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1  Version CVS HEAD (?)  Version CVS HEAD (?)
2    
3      * plugin changes:
4        - LV2 Persist + Files support (patch by David Robillard)
5    
6      * packaging changes:
7        - fixed building with newer MinGW-w64
8        - Mac OS X: support the new dir for Core Audio SDK
9        - Mac OS X: fixed building outside source directory
10        - made sure all source files for hostplugins are included when
11          doing "make dist"
12        - removed empty directories left from the cvs to svn migration
13        - fixed compilation with gcc 4.6.1
14        - another "make dist" fix, for the LV2 plugin
15        - made --enable-pthread-testcancel default on Mac OS X
16        - minor Makefile fix for building lscpparser when build and source
17          directories are separate
18        - Mac OS X: made it possible to specify plugin installation dir to
19          configure
20        - Mac OS X: Makefile fix for the install-strip target
21    
22      * general changes:
23        - Refactoring: moved the independent code from
24          the Gigasampler format engine to base classes
25        - command line option '--profile' is currently disabled, since the
26          respective profiling code is currently broken
27        - Introduced support for optional environment variable
28          "LINUXSAMPLER_PLUGIN_DIR" which allows to override the directory
29          where the sampler shall look for instrument editor plugins
30          (patch by Luis Garrido, slightly modified).
31        - implemented Roland GS NRPN 1ArrH which allows to set volume per note
32        - implemented Roland GS NRPN 1CrrH which allows to set pan per note
33        - implemented Roland GS NRPN 1DrrH which allows to set reverb send per
34          note (in this implementation of the sampler its simply hard routed to
35          the 1st effect send of the sampler channel, no matter what the actual
36          effect type is)
37        - implemented Roland GS NRPN 1ErrH which allows to set chorus send per
38          note (in this implementation of the sampler its simply hard routed to
39          the 2nd effect send of the sampler channel, no matter what the actual
40          effect type is)
41        - implemented support for internal LADSPA effects
42        - raised limit of program change queue from 100 to 512
43          (as suggested by Alex Stone)
44        - implemented sine LFO, pulse LFO and saw LFO
45    
46      * Gigasampler format engine:
47        - implemented the "round robin keyboard" dimension
48        - fixed round robin and random dimensions for cases when number of
49          dimension zones is not a power of two
50        - made round robin use a counter for each region instead of each
51          key
52    
53      * SFZ format engine:
54        - Initial implementation (not usable yet)
55        - added support for v2 multiple stage envelope generators
56        - added a fine-tuned v1 envelope generator instead of using the
57          one from the gig engine
58        - fixed memory leak and memory handling errors
59        - added support for trigger=first, trigger=legato and sw_previous
60        - allow non-numerical key values ("C#4" for example)
61        - "key" opcode now sets pitch_keycenter too
62        - fixed error when unloading instrument with same sample used by
63          multiple regions
64        - added some opcode aliases, like loopmode for loop_mode, to be
65          more compatible
66        - added support for trigger=release and rt_decay
67        - added support for off_mode=normal
68        - added support for random, seq_position, seq_length and volume
69        - added v1 LFO opcodes to parser (no support in engine yet)
70        - added support for amp_veltrack and amp_velcurve_N
71        - fine-tuned the default velocity curve
72        - added support for transpose
73        - fixed crash when using sw_down/up
74        - improved logic for sw_lokey/hikey/up/down/last
75        - added more v1 aliases to parser
76        - reduced memory usage for sfz data
77        - RT-safeness: avoid malloc in audio thread
78        - fixed a bug that could cause voice stealing to fail
79        - optimized sample lookup
80        - improved support for exclusive groups (group, off_by and
81          off_mode)
82        - added support for controller triggered regions (on_locc/on_hicc)
83        - added support for loop_mode=one_shot
84        - fixed playback of 16 bit wav files on big endian CPUs
85        - added support for Ogg Vorbis sample files
86        - use loop markers from sample file if loop_start and loop_end are
87          not set in sfz file
88        - implemeted filters. Filter types: lowpass, bandpass, bandreject
89          and highpass. 1, 2, 4 and 6 pole filters. Opcodes: fil_type,
90          cutoff, resonance, fil_veltrack, fil_keytrack, fil_keycenter,
91          cutoff_cc, cutoff_chanaft.
