VMPK: new release, soon
A new VMPK release is coming, with some new features:* Touch screen interface support.* RtMidi 1.0.14, comes with Jack MIDI support. Note that RtMidi allows only one driver, so you need to choose at...
View ArticleMordor attacks
How to explain yesterday's events to all the inhabitants of Middle-earth? The Squad of Orcs, here called "Orcos de Esquadra", attacked a large meeting of Hobbits at Shire's Square, when they were...
View ArticleAkademy-es 2011
I've been attending the Akademy-es 2011 at Barcelona last week-end, instead of protesting and making the Spanish Revolution 2.0. It was a pleasure to meet Antonio Larrosa face to face again, after 5...
View ArticleVMPK 0.4.0 Released
This release adds touch screen support (multi-touch) for all platforms, if it is supported by the OS and hardware. New RtMidi classes have been merged, which includes Jack MIDI support and a new...
View ArticlePresenting VMPK for Nokia N950
I've been playing with my new and sexy Nokia N950 developer device, and here is the fruit: a newborn VMPK. I've just released a beta for testing, usable but not yet optimized. Please, try it. Your...
View ArticleSoundFonts want to be free
A "SoundFont" file (suffix .SF2) is a definition of one or several musical instruments, which can be used with synthesizers (hardware or software) to render, or convert musical notes (eg MIDI files,...
View ArticleVMPK & FluidSynth 0.1.0 released
VMPK & FluidSynth is a MeeGo Harmattan application for Nokia N9/N950 smartphones. It contains a QML based VMPK user interface bundled with FluidSynth for sound generation.You may download it from...
View ArticleChoosing MIDI or Digital Audio by Analogy
Whenever I talk to someone about the relationship between MIDI and digital audio, one of my favorite analogies is that of computer images.A digital raster image like a JPG file contains a bitmap. It is...
View ArticleVMPK for Android
Hi, Blog!A lot of time since the last post. Let me announce a new port of VMPK, for Android (4.x) devices. It is available in Google Play.There are two apps, a paid version (0.5€) and a free one...
View ArticleNotes about VMPK 0.6.0 for Desktops
Dear Blog, It has been a long time, but a week later after the release it is time to discuss some aspects of the latest version of our Virtual MIDI Piano Keyboard for desktop computers.Where to start?...
View ArticleDrumstick Metronome (kmetronome 1.0.0) and Drumstick 1.0.0 Libraries in the...
I've released in the past weeks some things labeled "Drumstick" and also labeled "1.0.0". What is all this about?Drumstick is the name of a set of Qt based libraries for MIDI processing. Current major...
View ArticleTaking Back From Android
Android is an operating system developed by Google around the Linux kernel. It is not like any other Linux distribution, because not only many common subsystems have been replaced by other components,...
View ArticleVMPK 0.7.0 released
It has been a while! First of all: thank you very much for the million downloads of VMPK! It happened in 2016, but I wasn't paying attention at the time. I didn't post any article around that event,...
View ArticleVMPK: MIDI by Network
This is only a quick and dirty article to link to the MIDI by Network page in the VMPK Wiki. It explains the basic concepts about ipMIDI and how to use it with VMPK.The Wiki has also pages about the...
View ArticleDrumstick 2.0 and related releases
Drumstick 2.0.0 has been released. There are four libraries now:drumstick::ALSA (Linux only)drumstick::RTdrumstick::Filedrumstick::WidgetsNew features include:Namespaces reorganizationCode and build...
View ArticleDrumstick Multiplatform MIDI File Player, Released and Reloaded
Drumstick Multiplatform MIDI File Player 1.3.0 has been released this week, right after the Drumstick Libraries 2.2.0 and VMPK 0.8.3; business as usual: we write programs, we release stuff. This post...
View ArticleNew Releases and the New Picture
A new batch of releases from the last weekend: Drumstick libraries 2.4.0, Drumstick Multiplatform MIDI File Player 1.5.1 and Drumstick MIDI Monitor 1.1.0 are out, and here are the main changes for each...
View ArticleAutumn Releases
There is a new batch of releases: Drumstick Libraries, VMPK, and Drumstick Multiplatform MIDI File Player. Below is the change log for each one.There is a common feature: USE_QT can be given in the...
View ArticleWinter Releases
In addition to the usual bug fixing, a common pattern across all projects are the changes related to the transition to Qt6, still experimental but mature enough, while keeping compatibility with Qt5....
View ArticleSpring is coming
I've just released Barcelona Trees, Beta2 v0.0.4, which is just another extremely niche application, totally unrelated to MIDI, but also based on the Qt frameworks like my other free software...
View ArticleProcrustes' Piano
In Greek mythology, Procrustes was a rogue smith and bandit. He had an iron bed, in which he invited every passer-by to spend the night. If the guest was shorter than the bed, he used his smith hammer...
View ArticleDog days releases
It's hot weather these days here at Barcelona! It is also time for releases...A new synthesizer library has been released on July 28, 2022: Sonivox. This project is a fork of the Android Open Source...
View ArticleSummer Releases
This week I have published several new versions of my music applications:Drumstick Metronome (kmetronome) v1.3.1Drumstick MIDI Monitor (kmidimon) v1.3.1Drumstick MIDI File Player (dmidiplayer)...
View ArticleDrumstick Libraries 2.7.1 Released
Drumstick is a set of MIDI libraries using C++/Qt idioms and style. Includes a C++ wrapper around the ALSA library sequencer interface: ALSA sequencer provides software support for MIDI technology on...
View ArticleSummer releases 2023
Barcelona Treesv0.0.5 has been released. This is the third Beta release of this program, that was already mentioned here some time ago. The new features are:Database updated using the 2023_2T datasets...
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