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2  <news>  <news>
3      <entry date="2011-07-18">
4        <link ref="http://download.linuxsampler.org/packages/osx/snapshots/" img="gfx/logos/apple.png"></link>
5        <link ref="http://download.linuxsampler.org/packages/osx/snapshots/">Download the latest OS X snapshot of the sampler!</link>
6        Along to our angoing sympathy for automatic snapshots, we finally provide
7        automatic builts also for Apple OS X! As soon as some developer commits
8        something new to our Subversion server, a new binary snapshot for OS X will
9        automatically be available for download from our webserver within minutes.
10        The snapshot tbz2 archive file contains universal binaries
11        (PPC 32 &amp; 64 bit, Intel 32 &amp; 64 bit) of the stand-alone version of the
12        sampler, VST and AU plugin version, and the graphical frontend applications
13        QSampler and Fantasia. Only our graphical instrument editor gigedit is not
14        yet part of the snapshots, it might follow at a later point. Please read
15        the README file in the tbz2 archive file for instructions how to install
16        everything on your Mac.
17      </entry>
18      <entry date="2011-06-05">
19        <link ref="http://svn.linuxsampler.org" img="gfx/logos/subversion.png"></link>
20        From now on, our source code is managed by a Subversion server. We
21        converted our existing CVS repository for the
22        <link ref="http://svn.linuxsampler.org">new Subversion server</link>, so
23        the complete history from the beginning of this project is also
24        available in this new Subversion repository. Our
25        <link ref="http://cvs.linuxsampler.org">old CVS server, along with its web frontend</link>
26        is still available, however is now in read only mode, so no changes can be
27        commited to CVS anymore. On the downloads page you can find
28        <link ref="http://www.linuxsampler.org/downloads.html#svn">instructions how
29        to download ("checkout") source code from our Subversion server.</link>
30      </entry>
31      <entry date="2011-06-05">
32        <link ref="http://www.linuxsampler.org" img="gfx/sorryd.jpg"></link>
33        After a huge down time of almost one month, we decided to move to new, more
34        reliable servers. Thanks to the University of Heilbronn which kindly hosted
35        our servers for 8 years. We started to move the most important services to
36        a commercial server host, which will be financed by your donations. Sorry
37        for this long absence and thank you for your support!
38      </entry>
39      <entry date="2011-02-05">
40        <link ref="http://download.linuxsampler.org/packages/win32/snapshots/" img="gfx/logos/windows.png"></link>
41        <link ref="http://download.linuxsampler.org/packages/win32/snapshots/">Download the latest Windows snapshot of the sampler!</link>
42        Since we have to confess that we are a bit lazy about putting out official
43        releases, and since the latest official release of the sampler for Windows
44        is quite old, we decided to establish automatic builts of the sampler and
45        all other software components for Windows. As soon as some developer
46        commits something new to the CVS server for any of the project's software
47        components, a new snapshot binary for Windows will automatically built and
48        be available for download within few minutes. Sorry for neglecting you
49        Windows users out there for so long!
50      </entry>
51      <entry date="2011-01-23">
52        <link ref="nkitool/" img="nkitool/native-instruments-kontakt.png"></link>
53        In case you are working a lot on Native Instruments Kontakt instrument
54        files, or if you are just interested in the .nki file format, you might have
55        a look at <link ref="nkitool/">nkitool</link>. It is a simple console
56        application which allows to export and import the human readable XML file
57        from and to Native Instruments Kontakt .nki instrument articulation files.
58        It can be very handy to speedup or even automate the process of creating
59        and editing .nki instrument files.
60      </entry>
61      <entry date="2010-10-01">
62        <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>
63        LinuxSampler is featured in the october special issue of the "Computer Music"
64        magazine. It is available in English language in magazine stores around the
65        UK. This special issue focused on demonstrating the "best free software" for
66        music production on PC, Mac and mobile. LinuxSampler is covered along to four
67        other samplers, with an introduction howto on page 57. You can
68        <link ref="misc/press/computer_music_special_44_2010/cms_44_2010_article.jpg">read the full article here.</link>
69      </entry>
70      <entry date="2010-01-07">
71        The <link ref="reports/annual_report_2009.pdf">annual report of 2009</link>
72        with our financial situation is now online. Happy new year everybody!
