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Qtractor 0.5.8 - The India Romeo is out, singing a serenade...

by Rui Nuno Capela

Spring is nigh. Qtractor 0.5.8 (india romeo) is out, singing a serenade... Nothing but the change-log (see below:)) Enjoy && lots of fun. Website: http://qtractor.sourceforge.net Project page: http://sourceforge.net/projects/qtractor Downloads: - source tarball: http://downloads.sourceforge.net/qtractor/qtractor-0.5.8.tar.gz - source package (openSUSE 12.3): http://downloads.sourceforge.net/qtractor/qtractor-0.5.8-5.rncbc.suse123.sr… - binary packages (openSUSE 12.3): http://downloads.sourceforge.net/qtractor/qtractor-0.5.8-5.rncbc.suse123.i5… http://downloads.sourceforge.net/qtractor/qtractor-0.5.8-5.rncbc.suse123.x8… - 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: - Dropped old audio ramping spin-locks as its glitching reduction weren't that effective anymore. - Audio bus and track gain may now be set for amplification again, from +0dB up to +6dB, while using the Mixer strip sliders/faders (an old function found missing ever since pre-TYOQA). - Basic LV2 X11 UI support has been added through libSUIL but only really effective if plugins doesn't support the LV2 External UI extension in addition which takes precedence on any case. - Improved precision tolerance on the Tempo Map / Markers dialog. - Reinstated and fixed (old) warning and impending re-conversion on loading session files which the original sample-rate differs from current audio device engine (aka. JACK). - LV2 Plugin State/Preset name discrimination fix (after a ticket by Jiri Prochaszka aka. Anchakor, thanks:) - Linked/ref-counted audio clips must not overlap and now must have a buffer-size worth of a gap between each other. - Something fishy has been detected in the SSE (not so) optimized code from SoundTouch's-inspired WSOLA time-stretching. - Splitting clips apart is now easier than ever: a brand new entry enters the main menu scene: Edit/Split (Ctrl+Y) splits up clips according to current range/rectangular selection. - Audio clip offsets are now properly corrected when time-stretching is applied via Shift/Ctrl+dragging any of the clip edges. - One semi-colon typo was hiding proper descrimination of peak files used to draw distinct waveforms of time-stretched audio clips. - Track automation curves are now also affected by Edit/Insert/Range commands. - Finally, some visual feedback is shown while audio track export is running, in he form of a main status progress bar. - New user option: save backup versions of existing session files. - Default session directory now set to regular file's path on load. - A convenient minimum slack duration has been fixed for MIDI SysEx messages. - LV2 Time/position information is now asynchronously fed back into their parameter (control input) ports when designated. - LV2 State is now properly restored for plugins inserted on buses, probably solving the Calf Fluidsynth SoundFont information missing on buses ticket, reported by Albert Graef, thanks. - Fixed an immediate null pointer crash on creating a parentless new group while on the files organizer widget. - Preparations for future Qt5 migration. Cheers! -- rncbc aka Rui Nuno Capela rncbc(a)rncbc.org

12 years, 6 months

Laborejo Release 0.6 - Beta phase has started

by Nils Gey

Laborejo, Esperanto for "Workshop", is used to craft music through notation. It is a Lilypond GUI front-end, a MIDI creator and finally a tool collection to inspire and help you compose. Laborejo 0.6 is released. It now has an internal soundfont (and sfz) engine, comes with a lightweight General Midi sample set and supports jack midi outputs. New Midi-In implementation. Parameters and values for both engines are separated. You can use the same file for big orchestrated playback with gigabytes over gigabytes of sampled instruments and external synthesizers and maintain a parallel General Midi version which can be played back even if the samples are not there or running (laptop, work in a train, "just compose for 10 minutes", send it to friends for a preview etc.) This marks the end of the Alpha phase and beginning of the Beta phase. That means the current features are enough to make and handle a reasonable range of music and notation and also that the save format is now stable. If you manage to save a file you will be able to load it in later versions. Versions from now up to 1.0 will be only bug fixes and improvements: Stability, Performance, Documentation, Convenience as well as Look&Feel. (There are a few new features I would like to see in 1.0, but these are convenience features that do not disturb the save format or internal data format. Read-Only) Documentation and Translation can now be based on a somewhat stable program. Yes, there will be documentation. Cross Platform versions, stand-alone/portable packages and collaboration with distribution package maintainers is now on the Roadmap. Further information and instructions Connect to Laborejos Facebook, Twitter or Google Plus! https://www.facebook.com/Laborejo https://twitter.com/#!/Laborejo https://plus.google.com/b/116744898976321238325/ Screenshot: http://www.laborejo.org/images/screenshots/latestscreenshot.png Download: https://github.com/nilsgey/Laborejo/tarball/0.6 Dependencies and Compilation instrunctions: http://www.laborejo.org/Download Start the GUI Editor with: ./laborejo-qt For commandline parameters: ./laborejo-qt --help and the Collection Editor with: ./laborejo-collection-editor Then use the number- and cursor keys for immediate success! Check Help->Manual for navigational and note/rest entry keys. Everything else is in the menus. Greetings, Nils http://www.laborejo.org

