Hello everybody!
Qtractor 0.7.5 (hazy photon) is out!
It comes with one top recommendation though: please update, at once,
while it's hot! :)
Highlights for this dot/beta release:
* Overlapping clips cross-fade (NEW)
* MIDI Send/Return and Aux-Send insert plugins (NEW)
* Generic and custom track icons eye-candy (NEW)
Some other interesting points may be found in the blunt and misty
change-log below.
And just in case you missed it before,
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.
Change-log (since last tacky release):
- Beat unit divisor, aka. the denominator or lower numeral in the
time-signature, have now a visible and practical effect over the
time-line, even though the standard MIDI tempo(BPM) is always denoted in
beats as quarter-notes (1/4, crotchet, seminima) per minute.
- Fixed an old hack on LV2 State Files abstract/relative file-path
mapping when saving custom LV2 Presets (after a related issue on Fabla2,
by Harry Van Haaren, thanks).
- Default PC-Keyboard shortcuts may now be erasable and re-assigned (cf.
Help/Shortcuts...).
- New option on the audio/MIDI export dialog, on whether to add/import
the exported result as brand new track(s).
- Introducing brand new track icons property.
- Old Dry/Wet Insert and Aux-send pseudo-plugin parameters are now split
into separate Dry and Wet controls, what else could it possibly be? :)
- Brand new MIDI Insert and Aux-Send pseudo-plugins are now implemented
with very similar semantics as the respective and existing audio
counterparts.
- Implement LV2_STATE__loadDefaultState feature (after pull request by
Hanspeter Portner aka. ventosus, thanks).
- Plug-ins search paths internal logic has been refactored; an
alternative file-name based search is now in effect for LADSPA, DSSI and
VST plug-ins, whenever not found on their original file-path locations
saved in a previous session.
- Finally added this brand new menu Clip/Cross Fade command, aimed on
setting fade-in/out ranges properly, just as far to (auto)cross-fade
consecutive overlapping clips.
Website:
http://qtractor.sourceforge.net
Project page:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/qtractor
Downloads:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/qtractor/files
- source tarball:
http://download.sf.net/qtractor/qtractor-0.7.5.tar.gz
- source package (openSUSE Tumbleweed):
http://download.sf.net/qtractor/qtractor-0.7.5-23.rncbc.suse.src.rpm
- binary packages (openSUSE Tumbleweed):
http://download.sf.net/qtractor/qtractor-0.7.5-23.rncbc.suse.i586.rpmhttp://download.sf.net/qtractor/qtractor-0.7.5-23.rncbc.suse.x86_84.rpm
Git repos:
http://git.code.sf.net/p/qtractor/codehttps://github.com/rncbc/qtractor
Wiki (on going, help wanted!):
http://sourceforge.net/p/qtractor/wiki/
Weblog (on going, upstream support):
http://www.rncbc.org
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.sourceforge.net
[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
See also:
http://www.rncbc.org/drupal/node/1022
Enjoy && Keep the fun, always.
--
rncbc aka. Rui Nuno Capela
Greetings,
I felt we lack a light, quick and efficient tool to compare waveforms.
DFasma is quite convenient for inspection of results of synthesis and
modification tasks on voice signals.
Homepage:
http://gillesdegottex.github.io/dfasma/
Downloads:
https://github.com/gillesdegottex/dfasma/releases
* Shows spectrogram, amplitude spectrum, phase spectrum and group delay.
* Can play a filtered sound given a selected frequency band.
* Rectification of the spectrogram tilt (cepstral lifting).
* Can create and edit fundamental frequency (F0) files (thanks to REAPER).
* Can create and edit segmentation files.
* Can load about 25 different audio formats (thanks to libsndfile).
* Everything runs under Linux, Mac OSX and Windows.
Have fun ! And any type of feedback is welcomed of course.
Cheers,
Gilles
Greetings,
Just to note that I've updated the page at
http://linux-sound.org/linux-vst-plugins.html
to include some new items.
Please let me know of any needed corrections, deletions, or items I
should add to the list.
Best,
dp
Yoshimi 1.3.9, that is :)
This is another consolidation release (although there are a few new features).
With people, and some distros moving to GCC 6 we felt we should make sure we
are squeaky clean, as this is much more pedantic regarding code correctness.
Our new version has been extensively tested on GCC 4.9/5.3/6.0 both for
compilation and runtime performance. One of our users has also double checked
by compiling with Clang 3.5
More details in the README.txt file.
As usual, available from:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/yoshimi
and:
https://github.com/Yoshimi/yoshimi
--
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.
Zynaddsubfx 2.5.3 - “Chiron” Released
I’d say it’s a good day for a new release, wouldn’t you? Zynaddsubfx has
reached version 2.5.3 including some exciting new changes for the
now-officially supported VST and LV2 plugin versions! In addition to the
usual bugfixes some rich new features have been added such as:
- Add LV2&VST support via DPF - zyn is now working as a native linux plugin
in most DAWs! Other platforms coming soon. I know I’m sure excited about
this...
