[LAA] The QStuff* Fall'16 Release

[Rui Nuno Capela]

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Hello!

Although this being mostly a maintenance batch release and some kind
of a checkpoint to this whole QStuff* life cycle, there's now this
writing on the wall:

* QjackCtl 0.4.4
* Qsynth 0.4.3
* Qsampler 0.4.2, liblscp 0.5.8
* QXGEdit 0.4.2
* QmidiCtl 0.4.2
* QmidiNet 0.4.2

That written, all users and packagers are there strongly invited to
update their pointers. Simply put: go for the grabs!

Enjoy and keep the fun!


**QjackCtl - JACK Audio Connection Kit Qt GUI Interface [1]**

  QjackCtl 0.4.4 (fall'16) is out!

QjackCtl [1] is a(n ageing but still) simple Qt [7] application to
control the JACK [8] sound server, for the Linux Audio [12]
infrastructure.

Website:
  http://qjackctl.sourceforge.net

Project page:
  http://sourceforge.net/projects/qjackctl

Downloads:
  http://sourceforge.net/projects/qjackctl/files
- - source tarball:
  http://download.sf.net/qjackctl/qjackctl-0.4.4.tar.gz
- - source package:
  http://download.sf.net/qjackctl/qjackctl-0.4.4-27.rncbc.suse.src.rpm
- - binary packages:
  http://download.sf.net/qjackctl/qjackctl-0.4.4-27.rncbc.suse.i586.rpm
  http://download.sf.net/qjackctl/qjackctl-0.4.4-27.rncbc.suse.x86_64.rp
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Git repos:
  http://git.code.sf.net/p/qjackctl/code
  https://github.com/rncbc/qjackctl.git
  https://gitlab.com/rncbc/qjackctl.git
  https://bitbucket.com/rncbc/qjackctl.git

Change-log:
- - Fixed an early crash when the singleton/unique application instance
setup option is turned off.
- - Almost complete overhaul on the configure script command line
options, wrt. installation directories specification, eg. --prefix,
- --bindir, --libdir, --datadir and --mandir.


**Qsynth - A fluidsynth Qt GUI Interface [2]**

  Qsynth 0.4.3 (fall'16) is out!

Qsynth [2] is a FluidSynth [10] GUI front-end application written in
C++ around the Qt [7] framework using Qt Designer.

Website:
  http://qsynth.sourceforge.net

Project page:
  http://sourceforge.net/projects/qsynth

Downloads:
  http://sourceforge.net/projects/qsynth/files
- - source tarball:
  http://download.sf.net/qsynth/qsynth-0.4.3.tar.gz
- - source package:
  http://download.sf.net/qsynth/qsynth-0.4.3-9.rncbc.suse.src.rpm
- - binary packages:
  http://download.sf.net/qsynth/qsynth-0.4.3-9.rncbc.suse.i586.rpm
  http://download.sf.net/qsynth/qsynth-0.4.3-9.rncbc.suse.x86_64.rpm

Git repos:
  http://git.code.sf.net/p/qsynth/code
  https://github.com/rncbc/qsynth.git
  https://gitlab.com/rncbc/qsynth.git
  https://bitbucket.com/rncbc/qsynth.git

Change-log:
- - Fixed a potential crash on the singleton/unique application instance
setup.
- - Almost complete overhaul on the configure script command line
options, wrt. installation directories specification, eg. --prefix,
- --bindir, --libdir, --datadir and --mandir.
- - Late French (fr) translation update. (by Olivier Humbert, thanks).


**Qsampler - A LinuxSampler Qt GUI Interface [3]**

  Qsampler 0.4.2 (fall'16) is out!

Qsampler [3] is a LinuxSampler [11] GUI front-end application written
in C++ around the Qt [7] framework using Qt Designer.

