Linux-audio-announce July 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, 1 month

gst123-0.2.0

by Stefan Westerfeld

gst123-0.2.1 has been released. Overview of changes in gst123-0.2.1: ------------------------------------ * Fixed minor memory leak. * Fix warnings due to wrong glib option parsing. [Nicholas Miell] * Use wikihtml2man for documentation (replaces old doxer based manpage). What is gst123? --------------- The program gst123 is designed to be a more flexible command line player in the spirit of ogg123 and mpg123, based on gstreamer. It plays all file formats gstreamer understands, so if you have a music collection which contains different file formats, like flac, ogg and mp3, you can use gst123 to play all your music files. Since gst123-0.1.0 support for watching videos has been added; however gst123 should run fine in situations where no X11 display is available; videos can be played without X11 display, too (-x, --novideo); in this case, only the audio stream will be played. It is implemented in C++ and licensed under the GNU LGPL version 2 Links: ------ Website: http://space.twc.de/~stefan/gst123.php Download: http://space.twc.de/~stefan/gst123/gst123-0.2.1.tar.bz2 -- Stefan Westerfeld, Hamburg/Germany, http://space.twc.de/~stefan

14 years

[ANN] update release gxtuner-1.3

by hermann

Hello I like to announce a update release of gxtuner, a simple, small and lightweight guitar/bass tuner for jack. It's a break out of the guitarix tuner module, changes: * full arbitrary scaling interface * show octave number within the note gxtuner comes with a analogue like interface (scale), show the tune (char) and the accumulated frequency (Hz) and is licensed under the GPL. gxtuner use a equal-tempered scale based on A4 = 440 Hz for more information please read the included README file. get it here: http://sourceforge.net/projects/guitarix/files/gxtuner/ direct link http://sourceforge.net/projects/guitarix/files/gxtuner/gxtuner-1.3.tar.bz2/… have fun hermann

14 years, 1 month

jMax Phoenix 0.7 beta released

by Maurizio De Cecco

I just upload to the sourceforge site (http://jmax-phoenix.sourceforge.net/) the binaries for jMax Phoenix 0.7. This release include the recent work on restructuring the DSP engine, and provide the results of some optimization work; the performance increase is (on my core i7 sandy bridge) of around 3 times for Mac OS X and 2 times under Linux, for patches that has a typical mix of simple and complex DSP objects; simple DSP objects run around 4 time faster than before. (also, if you used the 0.6.2 distribution, performance increase is more in the 10x range, because it was compiled using the wrong flags). Most of the performance increase come, on Mac OS X, for using the clang vector extensions, and for Linux, from using the latest compiler with the right flags. The Linux distribution include the usability fix included in the last Mac OS distribution. A couple of incompatible changes: the ISPW like switch~ object has been dropped, because its semantic prevented any changes in the DSP engine (the ISPW switch~ was different than the pd switch~). New forms of conditional execution may be provided later. On Mac OS X, the personal preference file moved to the ~/Library/Preferences/org.jmax-phoenix.jMax/jmax.xml file, and the caches to ~/Library/Caches/org.jmax-phoenix.jMax directory. Maurizio

14 years, 1 month

[ANN] release gxtuner-1.0

by hermann

Hello I like to announce the first release of gxtuner, a simple, small and lightweight guitar/bass tuner for jack. gxtuner comes with a analogue like interface (scale), show the tune (char) and the accumulated frequency (Hz) and is licensed under the GPL. It's a break out of the guitarix tuner module, you can download it here: http://sourceforge.net/projects/guitarix/files/gxtuner/gxtuner-1.0.tar.bz2/… have fun hermann

