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2  <news>  <news>
3      <entry date="2017-03-05">
4        Services are back online. After reviewing the recent server incident we
5        came to the conclusion that the attack was fortunately quite limited.
6        We rolled back the system, closed the exploited security
7        hole and brought all services back online. In case you downloaded or updated any source files
8        from our <link ref="http://svn.linuxsampler.org">svn server</link>
9        between March 2nd and March 3rd, we recommend you to
10        delete the entire source directory and make an entire fresh checkout from
11        svn to avoid any issues. The svn server is now back at a clean state.
12      </entry>
13      <entry date="2017-03-03">
14          <b>Important notice:</b>
15        Our server had been compromised. For that reason we were forced to take most
16        services offline for now to protect you from accessing any compromised material.
17        We are currently investigating this incident and will update you accordingly.
18      </entry>
19      <entry date="2016-07-06">
20        <link ref="http://bb.linuxsampler.org">Web Forum</link> and
21        <link ref="http://bugs.linuxsampler.org">Bug Tracker</link>
22        are back online: As you might have noticed, our
23        <link ref="http://bb.linuxsampler.org">Web Forum</link> as well as our
24        <link ref="http://bugs.linuxsampler.org">Bug Tracker</link> were partly
25        unavailable for quite a while. It was possible to read them, but especially
26        registration of new user accounts were disabled (i.e. due to numerous
27        spam bot attacks we suffered in the past). Those issues have been
28        resolved and so both sites are back available and should now work entirely
29        as expected.
30      </entry>
31      <entry date="2016-05-04">
32        There is some progress regarding Gigedit's integrated
33        <link ref="http://doc.linuxsampler.org/Instrument_Scripts/NKSP_Language/">NKSP</link>
34        real-time instrument script editor. Check out the
35        <link ref="http://doc.linuxsampler.org/News/Instrument_Script_Editor_2016-05-04/">News Article ...</link>
36      </entry>
37      <entry date="2015-07-18">
38        LinuxSampler 2.0.0 had been released after six years of development!
39        Check the
40        <link ref="http://doc.linuxsampler.org/Release_Notes/LinuxSampler_2_0_0/">release notes</link>
41        for a detailed review of what's new with LinuxSampler and friends.
42      </entry>
43      <entry date="2015-06-11">
44        <link ref="http://download.linuxsampler.org/packages/osx/snapshots/" img="gfx/logos/apple.png"></link>
45        The Mac installer was broken on latest OS X 10.10 Yosemite. This had been
46        fixed today. Get the latest
47        <link ref="http://download.linuxsampler.org/packages/osx/snapshots/">snapshot for Mac</link>
48        with Yosemite support now.
49      </entry>
50      <entry date="2015-04-29">
51        <link ref="http://doc.linuxsampler.org" img="gfx/new_article.png"></link>
52        A new documentation site has been launched:
53        <link ref="http://doc.linuxsampler.org">http://doc.linuxsampler.org</link> -
54        This separate page dedicated to manuals, tutorials and other kind of
55        articles for the LinuxSampler project, is using a new solution to write
56        and maintain such articles with a minimum of effort. Be invited to help us
57        <link ref="http://doc.linuxsampler.org/Writing_Docs/">writing documentation</link>
58        for LinuxSampler and friends! As one of the first topics, this site is now
59        hosting an introduction to the new
60        <link ref="http://doc.linuxsampler.org/Instrument_Scripts/NKSP_Language/">NKSP Real-Time Instrument Script Language</link>.
61        The long-term plan is to move all documentation of this project from our www
62        server to that new site.
63      </entry>
64      <entry date="2015-01-18">
65        <link ref="http://download.linuxsampler.org/pix/screenshots/mac_installer_1.jpg" img="http://download.linuxsampler.org/pix/screenshots/mac_installer_1_240x169.jpg"></link>
66        For the Mac users out there: We finally have a convenient installer for the
67        OS X version of LinuxSampler. This is already integrated in our automatic
68        build system. So from now on all
69        <link ref="http://download.linuxsampler.org/packages/osx/snapshots/">daily snapshot builds for Mac</link>
70        are automatically built with an installer. By default the installer will
71        install all components (LinuxSampler stand-alone application, VST and
72        Audio Unit plugin version of LinuxSampler, QSampler, Fantasia, GigEdit and
73        command line tools. At step "Installation Type" you can however also
74        override the default installation and select which components to install.
