Re: [Bluemusic-users] ANN: Blue 2.6.0
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From: Jan J. H. <jj...@so...> - 2016-07-30 13:30:12
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Dear Steven, great, thanks a lot for your work! I am very glad to see that blue is in progression again! I am curious to find out more about the new possibilities of the current version. All the best, Jan Jacob Am 30.07.2016 um 04:21 schrieb Steven Yi: > Hi All, > > I'm happy to announce Blue 2.6.0 is now available at: > > https://github.com/kunstmusik/blue/releases/tag/2.6.0 > > Release notes are available at that link describing the changes in > detail. The big changes in this release are: > > 1. Audio Layers - This is a new LayerGroup type within the Score > timeline that allows working with audio files much like any DAW > software. Users may drag and drop audio files, trim, scissor, and > apply cross fades per file. Each layer is associated with a channel > in the mixer and users may apply standard Blue effects to audio layer > channels as well as automate parameters for effects. The goal with > Audio Layers is to provide a well-known paradigm and GUI interface for > music organization to Blue that users may use in addition to the more > lower-level features of Blue's Score system. This also represents a > shift in Blue providing higher-level tools for common practice work. > I have based a lot of the design on the implementation of Ardour > (http://ardour.org), including the adoption of its cross-fade system > for regions. This is the first release for AudioLayers and this > fulfills what I consider the basic features required. I hope to > continue developing this feature with the guidance of Blue users. > > 2. Sound SoundObject - This has been modified to allow users to create > BlueSynthBuilder interfaces for their custom-made soundObjects. > Conceptually, this could be understood to have similarities to Kyma's > object system where individual objects on the timeline can be custom > sound generation and processing objects that work at the level of > sound, rather than the level of events. > > 3. Java 8 is now required for running Blue. > > 4. A 64-bit Windows blue64.exe is now provided that should be used > with the newer Csound 6 releases for Windows. > > Additionally, there are a large number of other updates and bug fixes, > as described in the change log. > > This release was delayed for a long time due to academic work as well > as a large rewrite of internal code. I am now actively working on > Blue and will be continuing on to issues for 2.6.1. Current plans for > 2.7.0 are to rewrite and enhance the BlueSynthBuilder interface as > well as redesign the time system for Blue's score timeline to provide > additional views (i.e, beats, time code, real time, etc.). The goals > for 3.0.0 are to make Blue's score system work entirely in realtime so > that any changes will be reflects immediately, even while rendering. > Further plans are to include a device input and mapping system for > MIDI and OSC and to enhance BlueLive and its interaction with the > Score. > > There are a number of other internal things I will be looking at that > will occur in parallel. This includes a rewrite of the manual, a new > website, enhancements to BlueShare, researching alternate build > systems (e.g., Maven 3), and moving from the Swing UI toolkit to > JavaFX. Other features like metering in the Mixer and visualization > (waveforms, spectrums, etc.) are also being considered but are not yet > scheduled for a specific release. (Users may track all issues and > scheduling of features using Blue's github issue tracker.) > > Many thanks to Jan Jacob and Menno for providing valuable feedback > during the testing of 2.6.0! > > steven > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > _______________________________________________ > Bluemusic-users mailing list > Blu...@li... > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bluemusic-users > |