Dear all,
the deadline for the call for papers and music for the Linux Audio
Conference 2008 (LAC2008) has been extended.
The new and final deadline for paper and music submissions is now
Thursday, December 6, 2007, 24:00 UTC
(This is equal to Friday, December 7, 2007, 0:00 UTC)
We invite submissions of papers addressing all areas of audio
processing based on Linux and open source software. Papers can focus
on technical, artistic or scientific issues and can target developers
or users.
We are also looking for music that has been produced completely or
mostly under Linux and/or with open source software from every genre:
compositions, Electronica, Chill-Out, Ambient, etc.
For paper submissions, please use the online form at
http://lac.linuxaudio.org/openconf
For music submissions and further details on both calls, please refer
to the calls below and on the web at
http://lac.linuxaudio.org
We are looking forward to many interesting submissions for the 6th
International Linux Audio Conference 2008 and we hope to see you in
Cologne 2008!
Please feel free to forward this e-mail to anybody who might be
interested.
On behalf of the LAC2008 organisation team,
Frank Barknecht and Martin Rumori
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Linux Audio Conference 2008 Cologne, Germany
28.02.-02.03.2008
Call for Papers
===============
http://lac.linuxaudio.org/download/lac2008_callforpapers.txt
We invite submissions of papers addressing all areas of audio
processing based on Linux and open source software. Papers can focus
on technical, artistic or scientific issues and can target developers
or users. This includes (but is not limited to) the following
categories:
* Computer Music
* Music Production
* Instruments
* Drivers and Sound Architecture
* Audio Distributions
* Generic (Usage, Documentation etc.)
The conference is held in English.
Length of a paper is 4-8 pages. Papers have to include an abstract
(50-100 words). The abstract will be published separately on the
conference website once the paper has been accepted. Also, papers
should include up to 5 keywords.
In general talks should take 20-30 minutes followed by 5 minutes
discussion.
Please notify us if you need a special technical setup. The technical
standard setup will be:
* microphone/head set
* projector with XVGA input (resolution 1024x768)
* stereo speaker setup with mini jack input
If you are not able to bring your laptop along with you, please notify
us in advance.
How to submit
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* Do not send papers via email as with the past LAC conferences!
* Instead please use the paper upload form in our conference
management system at:
http://lac.linuxaudio.org/openconf
* File format is PDF, formatted for A4 paper. Make use of the
templates for paper formatting available at:
http://lac.linuxaudio.org/download/lac2008_templates.tar.gz
* Authors of papers selected to be included in the printed
conference proceedings will also have to supply supplemental
material like illustrations needed to layout the printed
proceedings separately.
* Deadline for paper submissions is December 6, 2007, 24:00 UTC
Important Dates
----------------
06 Dec 2007: Paper submission deadline
21 Dec 2007: Notification of acceptance
11 Jan 2008: camera ready version
28 Feb - 2 Mar 2008: Linux Audio Conference in Cologne
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Linux Audio Conference 2008 Cologne, Germany
28.02.-02.03.2008
Call for Music
==============
http://lac.linuxaudio.org/download/lac2008_callformusic.txt
The conference will include several concerts. We are looking for music
that has been produced completely or mostly under Linux and/or with
open source software from every genre: compositions, Electronica,
Chill-Out, Ambient, etc.
If you want to participate, either send your composition(s) to this
address:
LAC2008 - Call for Music
Kunsthochschule für Medien
Martin Rumori
Peter-Welter-Platz 2
D-50676 Köln
Germany
or send your submission via email to: lac(a)linuxaudio.org
Please do not attach any media files to email submissions, only
provide a URL to where the piece can be downloaded.
Make use of one of the following media formats:
* Media: Audio-CD, DVD, DVD-R, CD-R, Website download
* File formats: aiff, wav, flac, ogg, mp3
* Samplerate: 44.1 or 48 kHz
* Resolution: 16 or 24 bit
* Number of channels: 1 to 8 channels
* Channel format: multi-channel interleaved, multi-mono
Include the following items with your submission (in English):
* A filled-out and signed printout of the form available here:
http://lac.linuxaudio.org/download/lac2008_musicagreement.pdf
The form can be filled out with a computer and printed out afterwards
for signing.
For the printed program and to be published online and on the
conference CD, in continuous text (no table or list please):
* short commentary on the composition(s) (each ca. 150 words)
* short Curriculum Vitae (ca. 100 words)
Deadline for submissions is December 6, 2007, 24:00 UTC
A jury will select the compositions that will be performed/played.
