Linux-audio-user March 2021

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by Will Godfrey

Some years ago I played a short riff on one of of the LAC workshops. I don't remember what particular feature of Yoshimi I was demonstrating, but I do remember the piece well, and always wanted to expand it to to a full length tune. Well here it is: http://www.musically.me.uk/music/Circles.ogg or http://www.musically.me.uk/music/Circles.mp3 The original melody? That's the 'chorus'. I hope you like it. -- Will J Godfrey http://www.musically.me.uk http://yoshimi.github.io Say you have a poem and I have a tune. Exchange them and we can both have a poem, a tune, and a song.

3 years, 10 months

[music] change ()re-recording my 17-year-old self)

by Jeanette C.

Hey hey, I did write and record change when I was about 17 or 18 and wanted to re-record it for a while now: https://youtu.be/PdfHxBbaYJk And for OGG download: https://www.dropbox.com/s/mq907ur41i5cwj5/change.ogg The lyrics had to be rewritten entirely, though kept in the same style, register and intention of the original. The main sound was a Roland JV_1080 patch called Raggatronic. I still have that patch, but in this recording I used a copy I made on another virtual analogue synth. Another change is the Yoshimi choir, which I certainly didn't have. It used to be another Roland sound from an expansion board, which I don't have. I first though of mixing other choir sounds on that module, but then layered the Yoshimi choir with another hardware instrument. It's a beautiful synth choir, with or without the other hardware layer! Thanks Will! Best wishes, Jeanette -- * Website: http://juliencoder.de - for summer is a state of sound * Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMS4rfGrTwz8W7jhC1Jnv7g * Audiobombs: https://www.audiobombs.com/users/jeanette_c * GitHub: https://github.com/jeanette-c Ain't no way I'll be lonely <3 (Britney Spears)

3 years, 10 months

Allen and Heath dLive S5000 surface running Linux

by Peter P.

Hi list, just saw today at powering up an Allen and Heath dLive S5000 mixing desk surface that it does run some Linux OS. Nice! Peter

3 years, 10 months

Info: European contest for blind and visually impaired musicians

by Jeanette C.

Hey hey, not strictly Linux related, but a good chance to show off the potential of Linux music software? The organisation VIEWS international in cooperation with several national associations for the blind is organising the European Low vision Song Contest, open to visually iimpaired musicians or bands with at least one blind or visually impaired member. https://viewsinternational.be/index.php/song-contest Basic requirements: at least one visually impaired person must be amongst the musicians orcomposers, a song must be four minutes maximum and there must be some kind of vocals. Open to all age groups, no genre restrictions. I had the feeling there could have been more PR. :) Best wishes, Jeanette -- * Website: http://juliencoder.de - for summer is a state of sound * Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMS4rfGrTwz8W7jhC1Jnv7g * Audiobombs: https://www.audiobombs.com/users/jeanette_c * GitHub: https://github.com/jeanette-c I can't believe it's what I see That the girl in the mirror The girl in the mirror Is me <3 (Britney Spears)

3 years, 10 months

[RFC] A “poor man’s”, yet professional level studio setup

by Francesco Napoleoni

Hi everyone Following my question about JACK and tempo transmission over a network, I felt the time is right for me to share some ideas about possible setup(s) of a studio mainly based on free software. The key idea is that such a studio is to be distributed among many hosts connected together with a fast local network. While the infrastructure should run primarily on FLOSS software, we should not shun proprietary tools, allowing a certain grade of interoperability between different systems (OS and applications). I don’t really know if I’m telling nonsense, but these ideas stem from my own experience over the years: the main use case for me is to make music for videos, being assisted in score and parts preparation, as well as “quick” mockup creation. Since money has always been tight for me, but I am a musician with enough curiosity and a certain experience with computers, I have been fiddling with Linux and music software for many years. What I’m trying to demonstrate is that the effort of integrating FLOSS and proprietary s/w with the great possibilities of modern and inexpensive h/w could give a professional great flexibility and relative ease of use, while keeping “low” costs and minimizing licensing and forced obsolescence woes. Basically, what I am trying to achieve is a network mainly made of Ethernet cables (while minimising audio cables), with the following nodes: * a master (or maybe better, a “conductor” ;-) ) machine controlling and transmitting the transport information, ideally a tablet or a minipc with a touchscreen showing the “big clock” and the “big buttons” (transport controls) * another machine (the router) with audio h/w and a DAW, receiving audio data from the network. The same machine could also host a notation software, perhaps * optionally, a machine showing a synced video * N >= 1 hosts running synths, virtual instruments, rocket launchers, microwave ovens getting the lunch done while I’m thinking of these things... ;-) On the FLOSS side, I think there are many of the right tools to implement my idea, I’m using them since many years. Here’s a incomplete list of them: 1) JACK (obviously ;-) ) 2) Cadence/Claudia 3) Carla 4) Qjackctl (gives me the “big clock” and the “big buttons”) 5) Ardour 6) MuseScore 7) Xjadeo While all of these tools do a great job (*really* great), there is still a big plumbing and tuning work to do. Actually this is the hardest part. ##### Personally, being a classical trained musician, I tend to compose using a notation software, with close attention to score neatness: I still prefer my music being played by humans rather than virtual gizmos. But I’m a “poor man”, so my great score is also to be “hashed” into a MIDI file, whose tracks are to be assigned to virtual (grrrr...) instruments, which in turn are to be mixed together, and the whole composition synced to a video. Since I cannot afford buying an expensive Mac nor can I pay for a plethora of licensed software, the challenge is to achieve similar results with alternative means. With this post I hope to start a constructive discussion about the potential of FLOSS music software and practical uses of it, instead of or in conjunction with other kinds of software, in professional environment. ciao Francesco Napoleoni

