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1  Version CVS HEAD (?)  Version SVN trunk (?)
2    
3      * general changes:
4        - AbstractEngineChannel: fixed CCs not being forwarded to all
5          VirtualMIDIDevices.
6        - Fix compiler error with release tarball if no Bison installed
7          (SVN version still requires Flex and Bison being installed).
8    
9      * Real-time instrument scripts:
10        - Fix: Do not share compiled instrument scripts among multiple engine
11          channels (sampler parts) as this can lead to crashes and would allow the
12          same global script variables to be accessible from multiple engine
13          channels which would not be the expected behaviour by instrument script
14          authors.
15    
16      * GigaStudio/Gigasampler format engine:
17        - Use libgig's new IO-per-thread feature to avoid file I/O concurrency
18          issues with .gig file.
19        - Use libgig's new method gig::File::GetSample() with method
20          gig::File::CountSamples() instead of now deprecated
21          gig::File::GetFirstSample() / gig::File::GetNextSample() pair.
22        - Use libgig's new method gig::Instrument::GetRegionAt() with method
23          gig::Instrument:CountRegions() instead of now deprecated
24          gig::Instrument::GetFirstRegion() / gig::Instrument::GetNextRegion() pair.
25        - Use libgig's gig::File::GetInstrument() method with method
26          gig::File::CountInstruments() instead of now deprecated
27          gig::File::GetFirstInstrument() / gig::File::GetNextInstrument() pair.
28        - Show a more detailed error message on terminal if an appropriate editor
29          could not be found for a .gig instrument (if there is not any editor then
30          say so, if there is one but not capable to handle the instrument, then
31          make this case clear to the user; in both cases print the expected
32          location for instrument editor plugins).
33    
34      * SFZ format engine:
35        - Fixed wrong velocity of release triggered samples (most hardware
36          keybaords send note-off with velocyity zero, hence the previous note-on
37          velocity should be used for release triggered samples instead).
38    
39      * MIDI driver:
40        - VirtualMidiDevice: added method Reset() which is e.g. intended to be used
41          in "panic" / MIDI "all sound off" / MIDI "all note off" situations.
42        - VirtualMidiDevice: release all notes on MIDI CC #120 and CC #123.
43    
44    Version 2.2.0 (9 May 2021)
45    
46      * general changes:
47        - Fixed compiler error in Pool.h.
48        - Require C++14 compiler support.
49        - Autoconf: Added m4/ax_cxx_compile_stdcxx.m4 macro which is used
50          for checking in configure for C++14 support (as mandatory
51          requirement) and automatically adds compiler argument if required
52          (e.g. -std=C++14).
53        - RTMath: Implemented floating point comparison methods
54          fEqual32(float,float) and fEqual64(double,double) which take the
55          expected floating point tolerances into account.
56        - Added public API C++ class "LFO", which is a cluster class encapsulating
57          all the sampler's LFO implementations to be used by 3rd party applications
58          (e.g. by Gigedit).
59        - Added int math square LFO implementation.
60        - Added int math saw LFO implementation.
61        - Added numeric complex nr sine LFO implementation.
62        - Marked class LFOTriangleDiHarmonic as deprecated
63          (will be removed in future).
64        - Added LFOAll.h which includes all LFO implementation's header files.
65        - Refactored LFO class names and their file names (PulseLFO -> LFOPulse,
66          LFOSawIntMath -> LFOSawIntMathNew, SawLFO -> LFOSawIntMathOld,
67          SineLFO -> LFOSineBuiltinFn, LFOSine -> LFOSineNumericComplexNr,
68          SquareLFO -> LFOSquarePulse and separated the latter to its own header
69          file).
70        - Renamed type LFOSigned -> LFOTriangleSigned.
71        - Renamed type LFOUnsigned -> LFOTriangleUnsigned.
72        - Using now cubic interpolation as resampling algorithm by default; and
73          linear interpolation is deprecated now.
74        - Event:Init(): memset() entire Event::Param union to zero instead of trying
75          to do that for its individual members; the latter became error prone due
76          to the union's growing complexity meanwhile.
77        - EngineChannel: Overhaul of RPN/NRPN related methods: Added new
78          *Rpn*Parameter*() methods as replacement for previous *Rpn*Controller*()
79          methods and marked the old ones as deprecated; and likewise added new
80          *Nrpn*Parameter*() methods as replacement for previous *Nrpn*Controller*()
81          methods and marked those old ones deprecated as well.
82        - Added support for MIDI CC #38 (data entry LSB): this allows higher value
83          resolution for certain (e.g. hard coded) RPN and NRPN parameters.
84        - Implemented support for compressed RPN/NRPN message sequences (that is to
85          allow processing MIDI data entry messages without always having to be
86          preceded strictly by RPN/NRPN parameter selection messages on each value
87          change).
88        - Added support for MIDI CC #96 (data increment) and MIDI CC #97 (data
89          decrement).
90        - Added support for 'null function RPN/NRPN' (which is RPN/NRPN parameter
91          MSB=127 and LSB=127) and which is disabling subsequent data
92          entry/increment/decrement CC messages.
93        - Fixed crash when editing key groups (a.k.a. exclusive groups) with an
94          instrument editor.
95        - Fixed playing noise at the end of a disk stream under certain conditions.
96        - Fixed potential crash with high pitch at end of RAM playback.
97        - Added configure checks whether C++ compiler supports so called
98          'designated initializers'.
99        - Added global backtraceAsString() function for debugging purposes
100          (POSIX systems only, no Windows implementation yet).
101        - Thread class: Added new methods pushCancelable(), popCancelable(), name(),
102          nameOfCaller() and setNameOfCaller().
103        - configure: Always check for availability of pthread_testcancel() and use
104          it if so (previously it was only used if explicitly enabled by configure
105          option).
106        - Thread class: raise compiler warning if pthread_testcancel() is not
107          available, because it can lead to deadlocks.
108        - Mutex class: Implemented optional bug detection and deadlock debugging
109          features.
110        - Ref<> class is now thread safe (as lock-free and wait-free
111          implementation).
112        - Fixed compilation error with Bison >= 3.6.0.
113        - Fixed rare crash when switching between instruments that had instrument
114          scripts loaded.
115        - Allow EffectChain::InsertEffect() as alternative to
116          EffectChain::AppendEffect() (i.e. with index equal to current chain size).
117        - ConstCapacityArray class: Fixed bug in remove() method.
118        - Fixed crash on certain MIDI RPN and NRPN messages that occurred if no
119          real-time instrument script was loaded.
120    
121      * Real-time instrument scripts:
122        - Added method ScriptVM::setExitResultEnabled() which allows to
123          explicitly enable the built-in exit() function to optionally accept
124          one function argument; the value of the passed exit() function
125          argument will then become available by calling
126          VMExecContext::exitResult() after script execution.
127        - 64 bit support for NKSP integer scripts variables (declare $foo).
128        - Variable names, function names and preprocessor condition names must start
129          with a regular character (a-z or A-Z); starting them with a digit or
130          underscore is not allowed.
131        - NKSP parser fix: equal comparison operator "=" and not equal comparison
132          operator "#" must only accept integer operands.
133        - NKSP language: Implemented support for standard units like Hertz, seconds,
134          Bel including support for metric unit prefixes; so one can now e.g.
135          conveniently use numbers in scripts like "5us" meaning "5 microseconds",
136          or e.g. "12kHz" meaning "12 kilo Hertz", or e.g. "-14mdB" meaning
137          "minus 14 Millidecibel", or e.g. "28c" meaning "28 cents" (for tuning).
138        - NKSP language: Introduced "final" operator "!" which is specifically
139          intended for synthesis parameter values to denote that the synthesis
140          parameter value is intended to be the "final" value for that synthesis
141          parameter that should explicitly be used by the engine and thus causing
142          the sampler engine to ignore all other modulation sources for the same
143          synthesis parameter (like e.g. LFO, EG); by simply prefixing a value,
144          variable or formula with this new "!" operator the expression is marked as
145          being "final".
146        - NKSP script editor API: Added support for detecting standard unit tokens
147          and their potential metric prefix token.
148        - NKSP language: Added support for NKSP real number literals and
149          arithmetic operations on them (e.g. "(3.9 + 2.9) / 12.3 - 42.0").
150        - NKSP language: Added support for NKSP real number (floating point) script
151          variables (declare ~foo).
152        - NKSP language: Added support for NKSP real number (floating point) array
153          script variables (declare ?foo[]).
154        - Built-in script function "message()" accepts now real number argument as
155          well.
156        - Added built-in script function "real_to_int()" and its short hand form
157          "int()" for casting from real number to integer in NKSP scripts.
158        - Added built-in script function "int_to_real()" and its short hand form
159          "real()" for casting from integer to real number in NKSP scripts.
160        - Allow built-in exit() function to potentially accept real number type
161          argument as well.
162        - Built-in script functions may have a different return type depending on
163          the arguments passed to the function.
164        - Built-in script function "abs()" optionally accepts and returns real
165          number.
166        - Built-in script functions "min()" and "max()" optionally accept real
167          number arguments and return real number as result in that case.
168        - NKSP VM API: Allow units and 'final'ness to be returned as result from
169          built-in functions (added methods VMFunction::returnUnitType() and
170          VMFunction::returnsFinal() for that purpose which must be implemented by
171          built-in function implementations).
172        - NKSP language: Allow metric unit prefixes of numeric scalar and array
173          variables to be changed freely at runtime (unlike unit types like Hz etc.
