[LAU] [ANN] The Qstuff* Spring'16 Release Frenzy

[Rui Nuno Capela]

Hi,

On the wake of the miniLAC2016 at c-base.org Berlin [14], and keeping up 
with tradition, the most venerable of the Qstuff* are under the so 
called Spring'16 release frenzy...

Enjoy the party!

- QjackCtl 0.4.2
- Qsynth 0.4.1
- Qsampler 0.4.0
- QXGEdit 0.4.0
- QmidiCtl 0.4.0
- QmidiNet 0.4.0

Details are as follows...


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

   QjackCtl 0.4.2 (spring'16) released!

   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

Downloads:
   http://sourceforge.net/projects/qjackctl/files
- source tarball:
   http://download.sf.net/qjackctl/qjackctl-0.4.2.tar.gz
- source package:
   http://download.sf.net/qjackctl/qjackctl-0.4.2-25.rncbc.suse.src.rpm
- binary packages:
   http://download.sf.net/qjackctl/qjackctl-0.4.2-25.rncbc.suse.i586.rpm
   http://download.sf.net/qjackctl/qjackctl-0.4.2-25.rncbc.suse.x86_84.rpm

Git repos:
   http://git.code.sf.net/p/qjackctl/code
   https://github.com/rncbc/qjackctl

Change-log:
- Added a brand new "Enable JACK D-BUS interface" option, split from the 
old common "Enable D-BUS interface" setup option which now refers to its 
own self D-BUS interface exclusively.
- Dropped old "Start minimized to system tray" option from setup.
- Add double-click action (toggle start/stop) to systray (a pull request 
by Joel Moberg, thanks).
- Added application keywords to freedesktop.org's AppData.
- System-tray icon context menu has been fixed/hacked to show up again 
on Plasma 5 (aka. KDE5) notification status area.
- Switched column entries in the unified interface device combo-box to 
make it work for macosx/coreaudio again.
- Blind fix to a FTBFS on macosx/coreaudio platforms, a leftover from 
the unified interface device selection combo-box inception, almost two 
years ago.
- Prevent x11extras module from use on non-X11/Unix plaforms.
- Late French (fr) translation update (by Olivier Humbert, thanks).

License:
   QjackCtl [1] is free, open-source Linux Audio [12] software, 
distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License (GPL [13]) 
version 2 or later.


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

   Qsynth 0.4.1 (spring'16) released!

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

Website:
   http://qsynth.sourceforge.net

Downloads:
   http://sourceforge.net/projects/qsynth/files
- source tarball:
   http://download.sf.net/qsynth/qsynth-0.4.1.tar.gz
- source package:
   http://download.sf.net/qsynth/qsynth-0.4.1-7.rncbc.suse.src.rpm
- binary packages:
   http://download.sf.net/qsynth/qsynth-0.4.1-7.rncbc.suse.i586.rpm
   http://download.sf.net/qsynth/qsynth-0.4.1-7.rncbc.suse.x86_84.rpm

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

Change-log:
- Dropped old "Start minimized to system tray" option from setup.
- CMake script lists update (patch by Orcan Ogetbil, thanks).
- Added application keywords to freedesktop.org's AppData.
- System-tray icon context menu has been fixed/hacked to show up again 
on Plasma 5 (aka. KDE5) notifications status area.
- Prevent x11extras module from use on non-X11/Unix plaforms.
- Messages standard output capture has been improved in both ways a 
non-blocking pipe may get.
- Regression fix for invalid system-tray icon dimensions reported by 
some desktop environment frameworks.

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


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

   Qsampler 0.4.0 (spring'16) released!

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

Website:
   http://qsampler.sourceforge.net

Downloads:
   http://sourceforge.net/projects/qsampler/files
- source tarball:
   http://download.sf.net/qsampler/qsampler-0.4.0.tar.gz
- source package:
   http://download.sf.net/qsampler/qsampler-0.4.0-17.rncbc.suse.src.rpm
- binary packages:
   http://download.sf.net/qsampler/qsampler-0.4.0-17.rncbc.suse.i586.rpm
   http://download.sf.net/qsampler/qsampler-0.4.0-17.rncbc.suse.x86_84.rpm

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

Change-log:
- Added application keywords to freedesktop.org's AppData.
- Prevent x11extras module from use on non-X11/Unix plaforms.
- Messages standard output capture has been improved again, now in both 
ways a non-blocking pipe may get.
- Single/unique application instance control adapted to Qt5/X11.

