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by Laborejo Software Suite

Hi List, I recorded a workflow demonstration for Patroneo, the "Easy Pattern Sequencer" The video is edited, but still a bit longer. But it should give a good impression how the software can be used. https://youtu.be/pEmKrZQuE8Q Nils https://www.laborejo.org

4 years, 8 months

Parorama T6

by Will Godfrey

I bought this keyboard controller based on the advert stating it was class compliant, plug and play, Linux compatible. However, I found that it starts up with a firmware update message, and apart from Note On, Note Off, Channel Pressure, none of the controls work, not even the ones designated for manually setting the others. On conacting nektar for support, it took over 2 days for them to tell me that I had to install the firmware. WTF! I've never heard of any hardware being effectively dead until you install firmware. What's more, so much for supporting Linux, the software to install the firmware is Windows or MacOs - nothing else. I tried using Wine to get this done, but the software reports that it can't find the keyboard. This is on Devuan Boewulf, which carries Wine V4.0. I also tried grabbing a more recent version of Wine from wineHQ, but devuan refused reporting an uninstallable dependency. I'm very reluctant to try to install a VM, I'm running out of storage space, and this is a working machine - I can't risk messing it about too much. If it weren't for the pandemic lockdown situation I might have been able to go to a Windows using friend for help, but this is out of the question for the forseeable future. Any suggestions? -- 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, 8 months

[music] Crying shame (featuring Spamatica)

by Jeanette C.

Hey hey, Spamatica kindly provided both lyrics and fantastic vocals to Crying shame, taking it to a new level. Just the thing for a free Sunday: https://youtu.be/mNlYN5VJpVY Or a temporary direct download: https://www.dropbox.com/s/ctlctwbkcjdl09u/crying_shame.ogg Enjoy and 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, 9 months

Release: Patroneo 2.1.0

by Laborejo Software Suite

Ladies and Gentlemen, hereby the Laborejo Software Suite releases updates for its programs in the hope to be useful in your musical toolbox. You can now download Patroneo version 2.1.0 . https://laborejo.org/downloads/patroneo-2.1.0.tar.gz All software is released under GPLv3. Patroneo (Esperanto: /Pattern/) is an easy to use, pattern based midi sequencer, a program that sends digital "notes" to software instruments such as synthesizers and samplers. Changelog Highlights: * Full Undo/Redo * Add track groups, which double as midi bus. This enhances overview for more complex projects. * Add option to follow the playhead in pattern view (or not), required by the much longer patterns. Also better scrolling and playhead is always visible now. * Add option to change the midi channel for a track in the tracks context menu. * Add View-Menu with options to maximize the two editor areas. * Add advanced feature for a global rhythm offset, meant for Jack-Transport. Allows the whole piece to begin later on the jack-timeline. You can find all releases as sources here. Also check your distribution for packages in a few days after this announcement, please. https://laborejo.org/downloads/ For more information, a multi-language user manual, build instructions and git access please visit https://www.laborejo.org/patroneo/ Greetings, Laborejo Software Suite https://www.laborejo.org/

4 years, 9 months

[ANN] Qtractor 0.9.20 - QStuff* Winter'21 Release batch #3

by Rui Nuno Capela

Hello all, one third and last time, Qtractor 0.9.20 (winter'21) is out! Change-log: - Fixed and improved automation curve recording, whenever playback is rolling (and also when isn't:)). - Fixed parsing/loading of large session bundle archive/zip files (.qtz > 2GB). - Fixed LV2 plug-in UI X11 (native) resize. - Make NSM state file names independent to session display names, keeping backward compatibility for old sessions. - Exiting, quitting or closing the main window while under NSM, now promptly asks whether to save, discard or cancel as usual. - Re-improved Mixer multi-row layout. - Fix incorrect destruction order for VST3 modules. 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: http://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-0.9.20.tar.gz - source package (openSUSE Tubleweed): https://download.sf.net/qtractor/qtractor-0.9.20-61.rncbc.suse.src.rpm - binary package (openSUSE Tubleweed): https://download.sf.net/qtractor/qtractor-0.9.20-61.rncbc.suse.x86_64.rpm - AppImage [7] package: https://download.sf.net/qtractor/qtractor-0.9.20-61.x86_64.AppImage Git repos: https://git.code.sf.net/p/qtractor/code https://github.com/rncbc/qtractor.git https://gitlab.com/rncbc/qtractor.git https://bitbucket.org/rncbc/qtractor.git Wiki (outdated; help wanted!): https://sourceforge.net/p/qtractor/wiki/ - static rendering: http://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 http://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/ See also: https://www.rncbc.org/drupal/node/2186 Stay safe and healthy! && Keep having fun, always! -- rncbc aka Rui Nuno Capela

