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?
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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
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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:
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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.
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in Alsa separately, but I have only one /dev/midi3 (the one that maps to
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-- Amadeus/ -- + styles of music are never disturbed without
-- Keycorner -- + without affecting the most important political
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Hello,
This is a simple, upbeat and straightforward track, largely based on
synths, with a touch of acoustic guitar. No angst in this one, or
maybe just a little touch of drama.
The synth solo was made using Repro-1 seconded by Monique. The piano
parts were pianoteq flanked by an electric piano from Discovery Pro.
The sequenced foundation was made using Bazille. The guitar part was
played on a Shiraki guitar, with some fair bit of treatment. As always,
created in Bitwig, mixed and masterized in Mixbus32C. Enjoy. Comments
of all kinds welcomed.
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Cheers.
I am looking for response files for ir.lv2 - the only convolution reverb
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However, all big reverbs I've found so far, do produce lots of kind of
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Any ideas?
Thanks
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See you there! :-)
Cheers
/Daniel
While most issues with computers slowing down are well known, and pretty much a
solved problem. There is one that is only slowly becoming noticeable as systems
get progressively faster.
This is the problem of memory slowing down as it ages. Every time a bit is
flipped the underlying structures are stressed and an infinitesimal change
takes place that makes it slightly more difficult for the next change. We are
of course talking incredibly tiny amounts here so it's hardly surprising that
it's not really been noticed up to now.
However, it is something that has interested our most {cough} mature {cough}
developer, Mary (she of ion trap fame). Once Mary gets interested in something
there is simply no stopping her, so we just left her too it, and concentrated
on our latest software build problem that only appears on the latest 'felt
cowboy hat' distribution.
Our Mary is a really methodical person, and she had this weird setup where she
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stopping, letting it rest then measuring the switching speed. This was fully
under software control of course in an Automated Recursive Sequencing
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RAM.
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workshop.
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Then there was the Binary Indexed Latency Extractor.
The last of these was Consolidated Ram Accretion Pruner.
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hardware and software in just about every configuration.
This morning she suddenly got up and almost ran out of the workshop without a
word. She'd left her last scribbled note out though - it read:
V.A.G.U.E Hardware OK, A.H.N.O C.R.A.P software tests A.R.S.E.
We just hope she'll calm down by lunchtime.
--
Will J Godfrey
http://www.musically.me.uk
Say you have a poem and I have a tune.
Exchange them and we can both have a poem, a tune, and a song.