174          which are still sticky, parse-time features of variables which cannot be
175          changed at runtime for the intentional sake of determinism).
176        - NKSP language: 'final' values are prohibited for array variables for now
177          (attempt causes a parsers error).
178        - NKSP language: expressions with unit types (e.g. Hz) are prohibited for
179          conditions of runtime control structures like if(), while(), select()
180          (attempt causes a parser error).
181        - NKSP VM API: Allow built-in functions to perform their own, individual
182          parse time checks of arguments going to be passed to the function at
183          runtime (added method VMFunction::checkArgs() for that purpose).
184        - NKSP language: raise parser warning if only one operand of binary
185          operators (like logical 'or' comparison) contain a 'final' value (because
186          it would always yield in a 'final' result in such cases).
187        - NKSP language: Allow comparison (=, #, <, >, <=, >=) of values with
188          different metric unit prefixes, which will behave as expected (e.g.
189          result of expression '1000us < 2ms' is true).
190        - NKSP language: Allow adding values with different metric unit prefixes
191          (e.g. result of expression '100Hz + 5kHz' is '5100Hz').
192        - NKSP language: Allow subtracting values with different metric unit
193          prefixes (e.g. result of expression '1ms - 20us' is '980us').
194        - NKSP language: Allow multiplying with any metric unit prefixes
195          (e.g. result of expression '2k * 3ms' is '6s'), however multiplications
196          with unit types on both sides (e.g. '2s * 2s') is still prohibited since
197          we don't have any considerable practical use for a term like '4s^2'
198          (hence any attempt multiplying two unit types still causes parser error).
199        - NKSP language: Allow dividing by any metric unit prefixes and allow
200          division of same unit type on both sides (e.g. expression '8kHz / 1000Hz'
201          yields in unit free result '8'). So this is now a way to cast units away
202          e.g. for passing the result to other expressions, certain function calls
203          or variables which are not accepting any units (or that specific unit).
204        - NKSP language: integer arrays and real number arrays can now be converted
205          to strings (e.g. for dumping their content with message() calls for
206          script debugging purposes).
207        - NKSP language: expressions and variables with units are now correctly
208          casted to strings (e.g. with message() calls).
209        - NKSP language: comparing real numbers for equalness (e.g. '~foo = 3.1') or
210          unequalness (e.g. '~foo # 3.1') is now less strict and takes the expected
211          floating point tolerances into account.
212        - NKSP VM API: Added methods VMScalarNumberExpr::evalCastInt() and
213          VMScalarNumberExpr::evalCastReal().
214        - NKSP VM API: Added base class 'VMNumberArrayExpr' for classes
215          'VMIntArrayExpr' and 'VMRealArrayExpr'.
216        - NKSP VM API: replaced all unitPrefix() (parse time) methods by
217          unitFactor() (runtime) methods.
218        - Built-in function "exit()" supports now returning units and 'final'ness
219          for test cases.
220        - The following built-in functions support now units as well: "abs()",
221          "random()", "inc()", "dec()", "in_range()", "min()", "max()",
222          "real_to_int()", "int()", "int_to_real()" and "real()".
223        - Built-in functions "array_equal()", "search()" and "sort()" support now
224          real number arrays (correctly) as well.
225        - Added individual parse time checks of arguments to be passed to built-in
226          functions "random()", "inc()", "dec()", "in_range()", "min()", "max()",
227          "array_equal()" and "search()" specific for their individual purposes.
228        - NKSP VM refactoring: Renamed all methods, functions and classes matching
229          pattern *ScalarNumber* to simply *Number* (that is i.e. classes
230          VMScalarNumberExpr -> VMNumberExpr, ScalarNumberExpr -> NumberExpr,
231          ScalarNumberVariable -> NumberVariable, ScalarNumberBinaryOp ->
232          NumberBinaryOp, VMScalarNumberResultFunction -> VMNumberResultFunction,
233          method VMExpr::asScalarNumberExpr() -> VMExpr::asNumber(), function
234          isScalarNumber() -> isNumber()).
235        - NKSP VM API: Added 4 overridden methods to class VMNumberExpr:
236          evalCastInt(MetricPrefix_t), evalCastInt(MetricPrefix_t,MetricPrefix_t),
237          evalCastReal(MetricPrefix_t), evalCastReal(MetricPrefix_t,MetricPrefix_t)
238          as convenient methods for automatically converting values to expected
239          metric value basis.
240        - Built-in function "wait()" accepts now both integers and real numbers as
241          argument.
242        - NKSP VM API cleanup: Get rid of legacy method
243          VMFunction::argType(vmint iArg) which was already superseded by its new
244          replacement VMFunction::acceptsArgType(vmint iArg, ExprType_t type).
245        - NKSP parser: if wrong argument type was passed to a built-in function and
246          that built-in function accepts more than one data type for the argument,
247          then show all supported data types as parser error message.
248        - Built-in function "play_note()" accepts now real numbers and seconds as
249          unit type as well for its 3rd and 4th function arguments.
250        - The following built-in functions accept now real numbers as well for their
251          2nd function argument: "change_vol()", "change_tune()", "change_cutoff()",
252          "change_attack()", "change_decay()", "change_release()",
253          "change_sustain()", "change_cutoff_attack()", "change_cutoff_decay()",
254          "change_cutoff_sustain()", "change_cutoff_release()",
255          "change_amp_lfo_freq()", "change_cutoff_lfo_freq()",
256          "change_pitch_lfo_freq()", "change_vol_time()", "change_tune_time()",
257          "change_pan_time()", "fade_in()", "fade_out()", "change_play_pos()".
258        - Fixed built-in function "change_play_pos()" not having accepted metric
259          prefixes at all.
260        - Fixed the following built-in functions having misinterpreted values given
261          with unit type (for their 2nd argument) as if they were relative values
262          (that is as if they were passed without a unit type): "change_attack()",
263          "change_decay()", "change_release()", "change_cutoff_attack()",
264          "change_cutoff_decay()", "change_cutoff_release()".
265        - Fixed the following built-in functions having applied completely wrong
266          'final' values: "change_sustain()", "change_cutoff_sustain()" (since the
267          respective EGs being their modulation sink assume uint data type with
268          value range 0..1000 instead of 0.0..1.0.
269        - Added individual parse-time checks of function arguments for the following
270          built-in functions: "play_note()", "note_off()", "set_event_mark()",
271          "delete_event_mark()", "by_marks()", "change_cutoff()", "change_attack()",
272          "change_decay()", "change_release()", "change_cutoff_attack()",
273          "change_cutoff_decay()", "change_cutoff_release()",
274          "change_amp_lfo_freq()", "change_cutoff_lfo_freq()",
275          "change_pitch_lfo_freq()", "change_vol_time()", "change_tune_time()" and
276          "change_pan_time()".
277        - Don't abort function call if unit type was used and at the same time
278          'final' operator was omitted for the primary value argument of the
279          following built-in functions: "change_cutoff()", "change_attack()",
280          "change_decay()", "change_release()", "change_cutoff_attack()",
281          "change_cutoff_decay()", "change_cutoff_release()",
282          "change_amp_lfo_freq()", "change_cutoff_lfo_freq()",
283          "change_pitch_lfo_freq()", "change_vol_time()", "change_tune_time()",
284          "change_pan_time()", instead imply 'final'ness at runtime and raise an
285          appropriate parser warning at parse time.
286        - Added built-in real number functions "round()", "ceil()", "floor()",
287          "sqrt()", "log()", "log2()", "log10()", "exp()", "pow()", "sin()",
288          "cos()", "tan()", "asin()", "acos()", "atan()".
289        - Added built-in script real number constant "~NI_MATH_PI".
290        - Added built-in script real number constant "~NI_MATH_E".
291        - NKSP language: Allow unary '+' operator.
292        - Added built-in script functions "msb()" and "lsb()".
293        - NKSP language: Added support for RPN event handler
294          ("on rpn ... end on" in instrument scripts).
295        - NKSP language: Added support for NRPN event handler
296          ("on nrpn ... end on" in instrument scripts).
297        - Added built-in read-only variables "$RPN_ADDRESS" and "$RPN_VALUE" which
298          may be read from the new RPN/NRPN script handlers to get the (N)RPN
299          parameter that had been changed and its new value.
300        - Added built-in const variables "$NI_CB_TYPE_RPN" and "$NI_CB_TYPE_NRPN"
301          which are identifying the new (N)RPN handlers as such at script runtime.
302        - Implemented built-in script function "set_rpn()".
303        - Implemented built-in script function "set_nrpn()".
304        - Fix: built-in functions returning an array type were broken and caused a
305          crash when the built-in function's (supposed to be array) result value was
306          used by the script VM.
307        - Removed upper value constraint for 2nd argument of built-in functions
308          "change_amp_lfo_freq()", "change_cutoff_lfo_freq()",
309          "change_pitch_lfo_freq()","change_reso()", "change_cutoff()",
310          "change_amp_lfo_depth()", "change_cutoff_lfo_depth()" and
311          "change_pitch_lfo_depth()", to allow e.g. passing value 2000000 to double
312          the LFO frequency / resonance / cutoff frequency.
313        - Reduced code involved for parsing NKSP variable declarations by using 2
314          generalized grammar rules with optional components (i.e. optional value
315          assignment and optional variable qualifiers) instead of previous linear
316          combinations of grammar rules, which also fixes some edge case.
