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FFADO 2.0 Release Candidate 2 (1.999.42) available

by Pieter Palmers

Dear, The FFADO team is happy to announce the release of the second release candidate for FFADO 2.0. It has been 6 months since we released FFADO 2.0 Release Candidate 1, and we have to admit that this is quite long. The usage statistics show that about 300 people have been using RC1 in this period, and the good news is that we did not get a lot of bug reports. Most of the reports filed were related to crappy host controller hardware (most notably the Ricoh controllers), which is something we unfortunately cannot fix. In the mean time the remaining bug reports have been fixed, so here we are again. This release candidate contains a few reliability improvements and bugfixes that should get some field testing before we can release the official 2.0. I would therefore like to ask all users and packagers to upgrade as soon as possible such that we can release sooner rather than later. If we get to about 100 registered users without significant significant bug reports I feel confident that we're good to go. So happy testing! To indicate that we're quite busy even though we don't put out a lot of announcements let me give you a sneak preview of what is under development for post-2.0 ... First of all 2.1 will contain support for extra devices: * The first device to take full advantage of our DICE platform support will be the Focusrite Saffire PRO40. The platform based audio and MIDI streaming is fully functional. The custom mixer functionality is currently being alpha-tested. * The DICE platform support also enables the basic use of the TC Electronic Konnekt 8, 24D and Live. Support for these devices is limited to streaming (no DSP effects). Currently it doesn't look like the DSP is going to be supported any time soon. * Support for the Behringer FCA-202 has been added. * Support for the Stanton SCS.1 series is added. Support for both the audio I/O as the HSS1394 control surface protocol has been implemented, meaning that these devices are fully functional. We keep on talking to several device vendors to increase our device support, and we will most likely be announcing some new devices in the near future. The second major development is the move of the streaming infrastructure to kernel space. Thanks to the Google Summer of Code and the Linux Foundation, we have somebody working on this during the summer. A kernel-space implementation will bring significant improvements with respect to reliability and efficiency. Furthermore it will expose an ALSA interface, meaning that the scope of FireWire audio is extended significantly. The following changes have been made: * Various packaging improvements and cosmetic fixes. * Improved the Edirol FA101 mixer * While the streaming engine is running, prevent mixer changes that result in aborted streaming * Add status bar logging to the mixer window * Install a service-file if possible * Add command rate control for the Saffire devices to reduce the issues with mixer actions messing up audio. * Fix Terratec Phase88 mixer * Implement mixer support for the MOTU UltraLite * Improve mixer support for the MOTU 896HD * Add a minimum for the packetsize parameter for very low channel-count devices * Fix handling of MIDI 2x and 3x mode * Improve the jitter performance of the timestamping * Reduce CPU usage * Fix the bug that prevented jackd from exiting freewheeling mode * Introduce transmit prebuffering to increase reliability with small period sizes * MOTU: Fix bug related to disabled (unused) audio channels * Introduce support for driver parameters in the config file * Ensure that the order specified in the specification string when aggregating devices is honored. * Ensure that libffado.so is properly versioned (SONAME) and installed * Add a firmware version check for ECHO Fireworks based devices * Add a firmware version check for Terratec Phase88 devices * By default the library is compiled with debugging turned off More information can be found here: http://www.ffado.org/?q=node/1031 For the eager, a direct download link: http://www.ffado.org/files/libffado-2.0-rc2.tar.gz On behalf of the FFADO team, Pieter Palmers

16 years, 3 months

TkEca 4.4.0 released!

by Luis Pablo Gasparotto

The new release of TkEca is available for downloading at: http://tkeca.sourceforge.net *What is Tkeca?* Tkeca is a TCL/TK frontend for Kai Vehmanen's ECASOUND <http://www.eca.cx/ecasound/>. So you will need it in order to use Tkeca. It's intended to have all the ECASOUND <http://www.eca.cx/ecasound/> features including: unlimited number of tracks, volume and pan control on each track, up to 8 effects for each track, LADSPA support, multitrack support, multiple inputs/outputs/soundcards, effects preview, multiple takes on each track, mute track and more. Tkeca was tested only in a linux box. *Main Features:* - Mixer look. - Unlimited tracks. - Unlimited takes for track. - Playback/Recording device selecting for each track. - Multichannel soundcard support. Useful also in common stereo soundcards. - LADSPA support. - Up to 8 effects for track. - Real time volume control. - Real time master volume control. - Real time pan control. - Real time mute/unmute control. - Real time Solo/Unsolo control. - Real time Bypass/Connect effects. - Real time effects parameters control. - ecasoundrc edit window. - Mixdown to wave file. - Export to .ecs (Ecasound Chain Setup). - Tools button: Ecanormalize, DC fix, Wave edit (using the Ecasound default wave editor) and wavefile delete. - Locate windows with up to 16 preset positions. - Punch-in and punch-out user defined positions. - Switch between MM:SS and SSSS time format. - Project open/save. *Requirements:* - Tcl/tk. - Ecasound. - Soundcard with OSS/ALSA drivers. - LADSPA (Optional). - Jack (Optional). - Ecawave (Optional). *Changes from version 4.2.0:* - LADSPA Loading Window. - Main Window is visible during the LADSPA plug-ins loading. - Message if Tkeca is unable to find ecasoundrc file. - Processing Mixdown window. - Master volume control. - Filenames with spaces are allowed. - Certain buttons get disabled during mixdown. - Compressor utility is no longer available for mixdow, it was useless and buggy. - Bug: Certain buttons remain disabled after exporting .ecs. - Bug: Track Properties windows always reset to default values. - Bug: Always applying compressor due an "IF" error.

