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by David Runge

Hi all, I would like to announce a maintenance release of a2jmidid [1], an ALSA sequencer to JACK MIDI bridge. I have recently cloned a copy to the linuxaudio github organization [2], in the wake of the upcoming deprecation of python2 [3]. Version 9 [4] is mainly focused on the port of a2j_control to python3, pulling in "latest" (unreleased) changes and switching to the meson build system. Additionally, some architecture fixes for aarch64 and powerpc64 and some documentation cleanups found their way into this release. More information can be found in the changelog [5]. Bests, David P.S.: If someone is interested in maintaining this software, please get in touch (it's fairly low maintenance). Additionally, if someone is ineterested in incorporating its features into jack2 [6], please get in touch with falktx [7]. [1] https://github.com/linuxaudio/a2jmidid [2] https://github.com/linuxaudio [3] https://pythonclock.org/ [4] https://github.com/linuxaudio/a2jmidid/releases/tag/9 [5] https://github.com/linuxaudio/a2jmidid/blob/master/CHANGELOG.rst [6] https://github.com/jackaudio/jack2 [7] https://github.com/falkTX -- https://sleepmap.de

6 years, 2 months

Rivendell v3.1.0

by Fred Gleason

On behalf of the entire Rivendell development team, I'm pleased to announce the availability of the next production release of the next major version of Rivendell, 3.1.0. Rivendell is a full-featured radio automation system targeted for use in professional broadcast environments. It is available under the GNU General Public License version 2. >From the 'NEWS' file: Changes: Fixed a bug in rdairplay(1) and rdvairplayd(8) where only the first log machine set to 'load specified log' would do so. Fixed a bug in rdlogedit(1) that caused hard start log items to have the Hour field doubled. Refactored the Python 'pypad.Update.shouldBeProcessed()' method to work correctly when using try: blocks in a PyPAD script. Refactored the PyPAD scripts to route updates properly in accordance with log directives in their configuration file. Fixed a bug that broke dropbox logging to individual files. Refactored rdalsaconfig(1) to be more robust and intuitive. Fixed a bug in caed(8) that broke timescaling support. Added a 'pypad_httpget.py' PyPAD script. Fixed bugs in rdlibrary(1) that broke CD ripping. Updated CDDB code to use protocol level 6 (UTF-8 enabled). Added an '%l' wildcard to Filepath Wildcards for 'unpadded month'. Other Bugfixes, see the ChangeLog for details. Database Update: This version of Rivendell uses database schema version 310, and will automatically upgrade any earlier versions. To see the current schema version prior to upgrade, see RDAdmin->SystemInfo. Be sure to run 'rddbmgr --modify' (as root) immediately after upgrading to allow any necessary changes to the database schema to be applied. *** snip snip *** Details and source code are available at https://github.com/ElvishArtisan/rivendell/releases. Cheers! |---------------------------------------------------------------------| | Frederick F. Gleason, Jr. | Chief Developer | | | Paravel Systems | |---------------------------------------------------------------------| | A room without books is like a body without a soul. | | | | -- Cicero | |---------------------------------------------------------------------|

6 years, 2 months

Organnery offers new life for electronic pipe organs

by Daniel James

Organnery retro-fits existing keyboards, pedals and stops to work with the open source classical organ modelling software Aeolus, created by Fons Adriaensen. Aeolus is a software synthesiser optimised for this task, with hundreds of potential controls for each stop that enable the organ builder to voice unique instruments. The best parts of an existing organ, such as the woodwork and the physical controls the organist is used to, can be retained and integrated into a new Organnery instrument. Alternatively, a complete instrument can be built from scratch using standard MIDI keyboards and pedals, for installation in a house of worship or for practice at home. Organists can use a touchscreen display to control the Aeolus software, or the system can be hidden inside the console so that only traditional stops and pistons are visible. Unlike a PC-based organ emulator or sampler, the Organnery hardware has no moving parts or cooling fans. The Organnery software is a customised Debian GNU/Linux image for ARM processors, including the Aeolus synthesiser and the programs it requires to run as a dedicated system. This software was prepared in partnership with Audiotronic by 64 Studio. The Raspberry Pi has been chosen as the initial CPU board for Organnery because of its great development community, affordable price and worldwide availability. Organnery can use any class-compliant USB sound card, and specialised I2S sound cards designed for the Raspberry Pi can also be used. A demonstration video is available at https://organnery.com and personal demonstrations are available on request at the Audiotronic workshop in Bordeaux. Pipe organ builders and MIDI hardware engineers who are interested in forming a network of certified Organnery technicians are invited to make contact with Raphaël Mouneyres <raphael(a)audiotronic.fr> or by phone +33 557 916 211. Audiotronic Rue des Terres Neuves Batiment 19 33130 Bègles France

