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by Spencer Jackson

Yo: I know this project has been in beta for a ridiculous amount of time, but I still haven't mustered the time and effort to give everything a proper test. However we have had a few community contributed fixes which warrants a new release. Thanks to Robin (x42) we now have a working Vibe effect and the bypass has been improved in all the effects (which probably won't be very noticeable to users). Happy LARD (Linux Audio Release Day)! https://github.com/ssj71/rkrlv2/releases/tag/beta_3 _Spencer (ssj71)

5 years, 8 months

[ANN] midiomatic plugins 0.1.0 beta release

by Christopher Arndt

Hola, I'm pleased to announce version 0.1.0-beta2 of the *midiomatic* plugin collection as the first public beta release. What is it? ----------- *midiomatic* is a small collection of MIDI filter, generator and processor plugins in LV2 and VST2 format. This collection arose from the desire to test whether it is viable to implement MIDI processing plugins with the DISTRHO Plugin Framework (DPF). This is the first public release and the project is still considered to be in beta stage. The MIDISysFilter and MIDIPBToCC plugins are already considered stable but the MIDICCRecorder plugin is still experimental. I'm planning to add more plugins to the collection. Requests and ideas for plugins welcome. Where to get it? ---------------- https://github.com/SpotlightKid/midiomatic or, for Arch Linux users, from the AUR: https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/midiomatic/ *Share & Enjoy* Christopher Arndt

5 years, 8 months

[ANN] python-rtmidi 1.3.1 released

by Christopher Arndt

Ciao tutti! I'm pleased to announce that version 1.3.1 of *python-rtmidi* has just been released! What is it? ----------- python-rtmidi is a Python binding for RtMidi, a set of C++ classes which provides a cross-platform API for realtime MIDI input / output. python-rtmidi supports Python 2 and Python 3 (3.4+) and is available for Linux, macOS (OS X) and Windows. What's new? ----------- This is a bugfix release with only minor enhancements. The major changes are: * RtMidi C++ level exceptions, when thrown, do not print the error message to stderr anymore. * RtMidi C++ exceptions are now caught when creating RtMidiIn/Out instances and converted into a Python rtmidi.SystemError exception. * Helper functions in rtmidi.midiutil now raise sub-classes of rtmidi.RtMidiError wherever appropriate. * When the JACK backend can't be initialized (e.g. when the server isn't running) it causes a DRIVER_ERROR instead of just a printing a WARNING. * Various improvements to the included example scripts. * Various small documentation wording changes and typo fixes. For a detailed list of changes, see the change log here: https://github.com/SpotlightKid/python-rtmidi/blob/master/CHANGELOG.rst Where to get it? ---------------- https://github.com/SpotlightKid/python-rtmidi or via pip: pip install python-rtmidi (Pre-compiled binary wheels for Windows and macOS for several Python versions in 32 and 64 bit variants are provided.) or, for Arch Linux users, from the AUR: https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/python-rtmidi/ How to use it? -------------- Please read the documentation here: https://spotlightkid.github.io/python-rtmidi/ *Share & Enjoy* Christopher Arndt

5 years, 8 months

[ANN] jack-select 1.4.0 released

by Christopher Arndt

Hallöle! a new version 1.4.0 of *jack-select* has just been released! What is it? *jack-select* is a systray app to set the JACK configuration from QjackCtl presets via DBus. It displays an icon in the system tray of your desktop, which shows the status of the JACK audio server and when you click on it, a menu pops up, which lets you quickly select from the JACK configuration presets you created with QjackCtl. This allows you to switch between different audio setups with just two mouse clicks. *jack-select* works with the DBus-version of JACK only. It is written in Python 3 using the ``PyGObject`` bindings for GTK 3. Python 2 is not supported. What's new? * The configuration file path can be given via command line option * When a preset name is given on the command line (or the -d option is used), activate the (default) preset also when jack-select was not already running. * Updated man page. * Major internal code restructuring. * Map all JACK settings to a D-BUS type explicitly. * Support 'slave-driver' engine parameter (this is not present in QjackCtl's configuration file, though). Where to get it? https://github.com/SpotlightKid/jack-select or via pip (but see the "Requirements" section in the README first): pip install jack-select or, for Arch Linux users, from the AUR: https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/jack-select/ How to use it? `man jack-select` or see the README file here: https://github.com/SpotlightKid/jack-select/blob/master/README.md *Share & Enjoy* Christopher Arndt

