Hi list,
I'm happy to announce the release of Spek 0.8.0 - a multi-platform
acoustic spectrum analyser.
Find out more about Spek on its website: http://spek-project.org/
New features since 0.7:
* Adjustable spectral density range (#4).
* Switched from GTK+ to wxWidgets for better Windows and OS X integration.
* Single .exe version for Windows.
* Added translations in 8 more languages (totalling 16).
Enhancements:
* Switched to .xz tarballs.
* Split out libspek and added unit tests.
* 24-bit APE support (upstream fix).
* Better toolbar icons on Windows and OS X (#21).
* Installer options for app shortcuts on Windows (#1).
* Associate with audio/video files on OS X (#2).
* Online manual (#24).
Bugfixes:
* Fixed crash when the preferences file is not writable.
* Fixed crash when the home directory is not writable.
* Fixed duration and rendering for some video files.
* Fixed compilation with newer FFmpeg and libav versions.
* Proper handling of Unicode file names under Windows (upstream fix).
* Don't lock the input file on Windows (#26).
Cheers,
Alex
The FFADO project is pleased to announce the long-awaited version 2.1.0.
With improved stability, many bugfixes and a large number of newly supported
devices this version represents 2 years work by the small but dedicated
FFADO team. All users of FFADO are encouraged to upgrade.
This source-only release can be downloaded from
http://www.ffado.org/files/libffado-2.1.0.tgz
FFADO is brought to you thanks to the work of Daniel Wagner, Pieter Palmers,
Philippe Carriere, Adrian Knoth, Arnold Krille, Jonathan Woithe and the many
people who have tested FFADO against their devices, provided patches and
given suggestions.
Changes and additions in FFADO 2.1:
* Significantly improved support for the new "juju" firewire stack
found in
newer kernels
* Support for JACK freewheeling mode and set-buffer-size operation
* Lower CPU usage
* udev rules included in FFADO to give user access to audio device files
* More stable streaming
* Fix crash when realtime system clock was set
* Fix race conditions and invalid memory accesses on shutdown
* Fixes for clean compilation on recent gcc versions (up to 4.7)
* ffado-diag enhanced to aid debugging efforts
* Many bugs fixed
New DICE-based devices supported in FFADO 2.1 (up to 96 kHz rate only):
* Alesis (no mixer support):
io|14
io|26
Multimix16 Firewire
* FlexRadio Systems (no mixer support):
Flex-5000
* Focusrite:
Saffire PRO 40 (44.1 kHz, 48 kHz and 88.2 kHz only)
Saffire PRO 24
Saffire PRO 24 DSP (audio streaming and mixer only: no DSP)
Saffire PRO 14 (no mixer or router control)
Liquid Saffire 56 (experimental: 44.1/48 kHz only, no mixer/router)
* Lexicon (generic mixer):
I-ONIX_FW810S
* DnR (no mixer):
Axum Firewire IO card 16x16
* M-Audio (basic audio with generic mixer):
ProFire 2626
ProFire 610
* Presonus:
Firestudio Project (generic mixer)
Firestudio Tube (generic mixer)
Firestudio Mobile (no mixer)
Studiolive_1642 (no mixer)
Studiolive_2442 (no mixer)
* TCAT (audio only):
DiceII EVM (1)
DiceII EVM (2)
DiceII EVM (4)
* TC Electronic:
Konnekt 24D (no mixer support)
Konnekt 8 (no mixer support)
Studio Konnekt 48 (no mixer support)
Konnekt Live (no mixer support)
Desktop Konnekt 6 (no mixer support)
ImpactTwin (generic mixer only)
* Weiss Engineering Ltd. (no mixer support):
ADC 2
Vesta
Minerva
AFI 1
TAG DAC1
INT 202
DAC 202
Other new devices supported by FFADO 2.1:
* RME (no MIDI I/O support yet)
Fireface 400
Fireface 800
* MOTU
896 mk 3 (audio only, no mixer yet)
Traveller mk 3 (experimental)
Ultralite mk 3 (experimental)
Ultralite hybrid (firewire only, experimental)
* FCA-202, and possibly other Oxford FW-92x devices
* Mackie Onyx i
* M-Audio Ozonic (no mixer)
* Phonic HelixBoard 24 Universal (no mixer)
* Tascam IF-FW/DM (experimental, incomplete)
* Yahama GO46
(sorry for x-post)
Dears,
I wished so much I could have joined you at Stanford this year... :(
but....!
The Xth Sense (software and hardware) is finally available on-line, get
binaries, DIY documentation, and tutorials at:
http://res.marcodonnarumma.com/projects/xth-sense/
The digital interface is developed in Pd on a Linux machine; there's a main
software for the computation of incoming muscle sound (and virtually any
sound input), and the xth-sense-lib, a collection of 120 objects (and help
files) ranging from specific muscle sound methods, to everyday Pd patching
needs. It also includes a lot of GUI stuff, to facilitate building things.
Wanna the source? Here you go: https://github.com/marcodsad
What is the Xth Sense?
"**is a biophysical musical instrument. You can build your own and produce
music with it using the sound of your muscles.
It is free and open source, and it was named the “world’s most innovative
new musical instrument” by the Georgia Tech Center for Music Technology
(US, 2012). Its name is spelled ecsth sense (not tenth sense!). But it’s
way easier to call XS."
With the XS you can also control other software on your machine (video,
audio, light systems, etc.), send Voltage output to hardware, or control a
prosthetic arm.
Hacks are encouraged by the design of the instrument itself. For some ideas
see:
http://res.marcodonnarumma.com/projects/xth-sense/#get-started
We have a (newly born) user's forum, courtesy of Create Digital
Music/Motion; the forum lives at:
http://createdigitalnoise.com/categories/xth
We are on also on Facebook (imagine!):
http://www.facebook.com/XthSense
if anybody works with it, let me know!
