Announde: DSP02 - Music composition software for children
by andersvi＠extern.uio.no
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Delivery-date: Thu, 31 May 2007 12:20:10 +0200
Date: Thu, 31 May 2007 12:20:09 +0200
From: asbjorn blokkum flo <a.b.flo(a)notam02.no>
To: Anders Vinjar <andersvi(a)extern.uio.no>
Subject: DSP
NOTAM
Nedre gate 5
N-0551 Oslo
Norway
*FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
*
Contact Information:
Company name: NOTAM
email address: admin(a)notam02.no
NOTAM Web site address: http://www.notam02.no/notam02/english.html
DSP2 Web site address: http://www.notam02.no/notam02/prod-prg-dsp02-e.html
Telephone: (+47) 22 35 80 60
Fax: (+47) 22 35 80 61
*NOTAM releases DSP02 Version 1.1.1 free music composition software for
children.
*
Oslo, Norway
May 30, 2007.
NOTAM, the Norwegian production centre for work with sound, has released
a new version (1.1.1) of NOTAMs DSP02 software for Mac OSX, Windows,
Linux and web-based use.
The new version of DSP02 brings performance improvements and user
interaction enhancements as well as support for Intel Mac.
For educators, composers, musicians, and others working with children,
who are looking for a creative, student-oriented method for teaching
sound creation and manipulation. DSP02 delivers a simple, user-friendly
way of mixing, editing, and sound processing in one package.
*DSP2 as a tool for learning*
DSP02 is designed for a non-linear approach to composition, and allows
students to develop compositions free from musical conventions and
stylistic blueprints. The creative impulse is at the center of the
tools, which through easy interactivity allows free, non-restricted
exploration of what the software tools can be used for.
DSP02 is published on a website which also contains a large number of
help- and tutorial texts, as well as musical examples and tasks that can
be developed by using the provided samples library. This makes the
website into a comprehensive educational tool for composition with
electronic sound.
/DSP02 is particularly well suited for young composers from 5th to 10th
grade.
/
DSP02 includes a large number of synthesis and sound processing tools
for various types of sound design, traditional and non-traditional, such
as sound editor, mixer, FM synthesis, additive synthesis, time stretch,
4 types of filters, chorus/vibrato/flanger, ring modulation, harmonizer,
reverb, delay, formant synthesis, guitar string synthesis, spectral
sieve, spectrum shift, and different algorithms for machine composition.
*DSP02 is free, and can be downloaded for OSX, Windows and Linux from:
*http://www.notam02.no/DSP02/en/index.php?page=317
DSP02 - for educators, composers, musicians, and others working with
children, looking for an easy way to learn sound creation and
manipulation, DSP2 delivers a simple and user friendly way of working
with sound synthesis, sound manipulation and mixing in one package.
*For more information, visit their web site at:
*http://www.notam02.no/notam02/prod-prg-dsp02-e.html
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16 years, 4 months
Announce: MAMMUT v.0.59
by andersvi＠extern.uio.no
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Delivery-date: Thu, 31 May 2007 12:20:01 +0200
Date: Thu, 31 May 2007 12:20:00 +0200
From: asbjorn blokkum flo <a.b.flo(a)notam02.no>
To: Anders Vinjar <andersvi(a)extern.uio.no>
Subject: mammut
NOTAM
Nedre gate 5
N-0551 Oslo
Norway
*FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE*
Contact Information:
Company name: NOTAM
email address: admin(a)notam02.no
NOTAM Web site address: http://www.notam02.no/notam02/english.html
Mammut Web site address:
http://www.notam02.no/notam02/prod-prg-mammut-e.html
Telephone: (+47) 22 35 80 60
Fax: (+47) 22 35 80 61
*NOTAM releases Mammut version 0.59 free sound processing software.
*
Oslo, Norway
May 30, 2007.
NOTAM, the Norwegian production centre for work with sound, has released
a new version (0.59) of NOTAMs Mammut software for Mac OSX, Windows and
Linux.
The new version of this unique frequency-based sound processing software
brings performance improvements and major user interaction enhancements.
For composers, sound designers, experimental musicians or producers
looking for a new approach to sound creation and manipulation, Mammut
delivers a unique way of working with sound in the frequency domain.
Mammut will do a frequency analysis of your sound in one single gigantic
FFT analysis (no windows). These spectral data, where the development in
time is incorporated in mysterious ways, may then be transformed by
different algorithms. An interesting aspect of Mammut is its completely
non-intuitive sound transformation approach. Different transforms can be
applied to the spectrum, such as nonlinear stretching, spectrum shift,
convolution, filtering and permutation.
Mammut is a somewhat unpredictable program, and the user must get used
to the idea of loosing control over the time axis. The sonic result is
often surprising. However, Mammut is also ideal for standard operations
like filtering, spectrum shift and convolution. The no-window approach
gives ultimate sound quality.
