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1 Qsampler - A LinuxSampler Qt GUI Interface
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4 ChangeLog
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7 GIT HEAD
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9 - Make builds reproducible byte for byte, by getting rid of
10 the configure build date and time stamps.
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13 0.4.2 2016-11-14 A Fall'16 release.
14
15 * Fixed a potential crash on the singleton/unique application
16 instance setup.
17
18 * Almost complete overhaul on the configure script command
19 line options, wrt. installation directories specification,
20 eg. --prefix, --bindir, --libdir, --datadir and --mandir.
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22
23 0.4.1 2016-09-14 End of Summer'16 release.
24
25 * Fixed a race condition on creating sampler channels that ended
26 in duplicate channel strips; also fixed channel auto-arrange.
27
28 * Dropped the --enable-qt5 from configure as found redundant
29 given that's the build default anyway (suggestion by Guido
30 Scholz, while for Qtractor, thanks).
31
32 * Automake: set environment variable GCC_COLORS=auto to allow GCC to
33 auto detect whether it (sh/c)ould output its messages in color.
34
35
36 0.4.0 2016-04-05 Spring'16 release frenzy.
37
38 * Added application keywords to freedesktop.org's AppData.
39
40 * Prevent x11extras module from use on non-X11/Unix plaforms.
41
42 * Messages standard output capture has been improved again, now
43 in both ways a non-blocking pipe may get.
44
45 * Single/unique application instance control adapted to Qt5/X11.
46
47
48 0.3.1 2015-07-19 Summer'15 release frenzy.
49
50 * Fixed configure script's Qt include directory lookup for some
51 64bit Linux flavours.
52
53 * Prefer Qt5 over Qt4 by default with configure script.
54
55 * A new top-level widget window geometry state save and restore
56 sub-routine is now in effect.
57
58 * Fixed for some strict tests for Qt4 vs. Qt5 configure builds.
59
60
61 0.3.0 2015-03-25 Pre-LAC2015 release frenzy.
62
63 * Added application description as freedesktop.org's AppData.
64
65 * Added this "Don't ask/show this again" option to some if not most
66 of the nagging warning/error message boxes.
67
68 * Mac OS X: Fixed default path of linuxsampler binary.
69
70 * When closing qsampler and showing the user the dialog whether to
71 stop the LinuxSampler backend, set the default selection to "Yes".
72
73 * Master volume slider now getting proper layout when changing its
74 main toolbar orientation.
75
76 * Messages standard output capture has been slightly improved
77 as for non-blocking i/o, whenever available.
78
79 * Adjusted configure check for libgig to detect the new --includedir.
80
81 * A man page has beed added (making up Matt Flax's work on
82 debian, thanks).
83
84 * Translations install directory change.
85
86 * Added support for SF2 instrument names/preset enumeration.
87
88 * Added instrument list popup on channel strip which shows up when
89 the instrument name is clicked. Allows faster switching among
90 instruments of the same file.
91
92 * Adjusted configure check for libgig to detect its new --libdir
93 (impolitely forcing the user now to have at least libgig 3.3.0).
94
95
96 0.2.3 2013-12-31 A fifth of a Jubilee.
97
98 * Allow the build system to include an user specified LDFLAGS.
99
100 * More preparations for Qt5 configure build.
101
102 * Standard scalable format (SVG) and MIME type icons support for
103 session files (*.lscp) is now being added.
104
105 * Preparations for Qt5 migration.
106
107 * Added include <unistd.h> to shut up gcc 4.7 build failures.
108
109 * Make(ing) -jN parallel builds now available for the masses.
110
111 * Fixed Makefile.in handling of installation directories to the
112 configure script eg. --datadir, --localedir.
113
114 * Made lookup of translation files work inside a Mac OS X bundle.
115
116 * Minor Mac OS X compilation error fix.
117
118 * Debugging stacktrace now applies to all working threads.
119
120 * Made lookup of translation files more robust on Windows.
121
122 * Fixes for cross compiling and building for Windows with configure
123 and make.
124
125 * libX11 is now being added explicitly to the build link phase,
126 as seen necessary on some bleeding-edge distros eg. Fedora 13,
127 Debian 6.
128
129 * Moving from old deprecated Qt3'ish custom event post handling
130 into regular asynchronous signal/slot strategy.
131
132 * Sampler channel and instrument file requester support for
133 other than GIG engine instrument files (*gig; *.dls) has
134 been added, making roads for the newer SFZ and SF2 engines
135 instrument files (*.sfz; *.sf2).
136
137 * General standard dialog buttons layout is now in place.
138
139 * Initial widget geometry and visibility persistence logic has
140 been slightly revised as much to avoid crash failures due to
141 wrong main widget hidden state.
