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Qsampler - A LinuxSampler Qt GUI Interface |
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GIT HEAD |
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* Single/unique application instance control adapted to Qt5/X11. |
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(EXPERIMENTAL) |
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0.3.1 2015-07-19 Summer'15 release frenzy. |
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* Fixed configure script's Qt include directory lookup for some |
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64bit Linux flavours. |
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* Prefer Qt5 over Qt4 by default with configure script. |
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* A new top-level widget window geometry state save and restore |
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sub-routine is now in effect. (EXPERIMENTAL) |
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* Fixed for some strict tests for Qt4 vs. Qt5 configure builds. |
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0.3.0 2015-03-25 Pre-LAC2015 release frenzy. |
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* Added application description as freedesktop.org's AppData. |
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* Added this "Don't ask/show this again" option to some if not most |
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of the nagging warning/error message boxes. |
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* Mac OS X: Fixed default path of linuxsampler binary. |
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* When closing qsampler and showing the user the dialog whether to |
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stop the LinuxSampler backend, set the default selection to "Yes". |
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* Master volume slider now getting proper layout when changing its |
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main toolbar orientation. |
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* Messages standard output capture has been slightly improved |
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as for non-blocking i/o, whenever available. |
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* Adjusted configure check for libgig to detect the new --includedir. |
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* A man page has beed added (making up Matt Flax's work on |
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debian, thanks). |
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* Translations install directory change. |
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* Added support for SF2 instrument names/preset enumeration. |
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* Added instrument list popup on channel strip which shows up when |
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the instrument name is clicked. Allows faster switching among |
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instruments of the same file. |
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* Adjusted configure check for libgig to detect its new --libdir |
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(impolitely forcing the user now to have at least libgig 3.3.0). |
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0.2.3 2013-12-31 A fifth of a Jubilee. |
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* Allow the build system to include an user specified LDFLAGS. |
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* More preparations for Qt5 configure build. |
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* Standard scalable format (SVG) and MIME type icons support for |
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session files (*.lscp) is now being added. |
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* Preparations for Qt5 migration. |
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* Added include <unistd.h> to shut up gcc 4.7 build failures. |
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* Make(ing) -jN parallel builds now available for the masses. |
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* Fixed Makefile.in handling of installation directories to the |
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configure script eg. --datadir, --localedir. |
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* Made lookup of translation files work inside a Mac OS X bundle. |
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* Minor Mac OS X compilation error fix. |
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* Debugging stacktrace now applies to all working threads. |
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* Made lookup of translation files more robust on Windows. |
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* Fixes for cross compiling and building for Windows with configure |
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and make. |
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* libX11 is now being added explicitly to the build link phase, |
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as seen necessary on some bleeding-edge distros eg. Fedora 13, |
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Debian 6. |
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* Moving from old deprecated Qt3'ish custom event post handling |
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into regular asynchronous signal/slot strategy. |
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* Sampler channel and instrument file requester support for |
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other than GIG engine instrument files (*gig; *.dls) has |
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been added, making roads for the newer SFZ and SF2 engines |
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instrument files (*.sfz; *.sf2). |
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* General standard dialog buttons layout is now in place. |
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* Initial widget geometry and visibility persistence logic has |
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been slightly revised as much to avoid crash failures due to |
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wrong main widget hidden state. |
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* General source tree layout and build configuration change. |
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* Automatic crash-dump reports, debugger stack-traces (gdb), back- |
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traces, whatever, are being introduced as a brand new configure |
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option (--enable-stacktrace) and default enabled on debug build |
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targets (--enable-debug). |
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* Attempt to fix broken instrument list model/view on Qt >= 4.6. |
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* Device parameter spin-box default maximum has been set higher: |
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now at a magic 24-bit limit (16777216) instead of older 16-bit |
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(65536), possibly fixing bug #136. |
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* LADISH Level 1 support has been added: SIGUSR1 signal trap |
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just makes it a shortcut to File/Save. |
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* MIDI Device Status menu is disabled when no MIDI device exists; |
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a menu separator has been added. |
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* Window manager's close button was found missing from the Devices |
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and Instruments widgets when on Qt >= 4.5, now fixed. |
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* MIDI activity indicator on channel strips and MIDI device status |
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widgets is now implemented as a flashing green LED, instead of a |
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lame green solid background :). |
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* Global configuration state is now explicitly saved/committed to |
