[LAA] The Qstuff* Spring'16 Release Frenzy

Hi, On the wake of the miniLAC2016(a)c-base.org Berlin [14], and keeping up with tradition, the most venerable of the Qstuff* are under the so called Spring'16 release frenzy... Enjoy the party! - QjackCtl 0.4.2 - Qsynth 0.4.1 - Qsampler 0.4.0 - QXGEdit 0.4.0 - QmidiCtl 0.4.0 - QmidiNet 0.4.0 Details are as follows... **QjackCtl - JACK Audio Connection Kit Qt GUI Interface [1]** QjackCtl 0.4.2 (spring'16) released! QjackCtl [1] is a(n ageing but still) simple Qt [7] application to control the JACK [8] sound server, for the Linux Audio [12] infrastructure. Website: http://qjackctl.sourceforge.net Downloads: http://sourceforge.net/projects/qjackctl/files - source tarball: http://download.sf.net/qjackctl/qjackctl-0.4.2.tar.gz - source package: http://download.sf.net/qjackctl/qjackctl-0.4.2-25.rncbc.suse.src.rpm - binary packages: http://download.sf.net/qjackctl/qjackctl-0.4.2-25.rncbc.suse.i586.rpm http://download.sf.net/qjackctl/qjackctl-0.4.2-25.rncbc.suse.x86_84.rpm Git repos: http://git.code.sf.net/p/qjackctl/code https://github.com/rncbc/qjackctl Change-log: - Added a brand new "Enable JACK D-BUS interface" option, split from the old common "Enable D-BUS interface" setup option which now refers to its own self D-BUS interface exclusively. - Dropped old "Start minimized to system tray" option from setup. - Add double-click action (toggle start/stop) to systray (a pull request by Joel Moberg, thanks). - Added application keywords to freedesktop.org's AppData. - System-tray icon context menu has been fixed/hacked to show up again on Plasma 5 (aka. KDE5) notification status area. - Switched column entries in the unified interface device combo-box to make it work for macosx/coreaudio again. - Blind fix to a FTBFS on macosx/coreaudio platforms, a leftover from the unified interface device selection combo-box inception, almost two years ago. - Prevent x11extras module from use on non-X11/Unix plaforms. - Late French (fr) translation update (by Olivier Humbert, thanks). License: QjackCtl [1] is free, open-source Linux Audio [12] software, distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License (GPL [13]) version 2 or later. **Qsynth - A fluidsynth Qt GUI Interface [2]** Qsynth 0.4.1 (spring'16) released! Qsynth [2] is a FluidSynth GUI front-end application written in C++ around the Qt framework [7] using Qt Designer. Website: http://qsynth.sourceforge.net Downloads: http://sourceforge.net/projects/qsynth/files - source tarball: http://download.sf.net/qsynth/qsynth-0.4.1.tar.gz - source package: http://download.sf.net/qsynth/qsynth-0.4.1-7.rncbc.suse.src.rpm - binary packages: http://download.sf.net/qsynth/qsynth-0.4.1-7.rncbc.suse.i586.rpm http://download.sf.net/qsynth/qsynth-0.4.1-7.rncbc.suse.x86_84.rpm Git repos: http://git.code.sf.net/p/qsynth/code https://github.com/rncbc/qsynth Change-log: - Dropped old "Start minimized to system tray" option from setup. - CMake script lists update (patch by Orcan Ogetbil, thanks). - Added application keywords to freedesktop.org's AppData. - System-tray icon context menu has been fixed/hacked to show up again on Plasma 5 (aka. KDE5) notifications status area. - Prevent x11extras module from use on non-X11/Unix plaforms. - Messages standard output capture has been improved in both ways a non-blocking pipe may get. - Regression fix for invalid system-tray icon dimensions reported by some desktop environment frameworks. License: Qsynth [2] is free, open-source Linux Audio [12] software, distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License (GPL [13]) version 2 or later. **Qsampler - A LinuxSampler Qt GUI Interface [3]** Qsampler 0.4.0 (spring'16) released! Qsampler [3] is a LinuxSampler [11] GUI front-end application written in C++ around the Qt framework [7] using Qt Designer. Website: http://qsampler.sourceforge.net Downloads: http://sourceforge.net/projects/qsampler/files - source tarball: http://download.sf.net/qsampler/qsampler-0.4.0.tar.gz - source package: http://download.sf.net/qsampler/qsampler-0.4.0-17.rncbc.suse.src.rpm - binary packages: http://download.sf.net/qsampler/qsampler-0.4.0-17.rncbc.suse.i586.rpm http://download.sf.net/qsampler/qsampler-0.4.0-17.rncbc.suse.x86_84.rpm Git repos: http://git.code.sf.net/p/qsampler/code https://github.com/rncbc/qsampler Change-log: - Added application keywords to freedesktop.org's AppData. - Prevent x11extras module from use on non-X11/Unix plaforms. - Messages standard output capture has been improved again, now in both ways a non-blocking pipe may get. - Single/unique application instance control adapted to Qt5/X11. License: Qsampler is free, open-source Linux Audio [12] software, distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License (GPL [13]) version 2 or later. **QXGEdit - A Qt XG Editor [4]** QXGEdit 0.4.0 (spring'16) released! QXGEdit [4] is a live XG