Linux-audio-user June 2024

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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.

6 months, 1 week

SpectMorph 1.0.0-beta1

by Stefan Westerfeld

SpectMorph 1.0.0-beta1 has been released. The main changes are: - WavSource: added formant preserving algorithms for repitching vocals - KeyTrack: new operator to combine instruments by note range - Envelope: new operator to generate arbitrary modulation envelopes - LFO: support arbitrary user defined curves There is a tutorial on YouTube for the new features: - https://www.youtube.com/embed/mwVUsuOTcN0 Feedback for any issues you might experience with the beta version is appreciated. What is SpectMorph? ------------------- SpectMorph is a free software project which allows to analyze samples of musical instruments, and to combine them (morphing). It can be used to construct hybrid sounds, for instance a sound between a trumpet and a flute; or smooth transitions, for instance a sound that starts as a trumpet and then gradually changes to a flute. SpectMorph ships with many ready-to-use instruments which can be combined using morphing. SpectMorph is implemented in C++ and licensed under the GNU LGPL version 2.1 or later Integrating SpectMorph into your Work ------------------------------------- SpectMorph is currently available for Linux, Windows and macOS (Intel and Apple Silicon), with CLAP/LV2/VST plugins. Under Linux, there is also JACK Support. Links: ------ Website: https://www.spectmorph.org Download: https://www.spectmorph.org/downloads There are many audio demos on the website, which demonstrate morphing between instruments. List of Changes in SpectMorph 1.0.0-beta1: ------------------------------------------ #### New Features * WavSource: support two formant preserving algorithms for repitching vocals. * New operators: - KeyTrack - can be used to combine instruments by note range. - Envelope - to generate arbitary modulation envelopes. * User defined curve editor for KeyTrack, Envelope and LFO. * Add presets using the new operators: - KeyTrack Choir Ah/Oh - StringBrass Fusion * JACK CC values are now interpreted per channel (allows polyphonic modulation). * Support double click to reset properties to default value. #### Fixes * Apply midi channel bend to new voices. * Make portamento affect filter cutoff key tracking. * Fix problems with WavSource paths stored by LV2 plugin (make Ardour archives work). * Fix getting the initial click events / focus plugin UI on macOS under Bitwig. * Fix invalid access to past last vector element (#24). * Make PandaResampler work without problems in ASAN builds. * Refactor leak debugger to fix possible crashes caused by global destructors. * Do not ship sample data in "1 Instrument WavSource" preset. #### Internals: Improvements * Generate and store spectral envelopes in each AudioBlock for formant correction. * Improve the strategy for portamento synthesis (more accurate and less CPU usage). * Propagate portamento frequency to sources. * Randomize start phase per default to improve "Harmonic Resynthesis" quality. * JACK: use two audio outputs to be able to implement stereo support later on. * Add fast vectorizable log2 approximation (based on Tims version from Anklang). * Phases in LiveDecoder, IFFTSynth: change from float to uint for performance reasons. * Various minor performance optimizations. * Minor LV2 meta data updates (port groups, avoid port resizing extension). * Use newer compilers: g++-14 for windows, g++-13 for static linux plugins. * Support automatically downloading instruments from configure. * Avoid using std::mutex in hard RT code. #### Internals: Minor Changes * Refactoring: - Deduplicate morphing code from MorphGrid and MorphLinear. - Use shared pointers for GenericIn/GenericOut classes (RAII). - Get rid of `sm_clamp` / `sm_bound` (-> std::clamp). * Improve CI support (use debug-cxx, asan, ubsan, test static build, avoid fftw planning). * Add post install test which tests audio output for all presets after installation. * Validate LV2 feature arrays. * Support user defined scripts in testmidisynth test. * Improve error messages for preset loader. * Build cleanups: remove libbse code, simplify Qt build (remove smsampleedit). * Update CLAP version to 1.2.1. -- Stefan Westerfeld, http://space.twc.de/~stefan

10 months

[ANN] Qtractor 1.0.0 - An Unthinkable Release batch #3

by Rui Nuno Capela

Hi all, it's finally here, Qtractor 1.0.0 (the unthinkable) is released! Change-log: - Making up the unthinkable (aka. v1.0.0) - General plugin scan/cache optimization. - Improved legibility to all clip title labels (color contrast). - Save/load the correct order and labeling of audio/MIDI send/return pseudo-plugin inserts. - Fixed a display and port-name filtering issue that was present ever since on the Connections widget. 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-1.0.0.tar.gz - source package (openSUSE Tubleweed): https://download.sf.net/qtractor/qtractor-1.0.0-1.1.rncbc.suse.src.rpm - binary package (openSUSE Tubleweed): https://download.sf.net/qtractor/qtractor-1.0.0-1.1.rncbc.suse.x86_64.rpm - AppImage [7] package: https://download.sf.net/qtractor/qtractor-1.0.0-1.1.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/2601 Enjoy && Keep having (lots of) fun! - - - rncbc aka Rui Nuno Capela

10 months

June KVR music cafe contest

by Will Godfrey

The theme this time is 'Through composed music' with an extended time limit of 5 minutes. I've got something nearly ready, but once again it seems very sad to be the *only* contributor running on Linux :( -- 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.

