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by Will Godfrey

The main feature of this release is the revision of root directories and banks. http://sourceforge.net/projects/yoshimi/?source=directory As well as new features, this consolidates work that was started with version 1.2.0. In view of the number and depth of changes I thought it worth detailing the entire setup, so apologies for the length! In the first place, you no longer have the concept of a default root directory, but a current one. This can by changed at any time without requiring a re-start, so there is now no longer a need to display the (confusing) contents of all roots at once. Also, roots now have ID numbers associated with them, but no changes have been made to the actual directories to achieve this. Instead the IDs are stored in the config file. The same ID system is used for banks, again without making any file system changes. At first run (and whenever new root directories are set) unknown roots and banks are given these IDs. Once set they will not change no matter how many more roots and banks are later added. You can however, manually change root directory IDs in 'settings'. Bank IDs can be changed via the config file, and in the near future the GUI will also be updated to manage this. With these IDs, roots and banks can be grouped/ordered by function instead of alphabetically. When using the GUI you will always know exactly which root and bank you fetch an instrument from. The significance of all this is that your MIDI sequencer can now reliably use these ID numbers to select roots, banks and (already available) instruments. That Rosegarden or Muse file you save today will be just as valid in the future, unless you make the deliberate choice to change some IDs. Indeed, you can now start with an 'empty' Yoshimi, and via MIDI, set roots, banks and load instruments into parts (enabling the parts as you do so) swapping banks and roots as necessary. While the MIDI file runs it can silently pull instruments from any root/bank into any non-sounding part without disturbing the playing ones. In Yoshimi->Settings->CC you can enable or disable all these MIDI features, and can define which CCs you want to use. Bank can be either MSB or LSB (as before). Root can be any non-reserved CC but including the one not currently in use for Bank. Also, Extended Program Change now has the same restrictions as Root, and these three are all cross-checked against each other. As an example you might set Bank to LSB and Root to 0 (MSB), effectively giving you extended bank control compatible with all sequencers. Also, different instances have their own config files so that you can have (say) the main instance with current root(9), bank(23) while instance 4 has current root(2), bank(6). You can call up instances by number and thus access saved settings for that instance. As each instance has its own MIDI and audio ports, they can behave more-or-less independently. In doing all of this we have completely changed the way we manage the structure internally, resulting in much greater efficiency, at the cost of only a slightly slower startup. Swapping roots performs *no* file operations. Swapping banks only fetches the directory list of the newly selected bank. Changing an instrument doesn't have to search for a file, only load from its already known location. Following on from that, we now have a startup splash image that appears instantly so you always know Yoshimi has started even if some later error causes it to abort. The actual image may change - we have requests out for artwork (all ideas considered). So much for the high visibility stuff! More work has been done on LV2, including integrating the new root and bank controls. The main window and the mixer panel are now fully in sync. Ambiguities in instrument names have been resolved and Yoshimi will no longer save unnamed or default instruments. If you load a Zyn (or older Yoshimi) file that has unnamed instruments they will be given the name 'No Title'. You are now prevented (with an explanation) from attempting to change a bank entry in a non-writeable area. Previously it would seem you had done so, but the changes would not (of course) have been saved to file - this goes back very many years! And... a few bug fixes - where do they come from? -- Will J Godfrey http://www.musically.me.uk 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 years, 9 months

Ardour tutors available?

by Alf Haakon Lund

Hello all, I'm currently getting to know ardour (3.5 on Ubuntu Studio 14.04) and wondered if there's anyone on the list interested in being a one-day guru, answering smart and silly questions alike? I do usually look up the online manual before asking, but sometimes normal searching gets me nowhere... For now, 3 questions that's been bugging me: 1. Is there a way to click and drag or similar to navigate back and forth along tracks? There's a click and drag "navigator" at the bottom of the screen, but with many tracks I find it hard to move only sideways, and not also up or down. 2. How to undo region deleting? Must be something obvious that escapes my eye... 3. How to access session undo history, and restore things done in previous sessions? All the best, Alf

