Re: [LAU] [ANN] Qtractor 0.7.5 - The Hazy Photon is out!

Can't wait to see it updated in KXS repos :) Long live Qtractor!!

yPhil

On 03/21/2016 05:14 PM, Rui Nuno Capela wrote:
> Hello everybody!
>
> Qtractor 0.7.5 (hazy photon) is out!
>
> It comes with one top recommendation though: please update, at once,
> while it's hot! :)
>
> Highlights for this dot/beta release:
>
> * Overlapping clips cross-fade (NEW)
> * MIDI Send/Return and Aux-Send insert plugins (NEW)
> * Generic and custom track icons eye-candy (NEW)
>
> Some other interesting points may be found in the blunt and misty
> change-log below.
>
> And just in case you missed it before,
>
> Qtractor [1] is an audio/MIDI multi-track sequencer application
> written in C++ with the Qt framework [2]. Target platform is Linux,
> where the Jack Audio Connection Kit (JACK [3]) for audio and the
> Advanced Linux Sound Architecture (ALSA [4]) for MIDI are the main
> infrastructures to evolve as a fairly-featured Linux desktop audio
> workstation GUI, specially dedicated to the personal home-studio.
>
> Change-log (since last tacky release):
> - Beat unit divisor, aka. the denominator or lower numeral in the
> time-signature, have now a visible and practical effect over the
> time-line, even though the standard MIDI tempo(BPM) is always denoted
> in beats as quarter-notes (1/4, crotchet, seminima) per minute.
> - Fixed an old hack on LV2 State Files abstract/relative file-path
> mapping when saving custom LV2 Presets (after a related issue on
> Fabla2, by Harry Van Haaren, thanks).
> - Default PC-Keyboard shortcuts may now be erasable and re-assigned
> (cf. Help/Shortcuts...).
> - New option on the audio/MIDI export dialog, on whether to add/import
> the exported result as brand new track(s).
> - Introducing brand new track icons property.
> - Old Dry/Wet Insert and Aux-send pseudo-plugin parameters are now
> split into separate Dry and Wet controls, what else could it possibly
> be? :)
> - Brand new MIDI Insert and Aux-Send pseudo-plugins are now
> implemented with very similar semantics as the respective and existing
> audio counterparts.
> - Implement LV2_STATE__loadDefaultState feature (after pull request by
> Hanspeter Portner aka. ventosus, thanks).
> - Plug-ins search paths internal logic has been refactored; an
> alternative file-name based search is now in effect for LADSPA, DSSI
> and VST plug-ins, whenever not found on their original file-path
> locations saved in a previous session.
> - Finally added this brand new menu Clip/Cross Fade command, aimed on
> setting fade-in/out ranges properly, just as far to (auto)cross-fade
> consecutive overlapping clips.
>
> Website:
> http://qtractor.sourceforge.net
>
> Project page:
> http://sourceforge.net/projects/qtractor
>
> Downloads:
> http://sourceforge.net/projects/qtractor/files
>
> - source tarball:
> http://download.sf.net/qtractor/qtractor-0.7.5.tar.gz
>
> - source package (openSUSE Tumbleweed):
> http://download.sf.net/qtractor/qtractor-0.7.5-23.rncbc.suse.src.rpm
>
> - binary packages (openSUSE Tumbleweed):
> http://download.sf.net/qtractor/qtractor-0.7.5-23.rncbc.suse.i586.rpm
> http://download.sf.net/qtractor/qtractor-0.7.5-23.rncbc.suse.x86_84.rpm
>
> Git repos:
> http://git.code.sf.net/p/qtractor/code
> https://github.com/rncbc/qtractor
>
> Wiki (on going, help wanted!):
> http://sourceforge.net/p/qtractor/wiki/
>
> Weblog (on going, upstream support):
> http://www.rncbc.org
>
> License:
> Qtractor [1] is free, open-source Linux Audio [5] software,
> distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License (GPL
> [6]) version 2 or later.
>
> References:
>
> [1] Qtractor - An audio/MIDI multi-track sequencer
> http://qtractor.sourceforge.net
>
> [2] Qt framework, C++ class library and tools for
> cross-platform application and UI development
> http://qt.io/
>
> [3] JACK Audio Connection Kit
> http://jackaudio.org
>
> [4] ALSA, Advanced Linux Sound Architecture
> http://www.alsa-project.org/
>
> [5] Linux Audio consortium of libre software for audio-related work
> http://linuxaudio.org
>
> [6] GPL - GNU General Public License
> http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html
>
> See also:
> http://www.rncbc.org/drupal/node/1022
>
>
> Enjoy && Keep the fun, always.
> --
> rncbc aka. Rui Nuno Capela
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