5 years, 8 months

Zrythm 0.7.002

by Alexandros Theodotou

Zrythm 0.7.002 has been released. Zrythm is a digital audio workstation designed to be featureful and easy to use. It allows limitless automation, supports LV2 plugins, works with the JACK audio backend, provides chord assistance, is free software and can be used in English, French, Portuguese, Japanese and German. [Highlights since last announcement] - All timeline events are Regions so they can be looped - Anywhere to anywhere port connections - Option to expose any port to JACK - Export to MIDI or audio in multiple formats - Track visibility panel - Ability to move/copy tracks by clicking and dragging - MIDI buses/groups - Adaptive grid - Saving and loading with Auto-Save functionality - Project templates - Resize or resize-loop Regions - Many bugfixes and optimizations - Drag and drop audio files from any file browser - Audio/MIDI recording - Multiple lanes per track with optional MIDI channel - Most actions are undoable - Playback latency compensation Full Changelog: https://git.zrythm.org/cgit/zrythm/tree/CHANGELOG.md This latest version of Zrythm is the most stable Zrythm has ever been, and feature-wise it is usable as a simple DAW. Our focus at the moment is stability and fixing bugs, and we are calling for testers to help us identify those bugs and provide feedback. The issue tracker can be found below https://redmine.zrythm.org/projects/zrythm/issues For screenshots and more info, visit https://www.zrythm.org/ Interested developers are also welcome to join the project. Zrythm's basic structure is mostly already implemented so it is easier than ever to contribute. Send mail below if you are interested in joining dev(a)zrythm.org (developer mailing list) user(a)zrythm.org (user mailing list) **DISCLAIMERS** - Some of the features above are WIP - Zrythm will crash often

5 years, 8 months

Release: Patroneo v1.4 and Fluajho v1.4

by Laborejo Software Suite

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 and Fluajho, both in version 1.4 . All software is released under GPLv3. Patroneo (Esperanto: /Pattern/) is an easy to use pattern based midi sequencer. It is ideal for beginners or for composers who want to work under constraints to explore new creative paths. Fluajho (Esperanto: /Fluid/) is a simple sampler for sf2 soundfonts. There are many soundfont samplers for Linux, most of them also based on Fluidsynth; Fluajho was written for a clearly defined use case: Load an .sf2 in the Non Session Manager. Changelog Highlights: * [All] Submenus now have OK and Cancel buttons, not only shortcuts. * [All] Remove global jack transport stop on normal program exit * [Patroneo] New context option for track labels: Replace pattern with one from other track * [Patroneo] New context options for measure group: duplicate and clean transpositions You can find all releases as sources here: https://laborejo.org/downloads/ You can find all releases as sources here: https://laborejo.org/downloads/ For more information, a multi-language user manual, build instructions and git access please visit https://www.laborejo.org/patroneo/ https://www.laborejo.org/fluajho/ Greetings, Laborejo Software Suite https://www.laborejo.org/

5 years, 8 months

OMK quarterly releases 2019-4: lv2lint (0.2.0), mephisto.lv2 (0.2.0), moony.lv2 (0.30.0), osc2ftdidmx (0.4.0), patchmatrix (0.16.0), sherlock.lv2 (0.20.0)

