HI all!
Would you like 40 more effect plugins?
After many months of persistence I have ported the Rakarrack effects to lv2
format. With each effect, the individual effect presets have been ported as
well. I am very excited about this project and hope that this can keep the
Rakarrack project as one of the highlights of linux audio. Rakarrack is
currently in need of a proper maintainer. So if you are interested please
contact the developers! I made these ports such that all changes could be
ported back into the main codebase.
The porting took a lot of manual entry of matching parameter bounds and
indices etc.. So as you test and use these, please report any strange
behaviour you notice (such as changing the "gain" parameter actually
changed the decay time, etc.). I will be trying to test these but it will
take me quite some time to give them all a good shake down.Current status
is that they all can be loaded by Carla and Jalv, with some audio testing
on a few by me, and some testing by other parties. No known issues
currently exist.
I am currently working on porting the preset banks to Carla rack presets.
This will allow us to load any of the presets from Rakarrack and insert it
as a single plugin in Ardour or other hosts. I would like to get the
community started testing these in parallel with my effort. Once I have
that done I will announce a second beta.
Not all of the effects were ported, since some were duplicate code, direct
copies of ladspa plugins, or redundant of other lv2 plugins (like the
looper or colvolotron). The interface was kept close to Rakarrack, but some
parameter changes were made for the intent of clarity, such as wet/dry -
instead of the original -64 is all wet, 0 a 50/50 wet/dry mix, 63 dry, now
0 means all wet, 127 all dry. Parameter names were altered in places as
well (e.g. St. Df. now is labeled "Left/Right LFO delay"). Case by case
feedback on these decisions is also welcome.
For those unfamiliar with Rakarrack, here are all the effects, marked to
show which are in this new plugin bundle:
EFFECTS (X - done, W - won't do, + - done with missing features)
[X] Lineal EQ
[X] Compressor
[X] Distortion
[W] Overdrive - exact same engine as distortion, but has fewer controls,
presets were added to dist.
[X] Echo
[X] Chorus
[W] Phaser - I'm not planning to do this. I'm only interested in the analog
phaser version
[X] Analog Phaser
[W] Flanger - this is identical to the chorus, presets from this will be
included there
[X] Reverb
[X] Parametric EQ
[X] Cabinet Emulation
[X] AutoPan/Stereo Expander
[+] Harmonizer - midi mode was not ported
[X] Musical Delay
[W] Noise Gate - Direct copy of Steve Harris's Gate ladspa plugin
[X] WahWah
[X] AlienWah
[X] Derelict
[X] Valve
[X] Dual Flange
[X] Ring
[X] Exciter
[X] DistBand
[X] Arpie
[X] Expander
[X] Shuffle
[X] Synthfilter
[X] VaryBand
[W] Convolotron - other excellent lv2 convolution engines already exist
[W] Looper - other good lv2 loopers exist
[X] MuTroMojo
[X] Echoverse
[X] CoilCrafter
[X] ShelfBoost
[X] Vocoder
[X] Sustainer
[X] Sequence
[X] Shifter
[X] StompBox - an extra plugin for fuzz mode was added, as interface is
different
[X] Reverbtron
[X] Echotron
[+] StereoHarm - no midi mode
[X] CompBand
[X] Opticaltrem
[X] Vibe
[X] Infinity
Further help using them can be found at
http://rakarrack.sourceforge.net/effects.html . I hope you all find these
enjoyable, and make great music with them.
Please download and try them at:
http://github.com/ssj71/rkrlv2
Enjoy!
_Spencer
Ahoy!
Stepping up to Summer'15 release frenzy stage scene, in it's fourth and
hopefully last act,
Qtractor 0.7.0 (muon base beta) is out!
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.
As a major highlight to this release, there's the advent of regular MIDI
controllers mapping/assignment to main application menu command actions,
just like normal PC-keyboard shortcuts, is being introduced (cf. main
menu Help/Shortcuts...).
Have a 'hotta' Summer'15 ;)
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-0.7.0.tar.gz
- source package (openSUSE 13.2):
http://www.rncbc.org/archive/qtractor-0.7.0-18.rncbc.suse132.src.rpm
- binary packages (openSUSE 13.2):
http://www.rncbc.org/archive/qtractor-0.7.0-18.rncbc.suse132.i586.rpmhttp://www.rncbc.org/archive/qtractor-0.7.0-18.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 [6] software,
distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License (GPL [5])
version 2 or later.
Change-log:
- Complete rewrite of Qt4 vs. Qt5 configure builds.
- Revised MIDI Controlllers catch-up algorithm.
