PRESS RELEASE (please forward to your respective project members and/or mailing lists)

August 6, 2006 - Linuxaudio.org announces new members.

Linuxaudio.org is a not-for-profit consortium of libre software projects and artists, companies, institutions, organizations, and hardware vendors using Linux kernel-based systems and allied libre software for audio-related work, with an emphasis on professional tools for the music, production, recording, and broadcast industries. The consortium aims to co-ordinate joint projects between members, collaborate on the promotion of Linux based systems for audio tasks, offer programs beneficial to members and subsequently its mission, and provide a single point of contact for prospective industry partners.

In its bi-monthly membership update, Linuxaudio.org is pleased to announce nine new members, bringing the total number of members to forty three:

Canorus a free cross-platform music score editor http://canorus.berlios.de/

Kokini Zita Aeolus, JAAA, JAPA, JACE, Jdelay, Jnoise, and Aliki developer http://users.skynet.be/solaris/linuxaudio/index.html

LinuxVixion, S.L. company selling Linux-based systems and promoting audio on Linux http://www.linuxvixion.com

Midish shell-like MIDI sequencer/filter http://caoua.org/midish/

QjackCtl the Qt3 GUI interface to the JACK Audio Connection Kit http://qjackctl.sourceforge.net

Qsampler A Qt3 GUI front-end application to the LinuxSampler engine http://qsampler.sourceforge.net

Qsynth a Qt3 GUI front-end application to the FluidSynth engin http://qsynth.sourceforge.net

Qtractor a MIDI/Audio multi-track sequencer. http://qtractor.sourceforge.net

Sonaural A California-based audio production studio www.Sonaural.com

As usual, all new members are strongly encouraged to subscribe to the consortium mailing list to keep up with the latest updates as well as to participate in the day-to-day operations. The consortium list can be accessed at the following address:

http://lists.linuxaudio.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/consortium/

More information on the Linuxaudio.org consortium can be obtained by visiting:

http://www.linuxaudio.org/

Press contacts: Ivica Ico Bukvic at (ico at linuxaudio dot org)

Ivica Ico Bukvic, D.M.A. Linuxaudio.org Director Virginia Tech Department of Music - 0240 Blacksburg, VA 24061 (540) 231-7047 (540) 231-5034 (fax) ico@vt.edu http://www.music.vt.edu/people/faculty/bukvic