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25th Tonmeistertagung conference

ico — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 08:49:09 -0400

The 25th Tonmeistertagung conference held 13-16 Nov. in Leipzig, Germany will in part focus on the libre audio software scene, also featuring a keynote by the Linuxaudio.org director Ivica Ico Bukvic and a presentation on Ardour whose main developer Paul Davis is on the panel for the round-table discussion. The "Linux in Audio" session takes place on Sunday 16th. Have a look at the timetable and read the detailed programme for more information.

Qtractor 0.2.2 "The Flirty Ditz" released

burkhard — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 19:06:33 -0400

Qtractor 0.2.2 "The Flirty Ditz" is out! It comes with improved documentation and a load of bufixes and smaller improvements. Read the full release announcement for details. Qtractor is an Audio/MIDI multi-track sequencer application written in C++ around the Qt4 toolkit.

OSScamp 2008

robin — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 09:29:24 -0400

Linuxaudio.org and its memembers have received an invitation from Priyanka Jain to join the sixth OSScamp on 27th & 28th of September 2008 in Delhi. If you can't make it to India; you can follow the event via live webcast.

the Linux-Audio-Users Chillout Band

admin — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 08:27:22 -0400

Better late than never--recently we stumbled across Packet-In a collaboration discussed earlier on LAU who released their first CD produced entierly on gnu/Linux back in April.

Besides very cool music which you can download and share, they publish the way it was produced and source material. Give them a standing ovation and support their free open endeavor by contributing feedback, critics, or music.

Mixxx 1.6 released

burkhard — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 18:05:33 -0400

Mixxx 1.6 has been released. Mixxx is currently the most popular open source djing software package, providing everything you need to make your mixes in a completely open source environment. This release adds vinyl control working with any soundcard and supports a much wider range of MIDI controllers than previous releases. Mixxx 1.6 is available for Linux, Intel Mac and Windows.

Max/PD clash

robin — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 14:14:37 -0400

After the Chuck vs. SuperCollider livecode battle at ICMC2005, this had to happen.

Pd won 9-6 to Max! Several people, however, pointed out there was only one person on the MAX team while there were two representing Pd. more...

Amigaos -- a CD entirely produced in Linux

ico — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 18:22:41 -0400

Earlier this week, Marcos Guglielmetti, a member of the LAU list has released a CD compilation produced entirely using Linux. more...

summer break

robin — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 20:10:51 -0400

linuxaudio.org is looking for 2-3 additional editor/admins to support and consolidate our services. If you are interested join the linux-audio-developers mailing list.

Our otherwise reliable and excellent newsfeed is taking the summer off to graduate, and linuxaudio.org uses the time to improve upon infrastructure, perform upgrades and www-maintenance. We do not expect any downtime but you may temporarily encounter longer loading times.

In the meantime ardour 2.5 has been unleashed and July has seen a blast of releases: Sonic Visualizer bumps to Version 1.3, rivendell is closing in on a 1.0 release and guitarix will rock the summer. For a full list of announcements check out the linux-audio-announce list.

Ardour 2.4 released

burkhard — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 08:01:54 -0400

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

burkhard — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 07:45:07 -0400

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.