92        - bugfix: zero ampeg_sustain didn't work
93        - added support for velocity effect on amplifier envelope time
94          (ampeg_vel2attack, ampeg_vel2decay, ampeg_vel2sustain and
95          ampeg_vel2release)
96        - added support for EG hold (ampeg_hold)
97        - added support for sample offset (offset)
98        - use the newly introduced signal units model
99        - implemented opcodes lfoN_delay,
100          lfoN_freq, lfoN_pan, lfoN_cutoff, lfoN_resonance
101        - implemented opcodes ampeg_delay, ampeg_vel2delay
102          pitcheg_delay, pitcheg_start, pitcheg_attack, pitcheg_hold,
103          pitcheg_decay, pitcheg_sustain, pitcheg_release, pitcheg_vel2delay,
104          pitcheg_vel2attack, pitcheg_vel2hold, pitcheg_vel2decay,
105          pitcheg_vel2sustain, pitcheg_vel2release, pitcheg_depth
106        - implemented opcodes pitchlfo_delay, pitchlfo_freq,
107          pitchlfo_depth, fillfo_delay, fillfo_freq, fillfo_depth,
108          amplfo_delay, amplfo_freq, amplfo_depth
109        - implemented opcodes fileg_delay, fileg_start, fileg_attack,
110          fileg_hold, fileg_decay, fileg_sustain, fileg_release, fileg_vel2delay,
111          fileg_vel2attack, fileg_vel2hold, fileg_vel2decay, fileg_vel2sustain,
112          fileg_vel2release
113        - implemented opcode lfoN_wave
114        - implemented opcode pitchlfo_depthccN
115        - implemented opcodes lfoN_phase, lfoN_phase_onccX,
116          lfoN_pitch, lfoN_pitch_onccX
117        - implemented opcodes pitchlfo_fade,
118          fillfo_fade, amplfo_fade, lfoN_fade, lfoN_fade_onccX
119        - implemented opcodes fillfo_freqccN,
120          pitchlfo_freqccN, amplfo_freqccN, lfoN_freq_onccX
121        - implemented opcodes ampeg_delayccN, ampeg_startccN,
122          ampeg_attackccN, ampeg_holdccN, ampeg_decayccN, ampeg_sustainccN,
123          ampeg_releaseccN, egN_timeX_onccY, egN_levelX_onccY
124        - lfoN_* and egN_* opcodes defined in group sections
125          are now taken into account
126        - implemented curves
127        - implemented opcodes volume_onccN, volume_curveccN
128        - implemented opcode volume_smoothccN
129        - implemented opcodes fillfo_depthccN, amplfo_depthccN,
130          lfoN_volume, lfoN_volume_onccX, lfoN_volume_smoothccX,
131          lfoN_freq_smoothccX, lfoN_pitch_smoothccX, lfoN_pan_onccX,
132          lfoN_pan_smoothccX, lfoN_cutoff_onccX, lfoN_cutoff_smoothccX,
133          lfoN_resonance_onccX, lfoN_resonance_smoothccX, lfoN_delay_onccX
134        - implemented opcode end
135    
136      * SoundFont format engine:
137        - Initial implementation (not usable yet)
138        - RT-safeness: avoid malloc in audio thread
139        - fixed a bug that could cause voice stealing to fail
140        - fine-tuned amplitude EG (by switching from gig to sfz EG)
141        - initial implementation of Vibrato LFO and Modulation LFO
142        - initial implementation of cutoff filter
143    
144      * Gigasampler format engine:
145        - bugfix: pitch LFO controller "internal+aftertouch" was broken
146        - bugfix: filter keyboard tracking was broken
147        - filter performance fix (an unnecessary copy was made of the
148          filter parameters in each sub fragment)
149    
150      * Host plugins:
151        - AU bugfix: failed to destroy its audio/MIDI devices
152        - Listen to all interfaces on Mac OS X (INADDR_ANY)
153        - VST bugfix: If the host called resume() before and after
154          changing sample rate or block size, the number of channels was
155          incorrectly set to two. This caused silence in Cubase 5.
