the future. This family event has something for everyone, including kids. Get more information and register today. http://sdm.link/attshape _______________________________________________ Rosegarden-devel mailing list Rosegarden-devel@lists.sourceforge.net - use the link below to unsubscribe https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/rosegarden-devel
