New releases and updates at <http://www.kokkinizita.net/linuxaudio>
Aliki-0.0.3 Impulse response measurement.
- Many bug fixes, should be a bit more stable now...
- Added flexible export options.
- Manual updated.
Jace-0.0.4 Low-weight convolution engine for JACK and ALSA.
- Now includes configuration and IR files for stereo dipole
processing using the filters designed by E. Choueiri of
Princeton University. These are the best filters available
AFAIK.
AmbDec-0.0.1 1st and 2nd order Ambisonic decoder.
- First release. Universal decoder with many advanced
features. PDF manual also available.
Enjoy !
--
FA
Follie! Follie! Delirio vano è questo !
> We are, as we have been always, quite on our own in this little pocket
> universe of ours.
I think this issue is amplified by the fact that the conference also targets
by and large the same crowd. I am also not convinced that we would not be
able to find some software allies provided we begin catering to more diverse
audience... Linuxaudio.org consortium already has several high-profile pro
audio members.
Stay tuned for more updates in the coming weeks. This summer may introduce
hopefully some cool additions to the Linuxaudio.org.
Ico
Many thanks for the prompt reply!
> That sounds great, but what can our group do to help you out?
Well, I am of the opinion that you have managed to generate quite a significant
momentum. For this reason, I see our assistance simply as an extension of your
program. Consequently, I also see your initiative as a vehicle by which we will
be able to expose our mission. I hope that this will help us establish
Linuxaudio.org as the focal entity for all audio matters in Linux.
> Is ALSA work slowing down because of this? Are new drivers not getting
> written that have specs available? If the latter, then we can help out,
> just let me know.
I would not say that it is slowing down any more than it already has a couple
years ago. This may be also due to the API freeze which took place when the
1.x series hit the streets. That being said, I should probably refrain from
speaking on behalf of Takashi and/or Jaroslav. For this reason I've taken the
liberty of including them in this mailing, so that they can also share with us
their perspective. Therefore, please regard my ALSA comments as mostly personal
observation, rather than a fact and/or consensus of the Linux audio community.
For what it's worth, I personally feel that ALSA needs to continue to grow and
provide things that are pretty much already standard in the proprietary OSS
drivers, namely out-of-box hw sharing via dmix and snoop which "just works" and
beyond.
> Sure, that would be fine. But what really does a "bilateral
> relationship" entail? We are a loosly knit 70+ developer team, with not
> even a web site or email list (although I am still working on that...)
Please pardon my "academinc" language. This simply means that I hope to
establish a synergistic relationship where we can use your momentum and PR to
expose our entity and mission, while in return we would also serve as
contributors to your project by providing audio driver development & support to
the best of our members' ability.
We actually have a Linux Audio Conference coming up in a few days in Berlin. I
will be unfortunately unable to attend so my presentation will have to take
place via Internet. Once that is all over with, if you don't mind we should
probably do a conference call (Skype/Ekiga/phone?) to figure out details and/or
best course of action.
Until then, should you happen to have any questions and/or concerns, please do
not hesitate to contact me.
I sincerely look forward to discussing this matter further.
Best wishes,
Ico
Dear Mr. Kroah-Hartman,
I am contacting you on behalf of the Linuxaudio.org consortium as the
currently elected director. Although this email is somewhat belated, I am
rolling here with a motto "better late than never."
My name is Ivica Ico Bukvic and my interest is in discussing a potential
bilateral relationship between your initiative and the Linuxaudio.org
consortium. Namely, we would like to offer matching service for the audio
drivers by pairing our member developers with potential OEM participants. I
am convinced that our membership base has likely greatest understanding of
the audio architecture in Linux kernel, including ALSA, OSS, and FreeBob
(Firewire audio) drivers. I hope you'll agree the fact that all three
projects are currently members of the consortium reflects the trust and
support of the Linux audio community's in the consortium's mission.
I am also convinced that this step is especially important since ALSA
development team (employees of Novell/Suse) has been increasingly encumbered
by secondary tasks and as such they have to split their limited resources
between the ALSA API and driver development.
For this reason, I would like to discuss with you establishment of such a
bilateral relationship for the purpose of the overall betterment of audio
hardware support on Linux in an effort to help ALSA and other projects
persist and perhaps more importantly thrive.
I thank you for your time and I look forward to hearing from you. In the
meantime, should you happen to have any additional questions and/or
concerns, please do not hesitate to contact me. For additional info on
Linuxaudio.org, please visit www.linuxaudio.org.
