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[ANN] The QStuff* End-of-Winter'21 Release batch #1

by Rui Nuno Capela

Hi everybody, The first batch of the yours trully 'QStuff*' is rolling out: QjackCtl [1], Qsynth [2], Qsampler [3], QXGEdit [4], QmidiCtl [5] and QmidiNet [6], all stamped as **version 0.9.2** as for the (northern) End-of-Winter'21 season. Enjoy. ** QjackCtl - JACK Audio Connection Kit Qt GUI Interface [1] ** QjackCtl 0.9.2 (end-of-winter'21) is out! QjackCtl is a(n ageing yet modern, not so 'simple' anymore) Qt [7] application to control the JACK [8] sound server, for the Linux Audio [12] infrastructure. 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-0.9.2.tar.gz - source package: https://download.sf.net/qjackctl/qjackctl-0.9.2-46.rncbc.suse.src.rpm - binary packages: https://download.sf.net/qjackctl/qjackctl-0.9.2-46.rncbc.suse.x86_64.rpm - AppImage [20] package: https://download.sf.net/qjackctl/qjackctl-0.9.2-46.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://bitbucket.com/rncbc/qjackctl.git Change-log: - Clock source, Self-connect mode and Server synchronous mode options are now always enabled on the Setup / Settings dialog, although only available or effective to jackd2. - Graph Disconnect now applies to selected connections or nodes only. ** Qsynth - A fluidsynth Qt GUI Interface [2] ** Qsynth 0.9.2 (end-of-winter'21) is out! Qsynth is a FluidSynth [10] GUI front-end application written in C++ around the Qt framework [7] using Qt Designer. 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-0.9.2.tar.gz - source package: https://download.sf.net/qsynth/qsynth-0.9.2-46.rncbc.suse.src.rpm - binary packages: https://download.sf.net/qsynth/qsynth-0.9.2-46.rncbc.suse.x86_64.rpm - AppImage [20] package: https://download.sf.net/qsynth/qsynth-0.9.2-46.x86_64.AppImage - Win64 and macOS packages (thanks again to Pedro Lopez-Cabanillas): https://download.sf.net/qsynth/qsynth-0.9.2-46.win-x64-setup.exe https://download.sf.net/qsynth/qsynth-0.9.2-46.mac-x64.dmg Git repos: https://git.code.sf.net/p/qsynth/code https://github.com/rncbc/qsynth.git https://gitlab.com/rncbc/qsynth.git https://bitbucket.com/rncbc/qsynth.git Change-log: - Possible fix to the even number of audio channels not playing back through JACK when audio group number is set to 2. ** Qsampler - A LinuxSampler Qt GUI Interface [3] ** Qsampler 0.9.2 (end-of-winter'21) is out! Qsampler is a LinuxSampler [11] GUI front-end application written in C++ around the Qt framework [7] using Qt Designer. 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-0.9.2.tar.gz https://download.sf.net/qsampler/liblscp-0.9.2.tar.gz - source packages: https://download.sf.net/qsampler/qsampler-0.9.2-46.rncbc.suse.src.rpm https://download.sf.net/qsampler/liblscp-0.9.2-46.rncbc.suse.src.rpm - binary packages: https://download.sf.net/qsampler/qsampler-0.9.2-46.rncbc.suse.x86_64.rpm https://download.sf.net/qsampler/liblscp6-0.9.2-46.rncbc.suse.x86_64.rpm https://download.sf.net/qsampler/liblscp-devel-0.9.2-46.rncbc.suse.x86_64.r… - AppImage [20] package: https://download.sf.net/qsampler/qsampler-0.9.2-46.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://bitbucket.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://bitbucket.com/rncbc/liblscp.git Change-log: - Bumped version micro/dot number into the next develop cycle. ** QXGEdit - A Qt XG Editor [4] ** QXGEdit 0.9.2 (end-of-winter'21) 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. 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-0.9.2.tar.gz - source package: https://download.sf.net/qxgedit/qxgedit-0.9.2-36.rncbc.suse.src.rpm - binary packages: https://download.sf.net/qxgedit/qxgedit-0.9.2-36.rncbc.suse.x86_64.rpm - AppImage [20] package: https://download.sf.net/qxgedit/qxgedit-0.9.2-36.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://bitbucket.com/rncbc/qxgedit.git Change-log: - Bumped version micro/dot number into the next develop cycle. ** QmidiCtl - A MIDI Remote Controller via UDP/IP Multicast [5] ** QmidiCtl 0.9.2 (end-of-winter'21) 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. 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-0.9.2.tar.gz - source package: https://download.sf.net/qmidictl/qmidictl-0.9.2-26.rncbc.suse.src.rpm - binary packages: https://download.sf.net/qmidictl/qmidictl-0.9.2-26.rncbc.suse.x86_64.rpm - AppImage [20] package: https://download.sf.net/qmidictl/qmidictl-0.9.2-26.x86_64.AppImage - Android package: https://download.sf.net/qmidictl/qmidictl-0.9.2-26.aab 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://bitbucket.com/rncbc/qmidictl.git Change-log: - Bumped version micro/dot number into the next develop cycle. ** QmidiNet - A MIDI Network Gateway via UDP/IP Multicast [6] ** QmidiNet 0.9.2 (end-of-winter'21) 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. 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-0.9.2.tar.gz - source package: https://download.sf.net/qmidinet/qmidinet-0.9.2-26.rncbc.suse.src.rpm - binary packages: https://download.sf.net/qmidinet/qmidinet-0.9.2-26.rncbc.suse.x86_64.rpm - AppImage [20] package: https://download.sf.net/qmidinet/qmidinet-0.9.2-26.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://bitbucket.com/rncbc/qmidinet.git Change-log: - Bumped version micro/dot number into the next develop cycle. 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/ See also: https://www.rncbc.org/drupal/node/2201 Keep the fun! && Stay safe && Healthy! -- rncbc aka Rui Nuno Capela

