Apologies for cross-posting. Please forward the announcement to your
respective lists (if applicable).
Yes, it's that time of the year. In our continued bi-monthly track of
membership drives, I would like to extend an open invitation to all Linux
audio projects who are not already a member of the consortium to consider
joining and therefore help us continue our efforts at consolidation of Linux
audio resources. The membership is free and the consortium's structure
allows members to gauge their level of involvement and subsequently the time
overhead it bears.
In the recent months there have been a number of exciting new projects
introduced to the Linux audio scene. This is very encouraging as it suggests
not only continued, but also growing vitality of our platform of choice.
Linuxaudio.org's mission is to help maintain this vitality by offering
various programs to its membership base as well as the entire Linux audio
community. Perhaps one of the most important programs is our mission to
consolidate Linux audio resources and by doing so foster collaboration as
well as connections with the commercial industry and outside investors. For
this reason, I sincerely hope that you will consider joining the consortium.
For more info on the membership, benefits, etc. please visit linuxaudio.org.
We have our next new member announcement set for this coming Thursday
November 2nd.
Should you happen to have any additional questions and/or concerns, please
do not hesitate to contact me.
Best wishes,
Ivica Ico Bukvic, D.M.A.
Linuxaudio.org Director
Virginia Tech
Department of Music - 0240
Blacksburg, VA 24061
(540) 231-1137
(540) 231-5034 (fax)
ico(a)linuxaudio.org
http://www.music.vt.edu/people/faculty/bukvic
October 25, 2006 -- Linuxaudio.org introduces a dedicated IRC channel
If applicable, please forward to your respective mailing lists.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
With the help of consortium's new staff member Cezar Halmagean,
the Linuxaudio.org now offers a dedicated IRC channel for its members
as well as a resource for the entire Linux audio community.
The ##linuxaudio channel can be accessed via irc.freenode.org.
(please note double "#" in the channel name)
ABOUT LINUXAUDIO.ORGLinuxaudio.org is a not-for-profit consortium of libre software
projects and artists, companies, institutions, organizations, and
hardware vendors using Linux kernel-based systems and allied libre software
for audio-related work, with an emphasis on professional tools for
the music, production, recording, and broadcast industries. The consortium
aims to co-ordinate joint projects between members, collaborate on the
promotion of Linux based systems for audio tasks, offer programs beneficial
to members and subsequently its mission, and provide a single point of
contact for prospective industry partners.
More information on the Linuxaudio.org consortium can be obtained by
visiting:
http://www.linuxaudio.org/
Press contacts: Ivica Ico Bukvic at (ico at linuxaudio dot org)
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October 24, 2006 -- Linuxaudio.org announces new staff members
If applicable, please forward to your respective mailing lists.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
As a result of recent staff openings designed to diversify its membership
and community-based programs as well as strengthen the existing services,
Linuxaudio.org is pleased to announce its newest staff members:
Tom Berger
linxuaudio.org webmaster
Dan Easley
docs.linuxaudio.org writer
Cezar Halmagean
linuxaudio.org freenode IRC administrator
Ross Hamblin
docs.linuxaudio.org writer/webmaster
Ben Loftis
montly column writer (topic: Linux Audio tools in the professional realm)
ABOUT LINUXAUDIO.ORGLinuxaudio.org is a not-for-profit consortium of libre software
projects and artists, companies, institutions, organizations, and
hardware vendors using Linux kernel-based systems and allied libre software
for audio-related work, with an emphasis on professional tools for
the music, production, recording, and broadcast industries. The consortium
aims to co-ordinate joint projects between members, collaborate on the
promotion of Linux based systems for audio tasks, offer programs beneficial
to members and subsequently its mission, and provide a single point of
contact for prospective industry partners.
More information on the Linuxaudio.org consortium can be obtained by
visiting:
http://www.linuxaudio.org/
Press contacts: Ivica Ico Bukvic at (ico at linuxaudio dot org)
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Greetings,
Now that JACK 0.102.20 and QJackCtl 0.2.21 being released, the FreeBoB
team is proud to present libfreebob 1.0. The FreeBoB project aims to
provide a generic solution for using Firewire (semi-)pro-audio devices
in Linux.
This release provides support for the devices based on the BridgeCo
DM1000 or DM1500 chipset that are running the BeBoB firmware. For a list
of supported devices, consult our website at freebob.sf.net.
FreeBoB currently provides an interface library that allows firewire
audio devices to be used with the JACK audio server, using a dedicated
backend. This backend is included in the official JACK releases, from
this version on (i.e. 0.102.20). The latest version of QJackCtl also
includes support for this FreeBoB backend. MIDI support is provided
through ALSA sequencer.
