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by Will Godfrey

There are no new features in this release. It is really another maintenance one, with a few more bugfixes and code refinements. However, there is a check for when you save an instrument but haven't set a type. This asks you to do so, and also recommends including copyright information. You can ignore this and save without these, but then it will be very difficult to identify your patch on a search, and impossible to acknowledge you on any songs that use it. Yoshimi source code is available from either: https://sourceforge.net/projects/yoshimi Or: https://github.com/Yoshimi/yoshimi Full build instructions are in 'INSTALL'. Our list archive is at: https://www.freelists.org/archive/yoshimi To post, email to: yoshimi(a)freelists.org -- Will J Godfrey http://www.musically.me.uk http://yoshimi.github.io Say you have a poem and I have a tune. Exchange them and we can both have a poem, a tune, and a song.

4 years

B.Schaffl 1.4.0 - MIDI dynamics & vitalization

by Sven Jaehnichen

Hi, The MIDI dynamics and vitalization LV2 plugin just got new features. Now you can share your settings between different instances of the plugin and thus synchronize the instances. Key features: * MIDI velocity amplification and timing manipulation plugin * Swing and shuffle rhythms * Pre-generator dynamics * *Tempo rubato* * Pattern (sliders) or shape-controlled * MIDI filters * Smart quantization * Group / link individual instances of B.Schaffl * Free and open source What's new: * Shared data: Link controllers between different instances * New plugin sub-title * Plugin description * Bugfixes Acknowledgements: * Bart Brouns for the original idea plus subsequent ideas about principle and features * Robin Gareus for ideas to technically solve *rubato*-related problems * Jatin Chowdhury for ideas to technically solve shared data storage Links * Project website: https://github.com/sjaehn/BSchaffl * Features/Tutorial : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CBwkYDk5reU Have fun! Sven

4 years

Reminder: Quarterly Release Pact (next release day 2021-01-15)

by software＠linuxaudio.org

The release pact is an informal agreement to aim for shared, scheduled release dates. We agree to release at least four times a year: January, April, July and October the 15th. To participate you just need to do a release. There is no need to register in advance or ask for permission to participate. A release is an important step in the development and life of software. Users look forward to updates and improvements, but they mean additional work for developers. It is often very hard to decide if and when to release, so developers tend to wait and postpone. There do not seem to be any objective, measurable reasons that could lead to a decision. Therefore we have decided to use time as a basis. Why should you schedule (at least) four releases per year? Developer side: * Incentive to release something. Releases are better than git progress. They get packaged, they indicate a (relatively) good state of the program. * Momentum/Peer Pressure: Other people are going to release, so will I. * Healthy, Active Community: Being in a developer group that you see working (by their releases) is a good motivation to do something yourself. User side: * Announcements: Keep the software in the public eye * Trust. People see that the software is in development and is cared for. * The "last updated" date should never be more than 4 months away and always the current year. * Swarm Marketing: A small release does not have much impact and won't get featured often by news sites. A whole group of software releases demands more attention. At the moment we simply release on the same date, but in the future this could grow closer together. As in: joined press statements etc. Minimum Viable Release: * "Fixed typo in documentation" should be enough. Especially for software that has huge release intervals, like a year or longer, there is public uncertainty if a project is just "working as intended" or dead. A minor release with minimal changes is still a signal to the public that the software is not forgotten. * There is always something to do: Non-Code accomplishments like writing documentation and user manuals are also a (very good) reason to release Where can you announce a release? * Send a mail to linux-audio-announce(a)lists.linuxaudio.org .No registration needed for posting, the list is moderated. * Also send a mail to linux-audio-user(a)lists.linuxaudio.org and linux-audio-dev(a)lists.linuxaudio.org . Cross-Posting releases is accepted. These two lists need registration though. * Submit your release, or the whole software to https://libreav.org * Post to https://linuxmusicians.com/viewforum.php?f=24 * Submit a new link or text post to https://old.reddit.com/r/linuxaudio/ * Add or update your entry at https://gitlab.com/nodiscc/awesome-linuxaudio (see https://gitlab.com/nodiscc/awesome-linuxaudio/-/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md ) * Add or update your software to Wikipedia * Add or update your software on this wikipedia list https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Linux_audio_software * Chat with your developer-peers on freenodes IRC channel #lad ( Libre/Linux Audio Developers ) Miscellaneous * How to give version numbers: Semantic Versioning https://semver.org/ * Provide release notes and a CHANGELOG https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/ ("Don’t let your friends dump git logs into changelogs.") * Provide a real release as tarball and/or Github Gitlab release (resulting in a tarball). Distributions want a stable set of files for packaging. A git tag alone is not stable. * Check your software and information (like README, .desktop file, your own website etc.) if it is up to date. Take inspiration from one of the many release guides, such as https://radek.io/2015/11/23/release-checklist/ * The Documentation Compendium: "Why must you document your project? - Various templates & tips on writing high-quality documentation that people want to read." https://github.com/kylelobo/The-Documentation-Compendium#why_document * Does your software still create (dot-)files directly in the homedir? Start supporting the XDG Base Directory Specification https://specifications.freedesktop.org/basedir-spec/basedir-spec-latest.html

