Linux-audio-user October 2019

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by Moshe Werner

Hi All! So some time has passed since this topic last came up, there is some new firmware for the Motu 1248. I'm still using version 1.2.8+1178, as this is the last version that didn't break my setup (xruns, channel shifting etc). Did anyone try the recent firmware update? How did it go? Cheers Moshe

6 years

RME Babyface Pro questions

by Joe Hartley

Hi, all. I'm considering replacing my M-Audio Delta 1010 an Mackie Big Knob monitor controller with an RME Babyface Pro so that I have preamps available at my desktop without breaking out my big mixer, and hardware volume control for my monitors. I know a few folks here have the Babyface Pro (Hi, Fons and Brent!) and I'm curious as to whether you're all still happy with it. I've been reading that in the class-compliant mode, which is required for Linux use), that various features are not enabled. My biggest concern is about phantom power, as I'd seen a mention that PP is only settable from the TotalMix software, which is a no-op in CC mode. I'm also interested in any "gotchas" or anecdotes about living with this unit under Linux. Thanks! -- ====================================================================== Joe Hartley - UNIX/network Consultant - jh(a)brainiac.com Without deviation from the norm, "progress" is not possible. - FZappa

6 years

Sonic Visualiser v4.0 released, along with Tony v2.1 and Sonic Lineup v1.0

by Chris Cannam

I'm delighted to announce new releases (made last Friday) of Sonic Visualiser and two related desktop applications from the Centre for Digital Music at Queen Mary, University of London: Version 4.0 of Sonic Visualiser, a free, cross-platform, open source application for viewing and analysing the contents of music audio files, is now available. The main change in this release, and the reason for the major-version bump to 4.0, is the addition of a "boxes" layer used to annotate and export time-frequency regions. (Refer to https://www.sonicvisualiser.org/doc/reference/4.0/en/#boxes for a description of the boxes layer.) See the home page at http://sonicvisualiser.org for more information and downloads. Version 2.1 of Tony, a free, cross-platform, open source application for high quality pitch and note transcription from solo vocal recordings, is now available. This is what you might call a "consolidation release" - it is almost unchanged from 2.0 in terms of features, but it is updated to fix some compatibility issues that have arisen since 2.0 came out and to prepare the codebase for a future feature release. See the home page at https://www.sonicvisualiser.org/tony/ for more information and downloads. Version 1.0 of Sonic Lineup, a free, cross-platform, open source application for comparative simultaneous visualisation of multiple audio files containing versions of the same source material, is now available. See the home page at https://www.sonicvisualiser.org/sonic-lineup/ for more information and downloads. Chris

