Linux-audio-announce January 2015

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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

10 years, 7 months

Linux Audio Conference 2015 - Extension of Deadline

by Frank Neumann

[Sorry for cross-posting, please distribute.] The Linux Audio Conference submissions deadline has been extended for another week! Please note the new deadline: Sunday, Feb 8th, 2015 (23:59 HAST) So, if you were considering to submit a paper but couldn't make up your mind yet, here is your chance to become active! Never forget that this conference lives through the people participating in it. February 8th is the new deadline for all submission types: papers, music, installations, workshop proposals. Check out the link below for more info: http://lac.linuxaudio.org/2015/participation Note that as usual we have created two different OpenConf instances: one for the submission of regular papers, lightning talks and poster sessions, and a second one for music, installations and workshop proposals. For the latter, please also check the detailed instructions at http://lac.linuxaudio.org/2015/download/lac2015-call-for-miw.pdf. If you have any questions concerning your submission, please don't hesitate to contact us at lac(a)linuxaudio.org, or through our #lac2015 IRC channel on freenode.net. Please spread this information to anyone who might be interested. We look forward to your submissions and hope to meet you in Mainz in April! Sincerely, The LAC 2015 Organizing Team

10 years, 10 months

Qtractor 0.6.5 - The Fermion Ray beta is out!

by Rui Nuno Capela

Spread the word, Qtractor 0.6.5 (fermion ray beta) is out! Release highlights: * MIDI clip record/overdubbing (NEW) * Extended track multi-selection for mute/solo (NEW) * VST-shell sub-plugins support (NEW) * JACK transport start/stop resilience (FIX) And still, 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 Project page: http://sourceforge.net/projects/qtractor Downloads: http://sourceforge.net/projects/qtractor/files - source tarball: http://download.sourceforge.net/qtractor/qtractor-0.6.5.tar.gz - source package (openSUSE 13.2): http://download.sourceforge.net/qtractor/qtractor-0.6.5-15.rncbc.suse132.sr… - binary packages (openSUSE 13.2): http://download.sourceforge.net/qtractor/qtractor-0.6.5-15.rncbc.suse132.i5… http://download.sourceforge.net/qtractor/qtractor-0.6.5-15.rncbc.suse132.x8… - quick start guide & user manual (see also: the wiki): http://download.sourceforge.net/qtractor/qtractor-0.5.x-user-manual.pdf - wiki (help really wanted!): http://sourceforge.net/p/qtractor/wiki/ 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: - Connections lines now drawn with anti-aliasing; connections splitter handles width is now reduced; the MIDI connections splitter pane sizes are now saved and restored properly. - Extended multi-selection is now featured on the track-list (main left-pane), primarily allowing for group mute/solo (and monitor) switching. - Track-list (left pane) header column widths are now saved and made persistent across application power cycle (double-click reverts to the old original default). - Minor fixes on the MIDI clip event list editor, also making sure the current event is visible on the piano-roll view. - As long to prevent asynchronous mistakes to JACK transport state changes, an internal slack-delay is now introduced after self-initiated transport commands (eg. start/stop). - The MIDI clip editor (aka. piano-roll) was missing to clear or reset the current selection when no shift/ctrl keyboard modifier is in effect. - VST-shell sub-plugins are now supported (as suggested by abique aka. Alexandre Bique, thanks). - MIDI clip record/overdubbing is now possible (Clip/Record on the main menu or File/Record from the MIDI clip editor. - Make sure some audio sample file encodings (eg. old Ogg Vorbis) does not head-start on audio peak generation. See also: http://www.rncbc.org/drupal/node/858 Enjoy && have fun. -- rncbc aka. Rui Nuno Capela

10 years, 10 months

MusE 2.2.1 released

by Robert Jonsson

MusE 2.2.1 - 2015-01-28 Hi All! We've just released version 2.2.1 of MusE. To make way for bigger things we decided to release a minor update with some additions and some bugs fixed. Have fun! Fixes and improvements include: - Optimizations to lv2 rtfifo - Fix for potential crash on startup due to defaultStyle - Updated Czech translation from Pavel Fric - Added explicit link library to simpledrums, didn't appear on some systems - Added some new keyboard shortcuts, duplicate tracks, edit track name - Make it possible to mute/solo lots/all of tracks at once For more information and additional changes see the full changelog at: https://github.com/muse-sequencer/muse/blob/muse_2_2_1/muse2/ChangeLog News section: http://muse-sequencer.org/index.php/News Download: http://muse-sequencer.org/index.php/Download Demos page: http://muse-sequencer.org/index.php/Demos Forum: http://muse-sequencer.org/forum/ Keep on Rocking! The MusE Team