6 years, 2 months

[ANN] Open Source Music Nexus Challenge starts September 19th, 2019

by Christopher Arndt

>From the organizers of the wonderful FM Challenge of 2018, Open Source Audio Meeting Cologne [1] proudly presents: The OPEN SOURCE MUSIC NEXUS CHALLENGE https://nexus-challenge.osamc.de/ What ---- 1. Make a music track: a) "in-the-style-of" a well-known artist or song of your choosing, b) using a recording of a physical sound source, made by yourself, c) using only Open Source software [2] (exception: proprietary DAWs). 2. Upload it to archive.org [3] under a Creative Commons license 3: Submit [4] it into the competition. Before you enter the competition, be sure to read the detailed rules[5]! When ---- The competition starts on *September 19th, 2019* and runs for one month until the end of *October 18th, 2019*. Who --- *Everybody* (i.e. every natural person) can enter the competition. The tools to use are Free Software and getting started with music production using Open Source software [6] is easy and free to everyone! Winning ------- The winner of the competition is selected by *general vote* [7]. Voting starts on *October 19th, 2019* and is open for *seven days*. The entry receiving the most points wins and will be presented at the third *Sonoj Convention* [8], which takes place on the weekend of *October 26th / 27th* in Cologne. Second and third places will be awarded as well. We do not give out physical prizes, but the winners will receive fame and glory :) and the community as a whole also wins! *** Please share this announcement with all interested parties. If you wish to sponsor prizes for the competition winners, please contact the organizer! *Let's make some awesome Open Source Music!* Christopher Arndt Open Source Audio Meeting Cologne https://nexus-challenge.osamc.de/ challenge(a)osamc.de [1] https://osamc.de/ [2] https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html [3] https://archive.org/create/ [4] https://nexus-challenge.osamc.de/submit/ [5] https://nexus-challenge.osamc.de/rules/ [6] https://libremusicproduction.com/ [8] https://sonoj.org/ [9] https://nexus-challenge.osamc.de/vote/

6 years, 2 months

Sonoj Convention 2019 Announcement: Visitor registration, Call for talks, Donations

by Sonoj Convention

Dear Linux Audio Community, The third annual Sonoj Convention ( https://www.sonoj.org ) will be taking place this upcoming October 26th-27th 2019 in Cologne, Germany. The convention is focusing on the combination of music production and open source software with a priority on practical music production. At Sonoj there will be talks, demonstrations, and workshops from demonstrating basic workflows to detailed instructions on how to subtly improve your sound. While the event will take place in Germany, all presentations and workshops will be in English, recorded and streamed to make them easily accessible to a wide audience. We want to welcome everyone, regardless of your musical or technical background. To get a better idea of what to expect out of Sonoj, you can find information and recordings from last year's convention in our archives: ( https://sonoj.org/archive ) As it was last year, admission to the convention is free, though donations are very much welcome. - Visitor Registration is now possible. The space is limited so please register on our website now. ( https://sonoj.org/register.html ) - We are looking for talks, demonstrations and workshops. If you would like to contribute, please send an informal and short e-mail with your ideas to info(a)sonoj.org - Donations are very welcome. Even if you don't attend personally please consider supporting a non-profit event to promote open source music making and production. We accept direct bank transfer and paypal ( https://www.sonoj.org/donate.html ) Yours, Nils Hilbricht https://www.sonoj.org

6 years, 3 months

Drumstick libs 1.1.3 and VMPK 0.7.2 Released

by Pedro Lopez-Cabanillas

Drumstick Libraries 1.1.3 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), Cakewalk (.WRK), and Overture (.OVE) file formats. A multiplatform realtime MIDI I/O library is also provided for Linux, Windows, and Mac OSX. Changes for v1.1.3 * Fixed ticket #14: migration to CMake's GNUInstallDirs, deprecated LIB_SUFFIX, use CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR instead if required * Fixed ticket #16: drumstick-file neverending loop with bad MIDI files * Fixed ticket #17: macos CoreMIDI.framework bad name case * drumstick-rt: fluidsynth module renamed and optionally available again Compilation minimum requirements for all platforms: CMake 3.1 and Qt 5.7 Copyright (C) 2009-2019, Pedro Lopez-Cabanillas. License: GPL v2 or later Project web site http://sourceforge.net/projects/drumstick Online documentation http://drumstick.sourceforge.net/docs/ Downloads http://sourceforge.net/projects/drumstick/files/1.1.3/ Virtual MIDI Piano Keyboard (VMPK) 0.7.2 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. Changes for v0.7.2 * Fixed ticket #52: macOS mojave dark mode enabled * Fixed ticket #53: complain at startup if a default drumstick-rt backend is missing * Fixed ticket #55: problem with the trackpad in mac laptops * Fixed ticket #57: removed all Google+ links * Fixed ticket #58: broken link to the instruments definition files * Qt 5.12.4 libraries included on binary packages Compilation minimum requirements for all platforms: CMake 3.0, Qt 5.x and Drumstick 1.1 or later. Please use the mailing list <vmpk-devel(a)lists.sourceforge.net> for questions and comments. Thanks. Copyright (C) 2008-2019, Pedro López-Cabanillas and others License: GPL v3 More info http://vmpk.sourceforge.net Downloads http://sourceforge.net/projects/vmpk/files/0.7.2

