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PHASEX is a great polyphonic softsynth that can create a lot of usable and interesting sounds. Unfortunately development seems to have halted and the server on which sysex.net resides seems down. A few weeks before the server went off-line someone that goes by the handle of disabled decided to revive development of this great softsynth and set up the PHASEX Development Branch project. Today the first stable version, Milestone 1, has been released with some long desired features. To name just a few:
- a Panic button has been added
- Sustain pedals now work with this version
- The GTK System theme now works
- The naming scheme of multiple instances has been changed
- An extra -n (--n) option has been added to set the name of a PHASEX instance
phasex-dev Milestone 1 can be downloaded from disabled's github page.
There's a new version available of the 0.018 branch of the CALF Audio Plugin Pack. According to the changelog not a lot changed, a few bugs got squashed, but since this is the first update in over a year it shouldn't just pass under the radar unnoticed.
The T-team has released Traverso version 0.49.2. Not a completely new version but an update of the 0.49.x branch with some compatibility fixes and functionality taken from the git-tree. Behind the screens the devs are working hard on a new branch (presumably 0.50.x) which will include elaborate routing functions amongst others.
The 25th Tonmeistertagung conference held 13-16 Nov. in Leipzig, Germany will in part focus on the libre audio software scene, also featuring a keynote by the Linuxaudio.org director Ivica Ico Bukvic and a presentation on Ardour whose main developer Paul Davis is on the panel for the round-table discussion. The "Linux in Audio" session takes place on Sunday 16th. Have a look at the timetable and read the detailed programme for more information.