3 posts tagged “freebirth”

Freebirth is:

...a free software bass synthesizer / step sequencer / sample player similar to Rebirth.

It's pretty straightforward to use - I didn't need to consult any instructions, learning just by playing around with it.  My 12 year-old nephew was also able to use it despite never using professional audio equipment (or emulators) before.

Like many apps, Freebirth doesn't fit nicely on the Eee PC's screen - scrolling is required and can be quite a pain.  I should also point out (and you'll notice this in the screenshots) that the crazy font used makes it difficult to make out the labelling of the dials.

The above is a picture of all three windows related to Freebirth.  As you can see the resolution of the Eee makes for a cramped working space.  The Eee can be plugged into most external monitors and some HDTVs at a much higher resolution.  Plenty of room then!

I'm going to showcase a few things that you can get running on the ever-so-small, ever-so-economical Eee PC.  If I've got it working there's a pretty good chance that others can too!  Having said that, the more I get used to it the more I forget how daunting it was for me just a couple of months ago...

Coming up next: Freebirth (oh did I mention these are all free and legally so?)

Still loving my Eee.  Still praying my N73 doesn't completely stop working any day soon.  It's not gonna last another four months!  (I'm on an 18 month contract)

Back to the Eee, got a hell of a lot of goodies installed on that now - mostly working well.  These include: Miro, Audacious, Audacity, Hydrogen, and Freebirth.

Working not-so-well: Zattoo and Mixxx

Hopefully I'll have a more in-depth look up here this week.

BTW check out allonby's post on Mental Enema for a step by step guide to installing Hydrogen on an Eee.  There's links to the manual as well which is handy (I always like to jump right in without a manual at first and then see what I'm supposed to do!)