Linuxaudio.org http://www.linuxaudio.org/atom/feed 2008-01-16T17:59:48-05:00 Ardour 2.4 released http://www.linuxaudio.org/node/100 2008-04-02T08:01:54-04:00 2008-04-02T08:01:54-04:00 burkhard Ardour 2.4 is out and brings along a lot of new features, improvements and bug fixes. Highlights are Freesound integration, per track faders in the editor window, GUIs and automation for AU plugins and, most importantly, filetype icons. Read the full release announcement for details.

]]> Ardour 2.4 is out and brings along a lot of new features, improvements and bug fixes. Highlights are Freesound integration, per track faders in the editor window, GUIs and automation for AU plugins and, most importantly, filetype icons. Read the full release announcement for details.

Ardour is the award winning digital audio workstation, transforming any computer running Linux or OS X into a tool to record, edit and mix multi-track audio.

]]> FreeBoB 1.0.10 released http://www.linuxaudio.org/node/99 2008-04-02T07:45:07-04:00 2008-04-02T07:45:43-04:00 burkhard FreeBob 1.0.10 has been released. This is a maintenance release addressing a few issues and enabling usage of e.g. the Focusrite Saffire Pro. FreeBob and its successor, FFADO, provide support for FireWire based audio devices on Linux.

]]> FreeBob 1.0.10 has been released. This is a maintenance release addressing a few issues and enabling usage of e.g. the Focusrite Saffire Pro. FreeBob and its successor, FFADO, provide support for FireWire based audio devices on Linux.

]]> Csound 5.08 released http://www.linuxaudio.org/node/93 2008-03-30T15:48:50-04:00 2008-03-30T15:49:08-04:00 burkhard Csound 5.08 has been released. It comes with new French and Spanish translations, fixes some bugs and includes new opcodes, an opcode to control JACK among them. Csound is a sound design, music synthesis, and signal processing system, providing facilities for composition and performance over a wide range of platforms.

]]> Csound 5.08 has been released. It comes with new French and Spanish translations, fixes some bugs and includes new opcodes, an opcode to control JACK among them. Csound is a sound design, music synthesis, and signal processing system, providing facilities for composition and performance over a wide range of platforms.

]]> 64 Studio 2.1rc1 released http://www.linuxaudio.org/node/92 2008-03-30T15:37:27-04:00 2008-03-30T15:38:10-04:00 burkhard 64 Studio 2.1rc1, the first release candidate for the forthcoming stable 2.1 version, has been made available for download. 64 Studio is a GNU/Linux multimedia distribution aiming to provide a long-lived and stable creative desktop and running on nearly all PC hardware.

]]> 64 Studio 2.1rc1, the first release candidate for the forthcoming stable 2.1 version, has been made available for download. 64 Studio is a GNU/Linux multimedia distribution aiming to provide a long-lived and stable creative desktop and running on nearly all PC hardware.

]]> Qtractor 0.1.2 has been released http://www.linuxaudio.org/node/91 2008-03-30T15:30:51-04:00 2008-03-30T15:30:51-04:00 burkhard Qtractor 0.1.2 "Frantic Dame" has been released. This release mainly fixes a few issues, as well as adding a new clip-split command and improving the MIDI editor selection. Qtractor is an Audio/MIDI multi-track sequencer application written in C++ around the Qt4 toolkit.

]]> Qtractor 0.1.2 "Frantic Dame" has been released. This release mainly fixes a few issues, as well as adding a new clip-split command and improving the MIDI editor selection. Qtractor is an Audio/MIDI multi-track sequencer application written in C++ around the Qt4 toolkit.

]]> New members: EMA Tech. and BEAST http://www.linuxaudio.org/node/90 2008-03-30T15:04:39-04:00 2008-03-30T15:10:36-04:00 burkhard The Linuxaudio.org Consortium welcomes two new members!

EMA Tech. is a French company specialised in building custom DAWs and DVWs, based on free software. Additionally, they provide software support and integration services for the a/v market, along with related activities such as mobile recording and show management.

]]> The Linuxaudio.org Consortium welcomes two new members!

EMA Tech. is a French company specialised in building custom DAWs and DVWs, based on free software. Additionally, they provide software support and integration services for the a/v market, along with related activities such as mobile recording and show management.

BEAST, the Bedevilled Audio System, is a sequencer and modular synthesizer for UNIXoid systems. Its features include multitrack editing, real-time synthesis support, precise timing down to sample granularity, MIDI automation and full scriptability in scheme.

]]> Sonic Visualiser 1.2 has been released http://www.linuxaudio.org/node/89 2008-03-09T20:12:30-04:00 2008-03-09T20:14:38-04:00 burkhard Version 1.2 of Sonic Visualiser, an application for viewing and analysing the contents of music audio files, is now available. It comes with some cool new features: audio alignment capabilities and a new measurement tool among others. Read the release announcement for details.

]]> Version 1.2 of Sonic Visualiser, an application for viewing and analysing the contents of music audio files, is now available. It comes with some cool new features: audio alignment capabilities and a new measurement tool among others. Read the release announcement for details.

Sonic Visualiser utilises the Vamp plugin API for audio feature extraction. The Vamp plugin SDK 1.2 has been released recently. Additionally, a new version of the Queen Mary plugin set - including plugins like a note onset detector, a beat tracker, a tempo estimator and a key estimator, developed at the Centre for Digital Music at Queen Mary, University of London - is available for download.