4 years, 3 months

Inventor of audio cassette, pioneer of CDs, passes away

by David W. Jones

https://www.dutchnews.nl/news/2021/03/dutch-inventor-of-the-audio-cassette-… All hail mixtapes! His one regret: Sony invented the Walkman, not his employer. --- David W. Jones gnome(a)hawaii.rr.com authenticity, honesty, community http://dancingtreefrog.com Sent from my Android device with F/LOSS K-9 Mail.

4 years, 3 months

It took a while :)

by Will Godfrey

Some years ago I played a short riff on one of of the LAC workshops. I don't remember what particular feature of Yoshimi I was demonstrating, but I do remember the piece well, and always wanted to expand it to to a full length tune. Well here it is: http://www.musically.me.uk/music/Circles.ogg or http://www.musically.me.uk/music/Circles.mp3 The original melody? That's the 'chorus'. I hope you like it. -- Will J Godfrey http://www.musically.me.uk 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.

4 years, 3 months

[music] change ()re-recording my 17-year-old self)

by Jeanette C.

Hey hey, I did write and record change when I was about 17 or 18 and wanted to re-record it for a while now: https://youtu.be/PdfHxBbaYJk And for OGG download: https://www.dropbox.com/s/mq907ur41i5cwj5/change.ogg The lyrics had to be rewritten entirely, though kept in the same style, register and intention of the original. The main sound was a Roland JV_1080 patch called Raggatronic. I still have that patch, but in this recording I used a copy I made on another virtual analogue synth. Another change is the Yoshimi choir, which I certainly didn't have. It used to be another Roland sound from an expansion board, which I don't have. I first though of mixing other choir sounds on that module, but then layered the Yoshimi choir with another hardware instrument. It's a beautiful synth choir, with or without the other hardware layer! Thanks Will! Best wishes, Jeanette -- * Website: http://juliencoder.de - for summer is a state of sound * Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMS4rfGrTwz8W7jhC1Jnv7g * Audiobombs: https://www.audiobombs.com/users/jeanette_c * GitHub: https://github.com/jeanette-c Ain't no way I'll be lonely <3 (Britney Spears)

4 years, 3 months

Allen and Heath dLive S5000 surface running Linux

by Peter P.

Hi list, just saw today at powering up an Allen and Heath dLive S5000 mixing desk surface that it does run some Linux OS. Nice! Peter

4 years, 3 months

Info: European contest for blind and visually impaired musicians

by Jeanette C.

Hey hey, not strictly Linux related, but a good chance to show off the potential of Linux music software? The organisation VIEWS international in cooperation with several national associations for the blind is organising the European Low vision Song Contest, open to visually iimpaired musicians or bands with at least one blind or visually impaired member. https://viewsinternational.be/index.php/song-contest Basic requirements: at least one visually impaired person must be amongst the musicians orcomposers, a song must be four minutes maximum and there must be some kind of vocals. Open to all age groups, no genre restrictions. I had the feeling there could have been more PR. :) Best wishes, Jeanette -- * Website: http://juliencoder.de - for summer is a state of sound * Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMS4rfGrTwz8W7jhC1Jnv7g * Audiobombs: https://www.audiobombs.com/users/jeanette_c * GitHub: https://github.com/jeanette-c I can't believe it's what I see That the girl in the mirror The girl in the mirror Is me <3 (Britney Spears)

