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* announcement of the new release wave

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2 <news>
3 <entry date="2007-10-16">
4 A new release wave of the LinuxSampler family has arrived:
5 <list>
6 <li>linuxsampler 0.5.0</li>
7 <li>qsampler 0.1.5</li>
8 <li>jsampler 0.7a</li>
9 <li>gigedit 0.1.0</li>
10 <li>libgig 3.2.0</li>
11 <li>liblscp 0.5.5</li>
12 <li>jlscp 0.6a</li>
13 </list>
14 With our new instrument editor
15 <link ref="http://linuxsampler.org/screenshots/gigedit_0_0_3.png">gigedit</link>
16 we can finally modify existing, as well as create new Gigasampler format
17 instruments from scratch, which are not only accepted by LinuxSampler, but
18 also by Gigastudio. You can run gigedit as stand-alone application or
19 <link ref="http://download.linuxsampler.org/doc/gigedit/quickstart/gigedit_quickstart.html#live_editing">
20 "attached" to LinuxSampler</link>. The latter case allows you to play and edit
21 instruments at the same time, making all your modifications immediately
22 audible, without having to reload the instruments into the sampler. You can
23 simply edit instruments by selecting the respective sampler channel and
24 clicking on "Edit" (in QSampler as well as in JSampler). LinuxSampler now
25 provides a very powerful and easy MIDI program change mapping, which not
26 only allows you to define which instrument to load on which MIDI program
27 change number (and bank), it also allows further parameters like whether
28 the instrument shall be pre-cached or loaded only when needed (and likewise
29 freed when not needed). You can create arbitrary amount of effect sends for
30 each sampler channel, each having an arbitrary MIDI controller for
31 altering the effect send level in realtime and each one can flexible be routed to
32 some of the sampler's audio output channels, i.e. to a dedicated one for a
33 certain effect type (managing FX sends is yet only supported by JSampler,
34 not by QSampler yet). The new instruments database on sampler side allows
35 you to keep track even of largest instrument library collections. You can
36 order them in categories and search by various criteria (you can find this
37 feature as "Orchestras" in JSampler, it's not yet supported by QSampler).
38 Loading huge instruments may take a while, that's why the sampler now
39 allows to play an instrument while loading. That way you can i.e. play and
40 hold notes on the keyboard while loading a new instrument on the same
41 sampler channel at the same time.
42 </entry>
43 <entry date="2007-10-12">
44 libgig's home has moved to this server. It's new official home is now:
45 <link ref="http://www.linuxsampler.org/libgig/" />
46 Please update your links and bookmarks!
47 </entry>
48 <entry date="2007-08-10">
49 <link ref="http://downloads.sourceforge.net/jsampler/JSampler-0.6a.tar.bz2">
50 JSampler 0.6a</link> has been released.
51 The <link ref="http://downloads.sourceforge.net/jsampler/Fantasia-0.6a.jar">
52 Fantasia</link> distribution is now capable of controlling all features
53 available in LinuxSampler. See <link ref="screenshots/fantasia.png">screenshot</link>.
54 </entry>
55 <entry date="2007-05-24">
56 <link ref="http://downloads.sourceforge.net/jsampler/JSampler-0.5a.tar.bz2">
57 JSampler 0.5a</link> has been released, now with instruments database
58 support.
59 </entry>
60 <entry date="2007-05-04">
61 <link ref="http://qsampler.sourceforge.net">Qsampler</link> 0.1.4 has been
62 released. Almost another year has gone by.
63 </entry>
64 <entry date="2007-04-02">
65 JSampler 0.4a has been released. Read the
66 <link ref="jsampler/manual/html/jsampler.html">manual</link> for
67 installation instructions.
68 </entry>
69 <entry date="2007-03-24">
70 gigedit 0.0.3 has been released, a graphical instrument editor allowing
71 to edit existing Gigasampler format files as well as creating new ones
72 completely from scratch. Along comes a new release of libgig (3.1.1).
73 </entry>
74 <entry date="2006-11-24">
75 After a long, long development cycle LinuxSampler 0.4.0 has finally been
76 released.
