Hi,
QMidiArp 0.5.2 has just seen the light of the day. It brings mainly
two improvements. One is a comeback, that of tempo changes on the fly,
and that now includes also tempo changes of a potential Jack Transport
master. Also the Jack Transport starting position is finally taken into
account, so that QMidiArp should be in sync also when starting the
transport master not at zero.
The second one is Non Session Manager support, mainly thanks to the work done by Roy Vegard Ovesen!
Note that for compiling in NSM support you will now need liblo as dependency.
Enjoy, and enjoy LAC in Graz this year
Frank
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QMidiArp is an advanced MIDI arpeggiator, programmable step sequencer and LFO.
Everything is on
http://qmidiarp.sourceforge.net
qmidiarp-0.5.2 (2013-05-09)
New Features
o Tempo changes are again possible while running, both manually or by
a Jack Transport Master
o Jack Transport position is now taken into account when starting,
QMidiArp used to start always at zero
o Muting and sequencer parameter changes can be deferred to pattern
end using a new toolbutton
o Modules in the Global Storage window have mute/defer buttons
o Global Storage location switches can be set to affect only the pattern
o Non Session Manager support with "switch" capability (thanks to
Roy Vegard Ovesen)
General Changes
o NSM support requires liblo development headers (liblo-dev package)
Ah, the equinox...
Twice a year a cherished planetary alignment checks in on schedule,
once again.
The little rock gets another round from its warmy solar furnax, from
which were forged. The pale blue dot gets yet another round and to no
surprise, another tinier dot gets here around:
Qtractor 0.6.3 (armed hadron beta) is now released!
Release highlights:
* Revamped mixer (un)dockable panels (NEW)
* Plugin preset selection sub-menu (NEW)
* LV2 Time position/transport event support (NEW)
* Constrained plugin multi-instantiation (FIX)
* Automation curve node resolution (FIX)
Qtractor is an audio/MIDI multi-track sequencer application written
in C++ with the Qt4 framework. Target platform is Linux, where the Jack
Audio Connection Kit (JACK) for audio and the Advanced Linux Sound
Architecture (ALSA) for MIDI are the main infrastructures to evolve as a
fairly-featured Linux desktop audio workstation GUI, specially dedicated
to the personal home-studio.
nb. Despite the old Qt4 stance, but still recommended, Qtractor does
build, runs and does it all on Qt5 for quite some time now. However, the
former recommendation prevails as the despicable LV2 plugin GUI
X11/embedding support through libSUIL just does NOT work on modern Qt5.
Website:
http://qtractor.sourceforge.net
Project page:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/qtractor
Downloads:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/qtractor/files
- source tarball:
http://download.sourceforge.net/qtractor/qtractor-0.6.3.tar.gz
- source package (openSUSE 13.1):
http://download.sourceforge.net/qtractor/qtractor-0.6.3-13.rncbc.suse131.sr…
- binary packages (openSUSE 13.1):
http://download.sourceforge.net/qtractor/qtractor-0.6.3-13.rncbc.suse131.i5…http://download.sourceforge.net/qtractor/qtractor-0.6.3-13.rncbc.suse131.x8…
- quick start guide & user manual (still outdated, see wiki):
http://download.sourceforge.net/qtractor/qtractor-0.5.x-user-manual.pdf
- wiki (help wanted!):
http://sourceforge.net/p/qtractor/wiki/
Weblog (upstream support):
http://www.rncbc.org
License:
Qtractor is free, open-source software, distributed under the terms
of the GNU General Public License (GPL) version 2 or later.
Change-log:
- Make the mouse-wheel to scroll the plugin list views, when not
hovering a direct-access parameter slider.
- Mixer widget gets (un)dockable Inputs and Outputs panels, also with
their respective title captions.
- Plugin instantiation is now constrained as much to prevent any audio
channel output overriding.
- Existing plugin presets may now be selected right(-click) from plugin
list context-menu (ticket by Harry van Haaren, thanks).
- So-called "painting" over multiple selected event values, while on the
MIDI clip editor view pane below the main piano-roll (eg. note
velocities, controller values, etc.) is now split into two similar
painting modes, whether the sub-menu Edit/Select Mode/Edit Draw is set
on (free-hand) or off (linear).
- Drag-and-copy of plug-in instances across tracks or buses (ie.
cloning) now also copies the direct access parameter setting (ticket by
Holger Marzen, thanks).
- File/Save As... now prompts and suggests an incremental backup name
for existing sessions files.
- Zooming in/out increment is now augmented by whether shift /ctrl
keyboard modifiers are set (on a ticket request by
Holger Marzen, thanks).
- LV2 Time position event messages for plugin atom ports that support it
is now being implemented.
- Attempt to break extremely long audio file peak generation on session
close or program exit (as reported by EternalX,
thanks again).
- MIDI Controllers Hook and Invert properties are now properly saved for
tracks (after bug report by Nicola Pandini, thanks).
- A segmentation fault when closing with VST plugins open has been
hopefully fixed (after a patch by EternalX, thanks).
- Messages standard output capture has been slightly improved as for
non-blocking i/o, whenever available.
- Automation curve node editing has been slightly improved in regard to
time positioning and resolution.
See also:
http://www.rncbc.org/drupal/node/818
Enjoy && have fun.
--
rncbc aka. Rui Nuno Capela
On behalf of the entire Rivendell development team, I'm pleased to
announce the availability of Rivendell v2.9.3. Rivendell is a
full-featured radio automation system targeted for use in professional
broadcast environments. It is available under the GNU General Public
License.
From the NEWS file:
*** snip snip ***
Changes:
Fixed a DSP bug that caused audio distortion in the Local Audio
Adapter device for ALSA.
