Snippets!

A quick blog this week, as Chris and I are both very busy with our own personal projects. There's never enough time in the day......!

There's been a bit of progress at OpenOctave central with some code tidying up, and revisiting an old chum in the shape of the midi panic button. We've both had a bit of a challenge with hanging notes, and discovered the midi panic button wasn't doing what it should, at least in our current setup. Chris got stuck in, and the update, although minor, is important. This is part of a twofold process, as Christian and the team over at Linuxsampler is busy getting the latest release ironed out, and at the same time, mapping out a new lscp component to enable routing midi messages via lscp. This a great step forward in the Openoctave project, as it will mean we can write a script, give it a keybinding, and be able to halt any hanging notes in Linuxsampler from anywhere in our setup. (and let's not forget Ls can only respond to whatever midi message it gets, so if an app doesn't send a notes off, the note will keep going, as it should in this circumstance.)

We wait with unbridled enthusiasm for this new feature!

Speaking of Linuxsampler, the new release (1.0.0) is terrific, and more than amply continues the Linuxsampler intent of  "it does what it says on the tin." Christian has indicated the next stage of development is about to begin, with a new engine format to add to the current gig engine. We wish them every sucess.

www.linuxsampler.org

Dave Phillips over at StudioDave, and of Linux Journal fame, has released some new tunes at  http://linux-sound.org/ardour-music.html. If you're into cruisy blues, and loud animal print jackets, then drop over to Dave's link, and have a listen.

This is a little tongue in cheek, but I'm starting a regular item here, called "Workflow Warrior."

This is an acknowledgement of the efforts put in by linux devs to improve their digital children with workflow additions, and new features. For too long the nasty little rodent has reigned supreme, and the rebellion has begun, with actions, navigation, and task related keystrokes that will greatly improve the enjoyment level users get.

Crush the rodent!

Our first  Workflow Warrior is the team over at Ardour. Recently added actions, and a big improvement in management of menus and bindings has made the Ardour experience even better. 2.8.3 is as stable here as 2.8.2 was, and works a treat here at Openoctave.

www.ardour.org 

So congratulations to the Ardour team as the first OpenOctave Project.................. "Workflow Warriors!"

More to come,

Alex.