142
143 * General source tree layout and build configuration change.
144
145 * Automatic crash-dump reports, debugger stack-traces (gdb), back-
146 traces, whatever, are being introduced as a brand new configure
147 option (--enable-stacktrace) and default enabled on debug build
148 targets (--enable-debug).
149
150 * Attempt to fix broken instrument list model/view on Qt >= 4.6.
151
152 * Device parameter spin-box default maximum has been set higher:
153 now at a magic 24-bit limit (16777216) instead of older 16-bit
154 (65536), possibly fixing bug #136.
155
156 * LADISH Level 1 support has been added: SIGUSR1 signal trap
157 just makes it a shortcut to File/Save.
158
159 * MIDI Device Status menu is disabled when no MIDI device exists;
160 a menu separator has been added.
161
162 * Window manager's close button was found missing from the Devices
163 and Instruments widgets when on Qt >= 4.5, now fixed.
164
165 * MIDI activity indicator on channel strips and MIDI device status
166 widgets is now implemented as a flashing green LED, instead of a
167 lame green solid background :).
168
169 * Global configuration state is now explicitly saved/committed to
170 disk when View/Options... dialog changes are accepted and applied.
171
172 * Czech (cs) translation added (by Pavel Fric).
173
174
175 0.2.2 2009-08-01 New release cycle.
176
177 * Russian (qsampler_ru.ts by Alexandre Prokoudine) makes it as
178 brand first translation delivered. Thanks and welcomes whom
179 ever may follow ;)
180
181 * Converted obsolete QMessageBox forms to standard buttons.
182
183 * Added support for runtime max. voices / disk streams setting
184 (accessible from the "Options..." dialog). Those fine tuning
185 settings will be saved in case the user modified them and
186 automatically restored to the sampler when reconnecting to
187 a sampler the next time.
188
189 * Grayed/disabled palette color group fix for dark color themes.
190
191 * Fait-divers: desktop menu file touched to openSUSE conventions.
192
193 * Due to some trouble with newer Qt >= 4.4 applications regarding
194 font size configuration, a new global user option is now available
195 to the rescue: View/Options... /Display/Other/Base font size
196 (default none).
197
198 * Attempt to load Qt's own translation support and get rid of
199 the ever warning startup message, unless built in debug mode.
200 (transaction by Guido Scholz, while on qsynth-devel, thanks).
201
202 * Only one application instance is now allowed to be up and
203 running, with immediate but graceful termination upon startup
204 iif an already running instance is detected, which will see its
205 main widget shown up automatically (Qt/X11 platform only).
206
207 * Messages file logging makes its first long overdue appearance,
208 with user configurable settings in View/Options.../Server/Logging.
209
210 * Bugfix in sampler channel dialog, driver combo boxes' content were
211 screwed.
212
213 * Automatically add & remove channel strips as they were removed
214 e.g. by other frontends.
215
216 * Refresh device management dialog when device informations changed,
217 e.g. on changes caused by other frontends
218 (fixes segfault on device changes)
219
220 * Implemented MIDI device activity windows, selectable from the
221 "View" main menu.
222
223 * Implemented MIDI activity indicator on channel strips.
224
225 * Added FX Sends Dialog to Channel Strips.
226
227 * Color pallete fix for the instrument name display in channel
228 strip, particularly notorious on Mac OS X builds.
229
230 * Added dialog when the application exits which lets the user
231 decide whether to keep the LinuxSampler running or not.
232
233
234 0.2.1 2007-12-06 Qt4 migration was complete.
235
236 * Added recent new support of libgig for retrieving instrument
237 names in avery fast way. If libgig provides this feature, then
238 the respective name retrieval setting in qsampler is enabled by
239 default.
240
241 * The current selected/activated channel-strip is now visually
242 evident while in the application workspace (highlighting).
243
244 * Make View/Menubar and Toolbar shortcuts accessible even though
245 the main menu and toobar are not visible.
246
247 * Audio routing table is initially hidden in the dialog, when
248 creating a new sampler channel.
249
250 * README requirements and configuration notes update.
251
252 * Disable OK button in sampler channel form and MIDI instrument
253 form if no valid engine is selected (to avoid bothering newbie
254 users with confusing LSCP syntax errors when using the UI the
255 first time).
256
257 * Fixed creation of devices (don't try to set device parameters
258 which the user did not touch in the device creation dialog).
259
260 * Added Windows file path support.
261
262 * Fixed win32/qmakefile and win32/config.h so that it compiles
263 under win32.
264
265 * Qt4 port of the application.
266
267
268 0.1.5 2007-10-15 Five months later a fifth is heard.
