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* When closing qsampler and showing the user the dialog whether to stop the
  LinuxSampler backend, set the default selection to "Yes".

1 Qsampler - A LinuxSampler Qt GUI Interface
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4 ChangeLog
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6 GIT HEAD
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8 * Master volume slider now getting proper layout when changing its
9 main toolbar orientation.
10
11 * Messages standard output capture has been slightly improved
12 as for non-blocking i/o, whenever available. (EXPERIMENTAL)
13
14 * Adjusted configure check for libgig to detect the new includedir.
15
16 * A man page has beed added (making up Matt Flax's work on
17 debian, thanks).
18
19 * Translations install directory change. (EXPERIMENTAL)
20
21 * Added support for SF2 instrument names/preset enumeration.
22 (EXPERIMENTAL)
23
24 * Added instrument list popup on channel strip which shows up when
25 the instrument name is clicked. Allows faster switching among
26 instruments of the same file.
27
28 * Adjusted configure check for libgig to detect its new libdir
29 (impolitely forcing the user now to have at least libgig 3.3.0).
30
31 * Mac OS X: Fixed default path of linuxsampler binary.
32
33 * When closing qsampler and showing the user the dialog whether to stop the
34 LinuxSampler backend, set the default selection to "Yes".
35
36
37 0.2.3 2013-12-31 A fifth of a Jubilee.
38
39 * Allow the build system to include an user specified LDFLAGS.
40
41 * More preparations for Qt5 configure build.
42
43 * Standard scalable format (SVG) and MIME type icons support for
44 session files (*.lscp) is now being added.
45
46 * Preparations for Qt5 migration.
47
48 * Added include <unistd.h> to shut up gcc 4.7 build failures.
49
50 * Make(ing) -jN parallel builds now available for the masses.
51
52 * Fixed Makefile.in handling of installation directories to the
53 configure script eg. --datadir, --localedir.
54
55 * Made lookup of translation files work inside a Mac OS X bundle.
56
57 * Minor Mac OS X compilation error fix.
58
59 * Debugging stacktrace now applies to all working threads.
60
61 * Made lookup of translation files more robust on Windows.
62
63 * Fixes for cross compiling and building for Windows with configure
64 and make.
65
66 * libX11 is now being added explicitly to the build link phase,
67 as seen necessary on some bleeding-edge distros eg. Fedora 13,
68 Debian 6.
69
70 * Moving from old deprecated Qt3'ish custom event post handling
71 into regular asynchronous signal/slot strategy.
72
73 * Sampler channel and instrument file requester support for
74 other than GIG engine instrument files (*gig; *.dls) has
75 been added, making roads for the newer SFZ and SF2 engines
76 instrument files (*.sfz; *.sf2).
77
78 * General standard dialog buttons layout is now in place.
79
80 * Initial widget geometry and visibility persistence logic has
81 been slightly revised as much to avoid crash failures due to
82 wrong main widget hidden state.
83
84 * General source tree layout and build configuration change.
85
86 * Automatic crash-dump reports, debugger stack-traces (gdb), back-
87 traces, whatever, are being introduced as a brand new configure
88 option (--enable-stacktrace) and default enabled on debug build
89 targets (--enable-debug).
90
91 * Attempt to fix broken instrument list model/view on Qt >= 4.6.
92
93 * Device parameter spin-box default maximum has been set higher:
94 now at a magic 24-bit limit (16777216) instead of older 16-bit
95 (65536), possibly fixing bug #136.
96
97 * LADISH Level 1 support has been added: SIGUSR1 signal trap
98 just makes it a shortcut to File/Save.
99
100 * MIDI Device Status menu is disabled when no MIDI device exists;
101 a menu separator has been added.
102
103 * Window manager's close button was found missing from the Devices
104 and Instruments widgets when on Qt >= 4.5, now fixed.
105
106 * MIDI activity indicator on channel strips and MIDI device status
107 widgets is now implemented as a flashing green LED, instead of a
108 lame green solid background :).
109
110 * Global configuration state is now explicitly saved/committed to
111 disk when View/Options... dialog changes are accepted and applied.
112
113 * Czech (cs) translation added (by Pavel Fric).
114
115
116 0.2.2 2009-08-01 New release cycle.
