Hello all,
I just finished the jMax-SDIF package version 0.8 for jMax 4.1 CVS.
You can now import SDIF files into a track of matrices, and export a track to
SDIF. There is also an sdifinfo object that reads and outputs information
about the contents of an SDIF file.
Download:
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=26076&package_id=1062…
SDIF is the Sound Description Interchange Format, see
http://www.ircam.fr/sdif and the freesoftware wiki
http://freesoftware.ircam.fr/wiki/index.php?pagename=HomePage.
Cheers...
...Diemo
--
Diemo Schwarz -- http://www.ircam.fr/anasyn/schwarz
Analysis-Synthesis Team -- http://www.ircam.fr/anasyn
Real Time Applications Team -- http://www.ircam.fr/equipes/temps-reel
IRCAM - Centre Pompidou -- 1, place Igor-Stravinsky, 75004 Paris, France
Phone +33-1-4478-4879 / -4824 / -1558 / Fax -1540
Version 0.8 2004-09-10 Diemo Schwarz <schwarz(a)ircam.fr>
* track import and export with track messages importsdif/exportsdif
* sdifinfo object reads an SDIF file and prints info about the
data in it or copies it to an atom matrix $mat if given
* needs SDIF 3.9
Version 0.7 2004-08-24 Diemo Schwarz <schwarz(a)ircam.fr>
* updated to jmax4.1 syntax
* don't output tuples but list
Version 0.6 2004-01-09 Diemo Schwarz <schwarz(a)ircam.fr>
Compatible with jMax 4.0.x (fts_post still called post),
needs SDIF 3.8
* dump message
* typechecking for write
* string matrix read/write
* fixed old "last matrix not returned" bug
Version 0.5 2003-05-30 Diemo Schwarz <schwarz(a)ircam.fr>
* released first version
* complete help patches
$Id: ReleaseNotes,v 1.2 2004/09/10 16:07:20 diemo Exp $
Hydrogen 0.9.0 is out! :)
Features:
__General__
* Very user-friendly, modular, fast and intuitive graphical interface based
on QT 3.
* Sample-based stereo audio engine, with import of sound samples in .wav, .au
and .aiff formats.
* Support of samples in compressed FLAC file.
__Sequencer and mixer__
* Pattern-based sequencer, with unlimited number of patterns and ability to
chain patterns into a song.
* Up to 64 ticks per pattern with individual level per event and variable
pattern length.
* 32 instrument tracks with volume, mute, solo, pan capabilities.
* Multi layer support for instruments (up to 16 samples for each instrument).
* Ability to import/export song files.
* Unique human velocity, human time and swing functions.
* Multiple patterns playing at once.
__Other__
* OSS and Jack audio drivers, with assignable Jack ports.
* ALSA MIDI input with assignable midi-in channel (1..16, ALL).
* Import/export of drumkits.
* Export song to wav file.
* Export song to midi file.
Changes:
* Multi layer support for instruments (up to 16 samples).
* Multiple patterns playing at once.
* Added FLAC files support for songs and drumkits.
* Added pitch and gain properties per instrument.
* Improved song and pattern editor (selections, copy/move, etc..).
* Added a new selectable user interface (single panel).
* Better jack-transport support.
* Ability to set the note length in pattern editor
* Export song to standard midi file
Download:
http://hydrogen.sourceforge.net
Happy drumming! :^)
--
Alessandro <Comix> Cominu
http://hydrogen.sf.net
e-mail: comix(a)despammed.com
Icq: 116354077
Linux User # 203765
[...Codito Ergo Sum...]
Oggz 0.8.4 Release
------------------
liboggz is a C library providing a simple programming interface for reading
and writing Ogg files and streams. Ogg is an interleaving data container
developed by Monty at Xiph.Org, originally to support the Ogg Vorbis audio
format.
This release is available as a source tarball at:
http://www.annodex.net/software/liboggz/download/liboggz-0.8.4.tar.gz
New in this release:
* added support for building on Symbian OS (by Colin Ward)
* new OGGZ_ERR_IO_AGAIN handling for network reads
* added test for reading packets one-by-one
* expanded --help output for oggzdump tool
* added option to run test suite under valgrind
Additionally, a thorough audit of memory leaks has been completed and
various minor bugs have been fixed.
About Oggz
----------
Oggz comprises liboggz and the command-line tools oggzdump and oggzdiff.
liboggz supports the flexibility afforded by the Ogg file format while
presenting the following API niceties:
* Full API documentation.
* Comprehensive test suite of read, write and seeking behavior.
* Developed and tested on GNU/Linux, Darwin/MacOSX, Win32 and
Symbian OS. May work on other Unix-like systems via GNU autoconf.
For Win32: nmake Makefiles, Visual Studio .NET 2003 solution files
and Visual C++ 6.0 workspace files are provided in the source
distribution.