269
270 * Added support for LSCP escape sequences to allow loading and
271 mapping instrument files with special characters in their
272 filename, as well as special characters for instrument names
273 and instrument map names (requires LSCP v1.2 on sampler side).
274
275 * Added new button "Edit" to the channel strips, which probably
276 does exactly what you think it does: it opens an appropriate
277 instrument editor application; the channel instrument editor
278 tool is also accessible from the main menu and toolbar.
279
280 * Application icon is now installed to ${prefix}/share/pixmaps;
281 application desktop entry file is now included in installation;
282 spec file (RPM) is now a bit more openSUSE compliant.
283
284 * Crash fix on double-clicking on a empty instrument list.
285
286
287 0.1.4 2007-05-04 Almost another year has gone by.
288
289 * Channel button colors have changed: yellow for mute and
290 cyan for solo is now the rule, but note that this color
291 highlighting is only rendered on some widget styles.
292
293 * Master sampler volume slider/spinbox combo is now featured.
294
295 * Initial support for sampler channel FX sends, while saving
296 the session state, only at code-level.
297
298 * Sampler channel setup dialog does not mandate for valid nor
299 existing instrument file name.
300
301 * Revised error verbosity in general and on session load/save;
302 hour-glass wait cursor is now displayed on session load/save;
303 keyboard shortcuts changed on MIDI instruments view context;
304 improved channel strip arrangement on session open/load;
305 instrument map entry removal confirmation (as optional);
306 corrected some tooltip text strings.
307
308 * Most top-level widgets were missing the normal-widget flag,
309 which were causing some sticky size behavior while on some
310 window managers.
311
312 * Added preliminary MIDI instrument mapping support; now
313 with an instrument list widget and editing capabilities;
314 MIDI instrumeent map program numbers are now displayed in
315 the range 1-128, instead of the internal 0-127.
316
317 * GPL address update.
318
319
320 0.1.3 2006-06-01 Its been a long year isn't it?
321
322 * Changed deprecated copyright attribute to license,
323 on qsampler.spec (RPM).
324
325 * Added configure support for x86_64 libraries (UNTESTED).
326
327 * Optional specification of alternate liblscp and libgig
328 installation paths have been added to configure command
329 arguments (--with-liblscp, --with-libgig).
330
331 * Whenever the listing of actual instrument names is not an
332 option (e.g. due to lack of libgig support), the whole
333 number of selectable instrument items is now being graciously
334 increased from just the bare 8 (eight) right up through 100
335 (one hundred), on the sampler channel setup dialog.
336
337 * The selection buttons, on the right of the Instrument, Audio
338 and MIDI devices combo-boxes, on the sampler channel dialog,
339 are now expected to be a little better looking than it was
340 before, at least for those Mac OS X eyes.
341
342 * Minor fixing on the initial messages dock-window height.
343
344 * Audio output channel routing configuration finally hits
345 the sampler channel dialog, at last!
346
347 * All widget captions changed to include proper application
348 title name prefix.
349
350 * Attempt to bring those aging autoconf templates to date;
351 sample SPEC file for RPM build is now being included and
352 generated at configure time.
353
354 * Set to use QApplication::setMainWidget() instead of
355 registering the traditional lastWindowClosed() signal
356 to quit() slot, just to let the -geometry command line
357 argument have some effect on X11.
358
359 * Added MUTE/SOLO buttons to individual channel strips.
360
361 * Fixed compilation error which occured when Qt was
362 compiled with -no-stl.
363
364
365 0.1.2 2005-06-23 Even minor workings needs a rest.
366
367 * Fixed output disability when messages limit option is
368 turned off (thanks to Wolfgang Woehl for spotting this
369 one, while on qjackctl).
370
371 * Added CHANNEL_INFO event feedback notification handling;
372 minor stream/voice usage auto-refresh cycle optimization.
373
374
375 0.1.1 2005-06-12 The mantra of bugfixes.
376
377 * New improved and full-featured application icon, thanks
378 to Christian Schoenebeck design.
379
380 * Fixed refresh cycle of channel strips that are found
381 in an error state, which was preventing correct channel
382 info updates.
383
384 * Device configuration now accessible on toolbar. Added
385 buddy text label to device port/channel combobox on the
386 device dialog.
387
388 * Include libgig version info on command line request (-v).
389
390 * Minor configure and Makefile install fixes, as Debian and
391 Mac OS X specialties. Also, install does the right thing
392 with target file modes (thanks to Matt Flax and Ebrahim
393 Mayat, for pointing these out).
394
395
396 0.1.0 2005-05-23 Device configuration breakthrough.
397
398 * Device configuration is now complete.
399
400 * [bug #9] Fixed for a LSCP command syntax convention
401 consistency, regarding the enumeration of available
402 sampler engines, Audio and MIDI drivers.
