From the "Better Late than Never Dept"...
Announcing the _*Linux Audio Musicians Best of 2010 mix*_
Download and view the full playlist of 116 tracks here:
http://djcj.org/audio/lam/
Listen to the continuous radio stream here:
http://radio.linuxaudio.org/lam2010.ogg.m3u
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Congratulations!!! to the Artists and Bands that made 2010 a bumper year
for well produced and unique music from the Linux Audio Community. This
mix is the biggest yet with over 100 tracks included and over 12 hours
of music to listen to. A hefty selection of guitar music and rock
productions are included in this years mix to complement the large range
of electronica. The variation of styles and genres is superb and as
expected there was lots of off the wall and challenging music produced
during the 2010 period also.
The playlist has been ordered in terms of Genre/Style to make it easier
to separate the tracks out for those with specific tastes and to ensure
the radio stream flows nicely.
If you feel that there is a track missing please feel free to contact me
with details. This is a snapshot of the year so lets make it as complete
as possible.
Enjoy!
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Patrick Shirkey
Boost Hardware Ltd.
Hya,
I've just brought jack-stdout up to scratch.
jack-stdout captures audio from one or more JACK audio-ports and writes
raw data to standard-output.
It can write signed/unsigned 16/24bit integer and 32bit floating-point
data, both big/little endian.
* http://rg42.org/oss/jackstdout/
* git://rg42.org/jack-stdout
example usage - live stream from JACK:
jack-stdout system:capture_1 system:capture_2 \
| oggenc -r -R 48000 -B 16 -C 2 - \
| tee /tmp/recording.ogg \
| oggfwd -p -n "my live stream" localhost 5900 hackme live.ogg
have fun,
robin
In this release:
* Fixes and improvements that improve interoperability with these
plugins:
* The Composite Sampler
* EQ10Q
* Calf
* Support the new dynamic manifest extension and thus NASPRO 0.2.90
* It is now possible to supply on commandline a regular expression
instead of URI. The regexp must match only one URI.
* Plugin GUI windows now have WM_WINDOW_ROLE set to "plugin_ui" (for
WM kludges etc)
* Various improvements in lv2 turtle rdf parsing
* A commandline parsing bug that prevented use of state file is fixed
* Better reporting and handling of ttl syntax errors
* The plugin scanner got some speed an memory optimizations
* It is now possible to build and use zynjacku on MacOSX
* Windows of the generic GUIs are now smaller when the plugin is not
dynparam one
* The Author column is now named Maintainer to better match
doap:maintainer semantics
* Change installation layout to better suit Debian and hopefully
other distros as well
* In single plugin mode, exit if UI show failed
* Properly handle scan when there are no lv2 plugins installed (patch
by Orcan Ogetbil)
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=551480
* Fix syntax error exception. #15558
* When rack was being cleared, some plugin UI windows were not being
closed. This bug was fixed.
zynjacku is JACK based, GTK (2.x) host for LV2 synths. It has one JACK
MIDI input port (routed to all hosted synths) and one (two for stereo
synths) JACK audio output port per plugin. Such design provides
multi-timbral sound by running several synth plugins.
zynjacku is a nunchaku weapon for JACK audio synthesis. You have solid
parts for synthesis itself and you have flexible part that allows
synthesis to suit your needs.
lv2rack is a host for LV2 effect plugins.
Project homepage with screenshots:
http://home.gna.org/zynjacku/
Get tarball from here:
https://gna.org/files/?group=zynjacku
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Nedko Arnaudov <GnuPG KeyID: 7862B9E45D1B58ED>
The C* Audio Plugin Suite reaches version 0.4.5.
http://quitte.de/dsp/caps.htmlhttp://quitte.de/dsp/caps_0.4.5.tar.gz
CAPS is a collection of refined LADSPA units covering a wide range of
applications, from stompbox classics to experimental oscillators.
CAPS is distributed as open source under the terms of the GNU Public
License.
-*-
This release brings a new plugin, "Narrower", which reduces the
perceived width of a stereophonic image. Frequent users of headphones
will appreciate the increased subtlety of the listening experience as
well as the reduced fatigue caused by "superstereo" recordings.
Other than that, some minor bugs have been fixed and the accompanying
PDF data sheet has been improved (frequency response plots now use log
scale: http://quitte.de/dsp/caps-0.4.5.pdf ).
The build configuration tool "configure.py" has been modified to
handle python3's errant ways in graceful manner.
