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176    
177 schoenebeck 610 <h2>LS Development Roadmap</h2>
178     <p class="default">
179     The following list shows the planned work to be done until the next
180 schoenebeck 611 release of LinuxSampler. There will be no new release before all of them
181 schoenebeck 610 are completed.
182     </p>
183 senoner 542
184 schoenebeck 610 <ol class="default">
185 schoenebeck 2034 <li class="ok">Abstraction of common code from existing Gigasampler engine to base classes for further sampler engines.</li>
186     <li class="partly">
187     Implementation of
188     <a href="https://docs.google.com/Doc?docid=0AVrDa5LNWylnZGZ6ejk4eHRfNDVjbmsyd3Zmag">SFZ(2) format</a> sampler engine.
189     </li>
190     <li class="partly">
191     Implementation of
192     <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SoundFont">SF2 format</a> sampler engine.
193     </li>
194     <li class="false">
195     Implementation of
196     <a href="http://www.linuxsampler.org/libakai/">Akai format</a> sampler engine.
197     </li>
198 schoenebeck 610 </ol>
199    
200     <table class="default">
201     <tr>
202     <td class="default"><img src="gfx/okay_green.png" alt="Done" width="13" height="13" border="1"> Done </td>
203     <td class="default"><img src="gfx/yellow_light.png" alt="Partly implemented" width="13" height="13" border="1"> Partly implemented </td>
204     <td class="default"><img src="gfx/x.png" alt="Not started yet" width="13" height="13" border="1"> No work started yet </td>
205     </tr>
206     </table>
207    
208 schoenebeck 1769 <p class="default">
209     Note that we frequently cast a moderated poll on our
210 persson 2178 <a href="http://bb.linuxsampler.org/">web forum</a> for
211 schoenebeck 1769 the next features to be implemented and problems / bugs to be
212     fixed soon. Don't hesitate to register to our forum and vote for
213     your feature!
214     </p>
215    
216 schoenebeck 610 <h2>Features</h2>
217 senoner 542 <p class="default">
218     The following list shows which features have already been implemented in
219 persson 2178 current Subversion version of LinuxSampler and what is planned to be done
220     in (hopefully) near future. If you are missing something that is not
221     already listed below, you can write a proposal to the
222 senoner 542 <a href="http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linuxsampler-devel">
223     developers mailing list
224 schoenebeck 1576 </a>, open an "enhancement" request on our
225     <a href="http://bugs.linuxsampler.org">bug tracking system</a>
226     or even better send us your patch if you have done something. Even
227 senoner 542 if features are listed to be planned below, it can be that it takes a
228     while until somebody finds the time to implement it. So if you have the
229     time and will to finish one of them, let us know!
230     </p>
231    
232 schoenebeck 585 <ol class="default">
233 senoner 542 <li class="partly"> Operating Systems
234     <ol>
235     <li class="ok">Linux</li>
236 schoenebeck 1985 <li class="ok">Windows</a> (we provide a convenient Windows installer for all components of the project, including native 64 bit and native 32 bit binaries, standalone and VSTi plugin versions)</li>
237 iliev 2006 <li class="partly">Mac <a href="http://www.apple.com/macosx/">OS X</a> (gigedit is not yet available for OS X and thus not included with the installer yet)</li>
238 senoner 542 </ol>
239     </li>
240 schoenebeck 1985 <li class="ok">Host plugin versions of the sampler
241     <ol>
242     <li class="ok"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual_Studio_Technology">VSTi</a> (Windows)</li>