12 years, 6 months

Ardour 3.0 is released

by Paul Davis

The Ardour team is happy to announce the release of Ardour 3.0 for Linux systems (OS X releases will follow in a few weeks) This is the first release of Ardour that features support for MIDI recording, playback and editing. It also features a huge number of changes to audio workflow, which for many users may be more significant than the MIDI support. For an overview of the changes, please read the What's New page at http://ardour.org/whatsnew.html Please Plan On Updating ------------------------------- You should visit expect subsequent releases of 3.0 to follow at a rapid rate. We plan to release a new version every 2-4 weeks. Since 3.0 has many areas that need to be improved in addition to actual bugs, please plan on upgrading and keeping track of the program as it develops. There is every chance that the problem you encounter today will be solved in a short time. No Need To Remove Other Versions --------------------------------------------- This release can be installed on your system at the same time as any previous or future version of Ardour. They will not interfere with each other in anyway, except for possibly sharing your Ardour preferences. Working with 2.X Sessions -------------------------------- Although Ardour 3.0 will open most sessions created with Ardour 2.X, we recommend NOT working on such sessions with Ardour 3.0. Ardour 2.X will continue to be available and may even see occasional maintainance updates from time to time. If you have old sessions, continue to work on them with Ardour 2. If you insist on opening existing Ardour 2.X sessions with 3.0, be aware that... - a backup copy of the 2.X version of the session file will be created - panning information will be lost - crossfades may not precisely match their 2.X counterparts - once you save a session in Ardour 3.0, Ardour 2.X will not be able to open the main session file again. It will, however, be able to use the backup that 3.0 created Download ------------ As usual, you can get Ardour 3.0 from our Download page at http://ardour.org/download

12 years, 6 months

GeoSonix 0.93 Released - Linux 32 and 64 bit

by Chris Graham

GeoSonix, a graphical composition environment for Linux, Mac and Windows has been released. For details see http://www.geosonix.com/top New features include image sonification, enhanced rhythm and harmony processors, and much more. Free and open source.

12 years, 6 months

Vee One Suite 0.3.2 - One third bug-fix release

by Rui Nuno Capela

hi again, as they use to say--'round here at least--there's no second without a third. So there it goes, yet another batch for the Vee One Suite of old-school software instruments being thrown out to the wild. Usual suspects include synthv1 [1], a polyphonic synthesizer, samplv1 [2], a polyphonic sampler and drumkv1 [3], a drum-kit sampler. same as before, they come in a duality of forms: - a pure stand-alone JACK client with JACK-session and both JACK MIDI and ALSA MIDI input support; - a LV2 instrument plugin. now, the (boring) bill of changes follows: - pitch-bend, modwheel and LFO pitch range internal fixes. - LV2 state save flags now forced to be portable POD. - sustain/damper pedal switch (MIDI CC#64) support added. (synthv1, samplv1) - color palette hack on Qt5 dark themes. (TESTING) all free, open-source Linux Audio software, distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License (GPL) version 2 or later. enjoy && have fun! [1] synthv1 - an old-school polyphonic synthesizer synthv1 is an old-school all-digital 4-oscillator subtractive polyphonic synthesizer with stereo fx. LV2 URI: http://synthv1.sourceforge.net/lv2 website: http://synthv1.sourceforge.net downloads: http://sourceforge.net/projects/synthv1/files - source tarball: http://download.sourceforge.net/synthv1/synthv1-0.3.2.tar.gz - source package: http://download.sourceforge.net/synthv1/synthv1-0.3.2-9.rncbc.suse122.src.r… - binary packages: http://download.sourceforge.net/synthv1/synthv1-0.3.2-9.rncbc.suse122.i586.… http://download.sourceforge.net/synthv1/synthv1-0.3.2-9.rncbc.suse122.x86_8… [2] samplv1 - an old-school polyphonic sampler samplv1 is an(other) old-school all-digital polyphonic sampler synthesizer with stereo fx. LV2 URI: http://samplv1.sourceforge.net/lv2 website: http://samplv1.sourceforge.net downloads: http://sourceforge.net/projects/samplv1/files - source tarball: http://download.sourceforge.net/samplv1/samplv1-0.3.2.tar.gz - source package: http://download.sourceforge.net/samplv1/samplv1-0.3.2-9.rncbc.suse122.src.r… - binary packages: http://download.sourceforge.net/samplv1/samplv1-0.3.2-9.rncbc.suse122.i586.… http://download.sourceforge.net/samplv1/samplv1-0.2.2-9.rncbc.suse122.x86_8… [3] drumkv1 - an old-school drum-kit sampler. drumkv1 is (yet) an(other) s an old-school all-digital drum-kit sampler synthesizer with stereo fx. LV2 URI: http://drumkv1.sourceforge.net/lv2 website: http://drumkv1.sourceforge.net downloads: http://sourceforge.net/projects/drumkv1/files - source tarball: http://download.sourceforge.net/drumkv1/drumkv1-0.3.2.tar.gz - source package: http://download.sourceforge.net/drumkv1/drumkv1-0.3.2-5.rncbc.suse122.src.r… - binary packages: http://download.sourceforge.net/drumkv1/drumkv1-0.3.2-5.rncbc.suse122.i586.… http://download.sourceforge.net/drumkv1/drumkv1-0.3.2-5.rncbc.suse122.x86_8… see also: http://www.rncbc.org/drupal/node/617 cheers! -- rncbc aka Rui Nuno Capela

