Nothing much to say...
but anything goes, as long it goes before the proverbial midsummer
meltdown...
whatever:)
Qtractor 0.5.10 (kilo papa) is out!
Release highlights:
* Edit/Insert, Remove range options (NEW)
* LV2 Dyn-manifest support (NEW)
* Time, frames, BBT display option in-place menu (NEW)
* Audio export track automation (FIX)
* Clip/event selection clear/reset (FIX)
Website:
http://qtractor.sourceforge.net
Project page:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/qtractor
Downloads:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/qtractor/files
- source tarball:
http://downloads.sourceforge.net/qtractor/qtractor-0.5.10.tar.gz
- source package (openSUSE 12.3):
http://downloads.sourceforge.net/qtractor/qtractor-0.5.10-7.rncbc.suse123.s…
- binary packages (openSUSE 12.3):
http://downloads.sourceforge.net/qtractor/qtractor-0.5.10-7.rncbc.suse123.i…http://downloads.sourceforge.net/qtractor/qtractor-0.5.10-7.rncbc.suse123.x…
- quick start guide & user manual:
http://downloads.sourceforge.net/qtractor/qtractor-0.5.x-user-manual.pdf
Weblog (upstream support):
http://www.rncbc.org
License:
Qtractor is free, open-source software, distributed under the terms
of the GNU General Public License (GPL) version 2 or later.
Change-log:
- Default drum-key note names are now properly showing on MIDI tracks
that are assigned to known drum/percussive instrument patches (eg.
SoundFont 2 (.sf2) bank 128).
- Time display format (frames, clock-time or BBT) may now be changed
from the context-menu on any time entry spin-box.
- LV2 plugin support is now tightly tied to liblilv; the same tie
applies to LV2 plugin UI support and libsuil and vice-versa.
- Mixer buses racks (ie. left/input and right/output panes) are now both
kept fixed-width when whole mixer window is resized.
- Unconditional LV2 Dyn(amic)-manifest support has been added.
- Main track-view Edit/Insert,Remove/Range dialog is now being
introduced with optional applicability to Clips, Loop, Punch in/out,
Automation, Tempo-map and/or Markers.
- New range removal editing tool, split/moving clips backward at the
specified edit-head/tail interval (Edit/Remove/Range, Track Range)--by
Tuomas Airaksinen, thanks.
- Andy Fitzsimon's original icon from opencliparts.org makes it through
as the default standard scalable format (SVG).
- Automation's back in effect on Track/Export Tracks.../Audio.
- Reversed shift/ctrl keyboard modifier roles on middle-button clicking
over the main track and MIDI clip editor views (aka. piano-roll) in
regression to original old semantics.
- Color selection actions now have a brand new palette icon.
- Make sure main track-view and MIDI clip editor selection is only
cleared on specific discrete commands.
- Try keeping the original session file in most recent files menu list,
despite current version auto-incremental backup mode is in effect.
- Fixed non-zero clip offsets upon tempo/time-scale changes.
- Some sympathy to extreme dark color (read black) schemes is now
indulged on empty backgrounds.
See also:
http://www.rncbc.org/drupal/node/680
Enjoy && have (lots of) fun.
--
rncbc aka Rui Nuno Capela
rncbc(a)rncbc.org
Well, as well as improving the web presence for Praxis LIVE this week
(see t'other thread), I've also recently built a website for Digital
Prisoners.
All our projects are created with Praxis LIVE on Linux. However, I
thought I'd share this page and video of Meeting Point from earlier
this year - an interactive projection that allow 2 people at opposite
ends of a public square to dance "together". Audio and visuals are
being processed live - a mix of generative and motion triggered
effects.
Input loops / samples are a mix of stuff. Mostly created and/or
edited on Linux, a couple of things off FreeSound, and at least one
loop was created a long time ago on an Acorn A5000 (now that's a
computer! :-) )
http://www.digitalprisoners.co.uk/projects/meeting-pointhttp://youtu.be/lXLmhCwWSNw
Enjoy!
Best wishes,
Neil
--
Neil C Smith
Artist : Technologist : Adviser
http://neilcsmith.net
Praxis LIVE - open-source intermedia development - www.praxislive.org
Digital Prisoners - interactive spaces and projections -
www.digitalprisoners.co.uk
OpenEye - the web, managed - www.openeye.info
Hi All,
I finally got around to giving Praxis LIVE its own home on the web
this week. There's a lot more to come in the near future in terms of
help and resources, but this should hopefully give a better overview
of what the project's all about.
www.praxislive.org
Praxis LIVE is an open-source, graphical environment for rapid
development of intermedia performance tools, projections and
interactive spaces.
This replaces and enhances the somewhat outdated information on the
Google Code site. Downloads and code are still hosted there, though
I'll be looking to host downloads elsewhere in the near future now
Google has deprecated this.
Thoughts and / or contributions to the further development of the
project and its online resources very much appreciated.
Thanks to whoever mentioned Praxis LIVE on the open-source musician
podcast last month - your slight confusion over what it was for was
one of a number of factors that prompted the development of this
website! :-)
Best wishes,
Neil
--
Neil C Smith
Artist : Technologist : Adviser
http://neilcsmith.net
Praxis LIVE - open-source intermedia development - www.praxislive.org
Digital Prisoners - interactive spaces and projections -
www.digitalprisoners.co.uk
OpenEye - the web, managed - www.openeye.info
Hi all,
now that i have some spare time to invest i was trying to control my RPI
headless with my tablet (nexus 7 with android).
I saw jeremy's video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pycl9Oi1tv8&feature=c4-overview&list=UUby-h…
(great job man!) that was so inspiring and i've tried to follow his steps.
