Hello there! The Qstuff* pre-LAC2019 [17] release frenzy is now starting up... enjoy! Included in this batch: * QjackCtl 0.5.6 * Qsynth 0.5.5 * Qsampler 0.5.4 * QXGEdit 0.5.3 * QmidiNet 0.5.3 All the boring details follow suit... ** QjackCtl - JACK Audio Connection Kit Qt GUI Interface [1] ** QjackCtl 0.5.6 (pre-lac2019) is released! QjackCtl is a(n ageing yet modern, not so 'simple' anymore) Qt [6] application to control the JACK [7] sound server, for the Linux Audio [11] infrastructure. Website: http://qjackctl.sourceforge.net https://qjackctl.sourceforge.io Project page: http://sourceforge.net/projects/qjackctl Downloads: http://sourceforge.net/projects/qjackctl/files - source tarball: http://download.sf.net/qjackctl/qjackctl-0.5.6.tar.gz - source package: http://download.sf.net/qjackctl/qjackctl-0.5.6-35.rncbc.suse.src.rpm - binary package: http://download.sf.net/qjackctl/qjackctl-0.5.6-35.rncbc.suse.x86_64.rpm - AppImage [16] package: http://download.sf.net/qjackctl/qjackctl-0.5.6-7.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: - Refactored all singleton/unique application instance setup logic away from X11/Xcb hackery. - At last, JACK freewheel mode is now being detected as to postpone any active patchbay scans as much as possible. - Removed old pre-FFADO 'freebob' driver support. - HiDPI display screen support (Qt >= 5.6). - Graph port temporary highlighting while hovering, if and only if connecting ports of same type and complementary modes. - Bumped copyright headers into the New Year (2019). ** Qsynth - A fluidsynth Qt GUI Interface [2] ** Qsynth 0.5.5 (pre-lac2019) is released! Qsynth is a FluidSynth [9] GUI front-end application written in C++ around the Qt framework [6] using Qt Designer. Website: http://qsynth.sourceforge.net https://qsynth.sourceforge.io Project page: http://sourceforge.net/projects/qsynth Downloads: http://sourceforge.net/projects/qsynth/files - source tarball: http://download.sf.net/qsynth/qsynth-0.5.5.tar.gz - source package: http://download.sf.net/qsynth/qsynth-0.5.5-16.rncbc.suse.src.rpm - binary package: http://download.sf.net/qsynth/qsynth-0.5.5-16.rncbc.suse.x86_64.rpm - AppImage [16] package: http://download.sf.net/qsynth/qsynth-0.5.5-7.x86_64.AppImage 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: - Refactored all singleton/unique application instance setup logic away from X11/Xcb hackery. - HiDPI display screen support (Qt >= 5.6). - Bumped copyright headers into the New Year (2019). ** Qsampler - A LinuxSampler Qt GUI Interface [3] ** Qsampler 0.5.4 (pre-lac2019) is released! Qsampler is a LinuxSampler [10] GUI front-end application written in C++ around the Qt framework [6] using Qt Designer. Website: http://qsampler.sourceforge.net Project page: http://sourceforge.net/projects/qsampler Downloads: http://sourceforge.net/projects/qsampler/files - source tarballs: http://download.sf.net/qsampler/qsampler-0.5.4.tar.gz - source package: http://download.sf.net/qsampler/qsampler-0.5.4-28.rncbc.suse.src.rpm - binary package: http://download.sf.net/qsampler/qsampler-0.5.4-28.rncbc.suse.x86_64.rpm - AppImage [16] package: http://download.sf.net/qsampler/qsampler-0.5.4-7.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 Change-log: - Refactored all singleton/unique application instance setup logic away from X11/Xcb hackery. - HiDPI display screen support (Qt >= 5.6). - Bumped copyright headers into the New Year (2019). ** QXGEdit - A Qt XG Editor [4] ** QXGEdit 0.5.3 (pre-lac2019) is released! QXGEdit is a live XG instrument editor, specialized on editing MIDI System Exclusive files (.syx) for the Yamaha DB50XG [13] and thus probably a baseline for many other XG devices. Website: http://qxgedit.sourceforge.net https://qxgedit.sourceforge.io Project page: http://sourceforge.net/projects/qxgedit Downloads: http://sourceforge.net/projects/qxgedit/files - source tarball: http://download.sf.net/qxgedit/qxgedit-0.5.3.tar.gz - source package: http://download.sf.net/qxgedit/qxgedit-0.5.3-14.rncbc.suse.src.rpm - binary package: http://download.sf.net/qxgedit/qxgedit-0.5.3-14.rncbc.suse.x86_64.rpm - AppImage [16] package: http://download.sf.net/qxgedit/qxgedit-0.5.3-7.