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+;;; GNU Guix --- Functional package management for GNU
+;;; Copyright © 2014 Eric Bavier <bavier@member.fsf.org>
+;;;
+;;; This file is part of GNU Guix.
+;;;
+;;; GNU Guix is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+;;; under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+;;; the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or (at
+;;; your option) any later version.
+;;;
+;;; GNU Guix is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+;;; WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+;;; MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+;;; GNU General Public License for more details.
+;;;
+;;; You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+;;; along with GNU Guix.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+(define-module (gnu packages cursynth)
+  #:use-module (guix packages)
+  #:use-module (guix licenses)
+  #:use-module (guix download)
+  #:use-module (guix build-system gnu)
+  #:use-module (gnu packages)
+  #:use-module (gnu packages pkg-config)
+  #:use-module (gnu packages ncurses)
+  #:use-module (gnu packages linux))
+
+(define-public cursynth
+  (package
+    (name "cursynth")
+    (version "1.4")
+    (source
+     (origin
+      (method url-fetch)
+      (uri (string-append "mirror://gnu/cursynth/cursynth-"
+                          version ".tar.gz"))
+      (sha256
+       (base32 "1p9c54v9b0jjx33sammqsdi5xw65csly4cr1i08wv9x6r2yib55m"))))
+    (build-system gnu-build-system)
+    (native-inputs `(("pkg-config" ,pkg-config)))
+    ;; TODO: See https://github.com/iyoko/cursynth/issues/4 which currently
+    ;; prevents us from using pulseaudio
+    (inputs `(("ncurses" ,ncurses)
+              ("alsa" ,alsa-lib)))
+    (home-page "http://www.gnu.org/software/cursynth")
+    (synopsis "Polyphonic and MIDI subtractive music synthesizer using curses")
+    (description "GNU cursynth is a polyphonic synthesizer that runs
+graphically in the terminal.  It is built on a full-featured subtractive
+synthesis engine.  Notes and parameter changes may be entered via MIDI or the
+computer's keyboard.")
+    (license gpl3+)))