10 years, 10 months

MMA 15.01 the "Foggy Day in Wynndel" edition

by Bob van der Poel

A stable release, version 15.01, of MMA--Musical MIDI Accompaniment is available for downloading. In addition to a number of bug fixes and optimizations, MMA now features: - Works with Python 2.7 or 3.x - Number of minor bug fixes - TRIGGER function - STICKY tracks which override grooves - ORNAMENT enhancements and fixes Please read the file text/CHANGES-14 for a complete list of changes. MMA is a accompaniment generator -- it creates midi tracks for a soloist to perform with. User supplied files contain pattern selections, chords, and MMA directives. For full details please visit: http://www.mellowood.ca/mma/ If you have any questions or comments, please send them to: bob(a)mellowood.ca -- **** Listen to my FREE CD at http://www.mellowood.ca/music/cedars **** Bob van der Poel ** Wynndel, British Columbia, CANADA ** EMAIL: bob(a)mellowood.ca WWW: http://www.mellowood.ca

10 years, 10 months

[ANN] Radium 3.0.rc3

by Kjetil Matheussen

Radium is a new type of music editor. It is inspired by trackers, but has fewer limitations and uses graphics to show musical data. Homepage: http://users.notam02.no/~kjetism/radium/ Screenshots and videos: http://users.notam02.no/~kjetism/radium/screenshots.php Source code and 64 bit binary packages are available. Most important changes in 3.0.rc2 -> 3.0.rc3 ================================= * Fix pd plugin on fedora 21 (and other distributions having wish8.6) * Fix various crashes related to changing the number of visible lines while playing * Use Unicode everywhere. Don't crash if running Radium in a non-ascii path. * Fix "use last estimated vblank value" button * Fix clang 3.5 compilation * Give specific warning if using the Nouveau driver * Fix memory leaks when loading samples

10 years, 10 months

Vee One Suite 0.6.0 - A third official beta release!

by Rui Nuno Capela

Howdy, Once again, the 'Vee One Suite' of 'old-school' software instruments, featuring a 'gang of three' made of synthv1 [1] as a polyphonic synthesizer, samplv1 [2] a polyphonic sampler and drumkv1 [3] as a drum-kit sampler, are being released into the wild as in so called 'beta' phase. Changes for this one third beta release are as follows: - MIDI bank-select/program-changes is now supported, for patch, preset and/or instrument program control. - New Help/Configure dialog is introduced for editing the also new MIDI bank/programs interface and user preference options as well (new home of the old Help/Use native dialogs option). - Presets may now be specified by base name, as an alternative to the complete preset file-path on command line argument (re. stand-alone JACK client). - Fixed parameters A/B comparison swap. As usual, 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. Details are dumped below, business as usual ;) * synthv1 - an old-school polyphonic synthesizer [1] * synthv1 0.6.0 (third official beta) has been 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/synthv1-0.6.0.tar.gz - source package: http://download.sourceforge.net/synthv1/synthv1-0.6.0-19.rncbc.suse132.src.… - binary packages: http://download.sourceforge.net/synthv1/synthv1-0.6.0-19.rncbc.suse132.i586… http://download.sourceforge.net/synthv1/synthv1-0.6.0-19.rncbc.suse132.x86_… * samplv1 - an old-school polyphonic sampler [2] * samplv1 0.6.0 (third official beta) has been 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/samplv1-0.6.0.tar.gz - source package: http://download.sourceforge.net/samplv1/samplv1-0.6.0-19.rncbc.suse132.src.… - binary packages: http://download.sourceforge.net/samplv1/samplv1-0.6.0-19.rncbc.suse132.i586… http://download.sourceforge.net/samplv1/samplv1-0.6.0-19.rncbc.suse132.x86_… * drumkv1 - an old-school drum-kit sampler [3] * drumkv1 0.6.0 (third official beta) has been released! 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://download.sourceforge.net/drumkv1/drumkv1-0.6.0.tar.gz - source package: http://download.sourceforge.net/drumkv1/drumkv1-0.6.0-15.rncbc.suse132.src.… - binary packages: http://download.sourceforge.net/drumkv1/drumkv1-0.6.0-15.rncbc.suse132.i586… http://download.sourceforge.net/drumkv1/drumkv1-0.6.0-15.rncbc.suse132.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/857 Enjoy && have fun. -- rncbc aka Rui Nuno Capela rncbc(a)rncbc.org