* Strict adherence to the formatting requirements of Ogg bitstreams,
to ensure that only valid bitstreams are generated; writes can fail
if you try to write illegally structured packets.
* A simple, callback based open/read/close or open/write/close
interface to raw Ogg files.
* Writing automatically interleaves with packet queuing, and provides
callback based notification when this queue is empty
* A customisable seeking abstraction for seeking on multitrack Ogg
data. Seeking works easily and reliably on multitrack and multi-codec
streams, and can transparently parse Theora, Speex, Vorbis and Annodex
headers without requiring linking to those libraries. This allows
efficient use on servers and other devices that need to parse and
seek within Ogg files, but do not need to do a full media decode.
Full documentation of the liboggz API, customization and installation,
and mux and demux examples can be read online at:
http://www.annodex.net/software/liboggz/html/
Tools
-----
The Oggz source tarball also contains the following command-line tools,
which are useful for debugging and testing Ogg bitstreams:
* oggzdump: Hexdump packets of an Ogg file, or revert an Ogg file
from such a hexdump.
* oggzdiff: Hexdump the packets of two Ogg files and output
differences Oggz is Free Software, available under a BSD-style
license.
License
-------
Oggz is Free Software, available under a BSD style license.
More information is available online at the Oggz homepage:
http://www.annodex.net/software/liboggz/
enjoy :)
--
Conrad Parker
Senior Software Engineer, Continuous Media Web, CSIRO Australia
http://www.annodex.net/http://www.ict.csiro.au/cmweb/
http://plugin.org.uk/timemachine/
Timemachine is a JACK app for recording sounds that have just happened.
It can also be used as a generic JACK sound recorder. Read the website for
more retails.
Changes
* Now builds properly without LASH installed (thanks to Joern Nettingsmeier)
* Can specify recording format on command line (wav or w64)
* Filename extension reflects the format (ie .w64 to help user confusion)
* Can specify ports to connect to on the command line
* Desktop icon (thanks to Anarcat) pixmaps/timemachine-icon.png
Known Bugs / Omisions
* There is a race condition - locks up the app, but recordings are OK.
Not fixed, as I dont understand the problem fully, and I've not
received a patch for it.
* TM wont auto-connect to JACK hardware capture ports, I've had one
request for this, but dont care enough to add it right now.
- Steve
Hi everybody,
After the holiday season, and late for the 1st anniversary, here comes
another dot release for QjackCtl, the Qt GUI for the JACK Audio Connection
Kit:
Qjackctl 0.2.10 is out, with some minor enhancements and fixes.
>From the change log:
- New pre-shutdown script setup option, allowing to specify a shell-script
to be run before the JACK server daemon is shutted-down. This overrides
any previous shutdown script setting, which should be now moved onto the
existing post-shutdown script option, as to keep old procedural behaviour.
- Avoid stopping JACK prematurely with QProcess::kill() (oneliner fix);
stopping JACK will now take a little bit longer, but hopefully will take
the time to cleanup properly (thanks to Kjetil Matheussen).
- ALSA driver Duplex mode accepts alternate Input or Output device name.
- Context menu reset option is now always enabled (yet another suggestion
from Sampo Savolainen).
- Main display background gets shinny effect; adjusted system tray
background palette color mode.
- Priority and setup control is now a spinbox ranging from 0..89 (as
suggested by Florian Schmidt). Same for Periods/Buffer.
- Patchbay connection lines are now drawn correctly when items are
scrolled out of view. Additionally, the connection lines can now be
optionally drawn as bezier spline curves (big thanks to Wilfried Huss).
Just head to the homepage:
http://qjackctl.sourceforge.net
or, in case that's not up-to-date yet, to sourceforge's project page:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/qjackctl
Hope you enjoy.
--
rncbc aka Rui Nuno Capela
rncbc(a)rncbc.org
Hi all,
I am pleased to announce the first beta release
(and the first public release, as well) of
Aqualung, a music player for GNU/Linux
--------------------------------------
Homepage: http://aqualung.sf.net
Aqualung is a new music player for the GNU/Linux operating system.
It plays audio files from your filesystem and has the feature of
inserting _no_gaps_ between adjacent tracks.
Aqualung is released under the GNU General Public License.
Features at a glance
====================
Supported file formats:
* Almost all sample-based, uncompressed formats (eg. WAV, AIFF, AU
etc.), files encoded with FLAC (the Free Lossless Audio Codec), Ogg
Vorbis and MPEG Audio files (including, but not limited to, MP3) are
supported. Naturally, any of these files can be mono or stereo.
Supported output devices:
* OSS and ALSA driver interface, as well as support for connecting to
the JACK Audio Connection Kit.
Key features:
* Continuous, gap-free playback of consecutive tracks! Your ears get
exactly what is in the files -- no silence inserted in between.