75      </entry>
76      <entry date="2014-06-19">
77        <link ref="http://download.linuxsampler.org/packages/osx/snapshots/" img="gfx/logos/apple.png"></link>
78        <link ref="http://download.linuxsampler.org/packages/osx/snapshots/">gigedit finally included with OS X snapshots!</link>
79        Due to the variety of third party library dependencies it took a while, but
80        finally "gigedit", our graphical instrument editor for Gigasampler /
81        GigaStudio files, is now included with the automatic binary snapshots builds
82        for Mac OS X. The automatic snapshot installers are automatically compiled
83        by one of our servers each time a developer commits something new to our
84        Subversion (development) server. You can use gigedit on Mac OS X as
85        stand-alone instrument editor as well as in live-mode while running
86        LinuxSampler. In the latter case your changes with gigedit get immediately
87        audible while playing the instrument on the keyboard at the same time.
88      </entry>
89      <entry date="2011-08-25">
90        <link ref="sfz/" img="gfx/logos/sfz.png"></link>
91        <link ref="sfz/">Added SFZ implementation status page.</link>
92        We are currently in the works to implement support for the SFZ format,
93        which is a powerful and open sample library format, already adopted by
94        many commercial samplers. Check our new SFZ status page to see which
95        aspects of the format are already supported by LinuxSampler, and which
96        ones are yet to be implemented.
97      </entry>
98      <entry date="2011-07-18">
99        <link ref="http://download.linuxsampler.org/packages/osx/snapshots/" img="gfx/logos/apple.png"></link>
100        <link ref="http://download.linuxsampler.org/packages/osx/snapshots/">Download the latest OS X snapshot of the sampler!</link>
101        Following our ongoing sympathy for automatic snapshots, we finally provide
102        automatic builds also for Apple OS X! As soon as some developer commits
103        something new to our Subversion server, a new binary snapshot for OS X will
104        automatically be available for download from our webserver within minutes.
105        The snapshot tbz2 archive file contains universal binaries
106        (PPC 32 bit, Intel 32 &amp; 64 bit) of the stand-alone version of the
107        sampler, VST and AU plugin version, and the graphical frontend applications
108        QSampler and Fantasia. Only our graphical instrument editor gigedit is not
109        yet part of the snapshots, it might follow at a later point. Please read
110        the README file in the tbz2 archive file for instructions how to install
111        everything on your Mac.
112      </entry>
113      <entry date="2011-06-05">
114        <link ref="http://svn.linuxsampler.org" img="gfx/logos/subversion.png"></link>
115        From now on, our source code is managed by a Subversion server. We
116        converted our existing CVS repository for the
117        <link ref="http://svn.linuxsampler.org">new Subversion server</link>, so
118        the complete history from the beginning of this project is also
119        available in this new Subversion repository. Our
120        <link ref="http://cvs.linuxsampler.org">old CVS server, along with its web frontend</link>
121        is still available, however is now in read only mode, so no changes can be
122        commited to CVS anymore. On the downloads page you can find
123        <link ref="http://www.linuxsampler.org/downloads.html#svn">instructions how
124        to download ("checkout") source code from our Subversion server.</link>
125      </entry>
126      <entry date="2011-06-05">
127        <link ref="http://www.linuxsampler.org" img="gfx/sorryd.jpg"></link>
128        After a huge down time of almost one month, we decided to move to new, more
129        reliable servers. Thanks to the University of Heilbronn which kindly hosted
130        our servers for 8 years. We started to move the most important services to
131        a commercial server host, which will be financed by your donations. Sorry
132        for this long absence and thank you for your support!
133      </entry>
134      <entry date="2011-02-05">
135        <link ref="http://download.linuxsampler.org/packages/win32/snapshots/" img="gfx/logos/windows.png"></link>
136        <link ref="http://download.linuxsampler.org/packages/win32/snapshots/">Download the latest Windows snapshot of the sampler!</link>
137        Since we have to confess that we are a bit lazy about putting out official
138        releases, and since the latest official release of the sampler for Windows
139        is quite old, we decided to establish automatic builts of the sampler and
140        all other software components for Windows. As soon as some developer
141        commits something new to the CVS server for any of the project's software
142        components, a new snapshot binary for Windows will automatically built and
143        be available for download within few minutes. Sorry for neglecting you
144        Windows users out there for so long!
145      </entry>
146      <entry date="2011-01-23">
147        <link ref="nkitool/" img="nkitool/native-instruments-kontakt.png"></link>
148        In case you are working a lot on Native Instruments Kontakt instrument
149        files, or if you are just interested in the .nki file format, you might have
150        a look at <link ref="nkitool/">nkitool</link>. It is a simple console
151        application which allows to export and import the human readable XML file
152        from and to Native Instruments Kontakt .nki instrument articulation files.
153        It can be very handy to speedup or even automate the process of creating
154        and editing .nki instrument files.
