Linux-audio-user May 2018

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[ANN] The QStuff* Pre-LAC2018 Release Frenzy Hotfix!

by Rui Nuno Capela

Avast ye lads! The Qstuff* Pre-LAC2018 [7] release frenzy continues... now with a hotfix! ** QjackCtl - JACK Audio Connection Kit Qt GUI Interface [1] ** QjackCtl 0.5.2 (pre-lac2018 hotfix) is out! QjackCtl is a(n ageing but still) simple Qt [2] application to control the JACK [3] sound server, for the Linux Audio infrastructure. Website: http://qjackctl.sourceforge.net https://qjackctl.sourceforge.io Project page: http://sourceforge.net/projects/qjackctl Downloads: http://sourceforge.net/projects/qjackctl/files - source tarball: http://download.sf.net/qjackctl/qjackctl-0.5.2.tar.gz - source package: http://download.sf.net/qjackctl/qjackctl-0.5.2-31.rncbc.suse.src.rpm - binary packages: http://download.sf.net/qjackctl/qjackctl-0.5.2-31.rncbc.suse.x86_64.rpm - AppImage packages: http://download.sf.net/qjackctl/qjackctl-0.5.2-3.x86_64.AppImage Git repos: https://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: - Respect ALSA [4] Sequencer support option also on Graph view. - Regression to new Graph node/ports sorting comparator; also fixed multiple and many port removals, most probably causing it to crash due to double-free/delete potential. - Fixed the automatic aggregation of new Graph client nodes that are split as either input or output only (ie. system, terminal, physical or otherwise non-duplex nodes). - Added View/Zoom Range mode option to Graph tool. License: QjackCtl [1] free, open-source Linux Audio [5] software, distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License (GPL) version 2 or later [6]. References: [1] QjackCtl - A JACK Audio Connection Kit Qt GUI Interface http://qjackctl.sourceforge.net [2] Qt framework, C++ class library and tools for cross-platform application and UI development http://qt.io/ [3] JACK Audio Connection Kit http://jackaudio.org [4] ALSA, Advanced Linux Sound Architecture http://www.alsa-project.org/ [5] Linux Audio consortium of libre software for audio-related work http://linuxaudio.org [6] GPL - GNU General Public License http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html [7] LAC2018@c-base_Berlin, June 7–10 2018 https://lac.linuxaudio.org/2018/ See also: https://www.rncbc.org/drupal/node/1914 Enjoy && keep the fun! -- rncbc aka Rui Nuno Capela

5 years, 11 months

[Music] Fog

by jonetsu

Hello, This time around, in sharp contrast with the previous "Summer Theme", is a rather spacey piece, with long pad flights, some thump-thump kick drum in the distance, some high hat also in the distance, some voices, a synth that does some kind of a solo of some sort, a beat that comes and goes, all in all some kind of fog that covers through which some things are heard. https://soundcloud.com/nominal6/fog Cheers.

5 years, 11 months

How to change the settings of LAU

by Louigi Verona

Hey everyone! A while ago I stopped receiving LAU emails. Maybe it was due to the linuxaudio.org hack. Then I resubscribed, but now I am getting emails in bulk, which is very inconvenient for me and I have no idea how to respond to individual emails from the digest. I tried going to the LAU list website and logging in to maybe change the configuration somehow, but I couldn't login - I think I forgot the correct password for this. Can someone please help? All I want is to start receiving LAU emails normally, not in a digest form. -- Louigi Verona https://www.patreon.com/droning https://louigiverona.com/

5 years, 11 months

Repeated USB error/warning notification

by Jeanette C.

