Linux-audio-announce October 2003

linux-audio-announce@lists.linuxaudio.org

7 participants
9 discussions

[linux-audio-announce] ANNOUNCE: BEAST/BSE v0.5.5

by Tim Janik

BEAST/BSE version 0.5.5 is available for download at: ftp://beast.gtk.org/pub/beast/v0.5 or http://beast.gtk.org/beast-ftp/v0.5 BEAST (the Bedevilled Audio SysTem) is a graphical front-end to BSE (the Bedevilled Sound Engine), a library for music composition, audio synthesis, MIDI processing and sample manipulation. The project is hosted at: http://beast.gtk.org This new development series of BEAST comes with a lot of the internals redone, many new GUI features and a sound generation back-end separated from all GUI activities. The most outstanding new features are the demo song, the effect and instrument management abilities, the track editor which allowes for easy selection of synthesizers or samples as track sources, loop support in songs and unlimited Undo/Redo capabilities. Note, if you encounter problems with .bse files from previous BEAST versions, this may indicate bugs at the compatibility layer. A bug report accompanied by the problematic file can be send to the mailing list and is likely to get you a fixed file in return. Overview of Changes in BEAST/BSE 0.5.5: * New (or ported) modules: DavCanyonDelay - Canyon Echo by David A. Bartold BseMidiInput - Monophonic MIDI Keyboard input module BseBalance - Stereo panorama position module ArtsCompressor - Mono and stereo compressor [Stefan Westerfeld] * Added utility script to crop and duplicate parts [Stefan Westerfeld] * Added "Party Monster" demo song [Stefan Westerfeld] * Implemented ability to use sequencer as modulation source * Added support for external MIDI events in song tracks * Added .bse file playback facility to bsesh * Added support for C++ Plugins * Now installs bse-plugin-generator for simple creation of C++ Modules * Added manual pages for installed executables * Lots of small MIDI handling fixes * Fixed MP3 loader * Major GUI improvements * Registered MIME types for .bse files, provided .desktop file * Made search paths for various resources user configurable * Added prototype support to IDL compiler [Stefan Westerfeld] * Work around PTH poll() bug on NetBSD [Ben Collver, Tim Janik] * Support NetBSD sound device names [Ben Collver] * Added i18n infrastrukture for BEAST and BSE [Christian Neumair, Tim Janik] * Added Azerbaijani translation [Metin Amiroff] * Added Russian translation [Alexandre Prokoudine] * Added Serbian translation [Danilo Segan] * Added Swedish translation [Christian Rose] * Added German translation [Christian Neumair] * Added Czech translation [Miloslav Trmac] * Added Dutch translation [Vincent van Adrighem] * Lots of bug fixes --- ciaoTJ

