gst123-0.3.0 has been released.
Overview of changes in gst123-0.3.0:
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* Support visualization plugins during audio playback (Issue 3).
* Fix compilation for GNU/Hurd (Issue 7).
What is gst123?
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The program gst123 is designed to be a more flexible command line player in the
spirit of ogg123 and mpg123, based on gstreamer. It plays all file formats
gstreamer understands, so if you have a music collection which contains
different file formats, like flac, ogg and mp3, you can use gst123 to play all
your music files.
Since gst123-0.1.0 support for watching videos has been added; however gst123
should run fine in situations where no X11 display is available; videos can be
played without X11 display, too (-x, --novideo); in this case, only the audio
stream will be played.
It is implemented in C++ and licensed under the GNU LGPL version 2
Links:
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Website: http://space.twc.de/~stefan/gst123.php
Download: http://space.twc.de/~stefan/gst123/gst123-0.3.0.tar.bz2
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Stefan Westerfeld, Hamburg/Germany, http://space.twc.de/~stefan
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From: SuperCollider Symposium London <info(a)sc2012.org.uk>
Hi all,
April sees the SuperCollider Symposium 2012, an international
collision of programming and audio. We can now announce the Wednesday
club finale will be an audiovisual extravaganza headlined by
BOXCUTTER.
Boxcutter’s continuously shape-shifting sound has long flowed beyond
the bounds of what we call dubstep. His lead-heavy missives share the
cross-over appeal of Burial or Vex’d, whilst keeping a foot firmly in
the more electronically-founded margins of the genre. Boxcutter will
headline the SuperCollider Club night at Corsica Studios, evolving his
live bass and electronics set on their famously gorgeous sound system.
Also providing live beats is NY/Berlin legend Timeblind, as well as
Mexican party duo Mico Rex, and Louis Mac premiering his PortaDJ
machine. But it’s not all about beats: this midweek extravaganza also
features mind-altering audiovisual performances from Japan’s
Craftwife, Berlin’s Fredrik Olofsson and Brighton’s Chris Kiefer.
It all takes place Wed 18th April, 8pm–1:30am, at Corsica Studios
(Elephant & Castle tube). Tickets are £5 advance, more on the door.
(Or included in the full-week symposium ticket.) Spread the word.
website: http://www.sc2012.org.uk/
facebook: http://www.facebook.com/events/325748604145008/
sc2012
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact:
Eduard Müller
taktik(a)renoise.com
Berlin, 16, March 2010
## Renoise 2.8 Now Available
Renoise, a multi-platform DAW based on mod trackers, adds 64-bit
support for all platforms in its latest release, plus a vast amount of
workflow improvements and features to complement its already unique
approach to music composition.
# WHAT'S NEW?
For a complete rundown of the new features, have a look at the
Renoise 2.8 launch page: http://www.renoise.com/release-notes/280
Full 64-bit Support:
- 64-bit versions for all platforms: Windows, OSX and Linux
- Plug-in bridge allows 32-bit plug-ins to be used within 64-bit Renoise
- Full Rewire 64-bit support
Track Groups & Collapsing:
- Group tracks into logical units, collapse them for better overview
- Flexible routing of group tracks
- Collapsed tracks use minimal space, while still providing a quick overview
- Pattern effects in groups will affect all member tracks simultaneously
- Automatically collapse all tracks except the one you are focussing on
- Color code tracks with adjustable background colors
New and Improved DSP Effects and Meta Devices:
- New DSP Multitap delay for spaced out filtered echo madness
- New DSP Repeater for st-st-st-stuttery goodness
- New DSP Exciter to make your mixes sparkle
- New Meta Mixer allowing blending of modulation signals into one output
- Improved EQs with bigger graphs and all values can be automated
- Improved Send devices, which can now be individually panned
- New and improved crossover filters for the Multi Send device
Other Workflow Improvements:
- Sample Editor channels can be edited separately
- Significantly faster sample loading
- New and improved spectrum view with phase correlation meter in Phase Scope
- Side-by-side comparison of two tracks in the spectrum view
- New pattern effects: Tremolo, Auto Pan, Set Envelope Position
- Logical mnemonics for pattern effects from A to Z instead of cryptic numbers
- Hyper-threading support for new Intel i5 and i7 CPUs and others
- Various audio engine speed optimizations for all platforms
- New Favorites system for plug-ins and native DSP devices
- Expandable and detachable Envelope Editor
- Memorize last used bank/preset paths per plug-in
- Automatically name rendered songs/patterns
and much more...
