Press Release - Have Ubuntu your way: 64 Studio Ltd. announces new custom distribution services

Isle of Wight, UK, 22nd April, 2008

Bespoke GNU/Linux distribution specialist 64 Studio Ltd. announces today that its Debian customisation platform has been extended to support Ubuntu sources. This means that the company can now produce, maintain and support one-off distributions which retain package compatibility with official Ubuntu releases.

Rather than forks, 64 Studio's bespoke distributions can be updated in parallel with Ubuntu's half yearly release cycle, or against Long Term Support releases, including the forthcoming Ubuntu Hardy Heron LTS.

Libre Graphics Meeting in Wrocław, 8-11 May

The Libre Graphics Meeting brings together developers and users of free software graphics applications, including the GIMP, Inkscape, Scribus, Blender, Krita, the Open Clipart Library and more. The third LGM is taking place in Wrocław, Poland. Community members recently raised around US $11,000 in sponsorship for the event from individual donations, as well as corporate sponsorship from Google, Intel and the Free Software Foundation.

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Harrison demonstration of Ardour and Xrange in Cardiff, Wales, 7th April

Harrison Consoles demonstrated its Linux and Ardour based post-production tools for the film and TV industry at Sounds In Motion in Cardiff on the 7th April. Ben Loftis gave an overview of the Xrange products, and explained why Harrison has switched to Linux, while Pete Clark demonstrated the Trion control surface and IKIS automation system.


Pete Clark (Harrison), Ben Loftis (Harrison), John Emmas (Creative Post) and Chris Cadogan (Harrison)

Red book export from Ardour for GCDMaster

You have your recording in Ardour. Mixed to perfection, tracks lined up in the correct order. Now you want to export you stuff to a Red-book CD for mastering, or if you did the mastering yourself, for duplication.

Here are the steps to follow...

64 Studio 2.1rc2 is out

We are glad to announce that 64 Studio 2.1rc2, the second release candidate for our forthcoming stable 2.1 version, has been made available for download.

Please note that is a testing release, so if you want to stick to the stable version of 64 Studio, please use 2.0 for now. However, 2.1rc2 is in generally good shape, and shouldn't present any nasty surprises.

The changelog is available here:

http://cdd.64studio.com/releases/64studio/ChangeLog-2.1rc2

ISO images for AMD64 and i386 are here, with md5sums:

http://cdd.64studio.com/releases/64studio/64studio_2.1rc2_amd64.iso

Rivendell on 64studio

Rivendell is a radio broadcasting application written by broadcasters for broadcasters.

http://www.rivendellaudio.org/

They have an excellent Wiki, with a very detailed Debian etch install page, most of which you'll find already done on the 64studio install. The only problem is that they do not have 64bit install packages, so I sourced some...

VST and VSTi How-to (for 32-bit systems)

VST and VSTi support can be hit and miss on free software systems, but some of the most popular plugins can be made to work well. In this how-to I describe installation of the Native Instruments B4 II Hammond organ emulator. The plugin is stable and CPU usage averages around 15% on a low-end Turion CPU, which is acceptable for a soft synth.


Controlling the B4 II plugin via the ALSA sequencer with output to Jack

The Creative Desktop

This manual for new users of 64 Studio is intended to cover enough general aspects of creative work to provide a starting point for your own multi-media adventures. This will eventually include 2D and 3D graphics, animation techniques, publishing, web design, audio production and video editing, as well as many other useful bits in between.

OEM Products

GNU/Linux is now found in thousands of embedded products and specialised systems, but starting the development process with a general-purpose distribution can mean unnecessary extra work and a maintenance headache, particularly when development of the underlying code advances at a rapid pace. We can help!

User support now available

The 64 Studio Ltd. company, which supports the free software project, now offers commercial support to users of the distribution. Standard pricing is not per-machine or per-user, but based on a typical small studio with up to three machines (desktop, laptop or rackmount). This support package is offered five days per week, in office hours (9-5pm UTC). Support is delivered in English via email or phone, and the guaranteed response time is one working day.

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