Dear friends, this is the 0.5.0 release of QMidiArp.
As a major new feature, it brings a parameter storage and switch center.
You can now store parameters, sequences and waveforms of all modules
together, and recall them all at once or individually by mouse click or
MIDI CC. The recall
behaviour can be adjusted to take place either at the
end of a chosen
module pattern or after a given number of beats.
This adds some more
versatility to QMidiArp as a handy Live tool.
But you can hide away the control panel if you don't need it...It's an Arp
and step sequencer after all.
And yes there are also some big and small bugs fixed, and surely some
new to discover!
Regards
Frank
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Downloads, documentation and more are here:
http://qmidiarp.sourceforge.net
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qmidiarp-0.5.0 (2012-03-24)
New Features
o New global storage handler allows storing and switching of parameters
and patterns between different storage locations. The restore switch
can be triggered after a specified module reaches its pattern end or
after a full number of beats. Switch can be done for a specific
module only or for all modules globally.
o Storage switches can be done by MIDI controller. The controller value
specifies the storage location.
o A new Legato option permits module triggering also by notes played
legato.
Fixed Bugs
o ALSA backend had become unstable in version 0.4.4 by some direct
function calls across threads.
o LFO waveform display didn't get updated during recording
o LFO recording caused restarting/triggering when it shouldn't
o Seq cloning led to crashes under certain conditions
Sometimes, I wonder why I even bother... First, recordmydesktop didn't
work, so I had to film the screen with a video camera, then ffmpeg2theora
took ages to transcode the video from MJPEG and added some annoying clicks
to the audio track, then the new archive.org uploader didn't work, so I was
stuck with using youtube.com, which refuses to display the video in HD.
Alas, I am to learn again and again that the only way to have things done
right is to do them yourself. On that note, I'd like to introduce to the
wider audience a project that I started shortly after writing this:
http://lists.linuxaudio.org/pipermail/linux-audio-dev/2008-May/021084.html
... post to the LAD list back in 2008. Well, I haven't been very active
since then--well, such is life--but in the past couple of weeks I've spent
some time developing the idea and I'd like to demonstrate it in the
following video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ui-gC_ZMeGM
I'll be pushing my changes in the next week or two along with some other
fixes and enhancements to the Non-* family. Those who have been following
on #lad may have already seen draft versions of the NSM API. The final
draft (version 1.0) will be posted to the LAD list soon also.
Robust audio session management on Linux is now a solved problem. You're
welcome ;-)
Enjoy!
hi all,
i've got a situation to solve, and i'd appreciate some assistance from
you folks if possible. i have several pieces of audio i have recorded,
which consist of a series of 'percussive' sounds (i enclose that word
in quotes, as the noises are not made with a drum kit or similar, but
bear a resemblance to the sounds from drums).
now, i would like to extract the rhythm from the audio samples, and
use it as a rhythm to trigger other audio samples.
i have tried doing this with freecycle, but there are some issues with
it - it detects the sounds wonderfully, but exporting a midi file
fails, it creates a 73 byte file only. however, it does export .akp
files fine. i tried it on ubuntu natty and oneiric and got the same
results on each.
freecycle appears to be unsupported, it doesn't look like it's changed
from version 0.6.1.1alpha in a few years, and has since been excluded
from ubuntu and debian.
i also tried ardour v2.8, which worked very well, but doesn't export
midi in any way which is useful
so, are there any alternatives here? will i need to build something in
pure data, or are there any decent plugins for doing this, either in
realtime or offline? are there any floss packages useful to me which
understand the akai (.akp) format?
cheers,
--
robin
http://fu.ac.nz - Auckland's Free University
Back by popular demand, it's the Dorkbot PDX Introduction to Pure Data. This
course is geared at students new to Pd or those who have tinkered in the past
and would like another primer.
http://dorkbotpdx.org/wiki/an_introduction_to_pure_data_2012
Details:
--------
When: Sunday, April 1st, 2012
Where: Collective Agency (322 NW 6th Ave, Suite 200) in Portland, OR
Time: 1-5pm
Instructors: Collin, Alex, Jesse, Jason
Cost: FREE
RSVP: Space is limited so please send me an email if you'd like to participate.
Make sure to check the webpage above for information about what to bring.
About Pd:
--------
Pd (aka Pure Data) is a real-time graphical programming environment for audio,
video, and graphical processing. It is the third major branch of the family of
patcher programming languages known as Max (Max/FTS, ISPW Max, Max/MSP, jMax,
etc.) originally developed by Miller Puckette and company at IRCAM. The core of
Pd is written and maintained by Miller Puckette and includes the work of many
developers, making the whole package very much a community effort.
I am trying to prepare a lecture on scales.
If a is say 440 Hz and r is 12th root of 2
then the usual equal tempered scale would be
a
ar^2
ar^4
ar^5
ar^7
ar^9
ar^11
ar^12 = 2a
What if we change r to 7th root of 2
and replace the powers 2 4 5 7 9 11 12 by 1 2 3 4 5 6 7?
I expect it will sound nonsensical but I really dont know...
I want to show these kind of experiments on the computer. Is csound is a
good starting place to try?
Are there any toots/templates etc for such?
Also which opcodes should I concentrate on?
[For me its been a few days of rummaging around and Ive got out a sine
wave. I expect that the actual code will be about 3-4 lines for an
instrument and 2 lines for a and ar^2 after which I can fill in the blanks.
So for a csound expert it should be 5 minutes. Yes I am being a bit lazy in
asking :-) ]
Simple question, When recording IR's with a transient (popping balloon)
Do I need to run it through some post processing like you have to with a
sweep? or do you just cut the beginning and use it as is?
Hello,
I'm attempting to test some new IRs using jconvolver. I read the
instruction on the config file syntax and it seems straightforward
enough, and I am also using the hybridreverb.conf as a base template. My
problem is that the IRs I want to test are *much* louder than the
hybrid_reverb ones and are causing distortion when convolved. So far, I
went by ear and adjusted the gain to about 0.01-0.03, to a point where I
don't hear any distortion, but that got me wondering. Is there a better
way to estimate what gain setting to use from, say, the mean and peak
levels of the file? Is there such a thing as a preferred amplitude
range/peak for an IR?
Thanks.
Cheers,
S.M.
--
Probably not legal at all. I can SOMETIMES coax jack to start up capturing
from my USB audio and playing to the onboard intel or another. Works great,
can play to two or more of the intel's channels (when it works at all).
Usually a one shot deal and will revert to "default" one-card operation on
next start. Will not stop correctly in the cross-mode..
Hello,
I was curious what impulse response files people on this list use on a
regular basis. I use the standard set available with jconvolver, and
they serve me very well, but I was wondering what other IR might be out
there, free or otherwise.
Cheers,
S.M.
Hi LAU folks - whether you remix the code or the audio, I bet you can
do interesting things to it! See below
Dan
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: SuperCollider Symposium London <info(a)sc2012.org.uk>
Subject: [sc-dev] Algorhythmic remix competition: deadline April 1st
Dear all,
The algostep remix competition deadline draws near! Submit your
audio/code remix by **Sunday April 1st** (no joke!) to win one of
three Novation Launchpads.
The artifical-intelligence jury has been installed and upgraded to the
latest software version. See what a machine with a brain the size of a
planet thinks of your remixing skills.
Full details: http://tinyurl.com/algoremix
Best
sc2012
