In the spirit of "release early, release often," I am pleased to
announce the release of Composite 0.006. This release marks the
completion of the LV2 Sampler Plugin, which supports Hydrogen drum
kits.
STATUS
------
Composite is a project with a large vision. Here is the status of the
different components:
composite-gui: Alpha (i.e. "a broken version of Hydrogen")
compoiste_sampler (LV2): production/stable, no GUI
libTritium: Not a public API, yet.
LINKS
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Composite: http://gabe.is-a-geek.org/composite/
Plugin Docs: file:///home/gabriel/code/composite-planning/plugins/sampler/1
Tarball: http://gabe.is-a-geek.org/composite/releases/composite-0.006.tar.bz2
Git: http://gitorious.org/compositegit://gitorious.org/composite/composite.git
HOW TO USE THE PLUGIN
---------------------
To use the plugin, you need the following:
* A program (host) that loads LV2 plugins.
* A MIDI controller.
* An audio output device. :-)
The following LV2 hosts are known to work with this plugin:
Ingen http://drobilla.net/blog/software/ingen/
lv2_jack_host http://drobilla.net/software/slv2/
The following is known to _not_ work:
zynjacku (Uses a different MIDI port type)
If you don't have a hardware MIDI controller, I suggest using
jack-keyboard (http://jack-keyboard.sourceforge.net/).
The first time you run the sampler, it will create a file
~/.composite/data/presets/default.xml, which will set up presets on
Bank 0 for the two default drum kits (GMkit and TR808EmulationKit).
Sending MIDI PC 0 and PC 1 will switch between the two kits. See
composite_sampler(1) for more information on setting up presets.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
----------------
With this release, I would especially like to thank:
Harry Van Haaren - For help with testing. This release has much
more polish because of you.
David Robillard - For general help with Ingen and LV2. I also
stole a lot of great design ideas from Ingen.
Peace,
Gabriel M. Beddingfield
Hello all,
Some updates are available on
<http://www.kokkinizita.net/linuxaudio/downloads>
1. libclalsadrv-2.0.0
This the the Alsa interface library used by Aeolus, Jaaa,
Japa and AMS.
The new release allows to specify separate Alsa device
names for playback, capture and control, i.e. it allows
the use of 'split' devices that may result from e.g.
combining several soundcards into one device.
The old API is still available but will be removed in
future releases.
Note that 2.0.0 is *not* binary compatible with the
previous release (hence the major version increment),
and may require a recompile of the apps using it.
There are two example programs in the 'apps' directory.
* alsa-loopback: just copies stereo input to output.
* alsa-latency: latency measurement, same algorithm
as used in jack_delay.
2. jaaa-0.6.0 and japa-0.6.0
* General cleanup, now compile without warnings using
gcc-4.4.3.
* When using Jack, a new option (-s) allows to specify
the Jack server to use.
* Require libclalsadrv-2.0.0.
* When using Alsa, two new options (-P, -C, used instead
of -d) allow to specify a split Alsa device.
* Added $(DESTDIR) to the Makefiles.
3. Aeolus-0.8.4
* Same changes as for Jaaa and Japa (except for -C, -P).
* Five new temperaments added, provided by Hanno
Hoffstadt and Adam Sampson.
Note to AMS users: if you have a binary install of AMS
make sure not to remove the current libclalsadrv. If you
have a source install, update libclalsadrv and recompile
AMS.
Ciao,
--
FA
O tu, che porte, correndo si ?
E guerra e morte !
KMid is a MIDI/Karaoke player for KDE4. It runs in Linux, using the ALSA
Sequencer.
KMid plays MIDI and karaoke files to hardware MIDI devices or software
synthesizers. It supports playlists, MIDI mappers, tempo (speed), volume and
pitch (transpose) controls and configurable character encoding, font and
color for lyrics. The graphic views include a rhythm view (visual metronome),
a channels window with solo/muting controls and instrument selectors, and a
piano player window (Pianola).
Changes for this release:
* Fixed program termination, stopping active notes.
* Fixed a crash when shuffling an empty playlist.
* Fixed creation of examples and system songs bookmarks at runtime, for file
open dialog places. Bookmarks are created only when files are found.
* Fixed saving the initial MIDI connection dialog selection.
* Replaced the initial MIDI connection dialog by a new one enabling online
help access, and better design.
* The last directory used in several open/save dialogs is now saved between
sessions.
* Drumstick libraries v0.3 are required.
More info:
http://userbase.kde.org/KMid2
Copyright (C) 2009-2010, Pedro Lopez-Cabanillas
KMid is free software distributed under the terms of the GPL v2 license.
Downloads
* Source packages
http://sourceforge.net/projects/kmid2/files/
* openSUSE RPMs, and Ubuntu DEB packages:
http://software.opensuse.org/search?baseproject=ALL&q=kmid
Regards,
Pedro
Hi all:
I`m a newbie programmer of LV2 plugins from Spain.