6 years, 1 month

[ANN] Vee One Suite 0.9.11 - A Halloween'19 Release

by Rui Nuno Capela

Horror! The 'Vee One Suite' of so called 'old-school' software instruments, synthv1 [1] as a polyphonic subtractive synthesizer, samplv1 [2] a polyphonic sampler synthesizer, drumkv1 [3] as yet another drum-kit sampler and padthv1 [4] as a polyphonic additive synthesizer, are here and now released for the global Halloween evening, and all making up to this mythical version 0.9.11 ;) As always, all provided in dual form: - a pure stand-alone JACK client with JACK-session [5], NSM (Non Session management [6]) and both JACK MIDI and ALSA MIDI [7] input support; - a LV2 instrument plug-in [8]. Changes for this creepy release are quite revolutionary;) - When using autotools and ./configure --with-qt=..., it is also necessary to adjust the PKG_CONFIG_PATH environment variable (after a merge request by plcl aka. Pedro López-Cabanillas, while on qmidinet, thanks). - Upstream packaging is now split to JACK standalone and LV2 plugin only: the former shared common core and UI package is now duplicated but statically linked though. The 'Vee One Suite' are free, open-source Linux Audio [10] software, distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License (GPL) [11] version 2 or later. **synthv1 - an old-school polyphonic synthesizer [1] ** synthv1 0.9.11 (halloween'19) released! synthv1 is an old-school all-digital 4-oscillator subtractive polyphonic synthesizer with stereo fx. LV2 URI: http://synthv1.sourceforge.net/lv2 website: https://synthv1.sourceforge.io http://synthv1.sourceforge.net project page: https://sourceforge.net/projects/synthv1 downloads: https://sourceforge.net/projects/synthv1/files - source tarball: https://download.sf.net/synthv1/synthv1-0.9.11.tar.gz - source package: https://download.sf.net/synthv1/synthv1-0.9.11-50.rncbc.suse.src.rpm - binary packages (openSUSE Tumbleweed): https://download.sf.net/synthv1/synthv1-0.9.11-50.rncbc.suse.x86_84.rpm https://download.sf.net/synthv1/synthv1-lv2-0.9.11-50.rncbc.suse.x86_84.rpm https://download.sf.net/synthv1/synthv1-common-0.9.11-50.rncbc.suse.x86_84.… - AppImage [9] package (JACK stand-alone only): https://download.sf.net/synthv1/synthv1-0.9.11-50.x86_64.AppImage git repos: https://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 0.9.11 (halloween'19) released! samplv1 is an old-school polyphonic sampler synthesizer with stereo fx. LV2 URI: http://samplv1.sourceforge.net/lv2 website: https://samplv1.sourceforge.io http://samplv1.sourceforge.net project page: https://sourceforge.net/projects/samplv1 downloads: https://sourceforge.net/projects/samplv1/files - source tarball: https://download.sf.net/samplv1/samplv1-0.9.11.tar.gz - source package: https://download.sf.net/samplv1/samplv1-0.9.11-50.rncbc.suse.src.rpm - binary package (openSUSE Tumbleweed): https://download.sf.net/samplv1/samplv1-0.9.11-50.rncbc.suse.x86_84.rpm https://download.sf.net/samplv1/samplv1-lv2-0.9.11-50.rncbc.suse.x86_84.rpm https://download.sf.net/samplv1/samplv1-common-0.9.11-50.rncbc.suse.x86_84.… - AppImage [9] package (JACK stand-alone only): https://download.sf.net/samplv1/samplv1-0.9.11-50.x86_64.AppImage git repos: https://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 0.9.11 (halloween'19) released! drumkv1 is an old-school drum-kit sampler synthesizer with stereo fx. LV2 URI: http://drumkv1.sourceforge.net/lv2 website: https://drumkv1.sourceforge.io http://drumkv1.sourceforge.net project page: https://sourceforge.net/projects/samplv1 downloads: https://sourceforge.net/projects/drumkv1/files - source tarball: https://download.sf.net/drumkv1/drumkv1-0.9.11.tar.gz - source package: https://download.sf.net/drumkv1/drumkv1-0.9.11-43.rncbc.suse.src.rpm - binary package (openSUSE Tumbleweed): https://download.sf.net/drumkv1/drumkv1-0.9.11-43.rncbc.suse.x86_84.rpm https://download.sf.net/drumkv1/drumkv1-lv2-0.9.11-43.rncbc.suse.x86_84.rpm https://download.sf.net/drumkv1/drumkv1-common-0.9.11-43.rncbc.suse.x86_84.… - AppImage [9] package (JACK stand-alone only): https://download.sf.net/drumkv1/drumkv1-0.9.11-50.x86_64.AppImage git repos: https://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 **padthv1 - an old-school polyphonic additive synthesizer [4]** padthv1 0.9.11 (halloween'19) released! padthv1 is an old-school polyphonic additive synthesizer with stereo fx. padthv1 is based on the PADsynth algorithm by Paul Nasca, as a special variant of additive synthesis. LV2 URI: http://padthv1.sourceforge.net/lv2 website: http://padthv1.sourceforge.net https://padthv1.sourceforge.io project page: https://sourceforge.net/projects/padthv1 downloads: https://sourceforge.net/projects/padthv1/files - source tarball: https://download.sf.net/padthv1/padthv1-0.9.11.tar.gz - source package: https://download.sf.net/padthv1/padthv1-0.9.11-50.rncbc.suse.src.rpm - binary package (openSUSE Tumbleweed): https://download.sf.net/padthv1/padthv1-0.9.11-50.rncbc.suse.x86_84.rpm https://download.sf.net/padthv1/padthv1-lv2-0.9.11-50.rncbc.suse.x86_84.rpm https://download.sf.net/padthv1/padthv1-common-0.9.11-50.rncbc.suse.x86_84.… - AppImage [9] package (JACK stand-alone only): https://download.sf.net/padthv1/padthv1-0.9.11-50.x86_64.AppImage git repos: https://git.code.sf.net/p/padthv1/code https://github.com/rncbc/padthv1.git https://gitlab.com/rncbc/padthv1.git https://bitbucket.org/rncbc/padthv1.git References: [1] synthv1 - an old-school polyphonic synthesizer https://synthv1.sourceforge.io http://synthv1.sourceforge.net/ [2] samplv1 - an old-school polyphonic sampler https://samplv1.sourceforge.io http://samplv1.sourceforge.net/ [3] drumkv1 - an old-school drum-kit sampler https://drumkv1.sourceforge.io http://drumkv1.sourceforge.net/ [4] padthv1 - an old-school polyphonic additive synthesizer https://padthv1.sourceforge.io http://padthv1.sourceforge.net/ [5] JACK Audio Connection Kit http://jackaudio.org/ [6] NSM, Non Session Management http://non.tuxfamily.org/nsm/ [7] ALSA, Advanced Linux Sound Architecture https://www.alsa-project.org/ [8] LV2, Audio Plugin Standard, the extensible successor of LADSPA http://lv2plug.in/ [9] AppImage, Linux apps that run anywhere https://appimage.org/ [10] Linux Audio consortium of libre software for audio-related work https://linuxaudio.org [11] GNU General Public License https://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html See also: https://www.rncbc.org/drupal/node/2049 Enjoy && Have (lots of) fun! -- rncbc aka. Rui Nuno Capela