317        - NKSP language parser: track code block locations also by a) raw byte
318          position in NKSP source code string and b) length of that code block in
319          bytes (along to the already existing code block tracking by line/column);
320          and added appropriate new members to public C++ API classes like
321          'firstByte' and 'lengthBytes' to class VMSourceToken and struct CodeBlock.
322        - NKSP language: Added support for 'patch' variable qualifier (capture their
323          locations and allow replacement of their assignment expression via VM C++
324          API).
325        - Fixed incorrect EG times if standard measuring unit was passed to built-in
326          functions "change_attack()", "change_decay()" or "change_release()".
327        - Fixed intermediate function result values never having reflected any
328          standard measuring unit type.
329        - Fixed re-entrant issue with function calls which caused wrong result
330          values if the same function was called multiple times in a term
331          (specifically if metric prefixes were used).
332        - NKSP language: Just throw a warning, not an error if an array variable of
333          size zero was declared.
334        - NKSP language: Allow omitting explicit array size on array variable
335          declaration if combined with immediate value assignment
336          (e.g. declare %foo[] := ( 1, 2, 3 ) ).
337        - NKSP language: emit warning if an array variable was declared with bigger
338          array size than amount of initial values been assigned, and initialize the
339          missing array elements with zero in this case.
340        - Fixed built-in NKSP exit() function to behave as return statement.
341        - NKSP parser: Fixed crash if unary '-' operator was used on a non-number
342          data type.
343        - NKSP VM: Fixed the "release" handler being executed too often under
344          certain situations if polyphonic data was passed from "note" handler to
345          "release" handler.
346        - Fixed memory leak in NKSP parser: string tokens were allocated as C
347          strings and never freed.
348        - Fixed incorrect polyphonic data transfer from wrong note handler to
349          release handler; which also fixes no release handler being executed
350          sometimes, and due to the latter it also fixes potential crashes as some
351          polyphonic script events were never released and the engine hence was
352          running out of free script events.
353        - Fixed crash when handling array results of built-in functions
354          (e.g. "num_elements(by_marks($MARK_1)").
355        - NKSP VM: Fixed dead note events not been removed from user's event groups
356          (i.e. causing incorrect behaviour of built-in NKSP functions by_marks()
357          and set_event_mark() after max. size of event group list was exhausted).
358    
359      * test cases:
360        - Fixed compiler errors in test cases.
361        - Updated README for how to compile & run test cases.
362        - Updated test case
363          MutexTest::testDoubleLockStillBlocksConcurrentThread() to latest
364          expected behaviour of the Mutex class implementation (recursive
365          mutex type).
366        - Added test cases for NKSP core language aspects and core built-in
367          functions.
368        - Fixed thread tests segfaulting on Linux.
369        - NKSP: Added real number test cases for built-in functions exit(),
370          int_to_real(), real(), real_to_int() and int(), as well as for the
371          plus, minus and negate language operators.
372        - Added massive amount of NKSP test cases for standard measuring units and
373          'final' operator usage cases.
374        - Added NKSP test cases for (floating point tolerance aware) real number
375          equalness / unequalness comparison.
376        - Added NKSP int array and real array tests for value assignment and
377          initialization of arrays.
378        - Added NKSP test cases for built-in functions "round()", "ceil()",
379          "floor()", "sqrt()", "log()", "log2()", "log10()", "exp()", "pow()",
380          "sin()", "cos()", "tan()", "asin()", "acos()", "atan()".
381        - Added NKSP test cases for unary '+' operator.
382        - Added NKSP test cases for core built-in variables.
383        - Added thorough NKSP test cases for variable declarations.
384    
385      * GigaStudio/Gigasampler format engine:
386        - LFOTriangleIntMath and LFOTriangleIntAbsMath: Fixed FlipPhase=true
387          behaviour for start_level_mid.
388        - Changed LFO start levels: LFO1 and LFO2 both to mid, LFO3 to max. start
389          level (see discussion "GigaStudio LFO compatibility" on mailing list
390          from 2019-09-26 for details).
391        - Changed default wave form for all 3 LFOs to sine (instead of triangle;
392          see discussion "GigaStudio LFO compatibility" on mailing list from
393          2019-09-26 for details).
394        - Format extension: Added support for different LFO wave forms (currently
395          either sine [default], triangle, saw or square).
396        - Format extension: Added support for LFO phase displacement (0°..360°).
397        - Format extension: Added support for flipping LFO polarity on LFO 3
398          (in the original gig format this was only available for LFO 1 and LFO 2).
399        - Format extension: Support for additional filter types:
400          lowpass 1/2/4/6-pole, highpass 1/2/4/6-pole, bandpass 2-pole,
401          bandreject 2-pole.
402        - Fixd potential crash with polynomial interpolator and max. pitch.
403        - If minimum cutoff is defined, remap cutoff controller CC values to really
404          span the entire possible cutoff range (and avoiding a dead controller
405          zone).
406        - Implemented support for loading instrument scripts with 'patch' variables
407          (by patching these script variables with potentially overridden ones by
408          gig Instrument).
409    
410      * SFZ format engine:
411        - Fixed support for regions with loccN/hiccN conditions on more than one
412          MIDI controller.
413        - Fixed internal opcode 'xfin_hivel' falsely being set by user opcode
414          'xfin_lovel' (patch by Christian Czezatke).
415    
416      * Benchmarks:
417        - Fixed benchmarks/triang.cpp falsely having favoured "int math abs"
418          algorithm (since result of 2nd run was not accumulated).
419        - Added benchmark for saw wave (benchmarks/saw.cpp).
420        - Added benchmark for sine wave (benchmarks/sine.cpp).
421        - Added benchmark for square wave (benchmarks/square.cpp).
422        - Increased amount of benchmarks runs by factor 6 to achieve benchmark times
423          which are large enough on modern systems.
424    
425    Version 2.1.1 (27 Jul 2019)
426    
427      * Real-time instrument scripts:
428        - Fixed behavior of built-in NKSP functions change_sustain(),
429          change_cutoff_attack(), change_cutoff_decay(), change_cutoff_sustain()
430          and change_cutoff_release().
431    
432      * general changes:
433        - Only play release trigger samples on sustain pedal up if this behaviour
434          was explicitly requested by the instrument (otherwise only on note-off).
435        - Fixed compiler warnings.
436        - Fixed compilation error when cross-compiling to Mac.
437        - FX Sends: Provide more useful error messages on routing problems
438          (see bug #169).
439        - LSCP doc: Be more clear describing the two distinct approaches
440          of using external vs. internal effects (see bug #169).
441        - "optional" class: Fixed comparison operators.
442    
443      * Gigasampler/GigaStudio format engine:
444        - Format extension: If requested by instrument then don't play release
445          trigger sample on note-off events.
446    
447      * SFZ format engine:
448        - Fixed memory leak when releasing samples
449          (fixes bug #307, patch by Jacek Roszkowski)
450        - Fixed potential crash when a sample is shared by more than one region
451          (fixes bug #308, patch by Jacek Roszkowski).
452        - Opcode 'sample': Added support for built-in sample '*silence'
453          (fixes bug #310, patch by Jacek Roszkowski).
454    
455    Version 2.1.0 (25 Nov 2017)
456    
457      * SFZ format engine:
458        - added support for <global>, <master> and #define (patch by Alby M)
459        - Removed code duplication in SFZ file loading code.
460        - Added support for sfz extension opcode 'script' which may be used to
461          load real-time instrument script file (NKSP script language).
462        - Implemented opcode set_ccN (initial patch by Giovanni Senatore).
463        - Fixed unintended volume fade-in of voices under certain conditions.
464        - sfz parser: allow missing space between header and opcode
465    
466      * Gigasampler/GigaStudio format engine:
467        - Fixed clicks and pumping noise with Lowpass Turbo filter on very low
468          cutoff settings.
469        - Got rid of resembling an ancient GSt misbehavior which did not pitch at
470          all if an up-pitch of more than 40 semi tones was requested (I don't
471          think there is any stock gig sound that requires this behavior to
472          resemble its original sound).
473        - Added support for controlling whether the individual EGADSR stages may
474          be aborted (as LinuxSampler extension to the original GigaStudio 4
475          format).
476    
477      * general changes:
478        - fixed printf type errors (mostly in debug messages)
479        - use unique_ptr instead of auto_ptr when building with C++11
480        - Added RTAVLTree class which is a real-time safe ordered multi-map, thus
481          allowing to sort data efficiently in real-time safe manner.
482        - RTList class: added methods for moving/inserting elements to arbitrary
483          position within a list.
484        - RTList class: added method fromPtr() for creating an Iterator object from
485          a raw element pointer.
486        - Attempt to partly fix resetting engine channels vs. resetting engine, an
487          overall cleanup of the Reset*(), ConnectAudioDevice(),
488          DisconnectAudioDevice() API methods would still be desirable though,
489          because the current situation is still inconsistent and error prone.
490        - Active voices are now internally grouped to "Note" objects, instead of
491          being directly assigned to a keyboard key. This allows more fine graded
492          processing of voices, which is i.e. required for certain instrument
493          script features.
494        - Fix: Release trigger voices were not spawned on sustain pedal up
495          (CC #64) events.
496        - Fix: Release trigger voices can now also distinguish correctly between
497          note-off and sustain pedal up events.
498        - All engines: Increased ramp speed of volume smoother and pan smoother
499          (while slow rate of crossfade smoother is preserved) to allow quick
500          volume and pan changes by instrument scripts for instance.
501        - gig/sf2/sfz: Fixed aftertouch channel pressure events being processed
502          properly and thus were ignored for certain uses.