77 </entry>
78 <entry date="2006-11-24">
79 libgig 3.1.0 has been released.
80 </entry>
81 <entry date="2006-08-07">
82 <link ref="http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/jsampler/JSampler-0.3a.tar.bz2?download">
83 JSampler 0.3a</link> has been released.
84 <list>
85 <li>
86 Partially implemented a new view - Fantasia (graphic desing: Olivier
87 Boyer). Only channel manipulation for now.
88 </li>
89 <li>
90 More new features in JS Classic - Implemented an LS Console with
91 command autocompletion (using the Tab key), command history (using Up,
92 Down keys), command history search (Ctrl + R), command list search
93 (Ctrl + F), and more.
94 </li>
95 <li>
96 Implemented Orchestras (something like Bookmarks/Favorites for
97 instruments). Drag &amp; Drop support for instrument loading, adding an
98 instrument to orchestra and autocompleting an instrument loading
99 command in the LS Console.
100 </li>
101 </list>
102 </entry>
103 <entry date="2006-06-02">
104 <link ref="http://qsampler.sourceforge.net">Qsampler</link> 0.1.3 is now
105 available. It's been a long time isn't it?
106 </entry>
107 <entry date="2006-04-28">
108 libgig 3.0.0 has been released.
109 </entry>
110 <entry date="2006-03-16">
111 <link ref="http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/jsampler/JS_Classic-0.2a.jar?download">
112 JS Classic 0.2a</link> has been released.
113 </entry>
114 <entry date="2005-12-22">
115 Major services (CVS, downloads, Bug Tracking System) were down in the last
116 days due to a hardware defect on one of our servers. CVS is finally up
117 again and we are working on restoring all other services in the next days
118 as well. We are also establishing further backup facilities to prevent this
119 happening again. Sorry for any inconvenience!
120 </entry>
121 <entry date="2005-11-24">
122 Latest <link ref="http://cvs.linuxsampler.org">CVS version</link>
123 of <link ref="http://stud.fh-heilbronn.de/~cschoene/projects/libgig/">
124 libgig</link> now allows to create and modify Gigasampler files
125 (<link ref="http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_id=9051147&amp;forum_id=12792">
126 read announcement</link>). Please let
127 <link ref="http://www.linuxsampler.org/developers.html">us</link>
128 know if you are interested in writing an instrument patch editor.
129 </entry>
130 <entry date="2005-10-10">
131 <link ref="http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/jsampler/js-classic.jar?download">
132 JS Classic 0.1a</link> has been released (the first distribution of the
133 <link ref="https://sourceforge.net/projects/jsampler/">JSampler</link>
134 project).
135 </entry>
136 <entry date="2005-08-16">
137 Due to ongoing synthesis optimizations, CVS version of LS might be broken
138 for a while. Please use the tarball release in the meantime.
139 </entry>
140 <entry date="2005-07-15">
141 LinuxSampler 0.3.3 has been released. Once again a bug fix release.
142 </entry>
143 <entry date="2005-06-24">
144 LinuxSampler 0.3.2 has been released. This is more or less just a bug fix
145 release. Just by coincidence, <link ref="http://qsampler.sourceforge.net">
146 QSampler</link> 0.1.2 has also been thrown out.
147 </entry>
148 <entry date="2005-06-12">
149 <link ref="http://qsampler.sourceforge.net">QSampler</link> 0.1.1 has been
150 released, after a few bugfixes and a new logo icon.
151 </entry>
152 <entry date="2005-05-25">
153 LinuxSampler 0.3.1, the first official release is finally out!
154 </entry>
155 <entry date="2005-05-23">
156 After some time laying around in the backyard,
157 <link ref="http://qsampler.sourceforge.net">QSampler</link> 0.1.0 has
158 been released, now with the promised Audio and MIDI device configuration
159 interface. Enjoy!
160 </entry>
161 <entry date="2005-03-15">
162 Our bug tracking system is now online and available on
163 <link ref="http://bugs.linuxsampler.org">bugs.linuxsampler.org</link>.