Upgrading is recommended unless you have no need for the new plugin
and the current version is working fine for you.
-*-
Enjoy, and thank you for using CAPS,
Tim
Hi all,
I'm glad to announce the release of NASPRO 0.2.90.
NASPRO (http://naspro.atheme.org/) is meant to be a cross-platform
sound processing software architecture built around the LV2 plugin
standard (http://lv2plug.in/).
The goal of the project is to develop a series of tools to make it
easy and convenient to use LV2 for sound processing on any (relevant)
platform and for everybody: end users, host developers, plugin
developers, distributors and scientists/researchers.
This release is a total redesign/rewrite that more or less
reimplements the features of the previous release, but in a much
cleaner and maintainable way.
It includes:
* NASPRO core: the portable runtime library at the bottom of the architecture;
* NASPRO Bridge it: a little helper library to develop
insert-your-API-here to LV2 bridges;
* NASPRO bridges: a collection of bridges to LV2 which, once
installed, allow you to use plugins developed for other plugin
standards in LV2 hosts.
In particular, the NASPRO bridges collection includes two bridges: a
LADSPA (http://www.ladspa.org/) 1.1 and a DSSI
(http://dssi.sourceforge.net/) 1.0.0/1.1.0 bridge.
All of the code is released under the LGPL 2.1
(http://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl-2.1.html) license.
More information is available on the project's website.
Enjoy!
Stefano D'Angelo
I would like to announce the release of flarps-0.1.0
Flarps is an arpeggiator for Linux. It uses JACK MIDI to generate
melodies, and it can be controlled live by editing a text file in
a simple text-editor.
Flarps is designed around the notion of 'steps'. A step describes
the relative distance between two MIDI notes, and has a horizontal
and a vertical component. Vertically, a difference in pitch is
specified, and horizontally a distance in time (rhythm).
You can find a lot more information about flarps here:
http://flarps.sourceforge.net/
You can download it directly at:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/flarps/files/flarps-0.1.0.tar.bz2/download
Or you can clone the git repository with:
git clone git://flarps.git.sourceforge.net/gitroot/flarps/flarps
For bug reports, feature requests, support requests etc., please use
the facilities at the sourceforge project site.
New ideas or patches for this project are very welcome.
If you want to collaborate on this project, you can find
me on the linux-audio-dev mailing list.
lievenmoors
LV2 4.0 is out.
More information about LV2 can be found at: http://lv2plug.in
This release is a significant one, fixing many problems and introducing
a new standard (though optional) method of depending on LV2 extensions.
In particular, it is now possible to install system-wide extensions and
build against them using a standard include style (without requiring a
central authority on extension package names). The lv2core package, as
of this version, includes a utility called lv2config that makes this
possible.
See http://lv2plug.in/docs/index.php?title=Using_Extensions_in_Code for
details.
Changes (non-exhaustive):
* Make doap:license suggested, but not required (for wrappers)
* Define lv2:binary (MUST be in manifest.ttl)
* Define lv2:majorVersion and lv2:minorVersion (MUST be in manifest.ttl)
* Define lv2:documentation and use it to document lv2core
* Add lv2:FunctionPlugin and lv2:ConstantPlugin classes
* Move lv2:AmplifierPlugin under lv2:DynamicsPlugin
* Loosen domain of lv2:optionalFeature and lv2:requiredFeature
(to allow re-use in extensions)
* Add generic lv2:Resource and lv2:PluginBase classes
* Fix definition of lv2:minimum etc. (used for values, not scale points)
* More precisely define properties with OWL
* Move project metadata to manifest
* Add lv2:enumeration port property.
* Define run() pre-roll special case (sample_count == 0).
Release tarball is available at: http://lv2plug.in/spec/lv2core-4.0.tar.bz2
Documentation for LV2 core is available at: http://lv2plug.in/ns/lv2core
<http://lv2plug.in/ns/lv2core/>
Share and enjoy,
-dr
# FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
March 13th, 2011 - The metronome swings back. Renoise 2.7 transitions from the developer-heavy focus of the previous release to more musical concerns such as Sampling, Instruments, Automation, and Native DSPs.
As part of a beta promotion, Renoise 2.7 is available at €40 for new users. We're lowering the entry barrier to our beta cycle, known as the feature improvement phase before the final release. Already registered? Then why not bump your version for €32 in the Backstage?