*Mammut version 0.59 features:
*
- A new approach to sound creation and manipulation in the frequency domain
- Unique single gigantic FFT analysis method.
- Stretch: Non-linear stretching of the frequency axis.
- Wobble: Alternately stretch and contract the frequency axis
- Multiply phase: Multiply all phases with the value you specify
- Derivate amp: Replaces the amplitude spectrum with its derivative
(slope).
- Filter: Optimal bandstop filter. The ultimate in cut-off performance!
- Invert: Splits the spectrum into regions with specified size, and turn
backward.
- Threshold: Removes all partials below a given amplitude threshold.
- Spectrum Shift: Optimal spectrum shift, with no window artifacts.
- Block Swap: Selects randomly positioned regions of the spectrum, and
interchange.
- Mirror: Reflects the whole spectrum around the frequency you specify.
*For more information, visit their web site at:
*http://www.notam02.no/notam02/prod-prg-mammut-e.html
*Mammut is free, and can be downloaded from:
*OSX:
http://www.notam02.no/arkiv/macosx/
Windows:
http://www.notam02.no/arkiv/windows/
Linux:
http://www.notam02.no/arkiv/src/
Mammut: for composers, sound designers, experimental musicians or
producers looking for a new approach to sound creation and manipulation
in the frequency domain.
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16 years, 4 months
Getting started?
by Ant
Ive been on this list for a while, and have noted that its been somewhat
quiet. So i've just googled Ardour seeing it mentioned and it looks
great! Ive kept googling, and there seems to be a hole where FC6 is.
Like many probably I currently run FC6, and according to most references
up to FC5 is supported, although there is a couple of mentions of FC7.
Do the packages exist for FC6, and if so, where? Can anyone recommend a
couple of good apps to take a look at?
I also have a couple of musically inclined friends who I recently built
a PC for, and set it up with FC6 and Windows. It lives in the room with
their keyboards, midi and other music gear etc, and now they have
accidentally trashed the windows install and say that FC6 runs great and
they're happy to keep using it only. They say its better for uni work
and the interface is easyer to use than 'doze. They just wish Cubase or
Sibelius ran on it. I'd love to get some good linux music apps on there
for them to try (and have a bit of a play with myself)!
TIA,
Ant
16 years, 5 months
Ardour 2.0 for FC7?
by Per Thomas Jahr
Hi,
Now that Ardour 2.0 has been released, will it be in the repository for
FC7?
BTW: is there a list of available packages in FC7 somewhere?
Thanks
--
Per Thomas
16 years, 5 months
ANNOUNCE: PHASEX v0.10.0
by William Weston
Announcing the latest release of the Phasex Harmonic Advanced Synthesis
EXperiment (first release featuring a GUI), available for download (source
tarball and FC6 RPMs) at:
http://sysex.net/phasex/
PHASEX is an experimental softsynth for Linux/ALSA/JACK systems with a
good mix of standard and experimental features. Here's a quick
overview of what PHASEX offers:
* GTK GUI: Every paramater is available through the GUI, with parameter
names right-clickable for on-the-fly MIDI controller mapping and
middle-clickable for parameter help.
* 4 Osc / 4 LFO: Oscs and LFOs support multiple sources: MIDI key, tempo,
envelopes, and inputs, all with selectable unipolar/bipolar scaling.
Wavetable includes the basic wave shapes, both bandlimited and
non-bandlimited. Per-osc and per-LFO transpose, pitchbend, and init
phase.
* Modulations: Full AM, FM, and PM (in this case, modulation of phase
offset between left and right channels) routing with per-osc controls.
Each osc can be modulated by any osc or LFO for AM, FM, of PM. Wave
select modulation by LFO modulators is alsa available.
* Filter: Modified Chamberlin filter with LP, HP, BP, BS, LP+BP, HP+BP,
LP+HP, and BS+BP modes, distortion and retro (clean) types, keyfollow
modes, ADSR envelope, and LFO cutoff modulation.
* ADSR Envelope: Standard ADSR envelopes for amplifier and filter.
* Chorus: Stereo crossover chorus with builtin phaser.
* Delay: Stereo crossover delay with LFO modulation capability.
* Key Modes: Mono smooth, mono retrigger, mono multikey (round-robin
mapping of MIDI keys to individual oscs), and full poly modes are
available.
* Input Processing: Inputs may be routed to any combination of oscs and
LFOs. Input boost allows weaker sources to be brought up to level of
oscs. Envelope follower applies input envelope to output.
* Sampling Modes: Supports undersampling and oversampling, giving control
over the ever present quality vs. CPU tradeoff.
Since this is the first public release of PHASEX with a GUI, feedback is
highly encouraged. The project goal is to provide a synthesizer to
experimental and professional musicians alike that is as easy and
enjoyable to use as it is powerful. The next batch of new parameters and
features will be a result of feedback from the community, so please, don't
be shy.
Cheers!
--ww
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/* William Weston <weston(a)sysex.net> */
16 years, 5 months