# PRICING AND AVAILABILITY
The price of Renoise remains the same: 58 Euro for any or all 3 platforms.
Everyone who buys Renoise 2.8 will get free upgrades up until and including
version 3.8.
# WHAT IS RENOISE
Renoise is a complete, expandable Digital Audio Workstation (DAW) with a
refreshing twist. It lets you record, compose, edit, process and render
production-quality audio using a tracker-based approach. It features a wide
range of built-in audio processors, alongside support for all commonly used
virtual instrument and effect plug-in formats.
In a tracker, the music runs from top to bottom in an easily understood
grid known as a pattern. Several patterns arranged in a certain order make up
a song. Editing in a pattern grid lends itself very well to a fast and
immediate keyboard-based workflow. With Renoise you can produce loops, beats,
chords and melodies efficiently step-by-step.
Renoise is multi-platform; runs on Windows, Mac and Linux.
Hi folks,
I apologize for confusion over Linux users possibly needing a license.
The binary I posted yesterday does not need a license code to run, and
just now I posted a new version that removes a license warning. SInce
the program is running on other operating systems as well, I may charge
Mac or Windows users a small fee for use. For Linux users, in the
spirit of this wonderful environment, I intended to have a (free)
license as a way of keeping in touch with who is using the software and
provide users with updates. So if you eventually use the software and
enjoy it please send me an email so I can keep you updated and hear your
suggestions.
Thanks,
Grekim Jennings
Homerecording.be has set up a meeting on Sunday March 18 which also
includes a workshop totally dedicated to Linux audio.The workshop,
organized by Rosea Grammostola, will take about an hour and consists of
an introduction to the world of Linux audio, showcasing the major
software projects and what they're capable of and a hands-on
demonstration by yours truly.
The meeting will take place in Leuven at Muziekcentrum Het Depot and the
Linux audio workshop starts at 16.30.
Hope to see you there!
Best,
Jeremy
http://www.homerecording.be/meeting (in Dutch)
http://www.hetdepot.be/educatie/homerecording-tour (in Dutch)
Dear friends,
I have created an audio mixing and processing program in which the user
is able to adjust all parameters from a few text files. It works
offline and will require another program of your choice to play or
visualize the audio. This appeals to me since it puts the emphasis on
listening rather than watching meters and waveforms.
The application itself is only around 50 kB in size and coded in C.
Some features include a unique "linear" compressor, an EQ, 66 tap
reverb, volume automation, special time based panning algorithms, and
precision summing. I plan to keep it free of charge to all Linux
users. I am very excited about it and look forward to your feedback.
Best wishes,
Grekim
Link to the download page:
www.acousticrefuge.com/mixer4.htm
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. Don't worry about the layout, just concentrate on the music.
Screenshot (Laborejo and Lilypond, side by side): http://www.laborejo.org/images/screenshots/2012-01-31-223820_3840x1080_scro…
This is the first release, version number 0.1
Download: https://github.com/nilsgey/Laborejo/tarball/0.1
Dependencies: http://www.laborejo.org/documentation
There are too many features to mention them all and too many missing features and bugs to warn you. 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.
* Performance can get bad very quickly if you use Containers.
* There is no built-in sophisticated midi player/jack midi output yet. You have to export midi files.
* Documentation is nearly non-existent.
Have fun, it would be nice to hear from you!
Nils
http://www.laborejo.org
(All kinds of crazy social web services are linked there!)
[sorry for x-posting, please distribute]
Post Digital Art -- Third International Computer Art Congress (CAC.3)
http://postdigital.eu
Conference/Workshops/Exhibitions/Performances
November 26-28, 2012 @ Le Centquatre, Paris, France
CAC.3 invites artists, intellectuals, engineers and scientists to share
their imaginations, creations, inventions and visions on post digital art.
