Linux-audio-user July 2022

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by Will Godfrey

Does anyone know of software that can generate MIDI messages from a touchpad? The idea would be to send CCs to a sequencer or soft synth, but being able to send it to an external hardware device would also be very useful. -- Will J Godfrey https://willgodfrey.bandcamp.com/ 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.

1 year, 4 months

[LAU] Steinway_IMIS2.2 soundfont (no loops fix)

by Roberto Gordo Saez

This is Steinway_IMIS soundfont, version 2.2. ftp://musix.ourproject.org/pub/musix/sf2/Steinway_IMIS2.2 This version fixes the issue with loops. I hope this is the good one and there are no more remaining major bugs. Marcos is a little busy right now, so he asked me to make this fix. He is thinking to make other improvements, so expect more updates soon.

2 years, 10 months

[LAU] Raspberry PI and PISound

by worik

Is anybody out here in LAU land have experience with PISound? https://www.blokas.io/pisound/ I have just bought one and am having quite sever teething problems with it. It keeps freezing for ~45 seconds when running X and I cannot get it to use the full display. cheers Worik -- If not me then who? If not now then when? If not here then where? So, here I stand, I can do no other root(a)worik.org 021-1680650, (03) 4821804 Aotearoa (New Zealand)

3 years

[LAU] LinnStrument on Linux

by Thomas Poulsen

Dear list, I recently bought a LinnStrument from Roger Linn Design: http://www.rogerlinndesign.com/linnstrument.html It is a great isomorphic midi-controller, and as such it is immediately recognized on Linux. The distinguishing feature of the LinnStrument is that it senses 3 degrees of freedom on each note: x-direction, y direction and z-direction (pressure). The x-direction is mapped to pitch-bend, and y-direction to CC74. A cool feature is the "slide", where the pitch-bend is used to slide between all notes in a row. To allow individual pitch and CC74 values for each note, it sends each note on a separate midi-channel ("MPE"): http://www.rogerlinndesign.com/implementing-mpe.html Bitwig has added support for this, and there is 20 presets in version 1.3.11, where this is used (tag: linnstrument). The LinnStrument controller is not recognized automatically on Linux in version 1.3.11, but it can be configured manually, and then it works fine. Note that both midi-in and midi-out has to be configured, if not there is no sound! It should look like this: https://ibin.co/2msBJVgpKtf9.png Now I would like to also use it with the free Linux synths. Here's what I have been able to make work this far. Synthv1: PME works reasonably well: I can play polyphonic in MPE mode, but it tends to miss the "note off"s. I can get the slide to work, by setting <param index="36" name="DEF1_PITCHBEND">2</param> <param index="78" name="DEF2_PITCHBEND">2</param> is a preset. Zynaddsubfx: I can not get MPE to work. Sending only on one channel, and setting PWheelB.Rng to 2400 cents, I cant get the sliding to work, but only when playing with one finger. If I enable MPE on the LinnStrument there is only an occasional sound, when it happens to send on the channel, that Zyn is listening on. I'll love to hear if other LinnStrument users have been able to do more with any of the free synths on Linux. All the best, Thomas

3 years, 4 months

[LAU] simple cd player

by karl＠aspodata.se

Old cd players just had play, eject, next, prev etc. and the cd drive had audio outputs. Now that cd drives is on sata, thoose audio outputs does not exist any more, so thoose programs doesn't work any more. Is that any current cd player that is simple like the old ones that works with current cd drives ? E.g. there is too many clicks in clementine to just play a cd. /Regards Karl Hammar

3 years, 6 months

Re: [LAU] simple cd player

by karl＠aspodata.se

al3xu5: ... > alsaplayer (graphical) ... Yes, thanks. Regards, /Karl Hammar

3 years, 6 months

[LAU] Yoshimi V2.2.1 out now.

by Will Godfrey

There are just a few useful variations to the way Yoshimi is controlled in this minor release. A new 'reset' button in the part edit window. More windows stay open when you change parts. Two new instruments have been added to the default banks. Some doc updates and bugfixes. Full details are in /doc/Yoshimi_2.2.1_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 {apparently now an 'elderly'} https://willgodfrey.bandcamp.com/ 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, 6 months

[LAU] Generated by XUiDesigner

by Hermann Meyer

Hi The first plug which I upload plain generated from a faust file by XUiDesigner. https://github.com/brummer10/bluesbreaker.lv2 <https://github.com/brummer10/bluesbreaker.lv2> Image

