Q 5.3 has been released, along with Q-Midi 1.14. (Mostly bugfixes this
time.)
Q is an equational programming language based on term rewriting. Q-Midi
is an add-on module for the Q language which provides an interface to
MidiShare, Grame's cross-platform MIDI library. If you want to try out
programming computer music applications in a high-level functional
programming language, then these might be for you. You can find more
information about Q and Q-Midi at http://q-lang.sourceforge.net/.
Also available now in CVS is a first snapshot of the upcoming Q-Synth
package which provides interfaces to OSC and SuperCollider3. See
http://sourceforge.net/cvs/?group_id=96881 for checkout instructions
(the CVS module name is q-synth), and for a link which allows you to
browse the CVS repository.
Enjoy!
Albert Graef
--
Dr. Albert Gr"af
Email: Dr.Graef(a)t-online.de, ag(a)muwiinfa.geschichte.uni-mainz.de
WWW: http://www.musikwissenschaft.uni-mainz.de/~ag
Greetings:
Some URL errors fixed, Speech section completely updated (thanks to
Antti Kaihola), LilyPond entry massively rewritten, and a few more apps
in the New Additions...
http://www.linuxsound.at (Europe)
http://linuxsound.jp (Japan)
http://linux-sound.org (US)
Best,
dp
http://www.notam02.no/arkiv/src/radium-0.63.tar.bz2http://www.notam02.no/radium/
(Note, the CVS is very outdated)
Radium V0.63 Alpha Linux Port
Released 15.4.2004
HOW TO MAKE IT RUN WITHOUT READING THE REST OF THE README FILE
make
./start.sh
INTRODUCTION
This is the second public, and the first official, release of
the linux port of the music editor Radium. The Amiga version
has been stable since January 2002.
Radium is a new type of graphical (currently only) notebased
music editor.
For more info about the program, check out the online manual placed
at http://www.notam02.no/radium/ somewhere.
COMPILE
The following packages are currently used to build and run Radium:
*libgc - http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/Hans_Boehm/gc/
*Python - www.python.org (at least V2.0 and tkinter)
*Python development package
*pyqt - http://www.gnu.org/directory/devel/specific/PyQT.html
*pygtk - http://www.daa.com.au/~james/software/pygtk/ (pygtk1, use pygtk-0.6.11)
*xterm - Yupp.
Most of these things are allready included in the radium/ directory (mainly because
of compatibility problems between various versions of gtk, pygtk and
libglade), so you only need to get hold of "pyqt".
"pyqt" is available as package for most linux distributions.
CURRENT STATE
The biggest problem is that saving does not work. Loading does though.
Other things that needs to be fixed is that the playing behaves
strange when reaching the end of the blocks, and that the alsa-seq code
needs some care (midi/alsaseq/).
ABOUT THE CODE
The code is a mix between C and Python. The state of some of the code is
quite horrible and ununderstandable, but relatively bug-free, eh
hopefully. :)
CONTACT
k.s.matheussen(a)notam02.no
http://www.notam02.no/radium/
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Florence, 11 April 2004
+++ AGNULA @ Week of Freedom (Siena, Turin)
The AGNULA project will join the Week of Freedom (17-22 April 2004) in
Siena and Turin, where it will give a presentation/workshop on
AGNULA/DeMuDi and on AGNULA Libre Music.
+++
The AGNULA project will join the Week of Freedom (17-22 April 2004)
[0] in Siena and Turin, where it will give a presentation/workshop
respectively on AGNULA/DeMuDi and on AGNULA Libre Music.
The Week of Freedom is an event promoted and organized by Hipatia [1]
and Free Software Foundation Europe [2] with a plethora of local
associations and organizations - a 6-days long tour around Siena,
Florence, Milan, Turin and Rome with conferences, workshops, speeches
on free (as in free speech) knowledge.
As the conference's organizers say:
While leaving behind the industrial society and entering into the
information and knowledge society the concept of liberty
changes. Defending our liberty today means defending the freedom of
knowledge.
