Another month's episode has landed, revealing the results of the Open
Amplifier Challenge (aka tunestorm 17). This round of uncompetition drew in
6 entries with great guitar shown throughout using "in-the-box" guitar
processing with open source tools. Go have a listen:
https://archive.org/details/OSMP84
And please stay tuned for our next tunestorm (to be announced in the March
episode) so you can participate in the fun!
Enjoy!
_Spencer
Hi all,
New images are ready for testing (amd64, i386) ;)
io GNU/Linux is a Live DVD/USB based on Debian Sid and focused on multimedia.
-> Kernel 4.9.10 and 4.9.10-rt, Jack2+PulseAudio as default sound server (can
be easily changed to Jack2+AlsaLoop, Jack2+ZitaBridge, PulseAudio or Alsa)
-> Enlightenment (e21) as desktop environment and a big collection of
installed software... Full persistence for USB install (with encryption) and
more stuff...
For more infos: manual, packages list, screenshots, video etc... Visit:
-> http://io.gnu.linux.free.fr
-> https://sourceforge.net/projects/io-gnu-linux/
Feedbacks welcome, enjoy :)
MK
Hello everybody!
Qtractor 0.8.1 (sticky tauon) is out!
Release highlights:
* JACK Transport mode switching on main menu/tool-bar (NEW)
* Main menu Track/Navigate/Next, Previous wrap around (FIX)
* Auto-backward play-head position flip-flopping (FIX)
* JACK Transport tempo/time-signature in-flight changes (FIX)
* Sanitized audio clip zoom-in/out resolution (FIX)
Obviously, this one dot bug-fix release and everyone is then compelled
to upgrade. On the side, a couple of notes are also worthy of mention...
Besides some other stray thoughts, you may be asking yourself, after
reading those crappy release highlights above, what the heck that
"in-flight" tempo / time-signature change-fix is all about?
No stress. There's always a reason, as if reason won't ever prevail,
above all else...
So, the whole truth and nothing but the truth, should here be told:
jack_link [8] is the dang reason. And then, you may now know and play
the badass with Ableton Link [7]. Keep in mind that jack_link [7] is
kind of a toy, so please, have it under a child's perspective ;)
You can still play all along with your band fellows, don't get me
wrong. You all have to be on the same machine or in the same local
network segment (LAN) anyway, just like yours truly QmidiNet [9] does
(and recommends). But that's probably one hell of a disparate story,
although sharing the same networking concept... move along!
Whatever. When in doubt, please ask me. Whenever you find yourself in
despair, you can also ask me. But take note that I made no promises nor
guarantees that it would ever work for you. And this goes as far as in
any formal disclaimer can go.
The hard truth is: your are on your own. But please, enjoy and have
(lots of) fun while you're at it ;)
As second note, this project has finally called in for its own vanity
and internet domain name: qtractor.org [1]. I guess it was about time.
Nuff said.
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.sourceforge.nethttp://qtractor.org
Project page:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/qtractor
Downloads:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/qtractor/files
- source tarball:
http://download.sf.net/qtractor/qtractor-0.8.1.tar.gz
- source package:
http://download.sf.net/qtractor/qtractor-0.8.1-29.rncbc.suse.src.rpm
- binary packages:
http://download.sf.net/qtractor/qtractor-0.8.1-29.rncbc.suse.i586.rpmhttp://download.sf.net/qtractor/qtractor-0.8.1-29.rncbc.suse.x86_84.rpm
Git repos:
http://git.code.sf.net/p/qtractor/codehttps://github.com/rncbc/qtractor.githttps://gitlab.com/rncbc/qtractor.githttps://bitbucket.org/rncbc/qtractor.git
Wiki (help still wanted!):
http://sourceforge.net/p/qtractor/wiki/
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.
Change-log:
- The View/Options.../Display/Dialogs/Use native dialogs option is now
set initially off by default.
- All tempo and time-signature labels are now displayed with one decimal
digit, as it was in mostly everywhere else but the time ruler/scale headers.
- JACK transport tempo and time-signature changes are now accepted, even
though playback is not currently rolling; also, changing (JACK) Timebase
master setting (cf.View/Options.../General/Transport/Timebase) will take
effect immediately, not needing nor warning for session restart anymore.
- Track/Navigate/Next and Previous menu commands, finally fixed to wrap
around the current track list.
- Current session (JACK) transport mode option switching is now being
made accessible, from the main menu and drop-down toolbar buttons, as
well as user configurable PC-keyboard and/or MIDI controller shortcuts
(cf. Transport/Mode/None, Slave, Master, Full).
- Fixed some auto-backward play-head position flip-flopping, when
opening a new session while the previous was still on rolling/playing
state, hopefully.
- Added French man page (by Olivier Humbert, thanks).