* Ability to convert sample rates between the input file and the
output device, in high quality. (Thanks to libsamplerate!)
* LADSPA plugin support -- you can use any suitable LADSPA plugin to
enhance the music you are listening to.
Some other niceties:
* Internally working volume and balance controls (not touching the
soundcard mixer).
* Support for multiple skins; changing them is possible at any time.
* Support for random seeking during playback.
* Track repeat, List repeat and Shuffle mode (besides normal playback)
* All windows are sizable. You can stretch the main window
horizontally for more accurate seeking.
* State persistence via XML config files. Aqualung will come up in the
same state as it was when you closed it, including playback modes,
volume & balance settings, currently processing LADSPA plugins,
window sizes, positions & visibility, and other miscellaneous
options.
In addition to all this, Aqualung comes with a Music Store that is an
XML-based music database, capable of storing various metadata about
music on your computer (including, but not limited to, the names of
artists, and the titles of records and tracks). This is much more
efficient than the all-in-one Winamp/XMMS playlist.
Hope you will like this program. Please report any problems.
Tom
Greetings,
I have released a first version of my LADSPA host Soundtank which
holds instruments for you to play.
The project website is <a
href="http://www.nymu.net/soundtank">www.nymu.net/soundtank</a>
In this program, you can use any LADSPA plugin with a pitch control as
a softsynth; multiple instances handle polyphony and MIDI control is
handled through user-customizeable Event Maps. As a perk, I have
included a command to automatically create Event Maps, ensuring you
instant gratification.
Soundtank is a shell for audio work. Instead of a directory heirarchy,
Signal Path objects hold other objects in ordered lists. The order
dictates the audio signal flow. There are alternate versions of the
shell commands you are familiar with, such as: ls, cd, rm, mv. This
should make it easy to learn to use.
This is a native ALSA app, with full duplex support in JACK, and an
ALSA Sequencer MIDI port is created for every active object. All audio
generation/filtering is handled by LADSPA plugins. Furthermore,
objects are saved to human readable, flat-file format XML files.
To see more, go to <a
href="http://www.nymu.net/soundtank">www.nymu.net/soundtank</a>
thanks and best wishes,
--jacob
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Florence, 28 August 2004
+++ AGNULA/DEMUDI 1.2.0-rc3 IS OUT
The third release candidate of AGNULA/DeMuDI 1.2.0, the Debian-based
GNU/Linux distribution for audio, has been released.
+++
The third release candidate of AGNULA/DeMuDI 1.2.0, the Debian-based
GNU/Linux distribution for audio, has been released.
As this release is going to be the final candidate for the 1.2.0, we
would like to invite all the audio developers whose application is
included to test the distribution and check that everything is ok with
their software.
The available packages along with their versions can be checked here:
http://apt.agnula.org/demudi/indices/Available
We apologise in advance in case some applications are slightly out of
date (we freezed the release nearly one month ago). We plan provide
package updates after the actual 1.2.0 release, but minor fixes are
welcome.
Instructions on how to download and install it can be found here:
http://www.agnula.org/download/demudi/demudi_1_2_0_iso
and a list of frequently asked questions here:
http://www.agnula.org/download/demudi/1.2.0-FAQ
Highlights:
o Installer
* Fixed keyboard layout configuration for X
* Uncommenting external APT sources when the network is configured
* Fixed wrong /dev/cdrom link
o Configuration:
* Fixed gkrellm font size
* Workaround for broken solfege resource file
Feel free report all bugs, requests, criticisms using our development
portal [0].
Instructions on how to report bugs and requests are available here:
http://www.agnula.org/development/agnula_bugs_requests/
We hope you enjoy AGNULA/DeMuDi! For any information, do not hesitate
to contact us writing to:
<info(a)agnula.org>
And/or visiting our web site, http://www.agnula.org/.
+++
About AGNULA: Agnula (acronym for A GNU/Linux Audio distribution,
pronounced with a strong g) is the name of a project funded until
April 2004 by the European Commission (number of contract:
IST-2001-34879; key action IV.3.3, Free Software: towards the critical
mass). After the end of the funded period, AGNULA is continuing as a
volunteer based project, aiming to spread Libre Software in the
professional audio/video arena.
Best regards,
--
The AGNULA Team info(a)agnula.org
Our mailing lists: http://lists.agnula.org/
Our web site: http://www.agnula.org/
"There's no free expression without control on the tools you use"
[0] http://devel.agnula.org/
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Florence, 27 August 2004
+++ "Audio/Video streaming with Free Software" workshop at Firenze World Vision
On Sep 23, 2004, Media Innovation Unit - Firenze Tecnologia will host
a one-day workshop on Audio/Video streaming with Free Software during
Firenze World Vision 2004, which will be held in Florence (Italy).
