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[linux-audio-announce] ANNOUNCE: BEAST/BSE v0.7.1

by Tim Janik

BEAST/BSE version 0.7.1 and BSE-ALSA version 0.7.1 are available for download at: ftp://beast.gtk.org/pub/beast/v0.7/ or http://beast.gtk.org/beast-ftp/v0.7/ Amongst other things, this release fixes a security vulnerability that was discovered in artswrapper earlier this year, details: http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-2916 An upgrade from earlier BEAST versions is highly recommended. This is a development version of BEAST/BSE, the BEdevilled Audio SysTem and the Bedevilled Sound Engine. BEAST is a powerful music composition and modular synthesis application released as free software under the GNU GPL and GNU LGPL, that runs under unix. BSE-ALSA is an ALSA driver for BSE. The project is hosted at: http://beast.gtk.org The "Bedevilled" portion of the names has no religious background, refer to the About page for more details: http://beast.gtk.org/about A mailing list is available at: http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/beast/ GUI skins, example sounds and instrumets for BEAST/BSE as well as screenshots can be found at: http://beast.gtk.org/browse-bse-files.html http://beast.gtk.org/screenshots/index.html The 0.7 development series of Beast focusses on improving usability and ease of music production. Feedback is very much appreciated, please take the opportunity and provide your comments and questions in online forums like the Beast Help Desk, Beast Bugzilla or the mailing list, all of which can be reached through http://beast.gtk.org/. Overview of Changes in BEAST/BSE 0.7.1: * Fixed SUID security vulnerability by validating success of seteuid/setreuid, related security advisories, describing the vulnerability: http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-2916 # artswrapper http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-4447 # X.Org * Added factor 2 SSE-optimized up/down resampler [Stefan Westerfeld] * Added support for varying musical tuning systems: - 12-TET, 7-TET, 5-TET, - Diatonic-Scale, Indian-Scale, Pythagorean-Tuning, - Pentatonic-5-Limit, Pentatonic-Blues, Pentatonic-Gogo, - Quarter-Comma-Meantone, Silbermann-Sorge, - Werckmeister-3, Werckmeister-4, Werckmeister-5, Werckmeister-6, Kirnberger-3 and Young [Hanno Behrens, Tim Janik] * Module changes and additions: Quantizer - Simulate 1-32 Bit quantization effects DavXTalStrings - Added semitone transposition function [Stefan Westerfeld] DavOrgan - Added semitone transposition function [Stefan Westerfeld] Summation - Added difference channel [Tim Janik, Stefan Westerfeld] * Fixed exported symbol set to simplify external plugin building * Improved startup time by linking multiple plugins into a single library * Fixed LADSPA plugin loading to bind symbols only locally * Reduced debugging spew for LADSPA plugins * Fixed WWW browser launching to cope with launcher script errors * Improved performance of floating point block operations * Extended test suite and overall test coverage * Applied miscellaneous accelerator and cosmetic fixes * Improved documentation and label strings * Fixed library dependencies in bse.pc * Fixed tact numbers in TrackRoll #346916 [Stefan Westerfeld] * Fixed all reported beast crashes: #340437 #347319 * Other bug fixes: #364041 #386862 #387364 #336366 #353135 #353442 * Fixes for gcc-3.3 and GNU/kFreeBSD * Updated Italian translation [Petrecca Michele] Overview of Changes in BSE-ALSA 0.7.1: * Fixes to adapt to BEAST-0.7.1 --- ciaoTJ

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[linux-audio-announce] [ANN] amSynth 1.2.0

by Nick

amSynth version 1.2.0 is now available! Changes in this release: ----------------------------------- + nicer graphics (including new knob graphics) + fixed crash upon startup on some machines + handle all notes off midi message + new about dialog + improved per-user installation process http://downloads.sourceforge.net/amsynthe/amSynth-1.2.0.tar.gz /nixx

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[linux-audio-announce] Musix 0.79 released!

by Marcos Guglielmetti

Live-CD download: http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu+linux-distros/ututo-e/MusixGNU+Linux-0.79b19.iso More info: http://www.musix.org.ar/en/download.html Cheers, -- Marcos Guglielmetti * Director del desarrollo de Musix GNU+Linux, 100% Software Libre * CD Donwload: (http://www.musix.org.ar/en/) * Videos, programas y otras cosas en: ftp://musix.ourproject.org/pub/musix/ * Reporte de errores a: https://www.musix.org.ar/wiki/index.php?title=Problemas-Bugs *IRC: #musix channel on freenode * Torrent Download: https://e.ututo.org.ar/utiles/torrent/MusixGNU-Linux0.59.iso.torrent

