Linux-audio-announce January 2014

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by David Robillard

Suil 0.8.0 is out. Suil is a lightweight C library for loading and wrapping LV2 plugin UIs. Suil transparently presents UIs written in any toolkit as the desired widget type of host programs, so hosts do not have to depend on foreign toolkits. Download: http://download.drobilla.net/suil-0.8.0.tar.bz2 Signature: http://download.drobilla.net/suil-0.8.0.tar.bz2.sig More about Suil: http://drobilla.net/software/suil This releases adds a function, but remains backwards compatible with all previous releases. Changes: * Add suil_instance_get_handle (patch from Rui Nuno Capela) * Fix compilation errors on some systems * Upgrade to waf 1.7.14 Enjoy, -- dr

12 years

Sratom 0.4.4

by David Robillard

Sratom 0.4.4 is out. Sratom is a small C library for serialising LV2 atoms to/from Turtle. Using Sratom, hosts can easily serialise plugin state or messages to and from portable strings in the same format as plugin data files. Download: http://download.drobilla.net/sratom-0.4.4.tar.bz2 Signature: http://download.drobilla.net/sratom-0.4.4.tar.bz2.sig More about Sratom: http://drobilla.net/software/sratom This releases fixes a minor bug and improves output. The API is identical to the previous release. Changes: * Escape invalid characters when writing paths as URIs * Fancier printing without subject and predicate Enjoy, -dr

12 years

LV2 1.8.0

by David Robillard

LV2 1.8.0 is out. This release adds one new property (lv2:prototype), a new example plugin, and some minor fixes, but does not add any new API. This release is backwards compatible with all previous releases. Download: http://lv2plug.in/spec/lv2-1.8.0.tar.bz2 Signature: http://lv2plug.in/spec/lv2-1.8.0.tar.bz2.sig More about LV2: http://lv2plug.in/ Changes: * Install lv2specgen for use by other projects. * lv2specgen: Fix links to externally defined terms. * Add scope example plugin from Robin Gareus. * lv2core: Add lv2:prototype for property inheritance. * atom: Make lv2_atom_*_is_end() arguments const. * log: Add missing include <string.h> to logger.h for memset. * ui: Fix LV2_UI_INVALID_PORT_INDEX identifier in documentation. Enjoy, -- dr

12 years

Rivendell 2.6.2

by Fred Gleason

On behalf of the entire Rivendell development team, I'm pleased to announce the availability of Rivendell v2.6.2. 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 *** Changes: Fixed a bug in RDLogEdit that threw a segfault when dropping a cart onto the end of a log. Database Update: This version of Rivendell uses database schema version 224, 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. *** 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 | |-------------------------------------------------------------------------|

12 years

Ecasound 2.9.1 released

by Kai Vehmanen

Hello all, after skipping 2013 altogether (2.9.0 was released in June 2012), it's time to wrap up the git commits and start 2014 with an officially stamped tarball: 1. Summary of changes in this release ------------------------------------- Bug fixed with ai-remove/ao-remove. Regression fixed in ALSA PCM draining logic. Many minor bugs have been fixed. 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 in 2.9.1 release --------------------------- * Bugfixes to ALSA PCM output, ecatools, ECI ai-remove/ao-remove commands, '-t' option. See NEWS file and git history. * Ecasound now compiled with SUSv3 (-D_XOPEN_SOURCE=600). Full list of changes is available at: - http://nosignal.fi/ecasound/history.php 4. Interface and configuration file changes in 2.9.1 series ----------------------------------------------------------- None. 5. Contributors to 2.9.1 series ------------------------------- Patches - Accepted code, documentation and build system changes ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Extracted with 'git-shortlog -s': v2.9.1: 2 Alessandro Ghedini 24 Kai Vehmanen Bug Hunting - Reports that led to bugfixes (items closed) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ v2.9.1 * Knut Petersen (3) multiple issues with ALSA drainining logic added to 2.8.0 bug in -t/cs-set-length * Rocco / linuxmedia4 (1) bug in ai-remove/ao-remove * Brett Koonce (1) build error with Mac XCode 5.x and SUSv2/_XOPEN_SOURCE=500 * Julien Claassen (1) invalid design-by-contract warnings Feature suggestions - Ideas that led to new features (items) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ No features implemented. 6. Links and files ------------------ Web site (and mirrors): http://nosignal.fi/ecasound (fi) http://ecasound.seul.org (us) http://ecasound.sourceforge.net (us) Source package: http://nosignal.fi/ecasound/download.php ecasound-2.9.1.tar.gz, md5sum: 13c7be1e4eddc0bbf3792dc17777e465 List of distributions with maintained Ecasound support: See http://nosignal.fi/ecasound/download.php --