117
118 * Russian (qsampler_ru.ts by Alexandre Prokoudine) makes it as
119 brand first translation delivered. Thanks and welcomes whom
120 ever may follow ;)
121
122 * Converted obsolete QMessageBox forms to standard buttons.
123
124 * Added support for runtime max. voices / disk streams setting
125 (accessible from the "Options..." dialog). Those fine tuning
126 settings will be saved in case the user modified them and
127 automatically restored to the sampler when reconnecting to
128 a sampler the next time.
129
130 * Grayed/disabled palette color group fix for dark color themes.
131
132 * Fait-divers: desktop menu file touched to openSUSE conventions.
133
134 * Due to some trouble with newer Qt >= 4.4 applications regarding
135 font size configuration, a new global user option is now available
136 to the rescue: View/Options... /Display/Other/Base font size
137 (default none).
138
139 * Attempt to load Qt's own translation support and get rid of
140 the ever warning startup message, unless built in debug mode.
141 (transaction by Guido Scholz, while on qsynth-devel, thanks).
142
143 * Only one application instance is now allowed to be up and
144 running, with immediate but graceful termination upon startup
145 iif an already running instance is detected, which will see its
146 main widget shown up automatically (Qt/X11 platform only).
147
148 * Messages file logging makes its first long overdue appearance,
149 with user configurable settings in View/Options.../Server/Logging.
150
151 * Bugfix in sampler channel dialog, driver combo boxes' content were
152 screwed.
153
154 * Automatically add & remove channel strips as they were removed
155 e.g. by other frontends.
156
157 * Refresh device management dialog when device informations changed,
158 e.g. on changes caused by other frontends
159 (fixes segfault on device changes)
160
161 * Implemented MIDI device activity windows, selectable from the
162 "View" main menu.
163
164 * Implemented MIDI activity indicator on channel strips.
165
166 * Added FX Sends Dialog to Channel Strips.
167
168 * Color pallete fix for the instrument name display in channel
169 strip, particularly notorious on Mac OS X builds.
170
171 * Added dialog when the application exits which lets the user
172 decide whether to keep the LinuxSampler running or not.
173
174
175 0.2.1 2007-12-06 Qt4 migration was complete.
176
177 * Added recent new support of libgig for retrieving instrument
178 names in avery fast way. If libgig provides this feature, then
179 the respective name retrieval setting in qsampler is enabled by
180 default.
181
182 * The current selected/activated channel-strip is now visually
183 evident while in the application workspace (highlighting).
184
185 * Make View/Menubar and Toolbar shortcuts accessible even though
186 the main menu and toobar are not visible.
187
188 * Audio routing table is initially hidden in the dialog, when
189 creating a new sampler channel.
190
191 * README requirements and configuration notes update.
192
193 * Disable OK button in sampler channel form and MIDI instrument
194 form if no valid engine is selected (to avoid bothering newbie
195 users with confusing LSCP syntax errors when using the UI the
196 first time).
197
198 * Fixed creation of devices (don't try to set device parameters
199 which the user did not touch in the device creation dialog).
200
201 * Added Windows file path support.
202
203 * Fixed win32/qmakefile and win32/config.h so that it compiles
204 under win32.
205
206 * Qt4 port of the application.
207
208
209 0.1.5 2007-10-15 Five months later a fifth is heard.
210
211 * Added support for LSCP escape sequences to allow loading and
212 mapping instrument files with special characters in their
213 filename, as well as special characters for instrument names
214 and instrument map names (requires LSCP v1.2 on sampler side).
215
216 * Added new button "Edit" to the channel strips, which probably
217 does exactly what you think it does: it opens an appropriate
218 instrument editor application; the channel instrument editor
219 tool is also accessible from the main menu and toolbar.
220
221 * Application icon is now installed to ${prefix}/share/pixmaps;
222 application desktop entry file is now included in installation;
223 spec file (RPM) is now a bit more openSUSE compliant.
224
225 * Crash fix on double-clicking on a empty instrument list.
226
227
228 0.1.4 2007-05-04 Almost another year has gone by.
229
230 * Channel button colors have changed: yellow for mute and
231 cyan for solo is now the rule, but note that this color
232 highlighting is only rendered on some widget styles.
233
234 * Master sampler volume slider/spinbox combo is now featured.