10 years, 9 months

Linux Audio Conference 2015 - Extension of Deadline

by Frank Neumann

[Sorry for cross-posting, please distribute.] The Linux Audio Conference submissions deadline has been extended for another week! Please note the new deadline: Sunday, Feb 8th, 2015 (23:59 HAST) So, if you were considering to submit a paper but couldn't make up your mind yet, here is your chance to become active! Never forget that this conference lives through the people participating in it. February 8th is the new deadline for all submission types: papers, music, installations, workshop proposals. Check out the link below for more info: http://lac.linuxaudio.org/2015/participation Note that as usual we have created two different OpenConf instances: one for the submission of regular papers, lightning talks and poster sessions, and a second one for music, installations and workshop proposals. For the latter, please also check the detailed instructions at http://lac.linuxaudio.org/2015/download/lac2015-call-for-miw.pdf. If you have any questions concerning your submission, please don't hesitate to contact us at lac(a)linuxaudio.org, or through our #lac2015 IRC channel on freenode.net. Please spread this information to anyone who might be interested. We look forward to your submissions and hope to meet you in Mainz in April! Sincerely, The LAC 2015 Organizing Team

10 years, 9 months

HDSP Multiface: s2ram and resume?

by Peter P.

Hi, is anyone able to suspend a laptop computer with an active HDSP multiface soundcard (hdsp firmware loaded, hdspmixer running, jackd running)? My card is unusable when I resume the computer from a s2ram (S3) state. Hdspmixer is locked, jackd has died and I have to unplug and replug the ExpressCard, and restart hdspmixer and jack to get things back working. Does anyone have any similar or different experiences? This is on a Lenovo X220s with Debian testing and kernel 3.14-2-r best, Peter

10 years, 9 months

[ANN] Qtractor 0.6.5 - The Fermion Ray beta is out!

by Rui Nuno Capela

Spread the word, Qtractor 0.6.5 (fermion ray beta) is out! Release highlights: * MIDI clip record/overdubbing (NEW) * Extended track multi-selection for mute/solo (NEW) * VST-shell sub-plugins support (NEW) * JACK transport start/stop resilience (FIX) And still, Qtractor is an audio/MIDI multi-track sequencer application written in C++ with the Qt4 framework. Target platform is Linux, where the Jack Audio Connection Kit (JACK) for audio and the Advanced Linux Sound Architecture (ALSA) 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: http://qtractor.sourceforge.net Project page: http://sourceforge.net/projects/qtractor Downloads: http://sourceforge.net/projects/qtractor/files - source tarball: http://download.sourceforge.net/qtractor/qtractor-0.6.5.tar.gz - source package (openSUSE 13.2): http://download.sourceforge.net/qtractor/qtractor-0.6.5-15.rncbc.suse132.sr… - binary packages (openSUSE 13.2): http://download.sourceforge.net/qtractor/qtractor-0.6.5-15.rncbc.suse132.i5… http://download.sourceforge.net/qtractor/qtractor-0.6.5-15.rncbc.suse132.x8… - quick start guide & user manual (see also: the wiki): http://download.sourceforge.net/qtractor/qtractor-0.5.x-user-manual.pdf - wiki (help really wanted!): http://sourceforge.net/p/qtractor/wiki/ Weblog (upstream support): http://www.rncbc.org License: Qtractor is free, open-source software, distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License (GPL) version 2 or later. Change-log: - Connections lines now drawn with anti-aliasing; connections splitter handles width is now reduced; the MIDI connections splitter pane sizes are now saved and restored properly. - Extended multi-selection is now featured on the track-list (main left-pane), primarily allowing for group mute/solo (and monitor) switching. - Track-list (left pane) header column widths are now saved and made persistent across application power cycle (double-click reverts to the old original default). - Minor fixes on the MIDI clip event list editor, also making sure the current event is visible on the piano-roll view. - As long to prevent asynchronous mistakes to JACK transport state changes, an internal slack-delay is now introduced after self-initiated transport commands (eg. start/stop). - The MIDI clip editor (aka. piano-roll) was missing to clear or reset the current selection when no shift/ctrl keyboard modifier is in effect. - VST-shell sub-plugins are now supported (as suggested by abique aka. Alexandre Bique, thanks). - MIDI clip record/overdubbing is now possible (Clip/Record on the main menu or File/Record from the MIDI clip editor. - Make sure some audio sample file encodings (eg. old Ogg Vorbis) does not head-start on audio peak generation. See also: http://www.rncbc.org/drupal/node/858 Enjoy && have fun. -- rncbc aka. Rui Nuno Capela