14 years, 1 month

[ANN] Composite 0.006.2 Released

by Gabriel Beddingfield

I am pleased to announce the release of Composite 0.006.2. This is a bug-fix release. ABOUT ----- Composite is (or, will be) a software application/system for real-time, in-performance sequencing, sampling, and looping. Currently the main feature is the LV2 Sampler that supports Hydrogen drumkits. CHANGES ------- * LV2 Sampler: Fix logic error with uri-map by passing the Event URI as the `map` parameter. This also works around crashes in slv2 and zynjacku (which is a bug on their part). STATUS ------ Composite is a project with a large vision. Here is the status of the different components: composite-gui: Alpha (i.e. "a broken version of Hydrogen") composite_sampler (LV2): production/stable, no GUI libTritium: Not a public API, yet. LINKS ----- Composite: http://gabe.is-a-geek.org/composite/ Plugin Docs: file:///home/gabriel/code/composite-planning/plugins/sampler/1 Tarball: http://gabe.is-a-geek.org/composite/releases/composite-0.006.2.tar.bz2 Git: http://gitorious.org/composite git://gitorious.org/composite/composite.git HOW TO USE THE PLUGIN --------------------- To use the plugin, you need the following: * A program (host) that loads LV2 plugins. * A MIDI controller. * An audio output device. :-) The following LV2 hosts are known to work with this plugin: Ingen http://drobilla.net/blog/software/ingen/ ardour3 (alpha) http://ardour.org/ lv2_jack_host http://drobilla.net/software/slv2/ zynjacku http://home.gna.org/zynjacku/ If you don't have a hardware MIDI controller, I suggest using jack-keyboard (http://jack-keyboard.sourceforge.net/). The first time you run the sampler, it will create a file ~/.composite/data/presets/default.xml, which will set up presets on Bank 0 for the two default drum kits (GMkit and TR808EmulationKit). Sending MIDI PC 0 and PC 1 will switch between the two kits. See composite_sampler(1) for more information on setting up presets. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS --------------- With this release, I would especially like to thank: Alessio Treglia - For quickly packaging 0.006.1 and getting it into Debian sid. Benoit Delcour - For quickly testing and reporting this issue with the LV2 Sampler. Peace, Gabriel M. Beddingfield

14 years, 1 month

spectmorph-0.2.0

by Stefan Westerfeld

spectmorph-0.2.0 has been released. This is the first version that supports sound morphing, and some really interesting sounds can be created with this version; there are examples on the web page. Overview of Changes in spectmorph-0.2.0: ---------------------------------------- * implemented user defined morphing using a MorphPlan consisting of operators - graphical representation of the operators - graphical editing of the MorphPlan - implement actual morphing (in per-operator per-voice module object) - added MorphPlanSynth/MorphPlanVoice, which allow running MorphPlan's easily - added LPC (linear prediction) during encoding, and LPC/LSF based morphing * BEAST plugin: - added GUI required for editing a MorphPlan - support four output channels, as well as two control inputs - delay compensation plugin (to compensate SpectMorph delay) * JACK client: - support GUI MorphPlan editing * added sminspector (graphical tool for displaying SpectMorph instruments) - zoomable time/frequency view - configurable (FFT/CWT/LPC) time/frequency view transform parameters - spectrum, sample, LPC visualization - graphical loop point editing - allow storing changes in .smset files (for editing loop points) - play support via JACK * improved smtool (old name: smextract); its now installed by default - lots of new commands (like "total-noise", "auto-volume", ...) - support .smset as input (in addition to .sm); command is executed on all .sm files in the .smset * added shared libraries for gui and jack code * new integrated memory leak debugger (to find missing delete's) * support ping-pong loops * doxygen API docs updates * migrated man pages from Doxer to testbit.eu wiki (and use wikihtml2man.py) * performance improvements What is SpectMorph? ------------------- SpectMorph is a free software project which allows to analyze samples of musical instruments, and to combine them (morphing). It can be used to construct hybrid sounds, for instance a sound between a trumpet and a flute; or smooth transitions, for instance a sound that starts as a trumpet and then gradually changes to a flute. Also interpolating between two samples of the same instrument (different attack velocity of a piano) could be interesting. SpectMorph is implemented in C++ and licensed under the GNU LGPL version 3 SpectMorph is still under development. This means: * the fileformat is not yet stable - instruments or morph plans may not work with newer versions of SpectMorph * the algorithms for synthesizing sounds are still under development - newer versions may sound different To sum it up: if you compose music using SpectMorph, don't expect newer versions to be compatible in any way. Links: ------ Website: http://www.spectmorph.org Download: http://www.spectmorph.org/downloads/spectmorph-0.2.0.tar.bz2 There are many sound samples on the website, which test morphing between instruments. -- Stefan Westerfeld, Hamburg/Germany, http://space.twc.de/~stefan

14 years, 1 month

TYOQA: Qtractor 0.5.0 - The Alpha Zulu awakening!

