After two beta releases, we are proud to announce the final release
"drag-on-fly" guitarix2-0.22.0.
Guitarix is a tube amplifier simulation for jack, with effect modules
and an additional stereo effect chain.
Download from http://sourceforge.net/projects/guitarix/
You can find some screenshots and explanations of the new version in
https://sourceforge.net/apps/mediawiki/guitarix/index.php?title=EnhancedUI
Things that changed since the beta2 release:
* many small fixes and enhancements
* compile fixes for several environments
* convolver unit
* fixed crash
* presets like for other rack units (instead of the old "favourites")
* for beta users: parameter scaling for Vibe unit changed.
if you stored a preset with Vibe settings you'll have to
adjust the values (sorry).
* if you see corrupted graphics in screen animations: it is probably a
video driver bug. You can try to set Option "EXAPixmaps" "off" at the
end of the device section in xorg.conf (location depending on system,
e.g. /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/ati.conf).
Announcement text from the beta releases:
Many things changed in the user interface. You can move rack units
by drag and drop (reflecting the signal flow), store individual
settings for each rack unit and use preset banks with several settings
for the whole rack. It's easy to take our "factory presets" and make
your own customized bank, or make your own from scratch and share it
on the Guitarix forum.
There is a new "live play mode" with only the info you need on stage
(it's fullscreen, no other penguins around), and a preset picking mode
with a foot switch (midi or usb, or if you don't have one even the
space bar of your keyboard) and the strings of your guitar to switch
settings.
Rack units are now put into categories, and two new ones are a noise
gate for high noise levels and a univibe emulation. Thanks go to the
developer of abGate and the nice guys from Rakarrack who helped
porting their univibe code and made the inclusion of it possible.
This is already too long, please check it out and give feedback if you
find a problem, this version is still beta.
Please refer to our project page for more information:
http://guitarix.sourceforge.net/
download site:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/guitarix/
please report bugs and suggestions in our forum:
http://sourceforge.net/apps/phpbb/guitarix/
here you can find a couple of examples produced by guitarix users:
http://sourceforge.net/apps/phpbb/guitarix/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=83
have fun
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For extra Impulse Responses, guitarix uses the zita-convolver library,
and, for resampling we use zita-resampler, both written by Fons
Adriaensen.
http://kokkinizita.linuxaudio.org/linuxaudio/index.html
We use the marvellous faust compiler to build the amp and most effects
and will say thanks to
: Julius Smith
http://ccrma.stanford.edu/realsimple/faust/
: Albert Graef
http://q-lang.sourceforge.net/examples.html#Faust
: Yann Orlary
http://faust.grame.fr/
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guitarix development team
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}Mixer4, the new text input audio mixer has been updated. The latest
version contains a couple of eq bug fixes, and lots of work on a
recursive reverb algorithm. The user can choose the position of the
listener in the room. An RMS sensing compressor has been added to
complement the peak sensing one. Also, command line entry of source
files is possible and makes submixing doable through a script. Both
32 and 64 bit versions are available in the same small download. A
quick start pdf and manual are available, but please feel welcome to
email me for additional help.
Grekim
www.acousticrefuge.com/mixer4.htm
Exactly one month after the first release, here is Laborejo 0.2!
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.
The next release is scheduled for May, 8th. One month from now.
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 (Laborejo and Lilypond, side by side):
http://www.laborejo.org/images/screenshots/latestscreenshot.png
This is the release of version 0.2
Download: https://github.com/nilsgey/Laborejo/tarball/0.2
Dependencies: http://www.laborejo.org/documentation
Linux Instructions: Unpack, cd into the created directoy, execute:
./laborejo-qt.sh
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 0.1:
- Repeats, Alternate Ends and Jumps in various forms. The main Feature
for this release.
- Playback Trigger ("Only reduce volume in the second repeat" or "Mute
track if python weather module reports rain")
- Master Track (Merges with every other Track. Use to structure your
piece, make global changes, change tempo etc.)
- Various Commands like "Join Selection to Chord" and "Add Octave to
Chord/Selection"
- The usual bread&butter bugfixing and improving.
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.
Have fun, it would be nice to hear from you!
Nils
http://www.laborejo.org
I'm happy to announce the first beta release of `synthclone`!
`synthclone` is a Qt-based application that can "clone" your
MIDI-capable instruments. It does this by sending out MIDI data that
instructs an instrument to emit sounds for a series of notes,
velocities, controls, and aftertouch values. It then saves 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/software.
* Save and restore sessions.
* Distributed with plugins that support the JACK Audio Connection Kit
(with JACK Session support), PortAudio and PortMidi, trimming of
samples, the creation of patches for Hydrogen and SFZ, and automated
zone generation.
* Can create multiple targets in one session (i.e. a Hydrogen 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 0.1.0:
* Lots of bug fixes.
* Added a "portable" semaphore implementation to the plugin API.
* Added the new PortMedia plugin, which supports sampling via
PortAudio and PortMidi.
* Get `synthclone` to compile on Mac OSX.
* Change build system to use traditional `./configure`, `make`, `make
install` scheme.