Moreover: free knowledge has already proved, through free software
and publishing, to be able to promote social, economic and
development models that produce wealth, growth and wellness.
This is the topic of the week of meetings that will take place
between Siena, Florence, Milan and Turin. During the week freedom of
knowledge will be discussed from the juridical, social, artistic and
technical perspectives.
AGNULA will be in Siena [3] on April 17, when Andrea Glorioso will
give a speech on AGNULA Libre Music, Free Ekanayaka and Damien
Cirotteau will make a presentation and host a "hands-on" workshop on
AGNULA/DeMuDi; and in Turin on April 21, when Andrea Glorioso will
give a speech on AGNULA Libre Music.
We hope to see you in Siena and Turin, and we hope you will joing any
of the events of the Week of Freedom!
+++
About AGNULA: Agnula (acronym for A GNU/Linux Audio distribution,
pronounced with a strong g) is the name of a project funded until
April 2004 by the European Commission (number of contract:
IST-2001-34879; key action IV.3.3, Free Software: towards the critical
mass). After the end of the funded period, AGNULA is continuing as a
volunteer based project, aiming to spread Libre Software in the
professional audio/video arena.
Best regards,
--
The AGNULA Team info(a)agnula.org
Our mailing lists: http://lists.agnula.org/
Our web site: http://www.agnula.org/
"There's no free expression without control on the tools you use"
[0] http://liberamente.hipatia.info/
[1] http://www.hipatia.info/
[2] http://www.fsfeurope.org/
[3] http://siena.linux.it/pagine/corte.shtmlhttp://siena.linux.it/pagine/tavola.shtml
WORKSHOP PURE DATA
Netherlands Media Art Institute, Montevideo/Time Based Arts
26 - 29 May 2004
Fee: E 150,-
Guests: Aymeric Mansoux, Derek Holzer, Frank Barknecht and Jaromil
This workshop is meant for beginners and will focus on Open Source
software for the real-time manipulation of audio and video. The dual
package of Pure Data and GEM, offer a complete set of tools for sound,
multimedia and VJ purposes. Topics will include: real-time audio and
video processing with PD and GEM, RRADical PD, PDP and an overview of
other free and open source audio and video tools for Linux.
PD and GEM The dual package of PD [Pure Data] and GEM [Graphics
Environment for Multimedia], developed under an open source model by an
international community of programmers, offers just such a set of tools.
Running under Windows, Linux or OSX, PD and GEM can be used in commonly
available, inexpensive hardware as a complete multimedia environment.
Both applications allow for the real-time manipulation of sound and
image data within a visual programming environment which does not
require any previous experience in traditional computer languages.
PDP is a set of external objects to PD developed by Tom Schouten, runs
under Linux and OSX, and are based on the idea of processing data in
packets. While it is primarily used for video, the basic structure of
PDP allows any kind of data to be processed into any other kind of
data. Images can be converted to textures, which can be mapped onto 3D
objects, converted back to images, changed into sound, re-rendered
again as image, and so on. The possibilities are endless.
RRADical PD (Reusable and Rapid Audio Development) is a set of patches
created by Frank Barknecht in order to make Pure Data easier and faster
to use for newcomers and for people who are looking for a collection
of standardized music tools similar to what commerical software
packages such as Reason or Reaktor offer.
The workshop is for beginners. The level will go up while the week
progresses. The first day will be dedicated to basic PD and for those
who bring their own machine, an installation session.
For applications please contact Marloes de Valk
marloes(a)montevideo.nl <mailto:marloes@montevideo.nl>
Purpose
While many tools exist for sound, multimedia and VJ purposes, few of
them are designed with an open architecture which allows artists to
configure the tools they use themselves. Fewer still are free. The
importance of an open source development model may seem academic at
first, but in fact there is a strong need for a workshop of this kind.
The fees, licenses and restrictions that come with commercial software
become more and more restrictive every day, and the knowledge in the new
media community of free and open source software is extremely limited.
Coupled with this is the stigma that open source software, such as
Linux, is "too difficult" for artists to use. This workshop aims to
provide the tools which can be taken away and put to use immediately and
the knowledge of how to use them productively.