19 years

[linux-audio-announce] [ANN] rtsynth 1.9.5 alsa+jack (x86 binaries only)

by Stefan Nitschke

I am happy that i can announce a new version of RTSynth for both ALSA and jack available at www.linux-sound.org/rtsynth Please note: This is (as usual) a binary distribution for x86 systems only. Recent changes: - Fixed a bug with real time scheduling on newer Linux kernels (2.6.x). - Jack version: Added support for dynamically loadable jack driver module. Full source code of the module is provided. - Added new command line option "-p" or "--polyvoice". If this option is given RTSynth will use 3 oscillator/filter units per midi note. This results in somewhat smoother but not necessarily better sounds. merry Xmas, Stefan _________________________________________________________________ Don't just search. Find. Check out the new MSN Search! http://search.msn.com/

19 years

[linux-audio-announce] [ANN] das_watchdog V0.2.5 and jack_capture V0.9.3

by Kjetil Svalastog Matheussen

Download from http://www.notam02.no/arkiv/src/ das_watchdog 0.2.5 ================== Whenever a program locks up the machine, das_watchdog will temporarily sets all realtime process to non-realtime for 8 seconds. You will get an xmessage window up on the screen whenever that happens. Changes 0.2.4->0.2.5 -------------------- *Let the test thread run with SCHED_FIFO priority using the lowest priority. Should hopefully stop all the unnecessary reports. (This change has been tested quite thoroughly) jack_capture v0.9.3 =================== jack_capture is a program for recording soundfiles with jack. Its default operation is to capture whatever sound is going out to your speakers into a file. This is the program I always wanted to have for jack, but no one made. So here it is. Note: Anyone using 0.9.2 should upgrade to 0.9.3! 0.9.2 will most likely hang during startup. :-( (I'm going to start testing my software before releasing from now on, this one was very embarrasing.) Distros: If there is a system for doing so, you should mark 0.9.2 as unusable. Changes 0.3.9 -> 0.9.3 ----------------------- *Fixed horrible deadlock in 0.9.2. Bug found by Ken Restivo. *Fix for a potensional deadlock. *Added the --silent/-s argument. *Some smaller fixes. *If recording to wav (the default) and the the 4GB limitation is reached, automatically close the file and continue writing to a new file with an autogenerated name. *Added the --version/-v argument. *Changed default number of zeros in the autogenerated filename to 1. *Better error output. *Autogenerate code to check if various formats are supported by sndlibfile. *Bumped version up to 0.9. jack_capture should reach a 1.0 state quite soon. *Changed the name of --recording-time to --duration to match -d.

