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

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Thanks, Steven!

On Fri, Jul 29, 2016 at 10:21 PM, Steven Yi <stevenyi@gmail.com> wrote:

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

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Silly question: how do 'i discover whic version of java i have? I curretly 
have blue 2.3 and a part finished piece  which I would hate to lose. 
think java is 1.7 but not sure

s ever Linux opensuSE 13.1 and 13.2 x86_64
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Thanks all!

For checking the java version, you can use this on the terminal:

java -version

I'm not sure about SuSe, but on Debian I tend to use Oracle JDK 8. I
think on one system though I had openjdk and I seem to remember JavaFX
was split into a separate package for openjdk, so I had to install
that separately.

Hope that helps!
steven

On Sat, Jul 30, 2016 at 12:34 PM, jpff  wrote:
> Silly question: how do 'i discover whic version of java i have? I curretly
> have blue 2.3 and a part finished piece  which I would hate to lose. think
> java is 1.7 but not sure
>
> s ever Linux opensuSE 13.1 and 13.2 x86_64
> ==John
>
>
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