The Guitarix developers proudly present
Guitarix release 0.32.0
For the uninitiated, Guitarix is a tube amplifier simulation for
jack (Linux), with an additional mono and a stereo effect rack.
Guitarix includes a large list of plugins[*] and support LADSPA / LV2
plugs as well.
The guitarix engine is designed for LIVE usage, and feature ultra fast,
glitch and click free, preset switching, full Midi and/or remote
controllable (Web UI not included in the distributed tar ball).
Here is the " Ultimate Guide to Getting Started With Guitarix
<http://libremusicproduction.com/articles/ultimate-guide-getting-started-gui…>"
This release fix the bug #16 "empty effect menu with clear-skin option",
add new tuning scales (19- and 31-TET) to guitarix and Gxtuner.lv2,
add Midi Clock and Jack Transport support to guitarix and move a couple
of controllers from
unit:ms|hz to unit:bpm, so that they could easy synced with the Midi
Beat Clock.
and introduce a new LV2 plug:
* GxMultiBandReverb
Please refer to our project page for more information:
http://guitarix.sourceforge.net/
Download Site:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/guitarix/
Forum:
http://guitarix.sourceforge.net/forum/
Please consider visiting our forum or leaving a message on
guitarix-developer(a)lists.sourceforge.net
<mailto:guitarix-developer@lists.sourceforge.net>
regards
hermann
Hello fellow Linux Audio peeps!
Apologies for this slightly delayed announcement, I wanted to sort out
some server issues before posting this ...
AV Linux 6.0.4 is released... before I get to the good stuff I want to
take a brief moment to say how thrilling it was to meet so many of the
luminaries in the Linux Audio universe at LAC 2014. It was truly the
experience of a lifetime and it is so great to remember your faces when
your various projects and release announcements come through on this
mailing list... AV Linux is merely a frame for your masterpieces and the
quality and depth of your art continues to amaze and inspire!
With sincere thanks, Glen MacArthur - AV Linux Maintainer
OK, on with it then
Full release announcement here:
http://www.remastersys.com/forums/index.php?topic=3474.0
Changelog from AV Linux 6.0.3-6.0.4:
Bugfixes:
- Updated Ardour3 builds to a special preview 3.5-3368 to prevent possible
MIDI/Audio data loss (thanks Paul Davis and Robin Gareus!)
- Reverted JACK 0.124.1 utility scripts to utilize A2JMIDID because
'alsa_midi' doesn't hotplug when new MIDI hardware is plugged in...
- Removed 'broadcom-sta-common' and it's blacklist file to facilitate more
Broadcom devices to work OOTB
- Added menu button to reload XFWM in 'Settings' Menu in the rare event it
crashes on login
- Disabled default Auto-mounting of HDD Partitions in a Live Session
(thanks Zensub!)
- Addition of Squeeze LTS Repositories for security updates including
patched BASH for the 'shellshock' bug
- Installer no longer offers non-English locales since they seem to be
broken, however non-English keyboards can still be set up.
- Replaced Iceweasel with Firefox and added 'Ubuntuzilla' repos for an
up-to-date browser option..
Updates:
- Updated to 3.12..19 lowlatency PAE default Kernel ( Thanks Trulan Martin!)
**An optional full RT Preempt Kernel is provided but is not compatible
with proprietary nVidia/Ati Video Drivers**
- Updated Harrison Mixbus Demo to version 2.5 including new LV2 Plugins
bundled systemwide to /usr/lib/lv2 (Thanks Ben Loftis!)
- Updated Adobe Flash Browser plugin for security fixes
- Updated AmSynth to 1.5.1 (Thanks Nick Dowell!)
- Updated Guitarix to 0.31(Thanks Hermann Meyer!)
- Updated OpenAV ArtyFX LV2 Plugins to 1.2 (thanks Harry for OpenAV updates!)
- Updated Luppp to 1.0.1
- Updated QmidiArp to 0.6.1
- Updated Qtractor to 0.6.3 (Thanks to Rui for all new Q-stuff below!)
- Updated Qjackctl to 0.3.12
- Updated Qmidinet to 0.2.0
- Updated VeeOne LV2 Plugins to 0.5.1
- Updated Carla Plugin Host to 2.0beta3b plus new VST Plugin (Thanks falkTX!)