4 years

mioctl: open-source iConnectivity mioXL/mioXM control software

by Panu Matilainen

Hi there, This is the initial announcement of mioctl project, bringing iConnectivity X-series (mioXL, mioXM) configuration to Linux and other platforms: https://codeberg.org/pmatilai/mioctl Whereas the the previous generation interfaces from iConnectivity was well-documented and for which an open-source GUI application already exists [1], the X-series control protocol is completely different and undocumented as of this writing, so this project is reverse-engineered by analyzing RTP traffic between Auracle and a mioXL. It is early days in the project but what it can do right now is - List, load and save (including rename) presets - List, add and remove routes - List device ports by their names - List active remaps and filters - List connected usb hosted devices - View device information (model, serial, firmware version) - View network configuration For many missing functionalities it's merely a matter of finding the time to to implement, USB host reservation looks more complicated but should get there eventually. [1] https://github.com/dehnhardt/iconnconfig - Panu -

4 years

Virtual MIDI Piano Keyboard 0.8.0 and Drumstick libs 2.0.0 released

by Pedro Lopez-Cabanillas

Virtual MIDI Piano Keyboard is a MIDI events generator and receiver. It doesn't produce any sound by itself, but can be used to drive a MIDI synthesizer (either hardware or software, internal or external). You can use the computer's keyboard to play MIDI notes, and also the mouse. You can use the Virtual MIDI Piano Keyboard to display the played MIDI notes from another instrument or MIDI file player. Project web site: https://vmpk.sourceforge.io/ Downloads: https://sourceforge.net/projects/vmpk/files/vmpk/0.8.0/ Drumstick is a set of MIDI libraries using C++/Qt5 idioms and style. Includes a C++ wrapper around the ALSA library sequencer interface: ALSA sequencer provides software support for MIDI technology on Linux. A complementary library provides classes for processing SMF (Standard MIDI files: .MID/.KAR), and Cakewalk (.WRK) file formats. A multiplatform realtime MIDI I/O library and a GUI Widgets libraries are also provided. Project web site: https://drumstick.sourceforge.io/ Downloads: https://sourceforge.net/projects/drumstick/files/2.0.0/ License of both projects: GPL v3 or later

4 years

[LAU] Guitarix2 release version 0.42.1

by Hermann Meyer

I'm pleased to announce the release of guitarix2-0.42.1 A virtual guitar amplifier for Linux running with jack (Jack Audio Connection Kit) released under the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. This is a quick Fix release: * Make new Output Limiter less conservative * Add Indicator Widget for the Limiter to show limiting levels * Increase range for Volume controls on the Power Amp plugin * Fix MultiBandDistortion introduce sonic noise * Add Limiter to the Ladspa plugin * add configure option to build and link libgxw(mm) statically Last release: https://github.com/brummer10/guitarix/releases/tag/V0.42.1 Project Page on github: https://github.com/brummer10/guitarix Project Page on SourceForge: https://sourceforge.net/projects/guitarix/

4 years

B.Jumblr 1.6.0 (LV2 plugin)

by Sven Jaehnichen

Hello, it's time for a new release of B.Jumblr, a pattern-controlled audio-stream & sample re-sequencer. There are now some more options for samples. And you can now change the pattern orientation for your convenience. What's new: ----------- * Flip pad orientation option * Sample options: start, end, amp, loop * Sample restore-related problems fixed * Colors optimized * Bugfixes Repository: https://github.com/sjaehn/BJumblr Releases: https://github.com/sjaehn/BJumblr/releases Tutorial video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DFSi7TMqvMw Acknowledgments: ---------------- * Milkii Brewster for ideas about principle and features * unfa for ideas about multiple patterns and automation * Rob van den Berg for the plugin name Enjoy and have fun Sven Jaehnichen

4 years

LibreMusicProduction final archive

by software＠linuxaudio.org

The final state of libremusicproduction.com has now been archived under the linuxaudio github organisation. https://github.com/linuxaudio/libremusicproduction You can view it here: https://linuxaudio.github.io/libremusicproduction/html/ Nils