16 years, 4 months

ladspa-lgv-plugins 0.1

by Luis Garrido

Howdy! First release of the pretentiously named "ladspa-lgv-plugins" includes at the moment just one very simple but very convenient plugin: monomix. No more plugins are scheduled in the near future, but never say never, so I kept it open. It is not rocket science, just a way of easily deal with recordings that use full stereo separation. monomix combines the left and right channels of an stereo audio input into a dual mono output. Its interface offers four preset combinations (L+R, L-R, L-only, R-only) and one customizable mode. This allows to eliminate, isolate or enhance different channels on stereo recordings. In a nutshell, I use it when I work on my jazz chops with Aebersold or Snidero play-alongs. Just stick it at the output of your media player of choice (I like Sonic Visualiser meself: waveform display, speed control, looping, peak frequency analysis for transcription... with a bit of tinkering SV could be tailored as an invaluable tool for performing music students, perhaps I'll give it a go some day, so many projects, so little free time...) Tarball, spec definition and SVN repo at: https://sourceforge.net/projects/ladspa-lgv/ Cheers, Luis

16 years, 4 months

Qsynth 0.3.4 released!

by Rui Nuno Capela

Howdy! Simple as it could be, Qsynth 0.3.4 released! Description: Qsynth is a fluidsynth GUI front-end application written in C++ around the Qt4 toolkit using Qt Designer. Eventually it may evolve into a softsynth management application allowing the user to control and manage a variety of command line softsynth but for the moment it wraps the excellent FluidSynth. FluidSynth is a command line software synthesiser based on the Soundfont specification. Website: http://qsynth.sourceforge.net Project page: http://sourceforge.net/projects/qsynth Download: http://downloads.sourceforge.net/qsynth/qsynth-0.3.4.tar.gz Weblog: http://www.rncbc.org License: Qsynth is free, open-source software, distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License (GPL) version 2 or later. Change-log: - Command line option parsing has been slightly refactored to allow custom override through extraordinary fluidsynth option settings (eg. -o name=value; fixes bug #2781579). - Main form layout has been given a little bit more slack space, just to accommodate some longer text label translations (eg. German). - Converted obsolete QMessageBox forms to standard buttons. - Saved channel presets are now effectively loaded on engine startup. - Russian translation added (thanks to Alexandre Prokoudine). - Grayed/disabled palette color group fix for dark color themes. - Qt Software logo update. - Fait-divers: desktop menu file touched to openSUSE conventions. - Slight optimizations to the output peak meters refresh rate. - MIDI and audio device names are now user selectable options through respective drop-down lists on each engine setup dialog. - New knob style: Skulpture. Cheers && Enjoy! -- rncbc aka Rui Nuno Capela rncbc(a)rncbc.org

16 years, 4 months

SuperCollider 3.3 released

by Dan S

SuperCollider is an environment and programming language for real time audio synthesis and algorithmic composition. It provides an interpreted object-oriented language which functions as a network client to a state of the art, realtime sound synthesis server. Many changes since 3.2; here are some headlines: * scvim and sced are now part of the main bundle, for using vim or gedit as your sc code editor * New UGens added: * BEQSuite filter UGens (popular set of nice-sounding filters) * PartConv (efficient frequency-domain convolution) * SendReply (sends arrays from server to the language client) * VDiskIn (like DiskIn but with variable rate) * LFGauss * Buffer recording/playback UGens used to be limited to 16-channel; now they can handle massively multi-channel audio * LocalBuf framework allows synths to create/free their own “private” buffers, simplifying buffer management in many situations * GUI system updates: easier syntax, plus a major update of GUI documentation * Various behind-the-scenes efficiency improvements, for a sleeker audio server that can do more on a given machine Source packages for linux can be found at http://supercollider.sourceforge.net/downloads/ Ubuntu debs are on launchpad: https://launchpad.net/~supercollider/+archive/ppa Best, Dan -- http://www.mcld.co.uk

