Linux-audio-announce June 2014

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by David Robillard

The first unified LV2 release, LV2 1.0.0, is out. This release merges the previous lv2core package with all the official extension packages, as well as example plugins, lv2specgen, and additional data. From a developer point of view, the biggest change is that all LV2 API headers can be used by simply checking for the single pkg-config package "lv2" (for compatibility the previous "lv2core" package is still installed). Implementations are encouraged to abandon the "copy paste headers" practice and depend on this package instead. With this release, several new extensions have become stable that together greatly increase the power of LV2: atom, log, parameters, patch, port-groups, port-props, resize-port, state, time, worker. Download: http://lv2plug.in/spec/lv2-1.0.0.tar.bz2 Documentation and more detailed change logs: http://lv2plug.in/ns/ More information about LV2: http://lv2plug.in/ Enjoy, -dr

9 years, 11 months

QMidiArp-0.5.2 released

by Frank Kober

Hi, QMidiArp 0.5.2 has just seen the light of the day. It brings mainly two improvements. One is a comeback, that of tempo changes on the fly, and that now includes also tempo changes of a potential Jack Transport master. Also the Jack Transport starting position is finally taken into account, so that QMidiArp should be in sync also when starting the transport master not at zero. The second one is Non Session Manager support, mainly thanks to the work done by Roy Vegard Ovesen! Note that for compiling in NSM support you will now need liblo as dependency. Enjoy, and enjoy LAC in Graz this year Frank ________________________________ QMidiArp is an advanced MIDI arpeggiator, programmable step sequencer and LFO. Everything is on http://qmidiarp.sourceforge.net qmidiarp-0.5.2 (2013-05-09) New Features o Tempo changes are again possible while running, both manually or by a Jack Transport Master o Jack Transport position is now taken into account when starting, QMidiArp used to start always at zero o Muting and sequencer parameter changes can be deferred to pattern end using a new toolbutton o Modules in the Global Storage window have mute/defer buttons o Global Storage location switches can be set to affect only the pattern o Non Session Manager support with "switch" capability (thanks to Roy Vegard Ovesen) General Changes o NSM support requires liblo development headers (liblo-dev package)

10 years, 7 months

Vee One Suite 0.5.0 - Officially beta now!

by Rui Nuno Capela

Greetings, The Vee One Suite of old-school software instruments, primarily slated for Linux, featuring synthv1 [1], a polyphonic synthesizer, samplv1 [2], a polyphonic sampler and drumkv1 [3], a drum-kit sampler, are officially in beta phase now. Change-log for the new release: - LV2 UI Idle and Show interfaces support added. - First attempt to allow a headless stand-alone JACK client application run mode, without a GUI, with option given as command line argument (--no-gui). - A man page has beed added (re. stand-alone JACK client). - Reverse sample option and parameter knob added. (samplv1 and drumkv1 only). - Allow the build system to include an user specified LDFLAGS. As before, all made available in dual form: - a pure stand-alone JACK [4] client with JACK-session, NSM [5] (Non Session management) and both JACK MIDI and ALSA [6] MIDI input support; - a LV2 [7] instrument plug-in. The Vee One Suite are free and open-source Linux Audio software, distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License (GPL) [8] version 2 or later. The fine print follows ;) * synthv1 - an old-school polyphonic synthesizer [1] * synthv1 0.5.0 released! 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://download.sourceforge.net/synthv1/synthv1-0.5.0.tar.gz - source package: http://download.sourceforge.net/synthv1synthv1-0.5.0-17.rncbc.suse131.src.r… - binary packages: http://download.sourceforge.net/synthv1synthv1-0.5.0-17.rncbc.suse131.i586.… http://download.sourceforge.net/synthv1synthv1-0.5.0-17.rncbc.suse131.x86_8… * samplv1 - an old-school polyphonic sampler [2] * samplv1 0.5.0 released! 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://download.sourceforge.net/samplv1/samplv1-0.5.0.tar.gz - source package: http://download.sourceforge.net/samplv1/samplv1-0.5.0-17.rncbc.suse131.src.… - binary packages: http://download.sourceforge.net/samplv1/samplv1-0.5.0-17.rncbc.suse131.i586… http://download.sourceforge.net/samplv1/samplv1-0.5.0-17.rncbc.suse131.x86_… * drumkv1 - an old-school drum-kit sampler [3] * drumkv1 0.5.0 released! drumkv1 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://download.sourceforge.net/drumkv1/drumkv1-0.5.0.tar.gz - source package: http://download.sourceforge.net/drumkv1/drumkv1-0.5.0-13.rncbc.suse131.src.… - binary packages: http://download.sourceforge.net/drumkv1/drumkv1-0.5.0-13.rncbc.suse131.i586… http://download.sourceforge.net/drumkv1/drumkv1-0.5.0-13.rncbc.suse131.x86_… References: [1] synthv1 - an old-school polyphonic synthesizer http://synthv1.sourceforge.net/ [2] samplv1 - an old-school polyphonic sampler http://samplv1.sourceforge.net/ [3] drumkv1 - an old-school drum-kit sampler http://drumkv1.sourceforge.net/ [4] JACK Audio Connection Kit http://jackaudio.org/ [5] NSM, Non Session Management http://non.tuxfamily.org/nsm/ [6] ALSA, Advanced Linux Sound Architecture http://www.alsa-project.org/ [7] LV2, Audio Plugin Standard, the extensible successor of LADSPA http://lv2plug.in/ [8] GNU General Public License http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html See also: http://www.rncbc.org/drupal/node/793 Enjoy && ever again, have fun. -- rncbc aka Rui Nuno Capela rncbc(a)rncbc.org