21 years

[linux-audio-announce] GStreamer "2.6 or Bust" 0.7.1 released

by Christian Schaller

The GStreamer team is happy to announce our first release in the 0.7.x development series of the GStreamer streaming-media framework. The goal of this release series is to stabilize it towards a 0.8 release which will be part of the GNOME 2.6 release. This development series and the ABI/API stable 0.8 release series that is to follow it also hoped to increase our chances of KDE choosing GStreamer as their multimedia framework for KDE 4.0. We are already working with KDE developers to make that happen, with the KDE Jukebox application JuK by Scott Wheeler already using GStreamer. The 0.7.1 series is a development series and is aimed at developers. It is NOT 100% API/ABI compatible with the stable 0.6.x series. This means you can not use this release to upgrade your current GStreamer installation and expect your GStreamer applications to keep working. It is parallel installable with the 0.6.x series however. This development series contains a lot of improvements compared to the 0.6.x series and is a much better foundation for building advanced video handling applications. Below we list most of the major changes and additions. Most are included in this first release, but not all are complete yet as they will be in time for the 0.8.0 release. New/improved features in 0.7.x series * Improved gst-launch syntax * Stronger more flexible debug system * Improved threading * Improved Solaris and SPARC architecture support * Cleaned up licensing, core 100% LGPL * New ASF demuxer and muxer * New Quicktime demuxer * AVI muxer/encoder * Working ALSA sound output, ALSA mixing support in the pipeline * Misc new plugins and misc dead plugins removed * Internationalized error handling * A much improved testsuite * improved content negotiation system * New interface based audio mixer support * New best of breed typefinding * Interactivity support for DVD menus and Flash animations Applications As mentioned there are some changes in API/ABI for this release. Many applications will probably be source compatible between 0.6.x. and 0.7.x however. Rhythmbox for instance works very well when compiled on 0.7.x. Gst-player do not work accross releases however, so we will make a separate release of gst-player with the needed fixes for it to work with 0.7.x. GStreamer Homepage More details on these features can be found on the project's website, http://gstreamer.net/. Download details Information on tarballs etc. on http://www.gstreamer.net/releases/0.7.1/ Support and Bugs We use Gnome's Bugzilla for bug reports and feature requests. The "product name" is GStreamer (capital G). Please do the following before writing a bug report : gst-feedback &> feedback 2>&1 and attach the file "feedback" to your bug report, so that we have some information useful in the debugging process. Developers GStreamer is hosted on SourceForge. All code is in CVS and can be checked out from there. Interested developers of the core library, plug-ins, and applications should subscribe to the gstreamer-devel list. If there is sufficient interest we will create more lists as necessary. We are still looking for people with access to Solaris, HP-UX, Irix and True64 that would be willing to try building and testing GStreamer. Patches fixing such problems are also more than welcome. *

21 years

[linux-audio-announce] [ANN] LADCCA 0.4.0, ALSA Patch Bay 1.0.0, JACK Rack 1.4.3

by Bob Ham

Hi all, LADCCA's now reached a state where I reckon it's worth releasing again. It's pretty stable for me, and it now seems to do what it should without any hiccups. I'm releasing alsa patch bay and jack rack along with it as the only changes are support for the new ladcca version. ALSA Patch Bay has had 1.0-ness for a while now so I'm taking the opportunity to bump the version. There's only two other supported apps at the moment, muse, which already has 0.4.0 support in cvs and fluidsynth, a patch for which is included in the tarball. From the ladcca NEWS file: * low level tcp protocol has changed along with a lot of structure clean ups on the client- and server-side. * added low level protocol versioning * well defined server interface protocol (that works! :) this has been the bulk of the work that's added two more properties to cca_event_t, client_id and project, bumped the major version of the high level protocol and caused more changes to the low level protocol * new high level normal client event, CCA_Server_Lost * removed CCA_Use_Jack and CCA_Use_Alsa client flags; sending the server the jack client name or alsa client id now suffices * major amounts of cleanups and fixes * server now saves project info in XML which means a new dependency on libxml2 * socket stuff now uses protocol-agnostic system calls and the server defaults to IPv6. an entry in /etc/services is required to support this. make install will install an entry if there isn't one present. this can be disabled with a configure option, --disable-serv-inst. there's also a new option for ladccad, --no-ipv6 which, suprisingly, stops the server using ipv6. * the --with-default-dir configure option and -d ladccad option now set the directory relative to $HOME, rather than being a system-wide directory * project directories now get cleaned up if they haven't been saved * updated the manual Patches * fluidsynth cvs http://pkl.net/~node/ladcca.html http://pkl.net/~node/alsa-patch-bay.html http://pkl.net/~node/jack-rack.html Bob -- Bob Ham <rah(a)bash.sh> "At some point, keystroke recorders got installed on several machines at Valve. Our speculation is that these were done via a buffer overflow in Outlook's preview pane." -- Gabe Newell on the Half-Life 2 source leak

