Nothing much to say...
but anything goes, as long it goes before the proverbial midsummer
meltdown...
whatever:)
Qtractor 0.5.10 (kilo papa) is out!
Release highlights:
* Edit/Insert, Remove range options (NEW)
* LV2 Dyn-manifest support (NEW)
* Time, frames, BBT display option in-place menu (NEW)
* Audio export track automation (FIX)
* Clip/event selection clear/reset (FIX)
Website:
http://qtractor.sourceforge.net
Project page:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/qtractor
Downloads:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/qtractor/files
- source tarball:
http://downloads.sourceforge.net/qtractor/qtractor-0.5.10.tar.gz
- source package (openSUSE 12.3):
http://downloads.sourceforge.net/qtractor/qtractor-0.5.10-7.rncbc.suse123.s…
- binary packages (openSUSE 12.3):
http://downloads.sourceforge.net/qtractor/qtractor-0.5.10-7.rncbc.suse123.i…http://downloads.sourceforge.net/qtractor/qtractor-0.5.10-7.rncbc.suse123.x…
- quick start guide & user manual:
http://downloads.sourceforge.net/qtractor/qtractor-0.5.x-user-manual.pdf
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:
- Default drum-key note names are now properly showing on MIDI tracks
that are assigned to known drum/percussive instrument patches (eg.
SoundFont 2 (.sf2) bank 128).
- Time display format (frames, clock-time or BBT) may now be changed
from the context-menu on any time entry spin-box.
- LV2 plugin support is now tightly tied to liblilv; the same tie
applies to LV2 plugin UI support and libsuil and vice-versa.
- Mixer buses racks (ie. left/input and right/output panes) are now both
kept fixed-width when whole mixer window is resized.
- Unconditional LV2 Dyn(amic)-manifest support has been added.
- Main track-view Edit/Insert,Remove/Range dialog is now being
introduced with optional applicability to Clips, Loop, Punch in/out,
Automation, Tempo-map and/or Markers.
- New range removal editing tool, split/moving clips backward at the
specified edit-head/tail interval (Edit/Remove/Range, Track Range)--by
Tuomas Airaksinen, thanks.
- Andy Fitzsimon's original icon from opencliparts.org makes it through
as the default standard scalable format (SVG).
- Automation's back in effect on Track/Export Tracks.../Audio.
- Reversed shift/ctrl keyboard modifier roles on middle-button clicking
over the main track and MIDI clip editor views (aka. piano-roll) in
regression to original old semantics.
- Color selection actions now have a brand new palette icon.
- Make sure main track-view and MIDI clip editor selection is only
cleared on specific discrete commands.
- Try keeping the original session file in most recent files menu list,
despite current version auto-incremental backup mode is in effect.
- Fixed non-zero clip offsets upon tempo/time-scale changes.
- Some sympathy to extreme dark color (read black) schemes is now
indulged on empty backgrounds.
See also:
http://www.rncbc.org/drupal/node/680
Enjoy && have (lots of) fun.--
rncbc aka Rui Nuno Capela
rncbc(a)rncbc.org
Hey everybody,
Its my pleasure to announce that the next OpenAV Productions LV2 plugin is
finished!
Its called Fabla, and its a performance sampler.
Page: http://openavproductions.com/fabla
Demo reel: https://vimeo.com/70122957
One year from today Fabla will be released, and each donation motivates the
release to be one month earlier. -Harry
PS: The release system is the same as the previous OpenAV release for
Sorcer, details available here: http://openavproductions.com/support
Denemo version 1.0.4 has been released.
Denemo is a program for creating music notation. http://www.denemo.org/
The music is displayed as music notation while typing or playing in and
is simultaneously typeset via LilyPond typesetter. It can also be played
via internal synthesizer.
New features in this version:
*Playing back repeats in MIDI
**Da Capo and Dal Segno also supported
*Double-Clicking for Help
**Explore the object at the cursor
*Learner mode
**key presses are shown as you make them **the command and its
tooltip is explained
*Note Entry by PC-keyboard Improved
**The duration keys sound the note entered
**They simultaneous set the prevailing duration *Audio
Recording
**Export to .ogg or .wav files
**Live performance also recorded
*Translations
**Italian Complete
**French Complete
**Czech Complete
**A few strings still not offered to the translators
*Bug Fixes
**Layout blocks properly supported
**Mouse clicking positioning
**Accessing the space above the top staff
Known Issues for this version:
Windows users should reboot after installing
Here are the compressed sources (from a mirror) :
http://ftpmirror.gnu.org/denemo/denemo-1.0.4.tar.gz
If automatic redirection fails, the list of mirrors is at:
http://www.gnu.org/order/ftp.html
Or if need be you can use the main GNU ftp server:
http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/denemo/denemo-1.0.4.tar.gz
Windows Binary:
http://denemo.org/downloads/denemo-1.0.4-0.mingw.exe
Linux Binary:
http://denemo.org/downloads/denemo-1.0.4-0.linux-x86
Mac:
http://denemo.org/downloads/denemo-1.0.4-0.darwin-x86.tar.bz2
Hello,
I have just made the first release of ng-jackspa, a set of simple user
interfaces hosting a single LADSPA plugin; they provide JACK audio ports
for the plugin audio ports, and dynamic (interactive) setting of its
control ports. Additionally, the plugin controls can be exported to or
controlled by control voltages on standard JACK audio ports.
The interfaces provided are:
* njackspa: an ncurses visual terminal interface;
* gjackspa: a GTK+ graphical interface;
* qjackspa: a Qt 4 graphical interface;
* jackspa-cli: a stark command line interface.
A unique feature of ng-jackspa is the possibility of setting arbitrary
bounds for the UI controls (as is consistent with the LADSPA spec), so
that for example the plugin amp_mono can be set to have a gain above 1.