Sincerely,
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
Dear FireWire enabled Linux audio users,
libfreebob 1.0.3 is available as from today. It is downloadable at our
SourceForge page:
http://downloads.sourceforge.net/freebob/libfreebob-1.0.3.tar.gz
This is a maintenance release for the freebob 1.0 branch, and contains
no new features.
It fixes two bugs:
- a buffer reset bug that prevented jackd freewheeling from working.
- a bug that caused MIDI output to fail on all but the last channel of a
device.
Greets,
Pieter
Greetings all,
For the impatient, download at:
http://ico.bukvic.net/Max/munger1~_1.0.0.tar.gz
(270KB, includes source, Linux-Pd-i386, Mac-Max-i386, and Win32-Max-i386
binaries, and 3 cases of beer)
OVERVIEW
========
munger1~ (March 12, 2007 1.0.0 release)
a realtime multichannel granulator
a.k.a. the swiss-army-knife of realtime granular synthesis
a flext (cross-platform PD & Max/MSP) port of
the munger~ object from the PeRColate library (0.9 beta5)
http://www.music.columbia.edu/PeRColate/
Original PeRColate library by:
Dan Trueman http://www.music.princeton.edu/~dan/
R. Luke DuBois's http://www.lukedubois.com/
Flext port and additions by:
Ivica Ico Bukvic http://ico.bukvic.net
Ji-Sun Kim hideaway(a)vt.edu
http://www.music.vt.eduhttp://www.cctad.vt.edu
Released under GPL license
(whichever is the latest version--as of this release, version 2)
For more info on the GPL license please visit:
http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
================
Many thanks to Dan Trueman for open-sourcing this great object!
SOURCE INSTALL
==============
If you simply intend to use prebuilt binaries, please skip to the INSTALL
section. Otherwise take a big breath and read on...
1) You need stk library which can be downloaded from:
http://ccrma.stanford.edu/software/stk/
2) You need to also install latest flext library (this is a library that
allows for creation of externals for both Max/MSP and PD using the same
source). Version 0.4.x can obtained from the following link:
http://grrrr.org/ext/flext/
Latest CVS version (0.5.1) is found in the Pure-Data CVS (this one is
recommended):
http://sourceforge.net/cvs/?group_id=55736
3) If you are using latest CVS version (0.5.1) Before compiling the source
you will need to add the following to the top of the flext/source/flstk.h
file right below the #define __FLSTK_H:
#ifdef PI
#undef PI
#endif
This step will probably become quickly obsolete once Thomas updates CVS.
Until then, this is needed to be able to compile flext against stk.
4) To compile flext, read flext instructions (it boils down to running
build.sh with appropriate parameters and then editing two simple config
files, i.e. "build pd gcc build" or "build max gcc" or "build max msvc"
etc.)
Your will need to edit buildsys/config-<platform-compiler-pdormax>.txt to
adjust paths to various folders.
Then you will need to edit config.txt file. You do not need to include
SndObj for this external but you do need stk option to be properly set. On
Windows+MSVC, STK flag at the time of this release does not work, so you
will have to use included testmunger1 MSVC project file and adjust path
settings to compile munger1~.
5) Once stk and flext are compiled, go into munger1~ folder and type:
<path to flext folder>/build.sh <platform> <compiler> <build/clean/install>
NB: on Mac <build/clean/install> is not needed. On Windows, please use MSVC
and open the testmunger1 project file in the root of the folder.
6) Once compiled, your binary will be created in a <maxorpd-platform>
subfolder (i.e. pd-linux, or max-darwin), followed by another subfolder
which reflects whether a threaded or singlethread flext was used. Inside you
will find your external.
INSTALL
=======
You can either use the prebuilt externals (found in the bin/ folder) or ones
built using the "SOURCE INSTALL" instructions above. Binaries are provided
for Intel-based Macs, Win32, and Intel-based Linux OS. The included prebuilt
binaries DO NOT REQUIRE you to install flext or stk as these are statically
linked.
1) Copy the external in your externals folder (i.e. /usr/lib/pd/extra or
C:\Program Files\Cycling '74\MaxMSP 4.6\Cycling '74\externals\, or
"Applications/MaxMSP 4.6/Cycling '74/externals)
2) Copy appropriate help file (found in the help/ folder) into the help
folder (i.e. /usr/lib/pd/doc/5.reference or C:\Program Files\Cycling
'74\MaxMSP 4.6\max-help, or "Applications/MaxMSP 4.6/max-help)
NB: Pd help file has a ".pd" extension, while Max/MSP help file has a
".help" extension.