10 years, 10 months

ICAD 2015 - call for submission

by Visda Goudarzi

Dear all, (With apologies for cross posting, please distribute!) This is a reminder that the call for participation for ICAD15 is currently open. http://icad15.iem.at Call for Papers, Posters, Extended Abstracts, Music, Installations, and Workshops - ICAD 2015 ICAD in Space: Interactive Spatial Sonification The 21st International Conference on Auditory Display July 6 - 7 Workshops and Student Think Tank July 8 - 10 Conference University of Music and Performing Arts and Technical University of Graz, Austria. The conference is organised by the Institute of Electronic Music and Acoustics (IEM). IEM is one of the leading institutions in the field of audio engineering and computer music. As part of the University of Music and Performing Arts Graz, IEM is a multidisciplinary institution, whose general mission is to bridge the gap between science and the arts. As a unique characteristic, IEM focuses on sonification as part of its research in computer music. IEM facilities include laboratories and performance spaces such as CUBE, which are equipped with spatial audio and motion tracking systems. Since 2014, IEM hosts the Sonic Interaction Design (SID) lab, in which interactive sound systems are designed and evaluated. ICAD is a highly interdisciplinary conference with relevance to researchers, practitioners, artists, and graduate students working with sound to convey and explore information. The conference is unique in its specific focus on auditory displays and the range of interdisciplinary issues related to their use. Like its predecessors, ICAD15 will be a single-track conference, open to all, with no membership or affiliation requirements. In addition to ICAD's core interests, we would like to take the opportunity of the conference being held at IEM to highlight this yearʼs theme ICAD in Space: Sonification, Sonic Interaction Design, and Spatial Audio. ::::::::::::::::: KEY DATES ::::::::::::::::: 15 February 2015 Submission of Papers, Posters, Music, and Installations 15 March 2015 Submission of Workshops 15 April 2015 Submission of Extended Abstracts 15 April 2015 Notification of acceptance for Workshops 01 May 2015 Notification of acceptance for Papers, Posters, Music, and Installations 15 May 2015 Notification of acceptance for Extended Abstracts 01 June 2015 Camera-Ready deadline ::::::::::::::::: AREAS OF INTEREST ::::::::::::::::: Relevant areas for ICAD include but are not limited to: Auditory Display: - Aesthetics, Culture, & Philosophy - Design, Theory & Methods - Technology: Tools & Applications - Perceptual and Cognitive Aspects - Usability & Evaluation - Accessibility Special Focus of ICAD15: - Sonification: - Exploration of Data through Sound - Sonification as Art - Sonic Interaction Design - Interaction design - Input technologies - Auditory Information Design - Spatial Audio - Binaural virtual acoustics - Loudspeaker-based sound field synthesis Accepted papers will be included in the published proceedings and made publicly available in the Georgia Tech SMARTech system (http:// smartech.gatech.edu/). The types of submissions solicited for ICAD15 include: ::::::::::::::::: PAPERS AND POSTERS::::::::::::::::: Paper and poster submissions will be 4-8 pages in length, including all figures and references. Typical paper contributions are between 6 - 8 pages, and typical poster contributions are 4 - 5 pages long. Full papers should describe work that offers a substantial contribution to the field of auditory display. Authors of accepted papers will be invited to give an oral presentation of their work, and at least one author must present the work at the conference for the paper to appear in the proceedings. Poster submissions should describe both finished work and work in late stages of progress. Work that is complete enough that meaningful conclusions can be drawn at the time of submission are encouraged. Authors of accepted submissions will be invited to participate in a poster and/or demonstration session, and at least one author must present the work at the conference for the paper to appear in the published proceedings. When weighing the decision to submit to poster and demonstration sessions, we encourage authors to consider their work in relation to the potential positive benefits (both to authors and their audiences) afforded by the personal interactions that occur in this type of session. Authors of selected full papers will be invited to submit an extended version (up to 12 pages) of their papers for publication in a Special Issue of the Journal on Multimodal User Interfaces (JMUI): Auditory Display. (http:// www.springer.com/computer/hci/journal/12193) ::::::::::::::::: EXTENDED ABSTRACTS ::::::::::::::::: Extended abstracts include, but are not limited to late-breaking results, works in early stages of progress, novel methodologies, unique or controversial theoretical positions, and discussions of unsuccessful research or null findings. Submissions for extended abstracts require a proceedings paper of up to 2 pages in length. Authors of accepted abstracts will be invited to give a short presentation of their work, and at least one author must present the work at the conference for the abstract to appear in the published proceedings. The deadline of the extended abstracts is later to allow very recent contributions in the field. Papers Co-Chairs Visda Goudarzi and Areti Andreopoulou papers.icad15(a)iem.at ::::::::::::::::: MUSIC AND INSTALLATIONS::::::::::::::::: We invite submissions of music and sound installations. Sonification should be a constitutive element of the proposed works. Priority will be given to works employing space and interaction as additional dimensions to an artistic data exploration. We therefore especially encourage the submission of multichannel electroacoustic or acousmatic pieces and interactive sound installations. The works will be reviewed by an international panel of sound and sonification experts. Preference will be given to submissions that are technically feasible and have a clear documentation of the setup. At least one of the authors who wish to have their works presented at ICAD15 must register and attend to the conference. As we would like to extend the presentation of these works beyond the time limits of the conference, authors of accepted works are encouraged to present their work also online using the Research Catalogue (http://www.researchcatalogue.net), an international database for artistic research. The conference page will provide a portal to these presentations. Music Co-Chairs Johannes Zmölnig and Gerhard Eckel music.icad15(a)iem.at ::::::::::::::::: WORKSHOPS :::::::::::::::: ICAD workshops and tutorials provide in-depth opportunities for conference attendees to discuss and explore important topics in the field of auditory display with like-minded researchers and practitioners. Please submit concepts for hands-on workshops or discussion platforms, possibly allowing participants to contribute, but no paper sessions on their own. Focus areas can range from applications and programming methodologies to interdisciplinary research skills, emerging concepts, and challenge problems. Space, facilities, technical support, and the number of sessions that can be accepted are limited, so early submission of proposals is encouraged. Workshop and tutorial organizers are expected to collaborate with the conference committee, issue calls for participation, gather and review contributed materials (if appropriate), and decide upon the final program for their session. Workshop Co-Chairs Franz Zotter and Derek Brock workshop.icad15(a)iem.at ::::::::::::::::: SONIFICATION CONTEST :::::::::::::::: The call for the Sonification Contest will be released in early 2015. ::::::::::::::::: STUDENT THINK TANK :::::::::::::::: The call for the Student Think Tank will be released in early 2015. We will provide child care during the conference and workshops. If you travel with a kid/ kids please drop us an email ahead of time. For more information on submission in different categories please refer to the conference website: http://icad15.iem.at Conference Co-Chairs Katharina Vogt and Ypatios Grigoriadis chair.icad15(a)iem.at