We have users and works in Australia, Sweden, US, UK, Ireland, Spain,
Vietnam, Germany, Russia, Netherlands, and Italy, so far :)
hope it is useful to some of you,
cheers,
--
Marco Donnarumma
New Media + Sonic Arts Practitioner, Performer, Teacher, Director.
Embodied Audio-Visual Interaction Research Team.
Department of Computing, Goldsmiths University of London
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Portfolio: http://marcodonnarumma.com
Research: http://res.marcodonnarumma.com
Director: http://www.liveperformersmeeting.net
Hi,
The second selection in the new series called "Featured Artists" is up now
at:
http://linux-audio.com
Featuring
##### Louigi Verona #####
*******************
Background info
*******************
The idea behind the new "Featured Artists" section at the Linux Audio
Users Guide is to provide a promotional vehicle for the artists in our
vibrant community to showcase their work and to entertain and educate our
audience at the same time. Think of it as an exhibition or installation
where the "Art Gallery" is 450x800 pixels and the audience is people who
are genuinely interested in Linux Audio and multimedia.
If you are an artist and you would like to participate in this project we
will assist with programming and planning to help you realise your vision.
Please contact me directly if you would like to take part in this project.
Cheers
--
Patrick Shirkey
Boost Hardware Ltd
I'm pleased to announce the 20120903 release of WhySynth, a DSSI
softsynth plugin.
New since my last release announcement:
* One new oscillator mode (Wavecycle Chorus) and four new filter modes
(resonz, high-pass and band-reject, with thanks to Luke Andrew).
* Some new patches.
* An icon for desktop use.
* A bug fix for an ugly click that would occur when using portamento in
monophonic mode.
* WhySynth development is now hosted on Github.
Find WhySynth here:
http://smbolton.com/whysynth.html
More information on the DSSI plugin standard, available hosts
and plugins can be found here:
http://dssi.sourceforge.net/
WhySynth is written and copyright (c) 2012 by Sean Bolton,
under the GNU General Public License, version 2.
Hello fellow,
Please find release 1.3 of FSTHost (Host for Win32VST plugins). Changes since 1.2:
- Makefile improvment for easier packaging (moslty for Arch - it now use DESTDIR)
- Add option -N for auto-send SysEx when something change
- Threads refactoring
- Response for Sysex Dump Request only if it is addressed to us (i.e. UUID match)
- Support for VSTPluginMain entry (mostly for Antialias VST)
- ... like always .. fixes, improvments etc.
This is probably the last version that using GTK "cover". Because of a lot of bugs and also unneeded dependency it will be replaced by ... something completely different ;-)
http://fsthost.sourceforge.net/
Best Regards
Pawel
(Apologies for cross-postings)
The Society for Electro-Acoustic Music in the United States (SEAMUS) is
pleased to announce the 2013 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 <http://www.ascap.com/> >.
The submission deadline is October 15, 2012.
For more information, and the online application, please visit the SEAMUS
web site at http://www.seamusonline.org/
RULES FOR SUBMISSION
Note that the rules and procedures have changed as of this year. All
submissions are to be made online, through the seamusonline.org
<http://seamusonline.org/> website. Only one work of electroacoustic music
may be submitted, which must adhere to the following guidelines:
Music submissions must be prepared as a single LastnameFirstname.MP3 or
LastnameFirstname.ZIP archive.
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.
Scores: for submissions involving a score, please submit an anonymized PDF
score for review. Please do not mail in printed scores at this time.
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.
This same work may be submitted to the SEAMUS 2013 National Conference via
the conference submission page. All finalists in the ASCAP/SEAMUS Student
Commission Competition must attend the SEAMUS 2013 National Conference.
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 2014 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 2014 SEAMUS National Conference
Certificate of recognition
ELIGIBILITY
Applicants to the 2013 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
On behalf of the entire Rivendell development team, I'm pleased to announce the availability of Rivendell v2.2.0. 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:
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Changes:
HPI Enhancements. Support for setting input modes for AudioScience
adapters has been added (requires support in the hardware as well).
Scripting Enhancements. The rdcollect(1) script has been modified
to allow multiple source files to be used.
Report Enhancements. It is now possible to filter data for reports
by Group membership as well as Service and Host. A new 'Music Summary'
report has also been added.
New Traffic System Preset. A preset for 'WideOrbit Traffic' has been
added.
New Rivendell Loadable Module. An 'rlm_padpoint' RLM has been added
that can be used to send PAD data to a PadPoint processor system.
Multiple bug fixes. See the ChangeLog for details.
Database Update:
This version of Rivendell uses database schema version 207, 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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The "I went on a diet and look at me now!" version. There's been a lot of fat cut out in this version, namely floor modulation. I tried to remove the things that really weren't making much of a difference in regards to the breadth of sounds that are capable of being generated.
Changes in v0.6:
- removed floor modulation altogether; wasn't getting enough bang for the buck, sound-wise
- removed Gravity Readjust
- removed Switch Velocity
- removed Channel Separation
- removed patched Stk source code from code-base, now it compiles against dynamic lib
- added limit to velocity
- made stereo synthesis optional in UI
Next version will probably focus on some new ideas, but if any given control doesn't make a big difference in the sound being made, it won't make the cut.
The Newtonator is an LV2 soft synth that uses a unique algorithm based on simple ideas of velocity and acceleration to produce some unpredictable sounds. More documentation can be found on the project website athttp://newtonator.sf.net/.
Thanks,
Michael Bechard
