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is Behringer reliable as USB to S/PDIF adapter?

by Chris Caudle

I find myself in need of a USB to S/PDIF adapter. Does anyone have experience with one of the low cost Behringer interfaces, UCA202 or UCA222? I have an audio interface, so I am not very interested in the analog performance of the adapter, I just need reliable S/PDIF operation. The manual for both of those devices indicates 16-bit converters, but does not make mention of whether the S/PDIF data path is also limited to 16 bits, or whether they will pass 24-bit data. Has anyone had opportunity to check that? And lastly, any alternatives I should check? The Behringer is easy to get and only about US$30, which is the primary reason I was considering one of those modules. Input and output would be nice, but output is all I really need currently. -- Chris Caudle

1 year, 5 months

Ratatouille.lv2 v0.5 released

by Hermann Meyer

Ratatouille is a Neural Model loader and mixer for Linux/Windows. This release fix handling frame buffer-sizes of arbitrary size, aka. not power of two, for the impulse response engine. Ratatouille allow to load up to two neural model files and mix there output. Those models could be *.nam files <https://tonehunt.org/all> or *.json or .aidax files <https://cloud.aida-x.cc/all>. So you could blend from clean to crunch for example, or, go wild and mix different amp models, or mix a amp with a pedal simulation. The "Delay" control could add a small delay to the second model to overcome phasing issues, or to add some color/reverb to the sound. To round up the sound it allow to load up to two Impulse Response files and mix there output as well. You could try the wildest combinations, or, be conservative and load just your single preferred IR-File. Each neural model may have a different expected Sample Rate, Ratatouille will resample the buffer to match that. Impulse Response Files will be resampled on the fly to match the session Sample Rate. Release Page: https://github.com/brummer10/Ratatouille.lv2/releases/tag/v0.5 Project Page: https://github.com/brummer10/Ratatouille.lv2

1 year, 5 months

SpecMatch

by Hermann Meyer

Hi I revisited a old guitarix project (SpecMatch) and ported it to python3. SpecMatch aims to compare two Sounds and generate a Impulse Response File from the different. Intentional it was developed to easier the process to recreate a specific Sound within guitarix. Now, this day's while we've NAM and AIDAX, there are better way's to do so. Hence I've u-bounded it from guitarix and makes it a tool on it's own, as there are still the need to add convolution to get the expected sound. SpecMatch allow to load two Sound files, compare the Frequency spectrum's of them, and generate a Impulse Response File from the difference. So it enable you to get the missing bits. A other use-case is to archive the "Full Impulse Response" of a destination file by using the usual NAM trainer input file as source file in SpecMatch. I've posted some of my results, using it this way, as a show case, on the linuxmusicians forum her: https://linuxmusicians.com/viewtopic.php?p=168587#p168587 This is, after all the years, still work in progress, and, there shouldn't ever been a release to be expected, as it is plain development. Anyway, if this stuff is of some interest for you, here it is: https://github.com/brummer10/SpecMatch regards hermann

1 year, 6 months

SpectMorph 1.0.0-beta2

by Stefan Westerfeld

SpectMorph 1.0.0-beta2 has been released. Compared to beta1, the only change is that the plugin user interface now works properly on macOS 14. You can get the new version from https://www.spectmorph.org/downloads If you do not use macOS 14, there is no reason to update. Changes in beta2: ----------------- * Plugin user interface now works correctly on macOS 14 (#28). * Update clang++ compiler version on macOS. * Minimum supported macOS version is now macOS 11. Feedback for any issues you might experience with the beta version is appreciated. -- Stefan Westerfeld, http://space.twc.de/~stefan

1 year, 6 months

retuning examples

by Fons Adriaensen

Hello all, I'm still working on a new autotuner, zita-at2. Some examples can be checked here: <http://kokkinizita.linuxaudio.org/linuxaudio/retune/> There's no autotune in these, just fixed pitch or formant shifts - they can now be controlled separately. Comments welcome, and of course I still need some more vocal tracks to test... Ciao, -- FA

1 year, 6 months

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

1 year, 6 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

1 year, 6 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.

1 year, 6 months

[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

1 year, 6 months

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

1 year, 6 months

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