Greetings! The Qstuff* Pre-LAC2017 [20] release frenzy is getting started... * QjackCtl 0.4.5 * Qsynth 0.4.4 * Qsampler 0.4.3 * QXGEdit 0.4.3 * QmidiCtl 0.4.3 * QmidiNet 0.4.3 Enjoy the first batch, more to come and have fun! **QjackCtl - JACK Audio Connection Kit Qt GUI Interface [1]** QjackCtl 0.4.4 (pre-lac2017) is now released! QjackCtl [1] is a(n ageing but still) simple Qt [7] application to control the JACK [8] sound server, for the Linux Audio [12] infrastructure. Website: http://qjackctl.sourceforge.net Project page: http://sourceforge.net/projects/qjackctl Downloads: http://sourceforge.net/projects/qjackctl/files - source tarball: http://download.sf.net/qjackctl/qjackctl-0.4.5.tar.gz - source package: http://download.sf.net/qjackctl/qjackctl-0.4.5-28.rncbc.suse.src.rpm - binary packages: http://download.sf.net/qjackctl/qjackctl-0.4.5-28.rncbc.suse.i586.rpm http://download.sf.net/qjackctl/qjackctl-0.4.5-28.rncbc.suse.x86_64.rpm Git repos: http://git.code.sf.net/p/qjackctl/code https://github.com/rncbc/qjackctl.git https://gitlab.com/rncbc/qjackctl.git https://bitbucket.com/rncbc/qjackctl.git Change-log: - On some desktop-shells, the system tray icon blinking on XRUN ocurrences, have been found responsible to excessive CPU usage, an "eye-candy" effect which is now optional as far as Setup/Display/Blink server mode indicator goes. - Added French man page (by Olivier Humbert, thanks). - Make builds reproducible byte for byte, by getting rid of the configure build date and time stamps. **Qsynth - A fluidsynth Qt GUI Interface [2]** Qsynth 0.4.4 (pre-lac2017) is now released! Qsynth [2] is a FluidSynth [10] GUI front-end application written in C++ around the Qt [7] framework using Qt Designer. Website: http://qsynth.sourceforge.net Project page: http://sourceforge.net/projects/qsynth Downloads: http://sourceforge.net/projects/qsynth/files - source tarball: http://download.sf.net/qsynth/qsynth-0.4.4.tar.gz - source package: http://download.sf.net/qsynth/qsynth-0.4.4-10.rncbc.suse.src.rpm - binary packages: http://download.sf.net/qsynth/qsynth-0.4.4-10.rncbc.suse.i586.rpm http://download.sf.net/qsynth/qsynth-0.4.4-10.rncbc.suse.x86_64.rpm Git repos: http://git.code.sf.net/p/qsynth/code https://github.com/rncbc/qsynth.git https://gitlab.com/rncbc/qsynth.git https://bitbucket.com/rncbc/qsynth.git Change-log: - Added French man page (by Olivier Humbert, thanks). - Make builds reproducible byte for byte, by getting rid of the configure build date and time stamps. **Qsampler - A LinuxSampler Qt GUI Interface [3]** Qsampler 0.4.3 (pre-lac2017) is now released! Qsampler [3] is a LinuxSampler [11] GUI front-end application written in C++ around the Qt [7] framework using Qt Designer. Website: http://qsampler.sourceforge.net Project page: http://sourceforge.net/projects/qsampler Downloads: http://sourceforge.net/projects/qsampler/files - source tarballs: http://download.sf.net/qsampler/qsampler-0.4.3.tar.gz - source packages: http://download.sf.net/qsampler/qsampler-0.4.3-21.rncbc.suse.src.rpm - binary packages: http://download.sf.net/qsampler/qsampler-0.4.3-21.rncbc.suse.i586.rpm http://download.sf.net/qsampler/qsampler-0.4.3-21.rncbc.suse.x86_64.rpm Git repos: http://git.code.sf.net/p/qsampler/code https://github.com/rncbc/qsampler.git https://gitlab.com/rncbc/qsampler.git https://bitbucket.com/rncbc/qsampler.git Change-log: - Added French man page (by Olivier Humbert, thanks). - Make builds reproducible byte for byte, by getting rid of the configure build date and time stamps. **QXGEdit - A Qt XG Editor [4]** QXGEdit 0.4.3 (pre-lac2017) is now released! QXGEdit [4] is a live XG instrument editor, specialized on editing MIDI System Exclusive files (.syx) for the Yamaha DB50XG [14] and thus probably a baseline for many other XG devices. Website: http://qxgedit.sourceforge.net Project page: http://sourceforge.net/projects/qxgedit Downloads: http://sourceforge.net/projects/qxgedit/files - source tarball: http://download.sf.net/qxgedit/qxgedit-0.4.3.tar.gz - source package: http://download.sf.net/qxgedit/qxgedit-0.4.3-10.rncbc.suse.src.rpm - binary packages: http://download.sf.net/qxgedit/qxgedit-0.4.3-10.rncbc.suse.i586.rpm http://download.sf.net/qxgedit/qxgedit-0.4.3-10.rncbc.suse.x86_64.rpm Git repos: http://git.code.sf.net/p/qxgedit/code https://github.com/rncbc/qxgedit.git https://gitlab.com/rncbc/qxgedit.git https://bitbucket.com/rncbc/qxgedit.git Change-log: - Added French man page (by Olivier Humbert, thanks). - Added one decimal digit to the randomize percentage input spin-boxes on the General Options dialog. - Make builds reproducible byte for byte, by getting rid of the configure build date and