10 years, 9 months

ZynAddSubFX 2.4.4

by Mark D. McCurry

ZynAddSubFX 2.4.4 is out. ZynAddSubFX is a general purpose musical synthesizer with a very long list of features and capabilities licensed under the GPLv2 License. Changelog: 2.4.4 (28 Jun 2014) - Add UI Mousewheel Support - Add Spectral Adjust Parameter Rescaling - Add Subnote filter smoothing - Add Unison derandomization options - Add NSM import/export - Add NTK UI compatiability - (re)Add OSX Support - Enhance performance of ADnote and SUBnote - Enhance Installer - Fix JACK2 specific segfault - Fix possible DSSI specific segfaults - Fix Unison Regressions - Documentation additions - Misc bug fixes Project page: http://zynaddsubfx.sf.net/ Download: http://downloads.sf.net/zynaddsubfx/zynaddsubfx-2.4.4.tar.xz Enjoy, --Mark McCurry

10 years, 10 months

Yoshimi 1.2.2 available

by Will Godfrey

There are a couple of 'doh' bug fixes. A really obscure one! Some GUI tidy-ups. A few small extensions to existing features. Reinstatement of two features that got lost in the mist. -- Will J Godfrey http://www.musically.me.uk Say you have a poem and I have a tune. Exchange them and we can both have a poem, a tune, and a song.

10 years, 10 months

GlassCoder v0.8.0

by Fred Gleason

I’m pleased to announce the next public beta release of GlassCoder, a minimalist JACK live encoder client for Icecast and Shoutcast streaming servers. GlassCoder is available under the GNU Public License version 2. Some features available in this beta release: Support for Icecast (v2) and Shoutcast (v1) streaming audio servers Support for the following audio codecs: MPEG-1/1.5 Layer 2 ('MP2') MPEG-1/1.5 Layer 3 ('MP3') MPEG-2 Advanced Audio Coding, Main Profile ('AAC') MPEG-4 Advanced Audio Coding, High Efficiency Profile ('HE-AAC+') Ogg Vorbis Support for the JACK Audio Connection Kit (http://www.jackaudio.org) GlassCoder is a ‘minimalist’ client in the sense that it utilizes no GUI or configuration file components whatever; its entire ‘user interface’ consists of a command-line invocation, making it particularly well-suited for use cases where the encoder is driven by fan external system, such as an automation system or script. Full documentation is provided by the included man page. Further information and download links are available at https://github.com/ElvishArtisan/GlassCoder Cheers! |----------------------------------------------------------------------| | Frederick F. Gleason, Jr. | Chief Developer | | | Paravel Systems | |----------------------------------------------------------------------| | A room without books is like a body without a soul. | | -- Cicero | |----------------------------------------------------------------------|

10 years, 10 months

QmidiNet 0.2.0 is out!

