Linux-audio-announce August 2007

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by Kai Vehmanen

Hello all, Ecasound 2.4.6 has been released! Releases notes follow: 1. Summary of changes --------------------- Ability to specify a custom configuration resource file has been added. Several long-standing bugs have been fixed. The licensing of rubyecasound has been changed. 2. What is Ecasound? -------------------- Ecasound is a software package designed for multitrack audio processing. It can be used for simple tasks like audio playback, recording and format conversions, as well as for multitrack effect processing, mixing, recording and signal recycling. Ecasound supports a wide range of audio inputs, outputs and effect algorithms. Effects and audio objects can be combined in various ways, and their parameters can be controlled by operator objects like oscillators and MIDI-CCs. A versatile console mode user-interface is included in the package. Primary platform for running Ecasound is GNU/Linux. Ecasound can also be run on many UNIX-derived systems such as FreeBSD, Mac OS X and Solaris. Limited support for Windows is available through Cygwin. Ecasound is licensed under the GPL. The Ecasound Control Interface (ECI) is licensed under the LGPL. 3. Changes since last release ----------------------------- * Ability to specify a custom resource file has been added. This allows to use different settings for different sessions, without having to modify system wide, nor user's default, settings. Additionally, by specifying a null resource file, accesses to global and user resource files can be disabled. This can be done with the '-R' ecasound option and 'resource-file' interactive mode command (see ecasound (1) and ecasoundrc (5) man pages). * License of rubyecasound, Ruby implementaion of the Ecasound Control Interface (ECI), has been changed from GPL to LGPL. This aligns rubyecasound with other ECI implementations. * Fixes to many long-standing bugs. See the full change list for details. Full list of changes is available at: - http://www.eca.cx/ecasound/history.php 4. Interface and configuration file changes ------------------------------------------- None in this release. 5. Contributors to this release ------------------------------- Patches - Accepted code, documentation and build system changes * Martin Michlmayr (1) Header inclusion errors reported by GCC 4.3 * Junichi Uekawa (1) Incorrect page numbers in TOC of the programmer's and user's guides Bug Hunting - Reports that led to bugfixes (items closed) * Joe Planisky (1) Bug in time crop gate (-gc). * Rémi Rouaud (1) Parsing bugs triggered by localized LADSPA plugins * Aaron Heller and Etienne Deleflie (1) Chainsetups with loop devices would run infinitely Feature suggestions - Ideas that led to new features (items) * Klaus Schulz and Keith Creasy (1) Ability to specify a custom ecasound resource file 6. Links and files ------------------ Web site (and mirrors): http://eca.cx (fi) http://ecasound.seul.org (us) http://ecasound.sourceforge.net (us) Source packages: http://ecasound.seul.org/download http://ecasound.seul.org/download/ecasound-2.4.6.tar.gz md5sum: b095cacd668d67438f75ea8336b9eed0 List of distributions with maintained Ecasound support: See http://eca.cx/ecasound/download.php -- links, my public keys, etc at http://eca.cx/kv

18 years, 1 month

[ANN] Mammut V0.60 and Snd-ls V0.9.8.1_beta

by Kjetil Svalastog Matheussen

Mammut 0.60 =========== Mammut will FFT your sound in one single gigantic analysis (no windows). These spectral data, where the development in time is incorporated in mysterious ways, may then be transformed by different algorithms prior to resynthesis. An interesting aspect of Mammut is its completely non-intuitive sound transformation approach. *Homepage: http://www.notam02.no/arkiv/doc/mammut/ *Screenshot: http://www.notam02.no/arkiv/doc/mammut/mammut.png Changes 0.59 -> 0.60 -Updated source to work with Juce 1.44. (later or earlier versions of juce might not work with this version of mammut) -Fixed a couple of ugly bugs in the progress bar code. -Set moving camera to be off by default. Moving camera seems to stall mammut when using newer juce's. :-( Snd-ls v0.9.8.1_beta ==================== Snd-ls is a distribution of Bill Schottstaedt's sound editor SND. Its target is people that don't know scheme very well, and don't want to spend too much time configuring Snd. It can also serve as a quick introduction to Snd and how it can be set up. (Its named beta, because it hasn't been tested that much. But I think it should work very well. However, a new non-beta version is going to be released quite soon with some additional fixes.) Changes 0.9.7.12 -> 0.9.8.1_beta -Fixed bug that caused snd to fail starting if no previously used soundfile was opened during startup. -Updated Snd from 8.4/12.9.2006 to 9.3/30.7.2007. Many important fixes. -Another attempt at fixing the rt_readin_tag startup bug. Download from http://www.notam02.no/arkiv/src/snd/