3) Start your app (PD or Max) and create object called munger1~. Right-click
(ctrl-click on Macs) and select "help" and this should open the help file
with additional documentation.
Questions? See OVERVIEW for contact and Q&A info.
Enjoy!
FAQ
===
The following is Ico's FAQ, so it may or may not reflect other project
participants' opinions, including original author(s) of munger~, flext, etc.
Q: Why porting to flext?
A: Flext library (by Thomas Grill) is a layer which allows creation of
externals for both Max/MSP and PD without any alterations to the code
(obviously once it is adapted to use flext). While there have been a number
of Max/MSP <-> PD external ports in the past, many of them have become
outdated because such attempts required either maintaining one code full of
ugly #ifdefs, or worse--maintaining two sources. Either way, what usually
turned out to be the case is that original authors did not have the time,
interest, or simply the software/hardware to deal with the newly generated
overhead and/or test the code, while volunteers who made the original
porting efforts eventually moved on to other projects. The result was/is
outdated and/or broken externals. Flext circumvents this problem by allowing
one clean code to compile on both platforms while also supplying in many
cases cleaner (more legible) API and (as a whipped cream on top)
object-oriented environment (C++).
Q: Why bother with PD <-> Max/MSP cross-platform compatibility...
...when I use only <insert-your-favorite-application-here>?
...<insert-your-favorite-application-here> is better?
A: Choice is what makes us human (this is also what makes Arts so vibrant
and exciting). And while everyone's welcome to express their own
preferences, we also have to realize that in this case these same
preferences are also the main cause of a virtual divide which manifests
itself at everyone's detriment. Wouldn't it be nicer if we could share
externals transparently, or even better, open PD patches in Max and
vice-versa? This would help in both the cross-pollination of ideas as well
as creative efforts. This project has also taught me that creating
flext-ready externals is as easy if not easier (due to the aforesaid API's
legibility) than native objects (whether that be PD or Max/MSP). Finally, if
all else fails, such externals are bound to reach wider audience, and are
much easier to maintain if cross-platform compatibility is to be pursued.
Q: If flext is so cool, why don't we see more porting efforts?
A: Good question. The fact is that flext is much more widely known among PD
users than it is among the Max/MSP community, so this seemingly one-way road
may have contributed to the current situation. One could only hope that
projects like this may help reverse this unfortunate trend.
Q: So, is all really that peachy in the flext-land?
A: Well, our lives teach us that nothing is truly free in this world. Flext
is no exception. Its "fees," however are not tied to our checkbooks. Rather,
they manifest themselves in a slightly greater CPU overhead in signal flow
due to message translation. Thus, one could consider flext a "middle-person"
between the <app-of-your-choice> and the external. This, however, in today's
world is so negligible that during the testing phase I was unable to measure
any noticeable CPU-overhead difference.
Another consideration is that flext might not be complete (see KNOWN ISSUES
for an example). That being said, in its current state it did the trick for
a relatively complex external such as munger~ or even FFTEASE collection
which had been ported several years ago. All this leads me to believe that
it is more than ready for the day-to-day use.
Q: I already have Dan and Luke's awesome PeRColate lib. Why should I
download this one?
A: This is a cross-platform port of the latest version with several new
features. Thus, it allows for those platforms which have not had the beta6
available (Linux, Windows) to finally dig into all the goodies it brings.
Plus you also get the cool stuff such as verbose modes, discrete panning,
more thorough documentation, up to 500 grains per sample (instead of 50), up
to 24-channel output (instead of 2 or 16, depending which one you used),
etc.
KNOWN ISSUES
============
munger1~ has been tested extensively on Linux+PD, OSX+Max/MSP and
Win32+Max/MSP setups, suggesting that it should work on other setups as
well. Your mileage may vary, though.
Currently there is only one known issue in the wild which requires changes
to flext in order to be fixed. Namely, if you use munger1~ object in
conjunction with an external buffer in PD (known as an array) and if you
dubiously decide to delete that particular buffer in the middle of your
performance while munger1~ is still associated with it, this will
[unsurprisingly] crash PD. Max/MSP currently has a check implemented against
that via flext layer so Max/MSP will simply stop outputting anything until
buffer is reset. The flext author is aware of this and PD fix should appear
in the flext CVS hopefully soon. That being said, the lingering question is
why would you want to do this in the first place...