10 years, 10 months

[ANN] Radium 3.0.rc1

by Kjetil Matheussen

10 years, 10 months

OSC2MIDI utility, version 0.0.00_beta!

by Spencer Jackson

Hi all: My project of the last few months is probably ready to set free on some more machines. OSC2MIDI is a flexible osc <-> midi bridge written in C and designed especially for control of jack midi apps from an android device. It was created with the open source android app Control (OSC + MIDI) in mind, since thats what I use, but was deliberately designed so that one can specify any arbitrary mapping of messages for conversion with plain text files. The default mapping works with well with Control but I also have included maps for adrosc, touchosc, and generic osc messages. Mapping is (in my opinion) extensively documented in the map file default.omm included with the source so you can quickly create your own map to suit your own needs. Please give it a whirl if you are interested and leave feedback on the sourceforge project page (discussion for questions, tickets for issues). I'll let it sit at beta for a bit. Once I clear out any initial bugs (or miraculously none are found) I'll take off the beta status. Get it at: https://sourceforge.net/projects/osc2midi/ Follow the README for installation help, or if stuck, please reach out to me. Enjoy! _ssj71 note: as for the ambitious version number (0.0.00) I see no point in version numbering before release of a one-man project. :) If it scares you feel free to rename the folder with a larger number. Once a few bug reports come in it will grow.

10 years, 10 months

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