4 years, 3 months

[RFC] A “poor man’s”, yet professional level studio setup

by Francesco Napoleoni

Hi everyone Following my question about JACK and tempo transmission over a network, I felt the time is right for me to share some ideas about possible setup(s) of a studio mainly based on free software. The key idea is that such a studio is to be distributed among many hosts connected together with a fast local network. While the infrastructure should run primarily on FLOSS software, we should not shun proprietary tools, allowing a certain grade of interoperability between different systems (OS and applications). I don’t really know if I’m telling nonsense, but these ideas stem from my own experience over the years: the main use case for me is to make music for videos, being assisted in score and parts preparation, as well as “quick” mockup creation. Since money has always been tight for me, but I am a musician with enough curiosity and a certain experience with computers, I have been fiddling with Linux and music software for many years. What I’m trying to demonstrate is that the effort of integrating FLOSS and proprietary s/w with the great possibilities of modern and inexpensive h/w could give a professional great flexibility and relative ease of use, while keeping “low” costs and minimizing licensing and forced obsolescence woes. Basically, what I am trying to achieve is a network mainly made of Ethernet cables (while minimising audio cables), with the following nodes: * a master (or maybe better, a “conductor” ;-) ) machine controlling and transmitting the transport information, ideally a tablet or a minipc with a touchscreen showing the “big clock” and the “big buttons” (transport controls) * another machine (the router) with audio h/w and a DAW, receiving audio data from the network. The same machine could also host a notation software, perhaps * optionally, a machine showing a synced video * N >= 1 hosts running synths, virtual instruments, rocket launchers, microwave ovens getting the lunch done while I’m thinking of these things... ;-) On the FLOSS side, I think there are many of the right tools to implement my idea, I’m using them since many years. Here’s a incomplete list of them: 1) JACK (obviously ;-) ) 2) Cadence/Claudia 3) Carla 4) Qjackctl (gives me the “big clock” and the “big buttons”) 5) Ardour 6) MuseScore 7) Xjadeo While all of these tools do a great job (*really* great), there is still a big plumbing and tuning work to do. Actually this is the hardest part. ##### Personally, being a classical trained musician, I tend to compose using a notation software, with close attention to score neatness: I still prefer my music being played by humans rather than virtual gizmos. But I’m a “poor man”, so my great score is also to be “hashed” into a MIDI file, whose tracks are to be assigned to virtual (grrrr...) instruments, which in turn are to be mixed together, and the whole composition synced to a video. Since I cannot afford buying an expensive Mac nor can I pay for a plethora of licensed software, the challenge is to achieve similar results with alternative means. With this post I hope to start a constructive discussion about the potential of FLOSS music software and practical uses of it, instead of or in conjunction with other kinds of software, in professional environment. ciao Francesco Napoleoni

4 years, 3 months

ssr and alternatives

by Brandon Hale

Hey everyone, Have you ever had any luck with soundscape renderer (ssr)? I have been having issues opening audio files with it, and am working with the developers on github right now to see what fixes that may be possible. Are there any good alternatives for rendering ambisonic and wavefield synthesis audio files? Thank you for any help you may be able to offer, Brandon Hale

4 years, 3 months

[music] Rebecca auf dem Trekka

by Jeanette C.

Hey hey, I'd like to share my latest song: https://youtu.be/hc4brgfSGzg Direct OGG download: https://www.dropbox.com/s/lmwx4bkp39wye6h/rebecca_auf_dem_trekka.ogg A bit of electro fun, don't mind the German lyrics (or samples). This song features my friend Beccy "Rebecca auf dem Trekka" Schaefer, as well as F.W. Yilmaz. >From the Linux side as well as the usual Midish sequencer and Nama for the whole production, this song uses Csound for the vocoder sound, using my VC-110 vocoder UDO. The song is a bit of a pastiche of late 90s dance group Music Instructor, if anyone remembers them, with loats of monophonic goodness. Best wishes and have a nice Sunday, Jeanette -- * Website: http://juliencoder.de - for summer is a state of sound * Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMS4rfGrTwz8W7jhC1Jnv7g * Audiobombs: https://www.audiobombs.com/users/jeanette_c * GitHub: https://github.com/jeanette-c You should never try to change me I can be nobody else And I like the way I am <3 (Britney Spears)

4 years, 3 months

Yoshimi V 2.0 has arrived :)

by Will Godfrey

It's been a long time coming, but a major issue is now comprehensively resolved, and there are significant new and updated features. Highlights Fully and independently resizeable (and remembered) windows. Midi sync for engine LFOs. More Instrument types available - and a request to set them! Revised default instrument banks Improved handling of instrument names. Aftertouch values now saved Pan Law setting now saved. MIDI-learn entries increased to 400 lines. Maximum delay time in CLI scripts increased to 30 seconds. NRPN updates. Improved CLI descriptions and reporting. Documentation updated (New User guide in progress). Data storage XDG compatible. Improved LV2 performance. Further details in doc/Yoshimi_2.0_features.txt Yoshimi source code is available from either: https://sourceforge.net/projects/yoshimi Or: https://github.com/Yoshimi/yoshimi Full build instructions are in 'INSTALL'. Our list archive is at: https://www.freelists.org/archive/yoshimi To post, email to: yoshimi(a)freelists.org -- Will J Godfrey http://www.musically.me.uk 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.

4 years, 3 months

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