by Hanspeter Portner

____ __ ___ _ / __ \____ ___ ____ / |/ /_ _______(_)____ / / / / __ \/ _ \/ __ \ / /|_/ / / / / ___/ / ___/ / /_/ / /_/ / __/ / / / / / / / /_/ (__ ) / /__ \____/ .___/\___/_/ /_/ /_/ /_/\__,_/____/_/\___/ /_/ __ __ __ ____ / //_/___ ____ / /__________ / / /__ __________ / ,< / __ \/ __ \/ __/ ___/ __ \/ / / _ \/ ___/ ___/ / /| / /_/ / / / / /_/ / / /_/ / / / __/ / (__ ) /_/ |_\____/_/ /_/\__/_/ \____/_/_/\___/_/ /____/ Quarterly releases 2019-4 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- __ ___ ___ __ / / __|_ |/ (_)__ / /_ / / |/ / __// / / _ \/ __/ /_/|___/____/_/_/_//_/\__/ *Check whether a given LV2 plugin is up to the specification* An LV2 lint-like tool that checks whether a given plugin and its UI(s) match up with the provided metadata and adhere to well-known best practices. Run it as part of your continuous integration pipeline together with lv2/sord\_validate to reduce the likelihood of shipping plugins with major flaws in order to prevent unsatisfied users. *Note: This is an early release, if you happen to find false-positive warnings when using this tool, please report back, so it can be fixed.* ===================== [0.2.0] - 14 Oct 2019 ===================== --------------- Initial release --------------- This is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the Artistic License 2.0 as published by The Perl Foundation. Kindly find more details, the source (and binaries) at: https://open-music-kontrollers.ch/lv2/lv2lint -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- __ ___ __ _ __ / |/ /__ ___ / / (_)__ / /____ / /|_/ / -_) _ \/ _ \/ (_-</ __/ _ \ /_/ /_/\__/ .__/_//_/_/___/\__/\___/ /_/ *a Just-in-Time FAUST compiler embedded in an LV2 plugin* Write LV2 audio/cv instruments/filters directly in your host in FAUST DSP language without any need to restart/reload host or plugin upon code changes. Use it for one-off instruments/filters, prototyping, experimenting or glueing stuff together. *Note: This is an early release, it may thus have rough edges and will need a fairly recent libFAUST and/or bleeding edge GNU/Linux distribution.* ===================== [0.2.0] - 13 Oct 2019 ===================== --------------- Initial release --------------- This is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the Artistic License 2.0 as published by The Perl Foundation. Kindly find more details, the source (and binaries) at: https://open-music-kontrollers.ch/lv2/mephisto -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- __ ___ / |/ /__ ___ ___ __ __ / /|_/ / _ \/ _ \/ _ \/ // / /_/ /_/\___/\___/_//_/\_, / /___/ *Realtime Lua as programmable glue in LV2* Write LV2 control port and event filters in Lua. Use it for one-off fillters, prototyping, experimenting or glueing stuff together. ====================== [0.30.0] - 14 Oct 2019 ====================== ----- Added ----- - preview of canvas graph via inline display extension - preview of canvas graph in UI property view - vim syntax comment to all presets ----- Fixed ----- - various compiler warnings - use vfork instead of fork to run simple UI This is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the Artistic License 2.0 as published by The Perl Foundation. Kindly find more details, the source (and binaries) at: https://open-music-kontrollers.ch/lv2/moony -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ___ _____ ___ __ ___ ___ ____|_ |/ _/ /____/ (_)__/ /_ _ __ __ / _ \(_-</ __/ __// _/ __/ _ / / _ / ' \\ \ / \___/___/\__/____/_/ \__/\_,_/_/\_,_/_/_/_/_\_\ *OSC to FTDI DMX bridge* Control your DMX devices via an OSC server that talks to FTDI-DMX USB adapters.. ===================== [0.4.0] - 13 Oct 2019 ===================== ----- Added ----- - auto-reinitialization of FTDI device upon transmit failure - various unit tests This is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the Artistic License 2.0 as published by The Perl Foundation. Kindly find more details, the source (and binaries) at: https://open-music-kontrollers.ch/lad/osc2ftdidmx -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ___ __ __ __ ___ __ _ / _ \___ _/ /_____/ / / |/ /__ _/ /_____(_)_ __ / ___/ _ `/ __/ __/ _ \/ /|_/ / _ `/ __/ __/ /\ \ / /_/ \_,_/\__/\__/_//_/_/ /_/\_,_/\__/_/ /_//_\_\ *a JACK patchbay in flow matrix style* A simple graphical JACK patchbay that tries to unite the best of both worlds: - Fast patching and uncluttered port representation of a **matrix patchbay** - Excellent representation of signal flow of a **flow canvas patchbay** It additionally features tightly embedded graphical mixer clients automatable with JACK MIDI/OSC. ====================== [0.16.0] - 13 Oct 2019 ====================== ----- Fixed ----- - use vfork instead of fork to run embeddable matrix mixers This is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the Artistic License 2.0 as published by The Perl Foundation. Kindly find more details, the source (and binaries) at: https://open-music-kontrollers.ch/lad/patchmatrix -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ______ __ __ / __/ / ___ ____/ /__ ____/ /__ _\ \/ _ \/ -_) __/ / _ \/ __/ '_/ /___/_//_/\__/_/ /_/\___/\__/_/\_\ *An investigative LV2 plugin bundle* This plugin bundle contains plugins for visualizing LV2 atom, MIDI and OSC events. Use them for monitoring and debugging of event signal flows inside plugin graphs. ====================== [0.20.0] - 13 Oct 2019 ====================== ----- Added ----- - sherlock:matchAll as default filter URI in atom inspector - filter buttons for sherlock:matchAll and time:Position in atom inspector ------- Changed ------- - position of negate toggle in atom inspector ----- Fixed ----- - filter logic in atom inspector This is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the Artistic License 2.0 as published by The Perl Foundation. Kindly find more details, the source (and binaries) at: https://open-music-kontrollers.ch/lv2/sherlock

