Dear all,
we're happy to announce (and you might have noticed already),
that the schedule for Linux Audio Conference 2018 is live!
https://lac.linuxaudio.org/2018/pages/schedule
Please note, that it will still be subject to slight changes!
We have prepared a registration form for attendees:
https://www.ak.tu-berlin.de/index.php?id=195758
Please sign up at your earliest convenience to let us know,
if you're part of the conference.
Also, we'd like to draw special attention to this year's keynote,
which will be held by Gianfranco Ceccolini of MOD Devices:
https://lac.linuxaudio.org/2018/pages/event/102/
Looking forward to seeing you in Berlin,
--
Linux Audio Conference team
On Wed Apr 25 18:27:25 CEST 2018 Will J Godfrey wrote:
> I use one machine specifically for music, permanently connected to Keyboards
> etc. and PA was removed with extreme prejudice. On the audio side it's working
> entirely Jack - MIDI is mostly ALSA.
>
> On my other 'office' machine it's there and I don't pay any attention to it.
I also use dedicated machines for my DAW systems, with no PA installed. All
audio is working with jack.
My DAWs seldom connect to the internet so I don't have a heavyweight web
browser (or many other desktop-type programs for that matter) installed.
I actually dislike modern desktop Linux so much I switched my 'office'
system to OpenBSD some time ago. That uses sndio (much simpler than PA)
for browser audio.
John
Announcing a new release of project "droning", tune 281 "The Bay of
Atlantis".
*Stream it here:* https://louigi.bandcamp.com/album/281-the-bay-of-atlantis
*Word from the author:*
Extensive work went into this creation.
I wanted the tune to create a feeling that this is one solid composition,
not a soundtrack with distinct segments, but something rather like an ocean
which is in one instance is calm and in the other - furious. But still just
one single ocean.
To all of you travelers out there, and to those of us who find visiting
nonexistent places important.
*Technical specs:* Qtractor, Rakarrack, Carla, Kluppe, seq24 and a number
of LV2 plugins. Zyn is used, although a number of sounds came from other
sources.
--
Louigi Verona
https://www.patreon.com/droninghttps://louigiverona.com/
People,
I am not a professional LA user but I have regard for what serious LA
users have to say. A post turned up on the Fedora XFCE list about
removing xfce4-mixer for F29 - I responded with:
"Every time I upgrade I immediately UNinstall PA and use ALSA only - so
I still depend on xfce4-mixer . ."
Someone replied that PA has greatly improved since the early days
especially and "controlling streams separately is an added feature" -
but I can do that with the .asoundrc I have now - are there any good
reasons for me to reconsider the situation the next time I do a fresh
install? (I realise I am likely to get biased comments here but I am
not going to post on a PA list . .).
Thanks,
Phil.
--
Philip Rhoades
PO Box 896
Cowra NSW 2794
Australia
E-mail: phil(a)pricom.com.au
Guitarix release 0.37.0
Guitarix is a tube amplifier simulation for
jack (Linux), with an additional mono and a stereo effect rack.
Guitarix includes a large list of LV2 and LADSPA plugins, and support
LADSPA / LV2 plugs as well in it's racks.
The guitarix engine is designed for LIVE usage, and feature ultra fast,
glitch and click free preset switching and is full Midi and remote
controllable (the Web UI is not included in the distributed tar ball).
From the changelog:
* new plug Ampimpulse-stereo
* new build parameters in wscript by Simon van der Veldt
please check ./waf --help for mor info.
* fix Live Looper freezes the remote UI
* fix Tuner stick is not saved in remote UI
* fix DrumSequencer issue in remote UI
* fix rc files for older clearlooks engine
* fix disable online preset download in remote UI
* fix GxDigitalDelay sync BPM when UI is not shown
* add new commandline switch (_d, --disable-multi-client)
to allow running guitarix as single client application.
This is useful when guitarix is exported as LV2 plugin.
* fix portmap when running as single client
* again some fixes and additions on the DK_simulator
contributed by Yoann Le BORGNE
Refer to our project page for more information:
http://guitarix.org
Download Site:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/guitarix/
enjoy
regards
hermann
spectmorph-0.4.0 has been released.
Overview of Changes in spectmorph-0.4.0:
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* Windows is now supported: provide 64-bit Windows VST plugin
* Plugin UI redesign
- use pugl library for portability (uses GL + cairo) instead of Qt5
- use categories for instruments
- directly support instrument names in linear morphing
- get rid of Qt5 dependency for libspectmorph, smjack, VST and LV2 plugins
- UI now has "Zoom" feature to support higher DPI displays
* Use non-linear configurable new velocity -> volume mapping for midi
* New instrument: French Horn
* Improved tools for building custom instruments
- tools are now installed by default
- sminstbuilder files support new syntax for relative paths
- encoder cache moved to ~/.cache/smenccache, which is created if necessary
- use number of processors as default for jobs
* LPC/LSF support removed
* Some portability fixes for macOS (which however isn't supported yet)
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.
SpectMorph ships with many ready-to-use instruments which can be combined using
morphing.
SpectMorph is implemented in C++ and licensed under the GNU LGPL version 3
Integrating SpectMorph into your Work
-------------------------------------
SpectMorph is currently available for Linux and Windows users. Here is a quick
overview of how you can make music using SpectMorph.
- VST Plugin, especially for proprietary solutions that don't support LV2.
(Available on Linux and 64-bit Windows)
- LV2 Plugin, for any sequencer that supports it.
- JACK Client.
- BEAST Module, integrating into BEASTs modular environment.
Note that at this point, we may still change the way sound synthesis works, so
newer versions of SpectMorph may sound (slightly) different than the current
version.
Links:
------
Website: http://www.spectmorph.org
Download: http://www.spectmorph.org/downloads/spectmorph-0.4.0.tar.bz2
There are many audio demos on the website, which demonstrate morphing between
instruments.
--
Stefan Westerfeld, Hamburg/Germany, http://space.twc.de/~stefan
