After many years, Carla version 2.0.0 is finally here!
Carla is an audio plugin host, with support for many audio drivers and
plugin formats.
It has some nice features like automation of parameters via MIDI CC (and
send output back as MIDI too) and full OSC control.
Version 2.0 took this long because I was never truly happy with its
current state, often pushing new features but not fully finishing them.
So the "solution" was to put everything that is not considered stable
yet behind an experimental flag in the settings.
This way we can have our stable Carla faster, while upcoming features
get developed and tagged as experimental during testing.
Preparations for version 2.1 are well under way, a beta for it will be
out soon.
But that is a topic for another day.
== Changes since 2.0-RC4
- Fix missing argument in note-on/off osc example
- Fix word-wrap in add-plugin dialog
- Fix Windows README.txt line endings
- Build windows binaries with -mstackrealign
- Don't show side panel in carla-control
- Show "Label/URI" instead of just "Label"
- Keep application signals alive (so Ctrl+C works even while engine is
closed)
- Update copyright year
== Downloads
To download Carla binaries or source code, jump on over to the KXStudio
downloads section. [1]
Carla v2.0.0 is available pre-packaged in the KXStudio repositories and
UbuntuStudio backports, plus on ArchLinux and Ubuntu since 19.04. On
those you can simply install the carla package.
Bug reports and feature requests are welcome! Jump on over to the
Carla's Github project page for those. [2]
== Videos
There is no manual or quick-start guide for Carla yet, apologies for that.
But there are some videos of presentations I did regarding Carla's
features and workflows, those should give you an introduction of its
features and what you can do with it:
@ Sonoj 2017
https://media.ccc.de/v/sonoj2017-1704-carla-plugin-host
@ LAC 2018
https://media.ccc.de/v/lac2018-24-carla_plugin_host_feature_overview_and_wo…
[1] https://kx.studio/Downloads
[2] https://github.com/falkTX/Carla
Guitarix release 0.38.1
Guitarix is a tube amplifier simulation for
jack (Linux), with an additional mono and a stereo effect rack.
Guitarix includes a large list of LV2 and LADSPA plugins, and support
LADSPA / LV2 plugs as well in it's racks.
The guitarix engine is designed for LIVE usage, and feature ultra fast,
glitch and click free preset switching and is full Midi and remote
controllable (the Web UI is not included in the distributed tar ball).
*This is a critical bug-fix release.*
In version 0.38.0 the state (preset) wasn't loaded correctly by the
engine on startup, this release fix that.
When you've already upgraded to 0.38.0, please consider to update again
to 0.38.1
Still the LV2 plugins coming with guitarix using a Gtkmm based UI, I'll
work on it to port them to X11 based UI's.
Refer to our project page for more information:
http://guitarix.org
Download Site:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/guitarix/
enjoy
regards
hermann
Guitarix release 0.38.0
Guitarix is a tube amplifier simulation for
jack (Linux), with an additional mono and a stereo effect rack.
Guitarix includes a large list of LV2 and LADSPA plugins, and support
LADSPA / LV2 plugs as well in it's racks.
The guitarix engine is designed for LIVE usage, and feature ultra fast,
glitch and click free preset switching and is full Midi and remote
controllable (the Web UI is not included in the distributed tar ball).
From the changelog:
* fix bug #67, don't use malloc.h on FreeBSD
* remove assert for ports count, to allow save removing of changed
LV2 plugins
* add new option -E --hideonquit, this makes the UI experience smooth
when used as LV2 plugin
* add support for LV2_URID_Map, LV2_URID_Unmap and LV2_OPTIONS to
allow more plugs to load
* fix compiler warnings with gcc 8
* add exit handler and warning when samplerate is above 96kHz
* hide splash on error message
* set online help to sourcforge/discussion
* fix build against boost-1.69
* add Russian-language translation by Valeriy Shtobbe and Olesya
Gerasimenko, many thanks!
* update all build scripts to use faust version 2.15.11 and update
all generated faust files
Still the LV2 plugins coming with guitarix using a Gtkmm based UI, I'll
work on it to port them to X11 based UI's.
Refer to our project page for more information:
http://guitarix.org
Download Site:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/guitarix/
enjoy
regards
hermann
On behalf of the entire Rivendell development team, I'm pleased to
announce the availability of the first release candidate of the next
major version of Rivendell, 3.x. 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.
MAJOR CHANGES FROM v2.x
-----------------------
Unicode Support. Unicode/UTF-8 clean, with full support for characters
in both the Basic Multilingual and Supplemental Planes.
Qt Toolkit Upgrade. Built upon Qt4, rather than Qt3.
Scalability Improvements. Engineered to support installations with
hundreds or more active play-out logs.
PAD System Upgrades. PAD (Now & Next) processing done by means of
PyPAD, utilizing user customizable Python 3 scripts. Also fully
Unicode/UTF-8 clean.
Realtime Status Updates. Changes in Rivendell objects (carts, logs,
etc) communicated and displayed instantly on other hosts with no need
for manual refreshing.
And many more...
GETTING AND TRYING THE BETA RELEASE
-----------------------------------
Full source code for this release is available at:
https://github.com/ElvishArtisan/rivendell/releases/tag/v3.0.0rc00
Be sure to throughly read and understand the 'INSTALL' and 'UPGRADING'
files in the root of the source tree, as they contain important
information about changes between previous major Rivendell versions and
v3.x.
An upgradable CentOS 7 online installer is also available. This is the
quickest and easiest way actually to try this release for yourself.
Instructions can be found at:
http://static.paravelsystems.com/rivendell-install-rd3/rivendell-install-rh…
If you already have an installation running the Rivendell 3 BETA
(v3.0.0beta00), you can upgrade it to this release by doing (as root):
yum update rivendell
IF YOU FIND A PROBLEM
---------------------
If you run across a problem, please submit a detailed problem report
at:
https://github.com/ElvishArtisan/rivendell/issues
Be sure to mention the version of Rivendell [v3.0.0rc00] in your
report.
Cheers!
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Ladies and Gentlemen,
The Sonoj Convention is an annual event in Cologne, Germany about music
production with free and open source software (and hardware).
This year it will be on October the 26th and 27th 2019.
It features demonstrations, talks and hands-on workshops. Meet
like-minded people, learn insider knowledge and tricks, participate in
our one-hour production challenge! Everybody is welcome, no matter your
musical or technological background or capabilities.
Our Website:
https://sonoj.org
This is our first announcement, reaching out to our core audience. The
event is more than half a year away, but we are starting talks to find
speakers and lecturers now.
Sonoj is not a software-developers conference; instead the stereotypical
speaker is an experienced musician or producer.
If you would like to make a contribution, please send an informal and
short e-mail with your ideas to info(a)sonoj.org
Here are some examples from the past years, to get an idea:
* Creating a Radio Drama with Ardour (for Beginners)
* Synthesizing electronic dance music with ZynAddSubFx
* Carla Plugin Host Feature Demonstration and Workflows
*/Making Music with Text/ - Audible Programming with Sonic Pi
/* The Realm of Too Many Options/ - Write, record, mix and actually
finish your music.
* Fantasy Game Soundtrack Production in an open source ecosystem
If you would like to participate creatively in the Sonoj Convention
please reach out to us!
(And if you just want to visit, the visitor registration is already
online as well)
I am looking forward to your answer!
Nils Hilbricht
Sonoj Convention
https://www.sonoj.org.