The Mup music publication program version 6.1 is now available.
Mup produces very high quality PostScript music files,
or MIDI files, based on a text input file.
Mup has been under active development since 1992, and is a
a full featured program that can handle almost any kind of music,
instrumental or vocal, including tablature, shaped notes, guitar grids,
alternate tunings, user defined symbols, transposition,
macros, cross staff stems and beams, and much more.
It handles all layout details automatically,
but also lets the user make adjustments as they wish.
Mup was previously available only as shareware, but
beginning with 6.1 it is now available for free under a BSD-style license.
Version 6.1 includes all features of the previous shareware version,
as well as having a new feature to automatically do gradual MIDI changes.
For more information, visit
http://www.arkkra.com
We are proud to announce the release of guitarix2-0.25.0
Guitarix is a mono tube amplifier simulation for jack, with additional
mono/stereo effect racks witch can be filled with some in-build effects
as well as with external LADSPA plugins.
Download from http://sourceforge.net/projects/guitarix/
This release introduce the first LV2 plugs created from the guitarix
amps. Well, they will perfectly fit into hotel sierra
* GxAmplifier tube 12ax7 tonestack sovtek cabinet 4x12
* GxAmplifier-II tube 12AT7 tonestack soldano cabinet AC30
* GxAmplifier-III tube 6C16 tonestack bassman cabinet 1x15
* GxAmplifier-IV tube 6V6 tonestack soldano cabinet mesa
* GxAmplifier-V tube 6DJ8 tonestack ampeg cabinet HighGain
there are mono and stereo versions of those amps included in the bundle.
Thanks goes to Richard Dalton from http://www.Ampskindesigns.com
for given me permission to use (and distribute) his work within a GNU
GPL project,
many thanks Richard.
thanks goes as well to David Robillard for his great work on the LV2
specs and to Rui Nuno Capela for implement them so excellent in qtractor.
Please check it out and give feedback if you
find a problem.
Please refer to our project page for more information:
http://guitarix.sourceforge.net/
download site:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/guitarix/
have fun
guitarix development team
Greetings,
Yeah. Not much to tell about the times I'm afraid. But let me wish you
all a merry and great new year, following the one which end is nigh.
Just in case you wanna party, feel welcome, by all means:
Qtractor 0.5.7 (hotel sierra) is open, come on in!
Release highlights:
* LV2 Options and Buf-size support (NEW)
* Location markers/bar (NEW)
* MIDI editor line-drawing (NEW)
* Punch & loop recording compatibility (FIX)
* Untangled LV2 UI parameter communication (FIX)
* Dropped libSLV2 support, honoring libLILV for good (FIX)
Website:
http://qtractor.sourceforge.net
Project page:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/qtractor
Downloads:
- source tarball:
http://downloads.sourceforge.net/qtractor/qtractor-0.5.7.tar.gz
- source package (openSUSE 12.2):
http://downloads.sourceforge.net/qtractor/qtractor-0.5.7-4.rncbc.suse122.sr…
- binary packages (openSUSE 12.2):
http://downloads.sourceforge.net/qtractor/qtractor-0.5.7-4.rncbc.suse122.i5…http://downloads.sourceforge.net/qtractor/qtractor-0.5.7-4.rncbc.suse122.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:
- Loop and punch in/out ranges may now get set simultaneously, may even
overlap each other. However, punch in/out range recording will always
prevail over any loop recording takes.
- LV2 Worker/Schedule now supporting multi-instance vs. single-UI scenarios.
- LV2 Options and Buf-size extension support added.
- Fixed an off-by-one-tick bug on MIDI file input which was leaving
spurious zero-length runt notes at the end of a MIDI clip, if a note-on
coincides with the ending/split point (on ticket issued by Jonathan H.
Pickard, thanks).
- Good old SLV2 library support for LV2 plug-ins (libslv2) is now
irrevocably deprecated, or better said, completely wiped-out from the
LV2 host code, now considered extinct.
