Linux-audio-announce February 2011

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by Pedro Lopez-Cabanillas

KMidimon is a MIDI monitor for Linux using ALSA sequencer and KDE4 user interface. Changes in 0.7.4 * requires Drumstick >= 0.5 * load and play OVE files (Overture), contributed by Rui Fan * option to request real-time priority on MIDI input thread * option to (not) resize columns while recording * better reporting of file loading errors * revised universal sysex messages translation Copyright (C) 2005-2010, Pedro Lopez-Cabanillas License: GPL v2 More info http://kmidimon.sourceforge.net Sources http://sourceforge.net/projects/kmidimon/files/ Regards, Pedro

12 years, 4 months

jSoundz a jack / qt4 SounrWall / CartWall

by drew Roberts

jSoundz is a jack / qt4 SounrWall / CartWall. This is the first "official" announcement. Right now, the code that exists can be had via git at: git://github.com/zotz/jSoundz.git https://github.com/zotz/jSoundz Wiki: https://github.com/zotz/jSoundz/wiki RoadMap: https://github.com/zotz/jSoundz/wiki/RoadMap Advisors / mentors appreciated. all the best, drew -- http://freemusicpush.blogspot.com/

14 years, 9 months

Mixxx 1.9.0

by RJ Ryan

Hello all, On behalf of the Mixxx Development Team, I'm pleased to announce the official release of Mixxx 1.9.0. Mixxx is Free, open-source DJ software that gives you everything you need to perform live mixes. Mixxx 1.9.0 adds several major new features including Shoutcast support, direct deck outputs for external mixers, and ReplayGain normalization. We've also added many enhancements to the library, a revamped default skin, and more! You can read more about this release on our blog: http://mixxxblog.blogspot.com/2011/02/mixxx-190-released.html Here's the full list of new features: - *Shoutcast / Icecast support* - Mixxx can now broadcast over the internet (heavily requested feature) - *External Mixer Support* - The new Sound Hardware preferences pane allows you to route each playback deck separately, which allows you to use Mixxx with an external mixer. - *ReplayGain normalization* - A user from our forum worked closely with our developers to fully implement volume normalization, including performing the ReplayGain analysis for tracks which are not tagged. - *Waveform Gain* - The scrolling waveforms now scale according to the channel gain for better visual feedback. - *Key lock buttons* - Formerly known as "pitch-independent time stretch", there are now easily accessible key-lock buttons for each for deck. - *Revamped default skin* - Since the original source material for the Outline Netbook skin was lost eons ago, our artist completely redid it from scratch and tweaked it for better visibility. The new skin has also added EQ kill switches. - *HSS1394 support* (Windows, OS X) - Mixxx now supports firewire HSS1394 MIDI devices such as the Stanton SCS.1 series. - *Improved FLAC support* - We're now using libFLAC directly for smoother FLAC decoding. - *Revamped metadata parsing* - Integration of TagLib<http://developer.kde.org/~wheeler/taglib.html> allows Mixxx to parse more metadata from songs, and do it more consistently. - *Metadata writing* - Mixxx can now write changes in song metadata back to disk. This feature is off by default, and can be enabled in the Library preferences pane. - *Millisecond time display* - The time counters in Mixxx now have an extra millisecond display. - *Library improvements:* - *Played column - *The library now indicates whether a song has been played in the current session already, and also counts the total number of times the song has been played. - *Ratings column - *5 stars, no stars, or anywhere in between<http://www.mail-archive.com/mixxx-devel@lists.sourceforge.net/msg03273.html> . - *Better search *- Search now searches in more columns, and by-term instead of by-phrase. - *Revamped iTunes integration* - A rewrite yielded a significant speedup of iTunes parsing. - *Faster library scanning - *The library scanner should perform much better on large libraries. - *Inline Editing* -* *Double click any item in the track table to edit its contents. - *Recording to MP3/Ogg -* Now your recordings can be saved in either MP3 or Ogg/Vorbis format. - *New MIDI mappings:* - Vestax Typhoon - Vestax Spin - Hercules DJ Console Mk4 - Numark MIXTRACK - Pioneer CDJ-350 - *Updated MIDI mappings:* - Hercules DJ Control MP3 - Hercules DJ Control e2 - Hercules DJ Control Steel - Hercules MK2 - Vestax VCI-100 - Reloop Digital Jockey 2 - M-Audio Xponent - *Tons of bug fixes and performance improvements!* RJ Ryan

