Linux-audio-announce September 2017

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by Olivier ROUITS

QJackRcd release 1.2.0 QJackRcd is a simple QT5 stereo recorder for Jack with few features as silence processing for automatic pause, file splitting, background file post-processing. 1.2.0 (stable) - Add recorded size indicators in status bar - Add command line parser with all options - Add a console mode only (no GUI) for automation purpose - Add a man page (en) with all options described. - FIX: conflicts between jack transport and record at launch feature in some cases. - FIX: internal recording buffer size not adjusted (too long). 1.1.2 (stable) - Add an option to be in record state at launch time ... see details in README file: https://sourceforge.net/projects/qjackrcd/files/ distribution tar file download: https://sourceforge.net/projects/qjackrcd/files/stable/qjackrcd-1.2.0.tar.g… SF project site: https://sourceforge.net/projects/qjackrcd/ Regards Olivier.

8 years

[LAA] spectmorph-0.3.4

by Stefan Westerfeld

spectmorph-0.3.4 has been released. Overview of Changes in spectmorph-0.3.4: ---------------------------------------- * Added optional ADSR Envelope * Make LV2 and VST plugin stereo to allow supporting stereo in the future * LV2 plugin description fixes * Added about dialog to plugin/smjack UI * Remove BEAST plugin (plugin code will be moved to BEAST) * Fixed compilation for newer g++ >= 6 (std::fabs) * Get rid of some malloc() calls in linear morphing What is SpectMorph? ------------------- SpectMorph is a free software project which allows to analyze samples of musical instruments, and to combine them (morphing). It can be used to construct hybrid sounds, for instance a sound between a trumpet and a flute; or smooth transitions, for instance a sound that starts as a trumpet and then gradually changes to a flute. SpectMorph ships with many ready-to-use instruments which can be combined using morphing. SpectMorph is implemented in C++ and licensed under the GNU LGPL version 3 Integrating SpectMorph into your Work ------------------------------------- In order to make music that contains SpectMorph, you currently need to use Linux. There are four ways of integrating SpectMorph sounds into music you create: - LV2 Plugin, for any sequencer that supports it. - VST Plugin, especially for proprietary solutions that don't support LV2. - JACK Client. - BEAST Module, integrating into BEASTs modular environment. Note that at this point, we may still change the way sound synthesis works, so newer versions of SpectMorph may sound (slightly) different than the current version. Links: ------ Website: http://www.spectmorph.org Download: http://www.spectmorph.org/downloads/spectmorph-0.3.4.tar.bz2 There are many audio demos on the website, which demonstrate morphing between instruments. -- Stefan Westerfeld, Hamburg/Germany, http://space.twc.de/~stefan

8 years, 3 months

[LAA] Qtractor 0.8.4 - End of Summer'17 release!

by Rui Nuno Capela

Yes, it's been like clockwork... Every two months or so, you stumbled with a brand new dot release, code-named after some of the same adjective-plus-noun (or vice versa) code-names. You knew the thrill and yet it lands no more. First, the code-naming joke has been just a parody--or was it the other way around?--to some well known Linux-distro 'alimalistic' code-name series. Then on it got rogue into some directed puns--remember the date when BitWig Studio 1.0 was first released? Yeah, the "Byte Bald" was there for the pun, on the very same day :) Well, that's all gone by now. Northern hemisphere seasons are the new norm and that's about two main reasons: first, it's where I live; second, due to an undeniable global warming effect pervading the globe, all geographical temperate zones are simply on the edge of extinction. More or less in a couple of decades or so. For the sake of brevity, I will just leave it like paying homage to those natural concepts that are facing an inexorable fate. And yet, there're still the good news: Qtractor 0.8.4 (end of summer'17) released! Change-log: - Assigned MIDI Controllers to plug-in's Activate switch are now finally saved and (re)loaded properly across sessions. - Audio clip panning option property is now being introduced. - Out-of-process (aka. dummy) VST plug-in inventory scanning now restarts automatically and resumes processing in case of a premature exit/crash; VST plug-in inventory scan/cache persistency is now in place. - Desktop entry specification file is now finally independent from build/configure template chains. - Updated target path for freedesktop.org's AppStream metainfo file (formerly AppData). - Changing the View/Options.../Display/Custom/Style theme takes effect immediately unless it's back to "(default)". - Slightly slower but better approximation to IEEE 32bit floating point cubic root ie. cbrtf(). Description: 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.org http://qtractor.sourceforge.net https://qtractor.sourceforge.io Project page: http://sourceforge.net/projects/qtractor Downloads: http://sourceforge.net/projects/qtractor/files - source tarball: http://download.sf.net/qtractor/qtractor-0.8.4.tar.gz - source package: http://download.sf.net/qtractor/qtractor-0.8.4-32.rncbc.suse.src.rpm - binary packages (openSUSE Tubleweed): http://download.sf.net/qtractor/qtractor-0.8.4-32.rncbc.suse.i586.rpm http://download.sf.net/qtractor/qtractor-0.8.4-32.rncbc.suse.x86_84.rpm - AppImage [7] packages: http://download.sf.net/qtractor/qtractor-0.8.4-2.i686.AppImage http://download.sf.net/qtractor/qtractor-0.8.4-2.x86_64.AppImage 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 wanted!): http://sourceforge.net/p/qtractor/wiki/ - static rendering: http://qtractor.org/doc http://qtractor.sourceforge.net/doc - user manual & how-to's: http://download.sf.net/qtractor/qtractor-manual-and-howtos.epub http://download.sf.net/qtractor/qtractor-manual-and-howtos.pdf 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. 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] AppImage, Linux apps that run anywhere http://appimage.org/ See also: http://www.rncbc.org/drupal/node/1851 Enjoy && Keep having fun. -- rncbc aka Rui Nuno Capela