by Rui Nuno Capela

Howdy! TYOQA (the year of qtractor automation for the clueless) is now pretty real. I'd say it's all been my my prerogative, again and again, doing things my own way (do I hear Frank S. singing? nope. move along...). Is this the time to do the unthinkable? Should I tag it as beta now? Should I? There's one single reason for not doing so and a couple of others to make it through: 1. basically it's all the same functionality that stays put or improved in a few spots; 2. it just feels like it! :) Now comes the mighty corrosive one: I'll be off on vacation soon. Summer is waiting for me. And I just hate to miss that kind of deadline. Woohoo! Is there anything else to mention? Go ahead, make your day: Qtractor 0.5.0 (alpha zulu) is now released! Release highlights: * TYOQA! Audio/MIDI track and plugin parameter automation (NEW) * MIDI controller catch-up behavior (NEW) * All zooming in/out relative to views center (NEW) * Audio gain/panning smoothing changes (FIX) Happy summer 2 y'all! Website: http://qtractor.sourceforge.net Project page: http://sourceforge.net/projects/qtractor Downloads: - source tarball: http://downloads.sourceforge.net/qtractor/qtractor-0.5.0.tar.gz - source package (openSUSE 11.4): http://downloads.sourceforge.net/qtractor/qtractor-0.5.0-3.rncbc.suse114.sr… - binary packages (openSUSE 11.4): http://downloads.sourceforge.net/qtractor/qtractor-0.5.0-3.rncbc.suse114.i5… http://downloads.sourceforge.net/qtractor/qtractor-0.5.0-3.rncbc.suse114.x8… - from the dusty shelf: user manual (anyone?): http://downloads.sourceforge.net/qtractor/qtractor-0.3.0-user-manual.pdf Weblog (upstream support): http://www.rncbc.org License: Qtractor is free, open-source software, distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License (GPL) version 2 or later. Change-log: - MIDI controller learn/catch-up sees the way in: MIDI controller changes are now only effective after catching-up with their respective program parameters, avoiding abrupt jumps and keeping a safe and continuous behavior. - Track/Height menu is now featured, giving access to Increase, Decrease or Reset the current track height. - All changes to audio gain and panning on tracks and buses are now applied following a piece-wise linear ramp, reducing the old nasty clicks, pops or zipper artifacts that might be awfully audible on some situations, most specially on automation. - All zooming in/out is now relative to either the viewport center or current mouse cursor position if found laying inside. - TYOQA! the underground sources have emerged:... after years in the making, track automation, or dynamic curves as some like to call, is finally a reality, tricky but real ;) - Audio clip anti-glitch/ramp-smoothing effect is now slightly independent of current buffer-size period (mitigating bug #3338113 effect). - Once buried under the Edit menu, Clip menu has been finally promoted to top main menu. - Debugging stacktrace now applies to all working threads. - Fixed muted loop playback on audio clips ending coincidentally with the loop-turn/end point. - Old/deprecated JACK port latency support added to audio recording latency compensation. - Audio clip merge/export lock-ups now untangled (fixes bug #3308998). - LV2 extension headers update. - Fixed configure of newer LV2 host implementation stack (LILV) when older (SLV2) is not present. Enjoy && Cheers! -- rncbc aka Rui Nuno Capela rncbc(a)rncbc.org

14 years, 1 month

Grainmap 0.1 Released

by Caleb Reach

Hi all, I am pleased to announce the first release of grainmap. ABOUT ----- Grainmap splits an audio file at onsets and displays each slice as a region on a map. Nearby regions on the map correspond to audio slices that are nearby in time. Colors are chosen so that each region can be visually distinguished from its neighbors. Once an audio file is loaded, clicking on a region causes the corresponding audio slice to play forward and backward continuously. Dragging the mouse across the map creates a granular-esque effect. LINKS ----- Grainmap: http://codphilosophy.com/grainmap.html Screenshot: http://codphilosophy.com/images/grainmap.png Audio Example: http://codphilosophy.com/audio/grainmap.ogg Download: http://codphilosophy.com/software/grainmap-0.1.tar.gz Gitorious: https://gitorious.org/grainmap/grainmap AUR: http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=50758 Cheers, Caleb

14 years, 1 month

Re: [LAA] Composite 0.006.1 Released [ERRATA]

by Gabriel Beddingfield

On 07/14/2011 11:44 PM, Gabriel Beddingfield wrote: > Tarball: > http://gabe.is-a-geek.org/composite/releases/composite-0.006.tar.bz2 This should be: http://gabe.is-a-geek.org/composite/releases/composite-0.006.1.tar.bz2 Apologies, Gabriel

14 years, 1 month

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Linux-audio-announce July 2011