5 years, 8 months

New Software: Vico - minimalistic layer based midi sequencer

by Laborejo Software Suite

Ladies and Gentlemen, hereby the Laborejo Software Suite releases its newest software: Vico is a minimalistic midi sequencer that is intended to be used in parallel with other software. "Vico" (with c like ts in "bats") just means "sequence" or "order" in Esperanto for obvious reasons. In a loop- or pattern based environment you often want to have a 'free flowing' track in order to create an instrumental solo, for example. Sometimes you just want to record a sketch or an idea quickly and not open or create an entire DAW project. Vico fulfills these conditions by connecting exactly one source to one output, and records and plays back in between. Or to put it another way: you only get one track, intended for one instrument (but with convenient layers). Source download: https://laborejo.org/downloads/vico-1.0.tar.gz For more information, a multi-language user manual, build instructions and git access please visit https://laborejo.org/vico/

5 years, 8 months

Qtractor 0.9.10 - An Autumn'19 Release

by Rui Nuno Capela

Wholly greetings, Without any further delay, here it goes: Qtractor 0.9.10 (autumn'19) is now released! The shortest and maybe TL;DR change-log for this northern Autumn'19 release goes like this: - Fixed the potential crash-effect in switching MIDI output buses on tracks that are set to show audio output monitoring meters. - Fixed initial session tempo override when importing a standard MIDI file (as reported on issue #230). - An alternate time-signature/meter option is being served to the MIDI clip editor (aka. piano-roll) and allowing for some poly-rythm/meter scenarios on a per MIDI clip basis. - Fixed MIDI "overdub" recording on offset clips. - MIDI bank and program settings now propagating to all MIDI track's clips resp. - Fixed MIDI file format default setting other than SMF Format 0. - Escape key may now be used to reset time and tempo/time-sgnature spin-box controls. - Play-head time and tempo/time-signature controls are now featured in MIDI clip editor toolbars (aka. piano-roll); time display format is also separated from the tracks main application view and defaults to BBT as being most convenient. - All items in the MIDI clip editor's event list are now enabled, selectable and editable, no matter the filter settings for the event views. - Added alternate yet non-official CMake build option. - Improved MIDI clip editor (aka. piano-roll) position and size persistence across session state. - Fix HiDPI display screen effective support (Qt >= 5.6). - Mixer, Connections and MIDI clip editor top-level windows shall have no parent, unless when set as always-on-top tool windows. (REGRESSION) - Make sure compiler flags comply to c++11 as standard. 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-0.9.10.tar.gz - source package (openSUSE Tubleweed): https://download.sf.net/qtractor/qtractor-0.9.10-45.rncbc.suse.src.rpm - binary package (openSUSE Tubleweed): https://download.sf.net/qtractor/qtractor-0.9.10-45.rncbc.suse.x86_64.rpm - AppImage [7] packages: https://download.sf.net/qtractor/qtractor-0.9.10-15.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 (help still 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 http://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/2041 Enjoy && Share the fun. -- rncbc aka Rui Nuno Capela

