I'm pleased to announce the release of guitarix2-0.40.0
A virtual guitar amplifier for Linux running with jack (Jack Audio
Connection Kit) released under the
GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation;
either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
This is a major release.
It comes with a overall source rework/refactoring by Andreas Degert.
Changes are so far:
   - updated to GTK(mm)3 by Hubert Figuière and Andreas Degert
   - Port all included LV2 plugin GUI's to X11/cairo by Hermann Meyer
   - Add support for lv2:enabled (Bypass) in several LV2 plugs by
Hermann Meyer
  - Add Midi feedback support by Hermann Meyer
   - Add new PowerAmp module by Hermann Meyer
   - Fix several Bug's and hopefully don't introduce to much new one's
You could get it here:
https://sourceforge.net/projects/guitarix/
or here:
https://github.com/brummer10/guitarix
regards
hermann
Hello,
it's time for the first official version of B.Jumblr, a
pattern-controlled audio-stream & sample re-sequencer. From technical
POV it is a delay effect plugin that looks like a step sequencer.
Key features:
* Delay effect plugin
* Use sequencer pattern to set delay / playback position and volume
* Optional manual change of pattern progression and pattern progression
speed
* Works on both, live audio stream and loaded samples
Repository: https://github.com/sjaehn/BJumblr
Releases: https://github.com/sjaehn/BJumblr/releases
For a short preview and how to jumble look to the video tutorial:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DFSi7TMqvMw
Acknowledgments
------------------------
* Milkii Brewster for ideas about principle and features
* Rob van den Berg for the plugin name
Enjoy and have fun
Sven Jaehnichen
Hi All,
On this page (https://wiki.linuxaudio.org/wiki/hardware_support) the Tascam
US-4x4 is listed as "*supported* There is a Windows and Mac configuration
program, but it doesn't control much."
I own one, and recently discovered that one of the things that is quite
important if you need four distinct outs is controlling the output routing
of the line outputs; without the Windows util, basically all the signals
coming in from the PC are mixed together, along with inputs from the
preamps (based on the Monitor Balance knob), and then the output is sent as
stereo pairs out both of the pairs of line outputs.
So, I kinda reverse engineered their USB protocol a bit, and wrote a tool
to let you configure the outputs.
You can find it here: https://github.com/guysherman/tascam-util
Anyway, maybe that will help someone else out. Also, if anyone who
maintains the Wiki can let me know how to update that hardware support
page, I can link this util from there.
Happy composing/recording/mixing/listening!
Guy.
--
Guy Sherman
*w: *http://guysherman.com
Hi all,
First, I will thank you all for all the great software you make.
I am both a musician and the chief developer of fvwm-crystal
http://fvwm-crystal.sourceforge.net/
I am very concerned with the look and feel of my desktop.
Many audio software are providing both a desktop file and an icon file.
The desktop file contain an Icon field of the form which is fine. That
field is used by all Freedesktop compliant desktops in order to know
the icon to display into the application menu.
https://specifications.freedesktop.org/desktop-entry-spec/latest/ar01s06.ht…
Until then, fvwm-crystal and all other compliant desktops will find
and display your software with its icon into their application menu.
When running a software in X, most desktops can use 4 wm hints to know
the names of the software window and of its icon, for things like the
text to display into the title bar of the window or into the taskbar,
or the icon to display into the pager or icon manager if any.
Here, fvwm-crystal and other desktops are in trouble with a lot of
audio software, that because these wm hints are not consistent with
their icon name and the desktop fail to display their icon.
These 4 files are "Name, "Icon Name", "Class" and "Resource". At
least one of them must match the icon name provided by the application,
otherwise many desktops will not know which icon to display outside of
the application menu.
As example, after starting radium, I get:
Name: ** Radium - New song. **
Icon Name: ** Radium - New song. **
Class: radium_linux.bin
Resource: radium_linux.bin
when the icon provided by radium is radium.png. fvwm-crystal (and other
wms/desktops as well) will not find the icon and display garbage
instead in places like pager or icon manager. If at least one of these
hints was just radium, it would just work fine.
Name is the text displayed into the tittle bar and task bars.
Icon Name should be appropriated but many software don't use it.
Many software are using Class or Resource. Normally it doesn't matter
which one a software is using, as long than at least one of them match
<icon_name_without_extension>.
https://tronche.com/gui/x/icccm/sec-4.html
I publish related style workarounds in fvwm-crystal for many audio
software (just for that, it must be the desktop that have the best
support of the linux audio software), but it is so much of them out
there, and I just have a lot of other things to do than to test them
all, or to report that issue to all of the ICCCM WM-HINTS non compliant
ones. So please, consider to check your software for that issue and
apply some fix when appropriated. A lot of desktop users will
like such fixes.
Best,
Dominique
Hello,
a new version of B.SEQuenzr is just released. B.SEQuenzr is a
programmable multi channel step sequencer. Now it is also possible to
merge or resize pads.
Key features:
* Selectable pattern matrix size (8x16, 16x16, 24x16, or 32x16)
* Progammability via controls for playing direction, jump, skip, and
stop options placeable to any position within the matrix
* Autoplay or host / MIDI controlled playing
* Handles multiple MIDI inputs signals (keys) in one sequencer instance
* Use musical scales and / or drumkits
* Scale & drumkit editor
* Notes can be associated with four different, configurable output channels
* Output channels connectable with individual MIDI channels
What's new:
* Merge pads option
* Visualize pad duration
* SHIFT + SCROLL: Change pad duration
* Video button
Project page: https://github.com/sjaehn/BSEQuencer/
Releases: https://github.com/sjaehn/BSEQuencer/releases
Instructions: https://github.com/sjaehn/BSEQuencer/wiki
Videos:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J6bU4GdUVYchttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iERRKL7J-KUhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ih6_so7goGw
Enjoy and have fun
Sven Jaehnichen
Hello,
a new version of the LV2 plugin B.Choppr is released a few days ago.
B.Choppr is an audio stream chopping LV2 plugin and the official
successor of B.Slizr. The new version contains an important fix of a bug
that limited the use of this plugin.
What's new:
* Bugfix uninitialized markers upon GUI start that resulted in weird
chopping effects in v1.2.x
* Bypass
* Dry / wet mixing
Project page: https://github.com/sjaehn/BChoppr
Download: https://github.com/sjaehn/BChoppr/releases
Instructions: https://github.com/sjaehn/BChoppr/blob/master/README.md
Try, enjoy and have fun
Sven Jaehnichen
Dear all,
Today I'd like to perform maintenance on the linuxaudio.org web server
around 20:00 CEST. Maintenance comprises moving from GlusterFS storage
to disk storage in order to improve performance of the web server.
GlusterFS seemed promising but through time we came to realize it's not
optimal for our situation.
Maintenance will take approx. 3 hours. During that period the sites
hosted on the web server won't be reachable as I'd like to shut down all
services before doing a final rsync. Thanks for your understanding.
Best regards,
Jeremy