On behalf of the entire Rivendell development team, I'm pleased to announce the availability of Rivendell v2.2.1. 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:
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Changes:
RDMonitor Module. A persistent desktop applet has been added that
continuously monitors the health of the system and alerts the operator
in the event of any detected problems. See 'RDMONITOR.txt' for usage
and configuration info.
Sage Digital ENDEC Control. A 'sage_endec_rwt.sh' script has been
added that allows a Required Weekly Test (RWT) to be executed on a
Sage Digital ENDEC via TCP/IP. See 'SAGE_ENDEC.txt' for usage and
configuration info.
Cut Attribute Searching. The cart filter will now include the
attributes of underlying cuts when searching the library.
RDCheckCuts Utility. An rdcheckcuts(1) command-line utility has
been added for checking the integrity of the audio store.
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.
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Further information, screenshots and download links are available at:
http://www.rivendellaudio.org/
Cheers!
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A stable release, version 12.10, of MMA--Musical MIDI Accompaniment
is available for downloading. In addition to a number of bug fixes
and optimizations, MMA now features:
- New voicing options.
- Sequences in melody/solo tracks.
- Many minor bug fixes and enhancements.
Please read the file text/CHANGES-12 for a complete list of changes.
MMA is a accompaniment generator -- it creates midi tracks
for a soloist to perform with. User supplied files contain
pattern selections, chords, and MMA directives. For full details
please visit:
http://www.mellowood.ca/mma/
If you have any questions or comments, please send
them to: bob(a)mellowood.ca
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**** Listen to my CD at http://www.mellowood.ca/music/cedars ****
Bob van der Poel ** Wynndel, British Columbia, CANADA **
EMAIL: bob(a)mellowood.ca
WWW: http://www.mellowood.ca
This is a maintenance release of guitarix2 with some minor fixes.
Guitarix is a mono tube amplifier simulation for jack, with additional
mono/stereo effect racks which can be filled with some in-build effects
as well as with external LADSPA plugins.
Things that changed in this release:
* sharedobject-in-library-directory-missing-soname usr/lib/dunwah.so
* version mismatch in wscript
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
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We are happy to announce the next issue of the Linux Audio Conference
(LAC), May 9-12, 2013 @ IEM, the Institute of Electronic Music and
Acoustics, in Graz, Austria.
The Linux Audio Conference is an international conference that brings
together musicians, sound artists, software developers and researchers,
working with Linux as an open, stable, professional platform for audio
and media research and music production. LAC includes paper sessions,
workshops, and a diverse program of electronic music.
*Call for Papers, Workshops, Music and Installations*
We invite submissions of papers addressing all areas of audio processing
and media creation based on Linux. Papers can focus on technical,
artistic and scientific issues and should target developers or users. In
our call for music, we are looking for works that have been produced or
composed entirely/mostly using Linux.
The online submission of papers, workshops, music and installations is
now open at
http://lac.iem.at/
The Deadline for all submissions is February 4th, 2013 (23:59 HAST)
You are invited to register for participation on our conference website.
There you will find up-to-date instructions, as well as important
information about dates, travel, lodging, and so on.
This year's conference is hosted by IEM, Graz, in cooperation with local
artists and FLOSS enthusiasts.
The Institute of Electronic Music and Acoustics (IEM) at the University
of Music and Performing Arts Graz is considered Austria's leading
institution in computer music, acoustics and audio engineering and has
gained international reputation for its research on spatial audio and
its artistic production and research.
IEM has been embracing Linux audio as a production and research
environment since the mid-1990s, and has contributed to FLOSS/Linux
projects, amongst others by providing drivers for multichannel audio
interfaces and hosting the Pure Data community portal and mailing lists.
http://iem.at/
We look forward to seeing you in Graz in May!
Sincerely,
The LAC 2013 Organizing Team
A tablet stop jamb for Aeolus. Control Aeolus' stop selection remotely
using an Android tablet or iPad (or phones in a pinch but the fonts
don't really work).
https://github.com/fugalh/jamb
Jalv 1.2.0 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.
This release makes several improvements, upgrading is recommended.
Download and more available at http://drobilla.net/software/jalv/
Changes:
* Tune UI update rate and ring size based on JACK rate and MIDI buffer
size to handle the handle the maximum message rate the plugin can
send.
* Support lv2:sampleRate control ports.
* Tolerate loading presets with port values that aren’t xsd:decimal
* Notify plugins of Jack transport changes by sending events
(an atom:Blank with properties from the LV2 time extension)
* Refuse to instantiate plugins which require unsupported features
* Support LV2 buf-size extension (with all features)
* Add Gtk3 UI
* Port to MinGW
* Fix Jack Session support
Enjoy,
-dr
LV2 1.2.0 is out.