Details
The workshop sessions will be held in the Netherlands Media Art
Institute. Over the 4 days of the workshop, 12 participants will learn
about PD, GEM, and PDP, working under the Linux operating system.
Topics of the workshop will include:
* Crash course 'Installing PD and GEM for beginners' with invited guests
* Basic PD with Derek Holzer
* Basic GEM with Aymeric Mansoux
* Intermediate PD with Derek Holzer
* RRADical PD with Frank Barknecht
* PDP with Aymeric Mansoux
* Clinic
* Presentation and jamm session
At the end of the fourth day a short presentation of the workshop will
take place. This presentation will be open to an audience invited by the
participants. The workshop will finish with a "Jam Session", in which
the participants can share the creations they have made with each other
and with the audience.
Invited Guests
Frank Barknecht (D)
Open source developer, sound artist and the creator of the End-User
Abstractions project (RRADical PD, Reusable and Rapid Audio Development)
which makes it possible to learn using Pd in a top-down way, making PD
more accessible and open.
<http://footils.org>
Aymeric Mansoux (F)
Artist and author of pure-data tutorials/articles for MusicRun,
Co-Founder of a group dedicated to alternative digital art study and
Co-Founder of Goto10, an organization dedicated to set up and produce
electronic live events.
<http://www.bleu255.com>
Derek Holzer (NL/US)
Sound artist currently based in Utrecht. Initiated the Acoustic Space
Lab Project, an "open source sampling project" which invites artists to
use a database of samples gathered at a former Soviet spy station to
create a common body of work.
<http://acoustic.space.re-lab.net/lab>
<http://www.umatic.nl>
Jaromil (I)
Jaromil is an italian GNU/Linux programmer, author and mantainer of
three free softwares and a operating system: MuSe (for running a web
radio), FreeJ (for veejay and realtime video manipulation), HasciiCam
(ascii video streaming) and dyne:bolic.
http://rastasoft.org/ <http://rastasoft.org>
Marloes de Valk
Educatie
Nederlands Instituut voor Mediakunst, Montevideo/Time Based Arts
Keizersgracht 264
1016 EV Amsterdam
T 020 6237101
F 020 6244423
E marloes(a)montevideo.nl
www.montevideo.nl
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Florence, 08 April 2004
+++ AGNULA @ Webb.It 2004
The AGNULA team will be at Webb.It 2004 (Padua, Italy) sharing a booth
with OpenSourceLabs and the OMS Team from Politecnico di Torino. The
team will also give a speech/seminar on the AGNULA/DeMuDi
distribution.
+++
The AGNULA team will be at Webb.It 2004 [0] (Padua, Italy) sharing a
booth with OpenSourceLabs [1] and the OMS Team [2] from Politecnico di
Torino [3]. The team will also give a speech/seminar on the
AGNULA/DeMuDi distribution. [4]
You can find us at our booth in the "Community" area during all the
duration of the event - from May 6 to May 8. We will show you how
AGNULA/DeMuDi works, install AGNULA/DeMuDi on your laptops/computers,
help you fix your audio/sound/synthesis problems and so on and so
forth!
Our seminar will take place on Saturday, May 8, at 17:30. Here is the
abstract, for all you non-italian readers:
The AGNULA project was born as an EC financed project in the IST
(New and Emerging Technologies) program; amongst its goals, building
a Debian-based distribution completely made with Libre Software,
dedicated to professional audio/video: AGNULA/DeMuDi.
In this seminar the current status of AGNULA/DeMuDi, as well as our
projects for the future, will be shown.
If you happen to visit Italy during May 6-8, we hope to see you at our
booth or at our seminar!
+++
About AGNULA: Agnula (acronym for A GNU/Linux Audio distribution,
pronounced with a strong g) is the name of a project funded until
April 2004 by the European Commission (number of contract:
IST-2001-34879; key action IV.3.3, Free Software: towards the critical
mass). After the end of the funded period, AGNULA is continuing as a
volunteer based project, aiming to spread Libre Software in the
professional audio/video arena.
