Annotation of /linuxsampler/branches/release0_5_0/NEWS

Version 0.5.0 (15 October 2007)

  This release comes with a bunch of important new features. We implemented
  a very powerful and easy MIDI program change mapping, which not only
  allows you to define which instrument to load on which MIDI program
  change number (and bank select number), it also allows further parameters
  like whether the instrument shall be pre-cached or loaded only when needed
  (and likewise freed when not needed). You can create arbitrary amount of
  effect sends for each sampler channel, each having an arbitrary MIDI
  controller for controlling the effect send level in realtime and can
  flexible be routed to some of the sampler's audio output channel, i.e.
  to a dedicated one for a certain effect type. The new instruments
  database allows you to keep track even of largest instrument library
  collections. You can order them in categories and search by various
  criteria. The sampler now allows third party applications to offer so
  called 'instrument editor plugins' which the sampler can use to spawn
  an appropriate instrument editor application for a selected instrument
  and for allowing to edit instruments with such an external editor
  application on-the-fly, that is all modifications made with the editor
  will immediately be audible with the sampler. No need to reload instrument
  files anymore. Checkout our brand new instrument editor application called
  'gigedit' which you can use for this feature. Loading huge instruments may
  take a long time, that's why the sampler now allows to play an instrument
  while loading. That way you can i.e. play and hold notes on the keyboard
  while loading a new instrument on the same sampler channel at the same
  time. Beside these new features, you can find the common huge list of bug
  fixes and quality improvements.

Version 0.4.0 (24 November 2006)

  Finally a new release after a long development cycle. The sampler now has
  a completely revised synthesis core. Note that due to this, most of the
  assembly code became incompatible and is thus deactivated at compile
  time. So don't bother trying to activate the assembly option, it won't
  compile! That's not an issue though, because even without assembly, the
  new synthesis core is faster than the old one with assembly. The
  Gigasampler engine now has real support for 24 bit samples, that is they
  won't be truncated anymore, and finally supports all filter types of the
  Gigasampler format. A lot of effort has been put into making all filters
  under all parameters being as accurate as possible, compared to the
  original Gigasampler ones. Analogue to hardware mixers, sampler channels
  can now be muted and solo-ed and there is support for GM portamento and
  GM mono mode (single note per channel) as well as support for sostenuto
  pedal. Beside LSCP, third-party applications can now also link against
  liblinuxsampler directly (using the sampler's C++ API). Beside these,
  there have been of course a huge bunch of fixes and quality improvements.

Version 0.3.3 (15 July 2005)

  Another bug fix release. It solves one usability issue regarding small
  fragments / high sampling rates of audio drivers, fixes some compile time
  errors with GCC 4.0 and fixes a minor efficiency bug.

Version 0.3.2 (24 June 2005)

  This is more or less just a bug fix release. Beside a bunch of little
  fixes it solves a serious crash in conjunction with voice stealing and
  slightly improves Gigasampler format playback accuracy.
1	schoenebeck	1424	Version 0.5.0 (15 October 2007)
2
3			This release comes with a bunch of important new features. We implemented
4			a very powerful and easy MIDI program change mapping, which not only
5			allows you to define which instrument to load on which MIDI program
6			change number (and bank select number), it also allows further parameters
7			like whether the instrument shall be pre-cached or loaded only when needed
8			(and likewise freed when not needed). You can create arbitrary amount of
9			effect sends for each sampler channel, each having an arbitrary MIDI
10			controller for controlling the effect send level in realtime and can
11			flexible be routed to some of the sampler's audio output channel, i.e.
12			to a dedicated one for a certain effect type. The new instruments
13			database allows you to keep track even of largest instrument library
14			collections. You can order them in categories and search by various
15			criteria. The sampler now allows third party applications to offer so
16			called 'instrument editor plugins' which the sampler can use to spawn
17			an appropriate instrument editor application for a selected instrument
18			and for allowing to edit instruments with such an external editor
19			application on-the-fly, that is all modifications made with the editor
20			will immediately be audible with the sampler. No need to reload instrument
21			files anymore. Checkout our brand new instrument editor application called
22			'gigedit' which you can use for this feature. Loading huge instruments may
23			take a long time, that's why the sampler now allows to play an instrument
24			while loading. That way you can i.e. play and hold notes on the keyboard
25			while loading a new instrument on the same sampler channel at the same
26			time. Beside these new features, you can find the common huge list of bug
27			fixes and quality improvements.
28
29	schoenebeck	937	Version 0.4.0 (24 November 2006)
30
31			Finally a new release after a long development cycle. The sampler now has
32			a completely revised synthesis core. Note that due to this, most of the
33			assembly code became incompatible and is thus deactivated at compile
34			time. So don't bother trying to activate the assembly option, it won't
35			compile! That's not an issue though, because even without assembly, the
36			new synthesis core is faster than the old one with assembly. The
37			Gigasampler engine now has real support for 24 bit samples, that is they
38			won't be truncated anymore, and finally supports all filter types of the
39			Gigasampler format. A lot of effort has been put into making all filters
40			under all parameters being as accurate as possible, compared to the
41			original Gigasampler ones. Analogue to hardware mixers, sampler channels
42			can now be muted and solo-ed and there is support for GM portamento and
43			GM mono mode (single note per channel) as well as support for sostenuto
44			pedal. Beside LSCP, third-party applications can now also link against
45			liblinuxsampler directly (using the sampler's C++ API). Beside these,
46			there have been of course a huge bunch of fixes and quality improvements.
47
48	schoenebeck	692	Version 0.3.3 (15 July 2005)
49
50			Another bug fix release. It solves one usability issue regarding small
51			fragments / high sampling rates of audio drivers, fixes some compile time
52			errors with GCC 4.0 and fixes a minor efficiency bug.
53
54	schoenebeck	677	Version 0.3.2 (24 June 2005)
55
56			This is more or less just a bug fix release. Beside a bunch of little
57			fixes it solves a serious crash in conjunction with voice stealing and
58			slightly improves Gigasampler format playback accuracy.