This release adds three new extensions:
* options, a generic mechanism for hosts to pass options to plugins at
instantiation time (and optionally get/set them later)
* buf-size, which allows hosts to provide block length and buffer size
information to plugins (via options), and plugins to to require
restrictions such as fixed and/or power of 2 block lengths
* morph, which allows port types to be changed dynamically, with
backwards compatibility (e.g. control ports can optionally be used as
CV ports in hosts aware of this extension)
There are also many improvements to the existing specifications.
Complete list of changes:
* Use stricter datatype definitions conformant with the XSD and OWL
specifications for better validation.
* Move all project metadata for extensions (e.g. change log) to
separate files to spare hosts from loading them during discovery.
* lv2core: Use consistent label style.
* atom: Fix lv2_atom_object_next() on 32-bit platforms.
* atom: Fix outdated documentation in forge.h.
* atom: Add lv2_atom_object_body_get().
* atom: Add LV2_ATOM_CONTENTS_CONST and LV2_ATOM_BODY_CONST.
* atom: Fix implicit conversions in forge.h that are invalid in C++11.
* atom: Use consistent label style.
* buf-size: Initial release.
* dynmanifest: Use consistent label style.
* event: Use consistent label style.
* event: Use more precise domain and range for EventPort properties.
* event: Remove asserts from event-helper.h.
* event: Make event iterator gracefully handle optional ports.
* midi: Add C definitions for message types and standard controllers.
* midi: Remove non-standard midi:Tick message type.
* midi: Add midi:binding and midi:channel predicates.
* midi: Use consistent label style.
* midi: Add midi:HexByte datatype for status bytes and masks.
* midi: Fix definition of SystemExclusive status byte.
* morph: Initial release.
* options: Initial release.
* parameters: Add parameters.h of URI defines for convenience.
* parameters: Use consistent label style.
* parameters: Add param:sampleRate.
* port-groups: Use consistent label style.
* port-props: Use consistent label style.
* presets: Use consistent label style.
* resize-port: Initial release.
* state: Use consistent label style.
* time: Use consistent label style.
* urid: Fix typo in urid:unmap documentation.
This release is backwards compatible with LV2 1.0.0, though updating is
recommended.
Enjoy,
-dr
This is a maintenance release of guitarix2 with some minor fixes.
Guitarix is a mono tube amplifier simulation for jack, with additional
mono/stereo effect racks which can be filled with some in-build effects
as well as with external LADSPA plugins.
Things that changed in this release:
* fix In "organize" mod copying preset form one bank to the
same one corrupts the bank
* add sse4a (CPU optimization) to wscript
* add treble booster unit
* set osc buffer-size menu to sensitive false when jack buffer
is larger then 1023 to avoid X-runs
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
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(apologies for cross-postings)
Note: the October 15th deadline for submissions is fast approaching!
Details follow:
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
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/Laborejohttps://twitter.com/#!/Laborejohttps://plus.google.com/b/116744898976321238325/
Screenshot: http://www.laborejo.org/images/screenshots/latestscreenshot.png
This is the release of version 0.3
Download: https://github.com/nilsgey/Laborejo/tarball/0.3
Dependencies: http://www.laborejo.org/documentation
Linux Instructions: Unpack, cd into the created directoy, execute:
./laborejo-qt
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.
New since version 0.2 (highlights):
-Many performance and stability improvements
-Improved Midi performance. Slur ends, tenuto etc.
-Ardour 3 exporter
-Fine control over midi velocity and note durations per note.
-Translation is now possible. A partial German translation is included.
-Lisalo Importer (convenient way to create new files with all jack connections set up already)
-Mirror notes, reverse, shuffle, sort ascending/descending
-The GUI can now open multiple files in tabs.
-Open as template: Use existing save files as templates for new ones. No need for explicit template files. Every file is one.
-Many new Lilypond and GUI functions such as: Auto-Piano staff from a single track (great for arpeggios), piano pedals and many more.
-Convert chord-tracks to single voice tracks
Most important known problems:
* This is Alpha Grade Software. Don't use for long-term work. However, the produced midis and PDFs will last forever.
* There is no built-in jack midi output yet. You have to export midi files.
* Documentation is nearly non-existent.
* Deleting selected objects may result in strange gui behaviour. Nothing a save/reload can't fix for now.
Have fun, it would be nice to hear from you!
Nils
http://www.laborejo.org