Best regards,
--
The AGNULA Team info(a)agnula.org
Our mailing lists: http://lists.agnula.org/
Our web site: http://www.agnula.org/
"There's no free expression without control on the tools you use"
[0] http://www.webb.it/
[1] http://www.opensourcelabs.it/
[2] http://streaming.polito.it/
[3] http://www.polito.it/
[4] http://www.webb.it/event/eventview/3336/
Hi
I released sfc-0.016 (SoundFontCombi) a MIDI router who emulates a
synthesizer, storing routes as sounds using MIDI soundfonts or other MIDI
capable devices.
News on v0.016
-----------------------
MIDI channel for own programs
Route MIDI Program Change
Refresh MIDI data when activate section.
MIDI Change Bank improved.
Fixed bugs in command line, MIDI BankLSB message, control messages and
auto-connect ALSA sequencer port.
Reduced the amount of memory needed.
sfc is available in:
http://personal.telefonica.terra.es/web/soudfontcombi/sfc-0.016.tar.gzhttp://www.telefonica.net/web/soudfontcombi/sfc-0.016.tar.gz
Hello Everyone!
Announcing for the last time this year the new release of Wav Composer Not
Toilet. Wcnt is of course, the not-real-time modular synth, sequencer,
sampler, wav file generator. Get it from wcnt.sourceforge.net.
This release is wcnt-1.1z (read wcnt-1.1260) and here are the new features
and changes:
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
BIG CHANGES:
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
*** Updated website to be more helpful + online example.
*** Sets of data which are not module parameters or module inputs (shape of
an adsr, notes in a riff, riffs in a sequencer, etc) have now been
generalised into a base class. Specialised data reading routines have been
replaced, which make it easier to program new data sets. This also means
that data definitions are now more tappy tappy on your keyboard, my
justification for this extra user effort is readability.
*** Riffs inserted into sequencer can be transposed at point of insertion,
and the note lengths can be modified.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
COMMAND LINE:
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
*** Now has short options too.
*** two conversion options to convert a note name to a frequency, and a
frequency to degrees per sample and samples per cycle.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
NEW MODULES:
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
*** dynamic
Maps amplitudes of input signal to a set of output amplitudes/ratios. Of
course it has two sets of which the output can be modulated between.
*** spreader
Spreads the output of a number of wcnt_signal modules along an imaginary
line and outputs that which the modulation input lands upon.
*** note_tran
Translates notes into values. The note range used depends on being
triggered by a note_on, or note_slide. Four output triggers so you can tell
if the note was in one of the two note ranges or not. (see online example:
wcnt.sourceforge.net/drumex01.wc )
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
MINOR CHANGES:
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
*** adsr got a couple new params regarding shape modulation
*** logic trigger's xor mode definately works now (dunno if it did before)
*** trigger now behaves in a note_on/note_off type operation gleaned from
the input signal.
*** wcnt_signal has a level param
That's All Folks, same time next year, see ya! see ya! see ya. see ya,
see ya see yaseeyacyacyacycaaa...
James.
~(sirromseventyfive)~
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http://www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/~njl98r/code/ladspa/
The JACK bitscope is a diagnosis tool for JACK audio software on Linux (and
perhaps other systems which have JACK and GTK+ 2.x). As its name might
suggest, the bitscope operates at the bare metal of JACK's I/O layer,
looking at the 32 binary digits in each individual sample. It's basically
functional, and its release and subsequent announcement were delayed most
by the need to provide some adequate examples in the documentation.
JACK bitscope can be downloaded from the URL above, and is documented here...
http://www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/~njl98r/code/ladspa/bitscope/
The GL Mixer is a 3D widget for mixing up to eight JACK audio streams down
to stereo, providing a somewhat intuitive interface to level & pan controls
through the ability to move sources (represented as columns) on a 2D plane.
No points for identifying the inspiration for this toy, and no bug reports
yet please unless accompanied by a patch; screenshot at..
http://www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/~njl98r/code/ladspa/glmix.png