Besides artistic criteria and technical reasons, these criteria apply
for the selection:
Tape pieces or pieces which are performed by the composers themselves
will generally have more chances to get included. If we get more
pieces than we can include in the program, composers who are attending
the conference are preferred.
Terms and conditions for participation can be found in the form
mentioned above. This form includes among other things:
I will receive no fees whether my composition is played or not. GEMA
fees (in case of performance) will be paid by the organizer. The
material I send to the LAC organisation team will not be returned.
Important Dates
----------------
06 Dec 2007: Music submission deadline
21 Dec 2007: Notification of acceptance
28 Feb - 2 Mar 2008: Linux Audio Conference in Cologne
Hi,
A fresh new release from the FreeBoB project is available. It is only a
maintenance release. It fixes a few bugs which were reported. If you
don't have problems with the your current version of libfreebob, there
is no reason to update to this one.
Available through the SourceForge release system at:
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=117802
Have fun recording!
The FreeBoB Team
PS: Expect FFADO soon...
I'm pleased to announce the release of FluidSynth 1.0.8.
Dubbed "Its about funky time!", since it was almost 2 years ago since
the last release.
If you like HTML change logs, have a look at:
http://fluidsynth.resonance.org/trac/wiki/ChangeLog1_0_8
Features and improvements
-------------------------
* Improved synthesis interpolation (around loops for smoother looping,
optimizations and improved flexibility)
* Dithering on 16 bit converted output (thanks to Mihail Zenkov for
noting the problem and providing patches)
* Updated fluidmax plugin with polyphony parameter
* Improved ALSA audio and sequencer drivers.
* Fixed some Floating Point Exceptions which were causing excessive CPU
usage
* Some fixes to Chorus and Reverb parameters (thanks to David Hilvert
for noting problems and providing patches)
Bug fixes
---------
* Looping/tuning problem when loop end close to end of sample (Ticket #4
- Thanks to Tomas Nykung for reporting and providing example
SoundFonts).
* FluidSynth crashes with QSynth and audio meters turned on (Ticket #5 -
Thanks to David Hilvert for reporting)
* ALSA sequencer driver no longer prints out false error messages
* Many memory leaks plugged (thanks to Paul Millar for pointing out
issues and providing some patches)
* Warning message printed if a non option is not a valid SoundFont or
MIDI file (thanks to Nick Daly for the patch).
Code cleanup other misc. stuff
------------------------------
* Fixed Visual Studio Windows project files and other fixes to build on
this platform
* Removed broken SSE support.
* Removed memory alignment hacks (no longer needed).
* Function comments sprinkled throughout the code (not finished yet)
* Updated fluidsynth man page.
* Updated README-OSX (from Ebrahim Mayat)
* Added --enable-fpe-check and --enable-trap-on-fpe configure options to
aid in Floating Point Exception debugging
Grab it directly from: http://download.savannah.gnu.org/releases/fluid/
Main project page: http://www.fluidsynth.org
Best regards,
Josh Green
hi all,
(sorry for crossposting)
i just did a new release of nova. i didn't add too many new features
since the last 0.1 release, but was mainly working on bug fixes ...
get the tarball at:
https://tim.klingt.org/nova/download/releases/nova-0.1.1.tar.bz2
for questions, comments, complaints, bug reports or similar, please
contact me via the nova mailing list:
http://klingt.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nova-dev
cheers, tim
--
tim(a)klingt.org ICQ: 96771783
http://tim.klingt.org
All we composers really have to work with is time and sound - and
sometimes I'm not even sure about sound.
Morton Feldman
Dear all,
The online form for the submission of papers for LAC2008 is now open!
Authors please use the conference management system at
http://lac.linuxaudio.org/openconf
The deadline for paper submissions is 1 Dec 2007.
We invite submissions of papers addressing all areas of audio
processing based on Linux and open source software. Papers can focus
on technical, artistic or scientific issues and can target developers
or users. For details please refer to the call for papers below and on
the web at
http://lac.linuxaudio.org
We would also like to remind you of the call for music. We are
looking for music that has been produced completely or mostly under
Linux and/or with open source software from every genre: compositions,
Electronica, Chill-Out, Ambient, etc.
The deadline for music submissions is 1 Dec 2007.
On behalf of the LAC2008 organisation team, sincerely,
Frank Barknecht and Martin Rumori
Call For Presentations
==================
Just a reminder that the Call for Presentation submissions for LCA
Multimedia is slowly approaching its deadline.
Please send your abstracts to lca-mm(at)annodex.net or myself for a submission.
LCA Multimedia is a miniconf, part of linux.conf.au, the annual
Australian Linux & open source developers' conference.