403
404 * [bug #13] Update instrument names list when a new
405 instrument file is select on the channel setup dialog.
406
407 * Show appropriate message in channel strip while loading
408 an instrument.
409
410 * Show libgig version in About box (in case libgig is used).
411
412
413 0.0.5 2005-03-04 Fifth alpha-release.
414
415 * Fixed device driver type channel information gathering,
416 which was severely flawed, dropping all channel session
417 configurations to the default audio driver type (which
418 is ALSA) unexpectedly.
419
420 * Channels are now properly renumbered when saving to a
421 session LSCP script, assuming that it should be always
422 loaded from scratch (i.e. zero channels).
423
424 * Disabled MIDI port setting on channel dialog, and on
425 session file save, as its use is still troublesome.
426
427 * Added new menu and toolbar option: Reset All Channels.
428
429 * Channel setup changes are now properly filtered, as for
430 only those settings that are actually changed gets applied;
431 change information are now also posted to messages window.
432
433 * Drag-and-drop of either session files (LSCP scripts) or
434 instrument files (GIG) are now supported. Multiple files
435 drop is allowed, but it only makes sense for instrument
436 files, each one prompting to create a new sampler channel.
437
438 * Drag-and-drop to an existing channel strip is now also
439 featured, allowing the in-place change of the channel
440 sampler instrument file.
441
442 * Actual instrument names are now optionally retrieved
443 from the instrument file, even though libgig is available,
444 avoiding excessively annoying load times while on the
445 channel dialog, when huge instrument files are selected.
446
447 * Set to ignore the SIGPIPE ("Broken pipe") signal, where
448 available, as the default handler is usually fatal when
449 a JACK client is zombified abruptly.
450
451 * Messages window limit is now enforced only when the line
452 count exceeds in one third the user configured line count
453 maximum; if Qt 3.2.0+ is in use, the QTextView widget is
454 otherwise set to the optimized Qt::LogText format.
455
456
457 0.0.4 2004-11-19 Fourth alpha-release.
458
459 * Instrument index selection now made via combo box widget;
460 actual instrument names are now properly retrieved from
461 the instrument file, provided if libgig is available.
462
463 * Sampler channels strips are just created if, and only if,
464 the respective channel setup dialog is actually accepted,
465 following common user-interface guidelines.
466
467 * Almost complete rewrite of sampler channel strips internal
468 control structures.
469
470 * Sampler reset command action added to menu and toolbar.
471
472 * MIDI channel selection is now a dropdown list, allowing
473 the explicit selection for "All" channels input per sampler
474 channel (omni mode).
475
476 * Channel strip display glass effect has changed background
477 color to black (was green), being now an user option.
478
479 * Minor configure fixes.
480
481
482 0.0.3 2004-07-06 Third alpha-release.
483
484 * Mon-modal intrument file loading and status support.
485
486 * Effective MIDI input port setting on channel dialog,
487 and on session file save.
488
489 * Channel dialog gets sensible engine and driver defaults
490 on create time.
491
492 * Implied channel reset on successful instrument load.
493
494
495 0.0.2 2004-06-15 Pre-revolutionary release.
496
497 * The channel context menu is also accessible by right-clicking
498 over the empty workspace area.
499
500 * Added small wait event loop on qsamplerMainForm::stopServer(),
501 so let local server terminate gracefully and stabilize, and
502 avoiding a probable segfault on exit, which was preventing the
503 correct salvage of settings and configuration.
504
505 * Maximum channel volume percent setting is now a global option,
506 provided to override the default (which is 100%).
507
508 * Client/server transaction timeout option upper limit has been
509 increased from 5000 to 60000 milliseconds.
510
511 * A channel context menu is now featured, by right-clicking over
512 each sampler channel strip.
513
514 * Commented SET CHANNEL MIDI_INPUT_PORT command from
515 qsamplerMainForm::saveSessionFile(), it has no effect.
516
517 * Insert a n #include <unistd.h> on qsamplerMessages.cpp, between
518 a #if !defined(WIN32) clause.
519
520 * An initial non zero value (0.8) is now set for volume of every
521 new sampler channel strip.
522
523 * The order to load/save and setup channel settings is now as
524 suggested in the following lines:
525
526 SET CHANNEL AUDIO_OUTPUT_TYPE ...
527 SET CHANNEL MIDI_INPUT_TYPE ...
528 SET CHANNEL MIDI_INPUT_CHANNEL ...
529 LOAD ENGINE ...
530 LOAD INSTRUMENT ...
531 SET CHANNEL VOLUME ...
532
533
534 0.0.1 2004-06-05 Primordial alpha release.
535

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