Linux-audio-user March 2023

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[LAU] [ANN] Qtractor 0.9.32 - An Early-Spring'23 Release batch #3

by Rui Nuno Capela

Hi again, Qtractor 0.9.32 (early-spring'23) released! Change-log: - Downgraded JACK timebase BBT information to nominal PPQN resolution (aka. ticks-per-beat). - Make sure all previously saved connections to identical ALSA MIDI hardware devices are now discriminated and properly restored, even though the target devices have the very same name. - Fix drag'n'drop in drum mode MIDI clip editor. - Quick hack to get latency compensation when recording. - Introducing count-in to audio and MIDI metronomes: View/Options.../Audio|MIDI/Metronome/Count-in; Transport/Count-in. - Corrected MIDI metronome bar/beat note durations. - Give an early reponse upon opening any NSM session. 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-0.9.32.tar.gz - source package (openSUSE Tubleweed): https://download.sf.net/qtractor/qtractor-0.9.32-75.1.rncbc.suse.src.rpm - binary package (openSUSE Tubleweed): https://download.sf.net/qtractor/qtractor-0.9.32-75.1.rncbc.suse.x86_64.rpm - AppImage [7] package: https://download.sf.net/qtractor/qtractor-0.9.32-75.1.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https://gitlab.com/rncbc/qtractor.git https://codeberg.org/rncbc/qtractor.git Wiki (outdated; help wanted!): https://sourceforge.net/p/qtractor/wiki/ - static rendering: https://qtractor.org/doc http://qtractor.sourceforge.net/doc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/ [9] CLAP, CLever Audio Plugin https://github.com/free-audio/clap See also: https://www.rncbc.org/drupal/node/2426 Cheers && Share the fun! -- rncbc aka Rui Nuno Capela

2 years, 10 months

[LAU] [ANN] Vee One Suite 0.9.30 - An Early-Spring'23 Release batch #2

by Rui Nuno Capela

Hi there, The 'Vee One Suite' of '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 released for this (northern) [i]Early-Spring'23[/i] season... As always, all being delivered 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]. A common change-log follows: - Restrict to existing named presets when adding new or editing programs; load and restore presets directly when previewing programs (cf. Configure... > Programs). - NSM open and save operation failures are now replied with an error status (was always OK before). - JACK client watchdog introduced for automatic reactivation and resilience (standalone only). - NSM announcement reply/error messages now relegated to debug builds only. 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 0.9.30 (early-spring'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/synthv1-0.9.30.tar.gz - source package: https://download.sf.net/synthv1/synthv1-0.9.30-71.1.rncbc.suse.src.rpm - binary packages (openSUSE Tumbleweed): https://download.sf.net/synthv1/synthv1-jack-0.9.30-71.1.rncbc.suse.x86_84.… https://download.sf.net/synthv1/synthv1-lv2-0.9.30-71.1.rncbc.suse.x86_84.r… - AppImage [9] package (JACK stand-alone only): https://download.sf.net/synthv1/synthv1-jack-0.9.30-71.1.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 0.9.30 (early-spring'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/samplv1-0.9.30.tar.gz - source package: https://download.sf.net/samplv1/samplv1-0.9.30-71.1.rncbc.suse.src.rpm - binary package (openSUSE Tumbleweed): https://download.sf.net/samplv1/samplv1-jack-0.9.30-71.1.rncbc.suse.x86_84.… https://download.sf.net/samplv1/samplv1-lv2-0.9.30-71.1.rncbc.suse.x86_84.r… - AppImage [9] package (JACK stand-alone only): https://download.sf.net/samplv1/samplv1-jack-0.9.30-71.1.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 0.9.30 (early-spring'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/drumkv1-0.9.30.tar.gz - source package: https://download.sf.net/drumkv1/drumkv1-0.9.30-71.1.rncbc.suse.src.rpm - binary package (openSUSE Tumbleweed): https://download.sf.net/drumkv1/drumkv1-jack-0.9.30-71.1.rncbc.suse.x86_84.… https://download.sf.net/drumkv1/drumkv1-lv2-0.9.30-71.1.rncbc.suse.x86_84.r… - AppImage [9] package (JACK stand-alone only): https://download.sf.net/drumkv1/drumkv1-jack-0.9.30-71.1.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 0.9.30 (early-spring'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/padthv1-0.9.30.tar.gz - source package: https://download.sf.net/padthv1/padthv1-0.9.30-71.1.rncbc.suse.src.rpm - binary package (openSUSE Tumbleweed): https://download.sf.net/padthv1/padthv1-jack-0.9.30-71.1.rncbc.suse.x86_84.… https://download.sf.net/padthv1/padthv1-lv2-0.9.30-71.1.rncbc.suse.x86_84.r… - AppImage [9] package (JACK stand-alone only): https://download.sf.net/padthv1/padthv1-jack-0.9.30-71.1.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 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 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/2425 Have some fun! -- rncbc aka. Rui Nuno Capela

