Hello FLOSS audio people!
I'm proud to announce the new release of jack_mixer version 15!
jack_mixer is a GTK+ JACK audio mixer app with a look & handling similar
to hardware mixing desks.
Please visit the project's homepage at rdio.space/jackmixer for more
information.
You can find the new release on Github at:
https://github.com/jack-mixer/jack_mixer/releases/tag/release-15
**Important change:** 'jack_mixer' now uses [meson] for building and
installation. See 'INSTALL.md' in the source for new build instructions.
New:
* A global setting for default project file path was added and can be
changed in the preference dialog.
The default value is '$XDG_DATA_HOME/jack_mixer' (which is normally
'~/.local/share/jack_mixer').
* A "Recent projects" menu was added, to allow loading recently used /
saved projects more quickly.
* Direct channel output ports are now optional and can be enabled /
disabled in the channel preferences dialog.
* Ctrl+left-click on the mute ("M") or solo ("S") channel buttons now
activates exclusive mute resp. solo.
* A man page for 'jack_mixer' was added.
* 'jack_mix_box' now supports the '-p|--pickup' command line option to
enable MIDI pickup mode, to prevent sudden volume or balance value
jumps.
Fixed:
* Activating the solo function on an input channel could cause its
output signal be sent to the monitor outputs instead of the signal
from the channel, which had monitoring activated.
* Volume and balance level and mute and solo state changes originating
from the UI now send the correct assigned MIDI CCs, allowing for MIDI
feedback to controllers. Same for changes originating from reception
of assigend MIDI CCs.
* The handler for right-clicking the input channel mute/solo buttons,
was accidentally removed and is now re-instated.
* Creating a new output channel assigns it a randomly chosen color,
which can be changed in the new channel dialog (used to work
some releases ago, but was broken at some point).
* The 'jack_mix_box' command line options '--help' and '--stereo'
erroneously required an argument.
* Saving the current project on reception of the 'SIGUSR1' signal, which
is a requirement for LADISH level L1 support, was broken in version
14.
* When re-ording channels via drag-and-drop, the order of the edit /
remove channel menu items were not updated.
* When creating an output channel, it could happen that the initial
channel volume would ranmdomly be set to -inf or 0 dB, regardless of
what was selected in new channel dialog.
Changed:
* The minimum supported Python version is now 3.6.
* The 'jack_mix_box' command line usage help message was improved.
* The channel strip buttons (solo, mute, etc.) now have more distinctive
colors when activated or the mouse hovers over them.
* The balance slider step size was increased slightly so right-clicking
the slider changes the value more rapidly.
* When using the "Save as..." function, 'jack_mixer' now sets the
default filename and directory for file chooser to the last ones used.
* A window title was added to the preferences dialog.
* MIDI control for mute and solo now interprets control value 0-63 as
off and 64-127 as on, instead of toggling the state on reception of
any controller value.
Project infrastructure and internals:
* The 'jack_mixer_c' Python extension module, which was originally
implemented in hand-written C code using the PYTHON C API, was
replaced with the '_jack_mixer' extension module implemented in
Cython, which generates the C code in '_jack_mixer.c'.
* The autotools build toolchain was replaced with a build setup using
meson, which improves build times and maintainability markedly. See
the file 'INSTALL.md' for updated build and installation instructions.
* A build option to allow buidling only 'jack_mix_box' was added
('-Dgui=disabled').
* All Python code was re-formatted with [black].
* All errors and warings reported by [flake8] were fixed or are
expressively and selectively ignored.
* The file 'version.py' is now generated from the version set in the
project definition in the top-level 'meson.build' file, leaving this
as the only place where the version number needs to be updated before
a release.
* The 'NEWS' file was renamed to 'CHANGELOG.md' and converted to
Markdown format.
This release was created by Christopher Arndt. With a contribution from
Athanasios Silis.
Share & enjoy!
Christopher Arndt
Ladies and Gentlemen,
hereby the Laborejo Software Suite releases updates for its programs in
the hope to be useful in your musical toolbox.
You can now download Patroneo version 2.1.0 .
https://laborejo.org/downloads/patroneo-2.1.0.tar.gz
All software is released under GPLv3.
Patroneo (Esperanto: /Pattern/) is an easy to use, pattern based midi
sequencer, a program that sends digital "notes" to software instruments
such as synthesizers and samplers.
Changelog Highlights:
* Full Undo/Redo
* Add track groups, which double as midi bus. This enhances overview for more complex projects.
* Add option to follow the playhead in pattern view (or not), required by the much longer patterns. Also better scrolling and playhead is always visible now.
* Add option to change the midi channel for a track in the tracks context menu.
