spectmorph-0.3.1 has been released. Overview of Changes in spectmorph-0.3.1: ---------------------------------------- * Added plugins for LV2 and VST api. * New instruments: bassoon, cello, bass-trombone, reed-organ. * Added different templates to get standard morph plans quickly. * LV2|VST|JACK will start with default plan now (instead of empty plan). * Standard instrument set location (~/.spectmorph/instruments/standard): - plan templates can refer to instruments in that directory without storing any absolute path (index will be instruments:standard) - in almost any case, loading instruments isn't necessary anymore * Resize MorphPlanWindow automatically if operators are removed. * Changed time alignment during morphing: - morphed sounds should starty at the beginning of the note (no extra latency) - Start marker for instrument notes no longer necessary - SpectMorphDelay plugin no longer necessary * Some improvements for building new instruments: - make some smenc parameters configurable (--config option) - improvements to soundfont import - new fundamental frequency estimation for tune-all-frames - support global volume adjustment (instead of auto-volume) * Various bugfixes. What is SpectMorph? ------------------- SpectMorph is a free software project which allows to analyze samples of musical instruments, and to combine them (morphing). It can be used to construct hybrid sounds, for instance a sound between a trumpet and a flute; or smooth transitions, for instance a sound that starts as a trumpet and then gradually changes to a flute. Also interpolating between two samples of the same instrument (different attack velocity of a piano) could be interesting. SpectMorph is implemented in C++ and licensed under the GNU LGPL version 3 SpectMorph is still under development. This means: * the fileformat is not yet stable - instruments or morph plans may not work with newer versions of SpectMorph * the algorithms for synthesizing sounds are still under development - newer versions may sound different To sum it up: if you compose music using SpectMorph, don't expect newer versions to be compatible in any way. Integrating SpectMorph into your Work ------------------------------------- In order to make music that contains SpectMorph, you currently need to use Linux. There are four ways of integrating SpectMorph sounds into music you create: - LV2 Plugin, for any sequencer that supports it. - VST Plugin, especially for proprietary solutions that don't support LV2. - JACK Client. - BEAST Module, integrating into BEASTs modular environment. Links: ------ Website: http://www.spectmorph.org Download: http://www.spectmorph.org/downloads/spectmorph-0.3.1.tar.bz2 There are many sound samples on the website, which demonstrate morphing between instruments. -- Stefan Westerfeld, Hamburg/Germany, http://space.twc.de/~stefan