Linux-audio-announce October 2018

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LAC 2019 : Call for Papers / Posters / Workshops/ Demos / Music / Multimedia Installations

by LAC

Dear all, It is our pleasure to announce the 17th Linux Audio Conference (LAC-19). We look forward to see you at Stanford this Spring (see details below)! Cheers, [Apologies for cross posting, please circulate widely.] *17th Linux Audio Conference - CCRMA, Stanford University (USA), March 23-26, 2019* After seven years outside of the United States, Linux Audio Conference (LAC) <https://lac.linuxaudio.org> is coming back to Stanford University <http://stanford.edu> on March 23-26, 2019 for its 17th edition! LAC is the international conference about Free/Open-Source Software for music, sound, and other media with GNU/Linux as the main platform. More information about this event can be found on the conference website: https://lac.linuxaudio.org/2019/ *Call for Papers / Posters / Workshops* LAC 2019 invites submissions of papers, posters, and workshops addressing all areas of audio processing based on Linux and open source software. All submissions and presentations are in English. Submitted papers are expected to respect academic standards and must be complete (*a simple abstract is not enough*). Submissions can focus on technical, artistic, and/or scientific issues and can target developers and/or users. This includes (but is not limited to) the following categories: - Audio and Music Languages - Audio Hardware Support - Audio Plugins - Drivers, System and Sound Architecture - Education and E-Learning - Games - Interactive Art - Interface Design - Live Coding - Live Performance - Media Art - MIDI, OSC... - Mobile Audio - Music Composition - Music Production - Networked Audio - Physical Computing - Projects Realized using Linux Audio - Realtime Kernel and Linux Distributions - Signal Processing and Sound Synthesis - Sound Spatialization - Standards and Protocols - Video - Etc. *Full Papers* Full papers must be written and presented in English. The length of papers is 4 to 8 pages, with up to 5 keywords, including an abstract of up to 200 words. The abstract will be published on the conference website once the paper has been accepted. The full paper will be available on the website during and after the conference. All papers are peer reviewed by a committee of experts from different disciplines. Reviewers may suggest improvements to the author(s), or require changes in order to accept the submission. The duration of the presentation is 25 minute followed by a 5 minute discussion. *Poster Papers* Poster papers must be written in English, should be 2-4 pages, with up to 5 keywords, including an abstract of up to 150 words. The abstract will be published on the conference website once the poster has been accepted. All posters are peer reviewed by a committee of experts in different disciplines. Reviewers may suggest improvements to the author(s), or require changes in order for the poster to be accepted. *Demos* Demos are informal project (e.g., plug-in, software, interface, idea, etc.) presentations that will be carried out in parallel with poster presentations. Demos can be submitted through this online form <https://lac.linuxaudio.org/2019/submissions.html> to be added to the conference program. *Workshops* Workshop presentations (max duration of 2h) should be 1-4 pages, with up to 5 keywords, including an abstract of up to 150 words to be published on the conference website. Make sure that your proposal indicates if participants are expected to have a specific level, if there are prerequisites, if you'd like to limit the number of participants, etc. Workshops will take place in the CCRMA classroom (which can host approximately 30 people). A projector and a 4 channels sound system will be available in this space. Submit a brief description of the workshop including a URL (if available). *How to Submit Papers / Posters / Workshops?* - Use the online submission tool <http://submissions.html> - Choose the relevant submission type (paper, poster, or workshop) in addition to your 5 categories - The required file format is PDF. Authors must use the provided templates <https://lac.linuxaudio.org/2019/doc/LAC-19-templates.zip> for paper formatting. - Please let us know if you need a special technical setup for your presentation. *Call for Music / Multimedia Installations* LAC 2019 also invites submissions of musical works involving the use of technology/open source software and multimedia installations. A jury will select the compositions and installations to be included in the conference program according to artistic merit and technical feasibility. Please be prepared to perform your work yourself and make sure that you have all resources needed to perform your piece (e.g., instruments, props, other performers, etc.). LAC 2019 cannot pay for any expenses related to a performance (e.g., performers, travel, accommodation, special equipment, etc.). SCLOrk <https://www.scu.edu/cas/music/ensembles/sclork/> will be available to perform new (or old) laptop orchestra compositions, so this type of submission is encouraged this year! SCLOrk <https://www.scu.edu/cas/music/ensembles/sclork/> is the Santa Clara Laptop Orchestra and uses exclusively Linux computers. Musical works and installations can address all areas of digital audio and audiovisual art. This includes (but is not limited to) the following categories: - Electronic Music - Electroacoustic Music - Mixed Music - Acoustic Music - Sound Installation - Interactive Art - Audiovisual Installation - Game in art - Web and Connected Art *Available Setups* For concerts, LAC will provide the following equipment: - CCRMA Stage: 56.8 full 3d sound system (up to 6th order Ambisonics) - CCRMA Listening Room: 22.4 sound system (up to 3d order Ambisonics) - SCLOrk <https://www.scu.edu/cas/music/ensembles/sclork/> (the Santa Clara Laptop Orchestra). Pieces accepted for a performance with SCLOrk will be added to the rehearsal schedule of the corresponding SCU <https://www.scu.edu> class. - Additional requests can be made but are not be guaranteed. *How to Submit Music / Multimedia Installations?* - Use the online submission tool <https://lac.linuxaudio.org/2019/submissions.html> - Select the submission type (performance) - The required file format is PDF, formatted for Letter paper size. Submissions should include: - Description of the project program notes - Link to video or audio demonstration of the project - Technical rider of the work *Important Dates* - *Submission Deadline:* December 7, 2018 (11:59pm PST) - *Notification of Acceptance:* January 18, 2019 - *Camera-ready Version Due:* February 15, 2019 - *Conference Dates:* March 23-26, 2019 *Contact* - lac(a)linuxaudio.org Additional information about LAC-19 can be found on the conference website: https://lac.linuxaudio.org/2019/

