BEAST/BSE version 0.6.3 and BSE-ALSA version 0.6.3 are available
for download at:
ftp://beast.gtk.org/pub/beast/v0.6/
or
http://beast.gtk.org/beast-ftp/v0.6/
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
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.htmlhttp://beast.gtk.org/screenshots/index.html
This new development series of BEAST comes with a lot of the internals
redone, many new GUI features and a sound generation back-end separated
from all GUI activities.
Outstanding new features include support for skins, many sample
file formats, MIDI file import abilities, an improved piano roll
widget, the track editor which allows for easy selection of
synthesisers or samples as track sources, loop support in songs,
mixer support, unlimited Undo/Redo capabilities and MIDI automation.
Overview of Changes in BEAST/BSE 0.6.3:
* The package now depends on GLib-2.4 and Gtk+-2.4
* New/ported/improved Effects:
BseContribSampleAndHold - a sample and hold module by Artem Popov
BseSummation - a replacement for multiple BseAdder effects
DavBassFilter - added trigger input for use in instruments and
implemented MIDI automation for all parameters
BseNoise - ported to IDL/C++ [Stefan Westerfeld]
ArtsCompressor - cleanups, major usability improvements
[Stefan Westerfeld]
* Added song mixer with freely connectable busses
* Added spline-scale-based DB meters
* Added MIDI event automation framework
* Added null PCM driver and command line options for driver selection
* Added plugin development guide
* Added audio-feature extractor for automated test suit [Stefan Westerfeld]
* Fixed dangling part handling by adding them to an extra track
* Fixed parsing of negative control events and note fine tune
* Fixed stereo playback in sample editor
* Fixed undo/redo handling across playback activation
* Fixed error handling when users form cyclic connections
* Lots of icon updates [Artem Popov]
* Mime type fixes [Artem Popov, Tim Janik]
* Improved GUI responsiveness
* Made message dialog appearance configurable
* Consistent support for dialog closing with Escape * Dialog size and resizing
adaptions for 800x600 screens
* Lots of miscellaneous bug fixes and refactoring
* Updated Brazilian Portuguese translation [Raphael Higino]
* Updated Czech translation [Miloslav Trmac]
* Updated Dutch translation [Tino Meinen]
* Updated British English translation [David Lodge]
* Updated Canadian English translation [Adam Weinberger]
* Updated Albanian translation [Laurent Dhima]
* Updated Spanish translation [Francisco Javier F. Serrador, Jorge Gonzalez]
* Updated German translation [Dirk Janik, Moritz Mekelburger]
* Updated Russian translation [Artem Popov]
* Added Punjabi translation [Amanpreet Singh Alam]
* Added Japanese translation [Satoru SATOH]
* Added Esperanto translation [Artem Popov]
* Added Italian translation [Petrecca Michele]
Initial Release of BSE-ALSA 0.6.3:
* Provide an ALSA PCM driver for BSE
* Provide an ALSA MIDI driver for BSE
---
ciaoTJ
------->New version of Soundtank at http://www.nymu.net/soundtank/
In Soundtank, any LADSPA plugin can be used as a softsynth in only 2 lines:
> create source object-name plugin-name
> attach object-name /out
The result is a softsynth named object-name, outputting audio via ALSA or
JACK, and controllable with MIDI through the ALSA sequencer layer.
Release 1.0.1 contains many useability improvements, including the ability
to refer to object controls & data ports by their names as well as their
indexes.
> set object-name frequency 550
Also included in this release is automatic event map creation for every
newly created object.
Project Website is http://www.nymu.net/soundtank/
--jacob
Hello,
I am proud to announce new ALSA version 1.0.7. Bellow is list of
changes between 1.0.6 and 1.0.7.