4 years

Qtractor 0.9.19 - QStuff* Winter'20 Release batch #3

by Rui Nuno Capela

Season greetings, a third and last time, Qtractor 0.9.19 (winter'20) is released! Change-log: - Session directory auto-name option added to the session properties dialog, as convenience. - Loading and saving a LV2 plugin's state has been vastly improved. IMPORTANT CAVEAT: From this moment onwards, when loading any newer saved sessions into older versions of the program, all LV2 plugins won't get their state restored correctly. - Track colors saturation introduced as yet another eye-candy option (cf. View/Options.../Display/Track color saturation) - Fixed VST3 number of channels query/report. - Fixed immediate crash when loading untitled or unnamed Instrument Definitions files (*.ins): base file-name is now taken as default instrument definition name or title. - Tempo (BPM) entry may now be specified with arbitrary precision, to at most 3 decimal positions in fractional part, while integer whole values are displayed with no decimal point. - Added option to keep MIDI clip editor windows (aka. piano-roll) always on top of the main window (cf. View/Options.../General/Keep editor windows always on top). - MIDI clip editor status-bar labels are not stretched to whole text size anymore, most specially for the current file complete path. Description: Qtractor [1] is an audio/MIDI multi-track sequencer application written in C++ with the Qt framework [2]. Target platform is Linux, where the Jack Audio Connection Kit (JACK [3]) for audio and the Advanced Linux Sound Architecture (ALSA [4]) for MIDI are the main infrastructures to evolve as a fairly-featured Linux desktop audio workstation GUI, specially dedicated to the personal home-studio. Website: http://qtractor.org https://qtractor.sourceforge.io http://qtractor.sourceforge.net Project page: https://sourceforge.net/projects/qtractor Downloads: https://sourceforge.net/projects/qtractor/files - source tarball: https://download.sf.net/qtractor/qtractor-0.9.19.tar.gz - source package (openSUSE Tubleweed): https://download.sf.net/qtractor/qtractor-0.9.19-60.rncbc.suse.src.rpm - binary package (openSUSE Tubleweed): https://download.sf.net/qtractor/qtractor-0.9.19-60.rncbc.suse.x86_64.rpm - AppImage [7] package: https://download.sf.net/qtractor/qtractor-0.9.19-60.x86_64.AppImage Git repos: https://git.code.sf.net/p/qtractor/code https://github.com/rncbc/qtractor.git https://gitlab.com/rncbc/qtractor.git https://bitbucket.org/rncbc/qtractor.git Wiki (outdated; help wanted!): https://sourceforge.net/p/qtractor/wiki/ - static rendering: http://qtractor.org/doc http://qtractor.sourceforge.net/doc https://qtractor.sourceforge.io/doc - user manual & how-to's: https://download.sf.net/qtractor/qtractor-manual-and-howtos.epub https://download.sf.net/qtractor/qtractor-manual-and-howtos.pdf License: Qtractor [1] is free, open-source Linux Audio [5] software, distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License (GPL [6]) version 2 or later. References: [1] Qtractor - An audio/MIDI multi-track sequencer http://qtractor.org https://qtractor.sourceforge.io http://qtractor.sourceforge.net [2] Qt framework, C++ class library and tools for cross-platform application and UI development https://qt.io/ [3] JACK Audio Connection Kit https://jackaudio.org [4] ALSA, Advanced Linux Sound Architecture https://www.alsa-project.org/ [5] Linux Audio consortium of libre software for audio-related work https://linuxaudio.org [6] GPL - GNU General Public License https://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html [7] AppImage, Linux apps that run anywhere https://appimage.org/ See also: https://www.rncbc.org/drupal/node/2154 Stay safe and healthy! && Keep the fun! -- rncbc aka Rui Nuno Capela

4 years

Guitarix2 release version 0.42.0

by Hermann Meyer

I'm pleased to announce the release of guitarix2-0.42.0 A virtual guitar amplifier for Linux running with jack (Jack Audio Connection Kit) released under the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. ZamAudio <https://github.com/zamaudio> meets Guitarix https://github.com/zamaudio For this release Damien Zammit from ZamAudio has reworked our tube emulation. This improved beside the overall sound, the dynamic responses of the different tube simulations. Be aware please, that this may break your existing presets, but, we believe that the improvement in sound is it worse to force you to readjust your presets to match the new tube sims. Further news are: Reworked French translation by Olivier Humbert Add DC-Blocker on the Input Add Output Limiter Add Volume controls for the Power Amp plugin Fix version checks for needed packages Fix several small Bugs and hopefully don't introduce to much new ones Last release: https://github.com/brummer10/guitarix/releases/tag/V0.42.0 Project Page on github: https://github.com/brummer10/guitarix Project Page on SourceForge: https://sourceforge.net/projects/guitarix/

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