To my knowledge, ng-jackspa provides the only curses-like LADSPA host,
as well as the only bare command line one (ecasound being regarded as
overcomplex for hosting a single plugin).
I wrote ng-jackspa because I wanted a terminal only host like njackspa,
because I like small programs and because njackspa allows one to control
an instance of a plugin interactively from any network host without
resorting to neworked MIDI, as is outlined in the manual page examples.
For a complete description, see the online manual page at
<http://home.gna.org/ngjackspa/ng-jackspa.1.html>. ng-jackspa was
started as a fork of jackspa <http://code.google.com/p/jackspa/>.
Homepage: https://gna.org/projects/ngjackspa
Download: http://download.gna.org/ngjackspa/
Git: git://gitorious.org/ngjackspa/ngjackspa.git
BEAST version 0.8.2 is available for download at:
http://beast.testbit.eu/beast-ftp/v0.8/
BEAST is a powerful music composition and modular synthesis application
released as Free Software under the GNU LGPL that runs under Unix.
TRANSLATORS: Please help us to improve the BEAST translation, just
download the tarball, edit po/<LANGUAGE>.po and email it to us or
submit translations directly via transifex:
https://www.transifex.net/projects/p/gnome-org-beast/resource/messagespot/
The web pages and mailing list are found here:
http://beast.testbit.eu/
beast(a)gnome.org
Overview of Changes in BEAST/BSE 0.8.2:
* Introduced Rapicorn1307 dependency.
* Establish Aida remote interfacing between Beast and BSE.
* Removed birnet/ sublibrary entirely, replaced with Rapicorn uses.
* Added support for loading and saving of FLAC encoded samples. [stw]
* Ported code to use Rapicorn's type safe cxxprintf instead of vprintf.
* Lots of documentation improvements and fixes.
* Automatization of documentation builds documentation uploads.
* Beast now ships complete documentation builds in tarballs.
--
Yours sincerely,
Tim Janik
---
http://timj.testbit.eu/ - Free software Author
On behalf of the entire Rivendell development team, I'm pleased to announce the availability of Rivendell v2.5.2. 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:
*** snip snip ***
If upgrading from a v1.x version of Rivendell, be sure to read the
'UPGRADING' file before proceeding for important information.
Changes:
Binary Escape Codes. It is now possible to craft messages for the
'Serial Out' ['SO'] and 'UDP Out' ['UO'] RMLs containing arbitrary
binary sequences. See the 'BINARY DATA' section of 'docs/rml.sxw'
for details.
New Switcher Device. A switcher driver has been added for the
360 Systems AM16 Audio Crosspoint Switcher. See 'docs/SWITCHERS.txt'
for details.
Multiple bug fixes. See the ChangeLog for details.
Database Update:
This version of Rivendell uses database schema version 220, 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!
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| | Paravel Systems |
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| Do not try to think outside of the box. That's impossible. Instead, |
| realise the truth. There is no box. |
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I'm very pleased to announce that version 1.4.0 of amsynth is now officially released.
- LV2 support added
- various improvements to sound engine, including:
-- mono & legato keyboard modes
-- portamento / glide control
-- extended OSC 2 detune range
-- switchable low-pass / high-pass / band-pass filter modes
-- switchable 12 / 24 db/Octave filter slopes
-- additional LFO waveforms (sawtooth up & down)
-- reduced aliasaing on oscillator's square / pulse waveform
- now ships with substantial library of presets
- preset banks are now stored in ~/.amsynth/banks
- numerous other improvements and bug fixes
A huge thanks to Brian for creating what amsynth has been sorely missing all these years - a sound bank that shows off its sound capabilities
And thanks to all that have tried out and given feedback on the experimental builds while 1.4 was under development.
Download: http://code.google.com/p/amsynth/downloads/list
I'm pleased to announce the latest release of xwax -- DJ software for
Linux.
http://xwax.org/http://xwax.org/releases/xwax-1.4.tar.gz
New features include a fully scalable UI for high-res displays, 'software
pre-amp' and some smaller fixes.
xwax is open-source vinyl emulation software for Linux. It allows DJs and
turntablists to playback digital audio files (MP3, Ogg Vorbis, FLAC, AAC
and more), controlled using a normal pair of turntables via timecoded
vinyls.
It's designed for both beat mixing and scratch mixing. Needle drops, pitch
changes, scratching, spinbacks and rewinds are all supported, and feel
just like the audio is pressed onto the vinyl itself.
The focus is on an accurate vinyl feel which is efficient, stable and
fast.
--
Mark
I'm happy to announce balance.lv2.
balance.lv2 is a LV2 audio-plugin for stereo balance control with
optional per channel delay released in terms of the GPLv2.
https://github.com/x42/balance.lv2
balance.lv2 facilitates adjusting stereo-microphone recordings (X-Y,
A-B, ORTF). But it also generally useful as "Input Channel Conditioner".
It allows for attenuating the signal on one of the channels as well as
delaying the signals (move away from the microphone). To round off the
feature-set channels can be phase-inverted, swapped and the signal can
be downmixed to mono.
It features a Phase-Correlation meter as well as peak programme meters
according to IEC 60268-18 (5ms integration, 20dB/1.5 sec fall-off) for
input and output signals.
balance.lv2 is *not* a panner. Even though the controls can be linked,
the stereo signal paths are completely independent (except for the
down-mix to mono output routing option).
Many thanks to Chris 'oofus' Goddard who inspired the current signal
flow, beta-tested the plugin and provided very valuable feedback.
Greetings to Jörn Nettingsmeier who nagged me about not having a proper
balance controller in Ardour and motivated this project in the first place.
yours truly,
robin