8 years, 4 months

[LAA] Open Source Musician Ep. 85 - Louis, Author of the Digits 2 synth

by Spencer Jackson

After a long unintentional break, the OSM is back! Lots of news, some tunes, and an interview focused on the recent open-sourcing of the Digits Synth! Stay tuned for the next tunestorm in November in collaboration with Sonoj ( http://www.sonoj.org/). https://archive.org/details/OSMP85 Hope you enjoy! _Spencer

8 years, 4 months

[LAA] fluidsynth 1.1.7 has been released

by Tom M.

Dear community, after long time of inactivity, development for fluidsynth got rolling again, leading to the 1.1.7 maintenance release I hereby announce. Highlights of this release include the support of MuseScore's vorbis compressed SF3 files (thanks to fabiangreffrath <https://github.com/fabiangreffrath>). We also addressed a license issue and consistently re-licensed fluidsynth under the terms of the LGPL-2.1+. As usual there are plenty of bug fixes and a few other new features, so feel free to check out the changelog <https://github.com/FluidSynth/fluidsynth/wiki/ChangeLog#fluidsynth-117>. NOTE: fluidsynth's home is now to be found at Github: https://github.com/FluidSynth/fluidsynth Download: https://github.com/FluidSynth/fluidsynth/releases/tag/v1.1.7 API: http://www.fluidsynth.org/api/ Website: http://www.fluidsynth.org Tom Moebert FluidSynth Developer Team

8 years, 4 months

[LAA] [ANN] Radium 5.0.10

by Kjetil Matheussen

Radium is a vertical music editor. Radium is inspired by trackers, but uses more graphics to show musical data. Radium also supports MIDI sequencing and hard disk recording. Radium has features like smooth scrolling, zooming, automation, piano roll, embedded Pure Data (Pd), and embedded Faust. * Homepage: http://users.notam02.no/~kjetism/radium/ * Screenshot: http://users.notam02.no/~kjetism/radium/pictures/radium_4_9_20.png * Videos: http://www.youtube.com/user/KjetilMatheussen/videos * Demonstration video by Tobias Lutzenkirchen showing some of the features: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FhwmT0G5EwM (Radium 3.9.1) *Demonstration video showing developing Faust programs inside Radium: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LJm9Lox1WFA Changes between 4.8.2 and 5.0.10: * Lots of bug fixes and minor improvements. * Audio: Don't apply volume when bypassing. * Piano roll: Improved eraser functionality. * Editor: Move the swing sub tracks to the left of the piano roll. * Mixer strips: Show automation values. * Mixer strips: Quickly enable or disable plugins and sends. * GUI: Make F11 switch full screen for all windows. * Audio: Scan plugins in a separate process. * Audio: Apply correct initial automation values when starting to play. * Mixer: Configuration editor. * Documentation: Many improvements. * Audio: Always connect and disconnect several connections simultaneously, not one by one. * Mixer strips: Faster graphics. * Menus: Improve keyboard navigation. * Sequencer: Faster to move blocks while playing. * Faust Development: Fix various GUI issues. * Audio: Support Jack transport in order to sample-accurately synchronize to e.g. Ardour or Bitwig. * GUI: Program includes a new "Edit" tab in the main window. * GUI: Fix various keyboard focus issues * 594 other changes. (613 git commits).

8 years, 4 months

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Linux-audio-announce September 2017