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2 <news>
3 <entry date="2008-01-03">
4 Hey Mac Users! We hope to give you a good way to start the new year
5 by announcing that LinuxSampler is now officially
6 available for OS X as well! You find an installer (disk image) of the
7 latest release of LinuxSampler and QSampler for OS X on our
8 <link ref="http://www.linuxsampler.org/downloads.html">downloads site</link>.
9 Please note: gigedit is not yet available for Mac, we still need to do some
10 work on this. Same applies to JSampler unfortunately, because the required
11 Java version 1.6 is not officially available for Mac yet. Have a look
12 at the <link ref="osx.html">OS X HOWTO</link> for an easy start.
13 </entry>
14 <entry date="2007-12-26">
15 You tried out the young Windows version of LinuxSampler and encountered
16 problems? Check out the
17 <link ref="http://linuxsampler.org/windows.html#houston">Trouble
18 Shooting Section</link> of the LinuxSampler Windows HOWTO. It still
19 doesn't solve your problem? You can ask for help on our
20 <link ref="http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linuxsampler-devel">
21 Mailing List
22 </link>. If you found bugs, please report them to our
23 <link ref="http://bugs.linuxsampler.org">Bug Tracking System</link>.
24 </entry>
25 <entry date="2007-12-07">
26 Another strike:
27 <list>
28 <li>linuxsampler 0.5.1</li>
29 <li>jsampler 0.8a</li>
30 <li>qsampler 0.2.1</li>
31 <li>gigedit 0.1.1</li>
32 <li>libgig 3.2.1</li>
33 <li>jlscp 0.7a</li>
34 </list>
35 What do you expect from a sampler called LinuxSampler? Exactly: that it
36 <link ref="screenshots/win32_premiere.png">conquers the Windows
37 world</link>. This is the first official release of our applications for
38 the Windows platform, providing a convenient all-in-one installer tagged
39 "20071207". Supported drivers for this new system are so far: MME for
40 MIDI and ASIO for audio. Needless to say that there still might be
41 plenty of issues on Windows. Also note that the instruments database
42 feature is not ported yet. Have a look at the
43 <link ref="windows.html">Windows HOWTO</link> for a smooth start.
44 Beside this first Windows release, this is merely a bugfix release, i.e.
45 fixing a serious crash in LinuxSampler. Retrieving instrument names from
46 .gig files with the frontends is now much faster, so better keep that
47 option always on in QSampler from now on. With gigedit you can now edit
48 multiple (dimension) regions simultaniously. JSampler is finally able
49 to retrieve instrument names of instrument files and even remotely from
50 another machine, beside minor cosmetics like a total stream count
51 and volume displayed in dB, as well as couple bug fixes. QSampler gave
52 Qt3 an official funeral and is finally completely ported to Qt4. A lot
53 of the QSampler code base has changed due to this. So you still might
54 encounter bugs. Beside that the device management dialog received couple
55 of bug fixes.
56 </entry>
57 <entry date="2007-10-23">
58 As you might have noticed, we had issues with our linuxsampler.org DNS
59 names in the last two days, because it was dependent to a foreign server
60 out of our control. We just addressed this issue and finally completely
61 moved the DNS responsibility to our own servers to avoid this happening
62 again. Sorry for any inconvenience this may have caused!
63 </entry>
64 <entry date="2007-10-16">
65 A new release wave of the LinuxSampler family has arrived:
66 <list>
67 <li>linuxsampler 0.5.0</li>
68 <li>qsampler 0.1.5</li>
69 <li>jsampler 0.7a</li>
70 <li>gigedit 0.1.0</li>
71 <li>libgig 3.2.0</li>
72 <li>liblscp 0.5.5</li>
73 <li>jlscp 0.6a</li>
74 </list>
75 With our new instrument editor
76 <link ref="http://linuxsampler.org/screenshots/gigedit_0_0_3.png">gigedit</link>
77 we can finally modify existing, as well as create new Gigasampler format
78 instruments from scratch, which are not only accepted by LinuxSampler, but
79 also by Gigastudio. You can run gigedit as stand-alone application or
80 <link ref="http://download.linuxsampler.org/doc/gigedit/quickstart/gigedit_quickstart.html#live_editing">
81 "attached" to LinuxSampler</link>. The latter case allows you to play and edit
82 instruments at the same time, making all your modifications immediately
83 audible, without having to reload the instruments into the sampler. You can
84 simply edit instruments by selecting the respective sampler channel and
85 clicking on "Edit" (in QSampler as well as in JSampler). LinuxSampler now
86 provides a very powerful and easy MIDI program change mapping, which not
87 only allows you to define which instrument to load on which MIDI program
88 change number (and bank), it also allows further parameters like whether
89 the instrument shall be pre-cached or loaded only when needed (and likewise
90 freed when not needed). You can create arbitrary amount of effect sends for
91 each sampler channel, each having an arbitrary MIDI controller for
92 altering the effect send level in realtime and each one can flexible be routed to
93 some of the sampler's audio output channels, i.e. to a dedicated one for a
94 certain effect type (managing FX sends is yet only supported by JSampler,
95 not by QSampler yet). The new instruments database on sampler side allows
96 you to keep track even of largest instrument library collections. You can
97 order them in categories and search by various criteria (you can find this
98 feature as "Instruments Database" in JSampler, it's not yet supported by QSampler).
