Linux-audio-user September 2016

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spectmorph-0.3.1

by Stefan Westerfeld

spectmorph-0.3.1 has been released. Overview of Changes in spectmorph-0.3.1: ---------------------------------------- * Added plugins for LV2 and VST api. * New instruments: bassoon, cello, bass-trombone, reed-organ. * Added different templates to get standard morph plans quickly. * LV2|VST|JACK will start with default plan now (instead of empty plan). * Standard instrument set location (~/.spectmorph/instruments/standard): - plan templates can refer to instruments in that directory without storing any absolute path (index will be instruments:standard) - in almost any case, loading instruments isn't necessary anymore * Resize MorphPlanWindow automatically if operators are removed. * Changed time alignment during morphing: - morphed sounds should starty at the beginning of the note (no extra latency) - Start marker for instrument notes no longer necessary - SpectMorphDelay plugin no longer necessary * Some improvements for building new instruments: - make some smenc parameters configurable (--config option) - improvements to soundfont import - new fundamental frequency estimation for tune-all-frames - support global volume adjustment (instead of auto-volume) * Various bugfixes. 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. Also interpolating between two samples of the same instrument (different attack velocity of a piano) could be interesting. SpectMorph is implemented in C++ and licensed under the GNU LGPL version 3 SpectMorph is still under development. This means: * the fileformat is not yet stable - instruments or morph plans may not work with newer versions of SpectMorph * the algorithms for synthesizing sounds are still under development - newer versions may sound different To sum it up: if you compose music using SpectMorph, don't expect newer versions to be compatible in any way. Integrating SpectMorph into your Work ------------------------------------- In order to make music that contains SpectMorph, you currently need to use Linux. There are four ways of integrating SpectMorph sounds into music you create: - LV2 Plugin, for any sequencer that supports it. - VST Plugin, especially for proprietary solutions that don't support LV2. - JACK Client. - BEAST Module, integrating into BEASTs modular environment. Links: ------ Website: http://www.spectmorph.org Download: http://www.spectmorph.org/downloads/spectmorph-0.3.1.tar.bz2 There are many sound samples on the website, which demonstrate morphing between instruments. -- Stefan Westerfeld, Hamburg/Germany, http://space.twc.de/~stefan

7 years, 7 months

Tascam us-366

by Max

The school bought against my recommendation the tascam us-366 because it came in a bundle offer with a microphone. Any chance that I will get this model to run at all or is it a brick on linux? https://duckduckgo.com/?q=tascam+us-366&ia=images

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[ANN] Vee One Suite 0.7.6 - The Eleventh beta release