156        - save engine type (gig, sfz or sf2) in plugin state
157        - VST: when opening Fantasia, look for both 32 and 64 bit Java on
158          64 bit Windows
159        - AU: changed number of output channels from one stereo to 16
160          stereo
161        - VST: made it possible to build the VST plugin for Mac
162        - AU: link AU plugin dynamically if --disable-shared isn't
163          specified
164    
165      * MIDI driver:
166        - ALSA MIDI driver supports now "NAME" device parameter, for overriding
167          the ALSA sequencer client name
168        - removed limit of maximum amount of MIDI ports per MIDI device, since
169          there is no reason for this limit
170    
171      * audio driver:
172        - ASIO driver fixes for newer gcc versions (fix from PortAudio)
173    
174      * LSCP server:
175        - added support for sending MIDI CC messages via LSCP command
176          "SEND CHANNEL MIDI_DATA CC <sampler-chan> <ctrl> <val>"
177        - added LSCP command "GET AVAILABLE_EFFECTS"
178        - added LSCP command "LIST AVAILABLE_EFFECTS"
179        - added LSCP command "GET EFFECT INFO <effect-index>"
180        - added LSCP command "CREATE EFFECT_INSTANCE <effect-index>"
181        - added LSCP command
182          "CREATE EFFECT_INSTANCE <effect-system> <module> <effect-name>"
183        - added LSCP command "DESTROY EFFECT_INSTANCE <effect-instance>"
184        - added LSCP command "GET EFFECT_INSTANCES"
185        - added LSCP command "LIST EFFECT_INSTANCES"
186        - added LSCP command "GET EFFECT_INSTANCE INFO <effect-instance>"
187        - added LSCP command
188          "GET EFFECT_INSTANCE_INPUT_CONTROL INFO <effect-instance> <input-control>"
189        - added LSCP command "SET EFFECT_INSTANCE_INPUT_CONTROL VALUE
190          <effect-instance> <input-control> <value>"
191        - added LSCP command "GET SEND_EFFECT_CHAINS <audio-device>"
192        - added LSCP command "LIST SEND_EFFECT_CHAINS <audio-device>"
193        - added LSCP command "ADD SEND_EFFECT_CHAIN <audio-device>"
194        - added LSCP command
195          "REMOVE SEND_EFFECT_CHAIN <audio-device> <effect-chain>"
196        - added LSCP command
197          "GET SEND_EFFECT_CHAIN INFO <audio-device> <effect-chain>"
198        - added LSCP command "APPEND SEND_EFFECT_CHAIN EFFECT <audio-device>
199          <effect-chain> <effect-instance>"
200        - added LSCP command "INSERT SEND_EFFECT_CHAIN EFFECT <audio-device>
201          <effect-chain> <effect-chain-pos> <effect-instance>"
202        - added LSCP command "REMOVE SEND_EFFECT_CHAIN EFFECT <audio-device>
203          <effect-chain> <chain-pos>"
204        - added LSCP command "SET FX_SEND EFFECT <sampler_channel>
205          <fx_send_id> <effect_chain> <chain_pos>"
206        - added LSCP command "REMOVE FX_SEND EFFECT <sampler_channel> <fx_send_id>"
207        - added LSCP commands "SUBSCRIBE EFFECT_INSTANCE_COUNT",
208          "SUBSCRIBE EFFECT_INSTANCE_INFO", "SUBSCRIBE SEND_EFFECT_CHAIN_COUNT",
209          "SUBSCRIBE SEND_EFFECT_CHAIN_INFO"
210    
211      * Bug fixes:
212        - Fixed crash which may occur when MIDI key + transpose is out of range
213        - minor valgrind fixes
214        - fixed crash which occurred when changing an already deployed sampler
215          channel to a different engine type
216        - fixed crash when deleting a sampler channel or changing engine
217          type while an instrument load was in progress
218        - bugfix: playing a note while changing the instrument could cause
219          a crash, or give "Handing back unknown region" error messages
220        - bugfix: calling SET VOICES (which Fantasia does on start and
221          refresh) could cause instruments to be unloaded
222        - Mac OS X: fixed name collision of enum in EffectControl and
223          wrong name of destructor in AudioOutputDeviceCoreAudio.cpp
224        - Mac OS X: fixed hanging threads
225        - Windows: disabled the previous thread fix on non-Mac systems, as
226          it caused hanging threads on Windows
227        - Fixed possible crashes due to corrupted MIDI/audio device list
228          after MIDI/audio device creation failure
229    
230    Version 1.0.0 (31 July 2009)
231    
232      * packaging changes:
233        - autoconf bugfix: the PKG_CONFIG variable wasn't initialized properly,
234          causing e.g. the libgig test to fail when
235          "./configure --disable-jack-driver" was used
236          (patch by Alexis Ballier)
237        - fixed compilation with gcc 4.3
238        - fixes for building on OS X (thanks to Ebrahim Mayat for testing)
239        - fixed configure so it detects x86_64 (#107)
240        - fixes for building with newer MinGW versions
241        - fix for building with bison 2.4 (#111)
242        - fixed building with libgig installed in a non-standard directory
243        - minor fix in configure for mmsystem.h detection on MinGW
244        - Windows: look for editor plugins and Fantasia using base
245          directory of liblinuxsampler dll (look in the same directory and one
246          directory above)
247        - configure script fix: removed unconditional use of SSE
248        - fixed building with sqlite installed in a non-standard directory
249        - when cross-compiling, don't try to create instruments.db
250        - fix for new mingw-w64 version, which has usleep
251    
252      * general changes:
253        - bugfix: on some POSIX systems instrument editor plugins refused to