Website:
  http://qsampler.sourceforge.net

Project page:
  http://sourceforge.net/projects/qsampler

Downloads:
  http://sourceforge.net/projects/qsampler/files
- - source tarballs:
  http://download.sf.net/qsampler/qsampler-0.4.2.tar.gz
  http://download.sf.net/qsampler/liblscp-0.5.8.tar.gz
- - source packages:
  http://download.sf.net/qsampler/qsampler-0.4.2-20.rncbc.suse.src.rpm
  http://download.sf.net/qsampler/liblscp-0.5.8-20.rncbc.suse.src.rpm
- - binary packages:
  http://download.sf.net/qsampler/qsampler-0.4.2-20.rncbc.suse.i586.rpm
  http://download.sf.net/qsampler/liblscp6-0.5.8-20.rncbc.suse.i586.rpm

http://download.sf.net/qsampler/liblscp-devel-0.5.8-20.rncbc.suse.i586.r
pm
  http://download.sf.net/qsampler/qsampler-0.4.2-20.rncbc.suse.x86_64.rp
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  http://download.sf.net/qsampler/liblscp6-0.5.8-20.rncbc.suse.x86_64.rp
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http://download.sf.net/qsampler/liblscp-devel-0.5.8-20.rncbc.suse.x86_64
.rpm

Git repos:
  http://git.code.sf.net/p/qsampler/code,
http://git.code.sf.net/p/qsampler/liblscp
  https://github.com/rncbc/qsampler.git,
https://github.com/rncbc/liblscp.git
  https://gitlab.com/rncbc/qsampler.git,
https://gitlab.com/rncbc/liblscp.git
  https://bitbucket.com/rncbc/qsampler.git,
https://bitbucket.com/rncbc/liblscp.git

Change-log:
- - Fixed a potential crash on the singleton/unique application instance
setup.
- - Almost complete overhaul on the configure script command line
options, wrt. installation directories specification, eg. --prefix,
- --bindir, --libdir, --datadir and --mandir.


**QXGEdit - A Qt XG Editor [4]**

  QXGEdit 0.4.2 (fall'16) is out!

QXGEdit [4] is a live XG instrument editor, specialized on editing
MIDI System Exclusive files (.syx) for the Yamaha DB50XG [14] and thus
probably a baseline for many other XG devices.

Website:
  http://qxgedit.sourceforge.net

Project page:
  http://sourceforge.net/projects/qxgedit

Downloads:
  http://sourceforge.net/projects/qxgedit/files
- - source tarball:
  http://download.sf.net/qxgedit/qxgedit-0.4.2.tar.gz
- - source package:
  http://download.sf.net/qxgedit/qxgedit-0.4.2-9.rncbc.suse.src.rpm
- - binary packages:
  http://download.sf.net/qxgedit/qxgedit-0.4.2-9.rncbc.suse.i586.rpm
  http://download.sf.net/qxgedit/qxgedit-0.4.2-9.rncbc.suse.x86_64.rpm

Git repos:
  http://git.code.sf.net/p/qxgedit/code
  https://github.com/rncbc/qxgedit.git
  https://gitlab.com/rncbc/qxgedit.git
  https://bitbucket.com/rncbc/qxgedit.git

Change-log:
- - Fixed a potential crash on the singleton/unique application instance
setup.
- - MIDI RPN/NRPN running status and RPN NULL reset command are now
supported (input only).
- - Almost complete overhaul on the configure script command line
options, wrt. installation directories specification, eg. --prefix,
- --bindir, --libdir, --datadir and --mandir.
- - Remove extra 'Keywords' entry and fix spelling (patches by Jaromír
Mikeš, thanks).


**QmidiCtl - A MIDI Remote Controller via UDP/IP Multicast [5]**

  QmidiCtl 0.4.2 (fall'16) is out!

QmidiCtl [5] is a MIDI remote controller application that sends MIDI
data over the network, using UDP/IP multicast. Inspired by
multimidicast [15] and designed to be compatible with ipMIDI [16] for
Windows. QmidiCtl [5] has been primarily designed for the Maemo [17]
enabled handheld devices, namely the Nokia N900 [18] and also being
promoted to the Maemo Package repositories [20]. Nevertheless,
QmidiCtl may still be found effective as a regular desktop application
as well.

Website:
  http://qmidictl.sourceforge.net

Project page:
  http://sourceforge.net/projects/qmidictl

Downloads:
  http://sourceforge.net/projects/qmidictl/files
- - source tarball:
  http://download.sf.net/qmidictl/qmidictl-0.4.2.tar.gz
- - source package:
  http://download.sf.net/qmidictl/qmidictl-0.4.2-10.rncbc.suse.src.rpm
- - binary packages:
  http://download.sf.net/qmidictl/qmidictl-0.4.2-10.rncbc.suse.i586.rpm
  http://download.sf.net/qmidictl/qmidictl-0.4.2-10.rncbc.suse.x86_64.rp
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Git repos:
  http://git.code.sf.net/p/qmidictl/code
  https://github.com/rncbc/qmidictl.git
  https://gitlab.com/rncbc/qmidictl.git
  https://bitbucket.com/rncbc/qmidictl.git

Change-log:
- - Almost complete overhaul on the configure script command line
options, wrt. installation directories specification, eg. --prefix,
- --bindir, --libdir, --datadir and --mandir.


