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2  <news>  <news>
3      <entry date="2015-01-18">
4        <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>
5        For the Mac users out there: We finally have a convenient installer for the
6        OS X version of LinuxSampler. This is already integrated in our automatic
7        build system. So from now on all
8        <link ref="http://download.linuxsampler.org/packages/osx/snapshots/">daily snapshot builds for Mac</link>
9        are automatically built with an installer. By default the installer will
10        install all components (LinuxSampler stand-alone application, VST and
11        Audio Unit plugin version of LinuxSampler, QSampler, Fantasia, GigEdit and
12        command line tools. At step "Installation Type" you can however also
13        override the default installation and select which components to install.
14      </entry>
15      <entry date="2014-06-19">
16        <link ref="http://download.linuxsampler.org/packages/osx/snapshots/" img="gfx/logos/apple.png"></link>
17        <link ref="http://download.linuxsampler.org/packages/osx/snapshots/">gigedit finally included with OS X snapshots!</link>
18        Due to the variety of third party library dependencies it took a while, but
19        finally "gigedit", our graphical instrument editor for Gigasampler /
20        GigaStudio files, is now included with the automatic binary snapshots builds
21        for Mac OS X. The automatic snapshot installers are automatically compiled
22        by one of our servers each time a developer commits something new to our
23        Subversion (development) server. You can use gigedit on Mac OS X as
24        stand-alone instrument editor as well as in live-mode while running
25        LinuxSampler. In the latter case your changes with gigedit get immediately
26        audible while playing the instrument on the keyboard at the same time.
27      </entry>
28      <entry date="2011-08-25">
29        <link ref="sfz/" img="gfx/logos/sfz.png"></link>
30        <link ref="sfz/">Added SFZ implementation status page.</link>
31        We are currently in the works to implement support for the SFZ format,
32        which is a powerful and open sample library format, already adopted by
33        many commercial samplers. Check our new SFZ status page to see which
34        aspects of the format are already supported by LinuxSampler, and which
35        ones are yet to be implemented.
36      </entry>
37      <entry date="2011-07-18">
38        <link ref="http://download.linuxsampler.org/packages/osx/snapshots/" img="gfx/logos/apple.png"></link>
39        <link ref="http://download.linuxsampler.org/packages/osx/snapshots/">Download the latest OS X snapshot of the sampler!</link>
40        Following our ongoing sympathy for automatic snapshots, we finally provide
41        automatic builds also for Apple OS X! As soon as some developer commits
42        something new to our Subversion server, a new binary snapshot for OS X will
43        automatically be available for download from our webserver within minutes.
44        The snapshot tbz2 archive file contains universal binaries
45        (PPC 32 bit, Intel 32 &amp; 64 bit) of the stand-alone version of the
46        sampler, VST and AU plugin version, and the graphical frontend applications
47        QSampler and Fantasia. Only our graphical instrument editor gigedit is not
48        yet part of the snapshots, it might follow at a later point. Please read
49        the README file in the tbz2 archive file for instructions how to install
50        everything on your Mac.
51      </entry>
52      <entry date="2011-06-05">
53        <link ref="http://svn.linuxsampler.org" img="gfx/logos/subversion.png"></link>
54        From now on, our source code is managed by a Subversion server. We
55        converted our existing CVS repository for the
56        <link ref="http://svn.linuxsampler.org">new Subversion server</link>, so
57        the complete history from the beginning of this project is also
58        available in this new Subversion repository. Our
59        <link ref="http://cvs.linuxsampler.org">old CVS server, along with its web frontend</link>
60        is still available, however is now in read only mode, so no changes can be
61        commited to CVS anymore. On the downloads page you can find
62        <link ref="http://www.linuxsampler.org/downloads.html#svn">instructions how
63        to download ("checkout") source code from our Subversion server.</link>
64      </entry>
65      <entry date="2011-06-05">
66        <link ref="http://www.linuxsampler.org" img="gfx/sorryd.jpg"></link>
67        After a huge down time of almost one month, we decided to move to new, more
68        reliable servers. Thanks to the University of Heilbronn which kindly hosted
69        our servers for 8 years. We started to move the most important services to
70        a commercial server host, which will be financed by your donations. Sorry
71        for this long absence and thank you for your support!