Jaroslav
* alsa-driver
- core
- fix compilation with gcc 2.95.x and 2.2.x kernels
- enhance Kconfig help texts
- Fix iomem variable type
- 2.6 kernel code sync - module_param_array() should take a pointer
- PCM
- mmap callback is added to PCM ops
- OSS emulation - fix for O_NONBLOCK write
- Fixes for PCM/control 32bit emulation
- Fix drain/drop of linked PCM streams
- PCM boundary fix in 32bit compat layer
- Fix non-blocking write in ALSA OSS emulation
- nonblock_open=1 by default for OSS PCM API emulation
- sequencer
- OSS emulation fixes
- suppress auto-loading of modules in module_init()
- copy_to_user() return value checking in snd_seq_read()
- Fix auto-loading of sequencer modules
- fix sequencer sleeping in interrupt context
- rawmidi
- fix handling of EFAULT errors in snd_rawmidi_read/write
- fix hang when writing to /dev/midi* with O_SYNC
- new drivers
- via82xx-modem driver
- AudioScience asihpi driver
- Portman2x4 driver
- Fixed issues with Abit AV8
- PPC Tumbler driver
- suspend & mixer fixes
- ES1938
- added PM support
- emu10k1
- fixed AC97 master volume for Audigy
- Audigy DSP support
- Support for capture of 16,32,64 channels on emu10k1 device 2
- Fix AC3 playback on SB Live
- fixed emu10k1_fx8010_code_t structure to be less than 8192 bytes
- add interval timer support
- intel8x0
- quirks for Dell Precision 450, HP xw4200 and xw8200
- intel8x0: Fixed a long mdelay()
- fixed resume when interrupts are shared with another devices
- AC97 96 kHz sample rate support
- add AC97 quirk for Fujitsu-Siemens E4010
- remove gameport/MIDI support
- Added Compaq Evo W4000 quirk
- Improved clock measurement
- Fix SPDIF rate setting for old ICHs
- Fix SPDIF support on ICH4/5/6
- via82xx
- added the DXS entry for Uniwill/Targa Visionary XP-210
- Disable legacy FM and SB to prevent lock-ups
- ac97 quirk entry for Soltek SL-75DRV5
- Fix DXS entry for GA-7VAX
- Added dxs quirk for QDI Kudoz 7X/600-6AL
- rme32
- rme32 segfault fix
- fixing a two-rme32-in-one-machine bug
- hdsp
- Fix for 64bit architectures
- Fix the variable types in struct
- Fix HDSP meter ioctl
- RME9632 precise_ptr fix
- ICE1712
- Added support of Mediastation
- Clean up ice1712 chip struct
- Add routing/volume of ADAT I/O on EWS88D
- ICE1724
- Added support for AudioTrak Prodigy 192 cards
- fixes a bug that SPDIF-in mode can't be reset once after it's set
- Allow the private EEPROM image for evaluation boards
- aureon
- fixed the master volume control
- Fixed center/LFE volume controls
- Provide individual driver names for Aureon and Prodigy boards
- Aureon S/PDIF input fixes
- Adds AC'97 support to Aureon cards
- Fix Aureon CCS init sequence
- pontis
- buggy SPI communcation is fixed
- fixed the return value of put callbacks of GPIO controls
- corrected the initial register value of CS8416
- maestro3
- call pci_set_master() in resume (to be sure)
- AC97
- added jack sense switches for AD1885
- AC97 96 kHz sample rate support
- Added VIA shared type
- Check ac97 codec id in quirk table
- inverted EAPD support
- added AC97_SCAP_DETECT_BY_VENDOR flag (for xbox)
- Add (experimental) CM9761 support
- fix DAC slot assignment
- Fix AC97_EXTENDED_STATUS initialial value
- Fixed SPDIF on CS4298
- ATI IXP
- add IXP400 support
- Added workaround for buggy BIOS
- ens1371
- Fixed AC3-passthru on ens1371/1373 boards
- Fix latency in ens1371 driver
- ES18xx
- Fixed a bug in setting the filter register
- AZX (Intel HD Audio)
- code update and clean-up
- use ALSA proc info API and clean-up
- Korg1212
- Korg1212 misc fixes
- USB Audio
- add mixer quirk for LineX FM Transmitter
- add UA-1000 sample rate detection
- add Edirol UA-25 support
- mixer - handle missing control bitmap when parsing MUDs
- mixer - read bmControls array in correct order
- mixer - fix parsing of mixer unit descriptors
- OPL3
- Fix / clean up OPL3 for CS4281
- bt87x
- detect errors reported by the hardware
- don't stop capture on errors
- add overclocking option for the analog input
- use blacklist/whitelist for (non-)audio Bt878 cards
- Limit parity error messages
- ES1968
- Remove delay() to improve latency
- removes unneeded spin_lock_irqsave()s from snd-es1968
- usX2Y
- usx2y cleanups and fixes
- snd-usb-usx2y 0.7.3
- snd-usb-usx2y - crash fix for OHCI USB-HCDs
- au88x0
- more au88x0 eq cleanups
- au88x0: set-levels cleanup
- au88x0: sign_invert cleanup
- au88x0: name typo
- au88x0: comment and whitespace cleanup
- au88x0: fix is-quad oops
- au88x0: add resetup dma
- fix data type mismatch in sign_invert
