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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) |
Version 1.0.0 (2015-07-17) |
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With this release we added support for new GigaStudio 4 features, for |
With this release we added support for new GigaStudio 4 features, for |