3 years, 6 months

[LAU] Agordejo patch release 0.4.1

by Laborejo Software Suite

Ladies and Gentlemen, dear distribution packagers, hereby the Laborejo Software Suite releases maintenance updates for Agordejo 0.4.1. Changelog: Handle xdg-lib exceptions and log them as error, instead of crashing Signed source-downloads can be found here: https://laborejo.org/downloads/ Or directly: https://laborejo.org/downloads/agordejo-0.4.1.tar.gz More information about the programs and full multi-language manuals can be found on the website https://www.laborejo.org/ Greetings, Laborejo Software Suite

3 years, 7 months

[LAU] Laborejo feature release 2.1.0, patch releases: Tembro (0.5.1) and Fluajho (1.7.3)

by Laborejo Software Suite

Ladies and Gentlemen, hereby the Laborejo Software Suite releases updates for its programs in the hope to be useful in your musical toolbox. You can now download Laborejo 2.1.0, Tembro 0.5.1 and Fluajho 1.7.3 The programs require a new version of our library, libcalfbox-lss-1.1.0 which is now also released. https://laborejo.org/downloads/laborejo-2.1.0.tar.gz https://laborejo.org/downloads/tembro-0.5.1.tar.gz https://laborejo.org/downloads/fluajho-1.7.3.tar.gz https://laborejo.org/downloads/libcalfbox-lss-1.1.0.tar.xz Laborejo (Esperanto: Workshop) is a MIDI sequencer based on classical music notation. Its main purpose is to compose and produce "traditional" music, such as instrumental pieces, soundtracks and other music normally played back by samplers. Working in Laborejo is very fast and efficient by using a combination of midi input and typing. Tembro (which is Esperanto for musical "Timbre") is a virtual software instrument based on samples. All instruments are permanently built-in. All projects and all users have the same setup, ideal for communication and collaboration. Fluajho (with jh as in pleasure) means fluid in Esperanto. It is a simple sf2 soundfont host/player for Linux. Behind the scenes the Fluidsynth library is at work, hence the name. Changelog Highlights: [All] Turn off auto connecting the audio ports. Replace with default-off menu setting to do so. [Laborejo]: * New function: custom key signature for any combination. * Add area in the GUI to set initial key signature, metrical instructions and clefs, accessed through the track editor * Add two new functions to paste directly transposed (modal and real transposition) * Add function to duplicate more often than once. * When not in F4-StepInput Mode use midi keyboard as pitch-cursor. * Add midi-in selector drop down, as seen in Tembro and Fluajho. * Add new widget that shows the current track as list of text items for easier navigation and overview * Rewrite grid, which was a performance drag in the past. * Add functions to move block to start or end of track. * Scroll view when dragging blocks and tracks with the mouse. * Block name font color is now always readable, no matter the background color * Shift+Up and Down will now select the current chord. * Add 3/2 to metrical instruction. * Add custom Multimeasure-Rest submenu and menu command. * Add multiplication buttons to the tick widget. * Autosave when exporting Lilypond .ly or PDF. * Command to quickly add text below or above a staff. * Allow menu commands in CC and Block view: PDF, .ly export, metadata edit, zoom. * Add buttons to create 1/10 new tracks to Track Editor. * Add information label with order of blocks to Track Editor. * Fix lilypond tempo export. Also add option to Lilypond Properties to not print metronome markings. * Optional text description for tempo items like "allegro" * Add Slurs to Lilypond output. * Add Staccato and Tenuto to Lilypond output. * Dynamic signatures and ramps are now output to Lilypond as well * Cleaner .ly export with more line breaks, comments and using more default ly instructions when available, instead of our custom generic-purpose scripts. * Settings menu to autoconnect metronome audio ports to system on startup. Default off. * Metronome audio outputs now use real metronome name, not only pretty name * Use lilypond title as jack pretty client name, if provided (needs libcalfbox-lss 1.1.0) * Add preview image to Lilypond properties and metadata * More information about the cursor and position in the status bar * Fix all drawn items to properly work with high zoom-out levels. Side effect: slightly better performance. * Better alignment for all drawn items. * Fix temporary tempo item creation crash, also don't export them to lilypond anymore. * Fix drawing of ties and staccato dots. * Fix ledger lines of added chord notes * Fix cursor jumping around on track change if you start near a metrical signature * Fix double saving of the score and quadruple saving of each track! :/ * Update German translation. You can find all releases as sources here. https://laborejo.org/downloads/ You also need our own library: https://git.laborejo.org/lss/libcalfbox-lss which has download and build instructions in it's readme. Also check your distribution for packages in a few days after this announcement, please. For more information, a multi-language user manual, build instructions and git access please visit https://www.laborejo.org/laborejo/ https://www.laborejo.org/patroneo/ https://www.laborejo.org/tembro/ https://www.laborejo.org/patroneo/ https://www.laborejo.org/fluajho/ Greetings, Laborejo Software Suite https://www.laborejo.org/

3 years, 7 months

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