12 years, 6 months

Laborejo 0.5: Container, Collection, Parts

by Nils Gey

Laborejo, Esperanto for "Workshop", is used to craft music through notation. It is a Lilypond GUI frontend, a MIDI creator and finally a tool collection to inspire and help you compose. It works by reducing music-redundancy and by seperating layout and data. Before you read the details make sure to connect to Laborejos Facebook, Twitter or Google Plus! https://www.facebook.com/Laborejo https://twitter.com/#!/Laborejo https://plus.google.com/b/116744898976321238325/ Screenshot: http://www.laborejo.org/latestscreenshot.png and: http://laborejo.org/Screenshots This marks the release of version 0.5 Download: https://github.com/nilsgey/Laborejo/tarball/0.5 Dependencies: http://www.laborejo.org/Download Linux Instructions: Unpack, cd into the created directoy, start the GUI Editor with: ./laborejo-qt and the Collection Editor with: ./laborejo-collection-editor Then use the number- and cursor keys for immediate success! Check Help->Manual for navigational and note/rest entry keys. Everything else is in the menus. Important New Features: * Laborejo Collections: A new file format (.lbj), editable by the new GUI tool "Laborejo Collection Editor" or with a text-editor, because it is very easy. * Combine several score files (.lbjs) into a bigger one during export: Multi-movement symphonies, songbooks, collections of your band songs in one pdf etc. * Doesn't touch your actual music data but reformats for the new format and can add extra information like piece-numbering, transposition of the whole music and more. * Load a lbj file in the standard Score editor to open all used .lbjs files. * Can also combine several .lbjs scores into one, seamlessly. If you like to write long, progressive rock pieces with no breaks (in the music or pdf) you can still edit and keep them in separate pieces. Just keep the names of the tracks the same in each lbjs file. * Can use different templates (Lilypond, Ardour3 etc. layout and style files) and override the original score file template. * Part Extraction / Voice Extraction (aka. Custom Export): * Create multiple PDFs or MIDI files from one .lbjs. Does not touch your music, all automated. Simply choose a parameter as extract basis (Track, Group, Instrument, a special Extract parameter for complete individual control [recommended]) and hit "Export". * Can be combined with Collections! Combine your songs into a song collection and then export parts, one songbook/PDF for the guitarist, one songbook for the bassist. The singer and the drummer can't read notes, though. * Collapse/Shrink Tracks to save space. * Reverse Selections by 1.simply reverse order 2.reverse only pitch 3. reverse only rhythm * Non-Transparent Containers. Can contain any objects, represented by a colored "block" in the GUI. Editable in its own windows. Screenshot: http://www.laborejo.org/dl3&display * Edit any container (including transparent containers, whole tracks and substitutions) in its own tab. * Mini Lilypond Parser so you can insert notes by a script, using Lilypond syntax (just the music, no ornaments, no scheme functions) * And of course the usual GUI improvements, bug fixes and stability improvements. Greetings, Nils Gey http://www.laborejo.org

