--- linuxsampler/trunk/ChangeLog	2006/02/26 13:00:08	840
+++ linuxsampler/trunk/ChangeLog	2006/12/27 16:17:08	1001
@@ -1,6 +1,49 @@
 Version CVS HEAD (?)
 
+  * general changes:
+    - replaced the old, confusing MIDI program change mechanism by a
+      flexible MIDI instrument mapper which allows to map arbitrary
+      (MIDI bank, MIDI program) pairs with arbitrary
+      (engine type, instrument file, file index) triplets which will be
+      loaded on the respective channel when such MIDI program change
+      messages arrive, beside that, each entry allows to define a life-time
+      strategy for the instrument, so the user can define whether the
+      instrument should i.e. be permanently loaded (to be able to switch
+      quickly among sounds) or i.e. loaded just on demand when the
+      respective program change arrives (to safe RAM space), as well as a
+      global volume factor for each entry, so the user can adjust the volume
+      dynamic of his mapped instrument collection without having to modify
+      the instrument files, also one can manage arbitrary amount of such
+      MIDI instrument maps and assign each sampler channel individually
+      a certain map, so that i.e. separation of normal instruments and
+      drumkits is possible
+    - new notification events for tracking audio/MIDI device changes,
+      MIDI instrument map changes and MIDI instrument changes
+    - sampler was limited to load max. 200 instruments in the background
+      due to a constant size RingBuffer FIFO which is now replaced by a
+      dynamic (unlimited) size std::list FIFO
+    - added FX sends, these allow to route audio signals to arbitrary audio
+      output channels for being processed by external effect processors
+      (i.e. jack-rack), the send levels are controllable via arbitrary MIDI
+      controllers
+
+  * MIDI driver:
+    - dispatch bank select (MSB and LSB) messages
+
+  * Gigasampler format engine:
+    - if a filter is used and EG2 finishes before EG1, let the voice
+      die when EG2 has finished (this fixes a problem with clicks and
+      voice starvation for some gigs)
+
+  * Bug fixes:
+    - fixed crash occurring on certain LSCP scripts (Bug 39)
+
+Version 0.4.0 (24 November 2006)
+
   * packaging changes:
+    - changed deprecated copyright attribute to license; added ldconfig
+      to post-(un)install steps; added devel package for liblinuxsampler;
+      to linuxsampler.spec (RPM)
     - install necessary development header files for allowing 3rd party
       applications to link against liblinuxsampler
     - liblinuxsampler's API documentation can be generated with 'make docs'
@@ -12,6 +55,12 @@
       configure script argument though (mandatory for cross-compilation)
     - do not automatically pick optimized gcc flags if the user already
       provided some on his own (as CXXFLAGS)
+    - added compile time option to disable processing of All-Notes-Off MIDI
+      messages
+    - added compile time options to allow disabling the various audio and
+      MIDI drivers
+    - fixed automatic GCC CPU switch detection on PPC
+      (patch by Ebrahim Mayat)
 
   * Gigasampler format engine:
     - extensive synthesis optimization
@@ -27,10 +76,7 @@
       controller is defined), Control invert, Minimum cutoff, Velocity
       curve and Velocity range. The keyboard tracking now scales
       cutoff frequency instead of resonance.
-    - filter fine tuning: calculation of cutoff frequency and
-      bandwidth improved. Removed use of "BasicBPFilter". Changed
-      bandpass filter from constant peak to constant skirt. Added
-      support for gig parameter Resonance.
+    - added support for gig parameter Resonance.
     - fixed bug in sysex handling (patch by Juan Linietsky)
     - added global volume attenuation of -9 dB (0.35f) to prevent clipping
       which can be overridden with --enable-global-attenuation
@@ -50,6 +96,19 @@
       parameter
     - added smoothing of volume changes caused by control change
       messages
+    - sample loop parameters are now taken from the DimensionRegion
+      instead of the wave chunk
+    - fixed keyswitching for v3 gigs with a number of keyswitch splits
+      not equal to a power of two
+    - reimplementation of the filter algorithm. The new filter is more
+      accurate and supports all gig filter types, including bandreject
+      and lowpass turbo.
+    - real support for 24 bit samples - samples are not truncated to
+      16 bits anymore
+    - support for aftertouch (channel pressure, not polyphonic
+      aftertouch)
+    - LFO1 behaviour fixed (dampening from max volume instead of
+      amplifying from 0)
 
   * LSCP server:
     - fixed application exit on broken pipe error (fixes bug #20)
@@ -64,6 +123,12 @@
   * MIDI driver:
     - fixed legacy sysex code which caused dispatching of MIDI SysEx
       messages several times instead of once
+    - API extension for MIDI drivers which already supply exact time stamps
+      for events (i.e. for offline rendering based MIDI drivers)
+    - added checks for bad MIDI data
+
+  * linuxsampler application:
+    - show available sampler engine types on startup
 
   * general changes:
     - support for muting sampler channels and solo mode of the same, two new
@@ -78,8 +143,10 @@
       (new LSCP commands: GET TOTAL_VOICE_COUNT, GET TOTAL_VOICE_COUNT_MAX,
       SUBSCRIBE TOTAL_VOICE_COUNT, UNSUBSCRIBE TOTAL_VOICE_COUNT)
     - fixed some memory management errors
-    - fixed some concurrency problems between the lscp thread and the
-      audio/midi threads
+    - fixed some concurrency problems that could lead to crashes when
+      LSCP commands were executed
+    - fixed crash when instrument loading failed previously on the same
+      sampler channel (fixes bug #36)
 
 Version 0.3.3 (15 July 2005)