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Start it from the command line: <code>gtick</code>
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To make the sound louder either use the gui control for volume or increase "Headphone" and "PCM" setting with alsamixer.
  
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Start it from the command line: <code>gtick</code>
 
or with ssh: <code>DISPLAY=:0 gtick</code>
 
or with ssh: <code>DISPLAY=:0 gtick</code>
  

Revision as of 15:58, 1 February 2009

Gtick on shr

Contents

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.


Important: Use modprobe snd-pcm-oss to get /dev/dsp .

You can add this in GTick's preferences in the "execute on startup" field.

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.


Start it from the command line: gtick or 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.

Personal tools
Gtick on shr

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.


Important: Use modprobe snd-pcm-oss to get /dev/dsp .

You can add this in GTick's preferences in the "execute on startup" field.

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.


Start it from the command line: gtick or 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.