5 years, 11 months

Rivendell v2.19.3

by Fred Gleason

On behalf of the entire Rivendell development team, I'm pleased to announce the availability of Rivendell v2.19.3 Rivendell is a full-featured radio automation system targeted for use in professional broadcast environments. It is available under the GNU General Public License version 2. From the NEWS file: *** snip snip *** Changes: BroadcastTools Support. Added a Switcher/GPIO driver for the BroadcastTools SS 2.1 switcher. AudioScience GPIO. Added support for GPIO on AudioScience adapters to the 'Local Audio Adapter' Switcher/GPIO driver. Add Next/Insert Cart RML. Renamed the 'Add Next' ['PX'] RML to 'Insert Cart' ['PX'] and added two optional arguments to allow specification of the insertion position and transition type. Spinitron RLM. Added support for Spinitron v2 to the 'spinitron_plus' RLM. Exported File Mode. Added an 'ExportedFileMode=' parameter to the '[Tuning]' section of rd.conf(5) to permit permission mode of exported audio files to be specified. Various bug fixes. See the 'ChangeLog' for details. Database Update: This version of Rivendell uses database schema version 275, and will automatically upgrade any earlier versions. To see the current schema version prior to upgrade, see RDAdmin->SystemInfo. As always, be sure to run RDAdmin immediately after upgrading to allow any necessary changes to the database schema to be applied. *** snip snip *** Further information, screenshots and download links are available at: http://www.rivendellaudio.org Cheers! |----------------------------------------------------------------------| | Frederick F. Gleason, Jr. | Chief Developer | | | Paravel Systems | |----------------------------------------------------------------------| | A room without books is like a body without a soul. | | -- Cicero | |----------------------------------------------------------------------|

6 years

Sonoj Convention 2018 Video Live Stream

by Sonoj Convention

Hello Stay-At-Home-Folks! here is the URL for the live streams tomorrow! It begins at 10:40 CET. https://streaming.media.ccc.de/sonoj2018 The schedule: https://www.sonoj.org/#schedule Yours, Nils (Sonoj Convention)

