[ANN] Qtractor 1.6.0 - A Spring'26 Release

Hi all,

   Qtractor 1.6.0 (spring'26) is released!

Change-log:
- Probable fix to LV2 plug-in UIs in reflecting state/preset changes 
visually.
- OSC (Open Sound Control) support has been finally introduced, similar 
to keyboard and MIDI controller shortcuts, it allows the discrete 
mapping of OSC handlers to any main menu command actions (cf. 
View/Options.../OSC)
- Fixed move/copy of Audio/MIDI Insert pseudo-plugins to keep their 
respective send/return connections.
- Improved main session File/Save As... requester dialogs, now taking 
into a better account the selected file type filters: Default session 
files (*.qtr), Regular session files (*.qts), Template session files 
(*.qtt) and Archive/zip session files (*.qtz); drop useless All files 
(*.*) filter.

Description:
   Qtractor [1] is an audio/MIDI multi-track sequencer application 
written in C++ with the Qt framework [2]. Target platform is Linux, 
where the Jack Audio Connection Kit (JACK [3]) for audio and the 
Advanced Linux Sound Architecture (ALSA [4]) for MIDI are the main 
infrastructures to evolve as a fairly-featured Linux desktop audio 
workstation GUI, specially dedicated to the personal home-studio.

Website:
   https://qtractor.org
   https://qtractor.sourceforge.io
   http://qtractor.sourceforge.net

Project page:
   https://sourceforge.net/projects/qtractor

Downloads:
   https://sourceforge.net/projects/qtractor/files
- source tarball:
   https://download.sf.net/qtractor/qtractor-1.6.0.tar.gz
- source package (openSUSE Tumbleweed):
   https://download.sf.net/qtractor/qtractor-1.6.0-20.1.rncbc.suse.src.rpm
- binary package (openSUSE Tumbleweed):
  https://download.sf.net/qtractor/qtractor-1.6.0-20.1.rncbc.suse.x86_64.rpm
- AppImage [7] package:
   https://download.sf.net/qtractor/qtractor-1.6.0-20.1.x86_64.AppImage
- Flatpak [8] package:
   https://flathub.org/apps/details/org.rncbc.qtractor

Git repos:
   https://git.code.sf.net/p/qtractor/code
   https://github.com/rncbc/qtractor.git
   https://gitlab.com/rncbc/qtractor.git
   https://codeberg.org/rncbc/qtractor.git

Wiki:
   https://sourceforge.net/p/qtractor/wiki/
- static rendering:
   https://qtractor.org/doc
   http://qtractor.sourceforge.net/doc
   https://qtractor.sourceforge.io/doc
- user manual & how-to's:
   https://download.sf.net/qtractor/qtractor-manual-and-howtos.epub
   https://download.sf.net/qtractor/qtractor-manual-and-howtos.pdf


License:
   Qtractor [1] is free, open-source Linux Audio [5] software, 
distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License (GPL [6]) 
version 2 or later.


References:

  [1] Qtractor - An audio/MIDI multi-track sequencer
      https://qtractor.org
      https://qtractor.sourceforge.io
      http://qtractor.sourceforge.net

  [2] Qt framework, C++ class library and tools for
      cross-platform application and UI development
      https://qt.io/

  [3] JACK Audio Connection Kit
      https://jackaudio.org

  [4] ALSA, Advanced Linux Sound Architecture
      https://www.alsa-project.org/

  [5] Linux Audio consortium of libre software for audio-related work
      https://linuxaudio.org

  [6] GPL - GNU General Public License
      https://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html

  [7] AppImage, Linux apps that run anywhere
      https://appimage.org/

  [8] Flatpak, next-generation technology for building and distributing
      desktop applications on Linux
      https://flatpak.org/

See also:
   https://www.rncbc.org/drupal/node/2900


Enjoy && Keep the fun!
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rncbc aka Rui Nuno Capela