164 </entry>
165 <entry date="2005-03-04">
166 <link ref="http://qsampler.sourceforge.net">QSampler</link>,
167 the Qt GUI front-end in the works for the LinuxSampler engine, was bumped
168 to its now fifth primordial release (0.0.5). Still alpha code. Time to move
169 on... to a better and complete Audio/MIDI device configuration interface,
170 as predicted by LSCP and wrapped by liblscp.
171 </entry>
172 <entry date="2005-02-26">
173 Due to a design change, current LinuxSampler CVS version is quite unstable.
174 You might want to use the previous, stable version of LS in the meantime,
175 which can be downloaded as
176 <link ref="http://www.linuxsampler.org/downloads.html">source tarball
177 </link>. Alternatively you can also checkout the old version from CVS which
178 was tagged as "v0_2_0".
179 </entry>
180 <entry date="2004-11-19">
181 The Qt GUI front-end for the LinuxSampler engine has been updated: the 4th
182 alpha-release of
183 <link ref="http://qsampler.sourceforge.net">QSampler</link> has been
184 released.
185 </entry>
186 <entry date="2004-11-13">
187 On monday (November, 15th) <link ref="http://cvs.linuxsampler.org">
188 cvs.linuxsampler.org</link> may be temporarily down due to maintenance work
189 around 13:00 UTC.
190 </entry>
191 <entry date="2004-07-06">
192 The third alpha-release of <link ref="http://qsampler.sourceforge.net">
193 QSampler</link>, the Qt GUI front-end for the LinuxSampler engine, is now
194 publicly available.
195 </entry>
196 <entry date="2004-06-05">
197 Added a screenshot to the Screenshots page, instructions how to compile the
198 GUI are on the linked qsampler site.
199 </entry>
200 <entry date="2004-05-31">
201 On wednesday (June, 2nd) <link ref="http://cvs.linuxsampler.org">
202 cvs.linuxsampler.org</link> will be temporarily not available from 6:00 UTC
203 until 16:00 UTC due to construction works.
204 </entry>
205 <entry date="2004-05-24">
206 The CVS repository is now <link ref="http://cvs.linuxsampler.org">
207 browseable</link>.
208 </entry>
209 <entry date="2004-05-03">
210 We are currently in a transition stage due to the recent changes (multi
211 channel / multi engine / multi audio output device and multi MIDI input
212 device support) this also leads to multi problems we have to solve ;-) so
213 meanwhile you can use the old single channel version. We created the two
214 CVS alias tags 'singlechannel' and 'v0_1_0' which you can use to checkout
215 the old single channel version of LinuxSampler. The CVS command line is the
216 same except that you have to add '-r singlechannel'.
217 </entry>
218 <entry date="2004-03-26">
219 CVS root path has changed! See <link ref="downloads.html">downloads</link>
220 section for instructions how to checkout the latest version of LinuxSampler
221 from CVS.
222 </entry>
223 <entry date="2004-03-23">
224 Updated <link ref="features.html">features</link> section on this site,
225 hopefully we will keep the features list in sync with the latest
226 developments from now on.
227 </entry>
228 <entry date="2004-01-07">
229 The document for the network protocol definition is now available in the
230 <link ref="http://www.linuxsampler.org/downloads.html">downloads</link>
231 section. Have a look at it if you can imagine to write a frontend for
232 LinuxSampler!
233 </entry>
234 <entry date="2003-11-08">
235 Added CVS log to this site, showing the latest commits to the LinuxSampler
236 CVS repository.
237 </entry>
238 <entry date="2003-11-02">
239 Lots of news for the Linuxsampler community. We've got a new site, new
240 domain and new code available in CVS. Check the
241 <link ref="http://www.linuxsampler.org/downloads.html">downloads</link>
242 section for instructions. If you want to check it out, please keep in mind
243 that it might contain bugs, it might crash and that it's still lacking tons
244 of features. CVS is directed towards developers who would like to test
245 things and add code. Users should wait for a tarball release.
246 </entry>
247 </news>

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