I was able to make it work but i miss only 1 piece to the chain...
Is there any possibility to run qmidinet headless without the gui?
I can't make a script at boot working in this way 'cause i disabled X on
my rpi.
Any suggestion?
Thank you
Nicola
Hi,
maybe not a linux audio question but I try:
I need 6 MIDI IN ports ( six separate instruments) connect to my system
(presonus 1818vsl)
is there some (cheap) solution ?
thanx
fero
Hi everybody. My first mail here.
I have a question about send mtc between two different cities over network.
Something like the osx rtp-midi for linux.
I've heard that you can do it with jack, but I´m not sure if it´s only for a lan network.
Just want to know if possible before starting.
Thanks!
Hello, dear folks.
I'm still (constantly) tweaking my raspberry here and there when I
can. I have some configurations/sessions that run ok, Looper
(jack+sooperlooper), Looper+Fx
(jack+sooperlooper+rakarrack/guitarrix). But I'm still having some
annoying problems that wanted to share with you:
1) Simple session script, Looper, runs quite well when launched (via
ssh -X or from console) logged as PI user. When I run it as a
boot/init script (simple launcher script placed in /etc/init.d and
then installed with "update-rc.d launcherscript defaults 99"), almost
in every first start there's crackles and noise and my loops sound
distorted, even with clean guitar; if I restart then it goes well (2nd
or 3d time).
2) Next step forward I added Rakarrack in charge of guitar FX routed
to the Looper. First, it happens almost same thing as mentioned about
noise. Well, I guess It should have something to do with the signal
path and things connected to the same power supplier, so I'll have to
reserve some time to debug and switch off things until I get a cleaner
signal and get rid of the hum and crackles.
But the main issue is that there's problems with Rakarrack not been
able to start because several problems with not enough Jack ports and
Jack and RT. I didn't have any of these problems before.
I got to solve the problem with ports changing -p16 to -p32 when
launching jack+sooperlooper (-p24 is enough for just Rakarrack).
Then I made a launcher script LSB compliant (service script placed in
/etc/init.d and then installed with "update-rc.d servicescript
defaults", with LSB flags and functions for "start" and "stop", as a
proper newer Debian service, and configured to launch last in boot
phase) which then call the Jack-config+Rakarrack+Sooperlooper session
launcher script. I can see on screen in the init messages this error:
"JACK is running in realtime mode, but you are not allowed to use
realtime schedule..."
But I know RT is already configured, so I guessed it was something to
do with the boot/init stage configuration and environment.
I tried using "su" with several different parameters to run the
launcher script as "pi" user, as It runs quite well when logged as
this user (calling just the script and even with "sudo
/etc/init.d/script start").
So, maybe you can't get RT in init phase on RaspberryPI and you can
only when you get to the login prompt and everything is loaded and
ready. But I think there's a "Puredata on Raspberry PI" project that
runs some scripts in the init stage; and it seems that in order to get
a headless FX+looper station, running some configuration+apps-launcher
at boot time is an obvious choice.
I'm sure something escapes me after so much try-error-code cicles.
Maybe you have some ideas.
Thanks as always.
--
Carlos sanchiavedraz
* Musix GNU+Linux
http://www.musix.es
On Tue, July 16, 2013 4:54 am, Julien Claassen wrote:
> Hello Paul1
> Did you change it again or was theLAN thing only in either of the
> twoJACK
> versions? I definitely did want to try and we had to set up a VPN tunnel
> to
> use the JACK net driver. Maybe I'm just antiquated in my knowledge.
At least one end has to have a "visible" IP. Physical distance of the two
ends affects the latency, as do the switches/routers in the path. The
lowest bandwidth link in the path determines the maximum bandwidth of
information a netjack link deal with. Obviously MTC is low bandwidth, but
MTC without some other information (either a midi or audio stream) is of
limited value :)
--
Len Ovens
www.OvenWerks.net
Hello everyone!
I'm very pleased to announce that my second album is finished and online! :D
It's called "Ordinary Day Montage", and it consists of 8 tracks, and is a
bit more electronic than last one.
I prepared a page for this at my new website,
http://zthmusic.se/Ordinary_Day_Montage , but my host is a little shaky, so
it might not always work. So, if that link doesn't work, you can find the
album at:
Bandcamp
http://zthmusic.bandcamp.com/album/ordinary-day-montage
Soundcloud
https://soundcloud.com/zthmusic/sets/ordinary-day-montage
FLAC/OGG/MP3-formats for download at Piratebay:
http://thepiratebay.sx/user/zthmusic/
I'm very excited to be finished and to have completed this. Everything was,
as always, 100% made with Linux and Linux software. It's also licensed
CC-BY-SA. I wrote a bit about the album and what I've used technically too
at http://zthmusic.se/Ordinary_Day_Montage , if anyone wants to check that
out!
Anyway, thank you for taking your time to listen! I greatly appreciate it!
>Hello!
> I need to get a vocal microphone. I've had this project several times
>before, but now I'm decided. There are a couple of alternatives. there
is the
>Shure SM5x and there is the SE-220, if my memory doesn't betray me.
Any more
>suggestions on the topic? I want to pay around 100-200 EUR maximum. This
>microphone will be meant solely for singing. No instruments to mic.
> Warm regards and sorry for the OT again
> Julien
Hi Julien,
I think it's the Audix OM-6 that I have here. It is nicely built and has
a lot of clarity,
maybe too much presence in some cases.
Also, check out the Heil PR-20 which I think is a little more neutral
sounding and less expensive.
And the AKG C700 is a very good value. As with most mics, with a good
voice it can sound great.
Grekim
