Linux-audio-announce September 2004

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[linux-audio-announce] [ANN] qjackctl 0.2.11 released!

by Rui Nuno Capela

Hi, Just less than a week after some user complaints about that glossy-glass light effect featured on the front panel display, here comes a couple of fixes that were made into this rather minor dot release. Now's the perfect time for a recommended upgrade: qjackctl 0.2.11 is here, grab it from: http://qjackctl.sourceforge.net http://sourceforge.net/projects/qjackctl Simply as is, as taken from the changelog: * Fixed Input/Output channels settings, being now either enabled when the ALSA driver is selected for Capture/Playback only. * Shiny display effect: after some conservative user complaints this pure cosmetic feature is now made optional ;) Enjoy. -- rncbc aka Rui Nuno Capela rncbc(a)rncbc.org

20 years, 3 months

[linux-audio-announce] jMax-SDIF 0.8 released

by Diemo Schwarz

Hello all, I just finished the jMax-SDIF package version 0.8 for jMax 4.1 CVS. You can now import SDIF files into a track of matrices, and export a track to SDIF. There is also an sdifinfo object that reads and outputs information about the contents of an SDIF file. Download: http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=26076&package_id=1062… SDIF is the Sound Description Interchange Format, see http://www.ircam.fr/sdif and the freesoftware wiki http://freesoftware.ircam.fr/wiki/index.php?pagename=HomePage. Cheers... ...Diemo -- Diemo Schwarz -- http://www.ircam.fr/anasyn/schwarz Analysis-Synthesis Team -- http://www.ircam.fr/anasyn Real Time Applications Team -- http://www.ircam.fr/equipes/temps-reel IRCAM - Centre Pompidou -- 1, place Igor-Stravinsky, 75004 Paris, France Phone +33-1-4478-4879 / -4824 / -1558 / Fax -1540 Version 0.8 2004-09-10 Diemo Schwarz <schwarz(a)ircam.fr> * track import and export with track messages importsdif/exportsdif * sdifinfo object reads an SDIF file and prints info about the data in it or copies it to an atom matrix $mat if given * needs SDIF 3.9 Version 0.7 2004-08-24 Diemo Schwarz <schwarz(a)ircam.fr> * updated to jmax4.1 syntax * don't output tuples but list Version 0.6 2004-01-09 Diemo Schwarz <schwarz(a)ircam.fr> Compatible with jMax 4.0.x (fts_post still called post), needs SDIF 3.8 * dump message * typechecking for write * string matrix read/write * fixed old "last matrix not returned" bug Version 0.5 2003-05-30 Diemo Schwarz <schwarz(a)ircam.fr> * released first version * complete help patches $Id: ReleaseNotes,v 1.2 2004/09/10 16:07:20 diemo Exp $

20 years, 3 months

[linux-audio-announce] [ANN] Hydrogen v0.9.0 Released

by Comix

Hydrogen 0.9.0 is out! :) Features: __General__ * Very user-friendly, modular, fast and intuitive graphical interface based on QT 3. * Sample-based stereo audio engine, with import of sound samples in .wav, .au and .aiff formats. * Support of samples in compressed FLAC file. __Sequencer and mixer__ * Pattern-based sequencer, with unlimited number of patterns and ability to chain patterns into a song. * Up to 64 ticks per pattern with individual level per event and variable pattern length. * 32 instrument tracks with volume, mute, solo, pan capabilities. * Multi layer support for instruments (up to 16 samples for each instrument). * Ability to import/export song files. * Unique human velocity, human time and swing functions. * Multiple patterns playing at once. __Other__ * OSS and Jack audio drivers, with assignable Jack ports. * ALSA MIDI input with assignable midi-in channel (1..16, ALL). * Import/export of drumkits. * Export song to wav file. * Export song to midi file. Changes: * Multi layer support for instruments (up to 16 samples). * Multiple patterns playing at once. * Added FLAC files support for songs and drumkits. * Added pitch and gain properties per instrument. * Improved song and pattern editor (selections, copy/move, etc..). * Added a new selectable user interface (single panel). * Better jack-transport support. * Ability to set the note length in pattern editor * Export song to standard midi file Download: http://hydrogen.sourceforge.net Happy drumming! :^) -- Alessandro <Comix> Cominu http://hydrogen.sf.net e-mail: comix(a)despammed.com Icq: 116354077 Linux User # 203765 [...Codito Ergo Sum...]