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disk when View/Options... dialog changes are accepted and applied. |
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* Czech (cs) translation added (by Pavel Fric). |
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0.2.2 2009-08-01 New release cycle. |
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* Russian (qsampler_ru.ts by Alexandre Prokoudine) makes it as |
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brand first translation delivered. Thanks and welcomes whom |
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ever may follow ;) |
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* Converted obsolete QMessageBox forms to standard buttons. |
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* Added support for runtime max. voices / disk streams setting |
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(accessible from the "Options..." dialog). Those fine tuning |
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settings will be saved in case the user modified them and |
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automatically restored to the sampler when reconnecting to |
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a sampler the next time. |
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* Grayed/disabled palette color group fix for dark color themes. |
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* Fait-divers: desktop menu file touched to openSUSE conventions. |
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* Due to some trouble with newer Qt >= 4.4 applications regarding |
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font size configuration, a new global user option is now available |
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to the rescue: View/Options... /Display/Other/Base font size |
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(default none). |
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* Attempt to load Qt's own translation support and get rid of |
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the ever warning startup message, unless built in debug mode. |
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(transaction by Guido Scholz, while on qsynth-devel, thanks). |
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* Only one application instance is now allowed to be up and |
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running, with immediate but graceful termination upon startup |
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iif an already running instance is detected, which will see its |
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main widget shown up automatically (Qt/X11 platform only). |
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* Messages file logging makes its first long overdue appearance, |
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with user configurable settings in View/Options.../Server/Logging. |
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* Bugfix in sampler channel dialog, driver combo boxes' content were |
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screwed. |
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* Automatically add & remove channel strips as they were removed |
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e.g. by other frontends. |
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* Refresh device management dialog when device informations changed, |
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e.g. on changes caused by other frontends |
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(fixes segfault on device changes) |
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* Implemented MIDI device activity windows, selectable from the |
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"View" main menu. |
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* Implemented MIDI activity indicator on channel strips. |
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* Added FX Sends Dialog to Channel Strips. |
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* Color pallete fix for the instrument name display in channel |
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strip, particularly notorious on Mac OS X builds. |
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* Added dialog when the application exits which lets the user |
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decide whether to keep the LinuxSampler running or not. |
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0.2.1 2007-12-06 Qt4 migration was complete. |
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* Added recent new support of libgig for retrieving instrument |
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names in avery fast way. If libgig provides this feature, then |
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the respective name retrieval setting in qsampler is enabled by |
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default. |
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* The current selected/activated channel-strip is now visually |
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evident while in the application workspace (highlighting). |
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* Make View/Menubar and Toolbar shortcuts accessible even though |
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the main menu and toobar are not visible. |
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* Audio routing table is initially hidden in the dialog, when |
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creating a new sampler channel. |
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* README requirements and configuration notes update. |
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* Disable OK button in sampler channel form and MIDI instrument |
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form if no valid engine is selected (to avoid bothering newbie |
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users with confusing LSCP syntax errors when using the UI the |
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first time). |
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* Fixed creation of devices (don't try to set device parameters |
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which the user did not touch in the device creation dialog). |
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* Added Windows file path support. |
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* Fixed win32/qmakefile and win32/config.h so that it compiles |
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under win32. |
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* Qt4 port of the application. |
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0.1.5 2007-10-15 Five months later a fifth is heard. |
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* Added support for LSCP escape sequences to allow loading and |
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mapping instrument files with special characters in their |
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filename, as well as special characters for instrument names |
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and instrument map names (requires LSCP v1.2 on sampler side). |
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* Added new button "Edit" to the channel strips, which probably |
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does exactly what you think it does: it opens an appropriate |
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instrument editor application; the channel instrument editor |
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tool is also accessible from the main menu and toolbar. |
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* Application icon is now installed to ${prefix}/share/pixmaps; |
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application desktop entry file is now included in installation; |
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spec file (RPM) is now a bit more openSUSE compliant. |
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* Crash fix on double-clicking on a empty instrument list. |
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0.1.4 2007-05-04 Almost another year has gone by. |
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* Channel button colors have changed: yellow for mute and |
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cyan for solo is now the rule, but note that this color |
