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<!DOCTYPE html>
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<title>Yoshimi - People</title>
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Software synthesizer for Linux
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<h1>Contributors from around the world!</h1>
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<p>
<span class="person">Alan Ernest Calvert</span> (1950 - 2011) is the founder
of the Yoshimi project. He lived in Australia and married his childhood
sweetheart, but sadly she died when their only child was still a toddler.
He brought her up single-handedly, never remarried and, according to his
daughter, never even looked at another woman.
</p>
<p>
When he was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, nobody thought he'd survive long
enough to see his first grandson born. To everyone's astonishment, he actually
fought it off for five years, so not only saw, but got to know both of the boys.
</p>
<p>
Through all this, he never lost his sense of humour. This is evident in some
of his Yoshimi list entries. For a long time on his website, there was a picture
of his daughter and the boys, simply titled: "Three reasons to be cheerful".
Survival rate for this cancer is very low - life expectancy is usually less
than 6 months. However, it wasn't this that killed him, but in his weakened
state he developed another type of cancer.
</p>
<p>
Those who knew Cal miss him greatly. One of his legacies is our wonderful
software synthesizer, which he called <span class="yoshimi">Yoshimi</span>.
</p>
<div class="center-padded">
<a href="original.html" target="_blank">Original Yoshimi Website by Cal</a>
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</section>
<hr />
<section>
<p>
Two interests that go back as far as <span class="person">Will Godfrey</span>
can remember are music and electronics. Work took him in the direction of
electronics, but the two first came together briefly in the 1970s when
he built effects pedals for guitarist friends.
</p>
<p>
It wasn't until the early 1990s that he had sufficient spare funds to buy the
(still very expensive) modern synthesisers, by which time he was quite
involved with computers, and some limited coding. By the early 2000s he was
finding hardware synthesisers limiting, and a Linux friend suggested that he
should try the new soft-synth called <span class="zyn">ZynAddSubFX</span>.
Will got immediately hooked.
</p>
<p>
<span class="zyn">ZynAddSubFX</span> had some serious issues, which remained
for some time. However, Cal (Alan Calvert) developed the fork
<span class="yoshimi">Yoshimi</span>. Will moved over to it, and has stayed
with it ever since - to the point that he is now the developer‑in‑chief.
</p>
</section>
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<section>
<p>
<span class="person"> Hermann Voßeler</span> has always been at home
both in the realm of engineering and in the world of arts.
Born in 1968, he's got an education in physics and computer science and
works as software developer in the banking sector.
</p>
<p>
However, he also worked as camera operator and editor, and he has lots
of experience with recording classical music, especially pipe organ.
He created sound-design, arranged and composed music for film.
</p>
<p>
As OpenSource developer he contributed to projects like Cinelerra
and Blender. During the last years, his main focus is on the
<a href="https://lumiera.org">Lumiera</a> project, which aims to
build a free tool for professional film/video editing needs.
</p>
<div class="center-padded">
<a href="https://github.com/Ichthyostega/honk">
Ichthyostega's Yoshimi-Bank
</a>
<a href="https://lumiera.org">The Lumiera Project</a>
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</section>
<hr />
<section>
<p>
<span class="person">Jesper Lloyd</span> is a self-professed loon in
Swedish Lapland who for some reason holds an MSc in computer science
from Chalmers University of Technology.
</p>
<p>
His contributions center around the GUI, where he has worked on dynamic
tooltips, and added graphical editing for format filters. He also re-designed
the splash screen, and has created promotional artwork for the project.
</p>
</section>
<hr />
<section>
<p>
<span class="person">Jeanette C.</span> is a synthesist with an eclectic
background, mainly focussed on classical and electronic pop music.
She acquired her first hardware synthesizer in the late 1990s, and with it a
fascination for sound design. Being introduced to Linux in the early 2000s,
she quickly discovered the command line based audio ecosystem, which back
then was the safest accessibility guarantee for visually impaired users.
</p>
<p>
She set her sights on ZynAddSubFX early on. It was Will Godfrey's dedication
to Yoshimi's command line interface which finally gave her full access to the
synth and effects engines, and thus made Yoshimi an integral part of her
composition and sound design setup.
</p>
<div class="center-padded">
<a href="http://juliencoder.de" target="_blank">Jeanette's Web Site</a>
<a href="http://juliencoder.de/nama/music.html" target="_blank">Jeanette's Music</a>
<a href="http://juliencoder.de/sound/index.html" target="_blank">Jeanette's Sound Banks</a>
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</section>
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<section>
<p>
<span class="person">Kristian Amlie</span> had an interest in music
since a young age, ever since his father introduced him to bands like Pink
Floyd, Toto, and Supertramp. In 1998, he started making his own music,
but since he could not play an instrument, he turned to computers,
particularly to sequencers. In 2002, he had a flat mate who taught
him the basics of playing guitar, and the guitar has featured in all
his recordings ever since.
</p>
<p>
His heart has always been with rock music, but he also very much likes
complex sounds and sound textures, which is why he developed an interest
in synths. He chose Yoshimi as his main synth, because it appears to be
the most feature rich and stable Linux synth. Yoshimi remains his favorite
synth to this day.
</p>
<p>Kristian is a professional software developer, and since 2007 he has also
become more interested in the programming aspects of audio software.
He has been involved in and contributed to several open source projects,
including Yoshimi.
</p>
<p>He still has several ideas for new Yoshimi features, and he hopes to
contribute more in the future, time permitting.
</p>
<div class="center-padded">
<a href="http://www.amlie.name" target="_blank">Kristian's Web Site</a>
</div>
<hr />
<section>
<p>
<span class="person">Lorenzo Sutton</span> is one of
'Yoshimi's little helpers': As an avid and enthusiastic user, he supports
the team with testing, mailing list activity, demos, brain-storming, etc.
Some of his music makes heavy use of Yoshimi as the main instrument.
He is a trained musician and musicologist, and currently works in the field
of research and innovation management for an IT company in Rome, Italy.
He is a strong advocate and user of FLOSS, Linux, and open standards.
</p>
</section>
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<h2 style="text-align:center">
Others who have helped Yoshimi in various ways
</h2>
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<span>Chris Ahlstrom</span><br/>
<span>Jonathan Brickman</span><br/>
<span>Rob Couto</span><br/>
<span>Andrew Deryabin</span><br/>
<span>Jörn Eichler</span><br/>
<span>Csaba Erdei</span><br/>
<span>James Fraser</span><br/>
<span>Alexander Hirsch</span><br/>
<span>Art Horan</span><br/>
<span>Jeremy Jongepier</span><br/>
<span>Iain King-Speir</span><br/>
<span>Tobias Kortkamp</span><br/>
<span>Tito Latini</span><br/>
<span>Rainer Liffers</span><br/>
<span>Lars Luthman</span><br/>
<span>Holger Marzen</span><br/>
<span>Lieven Moors</span><br/>
<span>John Murphy</span><br/>
<span>Harry Nakos</span><br/>
<span>Iurie Nistor</span><br/>
<span>Stephen Parry</span><br/>
<span>Nikita Zlobin</span><br/>
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