21 years

[linux-audio-announce] [ANNOUNCE] rtsynth-1.9.2 ALSA

by Stefan Nitschke

Hi, Version 1.9.2 of RTSynth for ALSA is available for download. This is mainly a clean-up and speed-up version. Get your copy at the RTSynth home page http://www.linux-sound.org/rtsynth/ Cleanups: - removed all old examples as they had been completely outdated. Added examples matching the current version. - reduced internal buffer sizes to a minimum. - locking down of memory when used in real time mode has been completed. - Midi thread runs now by default in non real time mode. This change ensures that the audio stream will never be interrupted by a Midi event. You can still force Midi real time mode from the command line. Improvements: - pitch bend frequency adjustment has been improved. - added 6-pole formant filter to the multi output filter unit. - added gain controller to pm-resonators in drum synth. cheers, Stefan P.S. A new version for the jack audio connection kit will be available soon. _________________________________________________________________ Add photos to your e-mail with MSN 8. Get 2 months FREE*. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/featuredemail

21 years, 1 month

[linux-audio-announce] [ANN] ametro - ALSA MIDI Metronome 0.4

by Pedro Lopez-Cabanillas

ametro 0.4 - ALSA MIDI Metronome ******************************** This program is a little, simple MIDI Metronome using the ALSA sequencer, made in Kylix (Object Pascal) and using ALSAPAS: ALSA Library Bindings for Pascal. Bug reports and comments are welcome. Sources, binary and RPM packages for Mandrake 9.1 are available here: http://perso.wanadoo.es/plcl/ametro/ametro-en.html http://alsapas.alturl.com Enjoy!

21 years, 1 month

[linux-audio-announce] [ANN] LADCCA 0.3.2

by Bob Ham

Hi all, This is not a release of any new code; it's just a trivial compilation fix for the 0.3 tree: * fixed a missing #include http://pkl.net/~node/ladcca.html Bob -- Bob Ham <rah(a)bash.sh> "At some point, keystroke recorders got installed on several machines at Valve. Our speculation is that these were done via a buffer overflow in Outlook's preview pane." -- Gabe Newell on the Half-Life 2 source leak

21 years, 1 month

[linux-audio-announce] jackEQ 0.3.3

by Patrick Shirkey

Initial package release of jackEQ-0.3.3 is now available from sf.net. http://jackeq.sf.net TODO: internally assigning jack i/os multiple interfaces - Long interface - Tall interface (current) extra button functionality - mostly for ease of use unlimited channel support (mostly a gui design issue) variety of xfader gain slopes for better mixing. MIDI fader console support. Enjoy. -- Patrick Shirkey - Boost Hardware Ltd. Http://www.boosthardware.com Http://www.djcj.org - The Linux Audio Users guide ======================================== Being on stage with the band in front of crowds shouting, "Get off! No! We want normal music!", I think that was more like acting than anything I've ever done. Goldie, 8 Nov, 2002 The Scotsman

21 years, 1 month

[linux-audio-announce] Tkeca 3.0.0 Released!

by Luis Pablo Gasparotto

I strongly advice to upgrade to this version! I think that Tkeca is becoming in a serious recording tool. Changes: A LOT !!! http://tkeca.sourceforge.net

21 years, 1 month

[linux-audio-announce] jackEQ 0.3.3

by Patrick Shirkey

This is just to let those who are interested know that I just commited some fixes which greatly improve the sound quality in jackEQ and allow the crossfaders to be fully functional including mute and all fader options. Apart from being able to internally assign jack i/os I feel this version qualifies for professional mixing use. To prove that I am going to be using it live everyday for the next week while being paid to do so :) Still only available from cvs you may need to wait a day or two to get the newest version depending on the sf lag at the moment. http://jackeq.sf.net TODO: internally assigning jack i/os multiple interfaces - Long interface - Tall interface (current) extra button functionality - mostly for ease of use unlimited channel support (mostly a gui design issue) variety of xfader gain slopes for better mixing. MIDI fader console support. -- Patrick Shirkey - Boost Hardware Ltd. Http://www.boosthardware.com Http://www.djcj.org - The Linux Audio Users guide ======================================== Being on stage with the band in front of crowds shouting, "Get off! No! We want normal music!", I think that was more like acting than anything I've ever done. Goldie, 8 Nov, 2002 The Scotsman

21 years, 1 month

2024

2023

2022

2021

2020

2019

2018

2017

2016

2015

2014

2013

2012

2011

2010

2009

2008

2007

2006

2005

2004

2003

2002

Linux-audio-announce October 2003