Re: [PATCH] Add Bristol

[Leo Famulari <leo@famulari.name>]

On Thu, Dec 24, 2015 at 01:51:12PM +0100, Ricardo Wurmus wrote:
> Hi Guix,
> 
> here’s a patch for yet another synthesizer:

Wow! I've long felt that computers are a poor platform for musical
instruments due to issues of reproducibility, especially in live
settings...  music.scm should put that concern to rest!

$ startBristol -juno
:)

LGTM!

> From 9f3d0c821132393bfd6192f7d6fd9cdc23feafff Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
> From: Ricardo Wurmus <rekado@elephly.net>
> Date: Thu, 24 Dec 2015 13:43:32 +0100
> Subject: [PATCH] gnu: Add Bristol.
> 
> * gnu/packages/music.scm (bristol): New variable.
> ---
>  gnu/packages/music.scm | 32 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 32 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/gnu/packages/music.scm b/gnu/packages/music.scm
> index 7d243f5..ce7e2aa 100644
> --- a/gnu/packages/music.scm
> +++ b/gnu/packages/music.scm
> @@ -645,6 +645,38 @@ modification devices that brought world-wide fame to the names and products of
>  Laurens Hammond and Don Leslie.")
>      (license license:gpl2+)))
>  
> +(define-public bristol
> +  (package
> +    (name "bristol")
> +    (version "0.60.11")
> +    (source (origin
> +              (method url-fetch)
> +              (uri (string-append "mirror://sourceforge/bristol/bristol/"
> +                                  (version-major+minor version)
> +                                  "/bristol-" version ".tar.gz"))
> +              (sha256
> +               (base32
> +                "1fi2m4gmvxdi260821y09lxsimq82yv4k5bbgk3kyc3x1nyhn7vx"))))
> +    (build-system gnu-build-system)
> +    (inputs
> +     `(("alsa-lib" ,alsa-lib)
> +       ("jack" ,jack-1)
> +       ("liblo" ,liblo)
> +       ("libx11" ,libx11)))
> +    (native-inputs
> +     `(("pkg-config" ,pkg-config)))
> +    (home-page "http://bristol.sourceforge.net/")
> +    (synopsis "Synthesizer emulator")
> +    (description
> +     "Bristol is an emulation package for a number of different 'classic'
> +synthesisers including additive and subtractive and a few organs.  The
> +application consists of the engine, which is called bristol, and its own GUI
> +library called brighton that represents all the emulations.  There are
> +currently more than twenty different emulations; each does sound different
> +although the author maintains that the quality and accuracy of each emulation
> +is subjective.")
> +    (license license:gpl3+)))
> +
>  (define-public tuxguitar
>    (package
>      (name "tuxguitar")
> -- 
> 2.5.0
>