16 years, 4 months

Piksel09 :: Call for Projects

by h220

[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]] ** Piksel09 november 19-22 2009 Bergen, Norway [[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]] Piksel [1] is an international event for artists and developers working with Free/Libre and Open Source technologies in artistic practice. Part workshop, part festival, it is organised in Bergen, Norway,and involves participants from more than a dozen countries exchanging ideas, coding, presenting art and software projects, doing workshops, performances and discussions on the aesthetics and politics of FLOSS & art. This years event - Piksel09 - continues the exploration of free/libre and open source technologies and it’s myriad of expressions within the arts. Piksel09 is organised in collaboration with Gallery 3,14 [2] and Lydgalleriet [3] which will host this years exhibitions, Bergen Kunstmuseum [4] hosting the presentations and panels, and Bergen Kunsthall/Landmark [5] hosting the evening events. [[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]] ** open CALL for PROJECTS For the exhibitions and other parts of the programme we currently seek projects in the following categories: 1. Installations Projects to be included in the exhibitions at Galleri 3,14 and Lydgalleriet. The works must be programmed by and running on free and open source software and/or open/DIY hardware. 2. Audiovisual performance Live art realised by the use of free and open source software. We specially encourage live coding and open/DIY hardware projects to apply. 3. Presentations Innovative DIY hardware and audiovisual software tools or software art released under an open licence. (Also includes presentations of artistic projects realised using these technologies.) 4. Workshops Hands on workshops utilising free software and/or open/DIY hardware for artistic use. !!!!!!!!!! Deadline - july 15. 2009 !!!!!!!!!! Please use the online submit form at: http://piksel.no/ocs or send documentation material - preferably as a URL to online documentation with images/video to piksel09 [AT] piksel [DOT] no [[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]] Contact: Piksel att: Gisle Fr0ysland Georgernes Verft 12 5011 Bergen Norway More info: http://www.piksel.no Piksel09 is supported by Arts Council Norway, City of Bergen Cultural Office, Hordaland County Cultural Office and others. links: [1] http://www.piksel.no [2] http://www.stiftelsen314.com [3] http://www.lydgalleriet.no [4] http://www.bergenartmuseum.no [5] http://www.kunsthall.no/default.asp?k=6 --

16 years, 4 months

SLV2 0.6.4

by David Robillard

SLV2 is a library to make the use of LV2 plugins as simple as possible for applications. Changes this release: * Add generic query interface to allow arbitrary querying of data * Combine similar headers (reduce code duplication) * Upgrade to waf 1.5.6 * Add man pages for utilities This version adds API, but is binary backwards compatible with the previous release. The new query API is the most significant change: this allows host/plugin authors to directly access any data whatsoever in plugin data files (via SPARQL queries) without depending on the SLV2 API to provide explicit support for extensions/etc. More information, downloads, etc, at: <http://drobilla.net/software/slv2> Enjoy, -dr

16 years, 4 months

midish 0.4.0 released

by Alexandre Ratchov

Hi, I'm pleased to annonce the release of Midish version 0.4.0. Midish is a MIDI sequencer/filter with a shell-like interface. This release provides significant improvements, including: * new simplified interface requiring less scripting * smarter and improved MIDI merger * new track and filter editing functions * native support for the ALSA sequencer (linux only) * more powerful -- but simpler -- filter * basic command completion in the readline(3) frontend * support for editting during playback/recording The old builtin functions have not been removed, thus upgrading from version 0.3.x to version 0.4.x is transparent. Linux users, must update their device settings, replacing the unix style ``/dev/midiXX'' names with the corresponding ALSA sequencer ports. General info about midish is available here: http://caoua.org/midish/ The sources are here: http://caoua.org/midish/midish-0.4.0.tar.gz The list of important changes is here: http://caoua.org/midish/manual.html#changes_04 Enjoy! -- Alexandre

16 years, 4 months

LAC2009: Conference material (papers, photos and more) now online

by Frank Neumann

Hi, I finally got my ass up to prepare some pages about the Linux Audio Conference 2009 (LAC2009) in Parma with photos, conference material (PDFs) and "bonus material". Now available at the same link that was published here before - http://lad.linuxaudio.org/events/2009_cdm/ Enjoy, Frank PS: If you have made photos and written a report for the event and would like to have a link added to the URL above, let me know.

16 years, 4 months

Jackbeat 0.7.0

by Olivier Guilyardi

Hi everyone, After more than a year of development, I'm pleased to announce the release of Jackbeat 0.7.0. Grab it from: http://jackbeat.samalyse.org Jackbeat is an audio sequencer running on Linux and Mac OS X, for musicians and sound artists: * Drummachine interface with animations for easy and playful editing * Built for both composition and live setups with high interactivity needs * Extremely easy to use but yet powerful by connecting with other applications and plugins using JACK and OSC * Loads and saves .jab files, Jackbeat's xml+tar open file format * Supports native audio devices, PulseAudio and JACK NEWS: * The GUI has been re-designed for the pleasure of the eye and more ergonomy * New shortcuts, knobs and waveform animation bring more interactivity * OSC is now supported with a fair amount of methods and events * Mac OS X integration has been much improved * ALSA, CoreAudio and PulseAudio are now directly supported in addition to JACK * Several bugs and usability issues have been fixed * The internal architecture has been improved Package maintainers will certainly want to have look at the ChangeLog to learn about the new dependencies: http://jackbeat.samalyse.org/browser/tags/release-0.7.0/ChangeLog Enjoy -- Olivier

16 years, 4 months

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