- LV2 UI parameter updates are now asynchronously detached from the
source GUI widget thread, in attempt to improve cross-GUI-toolkit
responsiveness, specially focused on LV2 plugins with a GTK based UI
(eg. amsynth, triceratops, etc.).
- Make sure LV2 UI parameters (input control ports) get updated when
loading a genuine LV2 state preset.
- Improved the (custom) tempo spin-box widget signal(ing) processing and
dispatching.
- Show proper pointing cursor and location tool-tip while dragging any
of the time ruler markers (including latest location markers/bar).
- On saving as an archive/zip session file (suffix .qtz) include only
those files that are actually referenced by live clips arrangement.
- Ongoing integration of location markers infrastructure (time-scale and
MIDI-file support).
- Free-hand/linear retouching of event values, while on the MIDI clip
editor's view pane below the main piano-roll (eg. note velocities), is
now possible provided the target events are selected, otherwise the
usual painting edit sub-mode applies (cf. menu Edit/Select Mode/Edit Draw).
- The MIDI clip editor now senses which target view pane has focus for
general selection commands (cf. Edit/Select/None, All, Invert, Range)
whether the main piano-roll or the event value (velocities) view.
- Mouse middle-button clicking is back in business on main track-view
and on MIDI clip editor views (piano-roll) as an immediate play-head
(re)positioning command or merge/reset the edit-head/tail cursors if
Shift/Ctrl keyboard modifiers are pressed.
- Formerly protected, class qtractorClip::FadeFunctor is now public in
an shot-in-the-dark attempt to fix clang builds (as reported by Jekyll
Wu, thanks).
- Override all sub-classed widgets mouse-pointer event handlers to be
isolated from base widget style and/or window management.
Enjoy!--
rncbc aka Rui Nuno Capela
rncbc(a)rncbc.org
Radium is a music editor with a new and better interface.
It's inspired by trackers, but has fewer limitations and uses graphics
to show musical data.
The advantages of this interface compared to piano rolls (the normal
sequencer interface), are that note editing is quicker, and that more
musical data fits on the screen.
The advantage of this interface compared to trackers, is that note
positions and effects are edited graphically, which is both quicker,
provides more vertical space, and gives a better musically overview.
However, despite it's unusual appearance, it's a design goal for Radium
to be straight forward to use, and easy to learn. It should not be
harder to learn Radium than any tracker or most midi sequencers.
Screenshot:
===========
http://users.notam02.no/~kjetism/radium/pictures/radium-1-9-21.png
Source code:
============
http://archive.notam02.no/arkiv/src/?C=M;O=D
Homepage:
=========
http://users.notam02.no/~kjetism/radium/
Source code repository:
=======================
https://github.com/kmatheussen/radium
Most important changes 1.9.14 -> 1.9.22:
=======================================
* Crashreporter.
* Linux version works properly without first cd into the path of the
radium binary.
* Change system font to Lato Black (http://www.latofonts.com)
* alsa: Fix name of input port, not always use "in".
* Menu option to GFX_message
* All stops are hard stops (Fix for stopping not always stopping
sounds)
* Loop on/off button for samples
* Custom GFX for checkboxes and pushbuttons
* Fix color for qcomoboxes.
* Run check_dependencies.sh before making packages
* Remove separator between Reset and Help
* Remove loop from guitar sample in demo song
* Fix alsa midi input. (two ports named "in" made chaos)
* Radium can be used as midi sampler now. Only one instrument is
supported though,
but as a work-around, several Radium instances can run
simultaneously.
* Get wav loop points from smpl chunk, not by using Loop Start/Loop End
cues
* Support looping for wav files with more than one LIST chunk
* Less verbose when pressing keys
* Remove textborder and minnodesize options
* Circumvent confusing GC_is_disabled API (fix for playing sometimes
taking many seconds to start)
* Dont update gfx from jack thread (horror)
* Update linenumber width (fix for blocks with more than 1000 lines)
* Fix building packages when theres no python2 executable
* Fix import midi files with many notes in tracks in non-polyphony mode
* Remove limitation on delete track
Suil 0.6.6 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.