2 years, 10 months

[LAU] [ANN] The QStuff* Early-Spring'23 Release batch #1

by Rui Nuno Capela

Howdy! And here goes the first batch of the 'QStuff*': QjackCtl [1], Qsynth [2], Qsampler [3], QXGEdit [4], QmidiCtl [5] and QmidiNet [6], are now released for this Early-Spring'23 season. Enjoy. ** QjackCtl - JACK Audio Connection Kit Qt GUI Interface [1] ** QjackCtl 0.9.10 (early-spring'23) is out! QjackCtl is an aged yet modern, not so 'simple' anymore, Qt [7] application to control the JACK [8] sound server, for the Linux Audio [12] infrastructure. Change-log: - Setup: revert to previous settings when dismissing the dialog. - Graph: Attempt to make port labels as short as possible. - Graph: introducing touch pinch-gesture for zooming. Website: https://qjackctl.sourceforge.io http://qjackctl.sourceforge.net Project page: https://sourceforge.net/projects/qjackctl Downloads: https://sourceforge.net/projects/qjackctl/files - source tarball: https://download.sf.net/qjackctl/qjackctl-0.9.10.tar.gz - source package: https://download.sf.net/qjackctl/qjackctl-0.9.10-54.1.rncbc.suse.src.rpm - binary packages: https://download.sf.net/qjackctl/qjackctl-0.9.10-54.1.rncbc.suse.x86_64.rpm - AppImage [20] package: https://download.sf.net/qjackctl/qjackctl-0.9.10-54.1.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://codeberg.com/rncbc/qjackctl.git ** Qsynth - A FluidSynth Qt GUI Interface [2] ** Qsynth 0.9.10 (early-spring'23) is out! Qsynth is a FluidSynth [10] GUI front-end application written in C++ around the Qt framework [7] using Qt Designer. Change-log: - Bumping copyright headers to the brand new year. Website: https://qsynth.sourceforge.io http://qsynth.sourceforge.net Project page: https://sourceforge.net/projects/qsynth Downloads: https://sourceforge.net/projects/qsynth/files - source tarball: https://download.sf.net/qsynth/qsynth-0.9.10.tar.gz - source package: https://download.sf.net/qsynth/qsynth-0.9.10-54.1.rncbc.suse.src.rpm - binary packages: https://download.sf.net/qsynth/qsynth-0.9.10-54.1.rncbc.suse.x86_64.rpm - AppImage [20] package: https://download.sf.net/qsynth/qsynth-0.9.10-54.1.x86_64.AppImage - Flatpak [21] package (thanks to Pedro Lopez-Cabanillas): https://flathub.org/apps/details/org.rncbc.qsynth Git repos: https://git.code.sf.net/p/qsynth/code https://github.com/rncbc/qsynth.git https://gitlab.com/rncbc/qsynth.git https://codeberg.com/rncbc/qsynth.git ** Qsampler - A LinuxSampler Qt GUI Interface [3] ** Qsampler 0.9.9 (early-spring'23) is out! Qsampler is a LinuxSampler [11] GUI front-end application written in C++ around the Qt framework [7] using Qt Designer. Change-log: - Bumping copyright headers to the brand new year. Website: https://qsampler.sourceforge.io http://qsampler.sourceforge.net Project page: https://sourceforge.net/projects/qsampler Downloads: https://sourceforge.net/projects/qsampler/files - source tarballs: https://download.sf.net/qsampler/qsampler-0.9.9.tar.gz https://download.sf.net/qsampler/liblscp-0.9.9.tar.gz - source packages: https://download.sf.net/qsampler/qsampler-0.9.9-53.1.rncbc.suse.src.rpm https://download.sf.net/qsampler/liblscp-0.9.9-53.1.rncbc.suse.src.rpm - binary packages: https://download.sf.net/qsampler/qsampler-0.9.9-53.1.rncbc.suse.x86_64.rpm https://download.sf.net/qsampler/liblscp6-0.9.9-53.1.rncbc.suse.x86_64.rpm https://download.sf.net/qsampler/liblscp-devel-0.9.9-53.1.rncbc.suse.x86_64… - AppImage [20] package: https://download.sf.net/qsampler/qsampler-0.9.9-53.1.