235
236 * Initial support for sampler channel FX sends, while saving
237 the session state, only at code-level.
238
239 * Sampler channel setup dialog does not mandate for valid nor
240 existing instrument file name.
241
242 * Revised error verbosity in general and on session load/save;
243 hour-glass wait cursor is now displayed on session load/save;
244 keyboard shortcuts changed on MIDI instruments view context;
245 improved channel strip arrangement on session open/load;
246 instrument map entry removal confirmation (as optional);
247 corrected some tooltip text strings.
248
249 * Most top-level widgets were missing the normal-widget flag,
250 which were causing some sticky size behavior while on some
251 window managers.
252
253 * Added preliminary MIDI instrument mapping support; now
254 with an instrument list widget and editing capabilities;
255 MIDI instrumeent map program numbers are now displayed in
256 the range 1-128, instead of the internal 0-127.
257
258 * GPL address update.
259
260
261 0.1.3 2006-06-01 Its been a long year isn't it?
262
263 * Changed deprecated copyright attribute to license,
264 on qsampler.spec (RPM).
265
266 * Added configure support for x86_64 libraries (UNTESTED).
267
268 * Optional specification of alternate liblscp and libgig
269 installation paths have been added to configure command
270 arguments (--with-liblscp, --with-libgig).
271
272 * Whenever the listing of actual instrument names is not an
273 option (e.g. due to lack of libgig support), the whole
274 number of selectable instrument items is now being graciously
275 increased from just the bare 8 (eight) right up through 100
276 (one hundred), on the sampler channel setup dialog.
277
278 * The selection buttons, on the right of the Instrument, Audio
279 and MIDI devices combo-boxes, on the sampler channel dialog,
280 are now expected to be a little better looking than it was
281 before, at least for those Mac OS X eyes.
282
283 * Minor fixing on the initial messages dock-window height.
284
285 * Audio output channel routing configuration finally hits
286 the sampler channel dialog, at last! (EXPERIMENTAL).
287
288 * All widget captions changed to include proper application
289 title name prefix.
290
291 * Attempt to bring those aging autoconf templates to date;
292 sample SPEC file for RPM build is now being included and
293 generated at configure time.
294
295 * Set to use QApplication::setMainWidget() instead of
296 registering the traditional lastWindowClosed() signal
297 to quit() slot, just to let the -geometry command line
298 argument have some effect on X11.
299
300 * Added MUTE/SOLO buttons to individual channel strips.
301
302 * Fixed compilation error which occured when Qt was
303 compiled with -no-stl.
304
305
306 0.1.2 2005-06-23 Even minor workings needs a rest.
307
308 * Fixed output disability when messages limit option is
309 turned off (thanks to Wolfgang Woehl for spotting this
310 one, while on qjackctl).
311
312 * Added CHANNEL_INFO event feedback notification handling;
313 minor stream/voice usage auto-refresh cycle optimization.
314
315
316 0.1.1 2005-06-12 The mantra of bugfixes.
317
318 * New improved and full-featured application icon, thanks
319 to Christian Schoenebeck design.
320
321 * Fixed refresh cycle of channel strips that are found
322 in an error state, which was preventing correct channel
323 info updates.
324
325 * Device configuration now accessible on toolbar. Added
326 buddy text label to device port/channel combobox on the
327 device dialog.
328
329 * Include libgig version info on command line request (-v).
330
331 * Minor configure and Makefile install fixes, as Debian and
332 Mac OS X specialties. Also, install does the right thing
333 with target file modes (thanks to Matt Flax and Ebrahim
334 Mayat, for pointing these out).
335
336
337 0.1.0 2005-05-23 Device configuration breakthrough.
338
339 * Device configuration is now complete (EXPERIMENTAL).
340
341 * [bug #9] Fixed for a LSCP command syntax convention
342 consistency, regarding the enumeration of available
343 sampler engines, Audio and MIDI drivers.
344
345 * [bug #13] Update instrument names list when a new
346 instrument file is select on the channel setup dialog.
347
348 * Show appropriate message in channel strip while loading
349 an instrument.
350
351 * Show libgig version in About box (in case libgig is used).
352
353
354 0.0.5 2005-03-04 Fifth alpha-release.