Various other bug fixes. See the ChangeLog for details.
Database Update:
This version of Rivendell uses database schema version 239, 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 |
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
Hello Linux Audio Users and Developers
In less than an our the MOD Duo Kickstarter campaign will go live and so it is with great pleasure that the MOD Team makes the announcement of the desktop versions for our entire software suite.
Some of this software has already been announced in the past but, as part of our Kickstarter campaign, we put the necessary effort to have them running in a regular Linux environment and not just inside the MOD. All instructions in Github were also updated in order to yield working elements when followed.
Most of this software has been under development for almost two years and their history is related to the development of the MOD itself. Being so, they carry some differences in workflow when compared to other LV2 programs and our current effort is being put on correcting those differences.
The softwares are:
MOD Client - run your LV2 plugins using the MOD interface.
https://github.com/portalmod/mod-client
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MOD SDK - plugin interface creator
Use this program to create the HTML interface required by the MOD Client. If you don’t create an interface the plugins still work, but their icons will be a tuna fish can with just the ON/OFF button. When you click on the gear symbol on the upper right side of the icon you have access to the Plugin Settings Screen in which all parameters are visible.
The MOD SDK is Python based and can be installed by typing “pip install modsdk”
As the MOD Client, it runs on your browser and requires a mod-workspace folder (or link) in which you place your LV2 bundles.
Just run “modsdk" in your terminal and point your browser to localhost:9000
There is also post on our blog about the SDK: http://portalmod.com/blog/2014/09/the-mod-sdk
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LV2BM - tool for analyzing and benchmarking LV2 plugins
Allows to select which URIs to test
Uses minimum, maximum and default control values to run the plugins
Uses several controls combinations in the full test mode
The output shows the JACK load percent
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Plugins
- CAPS-LV2
LV2 port of the CAPS suite of LADSPA plugins.
- TAP-LV2 -
LV2 port of the TAP suite of LADSPA plugins.
- Pitch shifters - http://github.com/portalmod/mod-pitchshifter
Capo - up to 7 semitones up pitch shifting
SuperCapo - up to 24 semitones up pitch shifting
Drop - up to 12 semitones down pitch shifting
SuperWhammy - continuous pitch shifting from -12 to 24 semitones
Harmonizer - scale interval generator
- Utilities - https://github.com/portalmod/mod-utilities
Switchbox - A/B box for audio signal routing
SwitchTrigger - 4 excluding channel selector
ToggleSwitch - 4 non-excluding channel selector
Gain (mono and stereo)
Filters (LP, HP and BP) - 1st, 2nd and 3rd order
Two way mono crossover - 1st, 2nd and 3rd order
Three way mono crossover - 1st, 2nd and 3rd order
- Distortions - mathematical simulations of classic distortion circuits
BigMuff
DS-1
Muff Fuzz
- SopoperLooper
LV2 simplified port of the SooperLooper.
All plugins from our repository have the HTML MOD GUI included.
In our Github repository - www.github.com/portalmod - we also have plugins that were forked from the original repositories.
One of our aims is to trigger a dialogue with the developers, deprecate our forks and add the MOD interface to the original plugins but that depends on the developers and creators and shall be discussed in a one-to-one basis.
Wish you all the best
Kind regards
Gianfranco
The MOD Team
On behalf of the entire Rivendell development team, I'm pleased to
announce the availability of Rivendell v2.9.2. 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:
Changes:
Fixed a regression that broke report generation.
Database Update:
This version of Rivendell uses database schema version 239, 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 |
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
On behalf of the entire Rivendell development team, I'm pleased to
announce the availability of Rivendell v2.9.1. 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:
Changes:
RDImport Enhancements. Added '--cart-number-offset' and
'--set-daypart-times' switches to rdimport(1) while also extending
metadata import for SCOT chunks to include segue marker data.
New Device Support. Added support for the Broadcast Tools
GPI-16 General Purpose Input Module. See the 'SWITCHERS.txt' file
for details.
Build System Cleanups. Cleaned up many autotool and compiler
warnings while also implementing a '--sysconfdir=' switch in
'configure'. See the 'INSTALL' file for details.
Various bug fixes. See the ChangeLog for details.
Database Update:
This version of Rivendell uses database schema version 239, 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 |
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
| "No, `Eureka!' is Greek for `This bath is too hot!'" |
| -- Dr. Who |
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
We're very proud to announce the immediate availability of DrumGizmo
version 0.9.6!
New features / fixes include:
- 64bit dll for Windows. Loading of bigger kits now possible if you
have the ram for it.
- Better spread of velocities for instruments with few samples. This
was especially a problem with the cymbals in MuldjordKit2.
- Possible fix for the bug where certain hits would seem to disappear.
Please re-report this if you still experience it!
- Possible fix for the bug where all hits got played at highest
velocity. Please re-report this if you still experience it!
- Bug fixes! If you had a problem with 0.9.5, please try out 0.9.6 and
let us know if you still have the same problem.
Notes:
The drumkit editor DGEdit is now split out into its own project. More
info on this soon.
Download it from http://www.drumgizmo.org
Visit us at the official irc channel at the Freenode network. Channel
name is #DrumGizmo. We would love to hear from you.
// The DrumGizmo team
Hi,
Urs kindly offered me to port his plugins to Linux and we are now
starting some initial testing with Podolski, which is a free
synthesizer (free as in beer).
I invite you to download Podolski for Linux and participate in the
test at http://www.kvraudio.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=419984&p=5869575
Thanks a lot, and I hop that you'll enjoy it!
Regards,
--
Alexandre Bique