* Add View-Menu with options to maximize the two editor areas.
* Add advanced feature for a global rhythm offset, meant for Jack-Transport. Allows the whole piece to begin later on the jack-timeline.
You can find all releases as sources here. Also check your distribution
for packages in a few days after this announcement, please.
https://laborejo.org/downloads/
For more information, a multi-language user manual, build instructions
and git access please visit
https://www.laborejo.org/patroneo/
Greetings,
Laborejo Software Suite
https://www.laborejo.org/
(Apologies for cross-postings)
ICAD 2021
Call for Submission of Papers and Extended Abstracts
26th International Conference on Auditory Display
Virtual Conference
25-28 June 2021
https://icad2021.icad.org
THEME: “SOUNDING BOARD”
In addition to being part of the resonating chamber in a musical
instrument, the term sounding board is also a metaphor for a channel
through which ideas are discussed and disseminated. ICAD, established in
1992 has, through its 25 conference meetings, shared over 1,150 papers with
the auditory display community. This year, the conference will offer itself
as a sounding board for the community, allowing time to pause and reflect
on the history of auditory display research, review how research has
changed throughout the years, and discuss future areas of inquiry as well
as how to adapt our research during these challenging times. Therefore, the
ICAD 2021 committee is seeking full papers, abstracts, concert pieces,
demos, installations, workshops, and tutorials from across the full
spectrum of auditory display research and practice. From discussions and
reflections on the history of auditory display research with a view to
generating new ways of thinking about how we as practitioners should go
about things, to speculative ideas or news of late-breaking work,
submissions are sought across all the categories. We are particularly
interested in hearing from researchers who have never considered themselves
to be part of the community before, or whose work sits at the periphery of
the field.
Important Dates:
Full Papers - March 31st
Abstract Only Submissions (no paper published) - April 30th
Workshops/Tutorials/Demos - April 30th
Live Performances/Installations - April 30th
Doctoral Consortium/Thinktank -April 30th
For details on topics of interest, proposal format, submission
instructions, and additional conference information please visit
https://icad2021.icad.org/call-for-participation/
Papers Chairs:
Areti Andreopoulou and Milena Droumeva
papers(a)icad2021.icad.org
Conference Chairs:
Kyla McMullen and Paul Vickers
chairs(a)icad2021.icad.org
About ICAD:
First held in 1992, ICAD is a highly interdisciplinary conference with
relevance to researchers, practitioners, artists, and graduate students
working with sound to convey and explore information. The conference is
unique in its specific focus on auditory displays and the range of
interdisciplinary issues related to their use. Like its predecessors, ICAD
2021 will be a single-track conference, open to all, with no membership or
affiliation requirements.
--
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Kyla A. McMullen, Ph.D.
Web: http://www.kylamcmullen.com
LinkedIn: KylaMcMullen <https://www.linkedin.com/in/kyla-mcmullen-16902222>
Twitter: @Dr_Kyla <https://twitter.com/Dr_Kyla>
Facebook: Kyla McMullen <https://www.facebook.com/kyla.mcmullen.90/>
Google Scholar: Kyla McMullen
<https://scholar.google.com.au/citations?hl=en&user=DzvXnyoAAAAJ>
Need a synchronous conversation? <http://calendly.com/kyla-mcmullen>
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liquidsfz-0.2.3 has been released
The main goal of liquidsfz is to provide an SFZ sampler implementation
library that is easy to integrate into other projects. A standalone jack
client and a LV2 plugin is also available.
liquidsfz is implemented in C++ and licensed under the GNU LGPL version
2.1 or later. The release tarball can be downloaded here:
https://github.com/swesterfeld/liquidsfz#releases
Overview of Changes in liquidsfz-0.2.3:
=======================================
* Implement LFO support
- old style (amplfo_*, pitchlfo_*, fillfo_*)
- new style (lfoN_freq, lfoN_pitch,...)
* Preprocessor improvements
- allow #define / #include in the middle of a line
- allow to #include the same file twice
- support C style block comments
* Support curve sections and related opcodes
* Portability changes which should allow building the lib on windows
* Minor fixes and cleanups
--
Stefan Westerfeld, http://space.twc.de/~stefan
Zrythm v1.0.0-alpha.8.0.1 has been released!
Screenshot:
https://forum.zrythm.org/uploads/default/original/1X/e29b52f7cb3298f27edef9…
(by Open Mastering, CC0)
Demo:
https://mastodon.social/web/statuses/105508375031554860
(by Lana Del DK, CC-BY-SA 4.0)
Zrythm is a digital audio workstation designed to be featureful and
easy to use. It allows limitless automation through curves, LFOs and
envelopes, supports multiple plugin formats including LV2, LADSPA,
DSSI, SFZ, SF2, VST2 and VST3 (via Carla), works with multiple backends
including JACK, RtAudio/RtMidi and SDL2, assists with chord
progressions via a special Chord Track and chord pads, and can be used
in multiple languages including English, French, Portuguese, Japanese
and German.