254          load as we used a non-portable Linux specific struct field
255          (fixes bug #70, patch by Ronald Baljeu)
256        - fixed endless loop which occured when loading an instrument editor
257          plugin DLL on Windows systems failed
258        - fixed memory leaks that occurred when liblinuxsampler was unloaded
259        - optimized the SynchronizedConfig class so it doesn't wait
260          unnecessarily long after an update
261        - added support for notifying instrument editors on note-on / note-off
262          events (e.g. to highlight the pressed keys on the virtual keyboard
263          of gigedit)
264        - added support for triggering notes by instrument editors (see above)
265        - be verbose on DLL load errors (on Linux)
266        - fixed di-harmonic triangle LFO implementation (this LFO implementation
267          is only used by very few systems, most pick the int math
268          implementation, which is usually faster)
269        - fixes for audio drivers with varying buffer sizes
270        - experimental support for running LinuxSampler as a DSSI, LV2 and
271          VST plugin
272        - notification events for stream/voice count statistics are now sent
273          only when there are actual changes
274        - added memory ordering constraints to improve stability on
275          multi-core and multi-cpu systems
276        - maximum voices and disk streams can now be altered at runtime
277        - fixed CPU feature detection on x86_64 (maybe fixes #108)
278        - automatic stacktrace mechanism is now turned off by default and can
279          be switched on by command line option "--stacktrace" (the automatic
280          stacktrace mechanism seems to be broken on most systems at the moment)
281        - C++ API method InstrumentManager::LaunchInstrumentEditor() now returns
282          a pointer to the launched InstrumentEditor object
283        - added optional 3rd party user data parameter for following
284          liblinuxsampler C++ API methods: InstrumentEditor::Main(),
285          InstrumentEditor::Launch(),
286          InstrumentManager::LaunchInstrumentEditor()
287        - theoretical fix: made SynchronizedConfig follow C++0x memory
288          model more strictly
289        - fixes for using large audio device buffers
290        - Windows: add the installation directory to the DLL search path
291          when loading an editor plugin (solves problems with VST and
292          gigedit on systems with other GTK versions installed)
293    
294      * audio driver:
295        - removed the nonsense audio channel constraint (which was hard coded to
296          max. 100 audio channels) for most audio drivers
297        - JACK audio driver did not offer a device parameter "SAMPLERATE" as
298          opposed to the LSCP specs
299        - bugfix: the SAMPLERATE parameter of some drivers (e.g. JACK)
300          reflected the wrong value
301        - fixed a memory management bug in ASIO driver
302        - Makefile fix: JACK_CFLAGS wasn't used
303        - JACK: use jack_client_open instead of the deprecated
304          jack_client_new
305        - added (experimental) CoreAudio driver
306        - applied old fixes to the ASIO driver that were included in the
307          previous binary release but accidentally never committed to CVS
308          (fixes #117)
309        - fixes for ASIO on mingw-w64 (iasio wrapper is not needed on
310          win64)
311        - VST: added support for sample rate and buffer size changes
312        - VST: close editor (Fantasia) when the VST is removed
313        - VST: avoid opening Fantasia more than once for each VST instance
314        - VST: export main function as "main" on Linux too (fix for
315          energyXT)
316        - VST: changed number of output channels from one stereo to 16
317          stereo
318        - added channel routing, fxsends and midi maps to the settings
319          stored in the plugin state
320        - performance optimization of AudioChannel::MixTo() and
321          AudioChannel::CopyTo() methods using GCC vector exensions
322          (if available)
323        - ASIO fixes: avoid initializing the device twice, avoid throwing
324          exception when getting parameters from a disconnected device
325    
326      * MIDI driver:
327        - added JACK MIDI driver
328        - dispatch bank select as ordinary CC as well, the user might seriously
329          want to (mis)use it for some purpose ("fixed" in all current MIDI
330          input drivers: ALSA, CoreMIDI, JACK, MidiShare, MME)
331        - bugfix: pitch bend wasn't working with JackMidi, VST, LV2, MME,
332          CoreMidi or AU
333        - fixed mingw-w64 compilation error in MME driver
334        - made program change handling in MIDI thread real-time safe by
335          moving the logic to a non-RT thread
336        - fixed minor memory leak in ALSA driver
337    
338      * instruments database:
339        - avoid time consuming samples scanning when adding instruments
340          to the instruments database
341        - added support for handling lost files in the instruments database
342        - Implemented option for adding instruments in separate directories
343          in the instruments database
344          (patch by Chris Cherrett & Andrew Williams, a bit adjusted)
345        - work-around for missing fnmatch function on Windows to make
346          instrument database compilable
347        - added instrument database support on Windows
348          works with both standalone mode and VST plugin.