Call for papers, art, installations and workshops
We encourage researchers, artists, engineers and thought leaders to
present a paper on subjects including - but not limited to: Algorithmic
Art, ASCII Art, Bio Art, Computer Graphics, Connected Creation, Computer
Music, Demo-Scene, Digital Illustration and Paintings, Education,
Fractal and Generative Art or Music, Interactive and Media Art, Motion
Graphics, Sound Visualization, Software Art, Internet Art, Tradigital
Art, Video Games,..
We invite artists of all professions to present art-pieces, performances
and installations during the congress.
Details to answer the CFP can be found at
http://postdigital.eu/participation
Deadline for submissions: June 4th, 2012
best wishes,
robin
**Create a soundtrack for the LAC 2012 video-trailer**
We are going to prefix the video-recordings of this year's LAC with a
short trailer. Currently it is silent: http://vimeo.com/37900660
What better source is there for the Linux-Audio-Conference-Sound than
the Linux-Audio community itself!
It's on rather short notice, but it's just 8 seconds long.
Details to answer the call, as well as information about the video can
be found in README.txt that accompanies the video-file:
http://download.linuxaudio.org/lac2012/
looking forward to /hear/ from you,
robin
Greetings,
I'm pleased to announce the release of Non-DAW and Non-Mixer version
1.1.0. It's been a while since the last release. But, I assure you,
the project is still alive and well.
This release includes a number of fixes and some minor improvements to
the build system. The big changes are:
* Enhancements to the spatialization controls (which are automatically
provided for Ambisonics plugins).
* Support for the Non Session Manager.
* Enhancements to Control Sequences, OSC control signals can be sent
from Non-DAW to Non-Mixer. These connections will be preserved in
the session.
* Non-Mixer accepts input for all Module/Plugin controls via OSC.
* Non-Mixer can now import and export individual strips (including the
chain of modules and all their parameters!) This allows a workflow
on a higher level than presets.
* Updated visual styles for both Non-Mixer and Non-DAW. The 'Flat'
style has been greatly improved.
* New knob styles for Non-Mixer and knob style is a configuration
option rather than requiring editing the source.
* New icons in an assortment of sizes.
Additionally, Non now supports a robust new session management
protocol called NSM. A session management daemon is provided along
with a graphical interface called Non-Session-Manager. NSM represents
a significant leap forward for session management in Linux audio.
:: History of NSM
Way back in 2008, I became frustrated with the state of the art of
session management on Linux (a situation which has improved only
incrementally since that time). I ditched support for LASH, wrote a
lengthy post about Non-DAW's session management requirements to the
LAD mailing list, and started managing my sessions with shell scripts
and jack_snapshot. This eventually evolved into a session manager
written in Unix shell and using Unix FIFOs and regular files for
client control/communication. This system of session management was
tentatively called NASH (Non Audio Session Handler) and was never
released. In 2010, shortly after the release of Non-Mixer, I devised a
prototype version of the NSM OSC API and have been using it, still
unreleased and in prototype form, since then. The 2010 implementation
did not have a user interface and was controlled via shell scripts
using the `send_osc` command included in the distribution. Then, in
2012 (4 years later!), I was contacted by an enthusiastic power-user
regarding implementing OSC support in Non-Mixer. Since NSM uses OSC
for server<->client communication, I already had much of the OSC work
done and figured I might as well release it--and, while I was at it,
NSM. I then endeavored to simplify and document the NSM API,
discussing it at length with, and taking many suggestions from, Nedko
Arnaudov, the LADISH author. After implementing the
Non-Session-Manager FLTK GUI to control the session management daemon,
a new release became inevitable.
:: Bullet Points for NSM:
* Extremely fast and responsive control mechanism and user interface.
* The only dependency for clients and server is an OSC library (I use
liblo).
* Smart clients are able to switch projects without restarting.
* Clients can provide real-time status feedback to the server, and
therefor the user.
* The server stores all session data in per-session directories under
a configurable session root.
* Clients are forbidden to save or open files outside of the
per-session directory.
* The server provides simple template support in the form of
whole-session duplication.
