Well, got some bug fixes done to Benben tonight, and also redid how I handled ReplayGain support so that it's just a matter of adding a mixin to a class now. Yay for CLOS ​​

So Benben now supports ReplayGain for these formats: FLAC, MPEG-1 (e.g. mp3), Opus, WavPack, Extended QOA Format. Vorbis will also support it once I implement Vorbis playback. The applied value will also be displayed in the UI now.

#benben #LinuxAudio

https://youwouldntsteala.website/editor.html

#benben

Hmm, I really need a mascot for #benben ... Might have to do a commission if I can afford it.

New blog post - April 2025 Benben Update

https://remilia.sdf.org/blog/2025-04-21-a.html

#benben #CommonLisp #LinuxAudio #vgm

The port of my music player #Benben to #CommonLisp continues... and as of tonight, the original S-Lang TUI interface is working! ​​ I even managed to fix a bug with the scrolling text fields and Japanese text.

The only C bindings going on here are: #libxmp (to play the .xm file), libao (final audio output), ZStandard (VGM decompression), and #S-Lang (TUI). The rest is pure Common Lisp, including the DSP effects and #VGM playback/chip emulation.

Normally you launch this from the command line (which is also working), but I did it with Emacs+Slime just to be fancy.

#LinuxAudio

Kinda nice that my port of my music player #Benben from Crystal to #CommonLisp is now far enough along that I can use it as my daily music player. The only caveat is that I currently have to use a new "Minimal UI" that I implemented as an alternative for v0.7.0. But overall, it didn't take as long as I expected to get it in a usable state ​​

I'm definitely not ready to release v0.7.0 yet, though. I'm lacking the entire original UI, VGM support is incomplete, and it's missing a few formats still (Opus/Vorbis, SID). Also, I haven't implemented rendering to WAV/AU yet. But that'll all come with time.

Had some fun tonight and learned a bit of SIMD stuff (using #SBCL), then used it to increase the performance of #Benben a little bit ^_^

New blog post: Small Update on Benben v0.7.0 https://remilia.sdf.org/blog/2025-03-14-a.html

#benben #LinuxAudio #CrystalLang #CommonLisp

Moody FM synthesis music with a bit of reverb...

#vgm #benben

New blog post: "Plans for Benben v0.7.0, and porting v0.8.0 to Common Lisp"

https://remilia.sdf.org/blog/2025-01-22-a.html

#benben #LinuxAudio #CrystalLang #CommonLisp

Benben v0.6.2 is now released This is just a small bugfix release to handle some glitchy SoundFonts when playing MIDI files, among a few other changes.

Updated x86-64 Linux #AppImage builds, release notes, links to the manual, etc. are all here: https://chiselapp.com/user/MistressRemilia/repository/benben/technote?name=e0c3ba1c35f912cac5f9eb4c030e68e594bad20d

Here's an example video of it in action:
https://youtube.com/watch?v=dn4MSKYILUI

#LinuxAudio #benben #CrystalLang

Probably gonna drop v0.6.2 of #benben tonight. It'll mainly just be a few small bugfixes.

#LinuxAudio

Gli antichi #Egizi avevano una pietra sacra #BenBen fatta di #ferro mistico che emana vibrazioni positive tagliata a #laser e stampata 3D? Anche no
Per dettagli: https://www.bufale.net/no-questa-non-e-una-pietra-benben-di-metallo-spaziale-inciso-al-laser/

Benben v0.6.1 is released! This is just a small release to fix some minor FLAC issues.

Linux x86-64 #AppImages and full changelog: https://chiselapp.com/user/MistressRemilia/repository/benben/technote?name=704da156c283a394fa98cab60e27c1bea73521ee

#SlackBuild package for #Slackware: https://chiselapp.com/user/MistressRemilia/repository/remislackbuilds/dir?ci=tip&name=audio/benben

#Benben #LinuxAudio

Finally, Benben v0.6.0 is now released! Enjoy listening to your music with an oldschool-inspired #tui and minimal resource usage ​​

Linux x86-64 AppImages, links to the manual, instructions for building from source, and the full changelog are here: https://chiselapp.com/user/MistressRemilia/repository/benben/technote?name=55d45abe77896645681dce2de2dee3aeac349c17

Major new features include: #WavPack support, #QOA support, Commodore 64 SID support, remote control via the new remote-benben program, sending audio over TCP, and export to both WavPack and QOA. #benben #LinuxAudio #CrystalLang

A few more fixes have landed in Benben's trunk, but I don't have plans to do any more release candidates since it's just six days away (and the fixes are small). I am so fucking excited to release v0.6.0 ​​

But if you want to keep track of what all has changed since RC3, you can with this link. Most of it has been documentation. https://chiselapp.com/user/MistressRemilia/repository/benben/timeline?me=26ca4ca1eca254d4&you=f3b266c9a602d512 #benben #LinuxAudio

@remilia

why not my meme

Had an idea for the next version of Benben (the one that'll happen after 0.6.0 is released in two weeks). Allow something like this:

benben scythe.wad

And the it plays all the music in the Doom PWAD file! Make it that much easier to play music found in your favorite Doom wads.

Ive updated the milestone for v0.7.0 with this: https://chiselapp.com/user/MistressRemilia/repository/benben/wiki?name=Milestone+0.7.0 #doom #wad #pwad #LinuxAudio #TUI #benben