SpectMorph 1.0.0-beta1 has been released.
The main changes are:
- WavSource: added formant preserving algorithms for repitching vocals
- KeyTrack: new operator to combine instruments by note range
- Envelope: new operator to generate arbitrary modulation envelopes
- LFO: support arbitrary user defined curves
There is a tutorial on YouTube for the new features:
- https://www.youtube.com/embed/mwVUsuOTcN0
Feedback for any issues you might experience with the beta version is
appreciated.
What is SpectMorph?
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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
2.1 or later
Integrating SpectMorph into your Work
-------------------------------------
SpectMorph is currently available for Linux, Windows and macOS (Intel
and Apple Silicon), with CLAP/LV2/VST plugins. Under Linux, there is
also JACK Support.
Links:
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Website: https://www.spectmorph.org
Download: https://www.spectmorph.org/downloads
There are many audio demos on the website, which demonstrate morphing
between instruments.
List of Changes in SpectMorph 1.0.0-beta1:
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#### New Features
* WavSource: support two formant preserving algorithms for repitching
vocals.
* New operators:
- KeyTrack - can be used to combine instruments by note range.
- Envelope - to generate arbitary modulation envelopes.
* User defined curve editor for KeyTrack, Envelope and LFO.
* Add presets using the new operators:
- KeyTrack Choir Ah/Oh
- StringBrass Fusion
* JACK CC values are now interpreted per channel (allows polyphonic
modulation).
* Support double click to reset properties to default value.
#### Fixes
* Apply midi channel bend to new voices.
* Make portamento affect filter cutoff key tracking.
* Fix problems with WavSource paths stored by LV2 plugin (make Ardour
archives work).
* Fix getting the initial click events / focus plugin UI on macOS under
Bitwig.
* Fix invalid access to past last vector element (#24).
* Make PandaResampler work without problems in ASAN builds.
* Refactor leak debugger to fix possible crashes caused by global
destructors.
* Do not ship sample data in "1 Instrument WavSource" preset.
#### Internals: Improvements
* Generate and store spectral envelopes in each AudioBlock for formant
correction.
* Improve the strategy for portamento synthesis (more accurate and less
CPU usage).
* Propagate portamento frequency to sources.
* Randomize start phase per default to improve "Harmonic Resynthesis"
quality.
* JACK: use two audio outputs to be able to implement stereo support
later on.
* Add fast vectorizable log2 approximation (based on Tims version from
Anklang).
* Phases in LiveDecoder, IFFTSynth: change from float to uint for
performance reasons.
* Various minor performance optimizations.
* Minor LV2 meta data updates (port groups, avoid port resizing extension).
* Use newer compilers: g++-14 for windows, g++-13 for static linux plugins.
* Support automatically downloading instruments from configure.
* Avoid using std::mutex in hard RT code.
#### Internals: Minor Changes
* Refactoring:
- Deduplicate morphing code from MorphGrid and MorphLinear.
- Use shared pointers for GenericIn/GenericOut classes (RAII).
- Get rid of `sm_clamp` / `sm_bound` (-> std::clamp).
* Improve CI support (use debug-cxx, asan, ubsan, test static build,
avoid fftw planning).
* Add post install test which tests audio output for all presets after
installation.
* Validate LV2 feature arrays.
* Support user defined scripts in testmidisynth test.
* Improve error messages for preset loader.
* Build cleanups: remove libbse code, simplify Qt build (remove
smsampleedit).
* Update CLAP version to 1.2.1.
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Stefan Westerfeld, http://space.twc.de/~stefan
On behalf of the entire Rivendell development team, I'm pleased to announce the availability of the next production release of Rivendell, 4.3.0. 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:
Bug fixes. See the ChangeLog.
Database Update:
This version of Rivendell uses database schema version 375, and will
automatically upgrade any earlier versions. To see the current schema
version prior to upgrade, do 'sudo rddbmgr'.
Be sure to run 'rddbmgr --modify' (as root) immediately after upgrading
to allow any necessary changes to the database schema to be applied.
*** snip snip ***
Details and source code are available at https://github.com/ElvishArtisan/rivendell/releases.
Cheers!
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| Frederick F. Gleason, Jr. | Chief Developer |
| | Paravel Systems |
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| A room without books is like a body without a soul. |
| |
| -- Cicero |
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PandaResampler 0.2.0 has been released.
This is a header only library for C++ which implements fast factor 2, 4
or 8 upsampling and downsampling based on SSE instructions. I've
developed the code for my DSP code in Anklang and SpectMorph.
It might be useful for you if you have some DSP loop which needs to be
oversampled to avoid aliasing.
https://github.com/swesterfeld/pandaresampler
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Stefan Westerfeld, http://space.twc.de/~stefan
StompTuner, a Strobe Tuner in Stomp Box Format, release version 0.5
This Release fix a Sample Rate issue within the CLAP format, add the AU
(Audio Unit) plugin format for macos, and introduce a new, reworked GUI.
StompTuner using the DISTRHO DPF <https://github.com/DISTRHO/DPF> Plugin
Framework and provide plugins in the LV2|VST2|VST3|CLAP|AU format for
Linux|macOS and Windows.
Project Page (Source Code):
https://github.com/brummer10/StompTuner
Release Page (Binary Packages):
https://github.com/brummer10/StompTuner/releases/tag/v0.5
Ratatouille is a Neural Model loader and mixer.
It allow to load up to two neural model files and mix there output.
Those models could be *.nam files <https://tonehunt.org/all> or *.json
or .aidax files <https://cloud.aida-x.cc/all>. So you could blend from
clean to crunch for example, or, go wild and mix different amp models,
or mix a amp with a pedal simulation.
A "Delay" control could add a small delay to the second model to
overcome phasing issues, or to add some color/reverb to the sound.
To round up the sound it allow to load up to two Impulse Response files
and mix there output as well. You could try the wildest combinations,
or, be conservative and load just your single preferred IR-File.
Each neural model may have a different expected Sample Rate, Ratatouille
will resample the buffer to match that.
Impulse Response Files will be resampled on the fly to match the session
Sample Rate.
Settings could be saved as presets (host side) and switched seamless.
You'll find ready to use binary packages on the release page.
Project Page:
https://github.com/brummer10/Ratatouille.lv2
Release:
https://github.com/brummer10/Ratatouille.lv2/releases/tag/v0.4