Linux-audio-announce October 2015

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by Neil C Smith

Hi All, Praxis LIVE v2.2.0 is now available for download from www.praxislive.org This is the first release to upgrade the OpenGL renderer to Processing v3. Feedback on whether this is working well would be appreciated. Full change log - * OpenGL video pipeline updated to Processing v3.0.1 / JOGL v2.3.2. While providing major performance and stability improvements, this is a major change and there is the possibility for some regressions. Please update carefully and report any issues. * Optional support for GStreamer 1.x. This can be set under Tools / Options / Video / GStreamer (requires restart). Unlike GStreamer 0.10 support, this requires a system installed version of the GStreamer library on all platforms. Windows and OSX users who want to experiment with this feature can download GStreamer from http://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/download/ * New core:tracker component, and simple table-based tracker editor (use popup menu and Edit patterns to access). More advanced editing features to follow. * New routing components - core:routing:every for allowing through every n-th message, and core:routing:order to prioritise dispatching of messages. * New audio:clock component for more stable timing in BPM (quantized to internal processing buffer size). * Internal (and outdated) help removed and replaced with link through to online manual at http://praxis-live.readthedocs.org * TinkerForge bindings updated to v2.1.5. * Added ready and error ports to video:capture and video:player. Can be connected to play or pause to auto-start playback when new file or pipeline loaded. * Many minor bug fixes (see commit log). Downloads - http://www.praxislive.org Source code - https://github.com/praxis-live Best wishes, Neil -- Neil C Smith Artist : Technologist : Adviser http://neilcsmith.net Praxis LIVE - hybrid visual IDE for creative coding - www.praxislive.org Digital Prisoners - interactive spaces and projections - www.digitalprisoners.co.uk

10 years

QjackCtl 0.4.1 is out!

by Rui Nuno Capela

Yup, that's true: QjackCtl 0.4.1 (fall'15) is out! QjackCtl [1] is a(n ageing but still) simple Qt [3] application to control the JACK [2] sound server, for the Linux Audio [4] infrastructure. Website: http://qjackctl.sourceforge.net Downloads: http://sourceforge.net/projects/qjackctl/files - source tarball: http://download.sourceforge.net/qjackctl/qjackctl-0.4.1.tar.gz - source package: http://download.sourceforge.net/qjackctl/qjackctl-0.4.1-24.rncbc.suse132.sr… - binary packages: http://download.sourceforge.net/qjackctl/qjackctl-0.4.1-24.rncbc.suse132.i5… http://download.sourceforge.net/qjackctl/qjackctl-0.4.1-24.rncbc.suse132.x8… Change-log: - Probing portaudio audio device in a separate thread (by Kjetil Matheussen, thanks). - Messages standard output capture has been improved again, now in both ways a non-blocking pipe may get. - Regression fix for invalid system-tray icon dimensions reported by some desktop environment frameworks. - New hi-res application icon (by Uttrup Renzel, Max Christian Pohle, thanks). - System tray icon red background now blinks when a XRUN occurs. - Desktop environment session shutdown/logout management has been also adapted to Qt5 framework. - Single/unique application instance control adapted to Qt5/X11. - Prefer Qt5 over Qt4 by default with configure script. - Override-able tool-tips with latency info (re. Connections JACK client/ports: patch by Xavier Mendez, thanks). - Complete rewrite of Qt4 vs. Qt5 configure builds. - French (fr) translation update (by Olivier Humbert, thanks). License: QjackCtl [1] is free, open-source Linux Audio [4] software, distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License (GPL [5]) version 2 or later. From the footnote department: for quite some time there's an alternate github.com repository [6] which is kept in sync with the sf.net one [7]. However, this doesn't mean that the QjackCtl project is about to migrate to a brand new hosting whatsoever: the original upstream source code repository is, will be, as ever was, always kept somewhere else still in this world and universe. See also: http://www.rncbc.org/drupal/node/965 References: [1] QjackCtl - A JACK Audio Connection Kit Qt GUI Interface http://qjackctl.sourceforge.net [2] JACK Audio Connection Kit http://jackaudio.org [3] Qt framework, C++ class library and tools for cross-platform application and UI development http://qt.io/ [4] Linux Audio consortium of libre software for audio-related work http://linuxaudio.org [5] GPL - GNU General Public License http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html [6] QjackCtl Git repository on github.com http://github.com/rncbc/qjackctl [7] QjackCtl Git repository on sourceforge.net http://git.code.sf.net/p/qjackctl/code Enjoy && keep the fun! -- rncbc aka. Rui Nuno Capela