time stamps. **QmidiCtl - A MIDI Remote Controller via UDP/IP Multicast [5]** QmidiCtl 0.4.3 (pre-lac2017) is now released! QmidiCtl [5] is a MIDI remote controller application that sends MIDI data over the network, using UDP/IP multicast. Inspired by multimidicast [15] and designed to be compatible with ipMIDI [16] for Windows. QmidiCtl [5] has been primarily designed for the Maemo [17] enabled handheld devices, namely the Nokia N900 [18] and also being promoted to the Maemo Package repositories [20]. Nevertheless, QmidiCtl may still be found effective as a regular desktop application as well. Website: http://qmidictl.sourceforge.net Project page: http://sourceforge.net/projects/qmidictl Downloads: http://sourceforge.net/projects/qmidictl/files - source tarball: http://download.sf.net/qmidictl/qmidictl-0.4.3.tar.gz - source package: http://download.sf.net/qmidictl/qmidictl-0.4.3-11.rncbc.suse.src.rpm - binary packages: http://download.sf.net/qmidictl/qmidictl-0.4.3-11.rncbc.suse.i586.rpm http://download.sf.net/qmidictl/qmidictl-0.4.3-11.rncbc.suse.x86_64.rpm Git repos: http://git.code.sf.net/p/qmidictl/code https://github.com/rncbc/qmidictl.git https://gitlab.com/rncbc/qmidictl.git https://bitbucket.com/rncbc/qmidictl.git Change-log: - Added French man page (by Olivier Humbert, thanks). - Make builds reproducible byte for byte, by getting rid of the configure build date and time stamps. **QmidiNet - A MIDI Network Gateway via UDP/IP Multicast [6]** QmidiNet 0.4.3 (pre-lac2017) is now released! QmidiNet [6] is a MIDI network gateway application that sends and receives MIDI data (ALSA-MIDI and JACK-MIDI) over the network, using UDP/IP multicast. Inspired by multimidicast [15] and designed to be compatible with ipMIDI [16] for Windows. Website: http://qmidinet.sourceforge.net Project page: http://sourceforge.net/projects/qmidinet Downloads: http://sourceforge.net/projects/qmidinet/files - source tarball: http://download.sf.net/qmidinet/qmidinet-0.4.3.tar.gz - source package: http://download.sf.net/qmidinet/qmidinet-0.4.3-12.rncbc.suse.src.rpm - binary packages: http://download.sf.net/qmidinet/qmidinet-0.4.3-12.rncbc.suse.i586.rpm http://download.sf.net/qmidinet/qmidinet-0.4.3-12.rncbc.suse.x86_64.rpm Git repos: http://git.code.sf.net/p/qmidinet/code https://github.com/rncbc/qmidinet.git https://gitlab.com/rncbc/qmidinet.git https://bitbucket.com/rncbc/qmidinet.git Change-log: - Added French man page (by Olivier Humbert, thanks). - Make builds reproducible byte for byte, by getting rid of the configure build date and time stamps. License: All of the Qstuff* are free, open-source Linux Audio [12] software, distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License (GPL [13]) version 2 or later. References: [1] QjackCtl - A JACK Audio Connection Kit Qt GUI Interface http://qjackctl.sourceforge.net [2] Qsynth - A fluidsynth Qt GUI Interface http://qsynth.sourceforge.net [3] Qsampler - A LinuxSampler Qt GUI Interface http://qsampler.sourceforge.net [4] QXGEdit - A Qt XG Editor http://qxgedit.sourceforge.net [5] QmidiCtl - A MIDI Remote Controller via UDP/IP Multicast http://qmidictl.sourceforge.net [6] QmidiNet - A MIDI Network Gateway via UDP/IP Multicast http://qmidinet.sourceforge.net [7] Qt framework, C++ class library and tools for cross-platform application and UI development http://qt.io/ [8] JACK Audio Connection Kit http://jackaudio.org [9] ALSA, Advanced Linux Sound Architecture http://www.alsa-project.org/ [10] FluidSynth - A SoundFont Synthesizer A real-time software synthesizer based on SoundFont 2 specifications http://www.fluidsynth.org [11] LinuxSampler - The Linux Sampler Project A modular, streaming capable, realtime audio sampler http://www.linuxsampler.org [12] Linux Audio consortium of libre software for audio-related work http://linuxaudio.org [13] GPL - GNU General Public License http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html [14] Yamaha DB50XG http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/1996_articles/may96/yamahadb50xg.html [15] multimidicast - sends and receives MIDI from ALSA sequencers over network http://llg.cubic.org/tools/multimidicast [16] ipMIDI - MIDI over Ethernet ports - send MIDI over your LAN http://nerds.de [17] Maemo.org - Home of the Maemo community http://www.maemo.org [17] Maemo.org Wiki - Nokia N900 http://wiki.maemo.org/Nokia_N900 [19] Maemo.org - Downloads: QmidiCtl http://maemo.org/downloads/product/Maemo5/qmidictl [20] LAC2017@UJM-St-Etienne, May 18–21 2017 https://lac2017.univ-st-etienne.fr/en/accueil-2/ See also: http://www.rncbc.org/drupal/node/1824 Enjoy && keep the fun! -- rncbc aka. Rui Nuno Capela rncbc(a)rncbc.org