- Updated LMMS to 1.0.95 + Carla Plugin host support... yep, LV2 synths in
LMMS! (Thanks diizy and falkTX!)
- Updated Drumgizmo LV2 to 0.9.6 (Thanks you wild and crazy Danes!)
- Updated LV2 Stack to most recent releases (Thanks drobilla!)
- Updated Xjadeo to 0.8.0 binary (Thanks Robin Gareus!)
- Updated HarVid binaries to 0.7.5 (Thanks Robin Gareus!)
- Updated Renoise Demo to 3.0.0
- Updated Pianoteq Demo to 5.1.1
- Updated Patchage to 1.0.0 (Thanks drobilla!)
- Updated Yoshimi to 1.2.4 (Thanks Will Godfrey!) *note as always banks
are in /usr/local/share/yoshimi
- Updated FFADO to 2.2.1
- Updated GCC and G++ to 4.7
- Updated libgtk2.0 from 2.20 to 2.24 to hopefully prolong ability to
compile GTK2 apps
- Updated Cinelerra-CV to recent GIT CVA build ...MAJOR IMPROVEMENTS!
(Thanks Paolo Rampino!)
- Updated entire LinuxSampler stack to recent SVN (Thanks rockhopper!)
- Udated LiVES Video Editor to 2.2.6 (Thanks salsaman!)
- Updated DISTRHO Plugins (many new improvements/additions... Thanks falkTX!)
- Updated Hydrogen to a 'risky' 0.9.7 alpha build with NSM support (Thanks
mauser!)
- Updated Kdenlive to 0.9.10 (Thanks vpinon!)
- Updated Calf Plugins to the KXStudio version with LADSPA and DSSI builds
(Thanks falkTX!)
- Updated LibreOffice to 4.3.1
- Updated Blender to 2.71
New Additions
- Added latest Emacs text-editor for developers
- Added Meld file comparison tool for developers
- Added linuxDSP DYN-4000 Plugin Demo (Thanks linuxDSP!)
- Added Teragon Audio Plugins
- Added JackAss JACK MIDI Plugins
- Added SAFE Plugins
- Added Infamous LV2's (Thanks ssj71!)
- Added official Pipelight Repository and updated to latest versions
(Thanks slackner!)
- Added EnergyXT 2.7 Demo (Thanks Jorgen!)
- Added EnergyXT JACK Utilities based on falkTX's libaam-jack
- Added Individual Guitarix 'Bluemann' and 'Rectifier' LV2's
- Added Mverb Plugins - VST, LV2, DSSI and LADSPA
- Added Shuriken Beat Slicer (thanks Rockhopper!)
- Added recent GIT post-Indiegogo build of OOMIDI
If we were using project code names I think this one should be called "Iceberg".
There are a lot of changes underneath but very little to see.
Most notably Yoshimi supports multiple instances now without having to re-load
from file.
The GUI now correctly tracks MIDI bank and program changes, and you never see an
empty text field.
--
Will J Godfrey
http://www.musically.me.uk
Say you have a poem and I have a tune.
Exchange them and we can both have a poem, a tune, and a song.
On behalf of the entire Rivendell development team, I'm pleased to announce the availability of Rivendell v2.10.1. Rivendell is a full-featured radio automation system targeted for use in professional broadcast environments. It is available under the GNU General Public License.
From the NEWS file:
*** snip snip ***
Changes:
RDHpiInfo Enhancements. Added DSP utilization and profiling data
readouts for AudioScience audio adapters to rdhpiinfo(8).
RDLogEdit Enhancements. Added an 'EXT DATA' column to the Edit Log
screen in rdlogedit(1) to allow visibility of ELR GUID data when
making edits.
Various other bug fixes. See the ChangeLog for details.
Database Update:
This version of Rivendell uses database schema version 242, 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 |
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Patch griefs with proverbs. |
| -- William Shakspeare |
| "Much Ado About Nothing" |
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
On behalf of the entire Rivendell development team, I'm pleased to announce the availability of Rivendell v2.10.0. Rivendell is a full-featured radio automation system targeted for use in professional broadcast environments. It is available under the GNU General Public License.