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://codeberg.com/rncbc/qsampler.git https://git.code.sf.net/p/qsampler/liblscp https://github.com/rncbc/liblscp.git https://gitlab.com/rncbc/liblscp.git https://codeberg.com/rncbc/liblscp.git ** QXGEdit - A Qt XG Editor [4] ** QXGEdit 0.9.9 (early-spring'23) is out! QXGEdit is a live XG instrument editor, specialized on editing MIDI System Exclusive files (.syx) for the Yamaha DB50XG [14] and thus probably a baseline for many other XG devices. Change-log: - Drum Setup is being made possible for any drum-kit, with some provided default values, not just for the default Standard Kit anymore. Website: https://qxgedit.sourceforge.io http://qxgedit.sourceforge.net Project page: https://sourceforge.net/projects/qxgedit Downloads: https://sourceforge.net/projects/qxgedit/files - source tarball: https://download.sf.net/qxgedit/qxgedit-0.9.9.tar.gz - source package: https://download.sf.net/qxgedit/qxgedit-0.9.9-53.1.rncbc.suse.src.rpm - binary packages: https://download.sf.net/qxgedit/qxgedit-0.9.9-53.1.rncbc.suse.x86_64.rpm - AppImage [20] package: https://download.sf.net/qxgedit/qxgedit-0.9.9-53.1.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://codeberg.com/rncbc/qxgedit.git ** QmidiCtl - A MIDI Remote Controller via UDP/IP Multicast [5] ** QmidiCtl 0.9.9 (early-spring'23) is out! QmidiCtl [5] is a MIDI remote controller application that sends MIDI data over the network, using UDP/IP multicast. Inspired by multimidicast [15] and designed to be compatible with ipMIDI [15] for Windows. QmidiCtl [5] was long ago designed for the Maemo [17] enabled handheld devices, namely the late Nokia N900 [18] and promoted to the Maemo Package [18] repositories. Nevertheless, QmidiCtl [5] may still be found effective as a regular desktop application and recently as an Android application as well. Change-log: - Bumping copyright headers to the brand new year. Website: https://qmidictl.sourceforge.io http://qmidictl.sourceforge.net Project page: https://sourceforge.net/projects/qmidictl Downloads: https://sourceforge.net/projects/qmidictl/files - source tarball: https://download.sf.net/qmidictl/qmidictl-0.9.9.tar.gz - source package: https://download.sf.net/qmidictl/qmidictl-0.9.9-53.1.rncbc.suse.src.rpm - binary packages: https://download.sf.net/qmidictl/qmidictl-0.9.9-53.1.rncbc.suse.x86_64.rpm - AppImage [20] package: https://download.sf.net/qmidictl/qmidictl-0.9.9-53.1.x86_64.AppImage - Android packages: https://download.sf.net/qmidictl/qmidictl-0.9.9-53.1.arm64-v8a.apk https://download.sf.net/qmidictl/qmidictl-0.9.9-53.1.x86_64.apk https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.rncbc.qmidictl Git repos: https://git.code.sf.net/p/qmidictl/code https://github.com/rncbc/qmidictl.git https://gitlab.com/rncbc/qmidictl.git