503        - Added new C++ API method
504          VirtualMidiDevice::SendChannelPressureToSampler().
505        - windows, 32-bit: fixed potential crashes by making sure the stack in
506          sub threads is 16-byte aligned
507        - fixed numerous compiler warnings
508        - Fixed invalid (note-on) event ID being assigned to new Note objects.
509        - Revised fundamental C++ classes "Thread", "Mutex" and "Condition" which
510          fixes potential undefined behavior.
511        - Fixed Note object leak when triggering notes on keys which did not
512          have a valid sample mapped (fixes bug #252).
513        - Fixed compilation errors when compiling with CONFIG_DEVMODE enabled.
514        - linuxsampler binary fix: option --create-instruments-db ignored
515          subsequent optional argument due to glibc's implementation oddity
516          which expects a "=" sign, but no space between them.
517    
518      * packaging changes:
519        - removed unnecessary dependency to libuuid
520          (originated by libgig's usage of it)
521        - Automake: set environment variable GCC_COLORS=auto to allow GCC to
522          auto detect whether it (sh/c)ould output its messages in color.
523        - Debian: Fixed packaging error about invalid "Source-Version"
524          substitution variable.
525        - Debian: Raised Debian compatibility level to Debian 9 "Stretch".
526        - Debian: Added build dependency to libsqlite3-dev for building
527          linuxsampler with instruments DB support.
528    
529      * Real-time instrument scripts:
530        - Implemented scheduler for delayed MIDI events and for suspended scripts.
531        - Built-in script function "wait()": implemented support for function's
532          "duration-us" argument, thus scripts using this function are now
533          correctly resumed after the requested amount of microseconds.
534        - Built-in script function "play_note()": implemented support for
535          function's "duration-us" argument, thus notes triggered with this
536          argument are now correctly released after the requested amount of
537          microseconds.
538        - Fix: script events were not cleared when engine channel was reset,
539          potentially causing undefined behavior.
540        - Fixed crash which happened when trying to reference an undeclared
541          variable.
542        - Built-in script function "play_note()": Added support for passing
543          special value -1 for "duration-us" argument, which will cause the
544          triggered note to be released once the original note was released.
545        - Instrument script classes now exported with the liblinuxsampler C++ API.
546        - Added new API method ScriptVM::syntaxHighlighting() which provides
547          a convenient syntax highlighting backend for external instrument
548          script editor applications.
549        - Added new C++ API class "ScriptVMFactory".
550        - Extended parser issues to provide not only first line and first
551          column, but also last line and last column of issue (thus marking
552          the precise span of the issue within the source code).
553        - Reload script automatically after being modified by an instrument
554          editor.
555        - NKSP language grammar correction: allow empty event handler bodies
556          like "on note end on".
557        - Implemented built-in script function "change_vol()".
558        - Implemented built-in script function "change_tune()".
559        - Implemented built-in script function "change_pan()".
560        - Implemented built-in script function "change_cutoff()".
561        - Implemented built-in script function "change_reso()".
562        - Implemented built-in script function "event_status()".
563        - Added built-in script constants "$EVENT_STATUS_INACTIVE" and
564          "$EVENT_STATUS_NOTE_QUEUE" both for being used as flags for
565          "event_status()" function.
566        - NKSP language: Added support for bitwise operators ".or.", ".and."
567          and ".not.".
568        - NKSP language scanner: Fixed IDs matching to require at least one
569          character (i.e. when matching function names or variable names).
570        - NKSP language scanner: disabled unusued rules.
571        - Fixed behavior of play_note() and note_off() functions which must
572          be distinguished engine internally from "real" MIDI note on/off
573          events in order to avoid misbehaviors like hanging notes.
574        - Implemented built-in script variable "$KSP_TIMER".
575        - Implemented built-in script variable "$NKSP_REAL_TIMER".
576        - Implemented built-in script variable "$NKSP_PERF_TIMER".
577        - Implemented built-in script variable "$ENGINE_UPTIME".
578        - Implemented built-in script function "inc()".
579        - Implemented built-in script function "dec()".
580        - NKSP language fix: division expressions were evaluated too often.
581        - NKSP language fix: string concatenation operator was right
582          associative instead of left (to right).
583        - NKSP language correction: allow empty statements in entire language
584          (i.e. "if end if").
585        - Implemented built-in script function "stop_wait()".
586        - Implemented built-in script variable "$NI_CALLBACK_ID".
587        - Implemented built-in script variable "$NI_CALLBACK_TYPE".
588        - Implemented built-in script variable "$NKSP_IGNORE_WAIT".
589        - Added support for read-only built-in variables (respectively
590          handled by the script parser).
591        - Added built-in script constant "$NI_CB_TYPE_INIT".
592        - Added built-in script constant "$NI_CB_TYPE_NOTE".
593        - Added built-in script constant "$NI_CB_TYPE_RELEASE".
594        - Added built-in script constant "$NI_CB_TYPE_CONTROLLER".
595        - NKSP Language: Added support for user defined script functions.
596        - Implemented built-in script function "change_attack()".
597        - Implemented built-in script function "change_decay()".
598        - Implemented built-in script function "change_release()".
599        - Fixed all change_*() built-in script functions to apply their
600          synthesis parameter changes immediately in case the respective note
601          was triggered at the same time, instead of scheduling the parameter
602          change, especially because it would cause some parameter types's
603          changes either to be ramped (i.e. change_vol()) or other types even
604          to have not effect at all (i.e. change_attack()).
605        - Implemented built-in script function "sh_left()".
606        - Implemented built-in script function "sh_right()".
607        - Implemented built-in script function "min()".
608        - Implemented built-in script function "max()".
609        - NKSP Fix: "init" event handler was not always executed when a script
610          was loaded.
611        - NKSP built-in wait() script function: abort script execution if
612          a negative or zero wait time was passed as argument (since this is
613          a common indication of a bug either of the script or even of the
614          engine, which could lead to RT instability or even worse).
615        - ScriptVM: Implemented automatic suspension of RT safety
616          threatening scripts.
617        - Provide more user friendly error messages on syntax errors.
618        - Fixed NKSP parser warning "Not a statement" when assigning an
619          initializer list to an array variable.
620        - Implemented built-in script array variable "%ALL_EVENTS".
621        - Implemented built-in script function "in_range()".
622        - Implemented built-in script function "change_amp_lfo_depth()".
623        - Implemented built-in script function "change_amp_lfo_freq()".
624        - Implemented built-in script function "change_pitch_lfo_depth()".
625        - Implemented built-in script function "change_pitch_lfo_freq()".
626        - Implemented built-in script function "change_vol_time()".
627        - Implemented built-in script function "change_tune_time()".
628        - Implemented built-in script function "fade_in()".
629        - Implemented built-in script function "fade_out()".
630        - Fixed acceptance of wrong data type of parameters passed to built-in
631          script functions "change_vol()", "change_tune()", "change_pan()",
632          "change_cutoff()", "change_reso()", "change_attack()", "change_decay()",
633          "change_release()", "change_amp_lfo_depth()", "change_amp_lfo_freq()",
634          "change_pitch_lfo_depth()" and "change_pitch_lfo_freq()".
635        - Added built-in script function "get_event_par()" and implemented some
636          of its possible parameter selections.
637        - Added built-in script function "set_event_par()" and implemented some
638          of its possible parameter selections.
639        - Fixed a bunch of scheduler time related bugs.
640        - Fixed polyphonic variables not being reset to zero after usage.
641        - Built-in "ignore_event()" function: argument is now optional, like with
642          built-in function "ignore_controller()".
643        - Implemented built-in script function "change_velo()".
644        - Implemented built-in script function "change_note()".
645        - Adjusted behavior of "change_vol()" and "change_tune()" to a more
646          intuitive behavior if used in combination with "change_vol_time()" or
647          "change_tune_time()" respectively: now tuning/volume changes are only
648          assigned (without delay) immediately to a new note if the respective
649          timing function has not been called before, otherwise the volume/tuning
650          changes are automatically faded (before, only the event's time stamp was
651          relevant).
652         - Implemented built-in script function "array_equal()".
653         - Implemented built-in script function "search()".
654         - Implemented built-in script function "sort()".
655         - NKSP Fix: Never suspend "init" event handlers.
656         - Implemented built-in script function "same_region()" (currently only
657           available for gig format engine).
658         - Added built-in script constant "$NKSP_LINEAR".
659         - Added built-in script constant "$NKSP_EASE_IN_EASE_OUT".
660         - Implemented built-in script function "change_vol_curve()".
661         - Implemented built-in script function "change_tune_curve()".
662         - built-in "play_note()" function now supports a sample playback start
663           offset with argument 3, where special value -1 means to use the regular
664           sample offset as defined by the instrument file.
665         - Built-in array variable %KEY_DOWN[] is now a read-only variable.
666         - Built-in variable $EVENT_NOTE is now a read-only variable.
667         - Built-in variable $EVENT_VELOCITY is now a read-only variable.
668         - built-in "play_note()" function now accepts -2 for its fourth argument
669           (note duration) which means the life time of the note shall be sticked
670           to the requested note number of argument 1.
671         - Fix: built-in "play_note()" function now returns 0 as result value if
672           -1 was passed for its fourth argument (note duration) and the respective
673           parent note is already gone.
674        - Implemented built-in script function "change_play_pos()".
675        - NKSP language: Added support for user declared const array variables.
676        - NKSP language: Raise parser warning if array variable is accessed with
677          an index that exceeds the array's size.
