> For the 20th anniversary release of OpenBSD, I have contributed this
> short sound track:
> 
>     http://www.openbsd.org/lyrics.html#58b
Mystical blade runner Puffy will once again tame(2) the celestial
source serpents in deep outer space after 20 years of fine software
releases continued... time travel in chime.

> It's entirely made on OpenBSD, with an acoustic sanza and a real-time
> software synthesizer running on OpenBSD. My setup is very simple: a
> microphone and a sound card to record the sanza, and a MIDI keyboard
> to control the synth.

Intriguing process details, thanks for sharing.

> I used aucat(1) to record/mix audio tracks and
> the audio/midish port for the MIDI sequencing and to control aucat.
> The sound is produced by an experimental (not released yet) synth I'm
> working on these days.

Looking forward to news about the synthesizer program (and hardware)
mix and anything else related (or not).

> Above software is developed on OpenBSD, which is the key point of what
> makes OpenBSD attractive for audio & music experimentation: after 20
> years of development it has become a high quality developer-friendly
> operating system.

True, from a user perspective learning new and fun bits of the highly
valued OpenBSD operating system every day, it's a wonderful journey into
the software world and beyond.
 
> Until the next song is released, you could visit:
> 
>     http://www.openbsd.org/58.html
> 
> Enjoy!

Thank you, Alexandre! Another superb composition and many more technical
improvements.

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