From the NEWS file:
*** snip snip ***hanges:
Updated Translation. A new French translation has applied, courtesy
of the good folks at Tryphon [http://www.tryphon.eu/].
Log Tools Enhancements. Added various UI enhancements in RDLogManager
and RDLogEdit.
GPIO Logging. Added an event viewer in RDGpiMon to allow GPIO events
to be logged and viewed.
Music Scheduler Enhancements. Added the ability to utilize a second
Scheduler Code in music events in RDLogManager.
Report Generation Enhancements. Added the ability to specify a
post-export script when generating reports (analogous to pre-import
scripts for log imports).
RDImport Enhancements. Added -set-marker-start-*=',
'--set-marker-end-*=', '--set-marker-fadeup*=' '--set-marker-fadedown*=',
'--set-string-*=' and '--set-datetimes' options for rdimport(1).
Various other bug fixes. See the ChangeLog for details.
Database Update:
This version of Rivendell uses database schema version 242, 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 |
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Focus on the dream, not the competition. |
| -- Nemesis Racing Team motto |
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
(apologies for cross-postings)
The Society for Electro-Acoustic Music in the United States (SEAMUS) is pleased to announce the 2015 ASCAP/SEAMUS Student Composer Commissioning Program.
The purpose of this program is to stimulate student participation in SEAMUS activities, and to encourage young composers to pursue creative endeavors in electro-acoustic music. The program is administered by SEAMUS and funded by the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) <http://www.ascap.com>.
The submission deadline is October 31, 2014.
For more information, please visit the ASCAP/SEAMUS Competition information page <http://www.seamusonline.org/ascapseamus/>.
To submit via the online application, please visit the current submission site.
Please note that you must be a current member of SEAMUS to submit to the competition. You can join or renew your membership at the newly redesigned SEAMUS website, http://www.seamusonline.org/. Joining takes only a few minutes. You must supply your seamusonline username to complete your submission. (Your seamusonline username is independent of your Start Conference, submission username.)
If you submitted to the 2014 SEAMUS Conference at Wesleyan, your Start Conference submission username and password are still valid.
RULES FOR SUBMISSION
All submissions are to be made online, through the submission site. Only one work of electroacoustic music may be submitted, which must adhere to the following guidelines:
• Audio Files: music submissions should include a representative audio recording of the work. If a concert work, it must be the complete composition. Installations may be represented by an excerpted recording not to exceed 10 minutes in length. Judging of music submissions for ASCAP/SEAMUS Student Competition will be from audio files in the MP3 format. Multichannel works will be judged from a stereo mix, also MP3. Please assist us by submitting in MP3 format. Audio files must be prepared as a single LastnameFirstname_audio.MP3.
• Scores: for submissions involving a score, please submit an anonymized PDF score for review. Please do not mail in printed scores. Score submissions must be prepared as LastnameFirstname_score.PDF.
• Video Submissions: note that for works involving video, only the audio portion will be considered for judging purposes. You must be the composer of the music for the video. Please submit an MP3 of the music as specified above.
• Only one (1) entry per student.
Other than the filename, please make sure to remove your name from all files, including MP3 metadata and PDF scores. Please limit the total size of all files to 40MB.
This same work may be submitted to the SEAMUS 2014 National Conference via the conference submission page. All finalists in the ASCAP/SEAMUS Student Commission Competition must attend the SEAMUS 2014 National Conference. Submissions by High School and Undergraduate students will automatically be considered for the Allen Strange Memorial Award as well.
AWARDS
A maximum of two prizes may be awarded. The decision of the judges will be final.
First Prize
• Commission of $1250 for a new work of electro-acoustic music
• Performance of commissioned work at the 2016 SEAMUS National Conference
• Recording of the commissioned work in the SEAMUS Compact Disc Series
• Certificate of recognition
Second Prize
• Commission of $750 for a new work of electro-acoustic music
• Performance of commissioned work at the 2016 SEAMUS National Conference
• Certificate of recognition
ELIGIBILITY
Applicants to the 2015 ASCAP/SEAMUS Student Commissioning Competition must be student members of SEAMUS and must be either currently enrolled in an academic program in the United States (high school through doctoral studies) or a United States citizen studying abroad. All completed submissions will be verified for student status against current SEAMUS membership records.
Per Bloland
SEAMUS Member-at-Large
