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Version 1.1.0 (2017-11-25) |
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This release adds various improvements for the NKSP real-time instrument |
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script editor of gigedit. LinuxSampler's NKSP script editor API is now |
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used by gigedit to visualize all issues of scripts (errors and warnings) |
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in real-time while you are typing with the script editor. The respective |
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locations of script errors / warnings are automatically highlighted in |
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red and yellow color respectively and when the mouse pointer is moved |
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over those code locations, then the precise error / warning message is |
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displayed as tooltip. And since gigedit's script editor is now tightly |
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coupled with the sampler's script engine this way, all the heavy work of |
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handling all aspects of the script language is now performed by the actual |
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sampler's script engine and thus you can now be sure and immediately see |
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whether there are any issues with your scripts with any character you are |
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typing, and if yes what kind of issues exactly, and that without |
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requiring to actually load the script into the sampler. To use these |
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features, gigedit must be compiled and linked against liblinuxsampler. |
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If gigedit is not compiled with liblinuxsampler support then the old hand |
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written, error prone and very feature limited script editor implementation |
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is used instead. Needless to say that compiling gigedit without |
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liblinuxsampler support is discouraged. Additionally when clicking on the |
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script editor's "Apply" button or using Ctrl+S keyboard shortcut, then |
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the script is automatically reloaded by the sampler. So you no longer |
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have to reload the respective instrument manually while you are |
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developing instrument scripts. There are also visual enhancements for the |
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script editor, for example the line numbers are now shown on the left, |
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the font size can be altered by the user, and unused code portions (i.e. |
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disabled by NKSP preprocessor statements) are automatically striked |
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through. |
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Another major new feature in this release are macros. A macro is a set of |
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changes that should be applied to currently selected instrument. Such |
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macros can be reviewed and edited, and they can be saved permanently for |
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example as templates for common instrument creation tasks. Macros can be |
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assigned to F keys on the keyboard so that they can be quickly triggered, |
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you can transfer them over the OS clipboard and you can write comments |
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to your macros so that you never forget what kind of purpose you had in |
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mind for them. The macro features are based on libgig's new |
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"Serialization" framework and accordingly you need at least libgig 4.1.0 |
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for using these macro features. |
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All user settings of gigedit are now persistently saved and automatically |
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restored. This also includes gigedit's windows' dimensions and positions. |
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Multi-row selection has been added to all list views now, so you can now |
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more efficiently apply actions to multiple samples, instruments or scripts |
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simultaneously at once, instead of requesting those actions for each item |
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individually. |
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Also modifying key features of several dimension region zones |
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simultaneously is now supported. That means you can now delete, split and |
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resize multiple dimension region zones at once. |
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You will also note that there are now icons displayed on the individual |
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regions and dimension region zones. Those icons visualize common key |
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features of regions and dimension region zones. For example if you forgot |
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to assign any sample to one of them, then you will see a red dot on the |
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respective region or dimension region zone. Another icon type is showing |
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you whether a region or dimension region zone uses a sample loop. This way |
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you can immediately see and control the key features of all regions |
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and their dimension region zones, without requiring to browse through all |
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of them individually. |
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Various new keyboard shortcuts have been added so you can work more |
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efficiently on your sounds. For example you can now use Ctrl+Left and |
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Ctrl+Right to navigate through all regions of the currently selected |
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instrument, and likewise you can use Alt+Left, Alt+Right, Alt+Up and |
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Alt+Down to navigate through all dimension region zones of the currently |
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selected region. Since there are many actions that can be either applied |
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on instrument level, or on region level, or on dimension region level, as |
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a general rule, for all keyboard shortcuts the Alt key is used by gigedit |
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for actions on dimension region level, whereas the Ctrl key is used on |
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region level and the Shift key is used for actions on instrument level. |
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So as another example you may copy all parameters of the currently |
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selected dimension region zone by hitting Alt+C, then you might select |
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another dimension region zone, or another instrument and then use Alt+V |
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to apply the parameters from the clipboard. While the parameters are |
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(as macro actually) on the clipboard you can also review, edit and |
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delete the individual parameters before applying them. As a final |
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example for new important shortcuts you may now use Shift+Up and |
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Shift+Down for switching between instruments. |
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Also the Combine Tool has been improved. You can now simply select the |
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(multiple) instruments you want to combine directly from the applications |
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main window, i.e. by Ctrl or Shift clicking them from the instruments |
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list view, and then right click to call the combine tool on that |
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selection. The Combine Tool now also shows you as preview the order in |
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which the selected instruments are going to be combined. This is |
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especially useful when combining instruments with certain dimension |
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types where the order matters for the actual resulting sound; for example |
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when using the velocity dimension. Simply use drag n drop to reorder |
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the previously selected instruments before combining. |
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Since LinuxSampler 2.1.0 added a Giga format extension which allows to |
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control the envelope generators' state machines more precisely; new |
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options have been added to gigedit to control these new EG features. |
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For example there are new check box which you can use to define for |
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each envelope whether the individual EG stages should still be completed |
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or rather aborted if a note-off was received. These new EG settings matter |
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a lot for certain instrument types like percussive instruments. |
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And last but not least a filter option field had been added to the |
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instruments list and samples list, which allows you to find specific |
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samples and instruments very quickly by typing search key words, which is |
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especially very helpful in case you are working on gig files which contain |
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a very large amount of samples or instruments in a single gig file. |
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Version 1.0.0 (2015-07-17) |
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With this release we added support for new GigaStudio 4 features, for |
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example there are now dialogs for editing some of the new so called |