10 months, 1 week

[ANN] Vee One Suite 1.0.0 - An Unthinkable Release batch #2

by Rui Nuno Capela

Hi everyone, a second time, The 'Vee One Suite' of the 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 released as the second batch of the so called QStuff* overdue party... All still delivered in dual form, as usual: - 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: - Making up the unthinkable (aka. v1.0.0) 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 1.0.0 (the unthinkable) is out! 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/synthv1-1.0.0.tar.gz - source package: https://download.sf.net/synthv1/synthv1-1.0.0-1.1.rncbc.suse.src.rpm - binary packages (openSUSE Tumbleweed): https://download.sf.net/synthv1/synthv1-jack-1.0.0-1.1.rncbc.suse.x86_84.rpm https://download.sf.net/synthv1/synthv1-lv2-1.0.0-1.1.rncbc.suse.x86_84.rpm - AppImage [9] package (JACK stand-alone only): https://download.sf.net/synthv1/synthv1-jack-1.0.0-1.1.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 1.0.0 (the unthinkable) is out! 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/samplv1-1.0.0.tar.gz - source package: https://download.sf.net/samplv1/samplv1-1.0.0-1.1.rncbc.suse.src.rpm - binary package (openSUSE Tumbleweed): https://download.sf.net/samplv1/samplv1-jack-1.0.0-1.1.rncbc.suse.x86_84.rpm https://download.sf.net/samplv1/samplv1-lv2-1.0.0-1.1.rncbc.suse.x86_84.rpm - AppImage [9] package (JACK stand-alone only): https://download.sf.net/samplv1/samplv1-jack-1.0.0-1.1.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 1.0.0 (the unthinkable) is out! 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/drumkv1-1.0.0.tar.gz - source package: https://download.sf.net/drumkv1/drumkv1-1.0.0-1.1.rncbc.suse.src.rpm - binary package (openSUSE Tumbleweed): https://download.sf.net/drumkv1/drumkv1-jack-1.0.0-1.1.rncbc.suse.x86_84.rpm https://download.sf.net/drumkv1/drumkv1-lv2-1.0.0-1.1.rncbc.suse.x86_84.rpm - AppImage [9] package (JACK stand-alone only): https://download.sf.net/drumkv1/drumkv1-jack-1.0.0-1.1.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 1.0.0 (the unthinkable) is out! 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/padthv1-1.0.0.tar.gz - source package: https://download.sf.net/padthv1/padthv1-1.0.0-1.1.rncbc.suse.src.rpm - binary package (openSUSE Tumbleweed): https://download.sf.net/padthv1/padthv1-jack-1.0.0-1.1.rncbc.suse.x86_84.rpm https://download.sf.net/padthv1/padthv1-lv2-1.0.0-1.1.rncbc.suse.x86_84.rpm - AppImage [9] package (JACK stand-alone only): https://download.sf.net/padthv1/padthv1-jack-1.0.0-1.1.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/2600 Enjoy the lot! - - - rncbc aka. Rui Nuno Capela

10 months, 1 week

International Faust Conference 2024 (IFC-24), Turin (Italy), Nov. 21-22, 2024

by Stéphane Letz

Hi everyone, Just a friendly reminder that the deadline for submitting a paper to the 2024 International Faust Conference (IFC-24) is July 12th, 2024 ;), see https://ifc24.soundmit.com/en Best, Stéphane

10 months, 1 week

Faust 2.74.6 prerelease to test

by Stéphane Letz

Here: https://github.com/grame-cncm/faust/releases/tag/2.74.6 Feedback welcome ! Stéphane

10 months, 1 week

Re: [ANN] QStuff* 1.0.0 - An Unthinkable Release batch #1

by Will Godfrey

Congratulations on achieving 'One-ness' :) And thanks for all the kit! -- Will J Godfrey {apparently now an 'elderly'}

10 months, 1 week

Upgrading pipewire

by Alf Haakon Pietruszka Lund

Hello list! I'm currently testing Linux Mint Debian Edition (LMDE) 6 "Faye" to see how pipewire performs. However, the first stumbling stone is that LMDE 6 ships with pipewire 0.3.65. It does have backports enabled though, where version 1.0.7 is available, but I can't understad how to upgrade. This is what I tried: 1. Open synaptic and search for all pipewire packages with version 0.3.65. 2. Mark all the packages to use version 1.0.7 (Package > Force version...). Synaptic then automatically marks some other packages for upgrading or removal. 3. Despair at the error message E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages. E: Unable to correct dependencies Anyone here had a go at this before, or have pointers on how to succesfully upgrade? Best regards, Alf

10 months, 1 week

Linux Audio Conference (is back) 2025

by Stéphane Letz

Hi everyone, This is just to let you know that after a couple of years of absence, Linux Audio Conference will take place in Lyon in 2025 on June 26-28. For those of you who speak French, it will be preceded by the Journée de l'Informatique Musicale (JIM) on June 23-25. The call for contributions will be posted on the conference website by the beginning of September: https://jimlac25.inria.fr/ In the meantime, save the date ;). Cheers, Stéphane (for the jimlac25 committee)

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