10 years, 9 months

Rewind

by Patrick Shirkey

Check this out! Indamixx on da remix.... https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/indamixx-dj-stick-wireless-dj-on-hdtv-li… -- Patrick Shirkey Boost Hardware Ltd

10 years, 9 months

Convert Hydrogen drumkits to sf2? hydro2sf2 doesn't work on Mint 17.1

by Artem Vakhitov

Hi, is it currently possible to convert Hydrogen drumkits to sf2? It doesn't work for me on Mint MATE 17.1. I downloaded the script and its associated .py files, checked for flac and sox being installed, and tried to use the script on a drumkit. It created an output file but it doesn't see to contain sounds. I received the following error in the console: ./hydroToSf2 3355606kit.h2drumkit bank name: 3355606kit designer: Artemio <http_//artemio.net> copyright: 2006, David Konsumer <david.konsumer(a)gmail.com> comment: Based on sounds from famous and classic beatboxes of 1970s and 1980s - Roland TR-606, TR-33 and Boss DR-55. Layer: 1 loV: 0 hiV: 127 atten(cB): 0 16 Copying sample data:LLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL Traceback (most recent call last): File "./hydroToSf2", line 243, in <module> main(sys.argv) File "./hydroToSf2", line 238, in main hydrogenToSf(drumkitDir,sf2,stereo,tempDir) File "./hydroToSf2", line 168, in hydrogenToSf sf.writeFromKmap() File "/home/temcat/Downloads/hydro2sf2/hydro2sf2-read-only/jMksf.py", line 851, in writeFromKmap self.riffLen += self.writePdta() File "/home/temcat/Downloads/hydro2sf2/hydro2sf2-read-only/jMksf.py", line 837, in writePdta dlen += self.writeIgen() File "/home/temcat/Downloads/hydro2sf2/hydro2sf2-read-only/jMksf.py", line 713, in writeIgen ), self.outf) File "/home/temcat/Downloads/hydro2sf2/hydro2sf2-read-only/jtype.py", line 188, in writeval slen += field.type.writeval(val[ix], outf) File "/home/temcat/Downloads/hydro2sf2/hydro2sf2-read-only/jtype.py", line 33, in writeval outf.write(struct.pack(self.fmt, val)) struct.error: ushort format requires 0 <= number <= USHRT_MAX Any clues? Artem

10 years, 9 months

Guitarix preset contest

by Hermann Meyer

The guitarix project aims to replace the current factory presets, as they are outdated over the last development decade. We would like to ask all guitarix users, to submit us there presets so that we could select the best of them to create a new factory preset bank. As you all know, that will be the most helpful task for "beginners". Export your preset banks is a easy task, just drag it from the preset window and drop it on your desktop, file-browser, or just into the attachment selector of your mail client. Please send me in private or upload it in the guitarix forum. Those, which presets get selected will receive a free copy of our latest development source code. :-P Thanks in advance hermann

10 years, 9 months

a little more piano music

by Dave Phillips

Greetings, The Maiden And The Nightingale, by Enrique Granados : http://linux-sound.org/audio/maidenandnightingale.ogg http://linux-sound.org/audio/maidenandnightingale.flac MIDI file rendered in Bitwig Studio 1.1.4 with the Modartt Pianoteq VST plugin. Best, dp

10 years, 9 months

Fwd: MusE 2.2.1 released

by Robert Jonsson

MusE 2.2.1 - 2015-01-28 Hi All! We've just released version 2.2.1 of MusE. To make way for bigger things we decided to release a minor update with some additions and some bugs fixed. Have fun! Fixes and improvements include: - Optimizations to lv2 rtfifo - Fix for potential crash on startup due to defaultStyle - Updated Czech translation from Pavel Fric - Added explicit link library to simpledrums, didn't appear on some systems - Added some new keyboard shortcuts, duplicate tracks, edit track name - Make it possible to mute/solo lots/all of tracks at once For more information and additional changes see the full changelog at: https://github.com/muse-sequencer/muse/blob/muse_2_2_1/muse2/ChangeLog News section: http://muse-sequencer.org/index.php/News Download: http://muse-sequencer.org/index.php/Download Demos page: http://muse-sequencer.org/index.php/Demos Forum: http://muse-sequencer.org/forum/ Keep on Rocking! The MusE Team

10 years, 9 months

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