instrument editor, specialized on editing MIDI System Exclusive files (.syx) for the Yamaha DB50XG and thus probably a baseline for many other XG devices. Website: http://qxgedit.sourceforge.net Downloads: http://sourceforge.net/projects/qxgedit/files - source tarball: http://download.sf.net/qxgedit/qxgedit-0.4.0.tar.gz - source package: http://download.sf.net/qxgedit/qxgedit-0.4.0-7.rncbc.suse.src.rpm - binary packages: http://download.sf.net/qxgedit/qxgedit-0.4.0-7.rncbc.suse.i586.rpm http://download.sf.net/qxgedit/qxgedit-0.4.0-7.rncbc.suse.x86_84.rpm Git repos: http://git.code.sf.net/p/qxgedit/code https://github.com/rncbc/qxgedit Change-log: - Prevent x11extras module from use on non-X11/Unix plaforms. - French (fr) translations update (by Olivier Humbert, thanks). - Fixed port on MIDI 14-bit controllers input caching. License: QXGEdit [4] is free, open-source Linux Audio [12] software, distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License (GPL [13]) version 2 or later. **QmidiCtl - A MIDI Remote Controller via UDP/IP Multicast [5]** QmidiCtl 0.4.0 (spring'16) released! QmidiCtl [5] is a MIDI remote controller application that sends MIDI data over the network, using UDP/IP multicast. Inspired by multimidicast (http://llg.cubic.org/tools) and designed to be compatible with ipMIDI for Windows (http://nerds.de). QmidiCtl has been primarily designed for the Maemo enabled handheld devices, namely the Nokia N900 and also being promoted to the Maemo Package repositories. Nevertheless, QmidiCtl may still be found effective as a regular desktop application as well. Website: http://qmidictl.sourceforge.net Downloads: http://sourceforge.net/projects/qmidictl/files - source tarball: http://download.sf.net/qmidictl/qmidictl-0.4.0.tar.gz - source package: http://download.sf.net/qmidictl/qmidictl-0.4.0-8.rncbc.suse.src.rpm - binary packages: http://download.sf.net/qmidictl/qmidictl-0.4.0-8.rncbc.suse.i586.rpm http://download.sf.net/qmidictl/qmidictl-0.4.0-8.rncbc.suse.x86_84.rpm Git repos: http://git.code.sf.net/p/qmidictl/code https://github.com/rncbc/qmidictl Change-log: - Added application keywords to freedesktop.org's AppData. License: QmidiCtl [5] is free, open-source Linux Audio [12] software, distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License (GPL [13]) version 2 or later. **QmidiNet - A MIDI Network Gateway via UDP/IP Multicast [6]** QmidiNet 0.4.0 (spring'16) released! QmidiNet [6] is a MIDI network gateway application that sends and receives MIDI data (ALSA-MIDI [9] and JACK-MIDI [8]) over the network, using UDP/IP multicast. Inspired by multimidicast and designed to be compatible with ipMIDI for Windows. Website: http://qmidinet.sourceforge.net Downloads: http://sourceforge.net/projects/qmidinet/files - source tarball: http://download.sf.net/qmidinet/qmidinet-0.4.0.tar.gz - source package: http://download.sf.net/qmidinet/qmidinet-0.4.0-9.rncbc.suse.src.rpm - binary packages: http://download.sf.net/qmidinet/qmidinet-0.4.0-9.rncbc.suse.i586.rpm http://download.sf.net/qmidinet/qmidinet-0.4.0-9.rncbc.suse.x86_84.rpm Git repos: http://git.code.sf.net/p/qmidinet/code https://github.com/rncbc/qmidinet Change-log: - Allegedly fixed for the socketopt(IP_MULTICAST_LOOP) reverse semantics on Windows platforms (as suggested by Paul Davis, from Ardour ipMIDI implementation, thanks). - Added application keywords to freedesktop.org's AppData. License: QmidiNet [6] is free, open-source Linux Audio [12] software, distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License (GPL [13]) 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] Qsampler - A LinuxSampler Qt GUI Interface http://qsampler.sourceforge.net [4] QXGEdit - A Qt XG Editor http://qxgedit.sourceforge.net [5] QmidiCtl - A MIDI Remote Controller via UDP/IP Multicast http://qmidictl.sourceforge.net [6] QmidiNet - A MIDI Network Gateway via UDP/IP Multicast http://qmidinet.sourceforge.net [7] Qt framework, C++ class library and tools for cross-platform application and UI development http://qt.io/ [8] JACK Audio Connection Kit http://jackaudio.org [9] ALSA, Advanced Linux Sound Architecture http://www.alsa-project.org/ [10] FluidSynth - A SoundFont Synthesizer A real-time software synthesizer based on SoundFont 2 specifications http://www.fluidsynth.org [11] LinuxSampler - The Linux Sampler Project A modular, streaming capable, realtime audio sampler http://www.linuxsampler.org [12] Linux Audio consortium of libre software for audio-related work http://linuxaudio.org [13] GPL - GNU General Public License http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html [14] miniLAC2016(a)c-base.org Berlin miniLAC is a compact, community-driven version of the Linux Audio Conference http://minilac.linuxaudio.org/ http://lac.linuxaudio.org/ See also: http://www.rncbc.org/drupal/node/1026 Enjoy && keep the fun, always! -- rncbc aka. Rui Nuno Capela