20 years, 3 months

[linux-audio-announce] liboggz 0.8.4 Released

by Conrad Parker

Oggz 0.8.4 Release ------------------ liboggz is a C library providing a simple programming interface for reading and writing Ogg files and streams. Ogg is an interleaving data container developed by Monty at Xiph.Org, originally to support the Ogg Vorbis audio format. This release is available as a source tarball at: http://www.annodex.net/software/liboggz/download/liboggz-0.8.4.tar.gz New in this release: * added support for building on Symbian OS (by Colin Ward) * new OGGZ_ERR_IO_AGAIN handling for network reads * added test for reading packets one-by-one * expanded --help output for oggzdump tool * added option to run test suite under valgrind Additionally, a thorough audit of memory leaks has been completed and various minor bugs have been fixed. About Oggz ---------- Oggz comprises liboggz and the command-line tools oggzdump and oggzdiff. liboggz supports the flexibility afforded by the Ogg file format while presenting the following API niceties: * Full API documentation. * Comprehensive test suite of read, write and seeking behavior. * Developed and tested on GNU/Linux, Darwin/MacOSX, Win32 and Symbian OS. May work on other Unix-like systems via GNU autoconf. For Win32: nmake Makefiles, Visual Studio .NET 2003 solution files and Visual C++ 6.0 workspace files are provided in the source distribution. * Strict adherence to the formatting requirements of Ogg bitstreams, to ensure that only valid bitstreams are generated; writes can fail if you try to write illegally structured packets. * A simple, callback based open/read/close or open/write/close interface to raw Ogg files. * Writing automatically interleaves with packet queuing, and provides callback based notification when this queue is empty * A customisable seeking abstraction for seeking on multitrack Ogg data. Seeking works easily and reliably on multitrack and multi-codec streams, and can transparently parse Theora, Speex, Vorbis and Annodex headers without requiring linking to those libraries. This allows efficient use on servers and other devices that need to parse and seek within Ogg files, but do not need to do a full media decode. Full documentation of the liboggz API, customization and installation, and mux and demux examples can be read online at: http://www.annodex.net/software/liboggz/html/ Tools ----- The Oggz source tarball also contains the following command-line tools, which are useful for debugging and testing Ogg bitstreams: * oggzdump: Hexdump packets of an Ogg file, or revert an Ogg file from such a hexdump. * oggzdiff: Hexdump the packets of two Ogg files and output differences Oggz is Free Software, available under a BSD-style license. License ------- Oggz is Free Software, available under a BSD style license. More information is available online at the Oggz homepage: http://www.annodex.net/software/liboggz/ enjoy :) -- Conrad Parker Senior Software Engineer, Continuous Media Web, CSIRO Australia http://www.annodex.net/ http://www.ict.csiro.au/cmweb/

20 years, 3 months

[linux-audio-announce] [ANN] Timemachine 0.2.5

by Steve Harris

http://plugin.org.uk/timemachine/ Timemachine is a JACK app for recording sounds that have just happened. It can also be used as a generic JACK sound recorder. Read the website for more retails. Changes * Now builds properly without LASH installed (thanks to Joern Nettingsmeier) * Can specify recording format on command line (wav or w64) * Filename extension reflects the format (ie .w64 to help user confusion) * Can specify ports to connect to on the command line * Desktop icon (thanks to Anarcat) pixmaps/timemachine-icon.png Known Bugs / Omisions * There is a race condition - locks up the app, but recordings are OK. Not fixed, as I dont understand the problem fully, and I've not received a patch for it. * TM wont auto-connect to JACK hardware capture ports, I've had one request for this, but dont care enough to add it right now. - Steve

20 years, 3 months

[linux-audio-announce] [ANN] qjackctl 0.2.10 released!

