GTick
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About Gtick
From Gtick's homepage:
"GTick is a metronome application written for GNU/Linux and other UN*X-like operting systems supporting different meters (Even, 2/4, 3/4, 4/4 and more) and speeds ranging from 10 to 1000 bpm. It utilizes GTK+ and OSS (ALSA compatible). It is part of the GNU Project.
This program has been originally written by Alex Roberts, but since he didn't have the time to develop and maintain it further, I (Roland Stigge) took it over (initially to package it for Debian, but there were too many "upstream" issues, so I decided to maintain the whole package). Since then, the program has been mainly rewritten (new DSP core, GTK+2 port, added features). "
Features
From Gtick's homepage:
- Very easy handling
- Reliable timing
- Volume control
- Different meters (Even, 2/4, 3/4, 4/4, more)
- Configurable speed (10 to 1000 BPM)
- Manual tapping input
- Customizable ticking sound
- Native language support for 20 languages: Afrikaans, Basque, Catalan, Chinese, Czech, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Irish, Italian, Korean, Brazilian Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Ukrainian and Vietnamese
- Separate audio thread for better realtime performance
- Customizable commands for metronome start / stop, e.g. for switching off the screensaver
- Options saved to rc file
- Customizable sound device
- Visual Tick
- Accent Attack Padding
- Configurable Accent Table
Installation
Package
I've created a new package . Now it checks for libsndfile1 and you'll get a nice desktop icon.
Please test it and add feedpack on this page.
For alsa-oss compatility, use
modprobe snd-pcm-oss
You can add this in GTick's preferences in the "execute on startup" field.
I have the problem that after every reboot I must click the startbutton twice to get it working. The first time a error message about missing sound device appears.
Problems
If you have speech-dispatcher installed (navit uses it) you may come upon this problem:speech-dispatcher blocking /dev/dsp .
For a quick workaround just stop speech-dispatcher with/etc/init.d/speech-dispatcher stop
Source
You can get the source from [1].
usage
To make the sound louder either use the gui control for volume or increase "Headphone" and "PCM" setting with alsamixer.
gtickor with ssh:
DISPLAY=:0 gtick
Tip: Use the app in landscape mode.
ToDo
feel free to make it better :)
- create package
- make the interface more finger friendly
Testing , Feedback , Bugs
Please add anything you come upon on this page.