When: 28th January 2008
Where: Melbourne University, Linux.conf.au
Dates and Deadlines:
* Sept 2007 - Call for Presentations distributed
* 30th Nov 2007 - Deadline for submissions
* 15th Dec 2007 - Programme published
* 28 Jan 2008 - Miniconf
http://www.annodex.org/events/lca2008_mmm/
The aim of this mini-conf is to allow Linux audio and video developers
and users to meet and share ideas, and also to discuss
multimedia-related issues with the developers of the kernel,
networking and desktop systems. For all users, it will be a great way
to see and hear the variety of tools available and to contribute.
Presentations may be Full length (50 min), Half length (25 min) or
Lightning talks (10 min).
Full and half length presentations include time for audience
interaction. Facilities will be a lecture with data projector.
Lightning talks are short talks/presentations that last no more than
10 minutes. This is a good opportunity to introduce a new project or
tool. Slides have to be submitted beforehand to allow a quick
progression of talks.
Topics
Examples of topics for presentations include (but are not limited to):
* audio and video applications on Linux
* Linux for digital audio workstations and musical instruments
* video editing and postproduction on Linux
* low latency and reliable audio and video in the Linux kernel and userspace
* systems for connecting music, processing and control hardware
* media frameworks: gstreamer, xine, ffmpeg, etc.
* core Linux audio subsystems: Jack, ALSA, LADSPA, OSS, libsydneyaudio etc.
* software synthesis and sequencing applications
* recording, editing and mastering applications
* audio and video file formats and codecs
* streaming and network services for audio and video
* telephony and speech technologies
* video conferencing
Presentations must relate to Free and open source software and/or open
standards.
Submitting talks
Please note that in order to give a presentation you must be signed up
for the main conference.
To submit a talk, please send the following information to
lca-mm(at)annodex.net:
* Name:
* Company or Affiliation:
* Title of talk:
* Proposed Length of Talk:
* Short abstract (100-300 words):
* Homepage:
Please note all the above may be published on the miniconf homepage.
Looking forward to some awesome music action at LCA!
cheers,
Conrad.
I am proud to announce that AlsaPlayer-0.99.80 got stable, thanks to the hard
work of every one that contributed to the GTK2 interface and other functions,
as well that by submitting/fixing bugs.
This release is a bug fixes release.
See the ChangeLog for the details: http://www.alsaplayer.org/changelog.php3
Every user is encouraged to upgrade:
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=249
If you want to help by submitting bugs or contributing artwork and code, look
at the website: http://www.alsaplayer.org/main.php3
Ciao,
Dominique
Hi all,
After years the developers of SuperCollider decided to start making official
releases, which has led to release 3.1!
You can download it here:
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=54622
A lot of changes and improvements have been made over the last few
weeks leading up to this release. If you haven't upgraded in a while,
now would be a good time to do so!
If you are a package manager for a distribution, it is suggested to use the
new released version to update the package (this will make it easier on the
user emaillist to help with questions).
sincerely,
on behalf of the SuperCollider developers,
Marije Baalman
Amuc (the Amsterdam Music Composer) version 1.5 has been available for some
monthes already, but here is the official announcement.
http://members.chello.nl/w.boeke/amuc/index.html
Amuc is a light-weight tool for composing and playing music. 'Light-weight' in
the sense of not needing graphical or other toolkits. It is very fast and
offers useful features to help the inexperienced composer. Now it also
incorporates a pitch extractor, translating a wave file to notes. Listen to a
fast solo by John Coltrane on saxophone, followed by the extracted tune with
a simple accompaniment, and then with a synthetic bass gitar and sampled drums:
http://members.chello.nl/w.boeke/amuc/john_c.mp3
a2jmidid is daemon for exposing legacy ALSA sequencer applications in
JACK MIDI system. It is based on jack-alsamidi-0.5 (jackd alsa seq midi
backend) by Dmitry Baikov. The main purpose is to ease usage of legacy,
not JACK-ified apps, in JACK MIDI enabled systems.
New in this release is addition of configure script (autotools) that
enables compatibility with different JACK MIDI API variants.
Planned features/improvements:
* One JACK client per ALSA sequencer client
* More control on what ports to bridge (currently bridging is fixed to
non-hardware ports).
* Real daemonization with log file, init.d script, etc.
If someone wants to contribute please, contact me, or send patches, or
request inclusion (Gna! a2jmidid project). As usual, packagers are more
than welcome too.
Homepage with screenshots: http://home.gna.org/a2jmidid/
Tarball download: http://download.gna.org/a2jmidid/
--
Nedko Arnaudov <GnuPG KeyID: DE1716B0>
