Geonkick

Geonkick - a free software percussion synthesizer.

Website: https://geonkick.org

Geonkick is a free software synthesizer capable of generating a wide range of percussive sounds, including kicks, snares, claps, hi-hats, shakers, and unique effect sounds.

License: GNU General Public License, Version 3

Author and maintainer: Iurie Nistor

Version: 3.4.0

If you have an idea about a feature or found an issue, please, submit it:

• on GitLab
• on Codeberg
• on GitHub

Download

Source code repository:

• https://gitlab.com/Geonkick-Synthesizer/geonkick
• https://codeberg.org/Geonkick-Synthesizer/geonkick
• https://github.com/Geonkick-Synthesizer/geonkick

Features

• Kit
  • 16 instruments
  • user configurable MIDI key mapping for instruments
  • Save / Load kit in JSON format
  • Export instrument kit to SFZ
• Multichannel
  • 16 stereo audio output channels for plugin (1 stereo for standalone)
  • user configurable mapping of kit instrument to output channels
  • 16 input MIDI channel, user configurable mapping of instruments to MIDI input channels
• 3 layers
• Layers Mixer
• 2 oscillators per layer
  • sine, square, triangle, saw-tooth, sample (wav, ogg, flac)
  • initial phase control
  • amplitude, frequency and sample pitch shift envelope
  • low, band and high pass filter, cutoff envelope
• FM synthesis
  • OSC1->OSC2
• One noise generator per layer
  • white & brownian
  • random seed
  • amplitude envelope
  • low, band and high pass filter, cutoff envelope
• General
  • amplitude envelope & kick length
  • low & high pass filter, cutoff envelope
  • limiter
  • compression
  • distortion
  • distortion drive envelope
  • distortion volume envelope
  • tune percussion option (relative to key A4)
• Key velocity sensitive for instrument total output amplitude
• Jack support
• Export
  • mono, stereo
  • WAV: 16, 24, 32 bit
  • FLAC: 16, 24 bit
  • Ogg
• Open & Save presets in JSON format
• Preset browser
• Standalone
• Pitch to note
• LV2 & VST3 Plugin
  • "Single" version that supports one instrument and one stereo channel per instance.
  • The default version that supports kits of 16 instruments and 16 output stereo channels per instance.
• Operating System:
  • GNU/Linux (LV2, VST3, Standalone)
  • Windows (LV2, VST3)
• Scale the UI by factor (useful for HiDPI cases)

Requirements

In order Geonkick to run and operate correctly there is a need

for standalone:

• GNU/Linux operating system
• Jack server running

for plugin:

• GNU/Linux or Windows operating system.
• A host that supports LV2 or VST3 plugin format.

Build & Install

Install dependencies

In order to build Geonkick there is a need to install the following development packages:

• libsndfile
• OpenSSL
• RapidJSON
• JACK Audio Connection Kit
• LV2 development library

On Debian, Ubuntu, Ubuntu Studio install:

apt-get install build-essential cmake libjack-dev libsndfile-dev rapidjson-dev lv2-dev libcairo2-dev

Build & install Geonkick

Clone the Geonkick code repository, compile and install.

    copy the source code of the latest release
    mkdir geonkick/build
    cd geonkick/build
    cmake ../
    make
    make install

Build Geonkick with VST3 Plugin

Get VST3 SDK than build Geonkick VST3 plugin:

    mkdir geonkick/build
    cd geonkick/build
    cmake -DVST3_SDK_PATH=<full system path to VST3 SDK folder> -DSMTG_ENABLE_VST3_PLUGIN_EXAMPLES=OFF -DSMTG_ENABLE_VST3_HOSTING_EXAMPLES=OFF -DSMTG_ENABLE_VSTGUI_SUPPORT=OFF ../
    make
    make install

Building on Windows

To build on Windows, there is a need to install MSYS2/UCRT64 and follow the same steps as mentioned above. Alternatively, you can refer to the 'Building' step in the file .github/workflows/windows.yml of Geonkick repository.

Documentation

doc/Geonkick_User_Guide.md