18 years, 1 month

[ann] nova-0.1 released

by Tim Blechmann

hi all, (sorry for crossposting) exactly two years ago, i started the nova project, a new max-like computer music system with a dataflow syntax. today, i have released nova-0.1. compared to earlier releases, few new features have been added, but quite a number of bugs have been fixed and some architectural changes have been made to gain some performance ... nova-0.1 is known to run on linux (x86 & x86_64) and on osx. get the tarball at: https://tim.klingt.org/nova/download/releases/nova-0.1.tar.bz2 for questions, comments, complaints, bug reports or similar, please contact me via the nova mailing list: http://klingt.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nova-dev cheers, tim -- tim(a)klingt.org ICQ: 96771783 http://tim.klingt.org All we composers really have to work with is time and sound - and sometimes I'm not even sure about sound. Morton Feldman

18 years, 1 month

[ANN] LV2 Simple Sine Generator plugin (Updated)

by Nedko Arnaudov

This brings plugin in sync with latest lv2 (changed uri, double srate, header) LV2 Simple Sine Generator is very simple plugin, generating sine when feed with notes. It should load in any host supporting midi port LV2 extension, i.e. elven, ingen, lv2_jack_host and zynjacku. Plugin should be usable for testing basic synth functionality and as simple example synth plugin to start with if you want to code your own LV2 synth plugin. Download it from here: http://nedko.arnaudov.name/soft/ssg/ The new tarball is ssg-20070808.tar.bz2 -- Nedko Arnaudov <GnuPG KeyID: DE1716B0>

18 years, 1 month

PHASEX-0.11.0 released

by William Weston

Version 0.11.0 of the [P]hase [H]armonic [A]dvanced [S]ynthesis [EX]periment is ready for download (source tarball and FC6 RPMs) at: http://sysex.net/phasex/ This release contains many fixes and improvements and is highly recommended for all PHASEX users. Here's a brief list (see the ChangeLog for more details): Engine fixes: Filters and oscillator bandlimiting are now properly tuned (taking into account filter oversampling) and work as documented. Calculations for lookup tables are more accurate. The envelope curve has been improved and sounds a lot more natural. Additional bugfixes are found in the ALSA MIDI startup and JACK shutdown code. Engine optimizations: A few simple optimizations have been worked out, with an average of about 30% CPU cycle reduction per voice, and about 30MB of memory overall. For custom builds, the engine can easily be fine-tuned in phasex.h, and the --enable-arch= configure option supports all x86 CPU types supported by gcc-4.1.2. Improved patch bank: The entire bank is preloaded into memory. There is now support for patches in alternate directories. The memory modes have been reworked (and finally documented in the runtime help system). Multiple patches from a directory may now be loaded into the patch bank at once. GUI updates: Special thanks goes out to Pete Shorthose for providing the initial backing store code and some pearls of GTK wisdom to make window redrawing and tab switching faster and smoother. For those of you who haven't done so already, now would be a good time to enable backing store in your X server. Knob and control updates: Scroll wheel support has been added to the knobs and alternate controls. Middle-click centering of knobs is more responsive. The cumbersome combobox lists have been changed to detent knobs with clickable value labels. Parameter locking: Parameters can now be locked down to their current values, effectively blocking out program changes, patch loads, and MIDI controller messages on a per-parameter basis. New settings: The base A4 tuning frequency and backing store can now be set in the preferences dialog. Cheers! --ww -- /* William Weston <weston(a)sysex.net> */