I release a Compressor -SC4 with a nice GUI (I hope so)
This plugin is based on the one from Steve Harris.
The GUI uses GTK and Cairo
You can download at
http://sourceforge.net/projects/teliasopia/files/
Suggestion, comments are welcome.
Thanks and sorry for my english.
Hi all:
I`m a newbie programmer of LV2 plugins from Spain.
I release a Multiband Filter with a nice GUI (I hope so)
This plugin bundle offers 3 or 5 band filter mono or Stereo.
The audio engine is based on a biquad filter.
The GUI uses GTK and Cairo
You can download at
http://sourceforge.net/projects/teliasopia/files/
Suggestion, comments are welcome.
Thanks and sorry for my english.
KMidimon is a MIDI monitor for Linux using ALSA sequencer and KDE4 user
interface.
Changes in 0.7.3
* using Drumstick-0.3
* load and play WRK files (cakewalk)
* open files from the command line
* drag and drop files into the main window
* fixed loop and stop time (last event time was not initialised)
* show the file name in the window title bar
Copyright (C) 2005-2010, Pedro Lopez-Cabanillas
License: GPL v2
More info
http://kmidimon.sourceforge.net
Sources
http://sourceforge.net/projects/kmidimon/files/
openSUSE Build Service - openSUSE RPM packages
http://software.opensuse.org/search?baseproject=ALL&p=1&q=kmidimon
Regards,
Pedro
QjackCtl 0.3.6 - Full D-Busification!
Awe!
Times they are a-changing although Bob Dylan has no D-Business here. The
old and cutie gooey for JACK just got one turn around the verge of
bit-rotting. This time it brings full JACK D-Bus support, or almost. It
also adds D-Bus access for most GUI actions which some might find pretty
handy for keyboard shortcut binding from your desktop environment of
choice. However, if babies health is your top concern you can just turn
this D-Bus thing off and play with the old times ;) Ahem...
QjackCtl 0.3.6 is now released!
More details in the change-log, below.
Website:
http://qjackctl.sourceforge.net
Project page:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/qjackctl
Downloads:
- source tarball:
http://downloads.sourceforge.net/qjackctl/qjackctl-0.3.6.tar.gz
- source package (openSUSE 11.2):
http://downloads.sourceforge.net/qjackctl/qjackctl-0.3.6-2.rncbc.suse112.sr…
- binary packages (openSUSE 11.2):
http://downloads.sourceforge.net/qjackctl/qjackctl-0.3.6-2.rncbc.suse112.i5…http://downloads.sourceforge.net/qjackctl/qjackctl-0.3.6-2.rncbc.suse112.x8…
- binary packages (Ubuntu 8.04):
http://downloads.sourceforge.net/qjackctl/qjackctl_0.3.6-1.rncbc.ubuntu804_…http://downloads.sourceforge.net/qjackctl/qjackctl_0.3.6-1.rncbc.ubuntu804_…
- binary packages (Ubuntu 9.10):
http://downloads.sourceforge.net/qjackctl/qjackctl_0.3.6-1.rncbc.ubuntu910_…http://downloads.sourceforge.net/qjackctl/qjackctl_0.3.6-1.rncbc.ubuntu910_…
Weblog (upstream support):
http://www.rncbc.org
License:
QjackCtl is free, open-source software, distributed under the terms of
the GNU General Public License (GPL) version 2 or later.
Change-log:
- Make sure socket names are unique on each side of the Patchbay
(another patch from Dominic Sacre, thanks).
- A bunch of primitive D-Bus interface slots have been added, allowing
shortcut access to most of main applications actions like toggling
Messages, Status, Connections, Patchbay widget pop-ups, reset stats,
transport and so on. New bindings are given eg. via dbus-send --system /
org.rncbc.qjackctl.(main, messages, status, connections, patchbay,
setup, about, reset, rewind, backward, play, pause, forward). (from an
original idea from Sebastian Gutsfeld, thanks).
- Patchbay snapshot now tolerates JACK client port strings that have
more than one semi-colon in it, honoring just the first one exactly as
everywhere else eg. Connections. (a glitch as reported by Geoff Beasley
while using a2jmidid).
- Most modal message dialog boxes (eg. critical errors) are now replaced
by system tray icon bubble messages where available (mitigating feature
request #2936455).
- Comply with jackd >= 0.118.0 which now runs in real-time mode by
default; use of -R is now deprecated from the jackd command line
interface options; use -r to run in non-real-time-scheduling.
- A man page has beed added.
- Got rid of a pretty old and never really useful "jackd-realtime"
server path option--actually, it was only seen available on the now
defunct old Mandrake Linux distro.
- D-Bus support, as provided by org.jackaudio.service aka jackdbus, is
now being introduced and used wherever available and whenever enabled.
