[LAA] The QStuff* End of Autumn'17 Release

Hello everybody! The Qstuff* End of Autumn'17 release bundle is getting wrapped up... * QjackCtl 0.5.0 * Qsynth 0.5.0 * QXGEdit 0.5.0 * QmidiCtl 0.5.0 * QmidiNet 0.5.0 Please enjoy this classic batch and have lots of fun! **QjackCtl - JACK Audio Connection Kit Qt GUI Interface [1]** QjackCtl 0.5.0 (end-of-autumn'17) released! QjackCtl [1] is a(n ageing but still) simple Qt [6] application to control the JACK [7] sound server, for the Linux Audio [11] infrastructure. Website: http://qjackctl.sourceforge.net https://qjackctl.sourceforge.io Project page: http://sourceforge.net/projects/qjackctl Downloads: http://sourceforge.net/projects/qjackctl/files - source tarball: http://download.sf.net/qjackctl/qjackctl-0.5.0.tar.gz - source package: http://download.sf.net/qjackctl/qjackctl-0.5.0-29.rncbc.suse.src.rpm - binary packages: http://download.sf.net/qjackctl/qjackctl-0.5.0-29.rncbc.suse.i586.rpm http://download.sf.net/qjackctl/qjackctl-0.5.0-29.rncbc.suse.x86_64.rpm - AppImage [19] packages: http://download.sf.net/qjackctl/qjackctl-0.5.0-1.x86_64.AppImage Git repos: http://git.code.sf.net/p/qjackctl/code https://github.com/rncbc/qjackctl.git https://gitlab.com/rncbc/qjackctl.git https://bitbucket.com/rncbc/qjackctl.git Change-log: - Current preset is always taken into account if ever changes while the Setup dialog is hidden (eg. via context menu). - Desktop entry specification file is now finally independent from build/configure template chains. - Updated target path for freedesktop.org's AppStream metainfo file (formerly AppData). **Qsynth - A fluidsynth Qt GUI Interface [2]** Qsynth 0.5.0 (end-of-autumn'17) released! Qsynth [2] is a FluidSynth [9] GUI front-end application written in C++ around the Qt [6] framework using Qt Designer. Website: http://qsynth.sourceforge.net https://qsynth.sourceforge.io Project page: http://sourceforge.net/projects/qsynth Downloads: http://sourceforge.net/projects/qsynth/files - source tarball: http://download.sf.net/qsynth/qsynth-0.5.0.tar.gz - source package: http://download.sf.net/qsynth/qsynth-0.5.0-11.rncbc.suse.src.rpm - binary packages: http://download.sf.net/qsynth/qsynth-0.5.0-11.rncbc.suse.i586.rpm http://download.sf.net/qsynth/qsynth-0.5.0-11.rncbc.suse.x86_64.rpm - AppImage [19] packages: http://download.sf.net/qsynth/qsynth-0.5.0-1.x86_64.AppImage Git repos: http://git.code.sf.net/p/qsynth/code https://github.com/rncbc/qsynth.git https://gitlab.com/rncbc/qsynth.git https://bitbucket.com/rncbc/qsynth.git Change-log: - Added *.SF3 to soundfont files filter on Setup > Soundfonts > Open... file dialog. - Increased Soundfont bank-offset limit to 16384 (was 128). - Desktop entry specification file is now finally independent from build/configure template chains. - Updated target path for freedesktop.org's AppStream metainfo file (formerly AppData). **QXGEdit - A Qt XG Editor [3]** QXGEdit 0.5.0 (end-of-autumn'17) released! QXGEdit [3] is a live XG instrument editor, specialized on editing MIDI System Exclusive files (.syx) for the Yamaha DB50XG [13] and thus probably a baseline for many other XG devices. Website: http://qxgedit.sourceforge.net https://qxgedit.sourceforge.io Project page: http://sourceforge.net/projects/qxgedit Downloads: http://sourceforge.net/projects/qxgedit/files - source tarball: http://download.sf.net/qxgedit/qxgedit-0.5.0.tar.gz - source package: http://download.sf.net/qxgedit/qxgedit-0.5.0-11.rncbc.suse.src.rpm - binary packages: http://download.sf.net/qxgedit/qxgedit-0.5.0-11.rncbc.suse.i586.rpm http://download.sf.net/qxgedit/qxgedit-0.5.0-11.rncbc.suse.x86_64.rpm - AppImage [19] packages: http://download.sf.net/qxgedit/qxgedit-0.5.0-1.x86_64.AppImage Git repos: http://git.code.sf.net/p/qxgedit/code https://github.com/rncbc/qxgedit.git https://gitlab.com/rncbc/qxgedit.git https://bitbucket.com/rncbc/qxgedit.git Change-log: - Desktop entry specification file is now finally independent from build/configure template chains. - Updated target path for freedesktop.org's AppStream metainfo file (formerly AppData). - Changing the View/Options.../General/Widget style theme now takes effect immediately unless it's to "(default)". **QmidiCtl - A MIDI Remote Controller via UDP/IP Multicast [4]** QmidiCtl 0.5.0 (end-of-autumn'17) released! QmidiCtl [4] is a MIDI remote controller application that sends MIDI data over the network, using UDP/IP multicast. Inspired by multimidicast [14] and designed to be compatible with ipMIDI [15] for Windows. QmidiCtl [5] has been primarily designed for the Maemo [16] enabled handheld devices, namely the Nokia N900 [17] and also being promoted to the Maemo Package repositories [20]. Nevertheless, QmidiCtl may still be found effective as a regular desktop application as well. Website: http://qmidictl.sourceforge.net https://qmidictl.sourceforge.io Project page: http://sourceforge.net/projects/qmidictl Downloads: http://sourceforge.net/projects/qmidictl/files - source tarball: http://download.sf.net/qmidictl/qmidictl-0.5.0.tar.gz - source package: http://download.sf.net/qmidictl/qmidictl-0.5.0-12.rncbc.suse.src.rpm - binary packages: http://download.sf.net/qmidictl/qmidictl-0.5.0-12.rncbc.suse.i586.rpm http://download.sf.net/qmidictl/qmidictl-0.5.0-12.rncbc.suse.x86_64.rpm - AppImage [19] packages: http://download.sf.net/qmidictl/qmidictl-0.5.0-1.x86_64.AppImage Git repos: http://git.code.sf.net/p/qmidictl/code https://github.com/rncbc/qmidictl.git https://gitlab.com/rncbc/qmidictl.git https://bitbucket.com/rncbc/qmidictl.git Change-log: - Desktop entry specification file is now finally independent from build/configure template chains. - Updated target path for freedesktop.org's AppStream metainfo file (formerly AppData). **QmidiNet - A MIDI Network Gateway via UDP/IP Multicast [5]** QmidiNet 0.5.0 (end-of-autumn'17) released! QmidiNet [5] is a MIDI network gateway application that sends and receives MIDI data (ALSA-MIDI and JACK-MIDI) over the network, using UDP/IP multicast. Inspired by multimidicast [14] and designed to be compatible with ipMIDI [15] for Windows. Website: http://qmidinet.sourceforge.net https://qmidinet.sourceforge.io Project page: http://sourceforge.net/projects/qmidinet Downloads: http://sourceforge.net/projects/qmidinet/files - source tarball: http://download.sf.net/qmidinet/qmidinet-0.5.0.tar.gz - source package: http://download.sf.net/qmidinet/qmidinet-0.5.0-13.rncbc.suse.src.rpm - binary packages: http://download.sf.net/qmidinet/qmidinet-0.5.0-13.rncbc.suse.i586.rpm http://download.sf.net/qmidinet/qmidinet-0.5.0-13.rncbc.suse.x86_64.rpm - AppImage [19] packages: http://download.sf.net/qmidinet/qmidinet-0.5.0-1.x86_64.AppImage Git repos: http://git.code.sf.net/p/qmidinet/code https://github.com/rncbc/qmidinet.git https://gitlab.com/rncbc/qmidinet.git https://bitbucket.com/rncbc/qmidinet.git Change-log: - Desktop entry specification file is now finally independent from build/configure template chains. - Updated target path for freedesktop.org's AppStream metainfo file (formerly AppData). License: All of the Qstuff* are free, open-source Linux Audio [11] software, distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License (GPL [12]) version 2 or later. References: [1] QjackCtl - A JACK Audio Connection Kit Qt GUI Interface http://qjackctl.sourceforge.net [2] Qsynth - A fluidsynth Qt GUI Interface http://qsynth.sourceforge.net [3] QXGEdit - A Qt XG Editor http://qxgedit.sourceforge.net [4] QmidiCtl - A MIDI Remote Controller via UDP/IP Multicast http://qmidictl.sourceforge.net [5] QmidiNet - A MIDI Network Gateway via UDP/IP Multicast http://qmidinet.sourceforge.net [6] Qt framework, C++ class library and tools for cross-platform application and UI development http://qt.io/ [7] JACK Audio Connection Kit http://jackaudio.org [8] ALSA, Advanced Linux Sound Architecture http://www.alsa-project.org/ [9] FluidSynth - A SoundFont Synthesizer A real-time software synthesizer based on SoundFont 2 specifications http://www.fluidsynth.org [10] LinuxSampler - The Linux Sampler Project A modular, streaming capable, realtime audio sampler http://www.linuxsampler.org [11] Linux Audio consortium of libre software for audio-related work http://linuxaudio.org [12] GPL - GNU General Public License http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html [13] Yamaha DB50XG http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/1996_articles/may96/yamahadb50xg.html [14] multimidicast - sends and receives MIDI from ALSA sequencers over network http://llg.cubic.org/tools/multimidicast [15] ipMIDI - MIDI over Ethernet ports - send MIDI over your LAN http://nerds.de [16] Maemo.org - Home of the Maemo community http://www.maemo.org [17] Maemo.org Wiki - Nokia N900 http://wiki.maemo.org/Nokia_N900 [18] Maemo.org - Downloads: QmidiCtl http://maemo.org/downloads/product/Maemo5/qmidictl [19] AppImage, Linux apps that run anywhere http://appimage.org/ See also: http://www.rncbc.org/drupal/node/1876 Enjoy && keep having fun! -- rncbc aka. Rui Nuno Capela