This minor release fixes a couple of potential crashes.
Suil home: http://drobilla.net/software/suil/
Download: http://download.drobilla.net/suil-0.6.6.tar.bz2
Changes:
* Fix crash in x11_in_gtk2 when event_filter fires before widget
is realized
* Use libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0 (with .0 suffix) by default which is
available on systems without the dev package
* Update to waf 1.7.8 and autowaf r90 (install docs to versioned
directory)
Also, a note about the previous release: the Gtk in Qt fixes are thanks
to Devin Anderson; apologies for this attribution oversight in the hasty
release and corresponding announcement.
Enjoy,
-dr
On behalf of the entire Rivendell development team, I'm pleased to announce the availability of Rivendell v2.3.0. Rivendell is a full-featured radio automation system targeted for use in professional broadcast environments. It is available under the GNU General Public License.
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:
RDCartSlots Module. A new Rivendell module has been added that is
optimized for use in busy live assist environments, along with four
new RMLs ('Load Slot' ['DL'], 'Play Slot' ['DP'], 'Stop Slot' ['DS']
and 'Execute Breakaway' ['DX']) for automating its operation.
RDAirPlay Enhancements. A set of buttons for quickly locating a given
hour has been added to the Full Log widget, enabled by checking the
'Show Hour Selector' box in RDAdmin->ManageHost->RDAirPlay.
JACK Enhancements. It is now possible to specify the command-line
used to start jackd(8) and a list of clients to start when
starting the Rivendell service. See RDAdmin->ManageHosts->JackSettings.
Switcher/GPIO Device Support. Added support for the Sine Systems ACU-1
switcher. See 'SWITCHERS.txt' for details.
Cue Output Assignments. Cue output assignments for all modules
except RDAirPlay have now been consolidated into one setting in
RDAirPlay->ManageHosts.
Multiple bug fixes. See the ChangeLog for details.
Database Update:
This version of Rivendell uses database schema version 213, 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/
Merry Christmas everyone. Christ is among us!
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Frederick F. Gleason, Jr. | Chief Developer |
| | Paravel Systems |
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| A rock pile ceases to be a rock pile the moment a single man |
| contemplates it, bearing within him the image of a cathedral. |
| -- Antoine de Saint-Exupery |
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
I'm happy to announce the release of synthclone-0.3.0!
synthclone is a tool that allows you to create sample-based
instruments. You can create sample-based instruments by sending MIDI
messages to your MIDI-capable gear or software that instructs an
instrument to emit sounds for a series of notes, velocities, controls,
and aftertouch values, or by recording your own samples. After the
sampling is done, you can apply effects to your samples, and finally
save this data as a sample-based instrument that can be loaded by
sampler software.
Features:
* Supports user-configurable per-zone sample time, release time, MIDI
note, MIDI velocity, MIDI aftertouch, MIDI channel pressure, MIDI
control changes, etc. via a table interface.
* Audition samples and change zone parameters until you're happy with
the data you're acquiring from your MIDI device.
* Save and restore sessions.
* Distributed with plugins that support the JACK Audio Connection Kit
(with JACK Session support), PortAudio and PortMidi, trimming of
samples, reversing samples, LV2 effects, the creation of Hydrogen,
SFZ, and Renoise instruments, automated zone generation, and loading
samples from your local filesystem!
* Can create multiple targets in one session (i.e. a Renoise patch and
an SFZ patch) from the same set of samples.
* A well-documented plugin API is available for developers to write
their own plugins to extend synthclone.
Important Changes Since 0.2.0:
* Lots of bug fixes.
* The new LV2 plugin allows you to use LV2 effects within synthclone
* The new Renoise plugin allows you to save your instruments as
Renoise instruments
* The new Reverser plugin allows you to reverse the samples you load
into synthclone
* The new Sample Loader plugin allows you to load samples into
synthclone from your local filesystem
* Internal architecture changes for future expansion of the plugin API
to handle main view manipulation
Future Development:
* Consider capturing release of samples.