- Add autosave - Just in case of the rare crash, this can be a lifesaver
- Add realtime filter parameter updates - For smoother, wilder filter
tweaking
- Add LFO random mode - adds sample and hold module integrated to the LFO,
great for classic bleep-blop computer sounds (and a hundred other things)
- Add more controls to DSSI plugin - For more knob turning sonic
automation-exploration in DSSI plugin hosts
- Add fixed frequency modulators - Easier FM operations
- Add more reset states to knobs/sliders - double click will put it back to
the default state, so you don’t need to be afraid of turning that knob, you
can always go back.
- Add PWM mod - Sweet sweeping from nasally to full bodied square waves
- Fix Microtonal UI - if you do microtonal music, this is a huge deal!
- Fix 'Add Bank' - easier organization for all your patches
- Fix sustain bugs in 2.5.x series - So you can keep your feet below your
keyboard to play more notes
- Fix mem pool exhaustion bug - a boon to stability
- Fix PADnote and Oscilgen copy/paste - for quicker sound design
- Fix Midi unlearn - If you want to map that knob to something else...
- Other miscellaneous bug fixes
- New Presets in the 'olivers-other' bank.
That should fix any case of the Mondays. And here’s the contribution score
card by number of commits since 2.5.2:
36 Christopher A. Oliver
29 Mark McCurry
28 Filipe Coelho
12 Olivier Jolly
2 Jaromír Mikeš
1 Johannes Lorenz
1 Friedolino
1 Alessio Treglia
Many thanks to them and all others who contributed by submitting feedback,
bug reports, troubleshooting, or even just making music. We’d love to see
more!
Now go make some noise!
--Team Zyn.
Project Page:
http://zynaddsubfx.sf.net/
Download:
https://sourceforge.net/projects/zynaddsubfx/files/zynaddsubfx/2.5.3/
Mailing List:
https://sourceforge.net/p/zynaddsubfx/mailman/
Forums:
http://www.kvraudio.com/forum/viewforum.php?f=47
Bug/Feature Tracker:
https://sourceforge.net/p/zynaddsubfx/bugs/?source=navbar
IRC:
##zynaddsubfx on FreeNode
[Sorry for cross-posting, please distribute.]
Faust Open Source Software Competition
=======================================
(Submission Deadline: June 1, 2016)
Overview
---------
The Faust Open-Source Software Competition is intended to promote
innovative high-quality free audio software developed with the Faust
programming language, as well as development tools build around the Faust
compiler itself. The Faust Open-Source Software award will be attributed to
the best submission by an international committee of leading experts in the
field. The competition is sponsored by Grame, centre national de création
musicale. The winning software will receive a 2000€ price to encourage its
authors. The results will be announced July 15, 2016.
To participate, the software must be provided with source code and licensed
with a Free/Open Source license. A substantial part of the software must be
written in Faust and the Faust source code must be provided. As part of the
review process, the software will be built from the sources. All source
code, license, video demonstration, installation instructions, and any
other documentation must be available on a public web page. License
compatibility with other open source software is encouraged. Dependencies
on non-open source third-party software are discouraged, with the exception
of operating systems and freely available commercial packages.
Authors are required to prepare a video demonstrating the software. This
video must be done carefully, and should convincingly present the qualities
of the software. The submission must also contain any useful documentation,
including examples of how the provided software might be used, existing
prototypes that use the software, download statistics or other public usage
information. The criteria for judging submissions includes broad
applicability and potential impact, novelty, technical depth, reusability,
etc.
Junior Competition
------------------
In parallel to the Faust Open-Source Software Competition we introduce this
year a junior competition, the Faust Student Software Competition, with a
200€ prize for the winner. The Faust Student Software Competition is
intended to promote interesting audio processing and synthesis applications
written in Faust in a single file in less than 1000 words. The word count
is done after removing the comments from the code:
cat foo.dsp | stripcmt | wc -w.
The use of the standard Faust libraries is strongly encouraged. They don't
take part in the word count.
Important dates
---------------
- Start of the competition: February 8, 2016
- Software Submission Deadline: June 1, 2016
- Results of the competition: July 1, 2016
Submission Guidelines
---------------------
Authors interested in participating in the Faust Open Source Software
Competition or the Faust Student Software Competition should send a
submission email to <faustaward(a)grame.fr> with a PDF file attached
containing the following information:
- Title of submission,
- Category of submission (*Faust Open Source Software Competition* or
*Faust Student Software Competition*),
- Name, email and affiliation of the main author,
- Names, emails and affiliations of other authors,
- A permanent link for the open source software (e.g., Sourceforge, GitHub,
Google Code, etc.),
- A permanent link for the video demonstration (e.g., YouTube, Vimeo, etc.),
- A link to a compressed archive file that contains the software (source
code, documentation, build/install instructions, and licenses).
Comprehensive and clear build/install instructions will be a crucial
component of any submission. The committee will make a reasonable effort to
build the software for the top contributions, but if they are unable to
make the software run, it will be excluded from the competition.