349          the instruments DB file is located in
350          %USERPROFILE%\.linuxsampler\instruments.db which allows different
351          databases for each windows user
352          if no DB is present it automatically creates the .linuxsampler subdir
353          and then creates an empty DB
354        - fixed recursive import, which was broken on Windows
355    
356      * Gigasampler format engine:
357        - fixed a memory leak that could happen when a channel was deleted
358          while notes were playing
359        - made it possible to load an instrument even if the audio thread
360          isn't running
361        - added partial support for the "Controller Triggered" MIDI rule,
362          enough for piano gigs with pedal noise samples
363        - minor fix: only mark FX sends as being modified if really the
364          respective FX send MIDI controller was used
365        - added support for GM global device volume SysEx message
366          (can be selected at compile time to either apply globally to the
367          whole sampler [default] or only to the sampler channels that are
368          connected to the respective MIDI input port the SysEx message arrived
369          on)
370        - bugfix: notes triggered at position 0 in the audio buffer were
371          sometimes wrongly killed in the same buffer, causing no sound to
372          be played
373        - added support for chromatic / drumkit mode Roland GS Sysex message
374          which is usally used to switch a part between chromatic sounds and
375          drumkit sounds (as opposed to their common default setting of MIDI
376          part 10 being a drumkit part and all other ones chromatic parts), in
377          LS however one can switch between the first 16 MIDI instrument maps
378          defined for the sampler
379        - made it possible to create multiple sample channels even if the
380          audio thread isn't running
381        - fixed crash when removing channel with active voices (#116)
382        - bugfix: on sample reference changes (instrument editor), only
383          un-cache the respective sample if it's really not used by any
384          sampler engine anymore
385        - re-cache samples in case they were changed by an instrument editor,
386          e.g. when a sample was added while playing (#82)
387        - fixed hanging notes which occured when note-off event had the exact
388          same time stamp as the voice's note-on event and occured both in the
389          same audio fragment cycle (fixes bug #112)
390        - added support for the "fine tune" and "pitch bend range"
391          instrument-level gig parameters
392        - fixed minor artifacts in pitch bend handling
393        - added support for GS Reset SysEx message
394        - allow gig files to use unlimited downward pitch shifting
395        - added a limit check for upward pitch shifting
396        - bugfix: sometimes, when playing a note twice fast, the second
397          note was silent
398        - fixed crash happening when a pitch bend event arrived at the
399          same time a new instrument was loading
400    
401      * LSCP server:
402        - added new LSCP event "CHANNEL_MIDI" which can be used by frontends to
403          react on MIDI data arriving on certain sampler channels (so far only
404          Note-On and Note-Off events are sent via this LSCP event)
405        - added new LSCP event "DEVICE_MIDI" which can be used by frontends to
406          react on MIDI data arriving on certain MIDI input devices (so far only
407          Note-On and Note-Off events are sent via this LSCP event)
408        - added new LSCP commands: FIND LOST DB_INSTRUMENT_FILES and
409          SET DB_INSTRUMENT FILE_PATH
410        - added new LSCP command: SEND CHANNEL MIDI_DATA which can be used by
411          frontends to send MIDI messages to specific sampler channel
412        - added two additional fields to GET FILE INSTRUMENT INFO command -
413          KEY_BINDINGS and KEYSWITCH_BINDINGS
414        - bugfix: the bank number provided by MIDI_INSTRUMENT_INFO notifications
415          was incorrect
416        - Optimized the retrieval of the MIDI instrument mappings
417        - added new LSCP command "SET VOICES" to globally alter the maximum
418          amount of voices, added new LSCP event "GLOBAL_INFO:VOICES" which will
419          be triggered respectively
420        - added new LSCP command "SET STREAMS" to globally alter the maximum
421          amount of disk streams, added new LSCP event "GLOBAL_INFO:STREAMS"
422          which will be triggered respectively
423        - bugfix: retry if "select" returns EINTR (this fixes a crash when
424          a gigedit file dialog is opened)
425        - close all connections when LSCPServer is deleted
426        - hard close of all sockets on exit
427        - bugfix: SET CHANNEL MIDI_INPUT_TYPE didn't work with the MME
428          driver
429    
430      * Bug fixes:
431        - fixed a crash which occurs when removing a sampler channel waiting
432          to start instrument loading after another channel
433        - fixed a crash which occurs when removing a sampler channel with
434          instrument loading in progress (bug #113)
435        - fixed termination caused by uncaught exception when adding MIDI
436          instrument with PERSISTENT load mode
437        - fixed possible iterator invalidations when resetting the sampler
438        - fixed memory leaks when issuing the following LSCP commands:
439          GET AUDIO_OUTPUT_DRIVER INFO
440          GET AUDIO_OUTPUT_DRIVER_PARAMETER INFO
441          GET MIDI_INPUT_DRIVER INFO
442          GET MIDI_INPUT_DRIVER_PARAMETER INFO
443        - fixed possible compilation error when sqlite is not present
444        - fixed orphaned pointers when setting maximum voices limit (bug #118)
445        - fixed crash when changing the audio output device of a sampler
446          channel with loaded instrument and start playing notes
447        - fixed endless loop in Engine::SuspendAll() (bug #120)
448        - fixed a low-level atomic load function that was broken on 64-bit
449          PowerPC, which probably could cause crashes on that platform
450        - fixed a memory management error which could cause a crash when a
451          plugin was unloaded
452        - bugfix: two private structs had the same name, which could cause
453          problems if the linker chose the wrong constructor
454        - fixed low-level ConditionServer usage bug that caused lockups on
455          Windows
456    
457    
458    Version 0.5.1 (6 December 2007)
459    
460      * packaging changes:
461        - added autoconf checks for pthread library
462        - added autoconf check for pthread bug found on certain NPTL-enabled
463          glibc versions (see Gentoo bug report #194076)
464        - added autoconf checks for MS Windows
465    
466      * general changes:
467        - bugfix: the thread used by an editor plugin didn't die when the
468          editor closed
469        - bugfix: Ringbuffer.h: fill_write_space_with_null() did not zero
470          out all the space. operator--() did not apply size_mask after
471          decrementing the read_ptr. DEFAULT_WRAP_ELEMENTS set to 0 in
472          order to avoid problems with the _NonVolatileReader functions.
473        - bugfix: Stream.h: added a missing divide by BytesPerSample in
474          GetWriteSpace(). Since this function is currently only used in
475          the stream's qsort() compare function, it didn't trigger any
476          bugs.
477        - Resampler.h, Synthesizer.h: cubic interpolation now works in
478          24bit mode too. Faster method to read 24bit words on little
479          endian machines (x86): replaced 3 byte reads + shifts with a 1
480          unaligned 32bit read and shift
481        - experimental support for MS Windows (MIDI input via MME, AUDIO
482          output via ASIO)
483        - made handling of SIGINT signal (Ctrl-C) a bit more robust
484        - support for monitoring the total number of active disk streams
485          (new LSCP commands: GET TOTAL_STREAM_COUNT,
486          SUBSCRIBE TOTAL_STREAM_COUNT, UNSUBSCRIBE TOTAL_STREAM_COUNT)
487    
488      * AUDIO driver:
489        - added Windows ASIO low latency audio driver
490    
491      * MIDI driver:
492        - added MME Windows MIDI driver
493    
494      * LSCP server:
495        - added support for Windows style path / filenames, however with
496          forward slash path separators instead of backslash
497          (i.e. "C:/foo/bar.gig")
498        - allow naughty liblscp to send non-string device parameters within
499          apostrophes as well
500        - added new LSCP commands: "GET FILE INSTRUMENTS <file>",
501          "LIST FILE INSTRUMENTS <file>" and
502          "GET FILE INSTRUMENT INFO <file> <index>" for retrieving informations
503          about an arbitrary instrument file on the system where the sampler is
504          running on
505    
506    Version 0.5.0 (15 October 2007)
507    
508      * packaging changes:
509        - config.h is not going to be installed along with liblinuxsampler's
510          API header files anymore
511        - only the API relevant header (and source) files will be exported to
512          the Doxygen API documentation (explicitly listed in Doxyfile.in)
513        - added completely new XCode project files for Mac OSX which is now
514          capable to execute our autoconf environment, thus no need anymore
515          to maintain the compile time configuration file (osx/version.h) for
516          OSX manually (patch by Toshi Nagata)
517        - fixed buggy boolean --enable-foo / --disable-foo configure script
518          parameters
519        - global.h now only covers global definitions that are needed for the
520          C++ API header files, all implementation internal global definitions
521          are now in global_private.h
