Too everyone who's waited with bated breath for this day to come (primarily me), rejoice in the first beta release of Specimen, a midi controlled audio sampler for GNU/Linux systems. Features as listed on the webpage: # ALSA sequencer interface support. # Audio output via ALSA or JACK. # Individual panning and volume controls for each patch. # High quality cubically interpolated pitch scaling. # Sample start/stop and loop points. # Three playback modes; "normal" just plays the sample, "trim" plays the sample and stops early if so instructed, "loop" plays the sample for the requested duration. # Patch bank saving and loading in the "beef" file format. Check out www.gazuga.net for more and to download the source. I'm gonna spend the next few days giving the program a usability test and creating a demo song that does it justice, so keep your ears open for some homegrown UHB in the not-too-distant future. [pb]