678        - NKSP language fix: Unknown characters were not handled correctly.
679        - NKSP language: Added support for "synchronized .. end synchronized"
680          code blocks.
681        - Implemented built-in script function "abort()" which allows to abort
682          another script handler by passing its callback ID.
683        - Fixed potential memory access bug and potential undefined behavior of
684          "init" event handlers.
685        - Print a time stamp along to each call of built-in function "message()".
686        - ScriptVM API: Added VMParserContext::preprocessorComments() which allows
687          to retrieve all code blocks filtered out by the preprocessor.
688        - Added built-in script function "fork()".
689        - Added built-in array variable %NKSP_CALLBACK_CHILD_ID[].
690        - Added built-in variable $NKSP_CALLBACK_PARENT_ID.
691        - Fixed potential crash when accessing dynamic built-in array variables.
692        - Added built-in script function "callback_status()".
693        - Added built-in constant $CALLBACK_STATUS_TERMINATED.
694        - Added built-in constant $CALLBACK_STATUS_QUEUE.
695        - Added built-in constant $CALLBACK_STATUS_RUNNING.
696        - Removed max. value limitation of built-in functions "change_attack()",
697          "change_decay()" and "change_release()" to i.e. allow passing 2000000
698          for doubling the respective time.
699        - NKSP script editor syntax highlighting API: Fixed app termination due
700          to a lexer start condition stack underrun.
701        - NKSP preprocessor: Fixed wrong behavior on nested USE_CODE_IF() and
702          USE_CODE_IF_NOT() preprocessor statements.
703        - NKSP: Added built-in preprocessor condition NKSP_NO_MESSAGE, which
704          can be set to disable all subsequent built-in "message()" function calls
705          on preprocessor level.
706        - Implemented built-in script function "change_sustain()".
707        - NKSP script editor syntax highlighting API: catch all fatal lexer errors,
708          to avoid the editor app to crash on ill-formed text input.
709        - Added built-in script function "change_pan_time()".
710        - Added built-in script function "change_pan_curve()".
711        - Added built-in script function "change_cutoff_attack()".
712        - Added built-in script function "change_cutoff_decay()".
713        - Added built-in script function "change_cutoff_sustain()".
714        - Added built-in script function "change_cutoff_release()".
715        - Added built-in script function "change_cutoff_lfo_depth()".
716        - Added built-in script function "change_cutoff_lfo_freq()".
717    
718      * Instruments DB:
719        - Fixed memory access bug of general DB access code which lead to
720          undefined behavior.
721        - Cleanup of instruments DB file creation and opening code.
722        - The instrument DB path of linuxsampler's --create-instruments-db argument
723          is now optional, if it is missing, then a default location is used.
724        - Added support for scanning SFZ (.sfz) files.
725        - Added support for scanning Sound Font (.sf2) files.
726        - Fixed undefined DB transaction behavior.
727    
728    Version 2.0.0 (15 July 2015)
729    
730      * packaging changes:
731        - fixed building with newer MinGW-w64
732        - Mac OS X: support the new dir for Core Audio SDK
733        - Mac OS X: fixed building outside source directory
734        - made sure all source files for hostplugins are included when
735          doing "make dist"
736        - removed empty directories left from the cvs to svn migration
737        - fixed compilation with gcc 4.6.1
738        - another "make dist" fix, for the LV2 plugin
739        - made --enable-pthread-testcancel default on Mac OS X
740        - minor Makefile fix for building lscpparser when build and source
741          directories are separate
742        - Mac OS X: made it possible to specify plugin installation dir to
743          configure
744        - Mac OS X: Makefile fix for the install-strip target
745        - fixed compilation with gcc 4.7
746        - fixed configure script error with old autoconf versions
747        - lsatomic.h: use gcc provided atomic functions if building with
748          gcc 4.7 and C++11
749        - modernized configure script
750        - fixed linkage error when building with
751          LDFLAGS="-Wl,--no-undefined" (#190)
752        - fixed compilation with Clang 3.2
753        - removed usage of deprecated Automake variable INCLUDES
754        - fixed building with C++11
755        - build fix: ChangeFlagRelaxed.h was missing in makefile
756        - build fix: libsndfile compiler flags were missing in some
757          makefiles
758        - fix for building with bison 3.0 (#202)
759        - Mac OS X: added temporary hack allowing to spawn gigedit as callback
760          on the process's main thread
761        - fixed build error on newer MinGW
762        - support building with older jack versions
763        - support building with spaces in vst sdk path
764        - enabled automake 'subdir-objects' option and moved external
765          source references (vst, au, asio) from makefiles to cpp files,
766          in order to get rid of warnings from automake 1.14
767    
768      * general changes:
769        - Refactoring: moved the independent code from
770          the Gigasampler format engine to base classes
771        - command line option '--profile' is currently disabled, since the
772          respective profiling code is currently broken
773        - Introduced support for optional environment variable
774          "LINUXSAMPLER_PLUGIN_DIR" which allows to override the directory
775          where the sampler shall look for instrument editor plugins
776          (patch by Luis Garrido, slightly modified).
777        - implemented Roland GS NRPN 1ArrH which allows to set volume per note
778        - implemented Roland GS NRPN 1CrrH which allows to set pan per note
779        - implemented Roland GS NRPN 1DrrH which allows to set reverb send per
780          note (in this implementation of the sampler its simply hard routed to
781          the 1st effect send of the sampler channel, no matter what the actual
782          effect type is)
783        - implemented Roland GS NRPN 1ErrH which allows to set chorus send per
784          note (in this implementation of the sampler its simply hard routed to
785          the 2nd effect send of the sampler channel, no matter what the actual
786          effect type is)
787        - implemented support for internal LADSPA effects
788        - raised limit of program change queue from 100 to 512
789          (as suggested by Alex Stone)
790        - implemented sine LFO, pulse LFO and saw LFO
791        - experimental support for per voice equalization
792        - added command line option --exec-after-init
793        - Introduced new C++ API method:
794          EngineChannel::InstrumentFileName(int index)
795          allowing to retrieve the whole list of files used for the loaded
796          instrument on an engine channel (a.k.a. part). Some GigaStudio
797          instruments for example are splitted over several files like
798          "Foo.gig", "Foo.gx01", "Foo.gx02", ...
799        - Added new C++ API method Sampler::GetGlobalMaxVoices().
800        - Added new C++ API method Sampler::GetGlobalMaxStreams().
801        - Added new C++ API method Sampler::SetGlobalMaxVoices().
802        - Added new C++ API method Sampler::SetGlobalMaxStreams().
803        - Various "const" and "restrict" optimizations.
804        - all engines: add pan CC value to instrument pan parameter before
805          applying panning, instead of using two separate pan functions in
806          series (#182)
807        - added a lock guard class for exception safe mutex handling and
808          used it everywhere appropriate
809        - Immediately apply scale tuning changes to active voices.
810        - Exposed scale tuning to C++ API (along to the already existing standard
811          SysEx way).
812        - lsatomic.h fixes: seq_cst load and store were suboptimal for x86
813          and broken for ppc64. (Seq_cst loads and stores are actually not
814          used in LS, so the bug wasn't noticable.)
815        - lsatomic.h: added ARMv7 support
816        - Added support for multiple MIDI input ports per sampler channel (and
817          added various new C++ methods for this new feature / design change, old
818          C++ API methods for managing SamplerChannel's MIDI inputs are now marked
819          as deprecated but are still there and should provide full behavior
820          backward compatibility).
821        - AbstractEngine::GSChecksum(): don't allocate memory on the stack (was
822          unsafe and caused compilation error with clang 2.x).
823        - Bugfix: only process the latest MIDI program change event.
824        - Introducing the LSCP shell, which provides convenient control of the
825          sampler from the command line by providing LSCP aware features.
826        - VirtualMidiDevice: Added support for program change.
827        - VirtualMidiDevice: Added support for bank select (MSB & LSB).
828        - VirtualMidiDevice: Added support for pitch bend.
829        - Aftertouch: extended API to explicitly handle channel pressure and
830          polyphonic key pressure events (so far polyphonic pressure was not
831          supported at all, and channel pressure was rerouted as CC128 but not
832          used so far).
833        - Added initial support for real-time instrument scripts. The script VM
834          code is shared by all sampler engine implemementations, however only the
835          gig file format currently provides support for storing instrument scripts
836          (as LinuxSampler extension to the original GigaStudio 4 format).
837    
838      * Gigasampler format engine:
839        - implemented the "round robin keyboard" dimension
840        - fixed round robin and random dimensions for cases when number of
841          dimension zones is not a power of two
842        - made round robin use a counter for each region instead of each
843          key
844        - bugfix: pitch LFO controller "internal+aftertouch" was broken
845        - bugfix: filter keyboard tracking was broken
846        - filter performance fix (an unnecessary copy was made of the
847          filter parameters in each sub fragment)
848        - handle special case when pan parameter in gig file has max or
849          min value
850        - Exclusive Groups: don't ever stop voices of the same note,
851          doesn't sound naturally with a drumkit
852        - fixed EG1 modulation when attack or release is zero
853        - Fixed support for 'aftertouch' attenuation controller.
854        - Fixed crash that happened with velocity split sounds under certain
855          conditions (see also previous commit on libgig).