# WHAT'S NEW?
Renoise's internal instruments have been re-engineered. The focal point is a new keyzone editor that supports overlapping, velocity, and key release mappings. The Sample Keyzones editor brings with it user interface refinements, improved drumkit generation, better tuning options, new sample properties, and loop modes. Live instrumentalists can also tap into new realtime rendering modes and MIDI input routing, making Renoise on a laptop a formidable replacement for your old sampler.
New Slice Markers push Renoise's breakbeat insanity one step further. With the click of a button, your break is sliced and keymapped. Amens away! More than just a beatslicer, creatives will soon discover custom offsets and the power of aliases for controlling longer recordings like vocals and soundscapes.
The revamped Automation Editor now provides a zoomable overview of the entire song, as well as vastly improved envelope resolution. Navigating is smooth, dragging and drawing easier, so simple yet so useful.
Internal FX get an injection of winning with a new Comb Filter and a Multiband Send that lets you surgically redirect a single sound source to 3 send tracks. New draggable gain and frequency handles in the native EQs add flavour and finesse to the tools. Other changes include improvements to DSSI, MIDI optimizations, hardware-compatible solo mode, adjustable audio headroom, pre-count, ameliorations to the Lua API, and numerous other changes in every aspect of the app; no stone was left unturned in this release.
Full changelog with screenshots here:
* http://www.renoise.com/new
# NEW DEVELOPER ANNOUNCEMENT:
In the last Renoise iteration the core dev team included: Eduard Müller (Taktik), who may have worked on version one of some other Berlin based DAW. Erik Jälevik, whose previous gig was lead C++ programmer at Last.fm, and his prize-winning university project "Beatrak - An Application for Automatic Beat Tracking and Cataloguing of Music Collections" ain't too shabby. Lucio Asnaghi (kRAkEn/gORe), a seasoned Linux developer whose other work include Jost, the Jucetice project, and more.
Welcome to the newest contributor: Kieran Foster, aka dblue, aka author of the dblue/illformed Glitch VST. Kieran has been the official Renoise support liaison for the last year and is relocating to Berlin to brainstorm and work with the others at Renoise HQ. Interesting times ahead!
# ABOUT RENOISE:
Renoise is a sophisticated music sequencer and audio processing application for Windows, Macintosh, and Linux. It's a unique all-in-one music production environment for your personal computer.
Renoise's rock-solid stability makes it ideal as a live jamming tool. You can map almost every part of the interface to a MIDI controller, run your guitar through a Line-In Device and distort it with native effects, or just use it as a drum machine; a sampler on steroids.
Renoise's open API allows programmers to easily extend Renoise. With a few lines of code you can add the features or tools that you always wanted but never dared to ask for.
Renoise is based on mod trackers. Mod trackers are characterized by displaying and editing music in an easily understood grid known as a pattern. These patterns are akin to sheet music, but are displayed alphanumerically instead of with musical notation.
Renoise boasts full ReWire and Jack support, FX and instrument VST/AU/LADSPA/DSSI plug-in support, automatic plug-in delay compensation, multi-core load balancing, MIDI I/O, OpenSoundControl, audio recording, flexible audio output, graphical & numerical parameter automation, modular parameter routing, and much more.
Due to its keyboard driven workflow, it makes the creation of desktop music far quicker than in a traditional MIDI-based sequencer. For experienced users, and those who don't necessarily want to be bound to piano roll systems to make music, it offers a refreshing approach to composing and is one of the most efficient ways to do so using a computer.
Instead of spending hours cobbling beats together with a mouse, why not do it in seconds with just a few keystrokes in Renoise? Whether you're an audio veteran or just starting out, Renoise is a fantastic addition to any bedroom or professional studio.
Got laptop? Use Renoise.
# WEBSITE:
* http://www.renoise.com
On behalf of the entire Rivendell development team, I'm pleased to announce the release of the second release candidate of Rivendell 2.x, v2.0.0rc1. 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 ***
This is the second release candidate of Rivendell 2.x. All changes made
since 2.0.0rc0 have involved fixes for reported bugs and improved
integration with various distributions and desktop environments. See
the ChangeLog for specifics.
If upgrading from a v1.x version of Rivendell, be sure to read the
'UPGRADING' file before proceeding for important information.
Database Update:
This version of Rivendell uses database schema version 202, 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. Due to the
complexity of the schema changes required for this update, the process
may take significantly longer to execute than is commonly the case;
users are cautioned to allow for ample time operationally.
** snip snip ***
Further information, screenshots and download links are available at:
http://www.rivendellaudio.org/
Cheers!
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