- nm256
- Add reset_workaround module option
- cs46xx
- Fix ac97 codec reset and clean up
- CS4231
- replace schedule_timeout() with msleep()
* alsa-lib
- fixed endless loop when parsing backslash inside bad configuration file
- suppress PAUSE and RESUME for direct plugins
- dmix plugin - dont forget to return -EINVAL on errors
- rate plugin - Fix the downsampling noise problem
- Avoid zero division (sw_params)
* alsa-utils
- Fix hyphens in man pages
- aplay
- don't parse -X option because such an option doesn't exist
- allow argument for --sleep-min option
- fix handling of .voc magic string
- fix handling of .voc files on big-endian machines
- remove superfluous "size" parameter from check_wavefile_space macro
- reallocate buffer only if needed in check_wavefile_space
- fix playback of >2GB .wav files
- skip over padding bytes in .wav files
- fix memory leak when playing .voc silence blocks
- fix file length when recording >2GB .wav files
- fix recording of >4GB files
- alsamixer
- display 2 different views of the mixer controls (Playback, Capture)
- alsaconf
- some fixes
- fixed long options
- Now -L option requires the logfile argument
- corrected man page
* alsa-tools
- envy24control
- Fixed segfault when envy24control --help is called
* alsa-oss
- Always initialize pointers before use
* alsa-firmware
- license issues
-----
Jaroslav Kysela <perex(a)suse.cz>
Linux Kernel Sound Maintainer
ALSA Project, SUSE Labs
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Hello all,
here's version 2.3.5. Not too many changes, but still enough to warrant a
new release.
I also want to use this opportunity for the following:
<*****IMPORTANT NOTICE*****>
Ecasound website address has changed. The new address is
http://www.eca.cx/ecasound
This replaces the old (but still functional) website at
http://www.wakkanet.fi/~kaiv/ecasound/. Note that also all the subpages
have been modified. I've added some redirect pages, but the old site will
only be available for a limited time. Please update any links that point
to the old website.
And also, my email address has changed (see from).
</*****IMPORTANT NOTICE******>
CVS is tagged with 'v2_3_5' as usual, and here are the full details:
---
1. Summary of changes
Various Mac OS X specific build issues have been resolved. Minor
changes have been made to the OSS soundcard support to avoid
limitations of certain OSS drivers. Many minor updates have been made
to user documentation and to build system scripts.
---
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
* With this version, Ecasound can now really be compiled for MacOS X.
This has been tested on various 10.3.x systems. Also JACK support
is reported to work under OS X.
* Website address has changed: http://www.eca.cx/ecasound replaces
the old http://www.wakkanet.fi/~kaiv/ecasound address. Please update
any links that point to the old address.
Full list of changes is available at
<http://www.eca.cx/ecasound/history.php>.
---
4. Interface and configuration file changes
None.
---
5. Contributors
Patches - Accepted code, documentation and build system changes
Berndtgen Manfred (1) -- ecasignalview build error
Kai Vehmanen () -- various
Bug Hunting - Reports that led to bugfixes (items closed)
jcw (1) -- MacOS-X build errors.
kito -at- gentoo-org (1) -- MacOS-X build errors.
Stéphane Letz (1) -- Builds errors related to JACK and MacOS-X.
Paul Marquardt (1) -- Mac OS X build errors.
Raul Megelas (1) -- OSS-devices with no GETBLKSIZE support.
---
6. Links and files
Web sites:
http://www.eca.cx (fi)
http://ecasound.seul.org (us)
http://ecasound.sourceforge.net (us)
Source packages:
http://ecasound.seul.org/downloadhttp://ecasound.seul.org/download/ecasound-2.3.5.tar.gz
md5sum: bbc0c4d12c1d21a7e71fc1bdb9fb0e2b
Distributions with maintained Ecasound support:
See http://www.eca.cx/download.php
--
http://www.eca.cx
Audio software for Linux!
Hello all,
I've recently started writing a column on music software for LinuxUser
& Developer magazine. Unfortunately, it's not generally available on
the web at the moment.
The first Audio Libre column is on AGNULA/DeMuDi, and you can download
it from here as a PDF:
http://mondodesigno.com/cv/lud42-Audio_Libre.pdf
Cheers
Daniel James
Director
http://linuxaudio.org
OK, a new stable release after a long while... This one has loads of new
stuff vs previous stable.
libDSP is a C++ library of digital signal processing functions. It also
contains a wrapper for C. Assembler optimizations for E3DNow!, SSE2 and
x86-64 (SSE2).