856        - fixed behaviour of filter LFO
857    
858      * SFZ format engine:
859        - Initial implementation (not usable yet)
860        - added support for v2 multiple stage envelope generators
861        - added a fine-tuned v1 envelope generator instead of using the
862          one from the gig engine
863        - fixed memory leak and memory handling errors
864        - added support for trigger=first, trigger=legato and sw_previous
865        - allow non-numerical key values ("C#4" for example)
866        - "key" opcode now sets pitch_keycenter too
867        - fixed error when unloading instrument with same sample used by
868          multiple regions
869        - added some opcode aliases, like loopmode for loop_mode, to be
870          more compatible
871        - added support for trigger=release and rt_decay
872        - added support for off_mode=normal
873        - added support for random, seq_position, seq_length and volume
874        - added v1 LFO opcodes to parser (no support in engine yet)
875        - added support for amp_veltrack and amp_velcurve_N
876        - fine-tuned the default velocity curve
877        - added support for transpose
878        - fixed crash when using sw_down/up
879        - improved logic for sw_lokey/hikey/up/down/last
880        - added more v1 aliases to parser
881        - reduced memory usage for sfz data
882        - RT-safeness: avoid malloc in audio thread
883        - fixed a bug that could cause voice stealing to fail
884        - optimized sample lookup
885        - improved support for exclusive groups (group, off_by and
886          off_mode)
887        - added support for controller triggered regions (on_locc/on_hicc)
888        - added support for loop_mode=one_shot
889        - fixed playback of 16 bit wav files on big endian CPUs
890        - added support for Ogg Vorbis sample files
891        - use loop markers from sample file if loop_start and loop_end are
892          not set in sfz file
893        - implemeted filters. Filter types: lowpass, bandpass, bandreject
894          and highpass. 1, 2, 4 and 6 pole filters. Opcodes: fil_type,
895          cutoff, resonance, fil_veltrack, fil_keytrack, fil_keycenter,
896          cutoff_cc, cutoff_chanaft.
897        - bugfix: zero ampeg_sustain didn't work
898        - added support for velocity effect on amplifier envelope time
899          (ampeg_vel2attack, ampeg_vel2decay, ampeg_vel2sustain and
900          ampeg_vel2release)
901        - added support for EG hold (ampeg_hold)
902        - added support for sample offset (offset)
903        - use the newly introduced signal units model
904        - implemented opcodes lfoN_delay,
905          lfoN_freq, lfoN_pan, lfoN_cutoff, lfoN_resonance
906        - implemented opcodes ampeg_delay, ampeg_vel2delay
907          pitcheg_delay, pitcheg_start, pitcheg_attack, pitcheg_hold,
908          pitcheg_decay, pitcheg_sustain, pitcheg_release, pitcheg_vel2delay,
909          pitcheg_vel2attack, pitcheg_vel2hold, pitcheg_vel2decay,
910          pitcheg_vel2sustain, pitcheg_vel2release, pitcheg_depth
911        - implemented opcodes pitchlfo_delay, pitchlfo_freq,
912          pitchlfo_depth, fillfo_delay, fillfo_freq, fillfo_depth,
913          amplfo_delay, amplfo_freq, amplfo_depth
914        - implemented opcodes fileg_delay, fileg_start, fileg_attack,
915          fileg_hold, fileg_decay, fileg_sustain, fileg_release, fileg_vel2delay,
916          fileg_vel2attack, fileg_vel2hold, fileg_vel2decay, fileg_vel2sustain,
917          fileg_vel2release
918        - implemented opcode lfoN_wave
919        - implemented opcode pitchlfo_depthccN
920        - implemented opcodes lfoN_phase, lfoN_phase_onccX,
921          lfoN_pitch, lfoN_pitch_onccX
922        - implemented opcodes pitchlfo_fade,
923          fillfo_fade, amplfo_fade, lfoN_fade, lfoN_fade_onccX
924        - implemented opcodes fillfo_freqccN,
925          pitchlfo_freqccN, amplfo_freqccN, lfoN_freq_onccX
926        - implemented opcodes ampeg_delayccN, ampeg_startccN,
927          ampeg_attackccN, ampeg_holdccN, ampeg_decayccN, ampeg_sustainccN,
928          ampeg_releaseccN, egN_timeX_onccY, egN_levelX_onccY
929        - lfoN_* and egN_* opcodes defined in group sections
930          are now taken into account
931        - implemented curves
932        - implemented opcodes volume_onccN, volume_curveccN
933        - implemented opcode volume_smoothccN
934        - implemented opcodes fillfo_depthccN, amplfo_depthccN,
935          lfoN_volume, lfoN_volume_onccX, lfoN_volume_smoothccX,
936          lfoN_freq_smoothccX, lfoN_pitch_smoothccX, lfoN_pan_onccX,
937          lfoN_pan_smoothccX, lfoN_cutoff_onccX, lfoN_cutoff_smoothccX,
938          lfoN_resonance_onccX, lfoN_resonance_smoothccX, lfoN_delay_onccX
939        - implemented opcode end
940        - implemented opcodes egN_amplitude_onccX,
941          egN_volume, egN_volume_onccX, egN_cutoff, egN_cutoff_onccX,
942          egN_pitch, egN_pitch_onccX, egN_resonance, egN_resonance_onccX
943        - implemented opcodes xfin_lokey, xfin_hikey,
944          xfout_lokey, xfout_hikey, xf_keycurve, xfin_lovel, xfin_hivel,
945          xfout_lovel, xfout_hivel, xf_velcurve, xfin_loccN, xfin_hiccN,
946          xfout_loccN, xfout_hiccN, xf_cccurve
947        - implemented opcodes pan_onccN, pan_smoothccN,
948          pan_curveccN, egN_pan, egN_pan_curve, egN_pan_onccX,
949          egN_pan_curveccX, pitch_veltrack
950        - when failed to parse a sfz file
951          print the line number on which the error occurs
952        - use common pool of CC objects to minimize RAM usage
953        - implemented opcodes amplfo_delay_onccN,
954          amplfo_fade_onccN, fillfo_delay_onccN, fillfo_fade_onccN,
955          pitchlfo_delay_onccN, pitchlfo_fade_onccN
956        - implemented opcodes fileg_delay_onccN,
957          fileg_start_onccN, fileg_attack_onccN, fileg_hold_onccN,
958          fileg_decay_onccN, fileg_sustain_onccN, fileg_release_onccN,
959          fileg_depth_onccN, pitcheg_delay_onccN, pitcheg_start_onccN,
960          pitcheg_attack_onccN, pitcheg_hold_onccN, pitcheg_decay_onccN,
961          pitcheg_sustain_onccN, pitcheg_release_onccN, pitcheg_depth_onccN
962        - implemented automatic aliasing *ccN <-> *_onccN
963        - *lfo_freqccN wasn't working when the respective *lfo_freq
964          was not set or was set to zero
965        - lfoN_freq_onccX wasn't working when lfoN_freq
966          was not set or was set to zero
967        - implemented opcodes resonance_onccN, resonance_smoothccN,
968          resonance_curveccN, cutoff_smoothccN, cutoff_curveccN
969        - implemented opcodes fillfo_depthchanaft,
970          fillfo_freqchanaft, amplfo_depthchanaft, amplfo_freqchanaft,
971          pitchlfo_depthchanaft, pitchlfo_freqchanaft
972        - implemented opcodes pitch_onccN,
973          pitch_curveccN, pitch_smoothccN, pitch_stepccN
974        - implemented opcodes volume_stepccN, pan_stepccN,
975          cutoff_stepccN, resonance_stepccN, lfoN_freq_stepccX,
976          lfoN_volume_stepccX, lfoN_pitch_stepccX, lfoN_pan_stepccX,
977          lfoN_cutoff_stepccX, lfoN_resonance_stepccX
978        - implemented opcodes eq1_freq, eq2_freq, eq3_freq,
979          eq1_freqccN, eq2_freqccN, eq3_freqccN, eq1_bw, eq2_bw, eq3_bw,
980          eq1_bwccN, eq2_bwccN, eq3_bwccN, eq1_gain, eq2_gain, eq3_gain,
981          eq1_gainccN, eq2_gainccN, eq3_gainccN
982        - implemented opcodes delay, delay_onccN, delay_random,
983          delay_samples, delay_samples_onccN
984        - implemented opcodes egN_eq1gain, egN_eq2gain, egN_eq3gain,
985          egN_eq1gain_onccX, egN_eq2gain_onccX, egN_eq3gain_onccX, egN_eq1freq,
986          egN_eq2freq, egN_eq3freq, egN_eq1freq_onccX, egN_eq2freq_onccX,
987          egN_eq3freq_onccX, egN_eq1bw, egN_eq2bw, egN_eq3bw, egN_eq1bw_onccX,
988          egN_eq2bw_onccX, egN_eq3bw_onccX, lfoN_eq1gain, lfoN_eq2gain,
989          lfoN_eq3gain, lfoN_eq1gain_onccX, lfoN_eq2gain_onccX, lfoN_eq3gain_onccX,
990          lfoN_eq1gain_smoothccX, lfoN_eq2gain_smoothccX, lfoN_eq3gain_smoothccX,
991          lfoN_eq1gain_stepccX, lfoN_eq2gain_stepccX, lfoN_eq3gain_stepccX,
992          lfoN_eq1freq, lfoN_eq2freq, lfoN_eq3freq, lfoN_eq1freq_onccX,
993          lfoN_eq2freq_onccX, lfoN_eq3freq_onccX, lfoN_eq1freq_smoothccX,
994          lfoN_eq2freq_smoothccX, lfoN_eq3freq_smoothccX, lfoN_eq1freq_stepccX,
995          lfoN_eq2freq_stepccX, lfoN_eq3freq_stepccX, lfoN_eq1bw, lfoN_eq2bw,
996          lfoN_eq3bw, lfoN_eq1bw_onccX, lfoN_eq2bw_onccX, lfoN_eq3bw_onccX,
997          lfoN_eq1bw_smoothccX, lfoN_eq2bw_smoothccX, lfoN_eq3bw_smoothccX,
998          lfoN_eq1bw_stepccX, lfoN_eq2bw_stepccX, lfoN_eq3bw_stepccX
999        - implemented opcodes eq1_vel2freq, eq2_vel2freq,
1000          eq3_vel2freq, eq1_vel2gain, eq2_vel2gain, eq3_vel2gain
1001        - sfz parser: allow double spaces in sample filenames
1002        - sfz parser: allow absolute paths for sample filenames
1003        - use linear decay and release for filter and pitch EG
1004        - bugfix: only the first amp_veltrack definition in a file was
1005          used
1006        - bugfix: looping was disabled if loop_start was set to 0
1007        - allow regions with end=-1 to turn off other regions using the
1008          group and off_by opcodes (#168)
1009        - made end=0 play the whole sample
1010        - fixed support for lochan and hichan opcodes (#155)
1011        - fixed crash when using lochan/hichan opcodes (#187)
1012        - sfz parser: allow -200 to 200 for pan_oncc opcode (#182)
1013        - added FLAC support (#191)
1014        - sfz parser bugfix: lines starting with whitespace were ignored
1015        - added amplitude opcode
1016        - added support for "#include" instruction
1017          (modified patch which was originally posted by Sergey on LS mailing list)
1018        - bugfix: generation of velocity curves etc should not be done
1019          after each "#include", only after the main file is parsed
1020        - bugfix: line numbers in error messages were wrong after "#include"
1021        - added support for float and 32 bit sample files
1022    
1023      * SoundFont format engine:
1024        - Initial implementation (not usable yet)
1025        - RT-safeness: avoid malloc in audio thread
1026        - fixed a bug that could cause voice stealing to fail
1027        - fine-tuned amplitude EG (by switching from gig to sfz EG)
1028        - initial implementation of Vibrato LFO and Modulation LFO
1029        - initial implementation of cutoff filter
1030        - use linear decay and release for filter and pitch EG
1031    
1032      * Host plugins (VST, AU, LV2, DSSI):
1033        - AU bugfix: failed to destroy its audio/MIDI devices
1034        - Listen to all interfaces on Mac OS X (INADDR_ANY)
1035        - VST bugfix: If the host called resume() before and after
1036          changing sample rate or block size, the number of channels was
1037          incorrectly set to two. This caused silence in Cubase 5.
