--- qsampler/trunk/ChangeLog 2004/10/06 11:03:36 266 +++ qsampler/trunk/ChangeLog 2007/11/21 19:57:18 1506 @@ -1,9 +1,224 @@ -qsampler - A LinuxSampler Qt GUI Interface +Qsampler - A LinuxSampler Qt GUI Interface ------------------------------------------ ChangeLog -0.0.4 2004-10-06 Work in progress... +CVS HEAD + +* Disable OK button in sampler channel form and MIDI instrument + form if no valid engine is selected (to avoid bothering newbie + users with confusing LSCP syntax errors when using the UI the + first time). + +* Fixed creation of devices (don't try to set device parameters + which the user did not touch in the device creation dialog). + +* Added Windows file path support. + +* Fixed win32/qmakefile and win32/config.h so that it compiles + under win32. + +* Qt4 port of the application. + + +0.1.5 2007-10-15 Five months later a fifth is heard. + +* Added support for LSCP escape sequences to allow loading and + mapping instrument files with special characters in their + filename, as well as special characters for instrument names + and instrument map names (requires LSCP v1.2 on sampler side). + +* Added new button "Edit" to the channel strips, which probably + does exactly what you think it does: it opens an appropriate + instrument editor application; the channel instrument editor + tool is also accessible from the main menu and toolbar. + +* Application icon is now installed to ${prefix}/share/pixmaps; + application desktop entry file is now included in installation; + spec file (RPM) is now a bit more openSUSE compliant. + +* Crash fix on double-clicking on a empty instrument list. + + +0.1.4 2007-05-04 Almost another year has gone by. + +* Channel button colors have changed: yellow for mute and + cyan for solo is now the rule, but note that this color + highlighting is only rendered on some widget styles. + +* Master sampler volume slider/spinbox combo is now featured. + +* Initial support for sampler channel FX sends, while saving + the session state, only at code-level. + +* Sampler channel setup dialog does not mandate for valid nor + existing instrument file name. + +* Revised error verbosity in general and on session load/save; + hour-glass wait cursor is now displayed on session load/save; + keyboard shortcuts changed on MIDI instruments view context; + improved channel strip arrangement on session open/load; + instrument map entry removal confirmation (as optional); + corrected some tooltip text strings. + +* Most top-level widgets were missing the normal-widget flag, + which were causing some sticky size behavior while on some + window managers. + +* Added preliminary MIDI instrument mapping support; now + with an instrument list widget and editing capabilities; + MIDI instrumeent map program numbers are now displayed in + the range 1-128, instead of the internal 0-127. + +* GPL address update. + + +0.1.3 2006-06-01 Its been a long year isn't it? + +* Changed deprecated copyright attribute to license, + on qsampler.spec (RPM). + +* Added configure support for x86_64 libraries (UNTESTED). + +* Optional specification of alternate liblscp and libgig + installation paths have been added to configure command + arguments (--with-liblscp, --with-libgig). + +* Whenever the listing of actual instrument names is not an + option (e.g. due to lack of libgig support), the whole + number of selectable instrument items is now being graciously + increased from just the bare 8 (eight) right up through 100 + (one hundred), on the sampler channel setup dialog. + +* The selection buttons, on the right of the Instrument, Audio + and MIDI devices combo-boxes, on the sampler channel dialog, + are now expected to be a little better looking than it was + before, at least for those Mac OS X eyes. + +* Minor fixing on the initial messages dock-window height. + +* Audio output channel routing configuration finally hits + the sampler channel dialog, at last! (EXPERIMENTAL). + +* All widget captions changed to include proper application + title name prefix. + +* Attempt to bring those aging autoconf templates to date; + sample SPEC file for RPM build is now being included and + generated at configure time. + +* Set to use QApplication::setMainWidget() instead of + registering the traditional lastWindowClosed() signal + to quit() slot, just to let the -geometry command line + argument have some effect on X11. + +* Added MUTE/SOLO buttons to individual channel strips. + +* Fixed compilation error which occured when Qt was + compiled with -no-stl. + + +0.1.2 2005-06-23 Even minor workings needs a rest. + +* Fixed output disability when messages limit option is + turned off (thanks to Wolfgang Woehl for spotting this + one, while on qjackctl). + +* Added CHANNEL_INFO event feedback notification handling; + minor stream/voice usage auto-refresh cycle optimization. + + +0.1.1 2005-06-12 The mantra of bugfixes. + +* New improved and full-featured application icon, thanks + to Christian Schoenebeck design. + +* Fixed refresh cycle of channel strips that are found + in an error state, which was preventing correct channel + info updates. + +* Device configuration now accessible on toolbar. Added + buddy text label to device port/channel combobox on the + device dialog. + +* Include libgig version info on command line request (-v). + +* Minor configure and Makefile install fixes, as Debian and + Mac OS X specialties. Also, install does the right thing + with target file modes (thanks to Matt Flax and Ebrahim + Mayat, for pointing these out). + + +0.1.0 2005-05-23 Device configuration breakthrough. + +* Device configuration is now complete (EXPERIMENTAL). + +* [bug #9] Fixed for a LSCP command syntax convention + consistency, regarding the enumeration of available + sampler engines, Audio and MIDI drivers. + +* [bug #13] Update instrument names list when a new + instrument file is select on the channel setup dialog. + +* Show appropriate message in channel strip while loading + an instrument. + +* Show libgig version in About box (in case libgig is used). + + +0.0.5 2005-03-04 Fifth alpha-release. + +* Fixed device driver type channel information gathering, + which was severely flawed, dropping all channel session + configurations to the default audio driver type (which + is ALSA) unexpectedly. + +* Channels are now properly renumbered when saving to a + session LSCP script, assuming that it should be always + loaded from scratch (i.e. zero channels). + +* Disabled MIDI port setting on channel dialog, and on + session file save, as its use is still troublesome. + +* Added new menu and toolbar option: Reset All Channels. + +* Channel setup changes are now properly filtered, as for + only those settings that are actually changed gets applied; + change information are now also posted to messages window. + +* Drag-and-drop of either session files (LSCP scripts) or + instrument files (GIG) are now supported. Multiple files + drop is allowed, but it only makes sense for instrument + files, each one prompting to create a new sampler channel. + +* Drag-and-drop to an existing channel strip is now also + featured, allowing the in-place change of the channel + sampler instrument file. + +* Actual instrument names are now optionally retrieved + from the instrument file, even though libgig is available, + avoiding excessively annoying load times while on the + channel dialog, when huge instrument files are selected. + +* Set to ignore the SIGPIPE ("Broken pipe") signal, where + available, as the default handler is usually fatal when + a JACK client is zombified abruptly. + +* Messages window limit is now enforced only when the line + count exceeds in one third the user configured line count + maximum; if Qt 3.2.0+ is in use, the QTextView widget is + otherwise set to the optimized Qt::LogText format. + + +0.0.4 2004-11-19 Fourth alpha-release. + +* Instrument index selection now made via combo box widget; + actual instrument names are now properly retrieved from + the instrument file, provided if libgig is available. + +* Sampler channels strips are just created if, and only if, + the respective channel setup dialog is actually accepted, + following common user-interface guidelines. * Almost complete rewrite of sampler channel strips internal control structures. @@ -12,10 +227,10 @@ * MIDI channel selection is now a dropdown list, allowing the explicit selection for "All" channels input per sampler - channel (omni). + channel (omni mode). * Channel strip display glass effect has changed background - color to black (was green). + color to black (was green), being now an user option. * Minor configure fixes.