243     <li class="ok"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audio_Units">Audio Units</a> (Mac)</li>
244     <li class="ok"><a href="http://dssi.sourceforge.net/">DSSI</a> (Linux)</li>
245     <li class="ok"><a href="http://lv2plug.in/">LV2</a> (Linux)</li>
246     </ol>
247     </li>
248     <li class="partly">MIDI input drivers
249     <ol>
250     <li class="ok"><a href="http://www.alsa-project.org/">ALSA</a> (Linux)</li>
251     <li class="ok"><a href="http://jackit.sourceforge.net/">JACK</a> (Linux, OSX, Windows, ...)</li>
252     <li class="ok"><a href="http://developer.apple.com/audio/pdf/coreaudio.pdf">CoreMIDI</a> (Mac <a href="http://www.apple.com/macosx/">OS X</a>)</li>
253     <li class="ok"><a href="http://midishare.sourceforge.net/">MidiShare</a> (Linux, OS X, Windows)</li>
254     <li class="ok"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MultiMedia_Extensions">MME</a> (Windows)</li>
255     <li class="false">MIDI over ethernet (<a href="http://standards.ieee.org/announcements/p1639app.html">Distributed MIDI</a>)</li>
256     </ol>
257     </li>
258     <li class="partly">Audio output drivers
259     <ol>
260     <li class="ok"><a href="http://www.alsa-project.org/">ALSA</a> (Linux)</li>
261     <li class="ok"><a href="http://jackit.sourceforge.net/">JACK</a> (Linux, OSX, Windows, ...)</li>
262     <li class="ok"><a href="http://www.arts-project.org/">aRts</a> (not RT safe!)</li>
263     <li class="ok"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audio_stream_input_output">ASIO</a> (Windows)</li>
264     <li class="ok"><a href="http://developer.apple.com/audio/pdf/coreaudio.pdf">CoreAudio</a> (Mac <a href="http://www.apple.com/macosx/">OS X</a>)</li>
265     <li class="false">Audio over ethernet</li>
266     </ol>
267     </li>
268 senoner 542 <li class="partly"> Sampler Engines
269     <ol>
270     <li class="partly"> Gigasampler Engine
271     <ol>
272 schoenebeck 848 <li class="ok">Gig file loader
273     <ol>
274     <li class="ok">Gig v2 format</li>
275     <li class="partly">Gig v3 format
276     <ol>
277     <li class="partly">large file support (64 bit file offsets are currently truncated to 32 bit)</li>
278 schoenebeck 904 <li class="ok">24 bit samples (uncompressed as well as compressed)</li>
279 schoenebeck 848 <li class="ok">support for multi-file format (.gig, .gx01, .gx02, ...)</li>
280 schoenebeck 904 <li class="partly">support for articulation (.art) files</li>
281 schoenebeck 848 <li class="ok">support for Dimension Splits not equal to two</li>
282     <li class="ok">up to 8 Dimensions or 256 Dimension Regions</li>
283 schoenebeck 1669 <li class="partly">MIDI rules</li>
284     <li class="false">convolution</li>
285 schoenebeck 848 </ol>
286     </li>
287     </ol>
288     </li>
289 schoenebeck 1498 <li class="ok">Generic playback (RAM playback & disk streaming)</li>
290 schoenebeck 848 <li class="ok">Dimension switching
291     <ol>
292     <li class="ok">Sample Channel</li>
293     <li class="ok">Layer</li>
294     <li class="ok">Velocity</li>
295     <li class="ok">Channel Aftertouch</li>
296     <li class="ok">Release Trigger</li>
297     <li class="ok">Keyboard Position</li>
298     <li class="ok">Round Robin</li>
299     <li class="ok">Random</li>
300     <li class="ok">Modulation Wheel</li>
301     <li class="ok">Breath Ctrl.</li>
302     <li class="ok">Foot Ctrl.</li>
303     <li class="ok">Portamento Time Ctrl.</li>
304     <li class="ok">Effect 1 &#038; 2 Ctrl.</li>
305     <li class="ok">Effect 1 - 5 Depth Ctrl.</li>
306     <li class="ok">General Purpose Ctrl. 1 - 8</li>
307     <li class="ok">Sustain Pedal</li>
