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-

Features / Development Roadmap

+

LS Development Roadmap

+

+ The following list shows the planned work to be done until the next + release of LinuxSampler. There will be no new release before all of them + are completed. +

+ +
    +
  1. nothing scheduled yet
    2. +
+ + + + + + + +
Done Done Partly implemented Partly implemented Not started yet No work started yet
+

Features

The following list shows which features have already been implemented in current CVS version of LinuxSampler and what is planned to be done in @@ -130,38 +148,89 @@ listed below, you can write a proposol to the developers mailing list - or even better send us your patch if you have done something. Even + , open an "enhancement" request on our + bug tracking system + or even better send us your patch if you have done something. Even if features are listed to be planned below, it can be that it takes a while until somebody finds the time to implement it. So if you have the time and will to finish one of them, let us know!

-
    +
    1. Operating Systems
      1. Linux
        2. -
      2. Mac OSX
        3. +
      3. Mac OS X (gigedit and JSampler are not yet available for OS X and thus not included with the installer yet)
        4. +
      4. Windows (we provide a convenient Windows installer for all components of the project, only the instruments DB feature is not yet supported on Windows)
    2. Sampler Engines
      1. Gigasampler Engine
          -
        1. Gig file loader
          2. -
        2. Generic playback (RAM & disk streaming)
          3. -
        3. Dimension switching
          4. -
        4. Sustain pedal support
          5. +
        5. Gig file loader +
            +
          1. Gig v2 format
            2. +
          2. Gig v3 format +
              +
            1. large file support (64 bit file offsets are currently truncated to 32 bit)
              2. +
            2. 24 bit samples (uncompressed as well as compressed)
              3. +
            3. support for multi-file format (.gig, .gx01, .gx02, ...)
              4. +
            4. support for articulation (.art) files
              5. +
            5. support for Dimension Splits not equal to two
              6. +
            6. up to 8 Dimensions or 256 Dimension Regions
              7. +
            +
            3. +
          +
          6. +
        6. Generic playback (RAM playback & disk streaming)
          7. +
        7. Dimension switching +
            +
          1. Sample Channel
            2. +
          2. Layer
            3. +
          3. Velocity
            4. +
          4. Channel Aftertouch
            5. +
          5. Release Trigger
            6. +
          6. Keyboard Position
            7. +
          7. Round Robin
            8. +
          8. Random
            9. +
          9. Modulation Wheel
            10. +
          10. Breath Ctrl.
            11. +
          11. Foot Ctrl.
            12. +
          12. Portamento Time Ctrl.
            13. +
          13. Effect 1 & 2 Ctrl.
            14. +
          14. Effect 1 - 5 Depth Ctrl.
            15. +
          15. General Purpose Ctrl. 1 - 8
            16. +
          16. Sustain Pedal
            17. +
          17. Portamento
            18. +
          18. Sostenuto Pedal
            19. +
          19. Soft Pedal
            20. +
          +
          8. +
        8. Sustain pedal interpretation
          9. +
        9. Sostenuto pedal interpretation
        10. Key velocity <-> volume mapping
          11. -
        11. Looping
          12. +
        12. Looping +
            +
          1. endless loop
            2. +
          2. limited amount of loops
            3. +
          3. fractional looping
            4. +
          +
        13. Pitchbend wheel support
          14. -
        14. Bidirectional voice state transition
          15. -
        15. Filter (VCF) +
        16. Bidirectional voice state transition, allowing + to cancel the relase stage of voices forth and back arbitrary + times if needed
          17. +
        17. Filter (VCF)
          1. Highpass
          2. Bandpass
            3. -
          3. Bandreject
            4. +
          4. Bandreject
          5. Lowpass
            6. -
          6. Turbo lowpass
            7. +
          7. Turbo lowpass
            8. +
          8. all filter types provide extremely + accurate characteristics compared to the original + Gigasampler format filters
          9. Cutoff frequency controllable by MIDI controller
          10. Resonance controllable by MIDI controller
          @@ -174,10 +243,20 @@
        18. VCO Low Frequency Oscillator (Pitch)
        19. Layers
        20. Crossfades
          21. -
        21. Key Groups (a.k.a Exclusive Groups)
          22. -
        22. Release Triggered Voices
          23. -
        23. Key Switching
          24. +
        24. Key Groups (a.k.a Exclusive Groups), + for mutually switching off sounds i.e. for drumkits
          25. +