1038        - save engine type (gig, sfz or sf2) in plugin state
1039        - VST: when opening Fantasia, look for both 32 and 64 bit Java on
1040          64 bit Windows
1041        - AU: changed number of output channels from one stereo to 16
1042          stereo
1043        - VST: made it possible to build the VST plugin for Mac
1044        - AU: link AU plugin dynamically if --disable-shared isn't
1045          specified
1046        - LV2 "state" extension support (patch by David Robillard)
1047        - VST bugfix: instrument loading hang and crashed the host when
1048          the plugin was loaded a second time (#174)
1049        - plugin bugfix: instrument loading hang when the plugin was
1050          loaded a second time (this time it's for Linux and Mac, previous
1051          similar fix was for Windows)
1052        - thread safety fixes for the instrument loading thread
1053        - LV2: use the new lv2 package if present
1054        - VST: try to open Fantasia automatically on Linux and Mac too (on
1055          Linux, the Fantasia jar should be placed in <prefix>/share/java)
1056        - VST: fixed crashes on Linux Ardour and EnergyXT
1057        - DSSI bugfix: it wasn't possible to change engine type. The MIDI
1058          port and audio channel routing for DSSI plugins are now visible.
1059        - LV2: use urid and atom extensions instead of deprecated uri-map
1060          and event
1061        - LV2: lv2 package 1.0 is now required to build the LV2 plugin
1062        - LV2: changed number of output channels to 16 stereo, just like
1063          the VST and AU plugins
1064        - LV2: fixed save/restore of SFZ state (patch by David Robillard)
1065        - LV2: made LV2 plugin buildable on Windows and Mac
1066        - VST: implemented retrieval and switching of programs using the
1067          sampler's internal MIDI instrument mapping system
1068    
1069      * Instrument editor interface:
1070        - Changed instrument editor plugin interface, providing additional
1071          informations like the EngineChannel for which the instrument editor was
1072          spawned for. This allows the instrument editors to interact more actively
1073          with the sampler.
1074    
1075      * MIDI driver:
1076        - ALSA MIDI driver supports now "NAME" device parameter, for overriding
1077          the ALSA sequencer client name
1078        - removed limit of maximum amount of MIDI ports per MIDI device, since
1079          there is no reason for this limit
1080        - MME: fixed memory handling bug found with cppcheck
1081        - MME: removed compiler warning
1082        - CoreMIDI: implemented driver specific port parameter "CORE_MIDI_BINDINGS",
1083          which allows to retrieve the list of CoreMIDI clients / ports and to connect
1084          to them a la JACK, via the usual sampler APIs
1085        - CoreMIDI: added driver specific port parameter "AUTO_BIND", if enabled
1086          the driver will automatically connect to other CoreMIDI clients' ports
1087          (e.g. external MIDI devices being attached to the Mac)
1088        - added support for MIDI note on velocity filter
1089        - CoreMIDI: fixed memory deallocation error
1090        - Fixed variable underflow in VirtualMidiDevice, which caused graphical
1091          virtual keyboards in frontends / instrument editors being stuck.
1092        - Bugfix in VirtualMidiDevice: process note on with velocity 0 as note off.
1093        - Implemented missing handling of MIDI "running status".
1094        - CoreMIDI fix: a MIDIPacket can contain more than one event per packet.
1095        - MME bugfix: driver wasn't closed properly
1096        - CoreMIDI: automatically connect to all input sources by default (driver
1097          parameter "AUTO_BIND").
1098        - CoreMIDI: fixed auto bind feature to CoreMIDI ports that go online
1099        - CoreMIDI: fixed minor memory leak
1100    
1101      * audio driver:
1102        - ASIO driver fixes for newer gcc versions (fix from PortAudio)
1103        - JACK audio: react on sample rate changes.
1104        - JACK audio: react on buffer size changes.
1105        - JACK audio: jack_port_get_buffer() was cached and called outside
1106          RT context.
1107        - ASIO driver: removed compiler warnings
1108        - CoreAudio: fixed minor error handling bug
1109        - ASIO driver: be more verbose when no ASIO card could be found (fixes #203)
1110        - JACK audio: return the JACK server's current sample rate as default value
1111          for audio device parameter "SAMPLERATE" (fixes #166).
1112    
1113      * LSCP server:
1114        - added support for sending MIDI CC messages via LSCP command
1115          "SEND CHANNEL MIDI_DATA CC <sampler-chan> <ctrl> <val>"
1116        - added LSCP command "GET AVAILABLE_EFFECTS"
1117        - added LSCP command "LIST AVAILABLE_EFFECTS"
1118        - added LSCP command "GET EFFECT INFO <effect-index>"
1119        - added LSCP command "CREATE EFFECT_INSTANCE <effect-index>"
1120        - added LSCP command
1121          "CREATE EFFECT_INSTANCE <effect-system> <module> <effect-name>"
1122        - added LSCP command "DESTROY EFFECT_INSTANCE <effect-instance>"
1123        - added LSCP command "GET EFFECT_INSTANCES"
1124        - added LSCP command "LIST EFFECT_INSTANCES"
1125        - added LSCP command "GET EFFECT_INSTANCE INFO <effect-instance>"
1126        - added LSCP command
1127          "GET EFFECT_INSTANCE_INPUT_CONTROL INFO <effect-instance> <input-control>"
1128        - added LSCP command "SET EFFECT_INSTANCE_INPUT_CONTROL VALUE
1129          <effect-instance> <input-control> <value>"
1130        - added LSCP command "GET SEND_EFFECT_CHAINS <audio-device>"
1131        - added LSCP command "LIST SEND_EFFECT_CHAINS <audio-device>"
1132        - added LSCP command "ADD SEND_EFFECT_CHAIN <audio-device>"
1133        - added LSCP command
1134          "REMOVE SEND_EFFECT_CHAIN <audio-device> <effect-chain>"
1135        - added LSCP command
1136          "GET SEND_EFFECT_CHAIN INFO <audio-device> <effect-chain>"
1137        - added LSCP command "APPEND SEND_EFFECT_CHAIN EFFECT <audio-device>
1138          <effect-chain> <effect-instance>"
1139        - added LSCP command "INSERT SEND_EFFECT_CHAIN EFFECT <audio-device>
1140          <effect-chain> <effect-chain-pos> <effect-instance>"
1141        - added LSCP command "REMOVE SEND_EFFECT_CHAIN EFFECT <audio-device>
1142          <effect-chain> <chain-pos>"
1143        - added LSCP command "SET FX_SEND EFFECT <sampler_channel>
1144          <fx_send_id> <effect_chain> <chain_pos>"
1145        - added LSCP command "REMOVE FX_SEND EFFECT <sampler_channel> <fx_send_id>"
1146        - added LSCP commands "SUBSCRIBE EFFECT_INSTANCE_COUNT",
1147          "SUBSCRIBE EFFECT_INSTANCE_INFO", "SUBSCRIBE SEND_EFFECT_CHAIN_COUNT",
1148          "SUBSCRIBE SEND_EFFECT_CHAIN_INFO"
1149        - provide comprehensive error messages on LSCP syntax errors
1150          (suggesting expected next non-terminal symbols)
1151        - Fixed client connection not being closed after network errors.