10 years

mcpdisp 0.0.5 released

by Len Ovens

The Mackie Control Display Emulator has a new release 0.0.5. This adds the scribble display to control surfaces that use the Mackie Control Protocol but do not have their own display such as the BCF2000 and midikb. mcpdisp presents a jack midi port that will accept mackie control protocol display messages that would normally appear on the surface "scribble strip" and displays them on the screen. The strip LEDs and meters are displayed as well. New things: * Fixed INSTALL file for no mcpdisp.sh. * Added Assign display. * Added timecode/beats display. * Added Strip meters. * Added command line parameters for help, version, master and time. * Made window title more descriptive. * jack client name shows mcpdisp-ext if no -m * Start work on global buttons. * Finished Transport LEDs and flip, assign and View LEDs. * Set MIDI in port to type Terminal/Physical. * Set Display in to accept whole display of text at a time. * Move midi parsing out of real time. * Only update time/beats when new time/beat data comes in. Source is available from: https://github.com/ovenwerks/mcpdisp Home page: http://www.ovenwerks.net/software/mcpdisp.html -- Len Ovens www.ovenwerks.net

10 years

2016 ASCAP/SEAMUS Student Commission Competition

by Per Bloland

The Society for Electro-Acoustic Music in the United States (SEAMUS) is pleased to announce the 2016 ASCAP/SEAMUS Student Composer Commissioning Program. The purpose of this program is to stimulate student participation in SEAMUS activities, and to encourage young composers to pursue creative endeavors in electro-acoustic music. The program is administered by SEAMUS and funded by the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) <http://www.ascap.com <http://www.ascap.com/>>. The submission deadline is November 7, 2015. Please note that this differs from the 2016 SEAMUS conference submission deadline. For more information, please visit the ASCAP/SEAMUS Competition information page: http://www.seamusonline.org/ascapseamus/ <http://www.seamusonline.org/ascapseamus/>. To submit via the online application, please visit the current submission site: http://seamusonline.org/2016-ascapseamus-submissions/ <http://seamusonline.org/2016-ascapseamus-submissions/>. For more information on the conference at Georgia Southern University, please visit the conference site: http://class.georgiasouthern.edu/seamus/ <http://class.georgiasouthern.edu/seamus/>. Please note that you must be a current member of SEAMUS to submit to the competition. You can join or renew your membership at the SEAMUS website, http://www.seamusonline.org/. Joining takes only a few minutes. Once logged into the submission system, you must supply your seamusonline username to complete your ASCAP/SEAMUS submission. If you previously submitted to the 2015 SEAMUS Conference at Virginia Tech, your Start Conference submission username and password are still valid. Note that this is distinct from your seamusonline username. RULES FOR SUBMISSION All submissions are to be made online, through the submission site: http://seamusonline.org/2016-ascapseamus-submissions/ <http://seamusonline.org/2016-ascapseamus-submissions/>. Only one work of electroacoustic music may be submitted, which must adhere to the following guidelines: • Audio Files: music submissions should include a representative audio recording of the work. If a concert work, it must be the complete composition. Installations may be represented by an excerpted recording not to exceed 10 minutes in length. Judging of music submissions for ASCAP/SEAMUS Student Competition will be from audio files in the MP3 format. Multichannel works will be judged from a stereo mix, also MP3. Please assist us by submitting in MP3 format. Audio files must be prepared as a single LastnameFirstname_audio.MP3. Be sure to anonymize your MP3 by removing any metadata (ID3 tags). • Scores: for submissions involving a score, please submit an anonymized PDF score for review. Please do not mail in printed scores. Score submissions must be prepared as LastnameFirstname_score.PDF. • Video Submissions: note that for works involving video, only the audio portion will be considered for judging purposes. You must be the composer of the music for the video. Please submit an MP3 of the music as specified above. • Only one (1) entry per student. Other than the filename, please make sure to remove your name from all files, including MP3 metadata and PDF scores. Please limit the total size of all files to 40MB. This same work may be submitted to the SEAMUS 2016 National Conference via the conference submission page. All finalists in the ASCAP/SEAMUS Student Commission Competition must attend the SEAMUS 2016 National Conference. Submissions by High School and Undergraduate students will automatically be considered for the Allen Strange Memorial Award as well. AWARDS A maximum of two prizes may be awarded. The decision of the judges will be final. First Prize • Commission of $1250 for a new work of electro-acoustic music • Performance of commissioned work at the 2017 SEAMUS National Conference • Recording of the commissioned work in the SEAMUS Compact Disc Series • Certificate of recognition Second Prize • Commission of $750 for a new work of electro-acoustic music • Performance of commissioned work at the 2017 SEAMUS National Conference • Certificate of recognition ELIGIBILITY Applicants to the 2016 ASCAP/SEAMUS Student Commissioning Competition must be student members of SEAMUS and must be either currently enrolled in an academic program in the United States (high school through doctoral studies) or a United States citizen studying abroad. All completed submissions will be verified for student status against current SEAMUS membership records. Per Bloland SEAMUS Member-at-Large ____________________________________________ Per Bloland Assistant Professor of Composition and Technology Miami University of Ohio www.perbloland.com