https://codeberg.com/rncbc/qmidictl.git ** QmidiNet - A MIDI Network Gateway via UDP/IP Multicast [6] ** QmidiNet 0.9.9 (early-spring'23) is out! QmidiNet is a MIDI network gateway application that sends and receives MIDI data (ALSA-MIDI [9] and JACK-MIDI [8]) over the network, using UDP/IP multicast. Inspired by multimidicast [15] and designed to be compatible with ipMIDI [16] for Windows. Change-log: - Bumping copyright headers to the brand new year. Website: https://qmidinet.sourceforge.io http://qmidinet.sourceforge.net Project page: https://sourceforge.net/projects/qmidinet Downloads: https://sourceforge.net/projects/qmidinet/files - source tarball: https://download.sf.net/qmidinet/qmidinet-0.9.9.tar.gz - source package: https://download.sf.net/qmidinet/qmidinet-0.9.9-53.1.rncbc.suse.src.rpm - binary packages: https://download.sf.net/qmidinet/qmidinet-0.9.9-53.1.rncbc.suse.x86_64.rpm - AppImage [20] package: https://download.sf.net/qmidinet/qmidinet-0.9.9-53.1.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://codeberg.com/rncbc/qmidinet.git -- 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 https://qjackctl.sourceforge.io [2] Qsynth - A fluidsynth Qt GUI Interface https://qsynth.sourceforge.io [3] Qsampler - A LinuxSampler Qt GUI Interface https://qsampler.sourceforge.io [4] QXGEdit - A Qt XG Editor https://qxgedit.sourceforge.io [5] QmidiCtl - A MIDI Remote Controller via UDP/IP Multicast https://qmidictl.sourceforge.io [6] QmidiNet - A MIDI Network Gateway via UDP/IP Multicast https://qmidinet.sourceforge.io [7] Qt framework, C++ class library and tools for cross-platform application and UI development https://qt.io/ [8] JACK Audio Connection Kit https://jackaudio.org [9] ALSA, Advanced Linux Sound Architecture https://www.alsa-project.org/ [10] FluidSynth - A SoundFont Synthesizer A real-time software synthesizer based on SoundFont 2 specifications https://www.fluidsynth.org [11] LinuxSampler - The Linux Sampler Project A modular, streaming capable, realtime audio sampler https://www.linuxsampler.org [12] Linux Audio consortium of libre software for audio-related work https://linuxaudio.org [13] GPL - GNU General Public License https://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html [14] Yamaha DB50XG (https://web.archive.org/web/20150607065739/) http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/1996_articles/may96/yamahadb50xg.html [15] multimidicast - sends and receives MIDI from ALSA sequencers over network https://llg.cubic.org/tools/multimidicast [16] ipMIDI - MIDI over Ethernet ports - send MIDI over your LAN https://nerds.de [17] Maemo.org - Home of the Maemo community https://www.maemo.org [18] Maemo.org Wiki - Nokia N900 https://wiki.maemo.org/Nokia_N900 [19] Maemo.org - Downloads: QmidiCtl https://maemo.org/downloads/product/Maemo5/qmidictl [20] AppImage, Linux apps that run anywhere https://appimage.org/ [21] Flatpak, next-generation technology for building and distributing desktop applications on Linux https://flatpak.org/ See also: https://www.rncbc.org/drupal/node/2424 See you all next time! -- rncbc aka Rui Nuno Capela