4 years, 9 months

[ANN] Vee One Suite 0.9.20 - QStuff* Winter'21 Release batch #2

by Rui Nuno Capela

Hello again! 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 and padthv1 [4] as a polyphonic additive synthesizer, are here and again released as the second batch to the so called 'QStuff*' (boreal) Winter'21 release season. All delivered in the two usual forms: - 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]. Changes for this release are just a few: - When under under the NSM auspices, fix SIGTERM handler on exit and just hide the main-window on close (applies to the JACK stand-alone only). - Fixed sample loop when the DCA EG is off or disabled (applies to samplv1 [2] 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. And here they are again... **synthv1 - an old-school polyphonic synthesizer [1] ** synthv1 0.9.20 (winter'21) 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/synthv1-0.9.20.tar.gz - source package: https://download.sf.net/synthv1/synthv1-0.9.20-61.rncbc.suse.src.rpm - binary packages (openSUSE Tumbleweed): https://download.sf.net/synthv1/synthv1-jack-0.9.20-61.rncbc.suse.x86_84.rpm https://download.sf.net/synthv1/synthv1-lv2-0.9.20-61.rncbc.suse.x86_84.rpm - AppImage [9] package (JACK stand-alone only): https://download.sf.net/synthv1/synthv1-jack-0.9.20-61.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://bitbucket.org/rncbc/synthv1.git **samplv1 - an old-school polyphonic sampler [2]** samplv1 0.9.20 (winter'21) 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/samplv1-0.9.20.tar.gz - source package: https://download.sf.net/samplv1/samplv1-0.9.20-61.rncbc.suse.src.rpm - binary package (openSUSE Tumbleweed): https://download.sf.net/samplv1/samplv1-jack-0.9.20-61.rncbc.suse.x86_84.rpm https://download.sf.net/samplv1/samplv1-lv2-0.9.20-61.rncbc.suse.x86_84.rpm - AppImage [9] package (JACK stand-alone only): https://download.sf.net/samplv1/samplv1-jack-0.9.20-61.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://bitbucket.org/rncbc/samplv1.git **drumkv1 - an old-school drum-kit sampler [3]** drumkv1 0.9.20 (winter'21) 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/drumkv1-0.9.20.tar.gz - source package: https://download.sf.net/drumkv1/drumkv1-0.9.20-61.rncbc.suse.src.rpm - binary package (openSUSE Tumbleweed): https://download.sf.net/drumkv1/drumkv1-jack-0.9.20-61.rncbc.suse.x86_84.rpm https://download.sf.net/drumkv1/drumkv1-lv2-0.9.20-61.rncbc.suse.x86_84.rpm - AppImage [9] package (JACK stand-alone only): https://download.sf.net/drumkv1/drumkv1-jack-0.9.20-61.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://bitbucket.org/rncbc/drumkv1.git **padthv1 - an old-school polyphonic additive synthesizer [4]** padthv1 0.9.20 (winter'21) 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/padthv1-0.9.20.tar.gz - source package: https://download.sf.net/padthv1/padthv1-0.9.20-61.rncbc.suse.src.rpm - binary package (openSUSE Tumbleweed): https://download.sf.net/padthv1/padthv1-jack-0.9.20-61.rncbc.suse.x86_84.rpm https://download.sf.net/padthv1/padthv1-lv2-0.9.20-61.rncbc.suse.x86_84.rpm - AppImage [9] package (JACK stand-alone only): https://download.sf.net/padthv1/padthv1-jack-0.9.20-61.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://bitbucket.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/New Session Management https://linuxaudio.github.io/new-session-manager/ (formerly 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 http://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/2185 Keep the fun! && Stay safe && Healthy! -- rncbc aka. Rui Nuno Capela

