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== First power on of GeonKick ==
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First, check if you have the Geonkick LV2 plugin activated. Via webconf at https://zynthian.local go to the menu ''SOFTWARE / LV2-Plugins'' and then ''MIDI Synth''. Select Geonkick and confirm the selection by clicking the ''SAVE'' button at the bottom of the page.
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[[File:Fig-01-Geonkick-activation.png|thumb|center]]
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Now we can make chain with Geonkick since we will have it in the menu.
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[[File:Fig-empty-mixer.png|thumb|center]]
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We must go to the main menu and select Add Synth Chain
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[[File:Fig-02-Geonkick-add-chain.png|thumb|center]]
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In next step select Geonkick
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[[File:Fig-03-Geonkick-selection.png|thumb|center]]
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After selection of midi channel you are in Zynthian UI of Geonkick
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[[File:Fig-04-Geonkick-Zynthian-UI.png|thumb|center]]
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After back to main mixer page you see Geonkick without preset.
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[[File:Fig-05-.png|thumb|center]]
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Now you need to set up to work in GeonKick's natural GUI
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Turning on VNC check and SAVE button on the bottom of page in first
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[[File:Fig-06-Geonkick-VNC-start.png|thumb|center]]
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Zynthian restarts its UI.
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Now it's time to work in the natural GUI of Geonkick
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In webconf https://zynthian.local go to a menu Interface / VNC - Engines -> this opens a new window with connection to the Synth Engine Native GUIs. Click on Connect and fill password raspberry and push enter key.
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[[File:Fig-07-Geonkick-GUI-01.png|thumb|center]]

Revision as of 10:08, 27 March 2024

1 Description

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

  • LV2, VST3, Standalone
  • 16 Instruments
  • 16 Stereo Channels
  • 3 Layers/Instrument, 2 Oscillators/Layer
  • Play, modify & blend samples with synthesis
  • Save (JSON) & Export (FLAC, WAV, Ogg, SFZ)

Project webside: https://geonkick.org/

Source: github.com https://github.com/Geonkick-Synthesizer/geonkick/tree/main

Manual: https://geonkick.org/media/Geonkick_User_Guide.pdf

2 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

3 First power on of GeonKick

First, check if you have the Geonkick LV2 plugin activated. Via webconf at https://zynthian.local go to the menu SOFTWARE / LV2-Plugins and then MIDI Synth. Select Geonkick and confirm the selection by clicking the SAVE button at the bottom of the page.

Fig-01-Geonkick-activation.png

Now we can make chain with Geonkick since we will have it in the menu.

Fig-empty-mixer.png

We must go to the main menu and select Add Synth Chain

Fig-02-Geonkick-add-chain.png

In next step select Geonkick

Fig-03-Geonkick-selection.png

After selection of midi channel you are in Zynthian UI of Geonkick

Fig-04-Geonkick-Zynthian-UI.png

After back to main mixer page you see Geonkick without preset.

Fig-05-.png

Now you need to set up to work in GeonKick's natural GUI

Turning on VNC check and SAVE button on the bottom of page in first

Fig-06-Geonkick-VNC-start.png

Zynthian restarts its UI.

Now it's time to work in the natural GUI of Geonkick

In webconf https://zynthian.local go to a menu Interface / VNC - Engines -> this opens a new window with connection to the Synth Engine Native GUIs. Click on Connect and fill password raspberry and push enter key.

Fig-07-Geonkick-GUI-01.png
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