[LAU] rakarrack-0.5.8_Equinox is released

[Jeremy Jongepier]

On 06/21/2010 12:09 PM, Josep Andreu wrote:
> 
>  Hi
> 
>  We are pleased to announce the release of rakarrack 0.5.8 Equinox, a summer gift.  This is a major feature release, but we have also fixed many old bugs.
> 
>  We know that today is a Solstice, but we think that Equinox is a better definition for this version because we have worked diligently since release of 0.4.2, and 0.5.8 for us is like the start of a new cycle in the development of Rakarrack. Releasing on a Solstice is simply because this is a good reason to celebrate if you're a musician with preference for free open source software.
> 
>  http://rakarrack.sourceforge.net
> 
>  NEWS
> 
>  New Bank File format, we include a utility "rakconvert" to convert Bank files
>  to the new format.
> 
>  New Effects:
> 
>  Valve, Dual Flange, Ring, Exciter, Expander, DistBand, Arpie, Shuffle, Synthfilter,
>  VaryBand, Convolotron, Looper, MuTroMojo, Echoverse, CoilCrafter,
>  ShelfBoost, Vocoder, Sustainer, Sequence, Shifter, StompBox, Reverbtron,
>  Echotron.
> 
>  New Features:
> 
>  Tap Tempo.
>  Upsampling using libsamplerate by Erik de Castro Lopo.
>  Downsample intesive CPU effects.
>  Upsample Waveshapper.
>  ACI Analog Control Interface.
> 
> 
>  Waveshappers:
> 
>  M.Saw, Compress, Overdrive, Soft, Super Soft, Gard Compress, Lmt-NoGain,
>  Hard Compress, FET, DynoFET, Valve1, Valve2, Diode clipper.
> 
>  LFO Modulation:
> 
>  M.Saw, L.Fractal.
> 
>  Improvements:
> 
>  GUI
>  DC Offset Filter at the input.
>  Tuner Callibration
>  Auto Connect jack input ports.
>  GUI and bug fixes.
> 
> 
>  The rakarrack team:
> 
>  Josep Andreu - Ryan Billing - Douglas McClendon - Arnout Engelen
> 

Woohoo! Nice work guys! I've immediately uploaded a package to my PPA so
all Lucid Lynx users can enjoy this awesome release!

http://ppa.launchpad.net/autostatic/ppa/ubuntu/pool/main/r/rakarrack/

Best,

Jeremy