Pre-compiled packages

amSynth is currently included in several popular distributions; debian, ubuntu, gentoo, Planet CCRMA (which installs over RedHat / Fedora Core.

Source code

Latest stable source code: amSynth-1.2.2.tar.gz

Compiling from source code

In order to successfully compile amSynth you will need to make sure you have the following development packages installed:

• GTK-- version 1.2.9 is required for the GUI.
• Open Sound System (optional) for midi & audio.
• ALSA 0.9x (optional) for midi & audio.
• JACK (optional) for audio output.
• libsndfile (optional) for the .WAV file output ability.

Then unzip the archive containing the source code and compile it like this:

$ tar -xzvf amSynth-1.2.2.tar.gz
$ cd amSynth-1.2.2
$ ./configure
$ make
$ make install

Obtaining latest sources via Subversion (SVN):

$ svn co https://svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/amsynthe/trunk amsynthe
$ cd amsynthe
$ ./autogen.sh
$ ./bootstrap

Then you are ready to compile as normal!

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