12 years

The Friday Interview #12: Rui Nuno Capela

by Gabbe Nord

The 12th edition of the Friday Interview has arrived, but first of all: Happy new year to everyone, and a sincere thank you for both the encouragement and the appreciation this series has gotten! And, of course, a big thank you to everyone who has participated - I'm as happy and interested as anyone to dive into the lives and backgrounds of the many heroes of Linux audio. So, to a new and great year for Linux audio! :) This week, we're joined by one of the legends of the game, responsible for the barrage of awesome applications prefixed Q: Rui Nuno Capela! http://www.zthmusic.com/rncbc/

12 years

Rivendell 2.6.1

by Fred Gleason

On behalf of the entire Rivendell development team, I'm pleased to announce the availability of Rivendell v2.6.1. 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 *** Changes: Drag and Drop. Added the ability to drag and drop carts within and between Rivendell modules. Useability Tweaks. Modified UI behavior to improve ease of use for SoundPanels and RDLibrary. See the ChangeLog for details. Multiple bug fixes. See the ChangeLog for details. Database Update: This version of Rivendell uses database schema version 224, 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. *** snip snip *** Further information, screenshots and download links are available at: http://www.rivendellaudio.org/ Cheers! |-------------------------------------------------------------------------| | Frederick F. Gleason, Jr. | Chief Developer | | | Paravel Systems | |-------------------------------------------------------------------------| | A successful tool is one that was used to do something undreamed of | | by its author. | | -- S.C. Johnson | |-------------------------------------------------------------------------|

12 years

AV Linux 6.0.2 Released!

by MGV-AV Linux

Hi, Happy New Year to all fellow LADs and LAUs! Announcing the release of AV Linux 6.0.2, My thanks to the developers of all the great applications included especially Robin Gareus and falkTX for their notable contributions this time around. Some highlights: Complete custom XFCE4 4.10 D.E. Pipelight Browser Plugin (Netflix and Flash support) Updated FFADO drivers MTP Device support exfat-fuse support Ardour 3.5.143 in native and VST versions Harrison Mixbus Demo of version 2.4 Updates to the linuxDSP Demos Harrison Consoles LV2 Plugin Demos system-wide Carla 1.2.3 + Carla LV2 Plugins including ZynAddSubFX-LV2 X42-Plugins Zam-Plugins AJ Snapshot UI to graphically save and retrieve AJ Snapshots JALV Launcher with External UI Support Much more, detailed here: http://www.remastersys.com/forums/index.php?topic=3262.0 Looking forward to many meets and greets at LAC2014! Thanks for reading, Glen MacArthur - AV Linux Maintainer