* The Session management daemon is fully controllable via OSC.
* Strict user interface guidelines for a uniform and predictable
experience.
* The abstract session management API has no architectural requirement
for JACK, Xorg or any other subsystem (other than UDP
networking). This means that both headless daemons and programs
which are not JACK clients can be managed together in the same
session.
* A single session can be distributed across multiple machines on a
network.
* Multiple, independent, sessions can be opened on one machine at the
same time.
:: More About the NSM API
The latest NSM API documentation can be found at:
http://non.tuxfamily.org/nsm/API.html
NSM is included in the Non-DAW/Non-Mixer repository.
:: Ongoing and Future Development
Features that are in development for future releases include an
auto-learning and graphically re-mappable JACK MIDI<->OSC gateway
program tentatively named Non-OSC-MIDI-Mapper, which will simplify the
connection of bidirectional control surfaces such as the BCF2000 to
Non-Mixer. This program relies on Non's generic Control Signal layer
on top of OSC. So it's not necessarily generally useful (although, in
the future, it may be possible to use the `libmapper` library to
provide the same functionality in a somewhat standard way).
LV2 support is a frequently asked question. For various reasons, I
currently have no plans to host LV2 plugins in Non-Mixer. But if
anyone can come up with a compelling argument for LV2, or name one
existing (libre) LV2-only plugin which couldn't be ported to LADSPA in
a few hours that I couldn't live without having in Non-Mixer--I'd love
to hear about it.
I plan to re-factor Non-Sequencer to use the `nonlib` library common
to Non-DAW and Non-Mixer. This will eliminate some duplicated code and
allow for some of the user interface improvements seen in Non-DAW to
be implemented for Non-Sequencer. It will also enable various forms of
MIDI support in Non-DAW/Non-Mixer (it's not clear yet what forms this
support might take.)
Similarly, by using nonlib, OSC will be available in Non-Sequencer,
probably taking the form of OSC control for pattern triggers and
possibly pattern input. Also, with NSM's 'broadcast' capability, the
holy grail of a shared tempomap is closer than ever.
Another long-term goal for Non-Sequencer is to make the interface more
compatible with touchscreen use, which I am better equipped to tackle
now that I have a tablet like computer to play with.
A near term goal for Non-Mixer is to add an option to that causes all
mixer strips to run in a single JACK client. Conceptually, this is a
horrible idea, but due to some practical performance limitations of
JACK which affect users with hundreds of mixer strips, it may be a
necessary evil. Leave it to JACK to design and advertise a feature
(multiple clients per process) and then turn around and antagonize the
people who actually use it.
:: Project Notes
Please keep in mind that the Non project is a one man show. I designed
and implemented all of this stuff by my self, and at a considerable
cost in time, sleep and energy. I make it available to you so that you
can be free of the enormous burden of having to solve these complex
problems yourself. I see chatter on various forums about forking the
project, the project being dead, etc. Unlike some of the more
heavyweight projects out there, Non has no corporate sponsor, and I
have a complicated and turbulent existence which does not always allow
me to devote my attention to purely intellectual pursuits. I welcome
any and all contributions, whether they be in the form of code,
documentation, testing, package maintenance, chocolate, roses,
precious metals, priceless relics--whatever. If those who bring up the
issue of forking really had the skill and energy required to do
something better with Non-*, you'd think they'd at least try
submitting a few patches to me first...
I run Debian GNU/Linux and Non-* use a made-from-scratch custom build
system which relies on accurate information from pkg-config. I cannot
test on, or anticipate the quirks of, the hundreds of other Linux
distributions out there. I have a policy of never committing code to
the Non git repositories which does not build. Thus, if you are having
a problem building Non on your system, chances are it's just because
of some silly/simple quirk of the distribution you're using that could
easily be fixed. However, I'm not going to scour the web looking for
these reports. Unless you send a report to the appropriate Non-*
mailing list, expect that your issue will never be resolved. As
always, the best and fastest way to get anything fixed is to just fix
it yourself and sent me the patch--preferably with a thorough
explanation in the commit message of why it is needed and how it
works, as the less time I have to spend reviewing a patch, the quicker
it will be applied.