10 years

ANN: pd-l2ork version 20151018 now available

by Ivica Ico Bukvic

Apologies for x-posting, Despite original intentions of not having any more major releases before the next GUI-rewrite version is out, I am about to eat my own words and announce pd-l2ork 20151018. Release highlights: *rtcmix~ external *native lyonpotpourri library *native fftease library *new autotune~ external based on the latest version autotalent ladspa plugin and aututuned~ external *merged latest developments in the cyclone library with pd-l2ork's improvements, including pd-l2ork's threaded coll object that allows loading of large files without xruns *minor bug fixes and cosmetic improvements For a raw (unedited) changelog and a more detailed overview, please visit: https://puredata.info/downloads/Pd-L2Ork/releases/20151018 To download pd-l2ork: http://l2ork.music.vt.edu/main/?page_id=56 NB: Currently only Ubuntu 14.04 64bit build is available, with 32bit and Raspberry Pi builds forthcoming. About Pd-L2Ork Pd-L2Ork is a fork of the ubiquitous Pure-Data focusing on improved user interface, expanded collection of externals, and an advanced SVG-enabled graphical front-end. Originally it was introduced as the core infrastructure for the Linux Laptop Orchestra (L2Ork http://l2ork.icat.vt.edu), and has since expanded to include K-12 learning module with a unique learning environment offering adaptable granularity that has been utilized in over dozen maker workshops and initiatives, including the Raspberry Pi Orchestra program for middle school children introduced in the summer 2014. Today, pd-l2ork is being developed by a growing number of international collaborators and contributors. For additional info L2Ork and pd-l2ork: http://l2ork.music.vt.edu Best, -- Ivica Ico Bukvic, D.M.A. Associate Professor Computer Music ICAT Senior Fellow Director -- DISIS, L2Ork Virginia Tech School of Performing Arts – 0141 Blacksburg, VA 24061 (540) 231-6139 ico(a)vt.edu www.performingarts.vt.edu disis.icat.vt.edu l2ork.icat.vt.edu ico.bukvic.net