14 years, 9 months

Klactoveedsedstene v3.0 released

by Viggo Simonsen

14 years, 9 months

[ANN] Announcing the first public release of libmapper

by Stephen Sinclair

This is a belated announcement for libmapper 0.1, the first public release of this C library intended to ease connection and mapping between input devices and synthesizers. libmapper provides a network-enabled middleware that allows an application to announce input and output signals to a subnet using a shared multicast UDP port, and automatically respond to requests to create dynamic connections. By using multicast, we avoid dependence on a central hub to manage connections, and use it to arrange signal transmission on a peer-to-peer basis without requiring a rebroadcasting infrastructure for data sharing. Additionally, this decentralized approach allows collaborative manipulation of signal connections on the local subnet, encouraging an experimental approach to mapping design. Mappings between signals can be constructed dynamically that perform translation of OSC message addresses for the receiver, and additionally can apply arbitrary transformation of signal values based on a given formula. Documentation, source code, and binaries can be found on the project's website. [1] libmapper constitutes a new C version of our protocol that has been previously developed in Max/MSP [2], and marks the beginning of an effort to implement support for this protocol in several different languages and audio environments. Currently we provide bindings for Python (through SWIG) and provide external objects for PureData and Max/MSP. Managing connections on the network is still accomplished via our Max/MSP GUI, but we are currently working on a cross-platform application to replace it. Although libmapper 0.1 was actually made public in December, we were originally waiting to finish a first version of this new GUI before announcing libmapper, but have since decided that it would be best to announce libmapper sooner for those who might be interested in using it or contributing to development. A video of the GUI being used in a previous version of the system can be seen here [3]. In this video, the GUI is shown interacting with a controller and a synthesizer both in Max/MSP; now with libmapper, the synthesizer and also the program that communicates with the controller could now be written in C, or any language with bindings to the library. libmapper's only dependency is liblo, which is used to send and receive OSC messages, which are used for all communications. It has been developed and tested on Linux and Mac OS X operating systems. Please see the README and Tutorial on that page for further details on concept and usage. Thank you for your attention, feedback is welcome on the project mailing list [4]. Yours, The libmapper team, Input Devices and Music Interaction Laboratory, McGill University. [1] http://idmil.org/software/libmapper [2] http://idmil.org/_media/publications/2008/malloch_lncs2008.pdf [3] http://vimeo.com/7104879 [4] http://groups.google.com/group/dot_mapper Notice to list maintainer: It seems that the instructions for announce, linked to from the mailman info page, are down with a 404: http://lad.linuxaudio.org/subscribe/laa.html

14 years, 9 months

Rivendell 2.0.0rc0

by Fred Gleason

On behalf of the entire Rivendell development team, I'm pleased to announce the release of the first release candidate of Rivendell 2.x, v2.0.0rc0. Rivendell is a full-featured radio automation system targeted for use in professional broadcast environments. It is available under the GNU General Public License. From the NEWS file: *** snip snip *** This is the first release candidate of Rivendell 2.x. All changes made since 2.0.0beta1 have involved fixes for reported bugs and improved integration with various distributions and desktop environments. See the ChangeLog for specifics. If upgrading from a v1.x version of Rivendell, be sure to read the 'UPGRADING' file before proceeding for important information. Database Update: This version of Rivendell uses database schema version 202, and will automatically upgrade any earlier versions. To see the current schema version prior to upgrade, see RDAdmin->SystemInfo. As always, be sure to run RDAdmin immediately after upgrading to allow any necessary changes to the database schema to be applied. Due to the complexity of the schema changes required for this update, the process may take significantly longer to execute than is commonly the case; users are cautioned to allow for ample time operationally. *** snip snip *** Further information, screenshots and download links are available at: http://www.rivendellaudio.org/ Cheers! |-------------------------------------------------------------------------| | Frederick F. Gleason, Jr. | Chief Developer | | | Paravel Systems | |-------------------------------------------------------------------------| | The first duty of a revolutionary is to get away with it. | | -- Abbie Hoffman | |-------------------------------------------------------------------------|

