gsequencer - Man Page

/usr/bin/gsequencer [--help] [--version] [--no-builtin-theme] [--non-unique] [--menu-bar] [--filename file] [--no-config]

Advanced GTK+ Sequencer is intended to use for music composition. It features a piano roll, as well a synth, matrix editor, drum machine, soundfont2 player, mixer and an output panel. It’s designed to be highly configurable. You may add effects to its effect chain; and add or remove audio channels/pads. You may set up a fully functional network of engines, thus there is a link editor for linking audio lines.

As version 1.0.0 it supports LADSPA, DSSI and Lv2 plugin format. And provides the ability to export to WAV, FLAC and OGG audio files. It can run on various soundcard backends including ALSA, OSS4, JACK Audio Connection Kit, Pulseaudio Core-Audio, Audio-Unit and WASAPI.

The binary looks for a configuration file in $HOME/.gsequencer/ags.conf.

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The program follows the usual GNU command line syntax, with long options starting with two dashes (`-'). A summary of options is included below. For a complete description, see the info(1) files.

--no-builtin-theme

Disable built-in theme in order to display default theme.

--non-unique

Don't attach to any existing application ID, i.e. fork a new process.

--menu-bar

Ignore gtk-shell-shows-menubar from GtkSettings and force showing a traditional GtkMenuBar.

--filename file

Open file from command line.

--no-config

Don't read config from file.

--help

Show summary of options.

--version

Show version of program.

The program interprets following environment variables if set.

OSS_MIXERDEV

the OSSv4 mixer device

LADSPA_PATH

LADSPA plugin search path

DSSI_PATH

DSSI plugin search path

LV2_PATH

LV2 plugin search path

AGS_ANIMATION_FILENAME

The splash screen's background picture

AGS_ANIMATION_TEXT_BOX_X0

The splash screen's text box x-position

AGS_ANIMATION_TEXT_BOX_Y0

The splash screen's text box y-position

AGS_ANIMATION_TEXT_COLOR

The splash screen's text color

AGS_CSS_FILENAME

The application's style sheet

AGS_CONFIG

The config to read from environment instead of $HOME/.gsequencer/ags.conf

This example configuration file is using ALSA backend to play to "hw:CARD=PCH,DEV=0" and capture from "hw:CARD=CODEC,DEV=0" device.

[generic]
disable-feature=experimental
autosave-thread=false
segmentation=4/4
engine-mode=deterministic
rt-safe=false
gui-scale=1.0

[soundcard-0]
backend=alsa
capability=playback
buffer-size=512
pcm-channels=2
format=16
samplerate=44100
device=hw:CARD=PCH,DEV=0

[soundcard-1]
backend=alsa
capability=capture
buffer-size=512
pcm-channels=2
format=16
samplerate=44100
device=hw:CARD=CODEC,DEV=0

[recall]
auto-sense=false

[thread]
model=super-threaded
super-threaded-scope=audio
lock-global=ags-thread
lock-parent=ags-recycling-thread
thread-pool-max-unused-threads=4
max-precision=250

This example configuration file is using ALSA backend to play to "/dev/dsp" device.

[generic]
disable-feature=experimental
autosave-thread=false
segmentation=4/4
engine-mode=deterministic
rt-safe=false
gui-scale=1.0

[soundcard-0]
backend=oss
capability=playback
buffer-size=512
pcm-channels=2
format=16
samplerate=44100
device=/dev/dsp

[recall]
auto-sense=false

[thread]
model=super-threaded
super-threaded-scope=audio
lock-global=ags-thread
lock-parent=ags-recycling-thread
thread-pool-max-unused-threads=4
max-precision=250

None. So far I know.

Joël Krähemann

Copyright © 2022 Joël Krähemann

This manual page is part of GSequencer. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or (at your option) any later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.

This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.