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"iMIDI rules". These can be used i.e. to trigger notes by MIDI CC and to |
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define a set of legato samples. You may have heard that the GigaStudio |
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software has seen its last version with GigaStudio 4. Tascam officially |
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discontinued this product, its intellectual property has been sold several |
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times among companies and there is currently no way to buy a new copy of |
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GigaStudio anymore. However the GigaStudio format is still under active |
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development with gigedit and LinuxSampler. For the first time ever we added |
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our own extensions to the Giga format: one of it is major new feature |
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called "real-time instrument scripts", which allows to bundle small programs |
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with your .gig sounds, which extend the sampler with custom behavior for |
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specific sounds. You may know such kind of instrument scripts from |
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commercial software samplers. Find out more about this new feature on |
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http://doc.linuxsampler.org/Instrument_Scripts/. Another rather minor |
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extension to the Giga format is support for various other MIDI CCs which |
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were never supported by GigaStudio before. So you can now use any MIDI CC |
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for EG1 controller, EG2 controller and attenuation controller. Obviously all |
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those extensions will not work with any GigaStudio version, they only work |
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with a recent version of Gigedit and LinuxSampler. Gigedit will inform you |
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whenever you are using such kind of custom Giga format extension, so that you |
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are always aware in case your changes are not cross/backward compatible with |
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the GigaStudio software. A load of enhancements have been added to Gigedit |
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in the last six years: Until now you were only able to edit either exactly |
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one dimension region or all dimension regions simultaneously. With this |
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release you may now hold the Ctrl button and select a specific set of |
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dimension region zones in the dimension region selector area (on the very |
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bottom of the Gigedit window) with your mouse. All synthesis parameters you |
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then change, will all be applied to that precise set of dimension region |
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zones. Also managing dimensions have been improved: previously to change the |
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amount of zones of a dimension you had to delete and recreate the dimension. |
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Which was not just inconvenient, but you also had to redefine your synthesis |
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parameters from scratch. Now you can just open the dimension manager dialog |
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and increase or decrease the amount of zones of a dimension with few clicks. |
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Same applies to the dimension type: you may now simply open the dimension |
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manager dialog and alter the type of a dimension with few clicks. |
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When working on complex Giga sounds you certainly noticed that one could |
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easily get confused about which samples are exactly used by which instrument |
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or even whether a sample is actually used at all by any instrument or just |
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left orphaned and wasting disk space. This was also due to the fact that the |
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Giga format does not require unique names for samples. We have worked on |
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resolving this usability issue. In the sample list view you can now read the |
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amount of times a sample is referenced by instruments of your .gig file. If a |
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sample is not used at all, then it will be shown in striking red color in |
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the sample list view. You may also right click on a sample and select |
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"Show references...", a new window appears on your screen which will show you |
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where exactly that particular sample is used by, that is which by which |
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instruments and by which regions of those instruments. Also the other way |
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around has been addressed: when you now edit the synthesis parameters of a |
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particular dimension region, you may now click on the new "<- Select Sample" |
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button and Gigedit automatically selects and displays the respective sample |
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in the samples list view, which you may then might rename to some more |
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appropriate sample name, or you might check by which other instrument(s) that |
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sample is used by, etc. You may now also remove the current sample reference |
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from individual dimension regions (assigning a so called "NULL" sample) by |
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clicking on the new "X" button next the sample reference field on the |
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"Sample" tab of a dimension region; this allows you to define "silent cases", |
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that is a case where no sample should be played at all, for example this is |
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often used for very low velocity ranges of i.e. between 0 and 6. If you are |
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working on .gig files with a large amount of Instruments, then you might also |
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be glad to know that you can finally also re-order the instruments of a file |
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by simply dragging the instruments around in the instruments list view. |
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Another handy new feature for sound designers is the new "Combine" tool, |
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which you can reach from the main menu. It allows you to select two ore more |
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instruments (by holding down the Ctrl key while selecting with mouse click) |
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from your currently open Giga file and combine those selected instruments to |
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a new instrument. This way you may for example create stunning layered |
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sounds, or you may create velocity splits, crossfade sounds by MIDI |
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controller and much more, all with just a few clicks. This may sound like a |
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trivial task, but if you have worked on this before, you certainly noticed |
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that this was often a very time consuming and error prone task before, |
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especially with complex individual sounds which had custom region ranges, |
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custom velocity splits and much more exotic stuff to take care of. The |
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combine tool handles all such cases for you automatically. |
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Last but not least, the interaction of Gigedit with LinuxSampler (in so |
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called "live mode") had been improved: When you click on the "Edit" button of |
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a channel strip in QSampler or Fantasia, Gigedit will be launched with the |
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respective instrument automatically being selected. Vice versa you may now |
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also just select another instrument with Gigedit's instrument list view and |
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LinuxSampler will automatically load and play that instrument on the |
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respective sampler part for you. So no more need to switch between the |
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Gigedit window and QSampler/Fantasia window all the time while working on |
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your sounds. |
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Version 0.2.0 (2009-07-31) |
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When gigedit is running as a plugin in LinuxSampler the gigedit |
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keyboard may now be used to trigger notes. The settings in the file |
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properties window are now editable. A new function for replacing all |
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samples is added. Otherwise this is mostly a bug fix release, and |
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upgrading gigedit and libgig is strongly recommended, as previous |
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versions had bugs that may cause edited gig files to be corrupted. |
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Version 0.1.1 (2007-12-06) |
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Parameter edits can now be applied to multiple regions and dimension |
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regions simultaneously - three checkboxes were added that select if |
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changes apply to all regions and/or all dimension regions. |
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Version 0.1.0 (2007-10-15) |
Version 0.1.0 (2007-10-15) |
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Many fixes have been made to make sure that the gig files created by |
Many fixes have been made to make sure that the gig files created by |
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