522        - atomic.h is not exposed to the C++ API anymore
523        - no need to include config.h anymore for using LS's API header files
524        - fixed warnings in API doc generation
525    
526    * general changes:    * general changes:
527      - replaced the old, confusing MIDI program change mechanism by a      - replaced the old, confusing MIDI program change mechanism by a
528        flexible MIDI instrument mapper which allows to map arbitrary        flexible MIDI instrument mapper which allows to map arbitrary
529        (MIDI bank MSB, MIDI bank LSB, MIDI program) triplets with arbitrary        (MIDI bank, MIDI program) pairs with arbitrary
530        (engine type, instrument file, file index) triplets which will be        (engine type, instrument file, file index) triplets which will be
531        loaded on the respective channel when such MIDI program change        loaded on the respective channel when such MIDI program change
532        messages arrive, beside that, each entry allows to define a life-time        messages arrive, beside that, each entry allows to define a life-time
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536        respective program change arrives (to safe RAM space), as well as a        respective program change arrives (to safe RAM space), as well as a
537        global volume factor for each entry, so the user can adjust the volume        global volume factor for each entry, so the user can adjust the volume
538        dynamic of his mapped instrument collection without having to modify        dynamic of his mapped instrument collection without having to modify
539        the instrument files        the instrument files, also one can manage arbitrary amount of such
540          MIDI instrument maps and assign each sampler channel individually
541          a certain map, so that i.e. separation of normal instruments and
542          drumkits is possible
543        - new notification events for tracking changes to audio/MIDI devices,
544          MIDI instrument maps, MIDI instruments, FX sends, global volume.
545        - sampler was limited to load max. 200 instruments in the background
546          due to a constant size RingBuffer FIFO which is now replaced by a
547          dynamic (unlimited) size std::list FIFO
548        - added FX sends, these allow to route audio signals to arbitrary audio
549          output channels for being processed by external effect processors
550          (i.e. jack-rack), the send levels are controllable via arbitrary MIDI
551          controllers
552        - global (sampler wide) volume can now be controlled at runtime
553        - Implemented new, improved notification system
554        - fixed compilation errors regarding OSX
555          (patch by Toshi Nagata)
556        - implemented instruments database
557        - added support for escape sequences to the instruments database
558        - added highly experimental support for on-the-fly instrument editing
559          within the sampler's process (by using instrument editor plugins),
560          you'll notice the new "Registered instrument editors:" message on
561          startup, added a new LSCP command:
562          "EDIT CHANNEL INSTRUMENT <sampler-channel>"
563          to spawn a matching instrument editor for the instrument on the
564          given sampler channel, the plugin path can be overridden at compile
565          time with ./configure --enable-plugin-dir=/some/dir
566        - added experimental code for synchronizing instrument editors hosted
567          in the sampler's process to safely edit instruments while playing
568          without a crash (hopefully) by either suspending single regions
569          wherever possible or if unavoidable whole engine(s)
570        - fixed several issues in fundamental "Thread" class: set scheduling
571          policy and priority on thread level, set a minimum stack size for
572          thread (TODO: a reasonable value yet to be tested), bugfix: non-RT
573          threads simply inherited properties of starting thread instead of
574          setting their own policy and priority
575        - minor fix in our automatic stack trace mechanism on crashes, the
576          main process did not wait for the stack trace process to finish
577          its output
578        - fixed some minor memory leaks
579        - reenabled assembly features support, at the moment only for
580          enabling a fast denormal FPU mode (x86 platforms supporting SSE2)
581        - minor assembly fix in x86 features detection (don't use the PIC
582          register, to avoid relocations in the text segment at runtime)
583        - POSIX callback functions of Thread.h are hidden
584    
585    * MIDI driver:    * MIDI driver:
586      - dispatch bank select (MSB and LSB) messages      - dispatch bank select (MSB and LSB) messages
587    
588      * audio driver:
589        - the ALSA audio output driver parameters now reflect the correct
