Linux-audio-user December 2023

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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, 3 months

[LAU] [ANN] Qtractor 0.9.38 - An End-of-Year'23 Release

by Rui Nuno Capela

Season's greetings to y'all! Qtractor 0.9.38 (end-of-year'23) released! Change-log: - Track Properties (dialog): auto-background color option added. - Mitigate undifferentiated disablement of up/down arrow buttons, on tempo and time-signature entry spin-boxes. - MIDI clip editors (aka. piano-roll) are now raised and centered to current mouse pointer position in main timeline (tracks-view). - Remember last Marker color setting in Tempo Map/Markers dialog. - A colored ribbon is now featured on tracks-list Bus column and mixer-strip headers; ribbon colors are designated for Audio and MIDI tracks or buses, given by the respective '10dB' and 'Over' meter colors. - Buses'In'/'Out' suffixes are back on mixer-strip header tooltips. Description: Qtractor [1] is an audio/MIDI multi-track sequencer application written in C++ with the Qt framework [2]. Target platform is Linux, where the Jack Audio Connection Kit (JACK [3]) for audio and the Advanced Linux Sound Architecture (ALSA [4]) for MIDI are the main infrastructures to evolve as a fairly-featured Linux desktop audio workstation GUI, specially dedicated to the personal home-studio. Website: https://qtractor.org https://qtractor.sourceforge.io http://qtractor.sourceforge.net Project page: https://sourceforge.net/projects/qtractor Downloads: https://sourceforge.net/projects/qtractor/files - source tarball: https://download.sf.net/qtractor/qtractor-0.9.38.tar.gz - source package (openSUSE Tubleweed): https://download.sf.net/qtractor/qtractor-0.9.38-81.1.rncbc.suse.src.rpm - binary package (openSUSE Tubleweed): https://download.sf.net/qtractor/qtractor-0.9.38-81.1.rncbc.suse.x86_64.rpm - AppImage [7] package: https://download.sf.net/qtractor/qtractor-0.9.38-81.1.x86_64.AppImage - Flatpak [8] package (thanks Hubert Figuière): https://flathub.org/apps/details/org.rncbc.qtractor Git repos: https://git.code.sf.net/p/qtractor/code https://github.com/rncbc/qtractor.git https://gitlab.com/rncbc/qtractor.git https://codeberg.org/rncbc/qtractor.git Wiki: https://sourceforge.net/p/qtractor/wiki/ - static rendering: https://qtractor.org/doc http://qtractor.sourceforge.net/doc https://qtractor.sourceforge.io/doc - user manual & how-to's: https://download.sf.net/qtractor/qtractor-manual-and-howtos.epub https://download.sf.net/qtractor/qtractor-manual-and-howtos.pdf License: Qtractor [1] is free, open-source Linux Audio [5] software, distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License (GPL [6]) version 2 or later. References: [1] Qtractor - An audio/MIDI multi-track sequencer https://qtractor.org https://qtractor.sourceforge.io http://qtractor.sourceforge.net [2] Qt framework, C++ class library and tools for cross-platform application and UI development https://qt.io/ [3] JACK Audio Connection Kit https://jackaudio.org [4] ALSA, Advanced Linux Sound Architecture https://www.alsa-project.org/ [5] Linux Audio consortium of libre software for audio-related work https://linuxaudio.org [6] GPL - GNU General Public License https://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html [7] AppImage, Linux apps that run anywhere https://appimage.org/ [8] Flatpak, next-generation technology for building and distributing desktop applications on Linux https://flatpak.org/ See also: https://www.rncbc.org/drupal/node/2521 Wholly cheers && Keep having fun! - - - rncbc aka Rui Nuno Capela -- rncbc aka. Rui Nuno Capela rncbc(a)rncbc.org