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highlighting is only rendered on some widget styles. |
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* Master sampler volume slider/spinbox combo is now featured. |
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* Initial support for sampler channel FX sends, while saving |
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the session state, only at code-level. |
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* Sampler channel setup dialog does not mandate for valid nor |
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existing instrument file name. |
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* Revised error verbosity in general and on session load/save; |
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hour-glass wait cursor is now displayed on session load/save; |
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keyboard shortcuts changed on MIDI instruments view context; |
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improved channel strip arrangement on session open/load; |
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instrument map entry removal confirmation (as optional); |
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corrected some tooltip text strings. |
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* Most top-level widgets were missing the normal-widget flag, |
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which were causing some sticky size behavior while on some |
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window managers. |
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* Added preliminary MIDI instrument mapping support; now |
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with an instrument list widget and editing capabilities; |
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MIDI instrumeent map program numbers are now displayed in |
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the range 1-128, instead of the internal 0-127. |
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* GPL address update. |
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0.1.3 2006-06-01 Its been a long year isn't it? |
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* Changed deprecated copyright attribute to license, |
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on qsampler.spec (RPM). |
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* Added configure support for x86_64 libraries (UNTESTED). |
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* Optional specification of alternate liblscp and libgig |
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installation paths have been added to configure command |
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arguments (--with-liblscp, --with-libgig). |
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* Whenever the listing of actual instrument names is not an |
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option (e.g. due to lack of libgig support), the whole |
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number of selectable instrument items is now being graciously |
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increased from just the bare 8 (eight) right up through 100 |
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(one hundred), on the sampler channel setup dialog. |
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* The selection buttons, on the right of the Instrument, Audio |
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and MIDI devices combo-boxes, on the sampler channel dialog, |
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are now expected to be a little better looking than it was |
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before, at least for those Mac OS X eyes. |
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* Minor fixing on the initial messages dock-window height. |
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* Audio output channel routing configuration finally hits |
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the sampler channel dialog, at last! (EXPERIMENTAL). |
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* All widget captions changed to include proper application |
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title name prefix. |
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* Attempt to bring those aging autoconf templates to date; |
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sample SPEC file for RPM build is now being included and |
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generated at configure time. |
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* Set to use QApplication::setMainWidget() instead of |
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registering the traditional lastWindowClosed() signal |
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to quit() slot, just to let the -geometry command line |
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argument have some effect on X11. |
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* Added MUTE/SOLO buttons to individual channel strips. |
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* Fixed compilation error which occured when Qt was |
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compiled with -no-stl. |
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0.1.2 2005-06-23 Even minor workings needs a rest. |
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* Fixed output disability when messages limit option is |
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turned off (thanks to Wolfgang Woehl for spotting this |
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one, while on qjackctl). |
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* Added CHANNEL_INFO event feedback notification handling; |
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minor stream/voice usage auto-refresh cycle optimization. |
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0.1.1 2005-06-12 The mantra of bugfixes. |
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* New improved and full-featured application icon, thanks |
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to Christian Schoenebeck design. |
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* Fixed refresh cycle of channel strips that are found |
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in an error state, which was preventing correct channel |
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info updates. |
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* Device configuration now accessible on toolbar. Added |
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buddy text label to device port/channel combobox on the |
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device dialog. |
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* Include libgig version info on command line request (-v). |
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* Minor configure and Makefile install fixes, as Debian and |
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Mac OS X specialties. Also, install does the right thing |
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with target file modes (thanks to Matt Flax and Ebrahim |
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Mayat, for pointing these out). |
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0.1.0 2005-05-23 Device configuration breakthrough. |
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* Device configuration is now complete (EXPERIMENTAL). |
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* [bug #9] Fixed for a LSCP command syntax convention |
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consistency, regarding the enumeration of available |
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sampler engines, Audio and MIDI drivers. |
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* [bug #13] Update instrument names list when a new |
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instrument file is select on the channel setup dialog. |
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* Show appropriate message in channel strip while loading |
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an instrument. |
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* Show libgig version in About box (in case libgig is used). |
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0.0.5 2005-03-04 Fifth alpha-release. |