]]> Qtractor 0.1.1 has been released http://www.linuxaudio.org/node/88 2008-03-09T19:44:51-04:00 2008-03-09T19:45:56-04:00 burkhard Qtractor 0.1.1 "The Futile Duchess" has been released! Improvements include native Linux VST plugin support, DSSI plugin support, configurable keyboard shortcuts as well as a draft user manual. Qtractor is an Audio/MIDI multi-track sequencer application written in C++ around the Qt4 toolkit.

]]> Qtractor 0.1.1 "The Futile Duchess" has been released! Improvements include native Linux VST plugin support, DSSI plugin support, configurable keyboard shortcuts as well as a draft user manual. Qtractor is an Audio/MIDI multi-track sequencer application written in C++ around the Qt4 toolkit.

]]> Ardour 2.3 released http://www.linuxaudio.org/node/79 2008-02-07T17:32:45-05:00 2008-02-07T17:32:45-05:00 admin Ardour 2.3 was released today. There are major new features in the audio analysis and tempo management domain. Provisional LV2 support is also included. Read the release announcement for details.

Ardour is the award winning digital audio workstation, transforming any computer running Linux or OS X into a tool to record, edit and mix multi-track audio.

]]> Ardour 2.3 was released today. There are major new features in the audio analysis and tempo management domain. Provisional LV2 support is also included. Read the release announcement for details.

Ardour is the award winning digital audio workstation, transforming any computer running Linux or OS X into a tool to record, edit and mix multi-track audio.

]]> Renoise ported to Linux http://www.linuxaudio.org/node/78 2008-02-07T16:54:18-05:00 2008-03-08T12:56:24-05:00 admin ]]> Renoise, a "contemporary digital audio workstation (DAW) based upon the heritage and development of tracker software" (Wikipedia), has been ported to Linux. It includes support for ALSA, JACK, LADSPA plugins and native Linux VSTs. There's a free public demo, the full version costs about 50 Euros. With this port Renoise is yet another example of the growing commercial interest in Linux as a viable professional audio platform. If you're interested, please read Dave Phillips' article on the subject.

]]> Registration for LAC2008 Open http://www.linuxaudio.org/node/77 2008-02-07T15:52:07-05:00 2008-02-07T15:52:25-05:00 admin The Linux Audio Conference 2008 is only three weeks away, taking place from February 28th to March 2nd in Cologne. The organisers kindly ask everybody who plans to attend to register at their website.

]]> The Linux Audio Conference 2008 is only three weeks away, taking place from February 28th to March 2nd in Cologne. The organisers kindly ask everybody who plans to attend to register at their website.

]]> JJack 0.3 released http://www.linuxaudio.org/node/76 2008-02-07T15:33:03-05:00 2008-02-07T15:34:12-05:00 admin There is a new release of JJack: version 0.3. JJack is a JACK audio driver for the Java Sound API and a framework for the Java programming language that allows Java applications to use the JACK Audio Connection Kit.

]]> There is a new release of JJack: version 0.3. JJack is a JACK audio driver for the Java Sound API and a framework for the Java programming language that allows Java applications to use the JACK Audio Connection Kit.

]]> Jack 0.109.2 released http://www.linuxaudio.org/node/75 2008-02-07T15:20:36-05:00 2008-03-07T20:02:50-05:00 admin Jack 0.109.2 has been released. Jack is a low-latency audio server for GNU/Linux and Apple's OS X. This is a maintainance release which fixes some important issues.

]]> Jack 0.109.2 has been released. Jack is a low-latency audio server for GNU/Linux and Apple's OS X. This is a maintainance release which fixes some important issues.

]]> Ardour 2.2 released http://www.linuxaudio.org/node/74 2008-01-16T18:50:48-05:00 2008-01-16T18:52:25-05:00 admin Ardour 2.2 has been released. The editing model has been significantly improved for much faster workflow, and Ardour now uses the Rubber Band library for timestretching (and offers pitchshifting as well). A native (X11-free) OS X version is on it's way, with the promise of support for AudioUnits plugins.

]]> Ardour 2.2 has been released. The editing model has been significantly improved for much faster workflow, and Ardour now uses the Rubber Band library for timestretching (and offers pitchshifting as well). A native (X11-free) OS X version is on it's way, with the promise of support for AudioUnits plugins.

Ardour is the award winning digital audio workstation, transforming any computer running Linux or OS X into a tool to record, edit and mix multi-track audio.

]]> Jack 0.109.0 released http://www.linuxaudio.org/node/73 2008-01-16T17:59:48-05:00 2008-01-16T17:59:48-05:00 admin Jack 0.109.0 is now available. Jack is a low-latency audio server for POSIX operating systems such as GNU/Linux and Apple's OS X, connecting different audio applications with each other and and with the audio device. Besides other improvements, this release adds hardware support for jack-midi. Read the release announcement for details.

]]> Jack 0.109.0 is now available. Jack is a low-latency audio server for POSIX operating systems such as GNU/Linux and Apple's OS X, connecting different audio applications with each other and and with the audio device. Besides other improvements, this release adds hardware support for jack-midi. Read the release announcement for details.

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