99 Loading huge instruments may take a while, that's why the sampler now
100 allows to play an instrument while loading. That way you can i.e. play and
101 hold notes on the keyboard while loading a new instrument on the same
102 sampler channel at the same time.
103 </entry>
104 <entry date="2007-10-12">
105 libgig's home has moved to this server. It's new official home is now:
106 <link ref="http://www.linuxsampler.org/libgig/" />
107 Please update your links and bookmarks!
108 </entry>
109 <entry date="2007-08-10">
110 <link ref="http://downloads.sourceforge.net/jsampler/JSampler-0.6a.tar.bz2">
111 JSampler 0.6a</link> has been released.
112 The <link ref="http://downloads.sourceforge.net/jsampler/Fantasia-0.6a.jar">
113 Fantasia</link> distribution is now capable of controlling all features
114 available in LinuxSampler. See <link ref="screenshots/fantasia.png">screenshot</link>.
115 </entry>
116 <entry date="2007-05-24">
117 <link ref="http://downloads.sourceforge.net/jsampler/JSampler-0.5a.tar.bz2">
118 JSampler 0.5a</link> has been released, now with instruments database
119 support.
120 </entry>
121 <entry date="2007-05-04">
122 <link ref="http://qsampler.sourceforge.net">Qsampler</link> 0.1.4 has been
123 released. Almost another year has gone by.
124 </entry>
125 <entry date="2007-04-02">
126 JSampler 0.4a has been released. Read the
127 <link ref="jsampler/manual/html/jsampler.html">manual</link> for
128 installation instructions.
129 </entry>
130 <entry date="2007-03-24">
131 gigedit 0.0.3 has been released, a graphical instrument editor allowing
132 to edit existing Gigasampler format files as well as creating new ones
133 completely from scratch. Along comes a new release of libgig (3.1.1).
134 </entry>
135 <entry date="2006-11-24">
136 After a long, long development cycle LinuxSampler 0.4.0 has finally been
137 released.
138 </entry>
139 <entry date="2006-11-24">
140 libgig 3.1.0 has been released.
141 </entry>
142 <entry date="2006-08-07">
143 <link ref="http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/jsampler/JSampler-0.3a.tar.bz2?download">
144 JSampler 0.3a</link> has been released.
145 <list>
146 <li>
147 Partially implemented a new view - Fantasia (graphic desing: Olivier
148 Boyer). Only channel manipulation for now.
149 </li>
150 <li>
151 More new features in JS Classic - Implemented an LS Console with
152 command autocompletion (using the Tab key), command history (using Up,
153 Down keys), command history search (Ctrl + R), command list search
154 (Ctrl + F), and more.
155 </li>
156 <li>
157 Implemented Orchestras (something like Bookmarks/Favorites for
158 instruments). Drag &amp; Drop support for instrument loading, adding an
159 instrument to orchestra and autocompleting an instrument loading
160 command in the LS Console.
161 </li>
162 </list>
163 </entry>
164 <entry date="2006-06-02">
165 <link ref="http://qsampler.sourceforge.net">Qsampler</link> 0.1.3 is now
166 available. It's been a long time isn't it?
167 </entry>
168 <entry date="2006-04-28">
169 libgig 3.0.0 has been released.
170 </entry>
171 <entry date="2006-03-16">
172 <link ref="http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/jsampler/JS_Classic-0.2a.jar?download">
173 JS Classic 0.2a</link> has been released.
174 </entry>
175 <entry date="2005-12-22">
176 Major services (CVS, downloads, Bug Tracking System) were down in the last
177 days due to a hardware defect on one of our servers. CVS is finally up
178 again and we are working on restoring all other services in the next days
179 as well. We are also establishing further backup facilities to prevent this
180 happening again. Sorry for any inconvenience!
181 </entry>
182 <entry date="2005-11-24">
183 Latest <link ref="http://cvs.linuxsampler.org">CVS version</link>
184 of <link ref="http://www.linuxsampler.org/libgig/">
185 libgig</link> now allows to create and modify Gigasampler files
186 (<link ref="http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_id=9051147&amp;forum_id=12792">
187 read announcement</link>). Please let
188 <link ref="http://www.linuxsampler.org/developers.html">us</link>
189 know if you are interested in writing an instrument patch editor.
190 </entry>
191 <entry date="2005-10-10">
192 <link ref="http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/jsampler/js-classic.jar?download">
193 JS Classic 0.1a</link> has been released (the first distribution of the
194 <link ref="https://sourceforge.net/projects/jsampler/">JSampler</link>
195 project).
196 </entry>
197 <entry date="2005-08-16">
198 Due to ongoing synthesis optimizations, CVS version of LS might be broken
199 for a while. Please use the tarball release in the meantime.