6 years, 1 month

Xmonk.lv2, aLV2 toy

by Hermann Meyer

I remember last time on a VST which I found nice to play around with, don't remember the name, but it was a monk which sing when you push and move the mouse. While I work on the code of my new X11/cairo toolkit, I give this a shoot. I'm using the SFFormantModelBP from the faust physmodels.lib, and wrap a UI around so that it comes near to what I remember and have a lot of fun while moving the mouse around on it. Then I adding midi support (modwheel for the vowel), so that it may become a tad more the fun. HOOOHEEEHAAA, here you go: https://github.com/brummer10/Xmonk.lv2

6 years, 1 month

It's the final (Sonoj) countdown! - live feed with chat - donations

by Sonoj Convention

The end is near! Fortunately only the end of our preparations. Only four days left until this year's Sonoj Convention. For the spontaneous among you there is still an opportunity to sign up and visit. Just enter your name on https://sonoj.org/register.html . Considering the many mails you've received so far, it can be assumed that you're currently in Antarctica and therefore can't actually participate. Therefore now for the last time (this year): Please help us finance our non-profit event by donating an amount of your choice. We accept bank transfers and PayPal: https://sonoj.org/donate.html And finally I would be happy to see you during the two days in our video stream. There will be a chat this year (it already exists), so you can ask questions and comment. The stream is on the Sonoj page, or here: https://streaming.media.ccc.de/sonoj2019 Best regards, Nils Sonoj Convention

6 years, 1 month

Re: [LAU] [LAD] 100% Open Source Music

by Benjamin Niemann

On Fri, Oct 25, 2019 at 4:26 PM Thomas Brand <tom(a)trellis.ch> wrote: > > On 2019-10-25 16:16, Benjamin Niemann wrote: > > On Fri, Oct 25, 2019 at 3:45 PM Thomas Brand <tom(a)trellis.ch> wrote: > >> I've tons of Amiga Disks (Sample Disks named ST-01 ... ) and Modules > >> archived. If anybody has the tools to read them back and eventually > >> convert to 21st century, I'd happily provide these disks. > > > > As in "physical 3.5" floppies"? Might not be necessary to go the > > "hardware route" to get the data back (at least for the samples), as > > they are still available on good old aminet: > > http://aminet.net/search?name=st-&path[]=mods/inst > > > Indeed, those. Remaining the 3.5" modules, which is a funky mix of > ripped (MKII action replay) and hand-crafted/unreleased tunes.. Just in case the ".ch" in your mail address correctly implies that you're in Switzerland: There will be the "Vintage Computer Festival" in Zürich in ~1 month: https://vcfe.ch/doku.php That might be a place to find people who still have the needed hardware. -Ben

6 years, 1 month

Re: [LAU] [LAD] 100% Open Source Music

by Benjamin Niemann

On Fri, Oct 25, 2019 at 3:45 PM Thomas Brand <tom(a)trellis.ch> wrote: > I've tons of Amiga Disks (Sample Disks named ST-01 ... ) and Modules > archived. If anybody has the tools to read them back and eventually > convert to 21st century, I'd happily provide these disks. As in "physical 3.5" floppies"? Might not be necessary to go the "hardware route" to get the data back (at least for the samples), as they are still available on good old aminet: http://aminet.net/search?name=st-&path[]=mods/inst -Ben

