[LAA] Drumstick, VMPK and dmidiplayer released

Drumstick libraries ================ Drumstick is a set of MIDI libraries using C++/Qt5 idioms and style. Includes a C++ wrapper around the ALSA library sequencer interface: ALSA sequencer provides software support for MIDI technology on Linux. A complementary library provides classes for processing SMF (Standard MIDI files: .MID/.KAR), and Cakewalk (.WRK) file formats. A multiplatform realtime MIDI I/O library and a GUI Widgets libraries are also provided for Linux, Windows, and Mac OSX. Changes in v2.3.0: * Ticket #31: fallback drivers for Drumstick::RT * Two new methods in class BackendManager * MIDIInput* findInput(QString name) * MIDIOutput* findOutput(QString name) * They return either the requested backend or another suitable replacement. * New CMake build options: USE_PULSEAUDIO, USE_FLUIDSYNTH, USE_NETWORK, all enabled by default. * Fixed incomplete Drumstick::RT ALSA output plugin. * Drumstick::Widgets. Fixed PianoKeybd touchscreen events: if a pressure amount is not provided by the device, the default MIDI velocity is used. Otherwise, the velocity is scaled by the applied pressure. Compilation minimum requirements for all platforms: CMake 3.14 and Qt 5.7 Copyright (C) 2009-2021, Pedro Lopez-Cabanillas License: GPL v3 or later Project web site https://sourceforge.net/p/drumstick Online documentation https://drumstick.sourceforge.io/docs/ Downloads https://sourceforge.net/projects/drumstick/files/2.3.0/ Drumstick Multiplatform MIDI File Player ================================= Drumstick includes several tools as examples, and among them is the drumstick-guiplayer utility that leverages the Drumstick::ALSA library, so it is available only for Linux (because the ALSA sequencer is a linux only technology). Some people have requested a program with the same functionalities also on Windows and macOS, so here it is. But this project is much more ... Some key features: * MIDI Output to hardware MIDI ports, or any other Drumstick backends, like soft synths * Transpose song tonality between -12 and +12 semitones * Change MIDI volume level (using MIDI CC7) * Scale song speed between half and double tempo * Supports MID/KAR (Standard MIDI Files) and WRK (Cakewalk) file formats Changes in v1.4.0: * ticket #1: Playback positioning * Replaced the progress bar by a slider, so the user can change the play position * Added forward/backward actions to advance or go back one bar * Added a Jump action to move the play position to some arbitrary bar * ticket #2: Playlist repetition options: Nothing, Last Song, Whole Playlist * ticket #8: (Lyrics text) Copy to clipboard, Save to File, Print * ticket #9: (after Drumstick ticket #31) Fallback output drivers * Playlist function shuffle * Toolbar buttons customizing dialog * preliminary support for building with Qt6 (experimental) * Czech translation updated, thanks to Pavel Fric Build requirements: * C++11 compiler * Qt5 * Drumstick libraries v2.3 * Uchardet v0.0.7 * CMake 3.14 * Pandoc for optionally building the man page Copyright (C) 2021 Pedro Lopez-Cabanillas License: GPL v3 or later Changes in v0.8.4 * Experimental support for building with Qt6 * Requires: drumstick-2.3.0 Please use the mailing list <vmpk-devel(a)lists.sourceforge.net> for questions and comments. Thanks. License: GPL v3