I know have written about Sequencer64 before. And I am still totally in love with this superb lightweight beast of a sequencer maintained by C. Ahlstrom. In this article, I will try to help you install a special Sequencer64 branch (midi_control) on Ubuntu Studio.
Open a Terminal window and enter the following commands:
$ sudo apt-get install -y git
$ cd Downloads
$ git clone –branch midi_control https://github.com/ahlstromcj/sequencer64
Now install some necessary programs:
$ sudo apt-get install -y libasound2-dev libatkmm-1.6-dev libgtkmm-2.4-dev libglibmm-2.4-dev libgtk2.0-dev libsigc++-2.0-dev libjack-jackd2-dev libpng-dev libportmidi-dev
You might want to install the optional package liblash-compat-dev from a different location. Download the .deb file and install it, by right-clicking it (choose open with package installer).
Now let’s compile the code :-).
$ cd sequencer64
$ libtoolize
$ aclocal
$ automake –add-missing
$ ./configure –enable-release –enable-rtmidi
$ make
$ sudo make install
Add an icon to your menu:
Right-click the application launcher.
Edit applications
New Item
Name: Sequencer64
Comment: The best sequencer in the world Command: seq64 -jack-midi
You can now start sequencer64 from your menu and hook it up to any synth by using Qjack, have fun!
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