- Mixer multi-row layout gets a little bit of a fairness fix.
- Non-continuous MIDI Controllers now have their Hook and Latch options
disabled as those are found not applicable,
- As an alternative to PC-keyboard shortcuts, MIDI controllers are now
also assignable and configurable for any of the main menu command
actions, all from the same old configuration dialog (Help/Shortcuts...).
- Fixed missing Track and Clip sub-menus from Edit/context-menu that
were found AWOL ever since after the Lazy Tachyon beta release (> 0.6.6).
- An off-by-one bar position (as in BBT, bar, beat and ticks) has been
purportedly fixed as long as LV2 Time/Position atom event transfer goes.
- French (fr) translation line to desktop file added (patch by Olivier
Humbert, thanks).
- A new top-level widget window geometry state save and restore
sub-routine is now in effect.
- Improved MIDI clip editor resilience across tempo and time-signature
changes.
- Keyboard shortcuts configuration (Help/Shortcuts...) now lists
complete menu/action path where available.
- Fixed in-flight VST plugin editor (GUI) resizing.
- Added support to LV2UI_portMap extension, found really handy for the
cases where you have multiple plugins with different port configurations
and a single common UI to drive them all (pull request by Hanspeter
Portner aka. ventosus, thanks).
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] GPL - GNU General Public License
http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html
[6] http://linuxaudio.org
See also:
http://www.rncbc.org/drupal/node/917
Enjoy && keep the fun.
--
rncbc aka. Rui Nuno Capela
Hi all,
as in through the hottest of summers--as southerners can't even
wait--here comes part one:
QjackCtl 0.4.0 (summer'15) is out!
though aside that everybody knows this already,
QjackCtl is a (maybe not so any more but) simple Qt [3] application
to control the JACK [2] sound server, for the Linux Audio infrastructure.
website:
http://qjackctl.sourceforge.net
downloads:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/qjackctl/files
- source tarball:
http://download.sourceforge.net/qjackctl/qjackctl-0.4.0.tar.gz
- source package:
http://download.sourceforge.net/qjackctl/qjackctl-0.4.0-23.rncbc.suse132.sr…
- binary packages:
http://download.sourceforge.net/qjackctl/qjackctl-0.4.0-23.rncbc.suse132.i5…http://download.sourceforge.net/qjackctl/qjackctl-0.4.0-23.rncbc.suse132.x8…
Change-log:
- Some windows fixes added (patch by Kjetil Matheussen, thanks).
- Most advanced Setup/Settings are moved into new Setup/Advanced
settings tab; limit range for the real-time priority setting, now having
6 as absolute minimum valid value (after patches by Robin Gareus, thanks).
- A new top-level widget window geometry state save and restore
sub-routine is now in effect (EXPERIMENTAL)
- Delayed geometry setup for widget windows upon startup has been
deprecated and scrapped altogether.
- Setup/settings dialog tab is going into some layout changes; also got
rid of old patchbay auto-refresh timer cruft, which was previously
hidden/disabled.
- New socket names are now automatically inferred from selected client
names while on the Patchbay widget, Socket dialog.
- Fixed for some strict tests for Qt4 vs. Qt5 configure builds.
- German (de) translation update (by Guido Scholz, thanks).
License:
QjackCtl stands free, still open-source software, distributed under
the terms of the GNU General Public License (GPL [4]) version 2 or later.
Weblog (upstream support):
http://www.rncbc.org
See also:
http://www.rncbc.org/drupal/node/912
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] GPL - GNU General Public License
http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html
Enjoy && have a whole hot'ta Summer'15 fun!
--
rncbc aka. Rui Nuno Capela
The 2nd Web Audio Conference (WAC) will be held April 4-6, 2016 at Georgia Tech in Atlanta.
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 1, 2015: 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/
x42-plugins is a collection of cross platform LV2 audio/midi plugins,
currently featuring over 80 plugins from 11 repositories.
https://github.com/x42/x42-pluginshttp://gareus.org/misc/x42-plugins/x42-plugins-20150702.tar.xz
(sha1sum d37977c1a07f6d1a46e673614a2be47881cc7bce)
Changes since the last release (20150530)
* All plugins
- now have LV2 required version numbers
- feature built-in documentation/description
Plugin descriptions are now 100% spec conform and survived
pedantic inspection by the LV2 high inquisitor (falkTX ['s script]).
There have been various small build-system and packaging tweaks reported
by distros in the wake of the previous release last month.
Many thanks to Jaromir Mikes (debian), Edgar Aichinger (openSuSe) and
Filipe Coelho (KXstudio).