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* Fixed device driver type channel information gathering, |
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which was severely flawed, dropping all channel session |
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configurations to the default audio driver type (which |
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is ALSA) unexpectedly. |
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* Channels are now properly renumbered when saving to a |
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session LSCP script, assuming that it should be always |
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loaded from scratch (i.e. zero channels). |
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* Disabled MIDI port setting on channel dialog, and on |
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session file save, as its use is still troublesome. |
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* Added new menu and toolbar option: Reset All Channels. |
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* Channel setup changes are now properly filtered, as for |
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only those settings that are actually changed gets applied; |
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change information are now also posted to messages window. |
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* Drag-and-drop of either session files (LSCP scripts) or |
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instrument files (GIG) are now supported. Multiple files |
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drop is allowed, but it only makes sense for instrument |
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files, each one prompting to create a new sampler channel. |
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* Drag-and-drop to an existing channel strip is now also |
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featured, allowing the in-place change of the channel |
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sampler instrument file. |
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* Actual instrument names are now optionally retrieved |
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from the instrument file, even though libgig is available, |
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avoiding excessively annoying load times while on the |
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channel dialog, when huge instrument files are selected. |
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* Set to ignore the SIGPIPE ("Broken pipe") signal, where |
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available, as the default handler is usually fatal when |
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a JACK client is zombified abruptly. |
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* Messages window limit is now enforced only when the line |
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count exceeds in one third the user configured line count |
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maximum; if Qt 3.2.0+ is in use, the QTextView widget is |
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otherwise set to the optimized Qt::LogText format. |
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0.0.4 2004-11-19 Fourth alpha-release. |
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* Instrument index selection now made via combo box widget; |
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actual instrument names are now properly retrieved from |
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the instrument file, provided if libgig is available. |
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* Sampler channels strips are just created if, and only if, |
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the respective channel setup dialog is actually accepted, |
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following common user-interface guidelines. |
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* Almost complete rewrite of sampler channel strips internal |
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control structures. |
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* Sampler reset command action added to menu and toolbar. |
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* MIDI channel selection is now a dropdown list, allowing |
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the explicit selection for "All" channels input per sampler |
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channel (omni mode). |
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* Channel strip display glass effect has changed background |
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color to black (was green), being now an user option. |
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* Minor configure fixes. |
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0.0.3 2004-07-06 Third alpha-release. |
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* Mon-modal intrument file loading and status support. |
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* Effective MIDI input port setting on channel dialog, |
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and on session file save. |
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* Channel dialog gets sensible engine and driver defaults |
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on create time. |
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* Implied channel reset on successful instrument load. |
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0.0.2 2004-06-15 Pre-revolutionary release. |
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* The channel context menu is also accessible by right-clicking |
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over the empty workspace area. |
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* Added small wait event loop on qsamplerMainForm::stopServer(), |
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so let local server terminate gracefully and stabilize, and |
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avoiding a probable segfault on exit, which was preventing the |
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correct salvage of settings and configuration. |
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* Maximum channel volume percent setting is now a global option, |
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provided to override the default (which is 100%). |
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* Client/server transaction timeout option upper limit has been |
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increased from 5000 to 60000 milliseconds. |
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* A channel context menu is now featured, by right-clicking over |
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each sampler channel strip. |
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* Commented SET CHANNEL MIDI_INPUT_PORT command from |
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qsamplerMainForm::saveSessionFile(), it has no effect. |
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* Insert a n #include <unistd.h> on qsamplerMessages.cpp, between |
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a #if !defined(WIN32) clause. |
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* An initial non zero value (0.8) is now set for volume of every |
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new sampler channel strip. |
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* The order to load/save and setup channel settings is now as |
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suggested in the following lines: |
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SET CHANNEL AUDIO_OUTPUT_TYPE ... |
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SET CHANNEL MIDI_INPUT_TYPE ... |
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SET CHANNEL MIDI_INPUT_CHANNEL ... |
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LOAD ENGINE ... |
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LOAD INSTRUMENT ... |
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SET CHANNEL VOLUME ... |
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0.0.1 2004-06-05 Primordial alpha release. |
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