14 years, 10 months

Harrison Mixbus ... now available on Linux!

by Ben Loftis

Harrison Consoles, manufacturer of the world's finest mixing consoles, is proud to announce that Mixbus is now available for the Linux platform. Mixbus(tm) extends Ardour ( the well-known Digital Audio Workstation ) with Harrison's world-renowned sound and features in a knob-per-function interface. Now cross-platform on both Linux and OSX, Mixbus provides a solution for engineers and mixers who need a recorder, editor and mixing system with world-class sound and features. -------------------------- Mixbus Features: * Straightforward “knob per function” mixer layout based on Harrison's renowned 32-series and MR-series music consoles. * Precision DSP algorithms for EQ, Filter, Compression, Analog Tape Saturation, and Summing based on Harrison's world-renowned large format analog and digital mixing consoles. * Unlimited stereo or mono input channels (based on available CPU power) featuring High-pass Filter, EQ, Compression, and 4 Mix Bus sends on every c channel. * 4 Stereo Mix Buses (can be used for groups or auxes) featuring Tone controls, Compression, Sidechaining, and Analog Tape Saturation. * Stereo Master Bus that features Tone controls, Analog Tape Saturation, K-meter, and Limiting to help you make polished mixes. * Automatic delay compensation for any routing combinations of Tracks to Mixbuses and/or Master Bus. This allows for parallel paths with different plugins that remain time-aligned to the output. * Comprehensive "at-a-glance" metering with peak, peak hold, and compressor gain reduction visible on every track and bus. * Extensive DAW features via the Ardour Digital Audio Workstation. * Uses any sound I/O supported by ALSA and/or JACK on Linux * Supports LADSPA and LV2 plugins on Linux ------------------------ The development of Mixbus is the culmination of a multi-year collaboration between Harrison and the Ardour development team. Mixbus is available at an introductory price of only $79. Purchase Mixbus now at: http://mixbus.harrisonconsoles.com Purchasers of Mixbus are also able to take advantage of a LinuxDSP plugin "bundle" at a dramatically reduced price. The included plugins ( channelstrip with gate, fully parametric EQ, multiband compressor, and reverb) extend Mixbus to provide a full-featured editing, mixing and mastering package at a great price. Best Regards, Ben Loftis Harrison Consoles

14 years, 10 months

Harrison Mixbus ... now available on Linux!

by Ben Loftis

Harrison Consoles, manufacturer of the world's finest mixing consoles, is proud to announce that Mixbus is now available for the Linux platform. Mixbus(tm) extends Ardour ( the well-known Digital Audio Workstation ) with Harrison's world-renowned sound and features in a knob-per-function interface. Now cross-platform on both Linux and OSX, Mixbus provides a solution for engineers and mixers who need a recorder, editor and mixing system with world-class sound and features. Mixbus Features: *Straightforward “knob per function” mixer layout based on Harrison's renowned 32-series and MR-series music consoles. *Precision DSP algorithms for EQ, Filter, Compression, Analog Tape Saturation, and Summing based on Harrison's world-renowned large format analog and digital mixing consoles. *Unlimited stereo or mono input channels (based on available CPU power) featuring High-pass Filter, EQ, Compression, and 4 Mix Bus sends on every c channel. *4 Stereo Mix Buses (can be used for groups or auxes) featuring Tone controls, Compression, Sidechaining, and Analog Tape Saturation. *Stereo Master Bus that features Tone controls, Analog Tape Saturation, K-meter, and Limiting to help you make polished mixes. *Automatic delay compensation for any routing combinations of Tracks to Mixbuses and/or Master Bus. This allows for parallel paths with different plugins that remain time-aligned to the output. *Comprehensive "at-a-glance" metering with peak, peak hold, and compressor gain reduction visible on every track and bus. *Extensive DAW features via the Ardour Digital Audio Workstation. *Uses any sound I/O supported by ALSA and/or JACK on Linux *Supports LADSPA and LV2 plugins on Linux The development of Mixbus is the culmination of a multi-year collaboration between Harrison and the Ardour development team. * Mixbus is available at an introductory price of only $79. Purchase Mixbus now at: http://mixbus.harrisonconsoles.com * Purchasers of Mixbus are also able to take advantage of a LinuxDSP plugin "bundle" at a dramatically reduced price. The included plugins ( channelstrip with gate, fully parametric EQ, multiband compressor, and reverb) extend Mixbus to provide a full-featured editing, mixing and mastering package at a great price.