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: - HiDPI display screen support (Qt >= 5.6). - Old deprecated Qt4 build support is no more. - AppStream metadata updated to be the most compliant with latest freedesktop.org specification and recommendation. ** QmidiNet - A MIDI Network Gateway via UDP/IP Multicast [5] ** QmidiNet 0.5.3 (pre-lac2019) is released! QmidiNet is a MIDI network gateway application that sends and receives MIDI data (ALSA-MIDI [8] and JACK-MIDI [7]) over the network, using UDP/IP multicast. Inspired by multimidicast [14] and designed to be compatible with ipMIDI [15] for Windows. Website: http://qmidinet.sourceforge.net https://qmidinet.sourceforge.io Project page: http://sourceforge.net/projects/qmidinet Downloads: http://sourceforge.net/projects/qmidinet/files - source tarball: http://download.sf.net/qmidinet/qmidinet-0.5.3.tar.gz - source package: http://download.sf.net/qmidinet/qmidinet-0.5.3-16.rncbc.suse.src.rpm - binary package: http://download.sf.net/qmidinet/qmidinet-0.5.3-16.rncbc.suse.x86_64.rpm - AppImage [16] package: http://download.sf.net/qmidinet/qmidinet-0.5.3-7.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: - HiDPI display screen support (Qt >= 5.6). - Old deprecated Qt4 build support is no more. - AppData/AppStream metadata is now settled under an all permisssive license (FSFAP); also updated to be the most compliant with latest freedesktop.org specification and recommendation. - Fixed for some g++ >= 8.1.1 warnings and quietness. 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 http://qjackctl.sourceforge.net [2] Qsynth - A fluidsynth Qt GUI Interface http://qsynth.sourceforge.net [3] Qsampler - A LinuxSampler Qt GUI Interface http://qsampler.sourceforge.net [4] QXGEdit - A Qt XG Editor http://qxgedit.sourceforge.net [5] QmidiNet - A MIDI Network Gateway via UDP/IP Multicast http://qmidinet.sourceforge.net [6] Qt framework, C++ class library and tools for cross-platform application and UI development http://qt.io/ [7] JACK Audio Connection Kit http://jackaudio.org [8] ALSA, Advanced Linux Sound Architecture http://www.alsa-project.org/ [9] FluidSynth - A SoundFont Synthesizer A real-time software synthesizer based on SoundFont 2 specifications http://www.fluidsynth.org [10] LinuxSampler - The Linux Sampler Project A modular, streaming capable, realtime audio sampler http://www.linuxsampler.org [11] Linux Audio consortium of libre software for audio-related work http://linuxaudio.org [12] GPL - GNU General Public License http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html [13] Yamaha DB50XG http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/1996_articles/may96/yamahadb50xg.html [14] multimidicast - sends and receives MIDI from ALSA sequencers over network http://llg.cubic.org/tools/multimidicast [15] ipMIDI - MIDI over Ethernet ports - send MIDI over your LAN http://nerds.de [16] AppImage, Linux apps that run anywhere http://appimage.org/ [17] LAC2019@CCRMA-Stanford, March 22–26 2019 https://lac.linuxaudio.org/2019/ See also: https://www.rncbc.org/drupal/node/1989 Enjoy && Keep having fun! -- rncbc aka Rui Nuno Capela _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user