Zrythm is free software written in C using the GTK+3 toolkit and can be
extended using GNU Guile (Scheme).
Zrythm is currently in alpha and we are working towards stabilizing the
project format and entering the beta phase.
Changes in 1.0.0-alpha.8.0.1:
### Added
- Moving region markers is now undoable
### Changed
- Do not attempt to draw regions if visible width is 0
- Refactor each plugin action into a single mixer selections action
- Refactor each track action into a single tracklist selections action
- Add Arch Linux to exceptions in trademark policy
### Fixed
- Fix automation region mute
- Fix crash when cloning from insert into new track
- Fix crash when moving two effects in the mixer and the new position
overlaps one of them
- Fix start/end markers being deletable
- Fix right channel having lower volume after recording audio in mono
- Fix crash when reaching transport loop end and metronome enabled
- Fix crash when moving a plugin to a slot that has another plugin
- Fix crash when deleting all visible tracks
- Fix regions of hidden tracks being shown in the timeline
- Fix crash when holding down ctrl-d for a long time
Additional changes since last announcement:
### Added
- Add reset right click option in categories in plugin browser
- Plugin collections
- Filter by protocol in plugin browser
- Snap to events and snap-and-keep-offset
- Recording modes: overwrite events, merge events, takes (mute
previous)
- Projects are now samplerate agnostic
- Snap length option: last object
- Add `--gen-project` option to generate projects from Guile scripts
- Expose more Guile API
- Filter plugin list during search
### Changed
- Do not show bug report popup within 8 seconds of previous one
- Move snap settings from main toolbar to each arranger
- Disarm transport record after recording
- Reference clip frames directly for audio regions instead of
duplicating the buffers (lowers RAM usage)
- Improved region drawing performance (better caching)
- User manual: Add more info about timeline editing
- User manual: Compact translations into 1 file for each language
- User manual: Use dark theme for html output
- Update Greek, Spanish, Portuguese, Chinese (Simplified), Ukranian,
Russian, Italian, Portuguese (Brazil), Japanese, Galician, German
translations
- Cache audio region fades
### Fixed
- Fix file browser divider position not being loaded properly
- Fix preferences dialog crash when more than 60 audio input ports
exist
- Fix clip not being duplicated when duplicating audio regions
- Fix selected language not being picked properly
- Fix lane regions not being shown when main region is not visible
- Fix MIDI notes being muted when region is looped and note starts
before clip start marker
- Fix crash when quantizing in audio editor
- Fix audio region fades not showing
- Fix not being able to change fade points in lane regions
- Fix plugin browser collection context menu being shown multiple times
- Fix crash when using `--gdb` and more than 100 env variables exist
- Fix compilation errors when building with latest carla-git
- Fix projects not being loaded properly when using JACK
- Fix protocol selection not working in plugin browser when collection
or category is selected
Full changelog:
https://git.zrythm.org/cgit/zrythm/tree/CHANGELOG.md
# Links
Home page: <https://www.zrythm.org>
Installer downloads: <https://www.zrythm.org/en/download.html>
Git repositories: <https://git.zrythm.org/cgit/>
Manual: <https://manual.zrythm.org/en/index.html>
Developer reference: <https://docs.zrythm.org/>
Issue trackers: <https://sr.ht/~alextee/zrythm/trackers>
Mailing lists: <https://sr.ht/~alextee/zrythm/lists>
Releases: <https://www.zrythm.org/releases/>
ZPlugins v0.2.1 has been released!
ZPlugins is a collection of LV2 plugins intended to be bundled with the
Zrythm DAW.
The following plugins are available:
ZChordz - plays chords using white keys
ZCompressorSP - compressor
ZLimiterSP - peak limiter
ZLFO - full-featured LFO for CV-based automation
ZPhaserSP - stereo phaser
ZSaw - supersaw synth with 1 parameter
ZVerbSP - reverb based on zita-rev
Changes in 0.2.1:
### Added
- Add carla-single test
### Fixed
- ZSaw: Fix crash on deactivate
- ZLFO: Fix non-unique scale points for sync_rate
- Fix lv2lint/lv2_validate tests
# Links
Home page: <https://www.zrythm.org/en/plugins.html>
Issue trackers: <https://sr.ht/~alextee/zrythm/trackers>
Git repositories: <https://git.zrythm.org/cgit/zplugins>