590          parameter value ranges for the respective selected sound card
591          (patch by Till Wimmer, a bit fixed and extended)
592    
593    * Gigasampler format engine:    * Gigasampler format engine:
594      - if a filter is used and EG2 finishes before EG1, let the voice      - if a filter is used and EG2 finishes before EG1, let the voice
595        die when EG2 has finished (this fixes a problem with clicks and        die when EG2 has finished (this fixes a problem with clicks and
596        voice starvation for some gigs)        voice starvation for some gigs)
597        - playback is no longer disabled during instrument loading
598        - all notes playing on a channel that changes its instrument keep
599          playing with the old instrument until they get a note off
600          command
601        - EG fix: a release value of zero could cause noises or crash
602        - handle MIDI coarse tuning messages (MIDI RPN #0 MSB #2 LSB)
603        - EG fine tuning: when attack is zero the EG starts at a level
604          above max sustain level, which means that there is a decay phase
605          even if sustain is 100%
606        - more EG fixes: the level could sometimes go below zero and cause
607          noises or crashes
608        - minor fix of EGDecay (patch by Toshi Nagata)
609        - fixed compiler error when --enable-override-filter-type was
610          supplied to the configure script (fixes #46)
611        - disk thread: queue sizes are now proportional to CONFIG_MAX_STREAMS
612          instead of a fix value
613        - behavior fix: on MIDI CC# 65 (portamento on / off), 126 (mono mode),
614          127 (solo mode) only kill voices if the respective mode really
615          changed
616    
617      * LSCP server:
618        - fixed compile time error for old Bison versions
619          (i.e. v1.28 found on MacOS 10.4, patch by Toshi Nagata)
620        - parser now supports extended ASCII character set
621          (up to ASCII code 255, i.e. includes now umlauts and accents)
622        - filename arguments in LSCP commands now allow to use escape
623          sequences, that is directly literal as one of: \', \", \\, \n, \r,
624          \f, \t, \v, or as octal ASCII code value like \132, or as hex ASCII
625          code value like \xf2) (fixes bug #24)
626        - the following LSCP commands now also support escape sequences for at
627          least one of their text-based parameters (i.e. name, description):
628          "ADD MIDI_INSTRUMENT_MAP", "MAP MIDI_INSTRUMENT",
629          "SET MIDI_INSTRUMENT_MAP NAME", "SET FX_SEND NAME", "CREATE FX_SEND",
630          "SET DB_INSTRUMENT_DIRECTORY NAME",
631          "SET DB_INSTRUMENT_DIRECTORY DESCRIPTION", "SET DB_INSTRUMENT NAME",
632          "SET DB_INSTRUMENT DESCRIPTION", "FIND DB_INSTRUMENTS",
633          "FIND DB_INSTRUMENT_DIRECTORIES"
634        - returns verbose syntax errors (line and column where syntax error
635          occured, the unexpected character and the actually expected, possible
636          character(s), the latter only if less than 5 possibilities)
637        - made sure that LSCP syntax is not affected by gigedit locale
638          settings
639        - bugfix regarding strings parameter lists: all comma separated lists
640          of strings were treated as being one string containing commas
641          (fixes #57)
642    
643    * Bug fixes:    * Bug fixes:
644      - fixed crash occurring on certain LSCP scripts (Bug 39)      - fixed crash occurring on certain LSCP scripts (Bug 39)
645        - another thread safety fix for lscp "load engine" and "set
646          channel audio output device"
647        - fixed a crash which occurs when reassigning the same engine
648          on a sampler channel with connected MIDI device
649        - fixed a crash which occurs when changing the number of ports of a MIDI
650          device connected to a sampler channel to number less then or equal
651          to the index of the port to which the sampler channel is connected.
652        - The previous bindings were not been disconnected when altering
653          the ALSA_SEQ_BINDINGS parameter. Introduced a NONE keyword for
654          unsubscribing from all bindings (e.g. ALSA_SEQ_BINDINGS=NONE).
655        - The active stream/voice count statistic was incorrect.
656        - notification events were not been sent for some sampler
657          channel changes
658        - added default min and max values to restrict the number of allowed
659          audio output channels and MIDI input ports
660        - the connection to the PCM interface is now closed when destroying
661          an audio output device
662        - files with slash in their path or filename could not be loaded
663    
664      * test cases:
665        - updated and fixed (haven't been touched in a while)
666    
667  Version 0.4.0 (24 November 2006)  Version 0.4.0 (24 November 2006)
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