12 years

A fifth of a Jubilee with a late Mike November release

by Rui Nuno Capela

(attn: this corrects wrong urls from the previous announcement which should be now ignored) -- Happy New Year to y'all. Not a fiscal report I'm afraid but the biggest load of Q-stuff released ever ;) Enjoy! * QjackCtl - A JACK Audio Connection Kit Qt GUI Interface QjackCtl 0.3.11 is out! QjackCtl is a simple Qt application to control the JACK sound server, for the Linux Audio infrastructure. website: http://qjackctl.sourceforge.net downloads: http://sourceforge.net/projects/qjackctl/files - source tarball: http://downloads.sourceforge.net/qjackctl/qjackctl-0.3.11.tar.gz - source package: http://downloads.sourceforge.net/qjackctl/qjackctl-0.3.11-20.rncbc.suse131.… - binary packages: http://downloads.sourceforge.net/qjackctl/qjackctl-0.3.11-20.rncbc.suse131.… http://downloads.sourceforge.net/qjackctl/qjackctl-0.3.11-20.rncbc.suse131.… * Qsynth - A FluidSynth Qt GUI Interface Qsynth 0.3.8 is out. Qsynth is a FluidSynth GUI front-end application written in C++ around the Qt4 toolkit using Qt Designer. website: http://qsynth.sourceforge.net downloads: http://sourceforge.net/projects/qsynth/files - source tarball: http://downloads.sourceforge.net/qsynth/qsynth-0.3.8.tar.gz - source package: http://downloads.sourceforge.net/qsynth/qsynth-0.3.8-4.rncbc.suse131.src.rpm - binary packages: http://downloads.sourceforge.net/qsynth/qsynth-0.3.8-4.rncbc.suse131.i586.r… http://downloads.sourceforge.net/qsynth/qsynth-0.3.8-4.rncbc.suse131.x86_84… * Qsampler - A fluidsynth Qt GUI Interface Qsampler 0.2.3 is (finally) out! Qsampler is a LinuxSampler GUI front-end application written in C++ around the Qt4 toolkit using Qt Designer. website: http://qsampler.sourceforge.net downloads: http://sourceforge.net/projects/qsampler/files - source tarball: http://downloads.sourceforge.net/qsampler/qsampler-0.2.3.tar.gz - source package: http://downloads.sourceforge.net/qsampler/qsampler-0.2.3-6.rncbc.suse131.sr… - binary packages: http://downloads.sourceforge.net/qsampler/qsampler-0.2.3-6.rncbc.suse131.i5… http://downloads.sourceforge.net/qsampler/qsampler-0.2.3-6.rncbc.suse131.x8… * QXGEdit - A Qt XG Editor QXGEdit 0.1.2 is out! QXGEdit is a Qt GUI for editing MIDI System Exclusive files for XG devices (eg. Yamaha DB50XG). website: http://qxgedit.sourceforge.net downloads: http://sourceforge.net/projects/qxgedit/files - source tarball: http://downloads.sourceforge.net/qxgedit/qxgedit-0.1.2.tar.gz - source package: http://downloads.sourceforge.net/qxgedit/qxgedit-0.1.2-2.rncbc.suse131.src.… - binary packages: http://downloads.sourceforge.net/qxgedit/qxgedit-0.1.2-2.rncbc.suse131.i586… http://downloads.sourceforge.net/qxgedit/qxgedit-0.1.2-2.rncbc.suse131.x86_… * QmidiCtl - A MIDI Remote Controller via UDP/IP Multicast QmidiCtl 0.1.1 is out! QmidiCtl is a MIDI remote controller application that sends MIDI data over the network, using UDP/IP multicast. Inspired by multimidicast and designed to be compatible with ipMIDI for Windows. website: http://qmidictl.sourceforge.net downloads: http://sourceforge.net/projects/qmidictl/files - source tarball: http://downloads.sourceforge.net/qmidictl/qmidictl-0.1.1.tar.gz - source package: http://downloads.sourceforge.net/qmidictl/qmidictl-0.1.1-2.rncbc.suse131.sr… - binary packages: http://downloads.sourceforge.net/qmidictl/qmidictl-0.1.1-2.rncbc.suse131.i5… http://downloads.sourceforge.net/qmidictl/qmidictl-0.1.1-2.rncbc.suse131.x8… * QmidiNet - A MIDI Network Gateway via UDP/IP Multicast QmidiNet 0.1.3 is out! QmidiNet is a MIDI network gateway application that sends and receives MIDI data (ALSA MIDI Sequencer and/or JACK MIDI) over the network, using UDP/IP multicast. Inspired by multimidicast and designed to be compatible with ipMIDI for Windows. website: http://qmidinet.sourceforge.net downloads: http://sourceforge.net/projects/qmidinet/files - source tarball: http://downloads.sourceforge.net/qmidinet/qmidinet-0.1.3.tar.gz - source package: http://downloads.sourceforge.net/qmidinet/qmidinet-0.1.3-2.rncbc.suse131.sr… - binary packages: http://downloads.sourceforge.net/qmidinet/qmidinet-0.1.3-2.rncbc.suse131.i5… http://downloads.sourceforge.net/qmidinet/qmidinet-0.1.3-2.rncbc.suse131.x8… the Vee One Suite gets anorther bump, * synthv1 - an old-school polyphonic synthesizer synthv1 0.3.6 is out! synthv1 is an old-school all-digital 4-oscillator subtractive polyphonic synthesizer with stereo fx. LV2 URI: http://synthv1.sourceforge.net/lv2 website: http://synthv1.sourceforge.net downloads: http://sourceforge.net/projects/synthv1/files - source tarball: http://downloads.sourceforge.net/synthv1/synthv1-0.3.6.tar.gz - source package: http://downloads.sourceforge.net/synthv1/synthv1-0.3.6-13.rncbc.suse131.src… - binary packages: http://downloads.sourceforge.net/synthv1/synthv1-0.3.6-13.rncbc.suse131.i58… http://downloads.sourceforge.net/synthv1/synthv1-0.3.6-13.rncbc.suse131.x86… * samplv1 - an old-school polyphonic sampler samplv1 0.3.6 is out! samplv1 is an old-school polyphonic sampler synthesizer with stereo fx. LV2 URI: http://samplv1.sourceforge.net/lv2 website: http://samplv1.sourceforge.net downloads: http://sourceforge.net/projects/samplv1/files - source tarball: http://downloads.sourceforge.net/samplv1/samplv1-0.3.6.tar.gz - source package: http://downloads.sourceforge.net/samplv1/samplv1-0.3.6-13.rncbc.suse131.src… - binary packages: http://downloads.sourceforge.net/samplv1/samplv1-0.3.6-13.rncbc.suse131.i58… http://downloads.sourceforge.net/samplv1/samplv1-0.3.6-13.rncbc.suse131.x86… * drumkv1 - an old-school drum-kit sampler drumkv1 0.3.6 is out! drumkv1 is an old-school drum-kit sampler synthesizer with stereo fx. LV2 URI: http://drumkv1.sourceforge.net/lv2 website: http://drumkv1.sourceforge.net downloads: http://sourceforge.net/projects/drumkv1/files - source tarball: http://downloads.sourceforge.net/drumkv1/drumkv1-0.3.6.tar.gz - source package: http://downloads.sourceforge.net/drumkv1/drumkv1-0.3.6-9.rncbc.suse131.src.… - binary packages: http://downloads.sourceforge.net/drumkv1/drumkv1-0.3.6-9.rncbc.suse131.i586… http://downloads.sourceforge.net/drumkv1/drumkv1-0.3.6-9.rncbc.suse131.x86_… last buit not least, the late Mike November closing the TYOQA era, * Qtractor - An Audio/MIDI multi-track sequencer Qtractor 0.5.12 (mike november) is out! Qtractor is an audio/MIDI multi-track sequencer application written in C++ with the Qt4 framework. Target platform is Linux, where the Jack Audio Connection Kit (JACK) for audio and the Advanced Linux Sound Architecture (ALSA) for MIDI are the main infrastructures to evolve as a fairly-featured Linux desktop audio workstation GUI, specially dedicated to the personal home-studio. website: http://qtractor.sourceforge.net downloads: http://sourceforge.net/projects/qtractor/files - source tarball: http://downloads.sourceforge.net/qtractor/qtractor-0.5.12.tar.gz - source package: http://downloads.sourceforge.net/qtractor/qtractor-0.5.12-8.rncbc.suse131.s… - binary packages: http://downloads.sourceforge.net/qtractor/qtractor-0.5.12-8.rncbc.suse131.i… http://downloads.sourceforge.net/qtractor/qtractor-0.5.12-8.rncbc.suse131.x… Enjoy && have a very happy New Year! -- rncbc aka. Rui Nuno Capela

