rncbc.org has announced the new beta release of Qtractor v0.6.4, the "Baryon Throne" release.
Qtractor is an audio/MIDI multi-track sequencer application written in C++ with the Qt4 framework. Target platform is Linux, where the Jack Audio Connection Kit (JACK) for audio and the Advanced Linux Sound Architecture (ALSA) for MIDI are the main infrastructures to evolve as a fairly-featured Linux desktop audio workstation GUI, specially dedicated to the personal home-studio.
Highlights for this release:
- Punch-in/out over loop-recording/take modes (NEW).
- Latch/momentary MIDI Controllers toggle mode (NEW).
- JACK client/port pretty-name (metadata) support (NEW).
- Custom style and color themes (NEW).
- Mixer strip multi-row layout (NEW).
- Muted audio tracks monitoring on playback (FIX).
- Clip fade-in/out resize on time-stretch (FIX).
Qtractor is free, open-source Linux Audio software, distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License (GPL) version 2 or later.
See also: www.rncbc.org/drupal/node/834