--- linuxsampler/trunk/ChangeLog 2005/09/21 19:06:35 777 +++ linuxsampler/trunk/ChangeLog 2007/02/28 06:53:42 1049 @@ -1,6 +1,66 @@ 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 + - global (sampler wide) volume can now be controlled at runtime + + * MIDI driver: + - dispatch bank select (MSB and LSB) messages + + * audio driver: + - the ALSA audio output driver parameters now reflect the correct + parameter value ranges for the respective selected sound card + (patch by Till Wimmer, a bit fixed and extended) + + * 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) + - playback is no longer disabled during instrument loading + - all notes playing on a channel that changes its instrument keep + playing with the old instrument until they get a note off + command + - EG fix: a release value of zero could cause noises or crash + - handle MIDI coarse tuning messages (MIDI RPN #0 MSB #2 LSB) + - EG fine tuning: when attack is zero the EG starts at a level + above max sustain level, which means that there is a decay phase + even if sustain is 100% + + * Bug fixes: + - fixed crash occurring on certain LSCP scripts (Bug 39) + - another thread safety fix for lscp "load engine" and "set + channel audio output device" + +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' @@ -10,28 +70,82 @@ di-harmonic approximation), automatic detection can be overriden with --enable-signed-triang-algo=x and --enable-unsigned-triang-algo=x 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 (reimplementation of EGs and LFO(s), removed synthesis parameter prerendering and the synthesis parameter matrix in general, splitting each audio fragment into subfragments now where each subfragment uses - constant synthesis parameters - that is volume, pitch and filter - coefficients) + constant pitch and filter coefficients. The volume coefficient is + linearly interpolated inside a subfragment, unless + --disable-interpolate-volume is set.) - fine tuning of the EG modulation parameters - improved filter cutoff calculation by adding support for the following gig parameters: Cutoff freq (used when no cutoff controller is defined), Control invert, Minimum cutoff, Velocity - curve and Velocity range. The keyboard tracking now also scales - cutoff frequency, not just resonance. + curve and Velocity range. The keyboard tracking now scales + cutoff frequency instead of 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 + - EG fixes: made the length of "attack hold" stage more + accurate. Release stage can now start before attack stage + ends. Cancel release didn't work when sustain was zero. Attack + time now has a minimal value to prevent clicks. + - fixed pitch changes larger than one octave + - fixed EG3 (pitch envelope) synthesis which was neutral all the time + - implemented portamento mode and solo mode (a.k.a 'mono mode'): + all modes can be altered via standard GM messages, that is CC5 for + altering portamento time, CC65 for enabling / disabling portamento + mode, CC126 for enabling solo mode and CC127 for disabling solo mode + - fine tuning of the curves for volume (CC7), pan (CC10 and gig + parameter) and crossfade + - added support for the "attenuation controller threshold" gig + 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) + - fixed the notification messages delay due to lack of + network activity (fixes bug #26) + - fixed parser bug which occured on space(s) within device parameters + (e.g. "SET AUDIO_OUTPUT_CHANNEL_PARAMETER 0 0 SOMEPARAM='foo bar'") + + * audio driver: + - added aRts audio output driver (by no means RT safe) * 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 @@ -42,6 +156,14 @@ --enable-process-muted-channels which can be used to enable the processing of muted channels. - support for sostenuto pedal + - support for monitoring the total number of active voices + (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 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)