Linux-audio-announce February 2017

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Announcement and Invitation: Sonoj Convention (November the 4th and 5th 2017 in Cologne, Germany)

by Sonoj Convention

Dear Reader, Music and technology come together on November the 4th and 5th 2017 in Cologne, Germany. See, hear and learn how music gets created using free and open source software and hardware. Meet new people and their exiting creative techniques; and show your own, if you want! The only requirement for participation is an interest to make and create music. You do not have to be an expert of any kind to enjoy the event. The theme of the convention is making music with free and open source software and hardware. That includes a single program up to a whole operating system. No matter the technology, the music is at the centre of it. Every talk, demonstration or workshop will be focused on music. This also includes a top-down approach e.g. we advise our speakers to start with a piece of music and refer everything after that to it. You are invited to apply to present anything that matches the theme of Sonoj Convention. To apply please fill out the form on the website or write an e-mail to info(a)sonoj.org <mailto:info@sonoj.org>. We only require a preliminary text that broadly outlines your idea. Mention at least how much time it will take and the format of your idea (e.g. demonstration of your own music and workflow, tutorial with audience-participation etc.). We will get in touch with you shortly after your submission. For more information see http://www.sonoj.org Regards, Nils Hilbricht for the organization team -- Sonoj Convention http://www.sonoj.org November the 4th and 5th 2017 Venue: Heliosstrasse 6a 50825 Cologne, Germany

7 years, 8 months

Open Source Musician Episode 84 - Tunestorm 17 Reveal

by Spencer Jackson

Another month's episode has landed, revealing the results of the Open Amplifier Challenge (aka tunestorm 17). This round of uncompetition drew in 6 entries with great guitar shown throughout using "in-the-box" guitar processing with open source tools. Go have a listen: https://archive.org/details/OSMP84 And please stay tuned for our next tunestorm (to be announced in the March episode) so you can participate in the fun! Enjoy! _Spencer

7 years, 8 months

io GNU/Linux 2017.01 released

by io GNU/Linux

Hi all, New images are ready for testing (amd64, i386) ;) io GNU/Linux is a Live DVD/USB based on Debian Sid and focused on multimedia. -> Kernel 4.9.10 and 4.9.10-rt, Jack2+PulseAudio as default sound server (can be easily changed to Jack2+AlsaLoop, Jack2+ZitaBridge, PulseAudio or Alsa) -> Enlightenment (e21) as desktop environment and a big collection of installed software... Full persistence for USB install (with encryption) and more stuff... For more infos: manual, packages list, screenshots, video etc... Visit: -> http://io.gnu.linux.free.fr -> https://sourceforge.net/projects/io-gnu-linux/ Feedbacks welcome, enjoy :) MK

7 years, 8 months

Qtractor 0.8.1 - The Sticky Tauon is out!

by Rui Nuno Capela

Hello everybody! Qtractor 0.8.1 (sticky tauon) is out! Release highlights: * JACK Transport mode switching on main menu/tool-bar (NEW) * Main menu Track/Navigate/Next, Previous wrap around (FIX) * Auto-backward play-head position flip-flopping (FIX) * JACK Transport tempo/time-signature in-flight changes (FIX) * Sanitized audio clip zoom-in/out resolution (FIX) Obviously, this one dot bug-fix release and everyone is then compelled to upgrade. On the side, a couple of notes are also worthy of mention... Besides some other stray thoughts, you may be asking yourself, after reading those crappy release highlights above, what the heck that "in-flight" tempo / time-signature change-fix is all about? No stress. There's always a reason, as if reason won't ever prevail, above all else... So, the whole truth and nothing but the truth, should here be told: jack_link [8] is the dang reason. And then, you may now know and play the badass with Ableton Link [7]. Keep in mind that jack_link [7] is kind of a toy, so please, have it under a child's perspective ;) You can still play all along with your band fellows, don't get me wrong. You all have to be on the same machine or in the same local network segment (LAN) anyway, just like yours truly QmidiNet [9] does (and recommends). But that's probably one hell of a disparate story, although sharing the same networking concept... move along! Whatever. When in doubt, please ask me. Whenever you find yourself in despair, you can also ask me. But take note that I made no promises nor guarantees that it would ever work for you. And this goes as far as in any formal disclaimer can go. The hard truth is: your are on your own. But please, enjoy and have (lots of) fun while you're at it ;) As second note, this project has finally called in for its own vanity and internet domain name: qtractor.org [1]. I guess it was about time. Nuff said. 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. Website: http://qtractor.sourceforge.net http://qtractor.org Project page: http://sourceforge.net/projects/qtractor Downloads: http://sourceforge.net/projects/qtractor/files - source tarball: http://download.sf.net/qtractor/qtractor-0.8.1.tar.gz - source package: http://download.sf.net/qtractor/qtractor-0.8.1-29.rncbc.suse.src.rpm - binary packages: http://download.sf.net/qtractor/qtractor-0.8.1-29.rncbc.suse.i586.rpm http://download.sf.net/qtractor/qtractor-0.8.1-29.rncbc.suse.x86_84.rpm Git repos: http://git.code.sf.net/p/qtractor/code https://github.com/rncbc/qtractor.git https://gitlab.com/rncbc/qtractor.git https://bitbucket.org/rncbc/qtractor.git Wiki (help still wanted!): http://sourceforge.net/p/qtractor/wiki/ 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: - The View/Options.../Display/Dialogs/Use native dialogs option is now set initially off by default. - All tempo and time-signature labels are now displayed with one decimal digit, as it was in mostly everywhere else but the time ruler/scale headers. - JACK transport tempo and time-signature changes are now accepted, even though playback is not currently rolling; also, changing (JACK) Timebase master setting (cf.View/Options.../General/Transport/Timebase) will take effect immediately, not needing nor warning for session restart anymore. - Track/Navigate/Next and Previous menu commands, finally fixed to wrap around the current track list. - Current session (JACK) transport mode option switching is now being made accessible, from the main menu and drop-down toolbar buttons, as well as user configurable PC-keyboard and/or MIDI controller shortcuts (cf. Transport/Mode/None, Slave, Master, Full). - Fixed some auto-backward play-head position flip-flopping, when opening a new session while the previous was still on rolling/playing state, hopefully. - Added French man page (by Olivier Humbert, thanks). - MIDI clip changes are now saved unconditionally whenever the editor (piano-roll) is closed or not currently visible. - Audio clip peak/waveform files re-generation performance, scalability and resilience have been slightly improved. - Some sanitary checks have been added to audio clip peak/waveform re-generation routine, as much to avoid empty, blank, zero or negative-width faulty renderings. - Do not reset the Files tree-view widgets anymore, when leaving any drag-and-drop operation (annoyingly, all groups and sub-groups were being closed without appeal). - Make builds reproducible byte for byte, by getting rid of the configure build date and time stamps. References: [1] Qtractor - An audio/MIDI multi-track sequencer http://qtractor.sourceforge.net http://qtractor.org [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] jack_link, a JACK transport timebase bridge to Ableton Link [8] https://github.com/rncbc/jack_link [8] Ableton Link, a technology that synchronizes musical beat, tempo, and phase across multiple applications running on one or more devices https://github.com/Ableton/link [9] QmidiNet - A MIDI Network Gateway via UDP/IP Multicast http://qmidinet.sourceforge.net See also: http://www.rncbc.org/drupal/node/1809 Enjoy && Keep the fun, as always. -- rncbc aka. Rui Nuno Capela rncbc(a)rncbc.org

