[linux-audio-user] [Announce] [LAB] FreeWheeling 0.5pre3 released

[Wolfgang Woehl]

JP, great tutorials, very laid-back -- you're a teacher man.
The MIDI filtering/output is neat. So is the tap pulse feature.

*  Seeing it done in your tutorial I want to get my footswitch into 
action too. It's a simple sustain pedal connected to my midi master 
keyboard and works as that. But Freewheeling doesn't react to it. Maybe 
you're talking about a different kind of footswitch? Can you direct me 
somewhere?

*  Freewheeling sometimes doesn't startup. Called from the console it 
would say
      FreeWheeling 0.5pre3
      Brought to you by a grant from Mother Earth.
which is nice but nothing else happens. Ctrl-C and calling fweelin again 
will sooner or later result in Freewheeling starting up. This happens 
*sometimes* and I have no clue at all as it seems to happen under 
different circumstances. Well, jackd is usually called with 
      jackstart -R -p512 -dalsa -dhw:0 -r44100 -p64 -n2
on a 2.4.26 kernel.

Wolfgang

"JP Mercury" <swirlee at stickist.com>:
> Hi Everyone,
>
> Version 0.5pre3 of FreeWheeling, a live looper for Linux, is now
> available.
>
> This release is focused on using FreeWheeling together with other
> Linux audio apps, in a live setting. I've done quite a bit of
> improvising lately, using FreeWheeling with Linux softsynths such as
> Hexter, Beatrix, Aeolus, and LinuxSampler.
>
> Along with new features to help you use FreeWheeling to control a
> live audio setup, there are two new video tutorials, and new music
> that demonstrates live FW improv with synth plugins.
>
> Thanks to Mark Knecht for inspiring tutorial 3, and to Sean Bolton
> for his wicked work on Hexter, which is featured prominently in the
> new music and videos.
>
> http://freewheeling.sourceforge.net
>
> Details:
>
> 2005-03-11  v0.5pre3
>
>      New Features
>      ------------
>
>      * A new way to tap downbeat and tempo (tap-pulse event)
>
>      * Switching of metronome sound for pulses (switch-metronome
> event)
>
>      * FreeWheeling events can now trigger MIDI events, so you can
>        control other audio apps from within FluidSynth--
>        For example, you can fire off changes to your modular synths
>        from your keyboard or footpedals.
>        This eliminates the need for an extra MIDI router app, since
>        it is now built in to FreeWheeling. Your custom FreeWheeling
>        setup defines how MIDI events are generated.
>
>      * More flexible, clearer configuration syntax, with better error
>        checking and colored warning messages.
>
>      * Full input & output implementation of MIDI program change
>        and pitch bend messages.
>
>      * An example of the new MIDI output features-
>        A MIDI patch changer has been configured using the left/right
>        arrow keys. An on screen display shows patch number.
>        See .fweelin.rc and video tutorial: Hookups.
>
>      * Faster, tighter memory management for events.
>
>      * Scripts are now included that load FreeWheeling and Hexter DX7
>        softsynth, connect to LADSPA reverb and tube amp sim- see
> 	      scripts/README.
>
> 	    Fixes
>             -----
>
> 	    * fixed config bug that may cause "PreallocatedType: no instance
> 	      available" errors on startup
> 	    * compile fix on Mandrake GCC 3.4.x - 'parenthesized type-id'
> error
>
> Kind Regards,
> -JP Mercury