Feature list:
* Automatic detection & configuration of devices. If there are multiple
devices attached to the same firewire bus, freebob merges them into one
big device. The devices have to be synced externally (wordclock/spdif)
so that they don't drift. Note that this release cannot setup the boxes
to be synced yet, being synced is a precondition at the moment. (I
tested this with 2 phase88's connected with wordclock, and this works
without the need for any special setting because the Phase88
automatically chooses wordclock slave when there is a wordclock signal
present. This can be different for other models).
* Audio I/O on all analog channels at all sample rates supported by the
device. SPDIF/ADAT I/O works in most cases (when presented as analog IO
by the device). AC3 passthrough doesn't work.
* Midi I/O for all midi ports the device implements, using alsa-sequencer
* Round-trip latency figures around 5ms (depends on system
configuration). 10ms is achievable on all well-configured machines
Not supported yet:
* Hardware mixing ("zero latency" mixer)
* Device-specific configuration (input gain switches, sync source
selection, midi control mappings, ...)
* ALSA for audio IO
* Special SPDIF/ADAT stream support
You can download FreeBoB 1.0 at our sourceforge page:
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=117802
more info at freebob.sf.net
What's next?
We are working on the second generation of the FreeBoB codebase. The 1.0
release is the endpoint for the codebase that dates back to the start of
the project. The 2.0 codebase is a complete redesign of the system using
1.0 as a 'golden spec'. While the 1.0 version is BeBoB-only, the 2.0
codebase is designed as a framework to support all firewire based audio
boxes. The current level of functionality is almost the same for both
codebases. The main difference is that 1.0 had one year of testing and
2.0 doesn't, it's still in the alpha stage. Needless to say that 2.0
will outperform 1.0 by far ;).
Of course this redesign isn't for the sake of aesthetic beauty or lack
of things to do... I can announce that we are already working on
broadening the supported device list. Currently there is support for the
Motu Traveller and the Motu 828 (through reverse engineering). There are
also contacts with the DICE-II developers to implement generic support
for devices based upon their chipset. As an extra, support for Metric
Halo devices is also in the pipeline. Once all of these devices are
supported, we will cover a very large part of the Firewire audio device
spectrum. The most important void will be RME Fireface support, and for
the real budget users: Behringer and Hercules devices.
That's all folks!
Pieter Palmers
(on behalf of the FreeBoB team)
Greetings all,
Lately there has been a lot of activity from our member projects which is
very cool. I have unfortunately not seen many announcements made on this
list regarding them, which is, well, not so cool. While we are continuing to
look for our Web maintainer I am trying my best to keep up with the latest
updates by monitoring LAA/LAU/LAD posts, but as can be seen from the current
state of the news posts, a number of them may have fallen through the
cracks. For this reason, I would like to urge everyone to please use this
list to post your latest developments so that the consortium website is
updated accordingly.
Thank you for your cooperation in this matter!
Best wishes,
Ivica Ico Bukvic, D.M.A.
Linuxaudio.org Director
Virginia Tech
Department of Music - 0240
Blacksburg, VA 24061
(540) 231-1137
(540) 231-5034 (fax)
ico(a)linuxaudio.org
http://www.music.vt.edu/people/faculty/bukvic
October 7, 2006 -- Linuxaudio.org announces new staff openings
If applicable, please forward to your respective mailing lists.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
With increasing membership and expanding services, Linuxaudio.org is
experiencing growing pains. As a result, the existing staff is overwhelmed
with day-to-day operations, which is making overseeing long-term strategic
goals, increasingly difficult. For this reason, we would like to invite
LAU/LAD members, to consider joining our staff in order to help keep up with
the daily activities. Committing to Linuxaudio.org has never been easier as
the service term for these is very flexible: once you commit to any of the
duties stated below, you will be able to back out at any time (obviously
advance notice will be very much appreciated).
Please note that these are currently volunteer positions (something that may
change in the future, but one should probably not apply for these in hopes
that this will happen anytime soon). The benefits include:
1) free membership
2) credit where credit is due
3) references/letters of support
4) PR for your work and your project (if applicable)
5) recognition within the Linuxaudio.org, Linux audio community, and beyond
Please see the list of vacancies below:
1) Linuxaudio.org Webmaster (1 position)
Duties: Update content, monitor consortium mailing lists for new updates,
actively participate in the management discussions/meetings.
Prerequisites: fluent English, active member of the Linux audio community.
2) Docs.linuxaudio.org creator/Webmaster (2-4 positions)
Duties: Design a template for the documentation project (i.e. Wiki), solicit
and format documentation submitted by others, write documentation for
software projects while maintaining unified framework (i.e. similar to ALSA
soundcard Matrix install how-to), participate in the consortium mailing
list.