And finally, a note to packagers: If you feel that there's something
about Non's build system that you don't understand or feel like you
have to hack around, please consider discussing it with me. I'm more
than willing to make changes to the build system which make life
easier for packagers and improve the quality of packages. Having flaky
builds of Non-* in a distribution's packages isn't good for
anybody. I've seen comments in distributions' packaging bugtrackers
saying that Non is a dead project, that the "developers" (plural) are
unresponsive etc. But I've never heard from these people. If they
actually took the time to email me, they might have different
opinions.
:: Errata
I do not recommend linking Non-DAW against FLTK 1.3.0. FLTK 1.3.0
introduced a number of bugs, one of which seriously impairs Non-DAW's
graphics performance. Non-Sequencer and Non-Mixer do not use the
features of FLTK that have become buggy, so if you only plan to use
them 1.3.0 should be fine. 1.1.10, 1.1.9, and 1.1.7 work fine,
however.
In the future, I'll be maintaining a known-working version of FLTK
along with the Non repository so that Non-* can be statically linked
to the custom FLTK and avoid problems like this--and also allow many
workarounds used by the Non-* programs to be removed in preference to
fixing them at their source.
If you decide to build FLTK yourself, don't forget to use the
following configure options:
--enable-threads --enable-shared --enable-xft --enable-xdbe
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Non-DAW and Non-Mixer (and Non-Sequencer) can be acquired via git from
the URLs listed on the Non website:
http://non.tuxfamily.org
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The shortlog from v1.0.0 to v1.1.0 follows:
Jonathan Moore Liles (114):
Mixer: Don't use Fl_Group::clip_children(), which was only made
public in FLTK 1.1.10.
Fix a 64-bit bug in LADSPAInfo.
Fix another 64-bit bug in Module insertion.
Fix a mismerge that caused meter indicators not to be updated.
FL: Clip drawing of value of FL_Sometimes_Input when in non-input mode.
Mixer: Set minimum size for main window.
Mixer: Fix automatic row layout logic.
Mixer: Don't die if user picks a submenu node in module context menu.
Mixer: Destroy a module's parameter editor window when the
module itself is destroyed.
FL: Get rid of unnecessary call to clip_children().
Move non-daw scripts into timeline/ tree.
Mixer: Save/load the control mode status of the gain controller
as part of the mixer strip's state.
Mixer: Improve spatializer appearance.
Mixer: Report azimuth and elevation of panner points.
Mixer/Module_Parameter_Editor: Automatically show panner control
for module parameter pairs named Azimuth and Elevation.
Mixer/Panner: Vary width of latitude lines.
Module Parameter Editor: Don't use local allocation to store label.
Mixer: Further improve the appearance of the Panner widget.
Mixer: Fix azimuth/elevation reporting. Load current values in
Module_Parameter_Editor.
FL/Fl_Scalepack: Give scalepack the ability contain a resizable() child.
Mixer/Mixer: Cleanup.
Mixer: Auto-connect spatializer controls to spatialization plugins.
Mixer: Cleanup.
Mixer/Panner: Fix azimuth assignment.
Make spatialization mode of controller_module more robust.
Mixer/Module_Parameter_Editor: Don't point widow label at stack
allocation.
Mixer/Module_Parameter_Edtior: Silence compiler warnings.
Mixer: Raise (arbitrary) maximum number of channels of JACK
module from 6 to 16.
Mixer: Fix callback delivery by Controller Module.
Timeline: Fix 64-bit bug in interactive region trimming.
Fix 64-bit bug in peakfile handling.
Mixer: Explicitly link to libdl.
Fix build being broken by some include defining a preprocessor
macro for 'None'
Mixer: Don't segfault when removing a module.
Mixer: Don't segfault during teardown upon WM initiated exit.
Mixer: Handle WM main window close event just like Quit menu
comment (confirm save).
Some distributions put --as-needed in pkg-config and fltk-config
results. *See you in /dev/null*
Some distributions put --as-needed in pkg-config and fltk-config
results. *See you in /dev/null*
Really. I do.
Don't rely on 'Fl' symlink which only exists on Debian.
Mixer: Add basic OSC support.