2 years, 1 month

[LAU] [ANN] Vee One Suite 0.9.33 - An End-of-Autumn'23 Release

by Rui Nuno Capela

Seasons greetings everyone, Early for the winter holydays, 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; * padthv1 [4] a polyphonic additive synthesizer. Are here again released, this time for the (northern) [i]End-of-Autumn'23[/i] season. Still delivered in dual form: - a pure stand-alone JACK client with JACK-session [5], NSM (Non/New Session Management [6]) and both JACK MIDI and ALSA MIDI [7] input support; - a LV2 instrument plug-in [8]. Change-log: - Mitigate LV2 State path mapping features duplication. (applies to samplv1 [2] and drumkv1 [3] only) - Minor optimization to denormal avoidance on some fx's. - Bumping into next development cycle (Qt >= 6.6) 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 0.9.33 (end-of-autumn'23) 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/synthv1-0.9.33.tar.gz - source package: https://download.sf.net/synthv1/synthv1-0.9.33-74.1.rncbc.suse.src.rpm - binary packages (openSUSE Tumbleweed): https://download.sf.net/synthv1/synthv1-jack-0.9.33-74.1.rncbc.suse.x86_84.… https://download.sf.net/synthv1/synthv1-lv2-0.9.33-74.1.rncbc.suse.x86_84.r… - AppImage [9] package (JACK stand-alone only): https://download.sf.net/synthv1/synthv1-jack-0.9.33-74.1.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://codeberg.org/rncbc/synthv1.git **samplv1 - an old-school polyphonic sampler [2]** samplv1 0.9.33 (end-of-autumn'23) 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/samplv1-0.9.33.tar.gz - source package: https://download.sf.net/samplv1/samplv1-0.9.33-74.1.rncbc.suse.src.rpm - binary package (openSUSE Tumbleweed): https://download.sf.net/samplv1/samplv1-jack-0.9.33-74.1.rncbc.suse.x86_84.… https://download.sf.net/samplv1/samplv1-lv2-0.9.33-74.1.rncbc.suse.x86_84.r… - AppImage [9] package (JACK stand-alone only): https://download.sf.net/samplv1/samplv1-jack-0.9.33-74.1.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://codeberg.org/rncbc/samplv1.git **drumkv1 - an old-school drum-kit sampler [3]** drumkv1 0.9.33 (end-of-autumn'23) 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/drumkv1-0.9.33.tar.gz - source package: https://download.sf.net/drumkv1/drumkv1-0.9.33-74.1.rncbc.suse.src.rpm - binary package (openSUSE Tumbleweed): https://download.sf.net/drumkv1/drumkv1-jack-0.9.33-74.1.rncbc.suse.x86_84.… https://download.sf.net/drumkv1/drumkv1-lv2-0.9.33-74.1.rncbc.suse.x86_84.r… - AppImage [9] package (JACK stand-alone only): https://download.sf.net/drumkv1/drumkv1-jack-0.9.33-74.1.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://codeberg.org/rncbc/drumkv1.git **padthv1 - an old-school polyphonic additive synthesizer [4]** padthv1 0.9.33 (end-of-autumn'23) 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/padthv1-0.9.33.tar.gz - source package: https://download.sf.net/padthv1/padthv1-0.9.33-74.1.rncbc.suse.src.rpm - binary package (openSUSE Tumbleweed): https://download.sf.net/padthv1/padthv1-jack-0.9.33-74.1.rncbc.suse.x86_84.… https://download.sf.net/padthv1/padthv1-lv2-0.9.33-74.1.rncbc.suse.x86_84.r… - AppImage [9] package (JACK stand-alone only): https://download.sf.net/padthv1/padthv1-jack-0.9.33-74.1.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://codeberg.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 https://jackaudio.org/ [6] NSM, Non Session Management (legacy) http://non.tuxfamily.org/nsm/ New Session Manager https://new-session-manager.jackaudio.org/ [7] ALSA, Advanced Linux Sound Architecture https://www.alsa-project.org/ [8] LV2, Audio Plugin Standard, the extensible successor of LADSPA https://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/2520 Enjoy and have some fun, cheers! -- rncbc aka. Rui Nuno Capela -- rncbc aka. Rui Nuno Capela rncbc(a)rncbc.org

2 years, 1 month

[LAU] Midi controllers and/or beat makers for Android

by Worik

Friends I'm looking at things like https://www.mixvibes.com/remixlive There are a lot of android tablets in my world and I'd like to try to put them to good use. Some of my collaborators are very shy of computers, but we'll used to touch interfaces But I have been badly burned in theast by apps with terrific user interfaces but no way to connect or export compositions Looking at the app store, it is full of ad ware and marketing crap I do not mind paying. I like paying reasonable prices, and I have a very strong preference for libre Has anybody experience they could share with me?

2 years, 1 month

[LAU] Just in case it can benefit any list members

by David W. Jones

The Clarion: The accessible musical instrument trying to find its soul - BBC News https://www.bbc.com/news/disability-67623196 --- David W. Jones gnome(a)hawaii.rr.com exploring the landscape of god http://dancingtreefrog.com Sent from my Android device with F/LOSS K-9 Mail.

2 years, 1 month

[LAU] Signing up disabled for all mailing lists

by Jeremy Jongepier

Dear all, Unfortunately I had to disable signing up for all linuxaudio.org mailing lists. This is due to a flood of fake accounts being created that send out subscription confirmations which sometimes get flagged as spam. This in turn leads to so-called Feedback Loop complaints from the abuse team of our hosting service (Hetzner). If we get too much of those we risk getting our mail traffic blocked or ending up on a RBL (Realtime Blacklist). So at the moment new subscriptions can only be done manually through me. This is very inconvenient of course so if anyone knows a better way to shield Mailman3 against bots creating fake accounts then please contact me, thanks in advance! Best regards and happy holidays!!! Jeremy linuxaudio.org admin