155      </entry>
156      <entry date="2010-10-01">
157        <link ref="misc/press/computer_music_special_44_2010/cms_44_2010_cover.jpg" img="misc/press/computer_music_special_44_2010/cms_44_2010_cover_s.jpg"></link>
158        LinuxSampler is featured in the october special issue of the "Computer Music"
159        magazine. It is available in English language in magazine stores around the
160        UK. This special issue focused on demonstrating the "best free software" for
161        music production on PC, Mac and mobile. LinuxSampler is covered along to four
162        other samplers, with an introduction howto on page 57. You can
163        <link ref="misc/press/computer_music_special_44_2010/cms_44_2010_article.jpg">read the full article here.</link>
164      </entry>
165      <entry date="2010-01-07">
166        The <link ref="reports/annual_report_2009.pdf">annual report of 2009</link>
167        with our financial situation is now online. Happy new year everybody!
168      </entry>
169      <entry date="2009-10-16">
170        Better a late than no announcement at all:
171        <list>
172          <li>linuxsampler 1.0.0</li>
173          <li>Fantasia 0.9</li>
174          <li>qsampler 0.2.2</li>
175          <li>gigedit 0.2.0</li>
176          <li>libgig 3.3.0</li>
177          <li>jlscp 0.8</li>
178          <li>liblscp 0.5.6</li>
179        </list>
180        This is the first release which allows the sampler to be used as audio
181        host plugin, namely supporting the standards VST, AU, DSSI and LV2. The
182        sampler's limits for max. voices &amp; disk streams can now be altered at
183        runtime by frontends, no need to recompile the sampler anymore. The Mac
184        version now also supports CoreAudio as audio driver. The Windows version
185        finally supports the sampler's instruments DB feature as well, however
186        expect it still to be unstable at this point. Along to the already
187        existing JACK audio driver, Jack MIDI support has been added in this
188        release. The sampler allows frontends now basic MIDI control, that is to
189        monitor incoming MIDI data on MIDI input devices and sampler channels and
190        to send note-on and note-off MIDI events to sampler channels, which
191        allows frontends to provide a virtual MIDI keyboard to the user. Besides
192        these major changes there were countless bugfixes and optimizations.
193      </entry>
194      <entry date="2009-05-12">
195        On the finish line to the upcoming next release of LinuxSampler and
196        friends, a beta pre-release for the Windows platform is now available
197        from our
198        <link ref="http://download.linuxsampler.org/dev/win/">download server</link>.
199        This is the first Windows version which includes a VST plugin version
200        of the sampler. The installer includes both, native 64 bit binaries and
201        32 bit binaries. The installer detects the system type and installs the
202        appropriate binaries automatically.
203        Please follow the ongoing discussion and development on our
204        <link ref="http://bb.linuxsampler.org/viewtopic.php?f=2&amp;t=339">web forum</link>
205        and <link ref="http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?forum_name=linuxsampler-devel">developers' mailing list</link>
206        to avoid known problems. Feedback appreciated!
207      </entry>
208    <entry date="2009-02-17">    <entry date="2009-02-17">
209      Cheers Mac users! LinuxSampler is finally available as AudioUnit plugin!      Cheers Mac users! LinuxSampler is finally available as AudioUnit plugin!
210      It's still a work in progress, but you might already want to checkout      It's still a work in progress, but you might already want to checkout
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212      <link ref="http://download.linuxsampler.org/dev/mac/">download server</link>.      <link ref="http://download.linuxsampler.org/dev/mac/">download server</link>.
213      As this is still an early development version, please follow the ongoing      As this is still an early development version, please follow the ongoing
214      discussion and development on our      discussion and development on our
215      <link ref="https://bb.linuxsampler.org/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=295">web forum</link>      <link ref="http://bb.linuxsampler.org/viewtopic.php?f=2&amp;t=295">web forum</link>
216      and <link ref="http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?forum_name=linuxsampler-devel">developers' mailing list</link>      and <link ref="http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?forum_name=linuxsampler-devel">developers' mailing list</link>
217      to avoid known problems. Feedback appreciated!      to avoid known problems. Feedback appreciated!
218    </entry>    </entry>
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234    <entry date="2008-01-23">    <entry date="2008-01-23">
235      Due to popular demand we finally launched a forum for this project. The      Due to popular demand we finally launched a forum for this project. The
236      place to be and share questions, stories and the latest gossip is      place to be and share questions, stories and the latest gossip is
237      <link ref="https://bb.linuxsampler.org">bb.linuxsampler.org</link>      <link ref="http://bb.linuxsampler.org">bb.linuxsampler.org</link>
238    </entry>    </entry>
239    <entry date="2008-01-03">    <entry date="2008-01-03">
240      Hey Mac Users! We hope to give you a good way to start the new year      Hey Mac Users! We hope to give you a good way to start the new year

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