19 years

[linux-audio-announce] [ANN] Ecasound 2.4.5 released

by Kai Vehmanen

Hello all, Ecasound 2.4.5 has been released! Releases notes follow: 1. Summary of changes --------------------- Native support for FLAC files has been added using the sndfile library. New debugging tools for ecasound scripting and ECI applicatin development have been added. Bugs related to ecasound process return values, memory corruption in ECI apps, handling of 24/32bit big-endian audio files, robustness of mp3/ogg/flac/aac support, managing loop devices, parsing user input, and build errors on cygwin, have been fixed. A set of new processing ops for channel routing and mixing has been added. 2. What is Ecasound? -------------------- Ecasound is a software package designed for multitrack audio processing. It can be used for simple tasks like audio playback, recording and format conversions, as well as for multitrack effect processing, mixing, recording and signal recycling. Ecasound supports a wide range of audio inputs, outputs and effect algorithms. Effects and audio objects can be combined in various ways, and their parameters can be controlled by operator objects like oscillators and MIDI-CCs. A versatile console mode user-interface is included in the package. Primary platform for running Ecasound is GNU/Linux. Ecasound can also be run on many UNIX-derived systems such as FreeBSD, Mac OS X and Solaris. Limited support for Windows is available through Cygwin. Ecasound is licensed under the GPL. The Ecasound Control Interface (ECI) is licensed under the LGPL. 3. Changes since last release ----------------------------- * Full read/write support for flac files with support for seeking. Requires libsndfile 1.0.12 or newer. * Some bugs in setting the ecasound return value have been fixed. Ecasound now properly signals errors like insufficient write permissions, or running out of storage space during processing, via non-zero return values. The possible return values are now also documented in ecasound(1). * A new debugging mechanism controlled by ECASOUND_LOGFILE and ECASOUND_LOGLEVEL environment variables. This is meant especially for debugging ECI applications, and scripted uses of ecasound. You can test this for instance by issuing: sh> ECASOUND_LOGLEVEL=ecalog.txt ecaplay *.wav And look at 'ecalog.txt' afterwards. This mechanism for ECI debugging really should have been there from the start. See ecasound(1) for more details. * A set of new audio operators have been added for channel routing/mixing: -chcopy (alias for -erc), -chmove, -chmute and -chmix (alias for -erm). See the full documentation in ecasound(1). * The in-tree sources for readline-4.0 have been removed from the package. Originally, some time around 1999, readline was included to the package due to numerous problems with Linux distros of the time that came with old versions of readline. This however no longer is the case. Nowadays, pretty much all non-ancient systems have at least readline-4.0, and most have already readline-5.0. Ancient machines are however still supported. To this end, ecasound now provides an option to compile with readline disabled. * Various bugfixes including: severe memory handling error in ECI C implementation, bugs in processing 24/32bit big-endian audio files, problems with interactive mode commands operating on controllers, handling loop devices when saving chainsetup state, batch processing of setups with mp3/ogg/flac/aac outputs, build errors on cygwin, ... * Sourceforge.net bug items affected: #1415814, #1531042, #1456510 Full list of changes is available at: - http://www.eca.cx/ecasound/history.php 4. Interface and configuration file changes ------------------------------------------- None in this release. 5. Contributors to this release ------------------------------- Patches - Accepted code, documentation and build system changes * Stuart Allie (2) Segfaults in processing 'ctrlp-*' commands. Problem in saving chainsetups with loop devices. * Pedro Antonio Fructuoso Merino (2) Patch to fix segfault when parsing escaped user input. Patch to fix audible glitches from loop devices when seeking. * Aaron Heller (1) Patch to fix bugs in big-endian support. * Chris Head (1) Patch to ecasignalview build errors on cygwin. Bug Hunting - Reports that led to bugfixes (items closed) * Zrajm Akfohg (1) Bug in ecasound process return values. * Florian Ladstaedter (1) Invalid headers in created flac files. * Pedro Antonio Fructuoso Merino (1) Seg.fault when removing loop devices. * Koen (kbr at patat dot .org) (1) Segfault when parsing escaped user input. * Kurt Konolige (1) Bug with 'rw 0'. * Brad Bowman, Stuart Allie, Joel Roth (1) Severe memory handling bug in libecasoundc (ECI C API) 6. Links and files ------------------ Web site (and mirrors): http://eca.cx (fi) http://ecasound.seul.org (us) http://ecasound.sourceforge.net (us) Source packages: http://ecasound.seul.org/download http://ecasound.seul.org/download/ecasound-2.4.5.tar.gz md5sum: b5a4f39245e505941f26c5c2c3b80e1c List of distributions with maintained Ecasound support: See http://eca.cx/ecasound/download.php -- links, my public keys, etc at http://eca.cx/kv

19 years

[linux-audio-announce] CLAM 0.95 released

by Pau Arumi

(small image attached) After several months without a stable release but lots of development activity, we are pleased to announce CLAM 0.95 CLAM (http://clam.iua.upf.edu) is a C++ framework for doing research and app development in audio and music. It comes with a set of applications ready-to-use. Most important in this release is NetworkEditor 0.4, with a radically reworked UI based on Qt4.2, lots of work on stability and usability, and new visual-prototyping features. You can visually prototype standalone apps (or audio plugins): Edit audio networks with NetworkEditor, then edit its UI using Qt Designer and CLAM widgets plugins. Finally, Prototyper let you run the audio network with its UI. This is better shown in this quick tutorial: http://iua-share.upf.es/wikis/clam/index.php/Network_Editor_tutorial This release comes with many new processings, mostly spectral transformations. But we want to highlight the tonal-analysis which does chords identification at real-time, and its related visualizations. This code is based on the work done by researchers at Queen Mary University (London) and Universitat Pompeu Fabra (Barcelona). More credits are in the About box. These and many other improvements can be found in the ChangeLog: http://clam.iua.upf.edu/ChangeLog.txt This release brings new packages for Linux (Debian sid, Ubuntu edgy) and Windows installers. In Linux, you can simply add new sources to /etc/apt/sources.list deb http://clam.iua.upf.edu/download/linux-debian-sid ./ deb http://clam.iua.upf.edu/download/linux-ubuntu-edgly ./ Both Linux and Windows comes with desktop integration and several examples ready to use. Mac OSX packages will be catching up next weeks. Bug reports and any feedback is very welcomed (and needed). The CLAM team -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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[linux-audio-announce] pure:dyne 2.3.6 release - a GNU/Linux distro for media artists

