rncbc.org has announced the Spring'24 release candidates of Qtractor version 0.9.90, and Vee One Suite version 0.9.90 (aka v1.0.0-rc1) of old-school software instruments, for GNU/Linux.
Qtractor is an audio/MIDI multi-track sequencer application written in C++ with the Qt 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.
Changes for this release candidate are:
- MIDI Controller mappings are now shown on floating tool-tips.
- Custom color themes are now file based (*.conf); legacy still preserved ntl.
- Add default GM, GS and XG standard instruments definition file.
- Old generic "Portuguese" translation (pt) has been corrected to the more proper "Portuguese (Brazil) " locale (pt_BR).
- Up and Down arrow-keys may now be used to change event values on the MIDI clip editor current selection (e.g. note velocities).
- MIDI clip editor now featuring lollipops for all kind of candy event values;).
- Make the minimum width of events on the MIDI clip editor larger, depending on screen resolution and horizontal zoom setting.
- Avoid issuing equivalent MIDI track channel volume and panning via GM standard controllers (CC#7 and CC#10 resp.) to mitigate recursive or positive feedback loops.
- Refined mouse-wheel control step size on the sliders of mixer strips and generic/stock plugin editor dialogs.
- Fixed the build checks on whether to use old or newer style of LV2 include headers.
- Introducing colored strips on the time ruler headers for loop and punch recording ranges.
- Fixed an off-by-one(-pixel) mispositioning of selected events, while on the MIDI clip editor (aka piano-roll).
See also: Qtractor 0.9.90 - A Spring'24 Release Candidate batch #3
The Vee One Suite is comprised of four separate, autonomous software instruments, which are:
- Synthv1 - a polyphonic subtractive synthesizer.
- Samplv1 - a polyphonic sampler synthesizer.
- Drumkv1 - a drum-kit sampler synthesizer.
- Padthv1 - a polyphonic additive synthesizer.
All still delivered in dual form, as usual:
- A pure stand-alone JACK client with JACK-session, NSM (Non/New Session Management) and both JACK MIDI and ALSA MIDI input support;
- A LV2 instrument plugin.
See also: Vee One Suite 0.9.90 - A Spring'24 Release Candidate batch #2
Both Qtractor and the Vee One Suite are free, open-source Linux Audio software, distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License (GPL) version 2 or later.