308     <li class="ok">Portamento</li>
309     <li class="ok">Sostenuto Pedal</li>
310     <li class="ok">Soft Pedal</li>
311     </ol>
312     </li>
313     <li class="ok">Sustain pedal interpretation</li>
314     <li class="ok">Sostenuto pedal interpretation</li>
315 senoner 542 <li class="ok">Key velocity &#060;-&#062; volume mapping</li>
316 schoenebeck 1498 <li class="ok">Looping
317     <ol>
318     <li class="ok">endless loop</li>
319     <li class="ok">limited amount of loops</li>
320     <li class="ok">fractional looping</li>
321     </ol>
322     </li>
323 senoner 542 <li class="ok">Pitchbend wheel support</li>
324 schoenebeck 1498 <li class="ok">Bidirectional voice state transition, allowing
325     to cancel the relase stage of voices forth and back arbitrary
326     times if needed</li>
327 schoenebeck 878 <li class="ok">Filter (VCF)
328 senoner 542 <ol>
329     <li class="ok">Highpass</li>
330     <li class="ok">Bandpass</li>
331 schoenebeck 878 <li class="ok">Bandreject</li>
332 senoner 542 <li class="ok">Lowpass</li>
333 schoenebeck 878 <li class="ok">Turbo lowpass</li>
334 schoenebeck 1498 <li class="ok">all filter types provide extremely
335     accurate characteristics compared to the original
336     Gigasampler format filters</li>
337 senoner 542 <li class="ok">Cutoff frequency controllable by MIDI controller</li>
338     <li class="ok">Resonance controllable by MIDI controller</li>
339     </ol>
340     </li>
341     <li class="ok">VCA Envelope Generator (Volume)</li>
342     <li class="ok">VCF Envelope Generator (Filter)</li>
343     <li class="ok">VCO Envelope Generator (Pitch)</li>
344     <li class="ok">VCA Low Frequency Oscillator (Volume)</li>
345     <li class="ok">VCF Low Frequency Oscillator (Filter Cutoff)</li>
346     <li class="ok">VCO Low Frequency Oscillator (Pitch)</li>
347     <li class="ok">Layers</li>
348     <li class="ok">Crossfades</li>
349 schoenebeck 1498 <li class="ok">Key Groups (a.k.a Exclusive Groups),
350     for mutually switching off sounds i.e. for drumkits</li>
351     <li class="ok">Release Triggered Voices, specific samples
352     that are played back when voices are released</li>
353     <li class="ok">Key Switching, which allows to map a certain
354     range on thy keyboard as additional performance controller,
355     i.e. for switching articulations of orchestral sounds in realtime</li>
356 senoner 542 <li class="ok">Voice Stealing</li>
357 schoenebeck 848 <li class="ok">Portamento Mode and Solo Mode (a.k.a 'Mono Mode',
358     can be altered via standard GM messages, that is CC5 for
359     altering portamento time, CC65 for enabling / disabling
360     portamento mode, CC126 for enabling solo mode and CC127 for
361     disabling solo mode)</li>
362 schoenebeck 901 <li class="ok">Scale Tuning (via standard MIDI GS SysEx message)</li>
363 senoner 542 </ol>
364     </li>
365     <li style="partly"><a href="http://www.midi.org/about-midi/dls/abtdls.shtml">DLS</a> Engine
366     <ol>
367     <li class="ok">DLS file loader (DLS version <a href="http://www.midi.org/about-midi/dls/dls1v11b.pdf">1</a> &#038; <a href="http://www.midi.org/about-midi/dls/dls2spec.shtml">2</a>)</li>
368     <li class="false">Generic playback</li>
369     </ol>
370     </li>
371     <li class="partly">Akai Engine</li>
372     <ol>
373 iliev 2006 <li class="ok"><a href="libakai/">Akai file loader</a> (<a href="http://www.vintagesynth.com/akai/s1000.shtml">S1000</a>, <a href="http://www.vintagesynth.com/akai/s3000.shtml">S3000</a> series)</li>
374 senoner 542 <li class="false">Generic playback</li>
375     </ol>
376     <li class="false">Custom, modular Engine</li>
377     </ol>