by Rui Nuno Capela

Hi everybody, After the holiday season, and late for the 1st anniversary, here comes another dot release for QjackCtl, the Qt GUI for the JACK Audio Connection Kit: Qjackctl 0.2.10 is out, with some minor enhancements and fixes. >From the change log: - New pre-shutdown script setup option, allowing to specify a shell-script to be run before the JACK server daemon is shutted-down. This overrides any previous shutdown script setting, which should be now moved onto the existing post-shutdown script option, as to keep old procedural behaviour. - Avoid stopping JACK prematurely with QProcess::kill() (oneliner fix); stopping JACK will now take a little bit longer, but hopefully will take the time to cleanup properly (thanks to Kjetil Matheussen). - ALSA driver Duplex mode accepts alternate Input or Output device name. - Context menu reset option is now always enabled (yet another suggestion from Sampo Savolainen). - Main display background gets shinny effect; adjusted system tray background palette color mode. - Priority and setup control is now a spinbox ranging from 0..89 (as suggested by Florian Schmidt). Same for Periods/Buffer. - Patchbay connection lines are now drawn correctly when items are scrolled out of view. Additionally, the connection lines can now be optionally drawn as bezier spline curves (big thanks to Wilfried Huss). Just head to the homepage: http://qjackctl.sourceforge.net or, in case that's not up-to-date yet, to sourceforge's project page: http://sourceforge.net/projects/qjackctl Hope you enjoy. -- rncbc aka Rui Nuno Capela rncbc(a)rncbc.org

20 years, 4 months

[linux-audio-announce] [ANN] Aqualung, a new music player for GNU/Linux

by Tom Szilagyi

Hi all, I am pleased to announce the first beta release (and the first public release, as well) of Aqualung, a music player for GNU/Linux -------------------------------------- Homepage: http://aqualung.sf.net Aqualung is a new music player for the GNU/Linux operating system. It plays audio files from your filesystem and has the feature of inserting _no_gaps_ between adjacent tracks. Aqualung is released under the GNU General Public License. Features at a glance ==================== Supported file formats: * Almost all sample-based, uncompressed formats (eg. WAV, AIFF, AU etc.), files encoded with FLAC (the Free Lossless Audio Codec), Ogg Vorbis and MPEG Audio files (including, but not limited to, MP3) are supported. Naturally, any of these files can be mono or stereo. Supported output devices: * OSS and ALSA driver interface, as well as support for connecting to the JACK Audio Connection Kit. Key features: * Continuous, gap-free playback of consecutive tracks! Your ears get exactly what is in the files -- no silence inserted in between. * Ability to convert sample rates between the input file and the output device, in high quality. (Thanks to libsamplerate!) * LADSPA plugin support -- you can use any suitable LADSPA plugin to enhance the music you are listening to. Some other niceties: * Internally working volume and balance controls (not touching the soundcard mixer). * Support for multiple skins; changing them is possible at any time. * Support for random seeking during playback. * Track repeat, List repeat and Shuffle mode (besides normal playback) * All windows are sizable. You can stretch the main window horizontally for more accurate seeking. * State persistence via XML config files. Aqualung will come up in the same state as it was when you closed it, including playback modes, volume & balance settings, currently processing LADSPA plugins, window sizes, positions & visibility, and other miscellaneous options. In addition to all this, Aqualung comes with a Music Store that is an XML-based music database, capable of storing various metadata about music on your computer (including, but not limited to, the names of artists, and the titles of records and tracks). This is much more efficient than the all-in-one Winamp/XMMS playlist. Hope you will like this program. Please report any problems. Tom

20 years, 4 months

[linux-audio-announce] Introducing Soundtank 1.0.0 !!

by jrobbins＠nymu.net

Greetings, I have released a first version of my LADSPA host Soundtank which holds instruments for you to play. The project website is <a href="http://www.nymu.net/soundtank">www.nymu.net/soundtank</a> In this program, you can use any LADSPA plugin with a pitch control as a softsynth; multiple instances handle polyphony and MIDI control is handled through user-customizeable Event Maps. As a perk, I have included a command to automatically create Event Maps, ensuring you instant gratification. Soundtank is a shell for audio work. Instead of a directory heirarchy, Signal Path objects hold other objects in ordered lists. The order dictates the audio signal flow. There are alternate versions of the shell commands you are familiar with, such as: ls, cd, rm, mv. This should make it easy to learn to use. This is a native ALSA app, with full duplex support in JACK, and an ALSA Sequencer MIDI port is created for every active object. All audio generation/filtering is handled by LADSPA plugins. Furthermore, objects are saved to human readable, flat-file format XML files. To see more, go to <a href="http://www.nymu.net/soundtank">www.nymu.net/soundtank</a> thanks and best wishes, --jacob

20 years, 4 months

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Linux-audio-announce September 2004