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Version 2.0.0 (15 July 2015) |
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The sampler's code base has seen substantial changes in the last six years, |
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since the last release of LinuxSampler. The sampler engine code base has |
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been unified to a set of abstract base classes which cleared the way for |
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two new sampler engines: The SFZ2 format engine (.sfz) and the SoundFont 2 |
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engine (.sf2). So LinuxSampler is not limited to the GigaStudio/Gigasampler |
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format (.gig) anymore. Another major new feature is support for real-time |
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instrument scripts, which may be bundled with sound files to extend the |
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sampler with custom behavior for individual sounds. You may know such scripts |
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from commercial software samplers. Find out more about instrument scripts |
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on http://doc.linuxsampler.org/Instrument_Scripts/. At the moment this |
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scripting feature is yet limited to the Giga format engine. Also noteworthy |
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is the new command line application "lscp", which is a text based shell for |
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controlling the sampler from the command line, providing colored output, |
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type completion, help text while typing LSCP commands and other convenient |
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features. You may now also load external effects directly into the sampler |
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(only LADSPA plugins yet). The LSCP network protocol (v1.7) has been extended |
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to manage such effects respectively. Also new with latest LSCP version is the |
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ability to trigger MIDI CCs by LSCP commands. You may have heard that the |
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GigaStudio software has seen its last version with GigaStudio 4. Tascam |
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officially discontinued this product, its intellectual property has been sold |
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several times among companies and there is currently no way to buy a new copy |
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of GigaStudio anymore. However the GigaStudio format is still under active |
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development with LinuxSampler. We not only added support for the latest |
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features introduced with GigaStudio 4: iMIDI rules for example which allow to |
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trigger notes by MIDI CC and allow i.e. defining a set of legato samples; for |
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the first time ever we also added our own extensions to the Giga format: one |
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of it is the previously mentioned new instrument scripting feature and a more |
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minor extension is support for various other MIDI CCs which were never |
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supported by GigaStudio before. The sampler's host plugins have also seen |
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some enhancements: the LV2 plugin now stores and restores the sampler's |
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overall state with your DAW application's song, the LV2 and AudioUnit |
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plugin's outputs were increased from 2 audio channels to 16 upon request by |
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some users and the VST plugin now uses the sampler's MIDI instrument mapping |
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system to show a list of available sounds to allow the user to switch among |
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them. And last but not least the VST plugin may also be used on Mac now. |
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Version 1.0.0 (31 July 2009) |
Version 1.0.0 (31 July 2009) |
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This is the first release which allows the sampler to be used as audio |
This is the first release which allows the sampler to be used as audio |