        25. Release Triggered Voices, specific samples + that are played back when voices are released
          26. +
        26. Key Switching, which allows to map a certain + range on thy keyboard as additional performance controller, + i.e. for switching articulations of orchestral sounds in realtime
        27. Voice Stealing
          28. +
        28. Portamento Mode and Solo Mode (a.k.a 'Mono Mode', + can be altered via standard GM messages, that is CC5 for + altering portamento time, CC65 for enabling / disabling + portamento mode, CC126 for enabling solo mode and CC127 for + disabling solo mode)
          29. +
        29. Scale Tuning (via standard MIDI GS SysEx message)
      2. DLS Engine @@ -188,7 +267,7 @@
      3. Akai Engine
          4. -
        1. Akai file loader (S1000, S3000 series)
          2. +
        2. Akai file loader (S1000, S3000 series)
        3. Generic playback
      4. Custom, modular Engine
        5. @@ -196,80 +275,33 @@
      5. Control interfaces
          -
        1. ALSA MIDI input
          2. -
        2. Network remote control layer for frontends (LSCP) -
            -
          1. Events / Client Notification
            2. -
          2. Control Commands -
              -
            1. GET AVAILABLE_AUDIO_OUTPUT_DRIVERS
              2. -
            2. GET AUDIO_OUTPUT_DRIVER INFO
              3. -
            3. GET AUDIO_OUTPUT_DRIVER_PARAMETER INFO
              4. -
            4. CREATE AUDIO_OUTPUT_DEVICE
              5. -
            5. DESTROY AUDIO_OUTPUT_DEVICE
              6. -
            6. GET AUDIO_OUTPUT_DEVICES
              7. -
            7. LIST AUDIO_OUTPUT_DEVICES
              8. -
            8. GET AUDIO_OUTPUT_DEVICE INFO
              9. -
            9. SET AUDIO_OUTPUT_DEVICE_PARAMETER
              10. -
            10. GET AUDIO_OUTPUT_CHANNEL INFO
              11. -
            11. GET AUDIO_OUTPUT_CHANNEL_PARAMETER INFO
              12. -
            12. SET AUDIO_OUTPUT_CHANNEL_PARAMETER
              13. -
            13. GET AVAILABLE_MIDI_INPUT_DRIVERS
              14. -
            14. GET MIDI_INPUT_DRIVER INFO
              15. -
            15. GET MIDI_INPUT_DRIVER_PARAMETER INFO
              16. -
            16. CREATE MIDI_INPUT_DEVICE
              17. -
            17. DESTROY MIDI_INPUT_DEVICE
              18. -
            18. GET MIDI_INPUT_DEVICES
              19. -
            19. LIST MIDI_INPUT_DEVICES
              20. -
            20. GET MIDI_INPUT_DEVICE INFO
              21. -
            21. SET MIDI_INPUT_DEVICE_PARAMETER
              22. -
            22. GET MIDI_INPUT_PORT INFO
              23. -
            23. GET MIDI_INPUT_PORT_PARAMETER INFO
              24. -
            24. SET MIDI_INPUT_PORT_PARAMETER
              25. -
            25. ADD CHANNEL
              26. -
            26. GET CHANNELS
              27. -
            27. LIST CHANNELS
              28. -
            28. REMOVE CHANNEL
              29. -
            29. GET AVAILABLE_ENGINES
              30. -
            30. GET ENGINE INFO
              31. -
            31. GET CHANNEL INFO
              32. -
            32. LOAD ENGINE
              33. -
            33. LOAD INSTRUMENT
              34. -
            34. GET CHANNEL VOICE_COUNT
              35. -
            35. GET CHANNEL STREAM_COUNT
              36. -
            36. GET CHANNEL BUFFER_FILL
              37. -
            37. SET CHANNEL AUDIO_OUTPUT_DEVICE
              38. -
            38. SET CHANNEL AUDIO_OUTPUT_TYPE
              39. -
            39. SET CHANNEL AUDIO_OUTPUT_CHANNEL
              40. -
            40. SET CHANNEL MIDI_INPUT_DEVICE
              41. -
            41. SET CHANNEL MIDI_INPUT_TYPE
              42. -
            42. SET CHANNEL MIDI_INPUT_PORT
              43. -
            43. SET CHANNEL MIDI_INPUT_CHANNEL
              44. -
            44. SET CHANNEL VOLUME
              45. -
            45. RESET CHANNEL
              46. -
            46. SUBSCRIBE
              47. -
            47. UNSUBSCRIBE
              48. -
            48. SET ECHO
              49. -
            49. QUIT
              50. -
            50. RESET
              51. -
            -
            3. -
          +
        3. Native C++ API
          4. +
        4. Custom network interface for frontends (LSCP)
          5. -
        5. VSTi
          6. -
        6. MIDI over ethernet (Distributed MIDI)
          7. -
        7. CoreMIDI (Mac OSX)
          8. +
        8. OSC +
        6. -
      6. Audio output interfaces +
      7. MIDI input drivers +
          +
        1. ALSA (Linux)
          2. +
        2. JACK (Linux, OSX, Windows, ...)
          3. +
        3. VSTi
          4. +
        4. MIDI over ethernet (Distributed MIDI)
          5. +
        5. CoreMIDI (Mac OS X)
          6. +
        6. MidiShare (Linux, OS X, Windows)
          7. +
        7. MME (Windows)
          8. +
        +
        8. +
      8. Audio output drivers
          -
        1. ALSA