14 years, 10 months

LAC2011: Paper deadline coming closer

by Frank Neumann

Dear all, this mail is to remind you that the paper submission deadline for the Linux Audio Conference 2011(*) in Maynooth, Ireland is coming closer; your last chance to submit a paper is on February 20th, 2011. So, if you are considering to hand in a paper but couldn't make up your mind yet, now is the time! As said before, this conference lives through the people contributing to it. The deadline for music and sound installation submissions is the same as above. Notification of acceptance of submitted papers will be sent out on March 15th, 2011. (*) http://lac.linuxaudio.org/2011 Please spread this information to anyone who might be interested. Direct any questions through email to lac(a)linuxaudio.org. Thanks, Frank

14 years, 10 months

[ANN] guitarix update release gx_head-0.13.0

by hermann

gx_head is a simple guitar mono tube amplifier simulation based on the work we have done in the guitarix project. gx_head provide 3 tube models (12AX7, 12AU7, 6V6) and 8 different tonestack models(Bassman, Twin Reverb, Princeton, JCM-800, JCM-2000, M-Lead, M2199, AC30), so you can simply create the amp-model to your needs. gx_head comes with a bunch of in-build effects, like distortion, crybaby, autowah, phaser, flanger, echo, delay, . . . The effects could ordered in two Racks, on for the mono effects, witch could be load for pre or post processing, and one for the stereo effects, witch could only used in post processing. Effects are loadable over the menu, a pop-up menu in the racks, or a plugin bar. Settings could saved/load as presets. gx_head comes with some factory settings provided by guitarix/gx_head friends "funkmuscle" and "zettberlin", thanks therefore. All UI controllers could connected over jack midi via MIDI learn with your external MIDI controllers. gx_head is ready for language support via gettext() and comes thanks to Pablo Fernández with Spanish , and thanks to Ivan Tarozzi with Italian translation. The style file gx3-dezert is contributed by zettberlin, thanks Hartmut new features in short: * add mix tubes * add post amp * add noise gate * add Italian translation by Ivan Tarozzi * add desert skin by zettberlin * add factory settings by zettberlin have fun _________________________________________________________________________ gx_head is licensed under the GPL. screen-shots and sound examples: http://sourceforge.net/apps/wordpress/guitarix/ direct download: http://sourceforge.net/projects/guitarix/files/gx_head/gx_head-0.13.0.tar.b… download: http://sourceforge.net/projects/guitarix/ please report bugs and suggestions in our forum here: http://sourceforge.net/apps/phpbb/guitarix/ ________________________________________________________________________ For extra Impulse Responses, gx_head uses the zita-convolver library, and, for resampling we use zita-resampler, both written by Fons Adriaensen. http://www.kokkinizita.net/linuxaudio/index.html We use the marvellous faust compiler to build the amp and effects and will say thanks to : Julius Smith http://ccrma.stanford.edu/realsimple/faust/ : Albert Graef http://q-lang.sourceforge.net/examples.html#Faust : Yann Orlary http://faust.grame.fr/ ________________________________________________________________________ For faust users : All used Faust dsp files are included in /gx_head/src/faust, the resulting .cc files are in /gx_head/src/faust-generated The tools we use to convert (post-processing and plot) the resulting faust cpp files to the needed include format, stay in the /gx_head/tools directory. ________________________________________________________________________ regards guitarix development team

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Linux-audio-announce February 2011