73      </entry>
74      <entry date="2009-10-16">
75        Better a late than no announcement at all:
76        <list>
77          <li>linuxsampler 1.0.0</li>
78          <li>Fantasia 0.9</li>
79          <li>qsampler 0.2.2</li>
80          <li>gigedit 0.2.0</li>
81          <li>libgig 3.3.0</li>
82          <li>jlscp 0.8</li>
83          <li>liblscp 0.5.6</li>
84        </list>
85        This is the first release which allows the sampler to be used as audio
86        host plugin, namely supporting the standards VST, AU, DSSI and LV2. The
87        sampler's limits for max. voices &amp; disk streams can now be altered at
88        runtime by frontends, no need to recompile the sampler anymore. The Mac
89        version now also supports CoreAudio as audio driver. The Windows version
90        finally supports the sampler's instruments DB feature as well, however
91        expect it still to be unstable at this point. Along to the already
92        existing JACK audio driver, Jack MIDI support has been added in this
93        release. The sampler allows frontends now basic MIDI control, that is to
94        monitor incoming MIDI data on MIDI input devices and sampler channels and
95        to send note-on and note-off MIDI events to sampler channels, which
96        allows frontends to provide a virtual MIDI keyboard to the user. Besides
97        these major changes there were countless bugfixes and optimizations.
98      </entry>
99      <entry date="2009-05-12">
100        On the finish line to the upcoming next release of LinuxSampler and
101        friends, a beta pre-release for the Windows platform is now available
102        from our
103        <link ref="http://download.linuxsampler.org/dev/win/">download server</link>.
104        This is the first Windows version which includes a VST plugin version
105        of the sampler. The installer includes both, native 64 bit binaries and
106        32 bit binaries. The installer detects the system type and installs the
107        appropriate binaries automatically.
108        Please follow the ongoing discussion and development on our
109        <link ref="http://bb.linuxsampler.org/viewtopic.php?f=2&amp;t=339">web forum</link>
110        and <link ref="http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?forum_name=linuxsampler-devel">developers' mailing list</link>
111        to avoid known problems. Feedback appreciated!
112      </entry>
113      <entry date="2009-02-17">
114        Cheers Mac users! LinuxSampler is finally available as AudioUnit plugin!
115        It's still a work in progress, but you might already want to checkout
116        the experimental AU binary package of LinuxSampler, available from our
117        <link ref="http://download.linuxsampler.org/dev/mac/">download server</link>.
118        As this is still an early development version, please follow the ongoing
119        discussion and development on our
120        <link ref="http://bb.linuxsampler.org/viewtopic.php?f=2&amp;t=295">web forum</link>
121        and <link ref="http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?forum_name=linuxsampler-devel">developers' mailing list</link>
122        to avoid known problems. Feedback appreciated!
123      </entry>
124      <entry date="2008-02-15">
125        We're happy to announce that the first freely available sample library
126        is now available on our downloads server. Thanks to Mats Helgesson for
127        giving us the permission to share his "Maestro Concert Grand v2" piano
128        library with you. You find the download link along with the library's
129        license informations and a demo track for prelistening on our
130        <link ref="instruments.html">instruments</link> site.
131      </entry>
132      <entry date="2008-02-07">
133        Added <link ref="debian.html">Debian Howto</link> to the documentation
134        site, describing how to cook Debian packages, optimized for your
135        specific machine. Get the maximum out of your box! (The
136        <link ref="debian.html#benchmark">"Benchmark"</link>
137        chapter might be interesting for users of other systems as well)
138      </entry>
139      <entry date="2008-01-23">
140        Due to popular demand we finally launched a forum for this project. The
141        place to be and share questions, stories and the latest gossip is
142        <link ref="http://bb.linuxsampler.org">bb.linuxsampler.org</link>
143      </entry>
144      <entry date="2008-01-03">
145        Hey Mac Users! We hope to give you a good way to start the new year
146        by announcing that LinuxSampler is now officially
147        available for OS X as well! You find an installer (disk image) of the
148        latest release of LinuxSampler and QSampler for OS X on our
149        <link ref="http://www.linuxsampler.org/downloads.html">downloads site</link>.