          2. -
        2. JACK
          3. +
        3. ALSA (Linux)
          4. +
        4. JACK (Linux, OSX, Windows, ...)
          5. +
        5. aRts (not RT safe!)
          6. +
        6. ASIO (Windows)
        7. VSTi
        8. Audio over ethernet
          9. -
        9. CoreAudio (Mac OSX)
          10. +
        10. CoreAudio (Mac OS X)
      9. Time stamp event system & jitter correction
        10. @@ -284,10 +316,79 @@
      10. Dynamic engine recompilation
      11. Extensive SMP (multi processor) support
      12. Network cluster support
        13. +
      13. MIDI instrument mapper, allows to create very flexible MIDI progam change setups in a very easy way. +
          +
        1. MIDI program change
          2. +
        2. MIDI bank select (automatic detection of MSB only, LSB only or full MSB+LSB)
          3. +
        3. Load Strategy for each Item individually +
            +
          1. On-Demand: loads the instrument only when needed, frees it immediately once not used by any sampler channel anymore
            2. +
          2. On-Demand-Hold: loads the instrument when needed and keeps it in memory, that is even if not used by a sampler channel
            3. +
          3. 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
            4. +
          4. Default: let the sampler decide
            5. +
          +
          4. +
        4. 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
          5. +
        5. Mapping of arbitrary Instrument Files, already independent of the underlying format in respect for future sampler engines
          6. +
        6. arbitrary amount of independent MIDI instrumet maps, (i.e. for chromatic instruments, drumkits, ...), each sampler channel can be assigned to a specific MIDI map
          7. +
        +
        14. +
      14. Effect Sends +
          +
        1. Arbitrary Amount of FX Sends on Sampler Channels
          2. +
        2. Realtime MIDI Control of Send Level
          3. +
        3. Arbitrary MIDI Controller assignable
          4. +
        4. Flexible Routing i.e. to a dedicated effect audio output
          5. +
        +
        15. + +
      15. Instrument Database System, allowing to keep track of even the largest sample library collections +
          +
        1. Ordering in Categories
          2. +
        2. Search by various Criteria
          3. +
        3. Transparently maintained on backend side
          4. +
        +
      16. (Graphical) frontends
          -
        1. Qt based frontend
          2. -
        2. VSTi frontend (based on the Qt frontend)
          3. +
        3. QSampler (C++ based frontend using Qt) +
            +
          1. Supports all features of LinuxSampler except the following ...
            2. +
          2. + Effect Sends (qsampler retrieves current FX send settings from the sampler, + stores FX send settings in session .lscp files and restores them, but + currently does not yet offer a widget to modify FX send settings) +
            3. +
          3. MIDI Instrument Maps + (qsampler does currently not yet support to create more than two MIDI instrument maps [one intended for chromatic instruments and one for drumkits]) +
            4. +
          4. Instruments DB support (to ease handling of huge sample library collections)
            5. +
          5. Sampler events (to let qsampler react on certain events occuring on sampler side)
            6. +
          6. Audio and MIDI device management (only minor thing that qsampler lacks support yet are "multiplicity" 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)
            7. +
          +
          4. +
        4. JSampler (Java based frontend) +
            +
          1. Supports all currently available features of LinuxSampler
            2. +
          +
          5. +
        5. VSTi frontend
          6. +
        +
        17. +
      17. Playing while Loading, i.e. allowing to play and hold notes on the keyboard + while loading a new instrument on the same sampler channel at the same time
        18. +
      18. Instrument Editor Plugin System for 3rd Party Instrument Editors
        19. +
      19. Instrument Editors +
          +
        1. gigedit (C++ based using gtkmm/Gtk+) +
            +
          1. allows to modify all aspects of Gigsampler v2 and v3 format files
            2. +
          2. allows to modify existing as well as creating completely new .gig files from scratch
            3. +
          3. stand-alone mode (independent of LinuxSampler)
            4. +
          4. live-mode (attached with LinuxSampler), which makes all modifications audible in the sampler in realtime without having to reload
            5. +
          5. created / modified files are accepted by LinuxSampler as well as by Gigastudio 3
            6. +
          +
      @@ -305,7 +406,8 @@

      - (List last updated 2005-02-10, also see CVS Log for recent changes) + (Last page update on $Date: 2008-01-03 21:50:44 $ by $Author: schoenebeck $, + also see CVS Log for recent changes)