- MIDI clip changes are now saved unconditionally whenever the editor
(piano-roll) is closed or not currently visible.
- Audio clip peak/waveform files re-generation performance, scalability
and resilience have been slightly improved.
- Some sanitary checks have been added to audio clip peak/waveform
re-generation routine, as much to avoid empty, blank, zero or
negative-width faulty renderings.
- Do not reset the Files tree-view widgets anymore, when leaving any
drag-and-drop operation (annoyingly, all groups and sub-groups were
being closed without appeal).
- Make builds reproducible byte for byte, by getting rid of the
configure build date and time stamps.
References:
[1] Qtractor - An audio/MIDI multi-track sequencer
http://qtractor.sourceforge.nethttp://qtractor.org
[2] Qt framework, C++ class library and tools for
cross-platform application and UI development
http://qt.io/
[3] JACK Audio Connection Kit
http://jackaudio.org
[4] ALSA, Advanced Linux Sound Architecture
http://www.alsa-project.org/
[5] Linux Audio consortium of libre software for audio-related work
http://linuxaudio.org
[6] GPL - GNU General Public License
http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html
[7] jack_link, a JACK transport timebase bridge to Ableton Link [8]
https://github.com/rncbc/jack_link
[8] Ableton Link, a technology that synchronizes musical beat, tempo,
and phase across multiple applications running on one or more devices
https://github.com/Ableton/link
[9] QmidiNet - A MIDI Network Gateway via UDP/IP Multicast
http://qmidinet.sourceforge.net
See also:
http://www.rncbc.org/drupal/node/1809
Enjoy && Keep the fun, as always.
--
rncbc aka. Rui Nuno Capela
rncbc(a)rncbc.org
Hello,
We have decided to extend the deadline for all submissions to February 28.
Could you please spread the news to your networks?
Thanks in advance!
======================================================
Extension of the deadline for all submissions to Tuesday 28 February 2017, 23:59 GMT+1 (Saint-Etienne time)
Linux Audio Conference LAC2017.
18-21 May, 2017 - Saint-Etienne, France
https://lac2017.univ-st-etienne.fr
========== Special INFORMATION =========================
========== Paul DAVIS special guest during LAC2017 ===========
Mr. Paul Davis will introduce the LAC2017 conference in Saint-Etienne.
================ Important Dates =========================
Extended deadline for submissions: February 28, 2017
Acceptance notification: March 25, 2017
Final deadline for ‘camera ready’ paper: April 15, 2017
Author registration deadline: April 20, 2017
Urgent questions: lac(a)linuxaudio.org
More info on the conference website (updated frequently): https://lac2017.univ-st-etienne.fr
Organising team:
• CIEREC (Centre Interdisciplinaire d’Étude et de Recherche sur l’Expression Contemporaine)
• Music Department of Jean Monnet University (UJM)
• GRAME (National Center for Musical Creation)
• Random-Lab, Center for Open Researches in Art, Design and New Media at ESADSE (Art School of Saint-Etienne)
• Associations « Le son des choses » (Acousmatic Music).
Best regards,
Laurent Pottier
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Hi
The first fix release of GxPlugins.lv2 is out.
The fixes are:
Fix Power switch use as bypass control (lv2:enabled)
Fix don't rebuild on make install
Fix GxVBassPreAmp dc overload in circuit simulation
Also it comes with the new GxSD1.lv2 pedal simulation.
GxPlugins.lv2 is a set of mostly analogue guitar pedal simulations as
LV2 plugins, simulated with the guitarix ampsim toolkit.
They contain the following plugs:
GxBottleRocket.lv2 - -> tube based preamp pedal
GxHotBox.lv2 - -> tube based preamp pedal
GxVBassPreAmp.lv2 - -> transistor based Bass preamp
GxSuppaToneBender.lv2 - -> transistor based Fuzz pedal
GxHyperion.lv2 - -> transistor based Fuzz pedal
GxVoodoFuzz.lv2 - -> transistor based Fuzz pedal
GxSaturator.lv2 - -> saturation plugin
GxVintageFuzzMaster.lv2 - -> transistor based Fuzz pedal
GxSuperFuzz.lv2 - -> transistor based Fuzz pedal
GxVmk2.lv2 - -> transistor based solid stage preamp
GxUVox720k.lv2 - -> transistor based solid stage preamp
GxSlowGear.lv2 - -> volume swell plugin
GxGuvnor.lv2 - -> transistor based overdrive pedal
GxToneMachine.lv2 - -> transistor based Fuzz pedal
GxSD1.lv2 - -> Op-amp based overdrive pedal
I hope they may be useful for the one or the other.
Build instruction and screenshots may be found here:
https://github.com/brummer10/GxPlugins.lv2
the release zip file is located here:
https://github.com/brummer10/GxPlugins.lv2/releases
regards
hermann
Radium is a vertical music editor. Radium is inspired by trackers, but uses
more graphics to show musical data. Radium also supports MIDI sequencing
and hard disk recording.