150        Please note: gigedit is not yet available for Mac, we still need to do some
151        work on this. Same applies to JSampler unfortunately, because the required
152        Java version 1.6 is not officially available for Mac yet. Have a look
153        at the <link ref="osx.html">OS X HOWTO</link> for an easy start.
154      </entry>
155      <entry date="2007-12-26">
156        You tried out the young Windows version of LinuxSampler and encountered
157        problems? Check out the
158        <link ref="http://linuxsampler.org/windows.html#houston">Trouble
159        Shooting Section</link> of the LinuxSampler Windows HOWTO. It still
160        doesn't solve your problem? You can ask for help on our
161        <link ref="http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linuxsampler-devel">
162        Mailing List
163        </link>. If you found bugs, please report them to our
164        <link ref="http://bugs.linuxsampler.org">Bug Tracking System</link>.
165      </entry>
166      <entry date="2007-12-07">
167        Another strike:
168        <list>
169          <li>linuxsampler 0.5.1</li>
170          <li>jsampler 0.8a</li>
171          <li>qsampler 0.2.1</li>
172          <li>gigedit 0.1.1</li>
173          <li>libgig 3.2.1</li>
174          <li>jlscp 0.7a</li>
175        </list>
176        What do you expect from a sampler called LinuxSampler? Exactly: that it
177        <link ref="screenshots/win32_premiere.png">conquers the Windows
178        world</link>. This is the first official release of our applications for
179        the Windows platform, providing a convenient all-in-one installer tagged
180        "20071207". Supported drivers for this new system are so far: MME for
181        MIDI and ASIO for audio. Needless to say that there still might be
182        plenty of issues on Windows. Also note that the instruments database
183        feature is not ported yet. Have a look at the
184        <link ref="windows.html">Windows HOWTO</link> for a smooth start.
185        Beside this first Windows release, this is merely a bugfix release, i.e.
186        fixing a serious crash in LinuxSampler. Retrieving instrument names from
187        .gig files with the frontends is now much faster, so better keep that
188        option always on in QSampler from now on. With gigedit you can now edit
189        multiple (dimension) regions simultaniously. JSampler is finally able
190        to retrieve instrument names of instrument files and even remotely from
191        another machine, beside minor cosmetics like a total stream count
192        and volume displayed in dB, as well as couple bug fixes. QSampler gave
193        Qt3 an official funeral and is finally completely ported to Qt4. A lot
194        of the QSampler code base has changed due to this. So you still might
195        encounter bugs. Beside that the device management dialog received couple
196        of bug fixes.
197      </entry>
198      <entry date="2007-10-23">
199        As you might have noticed, we had issues with our linuxsampler.org DNS
200        names in the last two days, because it was dependent to a foreign server
201        out of our control. We just addressed this issue and finally completely
202        moved the DNS responsibility to our own servers to avoid this happening
203        again. Sorry for any inconvenience this may have caused!
204      </entry>
205    <entry date="2007-10-16">    <entry date="2007-10-16">
206      A new release wave of the LinuxSampler family has arrived:      A new release wave of the LinuxSampler family has arrived:
207      <list>      <list>
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322    </entry>    </entry>
323    <entry date="2005-11-24">    <entry date="2005-11-24">
324      Latest <link ref="http://cvs.linuxsampler.org">CVS version</link>      Latest <link ref="http://cvs.linuxsampler.org">CVS version</link>
325      of <link ref="http://stud.fh-heilbronn.de/~cschoene/projects/libgig/">      of <link ref="http://www.linuxsampler.org/libgig/">
326      libgig</link> now allows to create and modify Gigasampler files      libgig</link> now allows to create and modify Gigasampler files
327      (<link ref="http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_id=9051147&amp;forum_id=12792">      (<link ref="http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_id=9051147&amp;forum_id=12792">
328      read announcement</link>). Please let      read announcement</link>). Please let

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