200 </entry>
201 <entry date="2005-07-15">
202 LinuxSampler 0.3.3 has been released. Once again a bug fix release.
203 </entry>
204 <entry date="2005-06-24">
205 LinuxSampler 0.3.2 has been released. This is more or less just a bug fix
206 release. Just by coincidence, <link ref="http://qsampler.sourceforge.net">
207 QSampler</link> 0.1.2 has also been thrown out.
208 </entry>
209 <entry date="2005-06-12">
210 <link ref="http://qsampler.sourceforge.net">QSampler</link> 0.1.1 has been
211 released, after a few bugfixes and a new logo icon.
212 </entry>
213 <entry date="2005-05-25">
214 LinuxSampler 0.3.1, the first official release is finally out!
215 </entry>
216 <entry date="2005-05-23">
217 After some time laying around in the backyard,
218 <link ref="http://qsampler.sourceforge.net">QSampler</link> 0.1.0 has
219 been released, now with the promised Audio and MIDI device configuration
220 interface. Enjoy!
221 </entry>
222 <entry date="2005-03-15">
223 Our bug tracking system is now online and available on
224 <link ref="http://bugs.linuxsampler.org">bugs.linuxsampler.org</link>.
225 </entry>
226 <entry date="2005-03-04">
227 <link ref="http://qsampler.sourceforge.net">QSampler</link>,
228 the Qt GUI front-end in the works for the LinuxSampler engine, was bumped
229 to its now fifth primordial release (0.0.5). Still alpha code. Time to move
230 on... to a better and complete Audio/MIDI device configuration interface,
231 as predicted by LSCP and wrapped by liblscp.
232 </entry>
233 <entry date="2005-02-26">
234 Due to a design change, current LinuxSampler CVS version is quite unstable.
235 You might want to use the previous, stable version of LS in the meantime,
236 which can be downloaded as
237 <link ref="http://www.linuxsampler.org/downloads.html">source tarball
238 </link>. Alternatively you can also checkout the old version from CVS which
239 was tagged as "v0_2_0".
240 </entry>
241 <entry date="2004-11-19">
242 The Qt GUI front-end for the LinuxSampler engine has been updated: the 4th
243 alpha-release of
244 <link ref="http://qsampler.sourceforge.net">QSampler</link> has been
245 released.
246 </entry>
247 <entry date="2004-11-13">
248 On monday (November, 15th) <link ref="http://cvs.linuxsampler.org">
249 cvs.linuxsampler.org</link> may be temporarily down due to maintenance work
250 around 13:00 UTC.
251 </entry>
252 <entry date="2004-07-06">
253 The third alpha-release of <link ref="http://qsampler.sourceforge.net">
254 QSampler</link>, the Qt GUI front-end for the LinuxSampler engine, is now
255 publicly available.
256 </entry>
257 <entry date="2004-06-05">
258 Added a screenshot to the Screenshots page, instructions how to compile the
259 GUI are on the linked qsampler site.
260 </entry>
261 <entry date="2004-05-31">
262 On wednesday (June, 2nd) <link ref="http://cvs.linuxsampler.org">
263 cvs.linuxsampler.org</link> will be temporarily not available from 6:00 UTC
264 until 16:00 UTC due to construction works.
265 </entry>
266 <entry date="2004-05-24">
267 The CVS repository is now <link ref="http://cvs.linuxsampler.org">
268 browseable</link>.
269 </entry>
270 <entry date="2004-05-03">
271 We are currently in a transition stage due to the recent changes (multi
272 channel / multi engine / multi audio output device and multi MIDI input
273 device support) this also leads to multi problems we have to solve ;-) so
274 meanwhile you can use the old single channel version. We created the two
275 CVS alias tags 'singlechannel' and 'v0_1_0' which you can use to checkout
276 the old single channel version of LinuxSampler. The CVS command line is the
277 same except that you have to add '-r singlechannel'.
278 </entry>
279 <entry date="2004-03-26">
280 CVS root path has changed! See <link ref="downloads.html">downloads</link>
281 section for instructions how to checkout the latest version of LinuxSampler
282 from CVS.
283 </entry>
284 <entry date="2004-03-23">
285 Updated <link ref="features.html">features</link> section on this site,
286 hopefully we will keep the features list in sync with the latest
287 developments from now on.
288 </entry>
289 <entry date="2004-01-07">
290 The document for the network protocol definition is now available in the
291 <link ref="http://www.linuxsampler.org/downloads.html">downloads</link>
292 section. Have a look at it if you can imagine to write a frontend for
293 LinuxSampler!
294 </entry>
295 <entry date="2003-11-08">
296 Added CVS log to this site, showing the latest commits to the LinuxSampler
297 CVS repository.
298 </entry>
299 <entry date="2003-11-02">
300 Lots of news for the Linuxsampler community. We've got a new site, new
301 domain and new code available in CVS. Check the
302 <link ref="http://www.linuxsampler.org/downloads.html">downloads</link>
303 section for instructions. If you want to check it out, please keep in mind
304 that it might contain bugs, it might crash and that it's still lacking tons
305 of features. CVS is directed towards developers who would like to test
306 things and add code. Users should wait for a tarball release.
307 </entry>
308 </news>

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