6 years, 1 month

100% Open Source Music

by Louigi Verona

Hey everyone! My music "career" started with mod music. Nope, not the music and fashion subculture from the late 1950s, but this mod music <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Module_file>, when people used programs called "trackers" to produce stuff. It was either this or buying expensive hardware. Although people associate MOD music scene mostly with chiptunes, it was much more than that, and has its own pantheon of musical gods <https://modarchive.org/index.php?request=view_chart&query=topartists> who produced tracks ranging from synth pop <https://modarchive.org/index.php?request=view_by_moduleid&query=35280> to jazz <https://modarchive.org/index.php?request=view_by_moduleid&query=135135>, from orchestral <https://modarchive.org/index.php?request=view_by_moduleid&query=120901> to realistic folk instrumentals <https://modarchive.org/index.php?request=view_by_moduleid&query=155605>. Immersed in this music, I severed my link to the mainstream idea of songs with their standard verse/chorus, and endless drivel about relationships. That link has not been restored. My mind was opened to music that was so unlike anything I'd heard before that it felt a bit like walking through that door in the wall. (Is this H.G. Wells reference <https://www.encyclopedia.com/education/news-wires-white-papers-and-books/do…> too obscure? :) ) My heroes were Elwood, DRAX, Awesome. Who even knows these names? I once created a Wikipedia page for Elwood and it stayed up for many years, but recently I discovered that it was removed. And yet Elwood <https://modarchive.org/index.php?request=view_artist_modules&query=69004> is a legendary musician and producer in the MOD scene, who has inspired and awed several generations of fellow tracker musicians. Some names have gotten enough traction to stay on Wikipedia. Purple Motion <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonne_Valtonen> is one clear example. Several producers, famous today, started out using trackers. Here is an incomplete list <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Tracker_musicians>. It mostly lacks artists who made their names in the tracking scene, but did not become notable outside of it. It's been a while since I went on a nostalgia tour, but due to my recent project of putting out an album of old tunes called "Only Slightly Embarrassing" <https://louigiverona.com/?page=projects&s=music&t=slightly_embarrassing>, I decided to cross further into the continent of "back in my days", which brought me straight to ModArchive <https://modarchive.org/>. Eventually, I was convinced that I should try making more tracked works, at the very least because my early works were so shitty that I felt I had to make up for that. Long story short, I realized that MOD music is the true Open Source Music. I mean, think about it. The most widely used software today is GPLed ( OpenMPT <https://openmpt.org/>). The modules you release are open source too, just like JavaScript. You open your XM or IT file and inspect how the tune was created. And you learn. And there is surely stuff to learn. Not all of it is even tracker-specific. People had no EQs, no compressors, no reverbs. And yet so much of tracked music sounds just incredible <https://modarchive.org/index.php?request=view_by_moduleid&query=134387>. How did they do it? It turns out, there are ways. Of course, all of that leads to a bit of self promotion. I would like to draw your attention to the two tunes that I've written in the past month with OpenMPT and which you can download and see how they were made. (Or don't. You can instead explore ModArchive's Top Favorites <https://modarchive.org/index.php?request=view_top_favourites>.) - Lid <https://modarchive.org/index.php?request=view_by_moduleid&query=186854> - Twizzy II <https://modarchive.org/index.php?request=view_by_moduleid&query=186855> You can just use an Online Player to listen to them in a browser, or you can use almost any modern player to play them. Audacious, VLC, for example. An interesting thing is that the MOD scene has its own cultural backdrop: it is primarily melodic oriented, and having melodies means a lot. If you don't like melodies, you go for trance. I am putting out minimal house, rominimal even. So, I am sure I will get little love. But for those of you who enjoy this style of music, I think you might like these. I am personally very happy with the sound and how both of these turned out. And yet - no EQing, no nothing. Just volume envelopes, volume levels and panning work. **a little proud** It's somehow interesting to me that this is open source minimal house music. Not a lot of those out there. p.s.: fuck my tracks, listen to this <https://modarchive.org/index.php?request=view_by_moduleid&query=34427> Louigi Verona https://louigiverona.com/

6 years, 1 month

DrumGizmo 0.9.18 released

by Bent Bisballe Nyeng

DrumGizmo 0.9.18 Released! DrumGizmo is an open source, multichannel, multilayered, cross-platform drum plugin and stand-alone application. It enables you to compose drums in midi and mix them with a multichannel approach. It is comparable to that of mixing a real drumkit that has been recorded with a multimic setup. This release is primarily a bugfix release but a few new features also managed to sneak in. Highlights: * Sample selection algorithm now behaves a lot better when using a small sample set. * Error reporting has been drastically improved when loading drum-kits. * Sample normalization option has been added. As usual read the detailed description of all the new shiny features, including some audio samples [1]. And now, without further ado, go grab 0.9.18!!! [2] [1]: https://drumgizmo.org/wiki/doku.php?id=changelog:drumgizmo-0.9.18 [2]: http://www.drumgizmo.org/wiki/doku.php?id=getting_drumgizmo

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