FYI, even though munger1~ allows up to 500 simultaneous grains per sample
and has been compiled with all available optimizations (SSE, Altivec is
supposedly available via flext but has not been tested), on MBP (Core Duo
1.83GHz) I was unable to get more than 160 simultaneous grains per sample
(or ~32,000 grains/second) without dropouts, even though CPUs were not
getting maxed out, so something else might be the cause of this limitation
(flext?). Win32 machine (3-year old AMD64 3000+) fared marginally better at
around 165 simultaneous grains per sample (or ~33,000 grains/second) before
its CPU was maxed out. Linux on the same AMD64 3000+ hardware fared the
best. It topped off at 47,999 grains per second at 48KHz sampling rate which
for some reason the sampling rate appears to be the upper limit (i.e. if you
run PD or Max/MSP at lower sampling rates, your upper limit will be
restricted to the sampling rate), even though the code allows for multiple
initiations of grains per cycle. This, however, is also the way original
munger~ works.
An interesting bit is that while on Linux/PD combo 48K grains are already
reached when we get 64 simultaneous grains, on Win32/Mac even 160
simultaneous grains yield only ~32-33K grains. Could this be a flext bug?
Best wishes,
Ivica Ico Bukvic, D.M.A.
Composition, Music Technology, CCTAD, CHCI
Virginia Tech
Dept. of Music - 0240
Blacksburg, VA 24061
(540) 231-1137
(540) 231-5034 (fax)
ico(a)vt.edu
http://www.music.vt.edu/people/faculty/bukvic/
Hello all,
64 Studio is a GNU/Linux distribution tailor-made for digital content
creation, including audio, video, graphics and publishing tools. A remix
of Debian testing, it comes in both AMD64/Intel64 and 32-bit flavours,
to run on nearly all PC hardware.
Our latest development release is based on a snapshot of Debian from the
14th February, so we decided to name it after the song 'Lover's Rock' by
The Clash.
The iso image can be downloaded here:
http://apt.64studio.com/64studio/
Release notes are here:
http://apt.64studio.com/64studio/ChangeLog-1.2.0
The 2.6.19-rt kernel package included in this release may cause a kernel
oops with certain USB audio hardware. Users of 64 Studio on production
systems may therefore prefer to stick with the stable 1.0 release for
the time being.
Cheers!
Daniel James
Aldrin is an open source modular music sequencer/tracker for the GNU/Linux operating system.
We're proud to announce the release of Aldrin 0.11 (Terra).
This release is the third release of the "planet" release cycle. Aldrin
has been transitioned entirely from wxWidgets to GTK+.
Here is a short overview of the most relevant features introduced in
this version:
* The overall layout of the application has been reworked. Play
controls and time bar have been merged into a transport bar. The
Master slider is now on the right. Most toolbar buttons have
been changed to tabs.
* MIDI learn allows you to associate a parameter with a MIDI
controller more intuitively by simply moving the controller you
would like to bind to.
* Various wording changes.
* Numerous bugs fixed.
Enjoy this new version and visit us on #aldrin on freenode.net, or
subscribe to the Aldrin mailing list.
http://www.leonard-ritter.com/announcement_aldrin_0_11_terra
--
Leonard Ritter
-- Freelance Art & Logic
-- http://www.leonard-ritter.com
Great news Fons! I would be nice to have this also posted on the consortium
lists especially considering that these are member projects!
Please allow me to use this opportunity to remind and encourage everyone,
especially consortium membership to please cross-post their important
announcements on the consortium list as we do have members on that list that
are not a part of the regular la* gamut.
Best wishes,
Ico
> -----Original Message-----
> From: linux-audio-dev-bounces(a)music.columbia.edu [mailto:linux-audio-dev-
> bounces(a)music.columbia.edu] On Behalf Of Fons Adriaensen
> Sent: Saturday, March 03, 2007 11:10 AM
> To: Linux Audio Users; Linux Audio Developers
> Subject: [linux-audio-dev] new releases
>
> New releases of JAAA and JAPA and the libraries they depend on
> are now available at
>
> <http://www.kokkinizita.net/linuxaudio/downloads>
>
> jaaa-0.4.1: bugfixes.
>
> japa-0.2.0: bugfixes, white and pink noise generators now built-in.
>
> clalsadrv-1.2.1: bugfixes. This version should now work correctly with
> ALSA's default multi-client device.
>
> clxclient-3.3.2: bugfixes.
>
> There are also some (essential) bugfixes to the HOA-NF filter
> code.
>
>
> --
> FA
>
> Lascia la spina, cogli la rosa.