* Figure out a good packaging scheme for Mac OSX.
* Support the Non-Session Manager protocol.
* Consider different ways to support the detection and/or creation of loops.
* Get someone to design an icon that isn't ugly.
* Extend the LV2 plugin to support more features so that it can load
more LV2 plugins.
Community Inquiry:
synthclone has outgrown its original purpose as a tool to sample
MIDI-capable instruments, and is slowly becoming a more general tool
for the creation of sample-based instruments. In this respect,
synthclone is still lacking in a lot of ways; for example, it doesn't
support the creation or detection of loops. Unfortunately, I'm not
aware of all the ways that synthclone needs to grow to become a more
general tool for samplists, as I only use and extend synthclone to
fulfill my own needs. I'm also not motivated to add a bunch of
features to synthclone to extend it in different ways that I don't
immediately require. So, I need to know the following:
1.) If you're a samplist, tell me what synthclone needs to become a
part of your sampling workflow.
2.) If you're a developer that would like to add functionality to
synthclone, let me know what I can do to help you move forward.
3.) The name 'synthclone` no longer describes what `synthclone` does.
I'm considering renaming the application. If you have a suggestion or
thoughts on the idea, please let me know.
4.) In general, I'll take any feedback I can get. :)
Thanks:
David Robillard - While writing the LV2 plugin, I came across issues
with LILV/SUIL. Some of those issues were *actually* issues, and some
of the issues were based on my own naivety. Dave fixed the real
issues quickly, and patiently addressed the others. Thanks, Dave.
The new version of `synthclone` is available at:
http://synthclone.googlecode.com/
Please report bugs using the issue tracker:
http://code.google.com/p/synthclone/issues/list
If you like `synthclone` and have ideas that can make it better and/or
want to keep up with its progress, join the users group:
http://groups.google.com/group/synthclone-users
If you're a developer and want to write plugins for `synthclone` or
contribute to the application itself, join the development group:
http://groups.google.com/group/synthclone-development
Thanks,
--
Devin Anderson
surfacepatterns (at) gmail (dot) com
blog - http://surfacepatterns.blogspot.com/
psinsights - http://psinsights.googlecode.com/
synthclone - http://synthclone.googlecode.com/
Ho, ho, ho marry christmas, actually in Poland it will be next week, but ...
Just right Santa Claus have gifts for you.
Please find release 1.4 of FSTHost. Changes since 1.3:
Reorganize GTK GUI - replace texts by icons/tooltips and change widgets layout
Recursively scan directories and add results to FSTHost XML DB (-d option). I must admit that some parts/ideas of this code was available in fst, but was not used.
FSTHost Menu utility (fsthost_menu) for choose plugin. It can use zenity or dialog for generate list of available plugins. Use VST_PATH or FSTHost XML DB as data source.
Use Glib event loop instead of DummyWindow/SetTimer solution .. and one thread less now ;-)
Fix case when DISPLAY variable is empty (NonGUI mode) - just becuase we now doesn't create any window ;-)
Faster Bypass/Resume, Program Change - side effect of merge MainThread and EventThread *(from GUI or SysEx - MIDI CC is still delayed)
Autoconnect to all MIDI Out physical ports (e.g. testing plugins)
Disable GUI by FSTHOST_NOGUI environment variable
JackSession - improve error handling (set JackSessionSaveError flag)
Checkbox for choose between embedded or popup editor.
Add application icon (this is temporary icon)
A lot of small fixes/optimizations/cleanups etc.
... and finally I decide that GTK code will stay here for some time (or "from here to eternity" :-). After all this herculean trials it seems to works quite well. In SVN repo one can find NonGTK (W32API) version - but it have less options (only Editor show/hide, and program change).
Best Regards
Pawel / Xj