378     </li>
379     <li class="partly">Control interfaces
380     <ol>
381 schoenebeck 893 <li class="ok">Native C++ <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Application_programming_interface">API</a></li>
382 schoenebeck 553 <li class="ok">Custom network interface for frontends (<a name="LSCP" href="http://www.linuxsampler.org/api/draft-linuxsampler-protocol.html">LSCP</a>)
383 senoner 542 </li>
384 schoenebeck 553 <li class="false"><a name="OSC" href="http://www.cnmat.berkeley.edu/OpenSoundControl/">OSC</a>
385     </li>
386 senoner 542 </ol>
387     </li>
388     <li class="ok">Time stamp event system &#038; jitter correction</li>
389     <li class="ok">Multi channel &#038; multi engine support</li>
390     <li class="partly">Pitch shifter / Interpolation
391     <ol>
392     <li class="ok">Linear interpolation</li>
393     <li class="ok">Cubic interpolation</li>
394     <li class="false">Formant frequency correction / formant manipulation</li>
395     </ol>
396     </li>
397     <li class="false">Dynamic engine recompilation</li>
398     <li class="false">Extensive SMP (multi processor) support</li>
399     <li class="false">Network cluster support</li>
400 schoenebeck 1498 <li class="ok">MIDI instrument mapper, allows to create very flexible MIDI progam change setups in a very easy way.
401     <ol>
402     <li class="ok">MIDI program change</li>
403     <li class="ok">MIDI bank select (automatic detection of MSB only, LSB only or full MSB+LSB)</li>
404     <li class="ok">Load Strategy for each Item individually
405     <ol>
406     <li class="ok">On-Demand: loads the instrument only when needed, frees it immediately once not used by any sampler channel anymore</li>
407     <li class="ok">On-Demand-Hold: loads the instrument when needed and keeps it in memory, that is even if not used by a sampler channel</li>
408     <li class="ok">Persistent: loads the instrument immediately in the background (i.e. at sampler startup), allowing immediate program changes in realtime even of largest instruments, without wait time</li>
409     <li class="ok">Default: let the sampler decide</li>
410     </ol>
411     </li>
412     <li class="ok">Volume Factor for each Item, allowing to compensate the volume difference of sample library collections i.e. for live performances, without having to edit the instrument files</li>
413     <li class="ok">Mapping of arbitrary Instrument Files, already independent of the underlying format in respect for future sampler engines</li>
414     <li class="ok">arbitrary amount of independent MIDI instrumet maps, (i.e. for chromatic instruments, drumkits, ...), each sampler channel can be assigned to a specific MIDI map</li>
415     </ol>
416     </li>
417     <li class="ok">Effect Sends
418     <ol>
419     <li class="ok">Arbitrary Amount of FX Sends on Sampler Channels</li>
420     <li class="ok">Realtime MIDI Control of Send Level</li>
421     <li class="ok">Arbitrary MIDI Controller assignable</li>
422     <li class="ok">Flexible Routing i.e. to a dedicated effect audio output</li>
423     </ol>
424     </li>
425 schoenebeck 1576 <a name="instruments_db"></a>
426 schoenebeck 1498 <li class="ok">Instrument Database System, allowing to keep track of even the largest sample library collections
427     <ol>
428     <li class="ok">Ordering in Categories</li>
429     <li class="ok">Search by various Criteria</li>
430     <li class="ok">Transparently maintained on backend side</li>
431     </ol>
432     </li>
433 schoenebeck 1985 <li class="ok">(Graphical) frontends
434 senoner 542 <ol>
435 schoenebeck 1985 <li class="ok"><a href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/jsampler">JSampler a.k.a "Fantasia"</a> (Java based frontend)