6 years

Vee One Suite 0.9.3 - An Autumn'18 Release

by Rui Nuno Capela

Hi everyone! The 'Vee One Suite' of so called 'old-school' software instruments, synthv1 [1] as a polyphonic subtractive synthesizer, samplv1 [2] a polyphonic sampler synthesizer, drumkv1 [3] as yet another drum-kit sampler and padthv1 [4] as a polyphonic additive synthesizer, are now all out for the 'septentrional' Autumn'18. All available in dual standard forms: - a pure stand-alone JACK client with JACK-session [5], NSM (Non Session management [6]) and both JACK MIDI and ALSA MIDI [7] input support; - a LV2 instrument plug-in [8]. Where applicable, the common change-log for this Fall goes like this: - For safety reasons, all processing is now suspended while loading presets or program changes are issued. - AppStream metadata updated to be the most compliant with latest freedesktop.org specification and recommendation. - SIGTERM (and SIGINT) signal handler added to close the JACK stand-alone client applications properly. - Make the GUI not to show initially on NSM. - Current element sample offset/loop start/end parameters automation is now a possibility, on the LV2 plug-in only (applies to samplv1 [2] and drumkv1 [3] only). - Make NSM state independent to session display name, keeping backward compatibility for old sessions. - Give some more slack to schedule/worker thread ring-buffer. The 'Vee One Suite' are free, open-source Linux Audio [10] software, distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License (GPL) [11] version 2 or later. Let the rain come down! **synthv1 - an old-school polyphonic synthesizer [1] ** synthv1 0.9.3 (autumn'18) is out! synthv1 is an old-school all-digital 4-oscillator subtractive polyphonic synthesizer with stereo fx. LV2 URI: http://synthv1.sourceforge.net/lv2 website: https://synthv1.sourceforge.io http://synthv1.sourceforge.net downloads: http://sourceforge.net/projects/synthv1/files - source tarball: http://download.sf.net/synthv1/synthv1-0.9.3.tar.gz - source package: http://download.sf.net/synthv1/synthv1-0.9.3-40.rncbc.suse.src.rpm - binary package (openSUSE Tumbleweed): http://download.sf.net/synthv1/synthv1-0.9.3-40.rncbc.suse.x86_84.rpm - AppImage [9] package (JACK stand-alone only): http://download.sf.net/synthv1/synthv1-0.9.3-7.x86_64.AppImage git repos: http://git.code.sf.net/p/synthv1/code https://github.com/rncbc/synthv1.git https://gitlab.com/rncbc/synthv1.git https://bitbucket.org/rncbc/synthv1.git **samplv1 - an old-school polyphonic sampler [2]** samplv1 0.9.3 (autumn'18) is out! samplv1 is an old-school polyphonic sampler synthesizer with stereo fx. LV2 URI: http://samplv1.sourceforge.net/lv2 website: https://samplv1.sourceforge.io http://samplv1.sourceforge.net downloads: http://sourceforge.net/projects/samplv1/files - source tarball: http://download.sf.net/samplv1/samplv1-0.9.3.tar.gz - source package: http://download.sf.net/samplv1/samplv1-0.9.3-40.rncbc.suse.src.rpm - binary package (openSUSE Tumbleweed): http://download.sf.net/samplv1/samplv1-0.9.3-40.rncbc.suse.x86_84.rpm - AppImage [9] package (JACK stand-alone only): http://download.sf.net/samplv1/samplv1-0.9.3-7.x86_64.AppImage git repos: http://git.code.sf.net/p/samplv1/code https://github.com/rncbc/samplv1.git https://gitlab.com/rncbc/samplv1.git https://bitbucket.org/rncbc/samplv1.git **drumkv1 - an old-school drum-kit sampler [3]** drumkv1 0.9.3 (autumn'18) is out! drumkv1 is an old-school drum-kit sampler synthesizer with stereo fx. LV2 URI: http://drumkv1.sourceforge.net/lv2 website: https://drumkv1.sourceforge.io http://drumkv1.sourceforge.net downloads: http://sourceforge.net/projects/drumkv1/files - source tarball: http://download.sf.net/drumkv1/drumkv1-0.9.3.tar.gz - source package: http://download.sf.net/drumkv1/drumkv1-0.9.3-36.rncbc.suse.src.rpm - binary package (openSUSE Tumbleweed): http://download.sf.net/drumkv1/drumkv1-0.9.3-36.rncbc.suse.x86_84.rpm - AppImage [9] package (JACK stand-alone only): http://download.sf.net/drumkv1/drumkv1-0.9.3-7.x86_64.AppImage git repos: http://git.code.sf.net/p/drumkv1/code https://github.com/rncbc/drumkv1.git https://gitlab.com/rncbc/drumkv1.git https://bitbucket.org/rncbc/drumkv1.git **padthv1 - an old-school polyphonic additive synthesizer [4]** padthv1 0.9.3 (autumn'18) is out! padthv1 is an old-school polyphonic additive synthesizer with stereo fx padthv1 is based on the PADsynth algorithm by Paul Nasca, as a special variant of additive synthesis. LV2 URI: http://padthv1.sourceforge.net/lv2 website: http://padthv1.sourceforge.net https://padthv1.sourceforge.io downloads: http://sourceforge.net/projects/padthv1/files - source tarball: http://download.sf.net/padthv1/padthv1-0.9.3.tar.gz - source package: http://download.sf.net/padthv1/padthv1-0.9.3-7.rncbc.suse.src.rpm - binary package (openSUSE Tumbleweed): http://download.sf.net/padthv1/padthv1-0.9.3-7.rncbc.suse.x86_84.rpm - AppImage [9] package (JACK stand-alone only): http://download.sf.net/padthv1/padthv1-0.9.3-7.x86_64.AppImage git repos: http://git.code.sf.net/p/padthv1/code https://github.com/rncbc/padthv1.git https://gitlab.com/rncbc/padthv1.git https://bitbucket.org/rncbc/padthv1.git 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] padthv1 - an old-school polyphonic additive synthesizer http://padthv1.sourceforge.net/ [5] JACK Audio Connection Kit http://jackaudio.org/ [6] NSM, Non Session Management http://non.tuxfamily.org/nsm/ [7] ALSA, Advanced Linux Sound Architecture http://www.alsa-project.org/ [8] LV2, Audio Plugin Standard, the extensible successor of LADSPA http://lv2plug.in/ [9] AppImage, Linux apps that run anywhere http://appimage.org/ [10] Linux Audio consortium of libre software for audio-related work http://linuxaudio.org [11] GNU General Public License http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html See also: http://www.rncbc.org/drupal/node/1945 Enjoy && keep the fun. -- rncbc aka. Rui Nuno Capela