Radium has features like smooth scrolling, zooming, automation, piano roll,
embedded Pure Data (Pd), and embedded Faust.
Homepage: http://users.notam02.no/~kjetism/radium/
Screenshot of the new mixer interface added since last announcement:
http://users.notam02.no/~kjetism/radium/pictures/radiummixer.png
(somewhat inspired by the mixer in Ardour)
A new classic 8 bit 4 channel tracker module played in Radium:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RQ6NnzZtAqQ
Demonstration video by Tobias Lutzenkirchen showing some
of the features: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FhwmT0G5EwM
Demonstration video showing developing Faust programs inside Radium:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LJm9Lox1WFA
Changes between 4.3.0 and 4.4.4:
* A new and more traditional mixer, in addition to the already existing
modular mixer.
* Optionally show mixer strip of current instrument in the left or right
part of the main window.
* By default, record audio files into a sub directory of the song file.
* Fix Ctrl key on OS X. Don't use Cmd to slow down mouse movement.
* Fix high CPU usage when using an Intel GFX driver and the Radium window
is not visible.
* Linux: Fix running Radium if the full path contains space.
* Show message during startup if there are errors in the keyboard
configuration.
* Scale UI better when changing system font size.
* Sequencer improvements:
* Several UI improvements.
* Improved graphics.
* Optional smooth scrolling.
* Support automations.
* Fix import Fasttracker modules.
* Exclusively select mute/solo/bypass when ctrl-clicking.
* Draw colored border around mute buttons when an instrument is implicitly
muted.
* Add portamento effect to the sampler.
* Options to quickly select a random sample file.
* 282 other smaller bug fixes and new features.
The OSM is back with a new episode for January, playing a folksy acoustic
track from Fiasco recorded in Ardour on Ubuntu, and a tech segment on pitch
correction. Add to this the usual news and yammering, its a short and sweet
episode.
Especially we'd like to call attention to the Open Amp-Sim Challenge of
tunestorm #17. Who can make the greatest guitar tones using only open
source effects and amp sims? Even if it's not you we'd love to hear what
you do come up with, so please participate in our musical un-competion!
Just send a flac or wav of your original song featuring this guitar tone
(or synth tone run through a virtual amp or distortion etc) to
contributions at opensourcemusician dot com by February 13th.
Thanks for listening, and as always questions, comments, complaints, quips,
quibbles, and quizzes welcome.
https://archive.org/details/OSMP83
Hi
I like to announce the first release of GxPlugins.lv2
GxPlugins.lv2 is a set of mostly analogue guitar pedal simulations as
LV2 plugins, simulated with the guitarix ampsim toolkit.
They contain the following plugs:
GxBottleRocket.lv2 - -> tube based preamp pedal
GxHotBox.lv2 - -> tube based preamp pedal
GxVBassPreAmp.lv2 - -> transistor based Bass preamp
GxSuppaToneBender.lv2 - -> transistor based preamp
GxHyperion.lv2 - -> transistor based Fuzz pedal
GxVoodoFuzz.lv2 - -> transistor based Fuzz pedal
GxSaturator.lv2 - -> saturation plugin
GxVintageFuzzMaster.lv2 - -> transistor based Fuzz pedal
GxSuperFuzz.lv2 - -> transistor based Fuzz pedal
GxVmk2.lv2 - -> transistor based solid stage preamp
GxUVox720k.lv2 - -> transistor based solid stage preamp
GxSlowGear.lv2 - -> volume swell plugin
GxGuvnor.lv2 - -> transistor based overdrive pedal
GxToneMachine.lv2 - -> transistor based Fuzz pedal
I hope they may be useful for the one or the other.
Build instruction and screenshots may be found here:
https://github.com/brummer10/GxPlugins.lv2
the release zip file is located here:
https://github.com/brummer10/GxPlugins.lv2/releases
regards
hermann
DrumGizmo version 0.9.12 now available!
Get it at http://www.drumgizmo.org/
DrumGizmo is an open source, multichannel, multilayered, cross-platform
drum plugin and stand-alone application. It enables you to compose drums
in midi and mix them with a multichannel approach. It is comparable to
that of mixing a real drumkit that has been recorded with a multimic setup.
Most prominent new feature is that we now have FreeBSD support! Several
fixes for various combinations of software also made it into this
release. Check the roadmap for 0.9.12[1] for full details.
Important note to package maintainers:
Since version 0.9.11 we copy vst source files into the build tree while
building the vst plugin. This mean that should you wish to make a
tar-ball available with the build directory after the build has finished
this must either be stripped of said files or not be made public.
[1]:
http://www.drumgizmo.org/wiki/doku.php?id=roadmap:features_roadmap#version_…