10 years

Qtractor 0.7.1 - The Meson Dope beta release

by Rui Nuno Capela

Hey, Here's to all southerners for whom the so called Summer'15 didn't made much sense... Beg your pardon yet and again, but it's that time of year when grapefruit is about ripening, pretty fast and maybe late, at least on the northern hemisphere. No worries: harvesting has already been carried away. So it's your call now, wether it makes for ugly bad wine or, pretty good vinegar... "Quickly, bring me a beaker of wine so that I may wet my mind and say something clever." --Aristophanes never mind, Qtractor 0.7.1 (meson dope beta) is released! Now, for the clueless: Qtractor [1] is an audio/MIDI multi-track sequencer application written in C++ with the Qt framework [2]. Target platform is Linux, where the Jack Audio Connection Kit (JACK [3]) for audio and the Advanced Linux Sound Architecture (ALSA [4]) for MIDI are the main infrastructures to evolve as a fairly-featured Linux desktop audio workstation GUI, specially dedicated to the personal home-studio. And for the ones who can aptly tell a TL;DR apart from a hangover: Besides the incidental bug-fixes and proverbial business-as-usual stance for this dot release, the most probable and hopefully significant news about it, is that this will the last to build against Qt4 by default. The time has come to move on up to Qt5. Remember that a Qt5 build is and has been possible already for ages now but somewhat relegated on a subpar status due to the once lack of support for all non-Qt5 LV2 plug-ins GUIs out there. Not anymore! Starting from this very release onwards there's this so called <em>native</em> LV2 GTK2 and X11 UI support on Qt5. Also thriving, drobilla's libsuil is being updated to par just that as well. So things are all aligning up nigh. A special note to the voluntary packager: if you choose, for any reason you may find commendable, to build, package and distribute a Qt5 build (via ./configure --enable-qt5 ...) please be sure that every LV2 plug-ins around that take Qt as its UI framework are also build, packaged and distributed on the same premises, otherwise they might just fail and crash Qtractor [1] on show. Among those are of course the one comprised by the 'Vee One Suite', namely synthv1 [9], samplv1 [10] and drumkv1 [11], of course. Also as a(nother) side note: It has been for quite some time there's an alternate github.com [7] repository which is kept in sync with the sf.net one [8]. However, this doesn't mean that the Qtractor [1] project is about to migrate to brand new hosting whatsoever: the original upstream source code repository is, will be, as ever was, always kept somewhere else still in this world and universe. It's a Git [12] world out nowadays and as the mottos says, --everything-is-local, --distributed-is-the-new-centralized ;) Enjoy. Website: http://qtractor.sourceforge.net Project page: http://sourceforge.net/projects/qtractor Downloads: http://sourceforge.net/projects/qtractor/files - source tarball: http://www.rncbc.org/archive/qtractor-0.7.1.tar.gz - source package (openSUSE 13.2): http://www.rncbc.org/archive/qtractor-0.7.1-19.rncbc.suse132.src.rpm - binary packages (openSUSE 13.2): http://www.rncbc.org/archive/qtractor-0.7.1-19.rncbc.suse132.i586.rpm http://www.rncbc.org/archive/qtractor-0.7.1-19.rncbc.suse132.x86_84.rpm - wiki (help wanted!): http://sourceforge.net/p/qtractor/wiki/ Weblog (upstream support): http://www.rncbc.org License: Qtractor [1] is free, open-source Linux Audio [5] software, distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License (GPL [6]) version 2 or later. Change-log: - Fixed an ages old MIDI track/channel instrument mapping (bank, program) issue that prevented normal all-shut-up messages from being sent to MIDI output buses/ports on playback stop. - Messages standard output capture has been improved again, now in both ways a non-blocking pipe may get. - Fixed port on MIDI 14-bit controllers input caching. - Fixed false value readings on the MIDI clip editor (aka. piano-roll) tool-tips, when dragging a note velocity or controller value outside the acceptable nominal range (eg. 0-127). - Added LV2_BUF_SIZE__nominalBlockLength option support (patch by falktx aka. Filipe Coelho, thanks). - Fixed wrong initial tempo/time-signature display when session is loaded from command line. - LV2 plug-in UI GTK2 and X11 in Qt5 host native support added. - Transport/Auto Backward feature now honoring (auto return) to same current location precedence as Transport/Backward. - Single/unique application instance control adapted to Qt5/X11 (cf. configure --enable-xunique). - MIDI Tools/Transpose, Resize duration display format (frames, time or BBT) have been fixed. - Build fix for Qt5.5 (patch by KaOS, thanks). - MIDI Tools/Quantize et al. are tentatively being corrected to take event times as relative to THE beginning of session, instead of MIDI clip start location. References: [1] Qtractor - An audio/MIDI multi-track sequencer http://qtractor.sourceforge.net [2] Qt framework, C++ class library and tools for cross-platform application and UI development http://qt.io/ [3] JACK Audio Connection Kit http://jackaudio.org [4] ALSA, Advanced Linux Sound Architecture http://www.alsa-project.org/ [5] Linux Audio consortium of libre software for audio-related work http://linuxaudio.org [6] GPL - GNU General Public License http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html [7] Qtractor Git repository on github.com http://github.com/rncbc/qtractor [8] Qtractor Git repository on sourceforge.net http://git.code.sf.net/p/qtractor/code [9] synthv1 - an old-school polyphonic synthesizer http://synthv1.sourceforge.net/ [10] samplv1 - an old-school polyphonic sampler http://samplv1.sourceforge.net/ [11] drumkv1 - an old-school drum-kit sampler http://drumkv1.sourceforge.net/ [12] Git distributed version control system http://git-scm.com See also: http://www.rncbc.org/drupal/node/960 Enjoy && have fun. -- rncbc aka. Rui Nuno Capela