5 years, 8 months

Linux Audio Conference 2020 : Call for scientific & artistic works

by Linux Audio Conference

The 18th Linux Audio Conference call for participation is open. The conference will take place May 11-13, 2020, at the SCRIME, part of the University of Bordeaux in France. Up-to-date information will be available at the following address : https://lac2020.sciencesconf.org/ Linux Audio Conference is the premier meeting of developers, researchers, and artists developing and using free, libre and open-source audio software, mainly on the GNU/Linux operating system. The conference is part of the Linux Audio consortium. A special event will take part the day before, on Sunday the 10th May 2020: attendants may want to book their week-end. This edition's date has been chosen so that interested parties may be able to attend the International Faust Conference, which will happen in Paris 14-15 May 2020. We kindly invite researchers, developers and artists alike to take part to the event and propose their work. Important information ===================== - Submissions must go through the conference website: https://lac2020.sciencesconf.org. - Submissions must be written in English. - Submissions will be peer-reviewed by a jury of experts with adequate qualifications in regard to the topic of the submission, excluding lightning talks. - Submissions will be present in the proceedings, including workshops, excluding lightning talks. - Submissions can focus on technical, artistic or scientific issues. - Contact address: lac(a)linuxaudio.org - Deadlines (all deadlines are at 23:59 UTC -12:00): * Paper & poster submission deadline: 31/12/2019 * Workshop submission deadline: 31/01/2020 * Notification to authors: 15/02/2020 * Camera-ready deadline: 25/03/2020 * Code jam: 10/05/2020 * Conference dates: 11/05/2020 to 13/05/2020 Call for Papers / Posters / Workshops ===================================== The general themes are audio research and development on Linux systems, & FLOSS (free, libre and open-source) multimedia. We encourage submissions on non-Linux FLOSS operating systems (BSDs, Haiku, Fuschia, IncludeOS, Redox...) as well as non audio-centric works: video, network protocols, performing arts, video games... The 2020 edition has a leading theme: Libre Languages. Papers ------ Paper templates are available to download from here: https://github.com/linuxaudio/lac-paper-templates. The length of a paper is 4 to 8 pages, with up to 5 keywords, and an abstract of 100 to 200 words. The abstract will be published on the conference website once the paper has been accepted. Initial submissions must be anonymized ; please inform us of any potential conflict of interest. The full paper will be made available on the website at the beginning of the conference. Accepted papers will be presented in an oral session. In order for a paper to appear in the proceedings, it must have been presented orally at the conference by at least one of its authors. The length of the presentation is 20 minutes followed by a 5 minutes discussion. Posters ------- LAC2020 accepts submission of posters related to any of the themes mentioned before. We cannot print posters. There is a printing shop located very close to the university which can print a poster from a PDF (Copifac Talence, 548 Cours de la Libération). Workshops --------- LAC2020 accepts workshop proposals. An abstract and a description of the workshop following the paper template (1 or 2 pages max) is required. If the workshop participants need to install any kind of software, please write it plainly in the workshop abstract. Workshops must last at most two hours ; if shorter, please precise the expected duration in the submission so that we can schedule them accordingly. Lightning talks ------------------ Lightning talks last 5 minutes and can be very useful to quickly present your latest software development. They will not be submitted to peer review and can cover peripheral topics, including discussions about the Linux Audio community or other areas of free software. Due to the very short time, if a medium is required, you will be required to submit it : * As slides in PDF format. * As a video file. The medium will be made readily available on a plugged-in computer. Non-exhaustive list of accepted topics -------------------------------------- * Art projects done with free software systems. * Audio architecture of operating systems * Audio plug-ins * Education, teaching * Graphical environments for creation * Hardware support * Interactive Art * Interfaces for musical expressivity * Live coding * Embedded hardware & support (ARM, RISC-V, etc) * Mobile hardware & support (phones, tablets) * Musical production and related tools * Network protocols * Network distribution * New Media Art * Open hardware * Performing arts * Programming languages for creation * Real-time programming languages * Real-time operating systems and kernels * Sensors, human-machine interfaces in a real-time context * Signal and sound processing * Sound spatialisation * Standards, interoperability * Video * Video games Call for Artworks ================= LAC 2020 invites submissions of artistic works involving the use of free, libre and open-source software and/or hardware. Pre-recorded music, interactive installations and live performances are accepted. A jury will select the compositions and installations to be included in the conference program according to artistic merit and technical feasibility. Please be prepared to perform your work yourself and make sure that you have all resources needed to perform your piece (e.g. instruments, props, other performers, etc.). The installations will be located in multiple places, which are described on the website at the following address : https://lac2020.sciencesconf.org/resource/page/id/3 Each place will have a different sound system available. Musical works and installations can address all areas of media art as long as they include some level of audio creation using free software. Examples of accepted works can include: * Acoustic Music * Acousmatic music * Art installations * Electronic Music * Electroacoustic Music * Game in art * Interactive Art * Live code * Mixed Music * Musique concrète * New Media Art * Web and Connected Art Code jam ======== The day before the official beginning of the conference (10th may) will feature a code jam. The goal of the code jam is to provide a space for teams developing Linux audio software to meet in person and discuss development issues in an informal way, as well as introduce new contributors to the various codebases, and overall to perform a live state of the art of audio software on free systems. The code jam will have a topic, which will be disclosed upon opening. It is not mandatory to follow it as it mainly serves to provide inspiration. Starting from Sunday 21:00, a live code session will begin. It is open to everyone. If you plan to participate, please notify us in the registration form with: * The kind of media you plan to use ? (Audio, video, both...) * The output ports are available on your hardware ? (HDMI, VGA, ...) ------------------ We thank you in advance for your participation and kindly invite you to share this call to any interested organization or person you may be aware of. With our best regards, The Linux Audio Conference team

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