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


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

   QXGEdit 0.4.0 (spring'16) released!

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

Website:
   http://qxgedit.sourceforge.net

Downloads:
   http://sourceforge.net/projects/qxgedit/files
- source tarball:
   http://download.sf.net/qxgedit/qxgedit-0.4.0.tar.gz
- source package:
   http://download.sf.net/qxgedit/qxgedit-0.4.0-7.rncbc.suse.src.rpm
- binary packages:
   http://download.sf.net/qxgedit/qxgedit-0.4.0-7.rncbc.suse.i586.rpm
   http://download.sf.net/qxgedit/qxgedit-0.4.0-7.rncbc.suse.x86_84.rpm

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

Change-log:
- Prevent x11extras module from use on non-X11/Unix plaforms.
- French (fr) translations update (by Olivier Humbert, thanks).
- Fixed port on MIDI 14-bit controllers input caching.

License:
   QXGEdit [4] is free, open-source Linux Audio [12] software, 
distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License (GPL [13]) 
version 2 or later.


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

   QmidiCtl 0.4.0 (spring'16) released!

   QmidiCtl [5] is a MIDI remote controller application that sends MIDI 
data over the network, using UDP/IP multicast. Inspired by multimidicast 
(http://llg.cubic.org/tools) and designed to be compatible with ipMIDI 
for Windows (http://nerds.de). QmidiCtl has been primarily designed for 
the Maemo enabled handheld devices, namely the Nokia N900 and also being 
promoted to the Maemo Package repositories. Nevertheless, QmidiCtl may 
still be found effective as a regular desktop application as well.

Website:
   http://qmidictl.sourceforge.net

Downloads:
   http://sourceforge.net/projects/qmidictl/files
- source tarball:
   http://download.sf.net/qmidictl/qmidictl-0.4.0.tar.gz
- source package:
   http://download.sf.net/qmidictl/qmidictl-0.4.0-8.rncbc.suse.src.rpm
- binary packages:
   http://download.sf.net/qmidictl/qmidictl-0.4.0-8.rncbc.suse.i586.rpm
   http://download.sf.net/qmidictl/qmidictl-0.4.0-8.rncbc.suse.x86_84.rpm

Git repos:
   http://git.code.sf.net/p/qmidictl/code
   https://github.com/rncbc/qmidictl

Change-log:
- Added application keywords to freedesktop.org's AppData.

License:
   QmidiCtl [5] is free, open-source Linux Audio [12] software, 
distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License (GPL [13]) 
version 2 or later.


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

   QmidiNet 0.4.0 (spring'16) released!

   QmidiNet [6] is a MIDI network gateway application that sends and 
receives MIDI data (ALSA-MIDI [9] and JACK-MIDI [8]) over the network, 
using UDP/IP multicast. Inspired by multimidicast and designed to be 
compatible with ipMIDI for Windows.

Website:
   http://qmidinet.sourceforge.net

Downloads:
   http://sourceforge.net/projects/qmidinet/files
- source tarball:
   http://download.sf.net/qmidinet/qmidinet-0.4.0.tar.gz
- source package:
   http://download.sf.net/qmidinet/qmidinet-0.4.0-9.rncbc.suse.src.rpm
- binary packages:
   http://download.sf.net/qmidinet/qmidinet-0.4.0-9.rncbc.suse.i586.rpm
   http://download.sf.net/qmidinet/qmidinet-0.4.0-9.rncbc.suse.x86_84.rpm

Git repos:
   http://git.code.sf.net/p/qmidinet/code
   https://github.com/rncbc/qmidinet

Change-log:
- Allegedly fixed for the socketopt(IP_MULTICAST_LOOP) reverse semantics 
on Windows platforms (as suggested by Paul Davis, from Ardour ipMIDI 
implementation, thanks).
- Added application keywords to freedesktop.org's AppData.

License:
   QmidiNet [6] is 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 specifications
      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] miniLAC2016 at c-base.org Berlin
      miniLAC is a compact, community-driven version of the Linux Audio 
Conference
      http://minilac.linuxaudio.org/
      http://lac.linuxaudio.org/


See also:
   http://www.rncbc.org/drupal/node/1026


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