Likewise portability has been further improved. While developed an
targeted at GNU/Linux, all plugins now on run reliably on all major OS
and support over 20 CPU architectures.
Thanks to Jean-Luc Nest, Chris Goddart and Harrisonconsoles for QA on
OSX and Windows.
* sisco.lv2 (Simple Scope)
- allow to vertically align individual channels
* meters.lv2 (Audio Signal Meters)
- EBUr128 GUI: improved drawing performance (partial exposure)
- new Bit Meter (inspired by bitmeter the jack app)
- scalable GUI for the 30band 1/3 oct spectrum analyzer
- drawing improvements for the Goniometer "dot" mode.
* midifilter.lv2
- fix some invalid ranges min <= default <= max.
- remove units from port-names, use lv2:unit
* OSC controllable standalone jack applications (simple LV2 host)
are now compiled and deployed by default for the following:
+ x42-eq (mono + stereo variant)
+ x42-tuna
+ x42-meter (collection of all meter.lv2)
+ x42-mixtri (mixer/trigger pre-processor)
(x42-scope was previously available as standalone jack app)
- incl man-pages and --osc-doc built-it doc
- possibility to set initial port-values
- featuring port latency compensation
For a complete list of changes, please see the individual repositories:
https://github.com/x42/balance.lv2https://github.com/x42/convoLV2https://github.com/x42/fil4.lv2https://github.com/x42/meters.lv2https://github.com/x42/midifilter.lv2https://github.com/x42/mixtri.lv2https://github.com/x42/nodelay.lv2https://github.com/x42/onsettrigger.lv2https://github.com/x42/sisco.lv2https://github.com/x42/tuna.lv2https://github.com/x42/xfade.lv2
Kudos to Fons Adriaensen, some of the DSP code goes back to him and he
provided very valuable feedback and advise throughout the development of
what became x42-plugins over the years.
Also to David Robillard who laid the LV2 groundwork and made portable
free audio-plugins a possibility in the first place.
Last but not least, many thanks to libremusicproduction.com and
libregraphicsworld.org for continued support and publicity.
have fun,
robin
Hello All,
The 2.5.1 Release of ZynAddSubFX is now available.
This release is primarily a bug fixing release resolving issues
left in 2.5.0.
As such it's a recommended upgrade for anyone using 2.5.0 or anyone
who was cautious about upgrading from 2.4.4.
ChangeList:
- Add Colorized CMake Configuration
- Add PID option for jack
- Add OSC port option
- Add MIDI unlearn
- Add External UI Compilation
- Add Split Pitchbend
- Fix No Install NTK Build
- Fix Linker Issues
- Fix Presets/Copy/Paste
- Fix JACK Samplerate Check When JACK Isn't Running
- Remove Dump
- Remove Some Globals synth/uToB/bToU/etc
- Adjust BankUI Ascetic
- Other Misc Bug Fixes
Project Page:
http://zynaddsubfx.sf.net/
Download:
https://sourceforge.net/projects/zynaddsubfx/files/zynaddsubfx/2.5.1/
Mailing List:
https://sourceforge.net/p/zynaddsubfx/mailman/
Forums:
http://www.kvraudio.com/forum/viewforum.php?f=47
Bug/Feature Tracker:
https://sourceforge.net/p/zynaddsubfx/bugs/?source=navbar
IRC:
##zynaddsubfx on FreeNode
Enjoy and please report bugs,
--Mark McCurry
Please pardon cross-posting. I am pleased to announce the availability of
csound.node. This addon for NW.js implements the complete integration of
Csound and HTML5 on desktop platforms. It has been tested on WIndows and
Linux.
The same capabilities are available in current versions of CsoundQt and
Csound for Android, but csound.node is easier to build and supports the
development of standalone applications such as sound art and computer music
installations, visual music pieces, self-contained interactive
compositions, kiosk-type applications, and so on.
For for more information, including build instructions and configuration,
see https://github.com/csound/csound/tree/develop/frontends/nwjs.
Prebuilt binaries and examples are available in the Windows installer at
http://sourceforge.net/projects/csound/files/csound6/Csound6.05/Setup_Csoun…
(this still requires installing NW.js and some configuration). On other
platforms, building csound.node should be simple.
A version of this Windows installer with all VST features of Csound enabled
(Cabbage, vst4cs for hosting VST plugins in Csound, and CsoundVST) will
soon be available on my Web site, http://michaelgogins.tumblr.com.
Regards,
Mike
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Michael Gogins
Irreducible Productions
http://michaelgogins.tumblr.com
Michael dot Gogins at gmail dot com