6 years, 3 months

Yoshimi V 1.6.0 released

by Will Godfrey

V1.6.0 Yoshimi is now 10 years old and (while fully respecting its origins) is forging it's own path into the future. Do come along for the ride. Our headline feature is extensions to AddSynth voices and modulators. There is a new AddSynth noise type. There are extra mute options. There is a global bank search entry in the main window's instrument menu, and a button in the instrument bank window. Also in the main window there is a button to temporarily disable an individual system effect. In the part editor window there is now a 'Humanise Velocity' slider. We've made an improvement to the way recent histories are managed. All the above features are, of course, also available to the command line interface. 'Reports' and 'Midi Learn' openers have been swapped. There is a new group of easy to use NRPNs. There have been improvements to Copy/Paste. There is tighter control of startup. Incidentally, whenever we add new features, the default is always to keep the existing behaviour. The Advanced User Manual has been considerably Expanded. Under the hood Ring buffers have now been changed to a bespoke type. Almost all file system operations have been moved to a single source file. As well as running headless, Yoshimi can now be built headless. The command line has additional protection against overlength lines, and corrupted data. More details in /doc/Yoshimi_1.6.0_features.txt 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 Say you have a poem and I have a tune. Exchange them and we can both have a poem, a tune, and a song.

6 years, 3 months

fluidsynth 2.0.6 has been released

by Tom M.

A maintenance release for fluidsynth has been released. Details can be found in the release notes: Download: https://github.com/FluidSynth/fluidsynth/releases/tag/v2.0.6 API: http://www.fluidsynth.org/api/ Website: http://www.fluidsynth.org FluidSynth is a real-time software synthesizer based on the SoundFont(tm) 2 specifications. It can read MIDI events from the MIDI input device and render them to the audio device. It can also play MIDI files. Tom Moebert FluidSynth Developer Team

6 years, 3 months

Zrythm v0.6.003 (alpha) - digital audio workstation

by Alexandros Theodotou

Zrythm v0.6.003 is out, with many bugfixes and new features (and bugs). Screenshot: https://www.zrythm.org/downloads/screenshot_2019_08_13.png A big thanks to Robin Gareus for his guidance in implementing playback latency compensation. ---- Zrythm is a highly automated Digital Audio Workstation (DAW) designed to be featureful and intuitive to use. Zrythm sets itself apart from other DAWs by allowing extensive automation via built-in LFOs and envelopes and intuitive MIDI or audio editing and arranging via clips. In the usual Composing -> Mixing -> Mastering workflow, Zrythm puts the most focus on the Composing part. It allows musicians to quickly lay down and process their musical ideas without taking too much time for unnecessary work. Zrythm is implemented in C using GTK+3 and is licensed under the GNU AGPL, version 3.0 or later. Website https://www.zrythm.org Changes ## [0.6.003] - 2019-08-13 - Plugin latency compensation during playback - Chords and automation are now inside regions (can be looped) - Refactor editor panel to share 4 different editors - New chord editor - New automation editor - Change meter font and install it properly (should fix missing font in previous versions) - Added some post-install commands to make sure Zrythm is installed properly - Add region split functionality (WIP) - Add quick quantize/full quantize functionality (regions only for now) - Add metronome - Update Chinese, German, French, Japanese translations - Fader is now a separate processor in the signal chain - Fix browser resize handle position not getting stored properly - Fix incorrect loop range being shown in the editors - Desktop file is now localized - Add PACKAGING.md for packagers - Fix plugin UI controls moving back and forth while changing them - Fix crash when copying a region - Fix pressing stop twice not moving the playhead to the cuepoint - Fix many other bugs - Add missing copyright/license notices in source files - Refactoring, remove some unnecessary files Binaries available at https://software.opensuse.org//download.html?project=home%3Aalextee&package… Source tarballs https://download.savannah.nongnu.org/releases/zrythm/ Write comments and bugs to https://savannah.nongnu.org/support/?group=zrythm Support Zrythm at https://liberapay.com/Zrythm

6 years, 3 months

Rivendell v3.0.3

by Fred Gleason

On behalf of the entire Rivendell development team, I'm pleased to announce the availability of the first production release of the next major version of Rivendell, 3.0.3. Rivendell is a full-featured radio automation system targeted for use in professional broadcast environments. It is available under the GNU General Public License version 2. >From the 'NEWS' file: *** snip snip *** Changes: Fixed a regression in ripcd(8) that broke the 'Connect Jack Ports' ['JC'] and 'Disconnect Jack Ports' ['JD'] RMLs. Database Update: This version of Rivendell uses database schema version 308, and will automatically upgrade any earlier versions. To see the current schema version prior to upgrade, see RDAdmin->SystemInfo. Be sure to run 'rddbmgr --modify' (as root) immediately after upgrading to allow any necessary changes to the database schema to be applied. *** snip snip *** Details and source code are available at https://github.com/ElvishArtisan/rivendell/releases. Cheers! |---------------------------------------------------------------------| | Frederick F. Gleason, Jr. | Chief Developer | | | Paravel Systems | |---------------------------------------------------------------------| | A room without books is like a body without a soul. | | | | -- Cicero | |---------------------------------------------------------------------|

6 years, 4 months

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