12 years, 6 months

Pd-l2Ork v.20130223 now available

by Ivica Ico Bukvic

Apologies for x-posting. Pd-L2Ork v. 20130223 is now available with following fixes/updates/new features: *further refinements to the zoom algorithm involving gop subpatchers *made scrolling algorithm more robust *cleaned up sequencer help file *improved/sped-up gop redrawing when using non-accelerated objects *improved compatibility with 0.43 and 0.44 branch API *removed flatgui due to its buggy nature *improved modularity of the dev installer *bug fix http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&aid=3605384 *bug fix http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&aid=3605379 *updated TODO list *updated pdp_opencv to make it compile with latest version of libs *bug fix/improvement of the select object *improved fftw3 support *bugfix (http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&aid=3605257 *added fftw flag *tree clean-up *first step towards supporting wiimote plus (does not work yet) *minor version bump to distinguish it from pd-extended *added Jonathan Wilkes' canvasinfo and pdinfo externals *added additional dependency to the control file for the proper pdp build *improved deb control file and minimized conflicts with other pd distributions *2nd part of pdp/pidip update (new files) *updated sigpack and fixed freqshift~ bug *1st step in syncing latest pdp and pidip with fixes/changes to make it compile on Ubuntu 12.04 *added support for tcl/tk8.6 *improved building of gem2pdp on Arch Linux For more info see: http://l2ork.music.vt.edu/main/?page_id=56 http://puredata.info/downloads/Pd-L2Ork Please note that due to L2Ork's migration to 64-bit platform we may not provide 32-bit builds as often until we set up Launchpad or some other auto-building system. Until then, current release is available only as 64-bit. The source is buildable into deb as well as binary script-based installer using a single command provided all dependencies are satisfied. See http://l2ork.music.vt.edu/main/?page_id=56 for more info. Best wishes, Ivica Ico Bukvic, D.M.A. Composition, Music Technology Director, DISIS Interactive Sound & Intermedia Studio Director, L2Ork Linux Laptop Orchestra Head, ICAT IMPACT Studio Virginia Tech Dept. of Music - 0240 Blacksburg, VA 24061 (540) 231-6139 (540) 231-5034 (fax) ico(a)vt.edu http://www.music.vt.edu/faculty/bukvic/

12 years, 6 months

Jalv 1.4.0

by David Robillard

Jalv 1.4.0 is out. Jalv is a simple but fully featured LV2 host for Jack. It runs LV2 plugins and exposes their ports as Jack ports, essentially making any LV2 plugin function as a Jack application. Download: http://download.drobilla.net/jalv-1.4.0.tar.bz2 More about Jalv: http://drobilla.net/software/jalv This version contains many significant improvements, upgrading is highly recommended. Changes: * Send time information to plugin when Jack tempo changes * Group controls under headings if port group information is available * Add spinbuttons for precisely setting control values * Use a more efficient dense layout for controls * Make URI map thread-safe, fixing occasional crashes for plugins with UIs * Add menu bar and pass parent widget in Qt version for true UI embedding * Support state:loadDefaultState * Update to waf 1.7.8 and autowaf r90 Enjoy, -dr

12 years, 6 months

Suil 0.6.12

by David Robillard

Suil 0.6.12 is out. Suil is a lightweight C library for loading and wrapping LV2 plugin UIs. Suil transparently presents UIs written in any toolkit as the desired widget type of host programs, so hosts do not have to depend on foreign toolkits. Download: http://download.drobilla.net/suil-0.6.12.tar.bz2 More about Suil: http://drobilla.net/software/suil Changes: * Fix key events for X11 in Gtk without using a troublesome event filter * Fix crash when a broken UI returns a NULL descriptor * Fix compilation on BSD Enjoy, -dr

12 years, 6 months

International Computer Music Conference extended deadline

by Andrew Varano

INTERNATIONAL COMPUTER MUSIC CONFERENCE 2013 EXTENDED DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION OF PAPERS AND WORKS UNTIL 28th FEBRUARY The Submission deadline for papers, works and for registration for ICMC 2013 has been extended until the 28th of February 2013. Updated Timeline: 10/12/2012 Initial Call for Papers and Works 10/1/2013 Full Call and Open for Submissions 28/2/13 Submission Deadline  28/2/2013 Registrations Open  28/4/2013 Papers and Works Confirmed The International Computer Music Conference (ICMC) has been the major international medium for the presentation of technical and musical research, both musical and theoretical, interrelated to the use of computers in music. ICMC travels the globe annually, and will be held in Australia for the first time this year. There are eight ways to submit to ICMC 2013: - short paper - long paper - poster - demonstration - studio report - creative work - piece and paper - round table proposal The conference theme for 2013 is IDEA – International Developments in ElectroAcoustics. We encourage the submission of papers examining any topic related to computer music and digital audio, including: aesthetic, compositional, educational, musicological, perceptual, scientific and technical aspects. Only completed papers and creative works will be considered. Producer of the conference this year is Tura New Music, in association with The International Computer Music Association, Edith Cowan University and The Australasian Computer Music Association. The Conference will be based in the Perth Cultural Centre in venues including The Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts, The State Library of WA and The Western Australian Museum. For more information on the ICMC 2013 please go to http://www.icmc2013.com.au/ All Enquiries to: Andrew Varano conference(a)tura.com.au

12 years, 7 months

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