7 years, 9 months

LAC2017 extended deadline for all submissions February 28

by Laurent Pottier

Hello, We have decided to extend the deadline for all submissions to February 28. Could you please spread the news to your networks? Thanks in advance! ====================================================== Extension of the deadline for all submissions to Tuesday 28 February 2017, 23:59 GMT+1 (Saint-Etienne time) Linux Audio Conference LAC2017. 18-21 May, 2017 - Saint-Etienne, France https://lac2017.univ-st-etienne.fr ========== Special INFORMATION ========================= ========== Paul DAVIS special guest during LAC2017 =========== Mr. Paul Davis will introduce the LAC2017 conference in Saint-Etienne. ================ Important Dates ========================= Extended deadline for submissions: February 28, 2017 Acceptance notification: March 25, 2017 Final deadline for ‘camera ready’ paper: April 15, 2017 Author registration deadline: April 20, 2017 Urgent questions: lac(a)linuxaudio.org More info on the conference website (updated frequently): https://lac2017.univ-st-etienne.fr Organising team: • CIEREC (Centre Interdisciplinaire d’Étude et de Recherche sur l’Expression Contemporaine) • Music Department of Jean Monnet University (UJM) • GRAME (National Center for Musical Creation) • Random-Lab, Center for Open Researches in Art, Design and New Media at ESADSE (Art School of Saint-Etienne) • Associations « Le son des choses » (Acousmatic Music). Best regards, Laurent Pottier -- ******************************************** Université Jean Monnet CIEREC - EA3068 35, rue du 11 novembre 42023 Saint-Etienne Cedex 02 - France port. : +33(0)6 21 66 28 76 tel : +33(0)4 77 42 16 61 fax : +33(0)4 77 42 16 84 laurent.pottier(a)univ-st-etienne.fr ********************************************

7 years, 9 months

[LAU] [LAD] First Fix Release of GxPlugins.lv2

by Hermann Meyer

Hi The first fix release of GxPlugins.lv2 is out. The fixes are: Fix Power switch use as bypass control (lv2:enabled) Fix don't rebuild on make install Fix GxVBassPreAmp dc overload in circuit simulation Also it comes with the new GxSD1.lv2 pedal simulation. GxPlugins.lv2 is a set of mostly analogue guitar pedal simulations as LV2 plugins, simulated with the guitarix ampsim toolkit. They contain the following plugs: GxBottleRocket.lv2 - -> tube based preamp pedal GxHotBox.lv2 - -> tube based preamp pedal GxVBassPreAmp.lv2 - -> transistor based Bass preamp GxSuppaToneBender.lv2 - -> transistor based Fuzz pedal GxHyperion.lv2 - -> transistor based Fuzz pedal GxVoodoFuzz.lv2 - -> transistor based Fuzz pedal GxSaturator.lv2 - -> saturation plugin GxVintageFuzzMaster.lv2 - -> transistor based Fuzz pedal GxSuperFuzz.lv2 - -> transistor based Fuzz pedal GxVmk2.lv2 - -> transistor based solid stage preamp GxUVox720k.lv2 - -> transistor based solid stage preamp GxSlowGear.lv2 - -> volume swell plugin GxGuvnor.lv2 - -> transistor based overdrive pedal GxToneMachine.lv2 - -> transistor based Fuzz pedal GxSD1.lv2 - -> Op-amp based overdrive pedal I hope they may be useful for the one or the other. Build instruction and screenshots may be found here: https://github.com/brummer10/GxPlugins.lv2 the release zip file is located here: https://github.com/brummer10/GxPlugins.lv2/releases regards hermann

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Linux-audio-announce February 2017