12 years

QMidiArp 0.6.0 Initial release with LV2 plugins

by Frank Kober

QMidiArp 0.6.0 is out, since of course it cannot miss the huge TGV train of Q-Application updates just racing by for the new year! This release includes LV2 plugins of the three QMidiArp modules. They are synchronizable to the transport info provided by different hosts in different ways, and they work well with the new Qtractor, thanks to Rui for updates regarding this. I don't claim that I have fully understood LV2 host-GUI communication, but I found the recent sisco plugin by Robin Gareaus very instructive for this, thanks! Happy new year! Frank --------------------------------------- http://qmidiarp.sourceforge.net Direct download: http://sourceforge.net/projects/qmidiarp/files/qmidiarp/0.6.0/qmidiarp-0.6.… ---------------------------------------- qmidiarp-0.6.0 (2014-01-01) New Features o LV2 Plugins are now available for Arp, LFO and Seq modules - They have full functionality as known from the standalone application except MIDI control, which can be provided by the host - The LFO plugin also has a LV2 control output scaled from 0 to 1 - When the 'Sync to host' option is checked, the plugins support transport LV2 atom data from hosts as well as host transport information available from designated lv2 time ports (Qtractor, thanks Rui!) - Arp pattern presets are available in the LV2 module but cannot be written to the .qmidiarprc file. This has to be done with the standalone application - On hosts with small atom port capacities that do not honor the lv2 rsz:MinimumSize property, there will be issues with displaying very large LFO waveforms - Features of QMidiArp beyond the modules themselves (including global storage) are not available Fixed Bugs o Trying to open an inexistent file from the recent files menu led to crash (reported by Frank Neumann)

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