Either http://libdsp.sf.net or http://www.sonarnerd.net/projects/libdsp/
--
Jussi Laako <jussi.laako(a)pp.inet.fi>
Gnomoradio is a peer to peer music playing system, based on Creative
Commons licenses. It has the ability to find, share, recommend, and
play songs that are freely available.
The release of version 0.15 makes Gnomoradio the first player to be able to import playlists based on the new XSPF file format (www.xspf.org). Other changes to 0.15 include migration to gtkmm 2.4 and a few bug fixes.
Web site: http://gnomoradio.org/
Screenshots: http://gnomoradio.org/screenshots/
Source: http://gnomoradio.org/pub/devel/gnomoradio-0.15.tar.bz2
dssi-vst 0.3 released!
======================
The 0.3 release of dssi-vst is now available.
dssi-vst is a DSSI plugin wrapper for VST effects and instruments
with GUI support, allowing them to be loaded into any DSSI host.
It requires a fairly recent version of Wine (this calendar year at least).
dssi-vst is available from the download page at
http://dssi.sourceforge.net/
The main improvement since the initial 0.1 release is that dssi-vst
now works correctly with plugins with complex GUIs that use
back-channel information to communicate things like patch data to
the audio plugin. In practical terms, this means that VSTs with
test keyboard widgets, patch load and save, and other natty features
in their GUIs should work properly as DSSI plugins without losing
automatability for the true automatable parameters.
DSSI v0.9 released
==================
I'm happy to announce version 0.9 of the DSSI plugin API.
http://dssi.sourceforge.net/
DSSI is an audio plugin API designed for software instruments with
custom user interfaces.
DSSI is based on the LADSPA effects plugin API, the ALSA sequencer
event types, and OSC (Open Sound Control) communications. It's
intended to be easily understood, GUI-toolkit-agnostic, and slightly
biased towards familiarity with MIDI. The DSSI distribution package
contains a JACK/ALSA-sequencer reference host and some plugins as well
as the specification and header. DSSI 0.9 was constructed by Steve
Harris, Chris Cannam, and Sean Bolton.
New in 0.9
----------
The main improvements in 0.9 are to the reference host implementation
and sample plugins.
The 0.9 API itself is binary compatible with the previous 0.4 release.
A new convention for plugin-global (rather than instance-local)
configuration data and a convention for setting a plugin's project
working directory have been introduced, and 0.9 clarifies certain
implementation points in the documentation.
Available hosts and plugins
---------------------------
Two hosts are currently known to include complete or nearly-complete
DSSI support: the reference jack-dssi-host included in the DSSI 0.9
distribution, and versions 0.9.9 and later of the Rosegarden-4
sequencer.
Currently available plugins include:
* a FluidSynth soundfont plugin included in the DSSI distribution
* Xsynth-DSSI, an analog-style (VCAs-VCF-VCO) plugin
* dssi-vst, a wrapper plugin enabling the use of many Windows VST
instruments and effects
* hexter, a Yamaha DX7 modeling plugin
* three smaller example plugins (two synths and a sampler) that are
also part of the DSSI distribution.
We are pleased to announce Quicktoots release number 13.
http://www.djcj.org/LAU/quicktoots
----------------------------------
Mastering: Loudness
How to master for maximum impact written by Ron Parker.
Mastering is the art of making a good mix sound incredible. It takes years of
experience do do it well and is possibly the most important part of a
professionals recording cycle.
This toot provides invaluable insight into sound control during the mastering
phase. Ron puts together years of hard learned knowledge gained from running
his Minneapolis studio.
-----------------------------------
The purpose of the Quicktoots are to provide a community resource of
informative guides for using Linux audio applications.
The Quicktoots are the brainchild of Dave Phillips the man responsible
for the most comprehensive webpage devoted to Linux audio applications.
The Linux Sound and Midi page. Your one stop resource for Linux sound
software.
http://www.linux-sound.org
If you are in the position to link to any of the quicktoots please link
to the main page. That way we can keep more accurate statistics on the
amount of people viewing the pages.
If you are interested in contributing to the Quicktoots please let us
know. All work must be submitted to either Dave or myself and we will
give advice or make changes to ensure our publishing standard is met. If
you are not able to send html don't worry because I am willing to format
any braindumps.
Enjoy.
--
Patrick Shirkey - Boost Hardware Ltd.
Http://www.boosthardware.comHttp://www.djcj.org/ - The Linux Audio Users guide
Http://www.djcj.org/gigs - Gigs Guide Korea
========================================
Being on stage with the band in front of crowds shouting, "Get off! No!
We want normal music!", I think that was more like acting than anything
I've ever done.
Goldie, 8 Nov, 2002
The Scotsman