International Committee
-----------------------
- Jean-Louis Giavitto (IRCAM, Paris, France),
- Albert Gräf (Johannes Gutenberg U., Mainz, Germany),
- Pierre Jouvelot (Ecole des Mines, Paris, France),
- Victor Lazzarini (Maynooth U., Maynooth, Ireland),
- Romain Michon (CCRMA, Stanford , USA)
- Yann Orlarey (Grame, Lyon, France),
- Dave Phillips (Musician/Journalist, Findlay, USA)
- Laurent Pottier (U. Jean Monnet, Saint Etienne, France),
- Julius Smith (CCRMA, Stanford , USA)
Previous Winners
----------------
- 2015: [Guitarix](http://guitarix.sourceforge.net/), by Hermann Meyer and
Andreas Degert
Yann Orlarey
GRAME
Ahoy there!
Qtractor 0.7.4 (the tackiest gluon) has been released!
Y'all know the drill...
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.
Change-log:
- Eye-candy warning: muted/non-soloed tracks are now shaded over the
main thumb-view.
- Faster and crispier VST plugin editor (GUI) idle cycles.
- Fixed all core processing when any plugin has more audio outputs than
channels on a track/bus where it's inserted.
- Added one decimal digit to all percentage input spin-boxes on the MIDI
Tools dialog.
- Added brand new and global option to disable the so called "catch-up"
default behavior (cf. View/Controllers.../Sync).
- Fixed some track control issues related to MIDI Controllers generic
mapping (cf. View/Controllers...).
- Try making Help/Shortcuts... dialog window modeless, as far as under
MIDI Controller, Inputs/Outputs Connections window also gets accessible
enough.
- Fixed some vertical scrolling and play-head line re-drawing glitches
introduced by the recent unlimited slack to editing beyond current
contents length on main tracks view.
- Added one decimal digit to the Pitch-shift spin-box on audio
Clip/Edit... properties dialog window.
- Added application keywords to freedesktop.org's AppData.
- Fixed local keyboard shortcuts on the Files organizer widget actions
and context-menu.
- Improved Mixer multi-row layout (patch by Holger Marzen aka. bluebell,
thanks).
- Fixed the Ctrl+drag/cloning left of a clip when towards near the
beginning of session.
Website:
http://qtractor.sourceforge.net
Project page:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/qtractor
Downloads:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/qtractor/files
- source tarball:
http://download.sf.net/qtractor/qtractor-0.7.4.tar.gz
- source package (openSUSE Tumbleweed):
http://download.sf.net/qtractor/qtractor-0.7.4-22.rncbc.suse.src.rpm
- binary packages (openSUSE Tumbleweed):
http://download.sf.net/qtractor/qtractor-0.7.4-22.rncbc.suse.i586.rpmhttp://download.sf.net/qtractor/qtractor-0.7.4-22.rncbc.suse.x86_84.rpm
- wiki (on going, help still wanted!):
http://sourceforge.net/p/qtractor/wiki/
Weblog (on going, upstream support):
http://www.rncbc.org
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.sourceforge.net
[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
See also:
http://www.rncbc.org/drupal/node/1000
Enjoy && Have (lots of) fun.
--
rncbc aka. Rui Nuno Capela
Hi LAU's
If you are or have been an AV Linux user you may be interested in these
changes, if not, as you were, sorry to disturb :)
AV Linux 6.0.4 is now being taken down and has ceased maintenance to
prepare for AV Linux '2016' which will be based on Debian Testing and
pending some further documentation on the new User Manual should have a
Release Candidate available later this month.
Other tidbits happening now or soon:
- Migration to a new Wordpress site for bandshed.net and all related
activities including AV Linux and the AVL Drumkits.
- Removal of the old HTML sites.
- Removal of the AV Linux 6 Deb packages and other related clean up.
- Removal of the AV Linux 6 ISO's, Torrents and Manuals
- Minting of a 'frozen' Release Candidate ISO for AV Linux '2016'
- Continued work on the new manual... it's going slowly I'm afraid and
there is a LOT of new stuff to document.
- A very short screencast about the next AV Linux.
If you have an application that links to AV Linux because it is featured
on the Live ISO please see the updated URLs here:
Bandshed.net: http://www.bandshed.net/wordpress/
AV Linux: http://www.bandshed.net/wordpress/avlinux/
AVL Drumkits: http://www.bandshed.net/wordpress/avldrumkits/
I would like to say thank you to the Linux Audio Users and Developers for
helping AV Linux versions 1-6 to become an actual 'thing', truthfully you
guys are the rock stars and AV Linux was simply a stage for the show and
the spotlight has faded as I've taken time off to do other things and
KXStudio has become the extremely warranted and excellent go-to for many
'Buntu/Debian people. In light of that and having ridden around the
carousel a few times, AV Linux 2016 will hopefully be a much lower profile
affair and simply exist as a shared, ready to use Linux Audio and Video
workstation image for those who need it. Previously AV Linux became many
things that I neither deserved or anticipated and this time time I'd like
to keep it manageable and simply be a facilitator and evangelist for the
great work of you LAD's and leave the Distro guru stuff up to those with
the credentials :). Thanks also to falkTX whose phenomenal applications
and tireless packaging work have taken a huge burden off my shoulders and
made it possible for AVL to continue, sincere thanks also to
linuxaudio.org for the download Mirror, it is very much appreciated.
Thanks, Glen
