Linux-audio-dev June 2025

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[LAD] FLOSS Audio editors on Linux: are they all dead(-ish)?

by Lorenzo Sutton

Hi LAU and LAD, It seems that (FLOSS) audio editors (not DAWs) are all either dead/obsolate (mhwaveditor, rezound), in strange development states (Audacity, Tenacity). Tenacity, the most promising (albeit with its audacity-inherited idiosyncrasies) has a really annoying bug [1] which makes it take ages to load [1] - IMHO a no go for an audio editor IMHO (plus its multi-track-ness like Audacity makes it overload for a few use cases). The only more-or-less usable one at the moment is ocenaudio which is not free software (and also has some UI quirks, but that's maybe personal). I've been a fan of mhWaveEdit for its mix of simplicity and configurability, but as an abandoned GTK2 application it shows its problems. Is this kind of software not interesting any more? Are people using DAWs for everything? Are people even using, or interested / committed in using Linux Audio any more? As LAC approaches (unfortunately I won't be able to attend, even though it's in Europe), why not try to spark some debate :-P Lorenzo [1] https://codeberg.org/tenacityteam/tenacity/issues/549

6 months, 2 weeks

[LAD] NeuralRack v0.1.19 released

by Hermann Meyer

NeuralRack is a Neural Model and Impulse Response File loader for Linux/Windows available as Stand alone application, and in the Clap, LV2 and vst2 plugin format. It supports [*.nam files](https://www.tone3000.com/search?tags=103) and, or [*.json or .aidax files](https://www.tone3000.com/search?tags=23562) by using the [NeuralAudio](https://github.com/mikeoliphant/NeuralAudio) engine. For Impulse Response File Convolution it use [FFTConvolver](https://github.com/HiFi-LoFi/FFTConvolver) Resampling is done by [Libzita-resampler](https://kokkinizita.linuxaudio.org/linuxaudio/zita-resam… New in this release: - fix issue with higher Sample Rate based Models (resampling) - implement Parameter handling with the Host in the Clap plugin format. Neuralrack allow to load up to two model files and run them serial. The input/output could be controlled separate for each model. For tone sharping a 6 band EQ could be enabled. Additional it allow to load up a separate Impulse Response file for each output channel (stereo). Neuralrack provide a buffered Mode which introduce a one frame latency when enabled. It could move one Neural Model, or the complete processing into a background thread. That will reduce the CPU load when needed. The resulting latency will be reported to the host so that it could be compensated. Project Page: https://github.com/brummer10/NeuralRack Release Page: https://github.com/brummer10/NeuralRack/releases/tag/v0.1.19

7 months, 2 weeks

[LAD] [ANN] Qtractor 1.5.6 - An End-of-Spring'25 Release

by Rui Nuno Capela

Hello y'all, Qtractor 1.5.6 (end-of-spring'25) released! Change-log: - MIDI clip editor (aka. piano-roll): Transport/Step/Note/Backward, Forward, now plays the step-selected notes, provided send/Preview is on and playback is not rolling. - MIDI Tools: Normalize now finally fixed to an absolute Value, ie. without a Percent(age) factor applied. - MIDI Controller Observer: 'Hook' attribute is now on by default. - MIDI Controller Send pseudo-plugin introduced: accessible from plugins menu/Inserts/MIDI/Add Controller... Description: 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. Website: https://qtractor.org https://qtractor.sourceforge.io http://qtractor.sourceforge.net Project page: https://sourceforge.net/projects/qtractor Downloads: https://sourceforge.net/projects/qtractor/files - source tarball: https://download.sf.net/qtractor/qtractor-1.5.6.tar.gz - source package (openSUSE Tumbleweed): https://download.sf.net/qtractor/qtractor-1.5.6-13.1.rncbc.suse.src.rpm - binary package (openSUSE Tumbleweed): https://download.sf.net/qtractor/qtractor-1.5.6-13.1.rncbc.suse.x86_64.rpm - AppImage [7] package: https://download.sf.net/qtractor/qtractor-1.5.6-13.1.x86_64.AppImage - Flatpak [8] package: https://flathub.org/apps/details/org.rncbc.qtractor Git repos: https://git.code.sf.net/p/qtractor/code https://github.com/rncbc/qtractor.git https://gitlab.com/rncbc/qtractor.git https://codeberg.org/rncbc/qtractor.git Wiki: https://sourceforge.net/p/qtractor/wiki/ - static rendering: https://qtractor.org/doc http://qtractor.sourceforge.net/doc https://qtractor.sourceforge.io/doc - user manual & how-to's: https://download.sf.net/qtractor/qtractor-manual-and-howtos.epub https://download.sf.net/qtractor/qtractor-manual-and-howtos.pdf 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 https://qtractor.org https://qtractor.sourceforge.io http://qtractor.sourceforge.net [2] Qt framework, C++ class library and tools for cross-platform application and UI development https://qt.io/ [3] JACK Audio Connection Kit https://jackaudio.org [4] ALSA, Advanced Linux Sound Architecture https://www.alsa-project.org/ [5] Linux Audio consortium of libre software for audio-related work https://linuxaudio.org [6] GPL - GNU General Public License https://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html [7] AppImage, Linux apps that run anywhere https://appimage.org/ [8] Flatpak, next-generation technology for building and distributing desktop applications on Linux https://flatpak.org/ See also: https://www.rncbc.org/drupal/node/2785 Enjoy && Keep having fun! - - - rncbc aka Rui Nuno Capela

7 months, 3 weeks

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