+++
On Sep 23, 2004, Media Innovation Unit - Firenze Tecnologia will host
a one-day workshop on Audio/Video streaming with Free Software during
Firenze World Vision 2004, which will be held in Florence (Italy).
The intent is to make this workshop a meeting place for sharing
information about the different experiences in Europe about this
theme.
The aim is to:
- exchange best practices at regional level about the Free Streaming
effort (client/server platforms, free codecs, etc, etc)
- start a network of contacts in order to improve the social impact of
these experiences
Amongst the invited speakers:
Francois Déchelle (IRCAM)
Juan Carlos de Martin (CNR-Politecnico di Torino)
Michael Sparks (BBC R&D)
Stuart Cunningham (BBC R&D)
Andrea Glorioso (MIU-FT)
Manuel Lora (Xiph Foundation)
We look forward to seeing you at this workshop, to share and discuss
with us and with the speakers your ideas on the role of Free Software
in the streaming arena, what you feel should be the best practices in
this domain, what the next steps are in order to foster Free Software
acceptance into the Audio/Video streaming community.
All presentations will be given in the english language. An
italian-english translation service will be available for the Q&A
session, after each talk.
Further information on the workshop will be published on:
http://www.miu-ft.org/what/events/20040923.fwv.str/
For more details, feel free to contact:
Nicola Giosmin <n.giosmin(a)miu.firenzetecnologia.it>
and/or our office in Florence:
Media Innovation Unit - Firenze Tecnologia
Borgo Albizi 15/a
50122 Firenze
Italy
Tel. no: +39 055 2001561
Fax. no: +39 055 2345762
+++
About Firenze Tecnologia: Firenze Tecnologia is the special agency of
the Chamber of Commerce of Florence devoted to study and facilitation
of technological innovation in the florentinian and tuscanian areas.
Please check: <http://www.firenzetecnologia.it/>.
About Media Innovation Unit: Media Innovation Unit is the research
unit of Firenze Tecnologia, devoted to research, development and
promotion of Free Software, Libre Content, Open Networks and New
Media.
About Firenze World Vision: Firenze World Vision is the event which
annually gathers the protagonists of innovation and of contemporary
communication processes, who compare their "visions" of the future.
Firenze World Vision deals with theory and practice, with ideas and
products, with global change and the ways our daily life is going to
change, well aware that the keys to read the contemporary world can be
found only through a multiform approach, without preconstituted views.
Please check: <http://www.firenzeworldvision.it/>.
The Sound Description Interchange Format (SDIF) is an established standard for
the well-defined and extensible interchange of a variety of sound analysis
data, including sound descriptions such as spectral, sinusoidal, resonance,
time-domain, and higher-level models.
This release 3.8.6 of the Ircam SDIF library and tools gives you the latest
improvements such as:
- thread safety
- faster operation
- reading from pipes
- API completion and bug fixes
Sites:
- http://www.ircam.fr/anasyn/sdif/
- http://freesoftware.ircam.fr/index.php3
- http://freesoftware.ircam.fr/wiki/index.php?pagename=HomePage
Have a nice day...
...Diemo
--
Diemo Schwarz, Ph.D. -- http://www.ircam.fr/anasyn/schwarz
Real-Time Applications Team -- http://www.ircam.fr/equipes/temps-reel
IRCAM - Centre Pompidou -- 1, place Igor-Stravinsky, 75004 Paris, France
Phone +33-1-4478-4879 -- Fax +33-1-4478-1540
Version 3.8.6 2004-08-26 Niels Bogaards and Axel Roebel
* SDIF now thread save if pthreads are available.
Version 3.8.5 2004-07-13 Axel Roebel
* read byte counter fixes
Version 3.8.4 2004-06-17 Axel Roebel
* fixed sdifextract padding calculation.
Version 3.8.3 2004-06-03 Diemo Schwarz
* profiling harness showed some waste of cycles -->
* optimisations give overall run time improvement of 40% on read/write
Version 3.8.2 2004-05-03 Axel Roebel and Diemo Schwarz
* reading from pipes possible
Version 3.8.1 2004-02-10 Axel Roebel
* Handling of the warning for sdiftypes file changed
Version 3.8.0 2004-01-29 Diemo Schwarz
* API and compilation completion, MacOSX portability
* Added support for types eInt1 and eUInt1.
See ChangeLog for previous versions:
Version 3.7.5 2003-05-24 Axel Röbel
Version 3.7.4 2003-05-23 Diemo Schwarz
Version 3.7.3 2003-03-07 Axel Roebel
Version 3.7.2 2002-12-17 Axel Roebel, Patrice Tisserand
Version 3.7.1 2002-10-30 Diemo Schwarz, Patrice Tisserand
Version 3.7.0 2002-09-20 Diemo Schwarz
Version 3.6 2002-08-05 Axel Roebel
Version 3.5
Version 3.4
Version 3.3