3 years, 10 months

ssr and alternatives

by Brandon Hale

Hey everyone, Have you ever had any luck with soundscape renderer (ssr)? I have been having issues opening audio files with it, and am working with the developers on github right now to see what fixes that may be possible. Are there any good alternatives for rendering ambisonic and wavefield synthesis audio files? Thank you for any help you may be able to offer, Brandon Hale

3 years, 10 months

[music] Rebecca auf dem Trekka

by Jeanette C.

Hey hey, I'd like to share my latest song: https://youtu.be/hc4brgfSGzg Direct OGG download: https://www.dropbox.com/s/lmwx4bkp39wye6h/rebecca_auf_dem_trekka.ogg A bit of electro fun, don't mind the German lyrics (or samples). This song features my friend Beccy "Rebecca auf dem Trekka" Schaefer, as well as F.W. Yilmaz. >From the Linux side as well as the usual Midish sequencer and Nama for the whole production, this song uses Csound for the vocoder sound, using my VC-110 vocoder UDO. The song is a bit of a pastiche of late 90s dance group Music Instructor, if anyone remembers them, with loats of monophonic goodness. Best wishes and have a nice Sunday, Jeanette -- * Website: http://juliencoder.de - for summer is a state of sound * Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMS4rfGrTwz8W7jhC1Jnv7g * Audiobombs: https://www.audiobombs.com/users/jeanette_c * GitHub: https://github.com/jeanette-c You should never try to change me I can be nobody else And I like the way I am <3 (Britney Spears)

3 years, 10 months

Yoshimi V 2.0 has arrived :)

by Will Godfrey

It's been a long time coming, but a major issue is now comprehensively resolved, and there are significant new and updated features. Highlights Fully and independently resizeable (and remembered) windows. Midi sync for engine LFOs. More Instrument types available - and a request to set them! Revised default instrument banks Improved handling of instrument names. Aftertouch values now saved Pan Law setting now saved. MIDI-learn entries increased to 400 lines. Maximum delay time in CLI scripts increased to 30 seconds. NRPN updates. Improved CLI descriptions and reporting. Documentation updated (New User guide in progress). Data storage XDG compatible. Improved LV2 performance. Further details in doc/Yoshimi_2.0_features.txt Yoshimi source code is available from either: https://sourceforge.net/projects/yoshimi Or: https://github.com/Yoshimi/yoshimi Full build instructions are in 'INSTALL'. Our list archive is at: https://www.freelists.org/archive/yoshimi To post, email to: yoshimi(a)freelists.org -- Will J Godfrey http://www.musically.me.uk http://yoshimi.github.io Say you have a poem and I have a tune. Exchange them and we can both have a poem, a tune, and a song.

3 years, 10 months

SoundTracker 1.0.2-pre2 released

by Yury Alyaev

Hi all, Further pre-release of SoundTracker 1.0.2 is ready. At this point I announce feature-freeze; this means that mature 1.0.2 release will have no new features compared with pre2, only possible bugfixes and translation updates. So this pre-release has all facilities of ST-1.0.2 and I invite everyone to test it. ST-1.0.2-pre2 can be downloaded here: https://sourceforge.net/projects/soundtracker/files/latest/download Any feedback is welcome in SoundTracker mailing list: soundtracker-discuss(a)lists.sourceforge.net What is new in soundtracker-1.0.2-pre2 (26-Feb-2021): * Clavier look is improved (selectable font, better keys' shape) * Some keybindings are added to the Sample editor * When moving an envelope point, pressing CTRL restricts movement to either vertical or horizontal direction * Polyphonic try mode is improved: user can switch on/off same note retrigging on different channels * Rendering of the song / pattern / track /block into a sample is implemented * Volume / FX interpolation is improved: added the facility to interpolate matching effects only * Whole sample (data + parameters) copying / pasting is implemented * Volumes of all samples can be adjusted (multiplied) by a given value at once * Added an option to paste a block without cursor movement * PulseAudio output driver * Compatibility with FastTracker II is improved * Some fixes and small improvements

3 years, 10 months

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Linux-audio-user March 2021