72      </entry>
73      <entry date="2011-02-05">
74        <link ref="http://download.linuxsampler.org/packages/win32/snapshots/" img="gfx/logos/windows.png"></link>
75        <link ref="http://download.linuxsampler.org/packages/win32/snapshots/">Download the latest Windows snapshot of the sampler!</link>
76        Since we have to confess that we are a bit lazy about putting out official
77        releases, and since the latest official release of the sampler for Windows
78        is quite old, we decided to establish automatic builts of the sampler and
79        all other software components for Windows. As soon as some developer
80        commits something new to the CVS server for any of the project's software
81        components, a new snapshot binary for Windows will automatically built and
82        be available for download within few minutes. Sorry for neglecting you
83        Windows users out there for so long!
84      </entry>
85      <entry date="2011-01-23">
86        <link ref="nkitool/" img="nkitool/native-instruments-kontakt.png"></link>
87        In case you are working a lot on Native Instruments Kontakt instrument
88        files, or if you are just interested in the .nki file format, you might have
89        a look at <link ref="nkitool/">nkitool</link>. It is a simple console
90        application which allows to export and import the human readable XML file
91        from and to Native Instruments Kontakt .nki instrument articulation files.
92        It can be very handy to speedup or even automate the process of creating
93        and editing .nki instrument files.
94      </entry>
95      <entry date="2010-10-01">
96        <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>
97        LinuxSampler is featured in the october special issue of the "Computer Music"
98        magazine. It is available in English language in magazine stores around the
99        UK. This special issue focused on demonstrating the "best free software" for
100        music production on PC, Mac and mobile. LinuxSampler is covered along to four
101        other samplers, with an introduction howto on page 57. You can
102        <link ref="misc/press/computer_music_special_44_2010/cms_44_2010_article.jpg">read the full article here.</link>
103      </entry>
104      <entry date="2010-01-07">
105        The <link ref="reports/annual_report_2009.pdf">annual report of 2009</link>
106        with our financial situation is now online. Happy new year everybody!
107      </entry>
108      <entry date="2009-10-16">
109        Better a late than no announcement at all:
110        <list>
111          <li>linuxsampler 1.0.0</li>
112          <li>Fantasia 0.9</li>
113          <li>qsampler 0.2.2</li>
114          <li>gigedit 0.2.0</li>
115          <li>libgig 3.3.0</li>
116          <li>jlscp 0.8</li>
117          <li>liblscp 0.5.6</li>
118        </list>
119        This is the first release which allows the sampler to be used as audio
120        host plugin, namely supporting the standards VST, AU, DSSI and LV2. The
121        sampler's limits for max. voices &amp; disk streams can now be altered at
122        runtime by frontends, no need to recompile the sampler anymore. The Mac
123        version now also supports CoreAudio as audio driver. The Windows version
124        finally supports the sampler's instruments DB feature as well, however
125        expect it still to be unstable at this point. Along to the already
126        existing JACK audio driver, Jack MIDI support has been added in this
127        release. The sampler allows frontends now basic MIDI control, that is to
128        monitor incoming MIDI data on MIDI input devices and sampler channels and
129        to send note-on and note-off MIDI events to sampler channels, which
130        allows frontends to provide a virtual MIDI keyboard to the user. Besides
131        these major changes there were countless bugfixes and optimizations.
132      </entry>
133      <entry date="2009-05-12">
134        On the finish line to the upcoming next release of LinuxSampler and
135        friends, a beta pre-release for the Windows platform is now available
136        from our
137        <link ref="http://download.linuxsampler.org/dev/win/">download server</link>.
138        This is the first Windows version which includes a VST plugin version
139        of the sampler. The installer includes both, native 64 bit binaries and
140        32 bit binaries. The installer detects the system type and installs the
141        appropriate binaries automatically.
142        Please follow the ongoing discussion and development on our
143        <link ref="http://bb.linuxsampler.org/viewtopic.php?f=2&amp;t=339">web forum</link>
144        and <link ref="http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?forum_name=linuxsampler-devel">developers' mailing list</link>
145        to avoid known problems. Feedback appreciated!
146      </entry>
147    <entry date="2009-02-17">    <entry date="2009-02-17">
148      Cheers Mac users! LinuxSampler is finally available as AudioUnit plugin!      Cheers Mac users! LinuxSampler is finally available as AudioUnit plugin!
149      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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