436     <ol>
437     <li class="ok">Supports all currently available features of LinuxSampler</li>
438     </ol>
439     </li>
440 schoenebeck 1532 <li class="partly"><a href="http://qsampler.sourceforge.net">QSampler</a> (C++ based frontend using Qt)
441     <ol>
442     <li class="ok">Supports all features of LinuxSampler except the following ...</li>
443     <li class="partly"><a href="http://www.linuxsampler.org/api/draft-linuxsampler-protocol.html#MIDI Instrument Mapping">MIDI Instrument Maps</a>
444     (qsampler does currently not yet support to create more than two MIDI instrument maps [one intended for chromatic instruments and one for drumkits])
445     </li>
446     <li class="false"><a href="http://www.linuxsampler.org/api/draft-linuxsampler-protocol.html#Managing Instruments Database">Instruments DB support</a> (to ease handling of huge sample library collections)</li>
447     <li class="partly">Audio and MIDI device management (only minor thing that qsampler lacks support yet are <a href="http://www.linuxsampler.org/api/draft-linuxsampler-protocol.html#GET MIDI_INPUT_DRIVER_PARAMETER INFO">"multiplicity"</a> type device parameters, that is parameters which don't just accept one value, but also a list of values, i.e. for the "ALSA_SEQ_BINDINGS" parameter of the ALSA MIDI driver)</li>
448     </ol>
449     </li>
450 senoner 542 </ol>
451     </li>
452 schoenebeck 1498 <li class="ok">Playing while Loading, i.e. allowing to play and hold notes on the keyboard
453     while loading a new instrument on the same sampler channel at the same time</li>
454 schoenebeck 1985 <li class="ok">Limits for max. voices and max. disk streams can be altered at runtime</li>
455 schoenebeck 1498 <li class="ok">Instrument Editor Plugin System for 3rd Party Instrument Editors</li>
456     <li class="ok">Instrument Editors
457     <ol>
458 schoenebeck 1532 <li class="ok"><a href="http://download.linuxsampler.org/doc/gigedit/quickstart/gigedit_quickstart.html">gigedit</a> (C++ based using gtkmm/Gtk+)
459 schoenebeck 1498 <ol>
460     <li class="ok">allows to modify all aspects of Gigsampler v2 and v3 format files</li>
461     <li class="ok">allows to modify existing as well as creating completely new .gig files from scratch</li>
462     <li class="ok">stand-alone mode (independent of LinuxSampler)</li>
463     <li class="ok">live-mode (attached with LinuxSampler), which makes all modifications audible in the sampler in realtime without having to reload</li>
464     <li class="ok">created / modified files are accepted by LinuxSampler as well as by Gigastudio 3</li>
465 schoenebeck 1669 <li class="ok">virtual MIDI keyboard (for triggering notes by mouse click and highlighting the virtual keys on external note events)</li>
466 schoenebeck 1498 </ol>
467     </li>
468     </ol>
469     </li>
470 senoner 542 </ol>
471    
472     <hr>
473    
474     <p>
475     <TABLE class="formatmatrix">
476     <TR>
477     <TD><IMG src="gfx/okay_green.png" alt="Done" width="13" height="13" border="1"> Done</TD>
478     <TD><IMG src="gfx/yellow_light.png" alt="Partly implemented" width="13" height="13" border="1"> Partly implemented</TD>
479     <TD><IMG src="gfx/x.png" alt="Planned" width="13" height="13" border="1"> Planned</TD>
480     </TR>
481     </TABLE>
482     </p>
483    
484     <p>
485 schoenebeck 2034 (Last page update on <b>$Date: 2009-11-24 18:33:54 $</b> by $Author: schoenebeck $,
486 persson 2178 also see <a href="http://www.linuxsampler.org">Subversion Log</a> for recent changes)
487 senoner 542 </p>
488    
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