355
356 * Fixed device driver type channel information gathering,
357 which was severely flawed, dropping all channel session
358 configurations to the default audio driver type (which
359 is ALSA) unexpectedly.
360
361 * Channels are now properly renumbered when saving to a
362 session LSCP script, assuming that it should be always
363 loaded from scratch (i.e. zero channels).
364
365 * Disabled MIDI port setting on channel dialog, and on
366 session file save, as its use is still troublesome.
367
368 * Added new menu and toolbar option: Reset All Channels.
369
370 * Channel setup changes are now properly filtered, as for
371 only those settings that are actually changed gets applied;
372 change information are now also posted to messages window.
373
374 * Drag-and-drop of either session files (LSCP scripts) or
375 instrument files (GIG) are now supported. Multiple files
376 drop is allowed, but it only makes sense for instrument
377 files, each one prompting to create a new sampler channel.
378
379 * Drag-and-drop to an existing channel strip is now also
380 featured, allowing the in-place change of the channel
381 sampler instrument file.
382
383 * Actual instrument names are now optionally retrieved
384 from the instrument file, even though libgig is available,
385 avoiding excessively annoying load times while on the
386 channel dialog, when huge instrument files are selected.
387
388 * Set to ignore the SIGPIPE ("Broken pipe") signal, where
389 available, as the default handler is usually fatal when
390 a JACK client is zombified abruptly.
391
392 * Messages window limit is now enforced only when the line
393 count exceeds in one third the user configured line count
394 maximum; if Qt 3.2.0+ is in use, the QTextView widget is
395 otherwise set to the optimized Qt::LogText format.
396
397
398 0.0.4 2004-11-19 Fourth alpha-release.
399
400 * Instrument index selection now made via combo box widget;
401 actual instrument names are now properly retrieved from
402 the instrument file, provided if libgig is available.
403
404 * Sampler channels strips are just created if, and only if,
405 the respective channel setup dialog is actually accepted,
406 following common user-interface guidelines.
407
408 * Almost complete rewrite of sampler channel strips internal
409 control structures.
410
411 * Sampler reset command action added to menu and toolbar.
412
413 * MIDI channel selection is now a dropdown list, allowing
414 the explicit selection for "All" channels input per sampler
415 channel (omni mode).
416
417 * Channel strip display glass effect has changed background
418 color to black (was green), being now an user option.
419
420 * Minor configure fixes.
421
422
423 0.0.3 2004-07-06 Third alpha-release.
424
425 * Mon-modal intrument file loading and status support.
426
427 * Effective MIDI input port setting on channel dialog,
428 and on session file save.
429
430 * Channel dialog gets sensible engine and driver defaults
431 on create time.
432
433 * Implied channel reset on successful instrument load.
434
435
436 0.0.2 2004-06-15 Pre-revolutionary release.
437
438 * The channel context menu is also accessible by right-clicking
439 over the empty workspace area.
440
441 * Added small wait event loop on qsamplerMainForm::stopServer(),
442 so let local server terminate gracefully and stabilize, and
443 avoiding a probable segfault on exit, which was preventing the
444 correct salvage of settings and configuration.
445
446 * Maximum channel volume percent setting is now a global option,
447 provided to override the default (which is 100%).
448
449 * Client/server transaction timeout option upper limit has been
450 increased from 5000 to 60000 milliseconds.
451
452 * A channel context menu is now featured, by right-clicking over
453 each sampler channel strip.
454
455 * Commented SET CHANNEL MIDI_INPUT_PORT command from
456 qsamplerMainForm::saveSessionFile(), it has no effect.
457
458 * Insert a n #include <unistd.h> on qsamplerMessages.cpp, between
459 a #if !defined(WIN32) clause.
460
461 * An initial non zero value (0.8) is now set for volume of every
462 new sampler channel strip.
463
464 * The order to load/save and setup channel settings is now as
465 suggested in the following lines:
466
467 SET CHANNEL AUDIO_OUTPUT_TYPE ...
468 SET CHANNEL MIDI_INPUT_TYPE ...
469 SET CHANNEL MIDI_INPUT_CHANNEL ...
470 LOAD ENGINE ...
471 LOAD INSTRUMENT ...
472 SET CHANNEL VOLUME ...
473
474
475 0.0.1 2004-06-05 Primordial alpha release.
476

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