6 years

Last chance to vote for your favourite FM Challenge tracks! Prize raffle!

by Christopher Arndt

There are only two days (and some) left to vote for your favourite tracks in The Open Source Music FM Synthesizer Challenge: https://fmchallenge.osamc.de/vote/ We have 15 fantastic entries, please show your appreciation by voting. So far we have 28 voters. Can we reach 50 or 60?! As an incentive, we'll GIVE AWAY one license of the Cadmium synthesizer by LHI Audio to a voter selected by draw. See the "Prizes" page for more information: https://fmchallenge.osamc.de/prizes/ See you at the Sonoj Convention! -- The Operator, Christopher Arndt Open Source Audio Meeting Cologne https://fmchallenge.osamc.de/ fmchallenge(a)osamc.de

6 years

[ANN] Introducing ardour2fxp

by Christopher Arndt

ardour2fpx ========== Convert an Ardour VST presets XML file to VST2 FXP preset files. What is it? The Open Source DAW Ardour saves user presets for VST plugins in its own XML format. Unfortunately, most proprietary DAWs expect presets for VST2 plugins as FXP files. This makes it very hard to share presets for VST2 plugins between users of Ardour and those propietary DAWs. The ardour2fxp script converts Ardour VST preset files to FXP preset files, so they can be imported when using the same plug-ins in another DAW. Where to get it? https://github.com/SpotlightKid/ardour2fxp or via pip: pip install ardour2fxp How to use? After installation, the ardour2fxp script can be used like this: ardour2fxp ~/.config/ardour5/presets/vst-1094861636 my-presets This will create an FXP (extension .fxp) file for every preset in the Ardour preset file (vst-1094861636 in the example above). FXP files will be put into sub-directories of the output directory given as the second command line argument (my-presets in the example). The FXP files will be named after the preset label (with spaces replaced with underscores) and the sub-directories will be named after the plug-in identifier (1094861636 -> "ABCD" in the example). *Share & Enjoy* Christopher Arndt