Configuring, starting, stopping and logging the JACK back-end server
through the "infamous" jackdbus service is now being seamlessly exploited.
- Global configuration state is now explicitly saved/committed to disk
when Setup dialog changes are accepted and applied.
- Server name command line option added (-n, --server-name).
- Single application instance restriction option added (X11).
- Setup for the netjack (slave) "net" driver has now sample-rate and
frames per buffer (period size) settings disabled and/or ignored, as
those are pretty much auto-detected by default; also, a new "netone"
backend driver option has been introduced (as suggested by Torben Hohn).
- Czech (cs) translation added (by Pavel Fric).
- Fixed some main window keyboard shortcuts. Escape key now closes
Connections, Patchbay, Status and Messages widgets as usual (bug #2871548).
- Fixed glitch on configure portaudio support, specially when the
library is not detected as available.
Cheers && Enjoy.
--
rncbc aka Rui Nuno Capela
rncbc(a)rncbc.org
Drumstick is a C++ wrapper around the ALSA library sequencer interface using
Qt4 objects, idioms and style. ALSA sequencer provides software support for
MIDI technology on Linux. Complementary classes for SMF and WRK file
processing are also included. This library is used in KMetronome, KMidimon
and KMid2, and was formerly known as "aseqmm".
Changes:
* Split into two libs: drumstick-alsa and drumstick-file
* Parse Cakewalk WRK files included in drumstick-file
* Some fixes and API additions. See the ChangeLog for details.
Copyright (C) 2009-2010, Pedro Lopez-Cabanillas
License: GPL v2 or later
Project web site
http://sf.net/projects/drumstick
Online documentation
http://drumstick.sourceforge.net/docs/
Downloads
http://sourceforge.net/projects/drumstick/files/0.3.0/
openSUSE Build Service - RPM packages
http://software.opensuse.org/search?baseproject=ALL&p=1&q=drumstick
Regards,
Pedro
The CLAM project[1] is delighted to announce the long awaited 1.4.0 release of
the C++ framework for Audio and Music, code name '3D molluscs in the space'.
[1] http://clam-project.org
In summary, this long term release includes a lot of new spacialization
modules for 3D audio; MIDI, OSC and guitar effects modules; architectural
enhancements such as typed controls; nice usability features for the
NetworkEditor interface; convenience tools and scripts to make CLAM experience
better; enhanced building of LADSPA plugins and new support for LV2 and VST
plugin building; a new easy to use application to explore songs chords called
Chordata; many optimizations, bug fixing and code clean ups.
Many thanks to the people who contributed to this release, including but not
limited to the GSoC 2008 students and all the crew at Barcelona Media's Audio
Group.
Some details follow:
* Chordata is a new CLAM application which offers a user friendly way to
explore the chords of your favourite songs, using already existing technology
in the CLAM framework but with a much simpler interface. [2]
[2] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xVmkIznjUPE
* The spacialization module and helper tools, contributed by Barcelona Media
[3] audio group, turn CLAM in tandem with Blender and Ardour, into a powerful
3D audio authoring and exhibition platform.[4]
[3] http://barcelonamedia.org
[4] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KSfqJUIAiXk
* Typed controls extend CLAM with the ability to use whichever C++ type as the
message for a control. So, not just floats, but also bools, enums, integers, or
envelopes can be sent as asynchronous controls. Examples on boolean and MIDI
controls are provided.
* NetworkEditor has been ported to the QGraphicsView [5] framework. Dealing
with heavy networks such the big ones used in Barcelona Media have pushed
many usability enhancements into its interface: multi-wire dragging, wire
highlighting, default port and control actions, network and in-canvas
documentation... [6]
[5] http://doc.trolltech.com/latest/qgraphicsview.html
[6] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0kt0WDmvMwo
* It also made necessary to provide a tool such clamrefactor.py to perform
batch high level changes to clam network XML files such as renaming processing
types, ports, or configuration parameters, changing configuration values,
duplicating sets of processings, connecting them...
* Music Annotator application now is designed to aggregate several sources of
descriptors and update them after edit. Descriptors are mapped to a work
description schema that can be graphically defined. Also semantic web
descriptor sources to access webservices such as MusicBrainz have been
implemented.
You can download sources, windows, debian and ubuntu packages from the
download page[7]. Contributed binaries for other platforms are welcome.
[7] http://clam-project.org/download/
See also:
Screenshots: http://clam-project.org/wiki/Development_screenshots
Youtube channel: http://www.youtube.com/group/clamproject
Detailed changelog: http://clam-project.org/clam/trunk/CLAM/CHANGES
Version migration guide: http://clam-project.org/wiki/Version_Migration_Guide
--
David García Garzón
(Work) david dot garcia at upf anotherdot edu
http://www.iua.upf.edu/~dgarcia