Hey hey, I haven several MIDI devices plugged in either directly as USB MIDI devices or using a USB-MIDI cable. They ae plugged into hubs, if that is important. Now when I connect them through the ALSA seq API, I sometimes get notifications lilke these, printed on every console, if I change: [1354175.824801] usb 1-4.1: urb status -32 The ID in brackets changes. Any idea what this is and how it can be fixed? I have seen that this is some kind of general USB kernel warning, but haven't been able to find a solution, yet. Thanks for any help and best wishes, Jeanette -------- * Website: http://juliencoder.de - for summer is a state of sound * SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/jeanette_c * Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMS4rfGrTwz8W7jhC1Jnv7g * GitHub: https://github.com/jeanette-c * Twitter: https://twitter.com/jeanette_c_s But now I'm stronger than yesterday <3 (Britney Spears)

5 years, 11 months

[ANN] The QStuff* Pre-LAC2018 Release Frenzy!

by Rui Nuno Capela

Aye! The Qstuff* Pre-LAC2018 [16] release frenzy is now officially started... * QjackCtl 0.5.1 * Qsynth 0.5.1 * Qsampler 0.5.1 * QXGEdit 0.5.1 * QmidiNet 0.5.1 Enjoy the first batch, more to come! ** QjackCtl - JACK Audio Connection Kit Qt GUI Interface [1] ** QjackCtl 0.5.1 (pre-lac2018) is released! QjackCtl is a(n ageing but still) simple Qt [6] application to control the JACK [7] sound server, for the Linux Audio infrastructure. Website: http://qjackctl.sourceforge.net https://qjackctl.sourceforge.io Project page: http://sourceforge.net/projects/qjackctl Downloads: http://sourceforge.net/projects/qjackctl/files - source tarball: http://download.sf.net/qjackctl/qjackctl-0.5.1.tar.gz - source package: http://download.sf.net/qjackctl/qjackctl-0.5.1-30.rncbc.suse.src.rpm - binary packages: http://download.sf.net/qjackctl/qjackctl-0.5.1-30.rncbc.suse.x86_64.rpm - AppImage packages: http://download.sf.net/qjackctl/qjackctl-0.5.1-2.x86_64.AppImage Git repos: https://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: - Half a decade later, recent new custom entries may now get removed from Session Infra-client list. - Some rather old, better said "Cambric explosion era", user preference options have been ditched altogether: Display / Time Format; Display / Shiny glass light effect; Display / Connections/Draw connections and patchbay lines as Bezier curves; Misc/Configure as temporary server. - A brand new and way long overdue connections Graph widget is finally introduced, only to be accessible through the context menu at this time. - Extended multi-selection is now supported on all Connections client/port lists, allowing for multiple (dis)connections at once. - Disable singleton/unique application instance setup logic when the display server platform is not X11. - A little hardening on the configure (autoconf) macro side. ** Qsynth - A fluidsynth Qt GUI Interface [2] ** Qsynth 0.5.1 (pre-lac2018) is released! Qsynth is a FluidSynth [9] GUI front-end application written in C++ around the Qt framework [6] using Qt Designer. Website: http://qsynth.sourceforge.net https://qsynth.sourceforge.io Project page: http://sourceforge.net/projects/qsynth Downloads: http://sourceforge.net/projects/qsynth/files - source tarball: http://download.sf.net/qsynth/qsynth-0.5.1.tar.gz - source package: http://download.sf.net/qsynth/qsynth-0.5.1-12.rncbc.suse.src.rpm - binary packages: http://download.sf.net/qsynth/qsynth-0.5.1-12.rncbc.suse.x86_64.rpm - AppImage packages: http://download.sf.net/qsynth/qsynth-0.5.1-2.x86_64.AppImage Git repos: https://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: - Disable singleton/unique application instance setup logic when the display server platform is not X11. - Fixed deprecated calls to fluid_synth_get_channel_info(), fluid_synth_set_midi_router() and fluid_settings_getstr() (as signaled on libfluidsynth >= 1.1.9). - A little hardening on the configure (autoconf) macro side. ** Qsampler - A LinuxSampler Qt GUI Interface [3] ** Qsampler 0.5.1 (pre-lac2018) is released! Qsampler is a LinuxSampler [10] GUI front-end application written in C++ around the Qt framework [6] 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-0.5.1.tar.gz - source packages: http://download.sf.net/qsampler/qsampler-0.5.1-25.rncbc.suse.src.rpm - binary packages: http://download.sf.net/qsampler/qsampler-0.5.1-25.rncbc.suse.x86_64.rpm - AppImage packages: http://download.sf.net/qsampler/qsampler-0.5.1-2.x86_64.AppImage Git repos: https://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: - Disable singleton/unique application instance setup logic when the display server platform is not X11. - Fixed device management dialog not responding to user changes. - A little hardening on the configure (autoconf) macro side. - Fixed minor memory leak in device management dialog. - Fixed unnecessary latency when closing app. ** QXGEdit - A Qt XG Editor [4] ** QXGEdit 0.5.1 (pre-lac2018) is released! QXGEdit is a live XG instrument editor, specialized on editing MIDI System Exclusive files (.syx) for the Yamaha DB50XG [13] and thus probably a baseline for many other XG devices. Website: http://qxgedit.sourceforge.net https://qxgedit.sourceforge.io Project page: http://sourceforge.net/projects/qxgedit Downloads: http://sourceforge.net/projects/qxgedit/files - source tarball: http://download.sf.net/qxgedit/qxgedit-0.5.1.tar.gz - source package: http://download.sf.net/qxgedit/qxgedit-0.5.1-12.rncbc.suse.src.rpm - binary packages: http://download.sf.net/qxgedit/qxgedit-0.5.1-12.rncbc.suse.x86_64.rpm - AppImage packages: http://download.sf.net/qxgedit/qxgedit-0.5.1-2.x86_64.AppImage Git repos: https://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: - Corrected wrong handling of the MULTIPART Detune parameter. - Trying to get CC14 MSB+LSB (course+fine) running status on, no matter whether each pairing event are under 200ms apart. - A little hardening on the configure (autoconf) macro side. ** QmidiNet - A MIDI Network Gateway via UDP/IP Multicast [5] ** QmidiNet 0.5.1 (pre-lac2018) is released! QmidiNet is a MIDI network gateway application that sends and receives MIDI data (ALSA-MIDI [8] and JACK-MIDI [7]) over the network, using UDP/IP multicast. Inspired by multimidicast [14] and designed to be compatible with ipMIDI [15] for Windows. Website: http://qmidinet.sourceforge.net https://qmidinet.sourceforge.io Project page: http://sourceforge.net/projects/qmidinet Downloads: http://sourceforge.net/projects/qmidinet/files - source tarball: http://download.sf.net/qmidinet/qmidinet-0.5.1.tar.gz - source package: http://download.sf.net/qmidinet/qmidinet-0.5.1-14.rncbc.suse.src.rpm - binary packages: http://download.sf.net/qmidinet/qmidinet-0.5.1-14.rncbc.suse.x86_64.rpm - AppImage packages: http://download.sf.net/qmidinet/qmidinet-0.5.1-2.x86_64.AppImage Git repos: https://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: - A little hardening on the configure (autoconf) macro side. License: All of the Qstuff* are free, open-source Linux Audio [11] software, distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License (GPL) version 2 or later [12]. 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] QmidiNet - A MIDI Network Gateway via UDP/IP Multicast http://qmidinet.sourceforge.net [6] Qt framework, C++ class library and tools for cross-platform application and UI development http://qt.io/ [7] JACK Audio Connection Kit http://jackaudio.org [8] ALSA, Advanced Linux Sound Architecture http://www.alsa-project.org/ [9] FluidSynth - A SoundFont Synthesizer A real-time software synthesizer based on SoundFont 2 specifications http://www.fluidsynth.org [10] LinuxSampler - The Linux Sampler Project A modular, streaming capable, realtime audio sampler http://www.linuxsampler.org [11] Linux Audio consortium of libre software for audio-related work http://linuxaudio.org [12] GPL - GNU General Public License http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html [13] Yamaha DB50XG http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/1996_articles/may96/yamahadb50xg.html [14] multimidicast - sends and receives MIDI from ALSA sequencers over network http://llg.cubic.org/tools/multimidicast [15] ipMIDI - MIDI over Ethernet ports - send MIDI over your LAN http://nerds.de [16] LAC2018@c-base_Berlin, June 7–10 2018 https://lac.linuxaudio.org/2018/ See also: https://www.rncbc.org/drupal/node/1911 Enjoy && have (lots of) fun! -- rncbc aka Rui Nuno Capela

