----- Original Message ----- From: Jane Andreas Sent: 04/30/11 01:11 AM To: English Qi Hardware mailing list - support, developers, use cases and fun Subject: lingot or fmit for awesome application of Ben
I think we all can agree that to see the Ben used as a live instrument tuner, the needle type, with a visual indicator of intonation would be not only useful and awesome, but would be a positive demonstration of the power and adaptability of the Free Software/Hardware model. With either or both of these programs running on the Ben, it becomes impossible to beat it with conventional stand-alone digital tuners. Not to mention the Ben is also a general purpose computer! last time I posted about a tuner called FMit, its site is Here http://home.gna.org/fmit/ but someone said there was an error compiling for some reason? I think it actually had to do with openGL (of all things). so, I discovered Lingot, its site is here http://freshmeat.net/projects/lingot/ the delightful thing is that THIS tuner starts up at a mere tiny resolution, it looks to be well within QVGA limits! Hopefully there are no issues getting this on the Ben. let me know what you think, thanks I have been trying to compile the latest version (0.9.0) on my Ubuntu 10.04 laptop and it has been quite the challenge, and seems to require jack2, which I am having trouble getting easily without upgrading. Compiled without jack support, the program could not use my mic, ... I have still not given up on my vision of making the Ben (possibly Ya if need be) into a tuner. Why? I am interested in microtonal, or non-western tuning systems and the easiest way to tune instruments to those scales is with a software tuner. Lingot is GPL, and as of version .9.0, allows any tuning to be realized. The problem is that even on desktops I hear there can be problems. Since my mic on my laptop is not exactly set up right, I figure that myght be a problem too. I feel the Ben has a nicer working mic than my laptop. Let me know if anyone tries anything and gets it working
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