[LAU] Beta testers required for jretune

[Ken Restivo]

On Sun, Jan 24, 2010 at 12:37:22AM +0100, fons at kokkinizita.net wrote:
> Hello all,
> 
> Jretune is a Jack client inspired by the 'autotalent' 
> plugin (re)discovered and discussed some time ago on
> the LA lists. 
> 
> It uses the same algorithm (autocorrelation) for pitch
> detection, but there the similarity ends. All the code
> is entirely new.
> 
> Its purpose is to process solo voice recordings
> to ensure they have correct pitch. It can't do
> miracles but it helps in some cases. Don't expect
> it to work on a mix.
> 
> Main differences are:
> 
> - Jretune is a Jack client and not a plugin.
> 
> - A *much* cleaner output due to a better resampling
>   and cycle jumping algorithm.
> 
> - A very simple GUI, just 12 switches that allow to
>   disable notes, and a 'nostalgic' analog tuning meter.
>   The latter means you could probably use it as a guitar
>   tuner as well, but don't expect miracles. 
> 
> Later versions will include a 'tuning' control to
> define the set of expected pitches, and maybe some
> other controls. 
> 
> This version is very much a beta one, released only
> to invite feedback from users. Once it has stabilised
> a bit it should be easy to tranform it into e.g. an
> LV2 plugin for those that want this, as the complete
> DSP code is contained in a single C++ class.
> Please don't do this now as the code is very immature.
> For the same reason it's available on request only,
> and I would expect packagers to ignore this version.
> 
> If you want to test this just drop me a line to get
> the sources. 
> 

Ah, no public posting?

Well, I'd love to have a copy of it. Will soon be mixing an album, and, neither the lead singer nor I are very pitch-accurate, so we'd love to be Britney-Spears-ized in the mix.

-ken