2 years, 1 month

[LAU] Using keyframes in Shotcut for visually tracking accordion bass

by David Kastrup

I've recently made "prettified" accordion videos using closeups of both hands. That provides a pretty good distraction from the faces I pull when playing while still not nominally going for the "headless" look popular with some players likely having the same problem. <https://youtu.be/spAP7ODPCyg> Since the left hand moves all over the place with the bass part of the accordion, it requires keyframes to rein that movement in for the closeup. Shotcut recently acquired motion tracker, but so far I haven't got it to work, it doesn't track rotation, and there doesn't seem to be a way to apply results for creating a working closeup crop. So basically I went through the video until each bellows reversal and then straightened up the closeup, creating a keyframe. The greatest annoyance probably was that the rotation angle tended to be in the interval 350° to 20° and I had to manually convert every angle just below 360° into a negative angle in order to keep Shotcut from performing caprioles with the bass side of the accordion between keyframes. An option to constrain the rotation angle to some interval when using the visual controls for straightening things could be useful. I've worked with three cameras: one for the main video, one for each hand. The bass hand camera was tilted in a way to get as large an image as possible while keeping the bass side of the accordion somewhere in frame. On the audio side, this was sampled in Ardour with 96k on an Echo Audiofire card using jackd2 on Firewire (I had to ditch Pulsewire on Ubuntustudio because it got in the way). I employed the Guitarix wrapping of Zitareverb which does a much more convincing job than what Shotcut itself offers as "Reverb". Now if just my playing skills were up to what the tools do... Silk purses and all that. -- David Kastrup

2 years, 1 month

[LAU] Sonja

by Will Godfrey

Now that the November KVR Cafe contest is out of the way I can publicise a much expanded version. Some of you might like it. https://willgodfrey.bandcamp.com/track/sonja -- 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.

2 years, 1 month

[LAU] jackd: using two different devices for in and out

by Peter P.

Hi list, I discovered that jackd can use different devices for input and output, which is great! I am wondering if there will be the occasional click if these two devices do not have synchronized word clocks? Or is there some clever (resampling?) going on behind the scenes? Thanks! Peter

2 years, 1 month

[LAU] [ANN] Qtractor 0.9.37 - An End-of-Autumn'23 Release

by Rui Nuno Capela

Hi all! Qtractor 0.9.37 (end-of-autumn'23) is out! Change-log: - Fixed an ancient hack on session initialization to wait to JACK service start up, which hang up while on pipewire-jack >= 1.0.0. - Add default audio metronome sample files. - Fixed automation curve rescaling across multiple, more than just one or two, tempo-map node changes. - New MIDI Tool Resize / Legato duration option added. - MIDI Clip Editor (aka. piano-roll) thumb-view now taking tempo-map changes into account. - Audio metronome is enabled only when both the bar and beat sample files are provided. Description: Qtractor [1] is an audio/MIDI multi-track sequencer application written in C++ with the Qt framework [2]. Target platform is Linux, where the Jack Audio Connection Kit (JACK [3]) for audio and the Advanced Linux Sound Architecture (ALSA [4]) for MIDI are the main infrastructures to evolve as a fairly-featured Linux desktop audio workstation GUI, specially dedicated to the personal home-studio. Website: https://qtractor.org https://qtractor.sourceforge.io http://qtractor.sourceforge.net Project page: https://sourceforge.net/projects/qtractor Downloads: https://sourceforge.net/projects/qtractor/files - source tarball: https://download.sf.net/qtractor/qtractor-0.9.37.tar.gz - source package (openSUSE Tubleweed): https://download.sf.net/qtractor/qtractor-0.9.37-80.1.rncbc.suse.src.rpm - binary package (openSUSE Tubleweed): https://download.sf.net/qtractor/qtractor-0.9.37-80.1.rncbc.suse.x86_64.rpm - AppImage [7] package: https://download.sf.net/qtractor/qtractor-0.9.37-80.1.x86_64.AppImage - Flatpak [8] package (thanks Hubert Figuière): https://flathub.org/apps/details/org.rncbc.qtractor Git repos: https://git.code.sf.net/p/qtractor/code https://github.com/rncbc/qtractor.git https://gitlab.com/rncbc/qtractor.git https://codeberg.org/rncbc/qtractor.git Wiki (updated, thanks to Miguel Lacha): https://sourceforge.net/p/qtractor/wiki/ - static rendering: https://qtractor.org/doc http://qtractor.sourceforge.net/doc https://qtractor.sourceforge.io/doc - user manual & how-to's: https://download.sf.net/qtractor/qtractor-manual-and-howtos.epub https://download.sf.net/qtractor/qtractor-manual-and-howtos.pdf License: Qtractor [1] is free, open-source Linux Audio [5] software, distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License (GPL [6]) version 2 or later. References: [1] Qtractor - An audio/MIDI multi-track sequencer https://qtractor.org https://qtractor.sourceforge.io http://qtractor.sourceforge.net [2] Qt framework, C++ class library and tools for cross-platform application and UI development https://qt.io/ [3] JACK Audio Connection Kit https://jackaudio.org [4] ALSA, Advanced Linux Sound Architecture https://www.alsa-project.org/ [5] Linux Audio consortium of libre software for audio-related work https://linuxaudio.org [6] GPL - GNU General Public License https://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html [7] AppImage, Linux apps that run anywhere https://appimage.org/ [8] Flatpak, next-generation technology for building and distributing desktop applications on Linux https://flatpak.org/ See also: https://www.rncbc.org/drupal/node/2509 Cheers && Keep the fun! - - - rncbc aka Rui Nuno Capela

2 years, 1 month

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