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[glokraw]

Harrison Mixbus 4 is on sale for a few more days at $29.95,
and the jumbobazonga 32C version is $99.95

Cheers

[glokraw]

The fine Calf plugin collection get's a major release

Win-Mac users, who may be unfamiliar, this collection
continues the quest of a former Pro-tools user
who is determined to do things better.
I think more than 20 in all now, high quality, with polished gui's,
an improved rack to present them, with a mono-synth, wave-table synth,
and organ-synth also in the effects bundle.

Website: https://calf-studio-gear.org/
Downloads: https://calf-studio-gear.org/files/
GitHub: https://github.com/calf-studio-gear/calf

[glokraw]

A new Guitarix release, 0.36.1

* switch to use faust 0.9.90
* fix constant midi toggle change on preset load
* add set midi switch to load next preset
* add set midi switch to load previous preset
* fix midi value change triggered double ( fix Preset Pick Mode)
* add mono and stereo vumeter (with clip indicator) plugin
* add option to make tuner sticky on top of the Rack
* improved tooltips for Lv2 and Ladspa plugs
* some fixes on the DK_simulator contributed by Yoann Le BORGNE

Carla daw/host has moved away from JUCE, to simplify
future workflow and updates, and moved some capabilities from being
ON by default, to being options.

LinVst plugin wrapper keeps improving, with work to keep
it part of the AVLinux distro releases, that combined with
new wine-staging releases utilizing reaper,
and the solid progress of the linux reaper,
great vst compatibility is at hand, and getting better.

LinuxSampler, and Qtractor daw have new releases, and although
not new, the Resolve DaVici professional video editing suite
has a linux version available as a CentOS dvd iso installer.
The free version, and bottom tier priced $229 entry version means
a solid option exists for potential linux based video producers.
The app by itself is a 400+ meg file that installs by a script,
and people from various unsupported linuxi, are learning
to install and use it.

U-he Repro-5 is getting great reviews, and is bundled with their recent
Repro-1 synth (Pro 1 emu) priced for now at $99, while still in public beta.
Great fun using the fine Repro-1 sequencer, as dance partner
for Repro-5.

Thanks to those who offered me their Bitwig 8-Track license!!!
Lot's of KVR members are just like that
I'm now enjoying it's drag&drop guitar effects rack capabilities x 10,
using Drumcore 3 vst to keep me inside the white lines!

The Guitarix plugin can be hosted in Bitwig using a Carla-rack vst
to host linux formats not yet native. I think the LinVst dev has also
made an LV2 wrapper, but I've not had time lately,
to leave the candy store and check out the real world.
Cheers

[audiojunkie]

Thanks for the updates GloKraw!

[glokraw]

My pleasure to share some good news. And there's more,

http://www.kvraudio.com/forum/viewtopic ... 6&start=75

has details of a new zynaddsubfx release, scroll down, posted by ssj71

provides links and lots of fixes/features info.
Cheers

[glokraw]

To quote the late Gomer Pyle, shezzam, shezzammm! shezzaaammmm!!!

The recent gem of creative madness, Sugar Bytes 'Aparillo' is working
smoothe as silk in my linux Mint 18/wine-staging/Reaper 5.70.
If you like music for sci-fi, film score epics, or just uniquely empowered
bread & butter, this is a must-have.
midi-learn worked on the many sliders, but I'm still about 8 or 10 videos
short of deciphering what they all do. Lo and behold, Sugar bytes have released
8 or 10 videos just in time for Santa to start filling orders.
The gui is delightful, mysterious, with controls sized nicely for even
the most ham-fisted of key pounders.

Their support is also excellent, not the bot-driven sterile messages
of the software giants. Actual people, asking for details with which
to help solve the issue at hand. Priced at $99, it looks to be deep enough
to add value year after year, as the capabilities become apparent,
and new features go beyond this first release.
Cheers

[glokraw]

Looks like it's 2018 already, and it should be a great year
for making music in linux systems. Linux audio developers keep updating and creating
plugins, instruments, and utilities. Linux daw makers have made excellent progress.

The dedicated audio/video distros are alive and well, there is a promising
high-end video production suite, and new niks keep appearing in several forums,
indication more users are incorporating linux in their creative workflow.

Linux audio predictions for 2018? Going out on the creaky old limb, I think that
2018 will see wine-staging releases capable of handling software ilok-manager,
and NI's beloved Native Access, and that 'plugin wrapping' advances will further
reduce the numbers of windows .dll plugins that can't be enjoyed in linux daws.

Also, I suspect one or more pro-audio-enabled android based distros will emerge
as a solid option, and some r-pi/soc hardware solutions will begin filling
niches, if not creating their own.

At U-he Central, Abique is digging in deep against long established
and sometimes daft* linux gui protocols, and when victorious,
the many great U-he plugins that already work fine in most linux systems,
will edge towards being flawless, when used in the higher-end environments
that are more within reach with each passing month.

* Special thanks to those capable of recognizing and improving on
anything *daft*, who have created such wonderful instruments, sounds, effects,
and tools, that amazing and delightful music can be made without
mortgaging a fortune, mastering rocket science, or becoming
a plugaholic virtual studio monk. These are the best of times.

Happy 2018!

[audiojunkie]

Those things would certainly be great!!

[Diek]

After being deceived with Win 10, I'm looking back at Linux. Things seems to be at a sweet point. The only reason to stay in Win for me it's the propietary software. So big thanks to you all for your effort and work.

[glokraw]

Linux Audio Conference 2018

http://lac.linuxaudio.org/2018/

will be close to this hotel

http://www.cataloniaberlinmitte.com/

Who will dominate, the brain trust, or the party animals?

[farlukar]

Linux audio predictions for 2018? Going out on the creaky old limb, I think that
2018 will see wine-staging releases capable of handling software ilok-manager

I can't even get it installed in a windows VM

[glokraw]

Wine has a small advantage, in that it doesn't have to deal with
all of windows, just the parts used by the apps that have the most
attention of wine developers and contributors, mainly games and
office apps, but I've read that a Kontakt user joined the wine team,
and has implemented quite a few audio improvements in the last
year or so. Wine certainly is quite nice to use a lot of brand-name
plugins, in a friendly and semi-private OS. I got some ilok-laden
plugins during no-brainer season, so I'll get around to setting up
a wine-ilok-manager linux on an external drive,
perhaps the next time it snows

[glokraw]

In the Happy New Year! category, in an oldish wine-staging,
without any over-rides set up, I have Reaper in wine running
the newest SynthMaster 2.9 and Synthmaster One 1.6,
with the midi-out of Synthmaster One playing the
Synthmaste 2.9 sound.

And also, the native linux Reaper is playing these synths when LinVst is used
to wrap them as native-linux vsts, so the linux Bitwig, Mixbus
and other vst-supporting linux daws, might also be capable.

Also, the 2.9 gui responds much better than in 2.8,
greatly improved drawing controls, and without screen-flashes.
And the preset browser seems to be functioning well, instead of just
using preset display control to change sounds.

I think these two fine synths are still in a bundle sale, at a great price.

http://www.synthmaster.com/

Cheers

[audiojunkie]

Thanks again for the updates glokraw!! How is your experience with running Linux from an external USB 3 drive?

[glokraw]

I haven't had issues booting from external drives, usb 2 or 3,
using a recycled i7 2600, intel mobo,
so is several years old by now. I did have a problem with a 3 gig
sealed-case usb3 Passport backup drive. It had 400 gig space left when things
started going bad. It's awaiting a ddrescue when I replace it with a bare drive
in a non-sealed case. But I have multiple drive and dvd backups,
just for dancing with such failures.
Cheers