4 years, 9 months

KX Studio Carla - which version or how to install

by adam

I'm looking for clear install instructions for Carla, with its Win VST bridge. Tracktion Waveform comes with few instrumental sounds (only "Collective", I believe) so I hope to use KXStudio's Carla to enable the use of Win VST instruments. Waveform 11.1 on Ubuntu 18.04 64bit, my CPU is Intel i5. Here a demo of Carla running a Win VST or plugin, is quite persuasive, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PiaWozQ69eE On installing Carla on Ubuntu, one query and recommendation is here, https://askubuntu.com/questions/1035116/cannot-install-carla-on-ubuntu-18-04 KXStudio says first enable its repositories. So I've done that, https://kx.studio/Repositories Carla pre-compiled binaries and zipped source code to compile, are here, https://kx.studio/Applications:Carla Carla github install.md is here, perhaps this can make and install everything, https://github.com/falkTX/Carla/blob/master/INSTALL.md But here is what I don't understand, the 4 Carla variants listed; carla, carla-bridge-win, carla-git, carla-vst-wine https://kx.studio/Repositories:Applications Presently it looks like 'sudo apt install carla-git' is the 1st to try.

4 years, 9 months

pros and cons for audio backends of 2nd sound card

by Athanasios Silis

Hi all, I am asking here because over the years I have not found convincing/detailed information in google about: Which audio adapter do you use to use a 2ndary sound card in jack? 1.jacl_load audioadapter 2. alsa_[in | out] ? 3. zita_[a2j | j2a] ? why do you use the one you use? What are its advantages ? Have you identified or do you know of any disadvantages for each of the above ? Do you have preferred options to minimize xruns ? Thank you in advance for your help Athanasios

4 years, 9 months

Jack 1 vs. 2

by Brent Busby

This subject seems to come up occasionally... What is the current best practice with regard to Jack classic versus Jack 2? It's usually said that Jack 2 is optimized for SMP, but it's hard to find a machine these days that isn't SMP. Maybe the two projects are merging because of this? Because, Jack 1 hasn't gone away. In fact, the only version of jack-audio-connection-kit currently in Gentoo (no overlay) has a version string of 0.125.0-r1, and I presume that's Jack 1. I've got a local overlay with 1.9.12 that I've been using, so I can fight this of course...but should I? Is everyone being advised to move to Jack 1 now? For what it's worth in deciding, I prefer not to use dbus for control (or for anything at all, when I can avoid it), and I'm using QJackCtl as a frontend.

4 years, 9 months

Low recording volume in Pulseaudio

by Antony Gelberg

Hi all, For the purposes of this discussion, I am playing guitar through an Axe-Fx II into a Behringer UMC1820 USB rack soundcard. OS is Xubuntu Focal 20.04. This works fine for general jamming, I can play a backing track from the computer and use the hardware monitoring to mix in the Axe-Fx as necessary. But when I want to record, the levels are low. I record using my Android phone, and activate Audacity to record the guitar tracks from the Axe-Fx. But the levels are so low, the waveform is tiny. I can apply a plugin to increase the volume, but you can imagine the quality. I see the same thing in the Pulseaudio Volume Control Input Devices tab, so it's not an Audacity issue. With jackd active, the input levels are fine, I can see them in Ardour. But I don't want to have to activate jack for more simple stuff like this, it's a pain. For what it's worth, the output level of the Axe-Fx is around 75%, and the input gain knobs on the soundcard at about 25%. Any higher and the clip lights come on when I play hard. Any clues on how to debug / fix this? I'm suspecting a driver issue, because there simply aren't that many moving parts. -- https:/linkedin.com/in/antgel https://resume.antgel.org/ https://about.me/antonygelberg https://antgel.org/

4 years, 9 months

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