spectmorph-0.5.0

[Stefan Westerfeld]

spectmorph-0.5.0 has been released.

Overview of Changes in spectmorph-0.5.0:
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* Support user defined instruments
- graphical instrument editor
- new WavSource operator
* Make standard instrument set smaller (less download/disk usage)
* Graphical ADSR editor
* Added "SpectMorph User Manual" (online: html/pdf)
* Use different colors for active/used/unused operators
* LV2 now requires instance access feature
* Add file dialog wrapper shell scripts to work with some ardour bundles
* Integrate XML (pugixml) and ZIP (minizip) 3rd party code
* Minor fixes and cleanups

What is SpectMorph?
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SpectMorph is a free software project which allows to analyze samples of
musical instruments, and to combine them (morphing). It can be used to
construct hybrid sounds, for instance a sound between a trumpet and a
flute; or smooth transitions, for instance a sound that starts as a
trumpet and then gradually changes to a flute.

SpectMorph ships with many ready-to-use instruments which can be
combined using morphing.

SpectMorph is implemented in C++ and licensed under the GNU LGPL version 3

Integrating SpectMorph into your Work
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SpectMorph is currently available for Linux and Windows users. Here is a
quick overview of how you can make music using SpectMorph.

- VST Plugin, especially for proprietary solutions that don't support LV2.
(Available on Linux and 64-bit Windows)
- LV2 Plugin, for any sequencer that supports it.
- JACK Client.

Note that at this point, we may still change the way sound synthesis
works, so newer versions of SpectMorph may sound (slightly) different
than the current version.

Links:
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Website: http://www.spectmorph.org
Download: http://www.spectmorph.org/downloads

There are many audio demos on the website, which demonstrate morphing
between instruments.
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Stefan Westerfeld, Hamburg/Germany, http://space.twc.de/~stefan