2 years, 10 months

[LAU] Best latency I could expect using USB sound device

by Worik

I want to play a guitar through Modep LV2 simulators, live. Is it practical to do this through a USB 3 device (like this https://focusrite.com/en/audio-interface/scarlett/scarlett-solo)? I am currently using a Pisound on a Raspberry Pi 4, and it is working great. But it does use up all the gpio pins and I do not need its MIDI facilities. I would like to be able to use other SBCs, also. I have used one in the past, over a decade ago, and there was noticeable latency. Have things improved? Pi Sound and Modep: [https://blokas.io/](https://blokas.io/modep/)

2 years, 10 months

[LAU] planet.linuxaudio.org images

by Gideon van der Kolf

Hi Does anyone know who is in charge of managing planet.linuxaudio.org? I've always found it a useful site to visit every now and then for some potential Linux audio news. However, the site doesn't limit image sizes and recently there has been a lot of very large images in the feed which really messes up the experience. Does anyone know who maintains this and/or if it can be remedied in some way to limit image sizes? Regards Gideon

2 years, 10 months

[LAU] guitarix.vst

by Hermann Meyer

I've pushed the source for guitarix.vst Linux version to github. guitarix.vst is a VST3 wrapper for guitarix using JUCE. It allow to load your guitarix presets into the DAW of your choice. This is still a alpha version, it may contain bugs and/or may change in the future for more information visit the project page. https://github.com/brummer10/guitarix.vst <https://github.com/brummer10/guitarix.vst> regards hermann

2 years, 10 months

[LAU] [music] Schwinge mein Hertz, du süßer Ton

by Christopher Arndt

I was feeling rather pious this past weekend, so I put the rainbow strap on my keytar and wrote this little hymn to celebrate the resonating universe and the holy FM synthesis. Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/spotlightkid/schwinge-mein-hertz-du-suesser-ton Ogg Vorbis download: https://0x20.eu/nc/s/gPeSmBzwxZeGpS6 MP3 download: https://0x20.eu/nc/s/m3kG86An5NNG46a Composed and produced by Christopher Arndt in February 2023. Recorded in Ardour 7 on Linux with a Yamaha Reface DX FM synthesizer and a Kurzweil PC3K into a MIDAS MR18 digital mixer and audio interface. All sounds from the Reface DX, except bass drum and snares from PC3K. Sounds used: "Flute DX" and "Organ Slow" by Tom Ansink [1] , "RetroChoir" (modified) by Jeremy Mulders [2], "Dulciclone" and "Celesta C2" by me, "Basic Orch Perc" from PC3K factory presets. Effects added in the DAW: reverb from "LSP Impulse Reverb Stereo" and Samplicity M7 "North Church" impulse response and from "DFZitaRev1" [3] plugin, multi-band EQ and compression on master bus using "ZamAudio ZaMultiCompX2", and "Calf Saturator". Inspired by a video from Alex Ball: "Dulcitone 1900 | Blessed are the music makers" [4] Share & Enjoy! Chris [1]: https://soundmondo.yamahasynth.com/user/7744 [2]: https://soundmondo.yamahasynth.com/user/11153 [3]: https://github.com/SpotlightKid/dfzitarev1 [4]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vS5d5SG1wZ8

2 years, 10 months

[LAU] Ideas re MIDI controller to replace existing PSR keyboard?

by david

Good afternoon! My present Yamaha PSR keyboard has sounds, but only 61 keys, no support for an expression pedal, and no aftertouch. I'm thinking about moving entirely to softsynths and replacing it with one of the following: Akai Hammer 88 Pro Arturia KeyLab 88 MKII USB MIDI Keyboard Native Instruments Komplete Kontrol S88 MK2 USB MIDI Controller SL88 Studio USB MIDI controller The keyboard would be sitting in my house, not likely to go on the road. I'm kind of leaning toward the Arturia but have no experience with any of them. Any ideas on how they work with Linux applications like Aeolus, Rosegarden, Yoshimi, etc? Thanks. -- David W. Jones gnome(a)hawaii.rr.com authenticity, honesty, community http://dancingtreefrog.com "My password is the last 8 digits of π."

2 years, 10 months

[LAU] I seem to recall there was an app to clone hardware synths?

by david

Good evening! I seem to recall there was an app to clone hardware synths to soundfonts. Synthclone, synthklone, synclone? I thought it was a command line tool. I can't find anything in Debian 11 or KXStudio repositories. It would methodically send MIDI events to the keyboard and record the resulting audio. I think it also turned the result into soundfonts, but could be misremembering things. I'm considering replacing my little old Yahama PSR-225GM keyboard with a good MIDI controller, but there are some sounds in it that I like better than the GM equivalents, plus there are its proprietary Yamaha sounds. Ideas? Thanks. -- David W. Jones gnome(a)hawaii.rr.com authenticity, honesty, community http://dancingtreefrog.com "My password is the last 8 digits of π."

2 years, 10 months

[LAU] Software for scanning sheet music

by Bengt Gördén

Hi, I have some sheet music from an old relative of my wife. They are nicely printed on paper (printing shop) and 105 years old this year. I would like to scan them and hopefully have them converted to lilypond or xml or whatever is used today. It seems that MusicXML is the most used today but the best would be lilypond. Anyone know of such software for Linux? I saw an app for iPhone and Android that seemed promising but much cooler would be a native Linux program. Best, -- /bengan

2 years, 10 months

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Linux-audio-user March 2023