by Rui Nuno Capela

Hello again! The 'Vee One Suite' aka. the 'gang of three' old-school homebrew software instruments, respectively synthv1 [1], as a polyphonic subtractive synthesizer, samplv1 [2], a polyphonic sampler synthesizer and drumkv1 [3] as yet another drum-kit sampler, are here released on their eleventh beta iteration, joining the so called Qstuff* End of Summer'16 release frenzy [10]. All still available in dual form: - a pure stand-alone JACK [4] client with JACK-session, NSM [5] (Non Session management) and both JACK MIDI and ALSA [6] MIDI input support; - a LV2 [7] instrument plug-in. The common change-log says: - MIDI RPN/NRPN running status and RPN NULL reset command are now supported (input only). - The core engine implementation is now delivered as a shared object library, common to both the JACK stand-alone client and the LV2 instrument plug-in. - Discretely fixed MIDI Controllers catch-up algorithm. And here they come again! **synthv1 - an old-school polyphonic synthesizer [1]** synthv1 0.7.6 (eleventh official beta) released! synthv1 is an old-school all-digital 4-oscillator subtractive polyphonic synthesizer with stereo fx. LV2 URI: http://synthv1.sourceforge.net/lv2 website: http://synthv1.sourceforge.net downloads: http://sourceforge.net/projects/synthv1/files - source tarball: http://download.sf.net/synthv1/synthv1-0.7.6.tar.gz - source package: http://download.sf.net/synthv1/synthv1-0.7.6-29.rncbc.suse.src.rpm - binary packages (openSUSE Tumbleweed): http://download.sf.net/synthv1/synthv1-0.7.6-29.rncbc.suse.i586.rpm http://download.sf.net/synthv1/synthv1-0.7.6-29.rncbc.suse.x86_84.rpm git repos: http://git.code.sf.net/p/synthv1/code https://github.com/rncbc/synthv1.git https://gitlab.com/rncbc/synthv1.git https://bitbucket.org/rncbc/synthv1.git **samplv1 - an old-school polyphonic sampler [2]** samplv1 0.7.6 (eleventh official beta) released! samplv1 is an old-school polyphonic sampler synthesizer with stereo fx. LV2 URI: http://samplv1.sourceforge.net/lv2 website: http://samplv1.sourceforge.net downloads: http://sourceforge.net/projects/samplv1/files - source tarball: http://download.sf.net/samplv1/samplv1-0.7.6.tar.gz - source package: http://download.sf.net/samplv1/samplv1-0.7.6-29.rncbc.suse.src.rpm - binary packages (openSUSE Tumbleweed): http://download.sf.net/samplv1/samplv1-0.7.6-29.rncbc.suse.i586.rpm http://download.sf.net/samplv1/samplv1-0.7.6-29.rncbc.suse.x86_84.rpm git repos: http://git.code.sf.net/p/samplv1/code https://github.com/rncbc/samplv1.git https://gitlab.com/rncbc/samplv1.git https://bitbucket.org/rncbc/samplv1.git **drumkv1 - an old-school drum-kit sampler [3]** drumkv1 0.7.6 (eleventh official beta) released! drumkv1 is an old-school drum-kit sampler synthesizer with stereo fx. LV2 URI: http://drumkv1.sourceforge.net/lv2 website: http://drumkv1.sourceforge.net downloads: http://sourceforge.net/projects/drumkv1/files - source tarball: http://download.sf.net/drumkv1/drumkv1-0.7.6.tar.gz - source package: http://download.sf.net/drumkv1/drumkv1-0.7.6-25.rncbc.suse.src.rpm - binary packages (openSUSE Tumbleweed): http://download.sf.net/drumkv1/drumkv1-0.7.6-25.rncbc.suse.i586.rpm http://download.sf.net/drumkv1/drumkv1-0.7.6-25.rncbc.suse.x86_84.rpm git repos: http://git.code.sf.net/p/drumkv1/code https://github.com/rncbc/drumkv1.git https://gitlab.com/rncbc/drumkv1.git https://bitbucket.org/rncbc/drumkv1.git Licence: The Vee One Suite are free, open-source Linux Audio [9] software, distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License (GPL) [8] version 2 or later. References: [1] synthv1 - an old-school polyphonic synthesizer http://synthv1.sourceforge.net/ [2] samplv1 - an old-school polyphonic sampler http://samplv1.sourceforge.net/ [3] drumkv1 - an old-school drum-kit sampler http://drumkv1.sourceforge.net/ [4] JACK Audio Connection Kit http://jackaudio.org/ [5] NSM, Non Session Management http://non.tuxfamily.org/nsm/ [6] ALSA, Advanced Linux Sound Architecture http://www.alsa-project.org/ [7] LV2, Audio Plugin Standard, the extensible successor of LADSPA http://lv2plug.in/ [8] GNU General Public License http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html [9] Linux Audio consortium of libre software for audio-related work http://linuxaudio.org [10] The QStuff* End of Summer'16 Release http://www.rncbc.org/drupal/node/1696 See also: http://www.rncbc.org/drupal/node/1699 Enjoy && have (lots of) fun ;) -- rncbc aka. Rui Nuno Capela

7 years, 7 months

Being back

by J. Claassen

Hi (to the old hands in particular), just wanting to say: Hi there, I'm back, if a little changed. As some might guess, I've been quietly active all the time, just wanting to stay hidden. Best wishes, Jeanette

7 years, 7 months

Test, please ignore

by J. Claassen

7 years, 7 months

Re: [LAU] yoshimi, zyn and Ardour (was: Re: How to compile Yoshimi)

by David Jones

On Sep 17, 2016 02:45, jonetsu(a)teksavvy.com wrote: > > On Sat, 17 Sep 2016 10:03:41 +0100 > Bill Purvis <bill(a)billp.org> wrote: > > > I tried using Yoshimi because it got frequent mentions on this list, > > and was available from the > > Mint repositories. I've since downloaded and compiled the latest > > version and think that it's a > > nice piece of work. If I ever get time to try out Zyn I may switch to > > preferring that, but for > > the moment, Yoshimi sound good, though I also use the Calf plugins as > > they support a decent > > General Midi patches. > > I compiled yoshimi because I thought zyn was no longer supported. So I > tried zyn yesterday. First of all I must say I do not program synth > sounds, at least not yet. I will adjust some parameters to fit a piece > but I'm certainly not creating sounds. I use synths as in using a > guitar. I am not making guitars, I am playing instead. > > Because of this, I found the sound selections provided with zyn quite > interesting. Especially the Italian sounds, but also others. The rest > I find is identical to yoshimi. So because of this broader choice of > sounds I will use zyn. > > It also seems they are working on a major 3.0 update, which brings the > next two comments. Yesterday I played zyn for about 45 minutes, > improvising. During those times I might record ideas as they > spontaneously happen, or I might just forget about then and enjoy the > spur of the moment. This means I run the synth inside a host, Bitwig > or Ardour (Mixbus 32C) (1). The keyboard can be any, this time it was a > Novation mini Launchkey. > > While playing it happened about 3 times that the audio output simply > vanished. I look at Ardour's screen, nothing happens, move the mouse > here and there, and then the sound comes back. In those times what I > described yesterday using yoshimi happened: when the audio came back, > the track's VU meter did not show anything while the master bus VU > showed the audio. Then it came back to normal, with all VUs showing > the audio being played. > > The other thing is that by 2-3 times I recorded some audio. This went > fine but, when the recording was stopped and I wanted to quickly get rid > of what was just recorded - as I always do using other synths in Ardour > - by pressing spacebar to stop the recording, then quickly pressing > Ctrl-z to get rid of the recorded region, followed by quickly hitting > the 'home' key to get back at the beginning, ready to record again, > Ardour stalled, for seconds. > > This means that zyn has the ability to stall Ardour, for any reason. > Which is not looking good. Such an application should not have the > capability to do this by any means. Having recently lost a complex > project in Bitwig due to Bitwig crashing, I am wary about this kind of > suspicious interaction. > > The last time the audio stopped was because Ardour has vanished from > CPU existence. > > All in all, zyn has a nice set of sounds, which makes me prefer it > but, it has problems at the systemic level which I hope will be > addressed in the upcoming major version. Strange thing though, to know > about this upcoming version one has to register on the web site. Why > isn't it public ? > > (1) When improvising, one nice feature I found was in Pianoteq's > ability to memorize the keys being played at all times, available for > recall if one wishes it. I see that zyn has a record option that > surely 'sounds' the same, although it has to be enabled and it asks for > a wav file which means it is not about recording MIDI data. Using MIDI > data would be lightweight. Yoshimi can record audio, too. I prefer to record MIDI in Rosegarden, tho. My experience was first with Zyn. Years ago. Zyn and RT didn't get along. Yoshimi did from the first time I used it. I have both installed. Yoshi can use Zyn's sounds. I think both need a UI overhaul. ;) David W. Jones gnome(a)hawaii.rr.com authenticity, honesty, community http://dancingtreefrog.com