Mixer: Add basic OSC control to Controller_Module.
Mixer: Add commandline option for specifying the OSC port to use.
Mixer: Allow clients to query for available OSC paths.
Mixer: Ensure that JACK_Module passes chain_name_changed event
to its Controllers.
Mixer: OSC enhancements. Responsd to both exact (range limited)
and Control Voltage (0.0-1.0 on */cv) input.
Mixer: Make OSC ports a property of Module::Port, not
Controller_Module. Therefore, all plugin parameters will be accessible
via OSC.
Mixer: Create unique OSC paths even when multiple instances of a
module/plugin with the same name exist in a chain.
OSC: Don't swallow up all parameterless messages.
Mixer: Feedback control values to OSC senders.
Mixer: Default OSC paths are CV. Use /unscaled for exact input.
Mixer: Don't create/destroy OSC ports more often than necessary.
Mixer: Update OSC paths upon chain/strip name change.
Mixer: Add OSC section to documentation.
Mixer: Display realtime parameter changes (initiated via
automation or GUI) in Module_Parameter_Editor
Mixer: Cleanup OSC value scaling/clamping behavior.
Mixer: Fix behavior issues of Toggle controls.
Mixer: Don't allow ',' in OSC paths.
Mixer: Fix mirroring and OSC automation of Spatialization controls.
Implement the Non-Session-Manager (NSM)
Mixer: Fix GUI update on Controller_Modules being controlled via JACK CV.
Mixer: Destroy instances of Controller_Module when the connected
modules are removed.
NSM: Process more than one message per wait cycle!
NSM: Detect death of clients whose processes are not children of NSMD.
NSM: Update documentation.
NSM: Fix logic when waiting for clients to load.
NSM: Support sessions spread across multiple servers.
OSC: Process all available events in one wait cycle.
Give Non-DAW the ability to detect Non-Mixer OSC servers via NSM
broadcast handshake.
OSC: Implement generic signal model with path auto discovery through NSM.
NSM: Mutli-server fixes.
Timeline: Don't die when not running under NSM.
Mixer: Don't die when not running under NSM.
FL: Fix an uninitialized value.
Mixer: Fix an invalid read on strip destruction due to a missing lock.
Don't poll NSM as frequently.
NSM: Clients must use the same protocol (UDP,TCP) as NSM server.
Timeline/Track: Avoid unnecessary drawing of occluded track box.
Timeline: Add interpolation mode choice of Linear and None to
Control Sequences.
OSC: Save and restore OSC signal connections outgoing from Non-DAW.
Timeline: Run OSC output in a dedicated thread.
Timeline: Clock cleanup.
OSC: Signal cleanups.
OSC: Improvements to signal routing.
Add libsigc++ as a dependency.
Big OSC signal cleanups
NSM: Add --detach option to nsmd.
NSM: Add session locking to nsmd.
NSM: Minor GUI enhancements.
NSM: Don't forget to inform GUI of the removal of stopped
clients when closing a session.
OSC: Fix signal creation notification.
Cleanup compiler warnings.
NSM: Time client responses.
Update documentation.
Mixer: Document spatialization control for Ambisonics plugins.
Mixer: Update documentation.
scripts: Allow suggested packages.
Everybody gets new icons! Also, .desktop files.
Use getopt_long for processing command line arguments to Non-DAW
and Non-Mixer.
NSM: For lack of a better place to put it, add 'jackpatch'
program to the repository.
NSM: Minor cleanup.
NSM: Update documentation.
Add notes to packagers.
Add 'gleam' inspired boxtypes to replace the ones in the gtk+
theme. Also, tweak crystal boxtypes.
Mixer: Add new 'plastic' knob type. Make knob type to display
configurable.
GUI tweaks.
Mixer: Try harder to avoid drawing meters more than necessary.
Timeline: Work around bug in FLTK 1.3 when drawing a string
containing only symbols.
Mixer: Make slider types optional too.
Timeline: Warn about buggy FLTK version.
Mixer: Try to fix some weirdness with Controller Module knob display.
Mixer: Implement mixer Strip import/export
Update Non-DAW screenshot in documentation.
Bump versions.