Prerequisites: solid English writing skills, active member of the Linux
audio community, familiarity with HTML/CSS, optimized Web graphics
editing/creating skills preferred (i.e. Gimp).
3) Project Updates and Press Release Summary Writer (2 positions)
Duties: Solicit new updates from members using consortium mailing list,
forward monthly summary to the Linuxaudio.org Webmaster for online posting,
compile Press Releases for relevant stories, participate in the consortium
mailing list.
Prerequisites: solid English writing skills, active member of the Linux
audio community, past writing experience preferred.
4) Freelance Writers/Interviewers (unlimited number of positions)
Duties: submit monthly (or bi-weekly) articles to the Linuxaudio.org (topics
are left to your choice as long as they are relevant to our agenda), writers
are strongly encouraged to develop a topic-driven periodical with revolving
topics which are pertinent to membership and the Linuxaudio.org's mission
(i.e. member project interviews, how-tos, updates, etc.), participate in the
consortium mailing list.
Prerequisites: solid English writing skills, active member of the Linux
audio community, past writing experience preferred.
5) Membership recruiters (2 positions)
Duties: recruit new members for Linuxaudio.org primarily focusing on the
relevant projects within the Linux community, report new members to director
for bi-monthly updates, coordinate with other recruiters, participate in the
consortium mailing list and management list.
Prerequisites: strong communication/recruitment skills, solid English,
preferably active member of the Linux audio community.
Please note that the consortium mailing list is relatively low-volume, so
keeping up with it should not cause you much of an overhead. Similarly, most
of the aforesaid positions bear low overhead requiring no more than a few
hours per week of your time.
Again, if interested, please contact Linuxaudio.org director at
ico_AT_linuxaudio_DOT_org.
Linuxaudio.org is now bigger and stronger than ever and we hope to continue
to grow until we encompass most if not all libre Linux audio projects, as
well as allied corporate vendors, institutions, artists, and non-profit
organizations, therefore allowing us to best represent, nurture, and protect
interests of this vibrant community. Linux audio scene is already a very
powerful branch of the Linux scene and with the help of Linuxaudio.org we
can make great things happen. For this reason, we hope you will consider
partaking in this new exciting initiative by Linuxaudio.org.
ABOUT LINUXAUDIO.ORGLinuxaudio.org is a not-for-profit consortium of libre software
projects and artists, companies, institutions, organizations, and
hardware vendors using Linux kernel-based systems and allied libre software
for audio-related work, with an emphasis on professional tools for
the music, production, recording, and broadcast industries. The consortium
aims to co-ordinate joint projects between members, collaborate on the
promotion of Linux based systems for audio tasks, offer programs beneficial
to members and subsequently its mission, and provide a single point of
contact for prospective industry partners.
More information on the Linuxaudio.org consortium can be obtained by
visiting:
http://www.linuxaudio.org/
Press contacts: Ivica Ico Bukvic at (ico at linuxaudio dot org)
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Hi all,
I am in the process of considering to, on behalf of Linuxaudio.org,
negotiate with Steinberg possible change of VST API license in order to
allow its easier adoption within Linux LGPL/GPL environment. As Daniel has
already pointed out, with Yamaha now owning Steinberg, we ought to have a
better chance at making this a reality.
For this reason, I was wondering if anyone else is currently working on this
and if so what is its status. I also recall quite a few years ago Paul
trying to compile a letter to Steinberg. Whatever happened to that?
Ivica Ico Bukvic, D.M.A.
Linuxaudio.org Director
Virginia Tech
Department of Music - 0240
Blacksburg, VA 24061
(540) 231-1137
(540) 231-5034 (fax)
ico(a)linuxaudio.org
http://www.music.vt.edu/people/faculty/bukvic
> As the power of Linux environment is in the multitude of components
> available each with many different types of interactive paradigms I
> think streamlining the LAO family of subdomains so they all have the
> same or similar theme goes against the flow.
Point well taken. OTOH, Linux, and subsequently Lao is also about community.
> I strongly protest against forcing all the subdomains to have a similar
> theme and will take the sites I manage out of the system if required to
> do so.
I am not trying to "force" anything. I merely suggested this to see what the
community feels like. Linuxaudio.org never coerced anyone or anything to do
contrary to what they believe in and this is not going to change (at least
not under my watch). So, if you and/or others in the consortium feel this
way, so be it.
There is still a possibility that even under such circumstances we could
develop a theme/style framework which would be offered to subdomains to
adopt if they so desired (or wanted to have such a resource at their
disposal for the sake of easier website deployment), but this will not be
required... In other words, you need not worry about a hostile takeover or
any other move reminiscent of corporate backstabbing.
Best wishes,
Ico