by propaganda＠goto10.org

sorry for X please >> :: PURE:DYNE - EXTENDED PLAY * . * ,--. * . ,---. --.,--.--.--.,---. --.,-' |--. ,--.--,--, ,---. * | .-. | || | .--' .-. :--' .-. |\ ' / \ .-. : * | '-' ' '' ' | --.--. `-' | \ ' | || | --. . | -' `----' --' `----'--'`---' -' / `--''--'`----' `--' goto10.org vs dyne.org `---' * . In this world of parallel dynes, pure:dyne [osc~ 440] has been created to provide a complete and | ready made environment for artists and | \m awesome developers who are looking for a system | /) duuude! dedicated to real time audio and video [dac~] (\ processing. The dyne:II project provides tools and an optimized platform to try out and work on a large range of applications. The pure:dyne customization by goto10 comes with optimized and tested software such as supercollider, icecast, csound, packet forth, fluxus and much more, including of course pure data and a great collection of essential externals and abstractions (PDP, PiDiP, Gem, GridFlow, RRadical, PixelTango ...). Thanks to the dyne:II compatibility all the Home Studio "classics" have not been forgotten (Ardour, LADSPA, seq24, Rezound ...) and numerous essential graphics software are also bundled (Inkscape, Gimp, Blender ...). The pure:dyne project is a growing community effort maintained by media artists for media artists. It is an ideal platform for audiovisual performances, installations and FLOSS+ART workshops. It is available as both a dyne:II compatible module, and a full low latency desktop i686 Live GNU/Linux distribution, working from hard drive, CD, CF/MD or USB key. --- Key Features: - Jack oriented GNU/Linux distribution - Complete FLOSS Home studio solution and live performance system - No bloat ! fast minimal desktops (fluxbox, evilwm, dwm) - Live Distribution (works the same on CD, HD, USB, ...) - multiuser support - Low Latency Kernel (Ingo Molnar's -rt kernel patches) - Support for Firewire audio devices (FreeBoB inside) - Optional support for NVIDIA and ATI evil blobs - mmx + sse gcc optimisations applied when relevant - Compatible with any dyne:II modules - Easy installation, maintenance and update - SDK tools (dynesdk + milkman) and gcc included for customisations - International Languages support ---- * * * Download -> http://puredyne.goto10.org . IRC server -> irc.goto10.org #pure:dyne MailingList -> http://lists.goto10.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/puredyne Bug Tracker -> http://bugs.dyne.org (section puredyne) dyne:bolic -> http://dynebolic.org ---- * . pure:dyne developers are : * Aymeric Mansoux - http://320x200.goto10.org * Chun Lee - http://sonicvariable.goto10.org . Antonios Galanopoulos - http://stereocilia.goto10.org dyne:II developers are : Denis "Jaromil" Rojo - http://rastasoft.org Alex "Smilzo" Gnoli - http://sfrajone.org goto10 would like to thank the Digital Research Unit of Huddersfield for for their help and support during the take off of this project. goto10 would also like to thank jaromil for providing such a lovely modular system and for keeping on pointing the way out of babylon ;) :*

19 years

[linux-audio-announce] [ann] pnpd-0.00.2

by Tim Blechmann

hi all, (sorry for cross-posting) i'd like to announce the first release of pnpd, that's actually usable for audio synthesis. as i was able to use it in a concert last week, i consider it as reasonably stable, however, it's still in an early stage of development. pnpd is a new computer music system. it's based on a dataflow syntax, that is closely related to pd or max/msp, although it introduces some new concepts. at the moment, it doesn't contain a graphic user interface, but a text-based patcher language. it can be controlled via osc and support audio i/o via portaudio, the dsp backend is highly optimized for performance, especially for cpus supporting sse instructions. at the moment, it's not documented very well, however, there are a few test patches to describe the patcher language. the basic procedure is writing a patcher file, compiling it into the xml file for pnpd an loading that into the command line interpreter. it's still alpha software, but it's important that it's getting used to find bugs/problems. website: https://tim.klingt.org/pnpd mailinglist: https://tim.klingt.org/pnpd/community/pnpd-dev-list tarball: https://tim.klingt.org/pnpd/download/releases/pnpd-0.00.2.tar.bz2 atm, it's only tested under linux, but it shouldn't be hard, to port it to windos or osx. cheers ... tim -- tim(a)klingt.org ICQ: 96771783 http://www.mokabar.tk You can play a shoestring if you're sincere John Coltrane

19 years

[linux-audio-announce] 64 Studio talk at Linux Movies meeting in Los Angeles

by Daniel James

Hello all, If anyone is in the Los Angeles area next Thursday the 14th, I'll be giving a talk about 64 Studio at the Linux Movies meeting on that evening - please see the attachment for the details. Cheers! Daniel

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