* Add new 'debian' target for building Debian packages (`./configure
--prefix=/usr`, `make debian`).
Future Development:
* Figure out a good packaging scheme for Mac OSX.
* Support the Non-Session Manager protocol.
* Write a plugin that creates Renoise instruments.
* Write a plugin that loads LADSPA effects.
* Write a plugin that loads LV2 effects.
* Write a plugin that loads samples from the filesystem (expanding on
the plugin created in this tutorial:
http://code.google.com/p/synthclone/wiki/TutorialWritingASimplePluginPart1)
* Consider different ways to support the detection and/or creation of loops.
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, and hope to meet some of you next week at the Linux Audio Conference.
--
Devin Anderson
surfacepatterns (at) gmail (dot) com
blog - http://surfacepatterns.blogspot.com/
synthclone - http://synthclone.googlecode.com/
Hi all,
The submission closes on April 1st. So here's your last chance to 8
seconds of fame:
**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 intro. Currently it is silent: http://vimeo.com/37900660
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
Hi all,
I would like to announce the release of aj-snapshot-0.9.6
aj-snapshot is a command line utility to store/restore
ALSA and/or JACK connections to/from an XML file.
The most important change in this release is that aj-snapshot
behaves differently in daemon mode. In the previous version
ALSA connections were restored continually, and JACK connections
whenever the connection graph had changed.
In this version, aj-snapshot will restore connections once when
it is started, and after that when new ports are registered in
ALSA or JACK. You can specify (in milliseconds) how often aj-snapshot
will poll for newly registered ports (-p --poll ms). The default is 1 second.
This means that you have a lot more freedom to change the connections
while the daemon is running, and gives you the opportunity to save
(and maybe reload) a new connection state.
Other changes include:
- added manual file
- rewrite of aj-snapshot.c to make it more readable and maintainable,
and to have less code repetition.
As always, there will be bugs, and I would be very
grateful if you would report them on the sourceforge site.
direct download:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/aj-snapshot/files/aj-snapshot-0.9.5.tar.bz2…
aj-snapshot website:
http://aj-snapshot.sourceforge.net/
bug tracker:
http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=311291&atid=1310488
feature requests:
http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=311291&atid=1310491
to clone the git repository:
git clone git://gitorious.org/aj-snapshot/aj-snapshot.git
Hope you enjoy,
lievenmoors
Dear friends, this is the 0.5.0 release of QMidiArp.
As a major new feature, it brings a parameter storage and switch center.
You can now store parameters, sequences and waveforms of all modules
together, and recall them all at once or individually by mouse click or
MIDI CC. The recall
behaviour can be adjusted to take place either at the
end of a chosen
module pattern or after a given number of beats.
This adds some more
versatility to QMidiArp as a handy Live tool.
But you can hide away the control panel if you don't need it...It's an Arp
and step sequencer after all.
And yes there are also some big and small bugs fixed, and surely some
new to discover!
Regards
Frank
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Downloads, documentation and more are here:
http://qmidiarp.sourceforge.net
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qmidiarp-0.5.0 (2012-03-24)
New Features
o New global storage handler allows storing and switching of parameters
and patterns between different storage locations. The restore switch
can be triggered after a specified module reaches its pattern end or
after a full number of beats. Switch can be done for a specific
module only or for all modules globally.
o Storage switches can be done by MIDI controller. The controller value
specifies the storage location.
o A new Legato option permits module triggering also by notes played
legato.
Fixed Bugs
o ALSA backend had become unstable in version 0.4.4 by some direct
function calls across threads.
o LFO waveform display didn't get updated during recording
o LFO recording caused restarting/triggering when it shouldn't
o Seq cloning led to crashes under certain conditions
I'm pleased to announce the 1.2 release of xwax -- DJ software for Linux.
http://xwax.org/http://xwax.org/releases/xwax-1.2.tar.gz
This release adds xwax's first MIDI controller; the major changes are:
* Scan directories only for known file extensions
* Support Novation 'Dicer' controller
* Cue points, including 'punch' feature
* Extra protection against skips: optionally lock memory into RAM
xwax is open-source vinyl emulation software for Linux. It allows DJs and
turntablists to playback digital audio files (MP3, Ogg Vorbis, FLAC, AAC
and more), controlled using a normal pair of turntables via timecoded
vinyls.
It's designed for both beat mixing and scratch mixing. Needle drops, pitch
changes, scratching, spinbacks and rewinds are all supported, and feel
just like the audio is pressed onto the vinyl itself.
The focus is on an accurate vinyl feel which is efficient, stable and
fast.
--
Mark
gst123-0.3.0 has been released.
Overview of changes in gst123-0.3.0:
------------------------------------
* Support visualization plugins during audio playback (Issue 3).
* Fix compilation for GNU/Hurd (Issue 7).
What is gst123?
---------------
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:
------
Website: http://space.twc.de/~stefan/gst123.php
Download: http://space.twc.de/~stefan/gst123/gst123-0.3.0.tar.bz2
--
Stefan Westerfeld, Hamburg/Germany, http://space.twc.de/~stefan
---------- Forwarded message ----------
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