7 years, 7 months

How to compile Yoshimi

by jonetsu＠teksavvy.com

Hello, The INSTALL file is straightforward. ccmake isn't. What it does is that it shows a screen with options. Options seems OK, so what is the next step to go on with the compilation ? ENTER does not do it as it toggles a selected option. (On the side: why is configuring/making like this - wasn't the plain ol' configure all right ?) Cheers.

7 years, 7 months

Re: [LAU] yoshimi, zyn and Ardour

by David Jones

On Sep 18, 2016 21:32, Jeremy Jongepier <jeremy(a)autostatic.com> wrote: > > On 09/18/2016 09:32 PM, Jeremy Jongepier wrote: > > On 09/18/2016 07:58 AM, david wrote: > >> Is it still limited to the rigid fixed size windows, or are the windows > >> resizable? > > Sorry, should've been more clear. The window of ZynAddSubFX will be > resizable. > > Jeremy About time. Zyn/Yoshimi are both tiny things at modern resolutions. And I hope the controls within it will similarly be freed of their pixel constraints. David W. Jones gnome(a)hawaii.rr.com authenticity, honesty, community http://dancingtreefrog.com

7 years, 7 months

Re: [LAU] yoshimi, zyn and Ardour

by David Jones

On Sep 18, 2016 06:00, jonetsu(a)teksavvy.com wrote: > > On Sun, 18 Sep 2016 10:04:59 +0100 > Will Godfrey <willgodfrey(a)musically.me.uk> wrote: > > > On Sat, 17 Sep 2016 20:01:57 -1000 > > david <gnome(a)hawaii.rr.com> wrote: > > > > I like the multiple windows. It's a very Linux way of doing things. > > > I hate trying to crowd everything into one window where I can't see > > > two different windows of the UI at the same time. > > > This is also my preference for almost everything. With most apps I > > keep the 'home' window pinned for all screens and spread the others > > across all four. It makes for a very uncluttered workplace with no > > distractions and everything in context. > > I use Linux for both work code development and at home for years and do > not have a single application that has multiple windows, with main > windows to be pinned down while others are opened. Libreoffice has an > option for a floating navigation window but then it can also be > incorporated into the main window. > > Of course, I use multiple desktops. I use them since maybe 15 years > now. One console has the email client, another one has Mixbus 32C. A > synth in Mixbus will be moved to its own desktop so that it's easy to > switch between the synth and the DAW. Renoise will be on its own > desktop, Bitwig also, so on so forth. > > So I do not see what your "almost everything" would be. > > > Whoever thought that a tabbed > > filer window was a good idea can't make much use of them :( > > The tabbed options in Zebra2, for one, are certainly very useful and > easy to access. Except that you cannot see the contents of 2 different tabs simultaneously. David W. Jones gnome(a)hawaii.rr.com authenticity, honesty, community http://dancingtreefrog.com

7 years, 7 months

Dereverberation

by Ivica Ico Bukvic

Hi all, Does anyone have access to an easy to implement (as in code) dereverberation algorithm assuming one has access to the room impulse response? I am looking for a way to clean-up recorded audio signal in order to improve signal clarity (e.g. speech). Any info on this topic is most appreciated. Best, -- Ivica Ico Bukvic, D.M.A. Associate Professor Creative Technologies in Music ICAT Senior Fellow Director -- DISIS, L2Ork Virginia Tech School of Performing Arts – 0141 Blacksburg, VA 24061 (540) 231-6139 www.performingarts.vt.edu disis.music.vt.edu l2ork.music.vt.edu ico.bukvic.net

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Linux-audio-user September 2016