5 years, 11 months

384kHz DAC - Monolith USB?

by Jonathan E. Brickman

Just happened to see this: https://www.monoprice.com/product?c_id=120&cp_id=12008&cs_id=1200801&p_ id=29512&seq=1&format=2 A USB stick with a 384kHz DAC in it. Headphone jack and small volume controls. Android compatible. Advertised as truly marvelous quality. Anyone tried anything like it? -- Jonathan E. Brickman jeb(a)ponderworthy.com (785)233-9977 Hear us at ponderworthy.com -- CDs and MP3 now available! Music of compassion; fire, and life!!!--- New Internet radio being built -- fireandliferadio.ponderworthy.com!!!!

5 years, 11 months

Microphone advice

by david

Good evening! I currently don't have a microphone of any sort. I don't generally do a lot of audio recording, but I do sing (sort of), play a Garcia Concert Model 3 nylon string classical guitar, and occasionally do silly things like play my collection of wind chimes ... So - what would be a good, reasonably-priced mic for those uses? Thanks. -- David W. Jones gnome(a)hawaii.rr.com authenticity, honesty, community http://dancingtreefrog.com

5 years, 11 months

New Computer

by Will Godfrey

Today I finally took delivery of a new computer for my music, to take the place of the old one that was showing real signs of stress. The new one is custom built by Scan (UK). It is in a 4U rackmount case and has an AMD Ryzen 5 1500X processor, on an ASUS motherboard and with a Radeon R5230 fanless graphics card. Audio I/O is via an M-Audio Mtrack 8, and MIDI via a Prodipe 4i/4o. That graphics card was a significant problem, as it was difficult to get hold of one, but it was worth the hassle. The machine arrived quite early this morning, extremely well packaged. They had even put bubble wrap inside for additional shock protection - with a very clear warning on the top! Looking inside it has been very neatly assembled, no random loose wires. I added a CDROM drive I already had, and a second SSD, both of these robbed from the older machine. The SSD has all my working project files on it. I installed devuan Linix 2.0.0 rc without any issues at all - no more inexplicable SystemD failures. I then built up the system with all my favourite programs. This was the most time consuming part of the install. And the performance? Stunning! The machine is totally silent. There wasn't so much as a whisper when maxing out all 8 cores compiling the latest Rosegarden image! One of my most complex projects had to run at 5.33mS Latency on the old machine, and I didn't dare touch anything while it was going. On the new one I can run it at 1.33mS, and shuffle various windows around without a single Xrun. -- 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.

5 years, 11 months

Yet more music from the Rack

by Dave Phillips

Greetings ! Background musings from VCV Rack. Some rhythmic sequencing: https://soundcloud.com/davephillips69/spiralonial And a little music for fake vielle and cittern: https://soundcloud.com/davephillips69/faux-machaut Just some instrumental fun, nothing serious going on here. Best regards, dp

5 years, 11 months

LAC2018 schedule and registration online!

by Linux Audio Conference

Dear all, we're happy to announce (and you might have noticed already), that the schedule for Linux Audio Conference 2018 is live! https://lac.linuxaudio.org/2018/pages/schedule Please note, that it will still be subject to slight changes! We have prepared a registration form for attendees: https://www.ak.tu-berlin.de/index.php?id=195758 Please sign up at your earliest convenience to let us know, if you're part of the conference. Also, we'd like to draw special attention to this year's keynote, which will be held by Gianfranco Ceccolini of MOD Devices: https://lac.linuxaudio.org/2018/pages/event/102/ Looking forward to seeing you in Berlin, -- Linux Audio Conference team

5 years, 11 months

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