10 years, 1 month

QMidiArp-0.6.2 released

by Frank Kober

Hello all, This qmidiarp release dares to come about a year after the last one...and yet again: not much new stuff, but some more bugs squeeeezed, thanks to some courageous reporters. And, after all, it's a lifesign isn't it? In other words, updating is of course highly recommended. Have fun with QMidiArp 0.6.2, below are the list of changes and links Frank ----- qmidiarp-0.6.2 (2015-10-06) Fixed Bugs o Arp: Regression: Latch mode caused the first note playing on forever and other annoyances (Bug #12 reported by Alois Cochard) o Seq: Small position error of the helper tick line relative to the notes placed o Seq: Note length values saved to file were not correct and had no correct default (Bug #14 reported by Steve Grace) o LV2 Seq and Lfo: Display was not correct when diminishing resolution or length in plugin UI Minor improvement o LV2 Seq: Vertical zoom values are part of the controls and therefore saved in presets as well ----- QMidiArp is a MIDI arpeggiator, phrase generator and controller LFO for JACK and ALSA. It can run multiple synchronized arpeggiators, LFOs and step sequencers. The modules are also available as LV2 plugins with Qt user interface. All in all it is a handy live tool. Website http://qmidiarp.sourceforge.net/ Download http://sourceforge.net/projects/qmidiarp/files/qmidiarp/0.6.2/qmidiarp-0.6.… There is now also a github repo that will be kept in sync with the sf repo for the time being https://github.com/emuse/qmidiarp