by Rui Nuno Capela

Headless finally! QmidiNet 0.2.0 is out! all that is to say that it may now run without the GUI, eg. qmidinet --no-gui QmidiNet [1] is a MIDI network gateway application that sends and receives MIDI data (ALSA-MIDI and JACK-MIDI) over the network, using UDP/IP multicast. Inspired by multimidicast [2] and designed to be compatible with ipMIDI [3] for Windows. QmidiNet is free, open-source software, distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License (GPL) [4] version 2 or later. See also: http://www.rncbc.org/drupal/node/790 Website: http://qmidinet.sourceforge.net Project pages: http://sourceforge.net/projects/qmidinet Downloads: - source tarballs: http://downloads.sourceforge.net/qmidinet/qmidinet-0.2.0.tar.gz - source package (openSUSE 13.1): http://downloads.sourceforge.net/qmidinet/qmidinet-0.2.0-3.rncbc.suse131.sr… - binary packages (openSUSE 13.1): http://downloads.sourceforge.net/qmidinet/qmidinet-0.2.0-3.rncbc.suse131.i5… http://downloads.sourceforge.net/qmidinet/qmidinet-0.2.0-3.rncbc.suse131.x8… Weblog (upstream support): http://www.rncbc.org License: QmidiNet is free, open-source software, distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License (GPL) [4] version 2 or later. Change-log: - A man page has beed added (making up Alessio Treglia's work on debian, thanks). - First attempt to allow a headless application run mode, without GUI or system-tray icon accessibility, with all options given as command line arguments. - Allow the build system to include an user specified LDFLAGS. References: [1] QmidiNet - A MIDI Network Gateway via UDP/IP Multicast http://qmidinet.sourceforge.net [2] multimidicast - sends and receives MIDI from ALSA sequencers over network http://llg.cubic.org/tools/multimidicast [3] ipMIDI - MIDI over Ethernet ports - send MIDI over your LAN http://nerds.de [4] GPL - GNU General Public License http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html Cheers && Enjoy -- rncbc aka Rui Nuno Capela rncbc(a)rncbc.org

10 years, 10 months

Hydrogen 0.9.6-RC2 released

by Sebastian Moors

Hi everyone, Hydrogen 0.9.6-RC2 has been released today. It brings no new features (in comparison to RC1), but fixes a number of bugs.See https://github.com/hydrogen-music/hydro ... /0.9.6-RC2 <https://github.com/hydrogen-music/hydrogen/releases/tag/0.9.6-RC2> for more details about download possibilites and a list of changes. We would like to encourage everyone who is interested in Hydrogen to test this version. Best regards, Sebastian

10 years, 10 months

RhythmDelay: tap a rhythm into your delay, and much more.

by Bart Brouns

Hi Everybody, I made a delay where you don't tap in a tempo but an actual rhythm. https://github.com/magnetophon/RhythmDelay The 'much more' refers to ways of manipulating the sound of the delay-taps. In the studio, I find that I almost never use a straight delay. It sounds way to clean and in your face, so I usually have a combination of filters, a widener, reverb, and a way of having different delay-times for L and R. Here I combined all that into one very flexible setup: Each tap has its own lp and hp-filters, zita-reverb, stereo-width and a delay-based panner. Each tap can have it's own settings for the insert-FX, but instead of a control-panel per tap I made just two, and a slider per tap to morph between them. Once you get the concept, it's a really quick and easy way of making everything from subtle polished delay effects to all-out dub-style madness. Have fun!! Cheers, Bart. PS: The following is a long-winded question that will probably be much easier to follow if you actually try out the effect before/ while reading this: I'd love to get some opinions and ideas on the feedback mechanism I implemented. In particular this: when the feedback amount is non-zero, and you are tapping a new rhythm, while making sound, I have two choices: - either I turn on and off the feedback tap after the feedback-delay. - or I do it before it. The first option is what I did now: it has the effect of starting to feedback the sound you just made right after you tap. Which is what you'd expect to happen in a normal delay, but has the downside that it breaks up the rhythmic pattern you're tapping if any tap is longer than the previous. The second option will only start feedbacking the sounds you made after you hit the tap button. This has the effect that the first time you tap a new rhythm, only the tapped rhythm is heard, and the feedback only starts for any sounds after the last tap. This decision is moot if you don't make sounds while tapping a new rhythm, but since I'd like to be able to use this live as well, I'd like to some ideas.

10 years, 10 months

LAC'14 video archive

by Robin Gareus

Hi all, The video recordings of the LAC'14 presentations have just been uploaded to the conference website and are now directly linked from the archive: http://lac.linuxaudio.org/2014/program There are still a three videos missing and the workshop videos are also yet to come. Currently they are also only available as vp8/vorbis/webm (sorry IE and Safari users). But since it has been quite a while already, we decided to not hold back the release of these already finished videos any further. Once the collection is complete, we will provide a .torrent. Meanwhile, for those who prefer to download the videos incrementally, they are accessible via rsync://linuxaudio.org/ [1]. Many thanks for Frank and Moritz to get those done in really outstanding quality this year. Kudos to the complete stream-team. enjoy, robin - for the LAC'14 team [1] example to get the 720p versions: rsync -Pa --exclude "*360p.webm" \ rsync://linuxaudio.org/lac2014/ \ lac2014/

10 years, 10 months

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Linux-audio-announce June 2014