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

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