18 years, 1 month

ANN: Quicktoots 17 - this one with video...

by Patrick Shirkey

Hi, Announcing the latest release to the quicktoots archive. DJing with Freewheeling & Hydrogen. DJing is an artform and freewheeling with JACK on Linux makes it possible to amaze your audience with live remixes of rare cuts and hidden gems that when put together produce sample Heaven... Ringheims Auto shows us how it's done. http://quicktoots.linuxaudio.org As always we would love to have more submissions on new ways to use the latest tools. If you are interested in having your name up in lights let me know. ----------------------- Background: The purpose of the Quicktoots are to provide a community resource of informative guides for using Linux audio applications. The Quicktoots are the brainchild of Dave Phillips the man responsible for the most comprehensive webpage devoted to Linux audio applications. The Linux Sound and Midi page. This has now been taken over by the community and moved to the Linux-Sound Application Index your one stop resource for Linux sound software. http://apps.linuxaudio.org/ If you are in the position to link to any of the quicktoots please link to the main page. That way we can keep more accurate statistics on the amount of people viewing the pages. If you are interested in contributing to the Quicktoots please let us know. All work must be submitted me and we I will give advice or make changes to ensure our publishing standard is met. If you are not able to send html don't worry because I am willing to format any braindumps. Enjoy. ----------------------- Cheers. -- Patrick Shirkey - Boost Hardware Ltd. Http://www.boosthardware.com Http://lau.linuxaudio.org - The Linux Audio Users guide ======================================== "Anything your mind can see you can manifest physically, then it will become reality" - Macka B

18 years, 1 month

horgand-1.9 released

by holborn

Hi I released horgand-1.09. No new features, but a hard work to improve the sound engine, now is decent. Also is fixed the crash with RT-Kernels, and some minor bugs. This is the last release with my own code because at last a DSP guru is involved on this project and I think we have good perspectives and will rewrite all. You can find at http://horgand.berlios.de Thanks Josep

18 years, 1 month

Linux Audio Conference 2008

by LAC2008 Team

Linux Audio Conference 2008 Lectures / Demos / Workshops / Concerts / Linux Soundnight Köln/Cologne, 28.2.-2.3.2008 The 6th Linux Audio Conference is taking place in Cologne (Germany) Feb 28th to March 2nd 2008. The Academy of Media Arts[1], Cologne, is proud to host the Linux Audio Conference 2008[2], where once a year programmers and artists, musicians, composers and practioneers gather to discuss and explore new and important developments in making music and sounds with Linux and Open Source software. The Linux Audio Conference is both a meeting of developers writing audio software for Linux as it is a music festival, where artists from all over the world show how free software can create fresh and exciting new sounds. A wide range of workshops, talks and presentations will once again prove, how Tux, the friendly penguin, spreads its little wings into areas, that no longer are the realm for the big fish alone - like computer music, sound engineering and audio distribution. The LAC aims at bringing together developers and users of Linux and open source audio software with the goal of information sharing, project discussions, making (and dancing to) music. Each day of the conference there will be a concert which features music composed and created with open source software. Stay tuned for the various calls for Papers, Music and Workshops bound to appear on the new LAC website - http://lac.linuxaudio.org - right after the summer break. The team of LAC2008 is working hard to make the LAC Cologne again a successful and most of all fun event for all visitors and participants. If you have further questions, want to cooperate with us or just cannot wait anymore, you can always contact us by email: lac(a)linuxaudio.org Hear you in 2008! Frank Barknecht and Martin Rumori LAC2008 Mail: lac(a)linuxaudio.org Web: http://lac.linuxaudio.org [1] http://www.khm.de [2] http://lac.linuxaudio.org

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Linux-audio-announce August 2007