**QmidiNet -  A MIDI Network Gateway via UDP/IP Multicast [6]**

  QmidiNet 0.4.2 (fall'16) is out!

QmidiNet [6] is a MIDI network gateway application that sends and
receives MIDI data (ALSA-MIDI and JACK-MIDI) over the network, using
UDP/IP multicast. Inspired by multimidicast [15] and designed to be
compatible with ipMIDI [16] for Windows.

Website:
  http://qmidinet.sourceforge.net

Project page:
  http://sourceforge.net/projects/qmidinet

Downloads:
  http://sourceforge.net/projects/qmidinet/files
- - source tarball:
  http://download.sf.net/qmidinet/qmidinet-0.4.2.tar.gz
- - source package:
  http://download.sf.net/qmidinet/qmidinet-0.4.2-11.rncbc.suse.src.rpm
- - binary packages:
  http://download.sf.net/qmidinet/qmidinet-0.4.2-11.rncbc.suse.i586.rpm
  http://download.sf.net/qmidinet/qmidinet-0.4.2-11.rncbc.suse.x86_64.rp
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Git repos:
  http://git.code.sf.net/p/qmidinet/code
  https://github.com/rncbc/qmidinet.git
  https://gitlab.com/rncbc/qmidinet.git
  https://bitbucket.com/rncbc/qmidinet.git

Change-log:
- - Almost complete overhaul on the configure script command line
options, wrt. installation directories specification, eg. --prefix,
- --bindir, --libdir, --datadir and --mandir.


License:
  All of the Qstuff* are free, open-source Linux Audio [12] software,
distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License (GPL
[13]) version 2 or later.


References:

 [1] QjackCtl - A JACK Audio Connection Kit Qt GUI Interface
     http://qjackctl.sourceforge.net

 [2] Qsynth - A fluidsynth Qt GUI Interface
     http://qsynth.sourceforge.net

 [3] Qsampler - A LinuxSampler Qt GUI Interface
     http://qsampler.sourceforge.net

 [4] QXGEdit - A Qt XG Editor
     http://qxgedit.sourceforge.net

 [5] QmidiCtl - A MIDI Remote Controller via UDP/IP Multicast
     http://qmidictl.sourceforge.net

 [6] QmidiNet - A MIDI Network Gateway via UDP/IP Multicast
     http://qmidinet.sourceforge.net

 [7] Qt framework, C++ class library and tools for
     cross-platform application and UI development
     http://qt.io/

 [8] JACK Audio Connection Kit
     http://jackaudio.org

 [9] ALSA, Advanced Linux Sound Architecture
     http://www.alsa-project.org/

[10] FluidSynth - A SoundFont Synthesizer
     A real-time software synthesizer based on SoundFont 2 specification
s
     http://www.fluidsynth.org

[11] LinuxSampler - The Linux Sampler Project
     A modular, streaming capable, realtime audio sampler
     http://www.linuxsampler.org

[12] Linux Audio consortium of libre software for audio-related work
     http://linuxaudio.org

[13] GPL - GNU General Public License
     http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html

[14] Yamaha DB50XG
     http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/1996_articles/may96/yamahadb50xg.ht
ml

[15] multimidicast - sends and receives MIDI from ALSA sequencers over
network
     http://llg.cubic.org/tools/multimidicast

[16] ipMIDI - MIDI over Ethernet ports - send MIDI over your LAN
     http://nerds.de

[17] Maemo.org - Home of the Maemo community
     http://www.maemo.org

[17] Maemo.org Wiki - Nokia N900
     http://wiki.maemo.org/Nokia_N900

[19] Maemo.org - Downloads: QmidiCtl
     http://maemo.org/downloads/product/Maemo5/qmidictl


See also:
  http://www.rncbc.org/drupal/node/1773


Enjoy && keep the fun!
- --
rncbc aka. Rui Nuno Capela
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