10 years, 1 month

2nd Annual Web Audio Conference - submission deadline extended to October 15

by g.roma＠surrey.ac.uk

The 2nd Web Audio Conference (WAC) will be held April 4-6, 2016 at Georgia Tech in Atlanta. The keynote speakers for WAC 2016 are Helen Thorington and Frank Melchior. Submissions for papers, talks, posters, demos, performances, and artworks are due October 15, 2015 at 11:59 PM Pacific Time. To submit your work, visit http://webaudio.gatech.edu/node/22. WAC is an international conference dedicated to web audio technologies and applications. The conference welcomes web developers, music technologists, computer musicians, application designers, researchers, and people involved in web standards. The conference addresses research, development, design, and standards concerned with emerging audio-related web technologies such as Web Audio API, Web RTC, WebSockets and Javascript. It is open to industry engineers, R&D scientists, academic researchers, artists, and students. The first Web Audio Conference was held in January 2015 at IRCAM and Mozilla in Paris, France. The Internet has become much more than a simple storage and delivery network for audio files, as modern web browsers on desktop and mobile devices bring new user experiences and interaction opportunities. New and emerging web technologies and standards now allow applications to create and manipulate sound in real-time at near-native speeds, enabling the creation of a new generation of web-based applications that mimic the capabilities of desktop software while leveraging unique opportunities afforded by the web in areas such as social collaboration, user experience, cloud computing, and portability. The Web Audio Conference focuses on innovative work by artists, researchers, and engineers in industry and academia, highlighting new standards, tools, APIs, and practices as well as innovative web audio applications for musical performance, education, research, collaboration, and production. Contributions to the second edition of the Web Audio Conference are encouraged in the following areas: Web Audio API, Web MIDI, Web RTC, and other existing or emerging web standards for audio and music Development tools, practices, and strategies of web audio applications Innovative audio and music based web applications Client-side audio processing (real-time or non real-time) Audio data and metadata formats and network delivery Server-side audio processing and client access Client-side audio engine and audio rendering Frameworks for audio synthesis, processing, and transformation Web-based audio visualization and/or sonification Multimedia integration Web-based live coding environments for music Web standards and use of standards within audio based web projects Hardware and tangible interfaces in web applications Codecs and standards for remote audio transmission Any other innovative work related to web audio that does not fall into the above categories We welcome submissions in the following tracks: paper, poster, demo, performance, and artwork. All submissions will be single-blind peer reviewed. The conference proceedings, which will include both papers (for papers and posters) and abstracts (for demos, performances, and artworks), will be published online in SmartTech, Georgia Tech’s archival open-access repository. Papers: Submit a 4-6 page paper to be given as an oral presentation. Talks: Submit an abstract to be given as an oral presentation. Posters: Submit a 2-4 page paper to be presented at a poster session. Demos: Submit an abstract to be presented at a hands-on demo session. Demo submissions should include a title, a one-paragraph abstract and a complete list of technical requirements (including anything expected to be provided by the conference organizers). Performances: Submit a performance making creative use of web-based audio applications. Performances can include elements such as audience device participation, web-based interfaces, WebMIDI, WebSockets, and/or other imaginative approaches to web technology. Submissions must include a title, a one-paragraph abstract of the performance, a link to video documentation of the work, a complete list of technical requirements (including anything expected to be provided by conference organizers), and names and one-paragraph biographies of all musicians involved in the performance. Artworks: Submit a sonic web artwork or interactive application which makes significant use of web audio standards such as Web Audio API or WebMIDI in conjunction with other technologies such as HTML5 graphics, WebGL, and/or interactivity. Works must be suitable for presentation on a computer kiosk with headphones. They will be featured at the conference venue throughout the conference and on the conference web site. Submissions must include a title, one-paragraph abstract of the work, a link to access the work, and names and one-paragraph biographies of the author(s). Tutorials: If you are interested in running a tutorial session at the conference, please contact the organizers directly (webaudio at gatech dot edu). Important Dates October 15, 2015 at 11:59 PM Pacific Time: submission deadline December 1, 2015: author notification March 1, 2016: camera-ready papers and abstracts due April 4-6, 2016: conference At least one author of each accepted submission must register for and attend the conference in order to present their work. Submission Templates and Submission System Submission templates are available on the conference web site at http://webaudio.gatech.edu/node/22 The submission system is open at https://cmt.research.microsoft.com/WAC2016/

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