6 years, 1 month

[ANN] Voting for the Open Source FM Synthesizer Challenge has commenced

by Christopher Arndt

Hi Synthusiasts! the submission period for the Open Source Music FM Synthesizer Challenge has ended and the competition entries are now waiting for your votes! We have a fantastic turnout of 15 great tracks, to which you can listen here: https://fmchallenge.osamc.de/list/ Voting is open to everybody (email registration required) and runs until the end of 2018-10-24. Please honour the labour that went into the competition entries and show your appreciation by casting your vote here: https://fmchallenge.osamc.de/vote/ -- The Operator, Christopher Arndt Open Source Audio Meeting Cologne https://fmchallenge.osamc.de/ fmchallenge(a)osamc.de

6 years, 1 month

[ANN] Enter the FM Challenge this weekend and have a chance to win a MOD Duo

by Christopher Arndt

Hey everyone, the Open Source Music FM Synthesizer Challenge is in full swing, we already have a few tracks for you to listen to and voting starts on Monday 15th Oct: https://fmchallenge.osamc.de/vote/ But you still have a whole weekend to make a track and enter the competition and have a chance to *win a MOD Duo*! Yes, that's right, MOD Devices has offered to give away a MOD Duo to the winner of the first place in the competition! Check out our prizes page, to learn about the MOD Duo and MOD Devices: https://fmchallenge.osamc.de/prizes/ The company has kindly asked me to draw special attention to their MOD Labs community program, which I am happy to do. More information about this program can be found here: https://www.moddevices.com/community/modlabs The Operator, Christopher Arndt Open Source Audio Meeting Cologne https://fmchallenge.osamc.de/ fmchallenge(a)osamc.de

6 years, 1 month

Qsynth 0.5.3 - An Autumn'18 Release

by Rui Nuno Capela

Hello? Do you remember? Should have been (back in) September,... well, whatever... FluidSynth [2] V2 is in there now, rejoice! Qsynth 0.5.3 (autumn'18) is now released! Qsynth [1] is a FluidSynth [2] GUI front-end application written in C++ around the Qt [3] framework using Qt Designer. Website: https://qsynth.sourceforge.io http://qsynth.sourceforge.net Project page: http://sourceforge.net/projects/qsynth Downloads: http://sourceforge.net/projects/qsynth/files - source tarball: http://download.sf.net/qsynth/qsynth-0.5.3.tar.gz - source package (openSUSE Tumbleweed): http://download.sf.net/qsynth/qsynth-0.5.3-14.rncbc.suse.src.rpm - binary package (openSUSE Tumbleweed): http://download.sf.net/qsynth/qsynth-0.5.3-14.rncbc.suse.x86_64.rpm - AppImage [6] package: http://download.sf.net/qsynth/qsynth-0.5.3-5.x86_64.AppImage Git repos: https://git.code.sf.net/p/qsynth/code https://github.com/rncbc/qsynth.git https://gitlab.com/rncbc/qsynth.git https://bitbucket.com/rncbc/qsynth.git Change-log: - Current FluidSynth version information added to command line output (-V, --version). - Overhaul adaptations to the FluidSynth API V2 (>= 2.0.0). - AppStream metadata updated to be the most compliant with latest freedesktop.org specification and recommendation. License: Qsynth [1] is free, open-source Linux Audio [4] software, distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License (GPL) version 2 or later [5]. See also: http://www.rncbc.org/drupal/node/1944 References: [1] Qsynth - A fluidsynth Qt GUI Interface https://qsynth.sourceforge.io http://qsynth.sourceforge.net [2] FluidSynth - A SoundFont Synthesizer A real-time software synthesizer based on SoundFont 2 specifications http://www.fluidsynth.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] AppImage, Linux apps that run anywhere http://appimage.org/ Enjoy && keep having fun! -- rncbc aka Rui Nuno Capela

6 years, 1 month

fluidsynth 2.0.1 has been released

by Tom M.

A maintenance release for fluidsynth has been released. Most notably it fixes a crash when running qsynth with multiple jack drivers. Details can be found in the release notes: Download: https://github.com/FluidSynth/fluidsynth/releases/tag/v2.0.1 API: http://www.fluidsynth.org/api/ Website: http://www.fluidsynth.org FluidSynth is a real-time software synthesizer based on the SoundFont(tm) 2 specifications. It can read MIDI events from the MIDI input device and render them to the audio device. It can also play MIDI files. Tom Moebert FluidSynth Developer Team

6 years, 1 month

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