1152    
1153      * LSCP shell:
1154        - Added support for auto correction of obvious and trivial syntax mistakes.
1155        - Added support for auto completion by tab key.
1156        - Show currently available auto completion while typing.
1157        - Added support for browsing command history with up / down keys.
1158        - Show all possible next symbols immediately right to the current command
1159          line while typing (no double tab required for this feature, as it would
1160          be the case in other shells).
1161        - Added support for moving cursor left/right with arrow keys.
1162        - Added support for built-in LSCP reference documentation, which will
1163          automatically show the relevant LSCP reference section on screen as soon
1164          as one specific LSCP command was detected while typing on the command
1165          line.
1166    
1167      * Real-time instrument scripts:
1168        - Implemented built-in script array variable %CC.
1169        - Implemented built-in script int variable $CC_NUM.
1170        - Implemented built-in script int variable $EVENT_NOTE.
1171        - Implemented built-in script int variable $EVENT_VELOCITY.
1172        - Implemented built-in script constant variable $VCC_MONO_AT.
1173        - Implemented built-in script constant variable $VCC_PITCH_BEND.
1174        - Implemented execution of script event handler "init".
1175        - Implemented execution of script event handler "controller".
1176        - Implemented execution of script event handler "note".
1177        - Implemented execution of script event handler "release".
1178        - Implemented built-in script function "play_note()" (only two of the
1179          max. four function arguments are currently implemented yet though).
1180        - Implemented built-in script int variable $EVENT_ID.
1181        - Implemented built-in script function "ignore_event()"
1182        - Implemented built-in script function "ignore_controller()" (may have one
1183          or no argument).
1184        - Implemented built-in script function "set_controller()".
1185        - Added extended script VM for the Gigasampler/GigaStudio format sampler
1186          engine, which extends the general instrument script VM with Giga format
1187          specific variables and functions.
1188        - Giga format scripts: added built-in script int constant variables
1189          $GIG_DIM_CHANNEL, $GIG_DIM_LAYER, $GIG_DIM_VELOCITY, $GIG_DIM_AFTERTOUCH,
1190          $GIG_DIM_RELEASE, $GIG_DIM_KEYBOARD, $GIG_DIM_ROUNDROBIN, $GIG_DIM_RANDOM,
1191          $GIG_DIM_SMARTMIDI, $GIG_DIM_ROUNDROBINKEY, $GIG_DIM_MODWHEEL,
1192          $GIG_DIM_BREATH, $GIG_DIM_FOOT, $GIG_DIM_PORTAMENTOTIME, $GIG_DIM_EFFECT1,
1193          $GIG_DIM_EFFECT2, $GIG_DIM_GENPURPOSE1, $GIG_DIM_GENPURPOSE2,
1194          $GIG_DIM_GENPURPOSE3, $GIG_DIM_GENPURPOSE4, $GIG_DIM_SUSTAIN,
1195          $GIG_DIM_PORTAMENTO, $GIG_DIM_SOSTENUTO, $GIG_DIM_SOFT,
1196          $GIG_DIM_GENPURPOSE5, $GIG_DIM_GENPURPOSE6, $GIG_DIM_GENPURPOSE7,
1197          $GIG_DIM_GENPURPOSE8, $GIG_DIM_EFFECT1DEPTH, $GIG_DIM_EFFECT2DEPTH,
1198          $GIG_DIM_EFFECT3DEPTH, $GIG_DIM_EFFECT4DEPTH, $GIG_DIM_EFFECT5DEPTH.
1199        - Giga format scripts: Implemented built-in script function
1200          "gig_set_dim_zone(event_id, dimension, zone)".
1201        - Implemented built-in script int array variable %KEY_DOWN.
1202        - Implemented built-in script function "abs()".
1203        - Implemented built-in script function "random()".
1204        - Implemented built-in script function "num_elements()".
1205        - Implemented built-in script function "note_off()".
1206        - Implemented built-in script function "set_event_mark()".
1207        - Implemented built-in script function "delete_event_mark()".
1208        - Implemented built-in script function "by_marks()".
1209        - Added built-in script int const variables $MARK_1 to $MARK_28.
1210        - Built-in script functions "ignore_event()", "note_off()" and
1211          "gig_set_dim_zone()" now also accept an array of event IDs as argument
1212          (i.e. return value of new script function "by_marks()").
1213        - Pass/preserve polyphonic variable data from respective "note" event
1214          handler to "release" event handler.
1215        - Fixed crash when using built-in script function "by_marks()".
1216    
1217      * Bug fixes:
1218        - Fixed crash which may occur when MIDI key + transpose is out of range
1219        - minor valgrind fixes
1220        - fixed crash which occurred when changing an already deployed sampler
1221          channel to a different engine type
1222        - fixed crash when deleting a sampler channel or changing engine
1223          type while an instrument load was in progress
1224        - bugfix: playing a note while changing the instrument could cause
1225          a crash, or give "Handing back unknown region" error messages
1226        - bugfix: calling SET VOICES (which Fantasia does on start and
1227          refresh) could cause instruments to be unloaded
1228        - Mac OS X: fixed name collision of enum in EffectControl and
1229          wrong name of destructor in AudioOutputDeviceCoreAudio.cpp
1230        - Mac OS X: fixed hanging threads
1231        - Windows: disabled the previous thread fix on non-Mac systems, as
1232          it caused hanging threads on Windows
1233        - Fixed possible crashes due to corrupted MIDI/audio device list
1234          after MIDI/audio device creation failure
1235        - When creating MIDI instrument map entries with "PERSISTENT" type, the
1236          instruments were uselessly precached with zero samples, however it still
1237          took the full preloading time and on 1st program change the respective
1238          instrument was completely reloaded again.
1239        - fixed handling of rapid bank select and program change messages
1240          sent to the same sampler channel (patch from the Open Octave
1241          project, slightly adjusted)
1242        - fixed crash when trying to create an effect instance with controls
1243          which min and/or max values depend on the sample rate
1244        - fixed bug #162
1245        - bugfix: LADSPA_PATH was not evaluated correctly when containing
1246          multiple paths (#165)
1247        - thread safety fixes for the instrument loading thread
1248        - bugfix: instrument loading crashed for sfz and sf2 in Ardour
1249          (#176)
1250        - more thread safety fixes for the instrument loading thread
1251        - sfz/sf2 engine: fixed crash when using small audio fragment size
1252        - Mac OS X: fixed crash when unloading plugin on 10.7 and later
1253        - Mac OS X: fixed process hang when unloading 32-bit plugin (bug
1254          introduced in previous fix)
1255        - fixed crash when a channel received a program change while
1256          playing a note in a key group
1257        - fixed erroneous error message piping in VoiceBase.h
1258          (labelled "Disk stream not available in time")
1259        - Update effects on sample rate & period size changes (to avoid
1260          crashes and noise on such transitions).
1261        - ignore missing LADSPA paths without ignoring valid LADSPA paths
1262          (fixes #208)
1263        - Fixed bug in LSCP grammar definition which caused a statement like
1264          "GET SERVER INFOasdf\n" to be accepted as valid statement (was so far
1265          practically irrelevant, however it caused problems with the new LSCP
1266          shell's auto completion feature).
1267        - Fixed MIDI program change messages being ignored if quickly executed
1268          after each other (fixes #231).
1269    
1270    Version 1.0.0 (31 July 2009)
1271    
1272      * packaging changes:
1273        - autoconf bugfix: the PKG_CONFIG variable wasn't initialized properly,
1274          causing e.g. the libgig test to fail when
1275          "./configure --disable-jack-driver" was used
1276          (patch by Alexis Ballier)
1277        - fixed compilation with gcc 4.3
1278        - fixes for building on OS X (thanks to Ebrahim Mayat for testing)
1279        - fixed configure so it detects x86_64 (#107)
1280        - fixes for building with newer MinGW versions
1281        - fix for building with bison 2.4 (#111)
1282        - fixed building with libgig installed in a non-standard directory
1283        - minor fix in configure for mmsystem.h detection on MinGW
1284        - Windows: look for editor plugins and Fantasia using base
1285          directory of liblinuxsampler dll (look in the same directory and one
1286          directory above)
1287        - configure script fix: removed unconditional use of SSE
1288        - fixed building with sqlite installed in a non-standard directory
1289        - when cross-compiling, don't try to create instruments.db
1290        - fix for new mingw-w64 version, which has usleep
1291    
1292      * general changes:
1293        - bugfix: on some POSIX systems instrument editor plugins refused to
1294          load as we used a non-portable Linux specific struct field
1295          (fixes bug #70, patch by Ronald Baljeu)
1296        - fixed endless loop which occured when loading an instrument editor
1297          plugin DLL on Windows systems failed
1298        - fixed memory leaks that occurred when liblinuxsampler was unloaded
1299        - optimized the SynchronizedConfig class so it doesn't wait
1300          unnecessarily long after an update
1301        - added support for notifying instrument editors on note-on / note-off
1302          events (e.g. to highlight the pressed keys on the virtual keyboard
1303          of gigedit)
1304        - added support for triggering notes by instrument editors (see above)
1305        - be verbose on DLL load errors (on Linux)
1306        - fixed di-harmonic triangle LFO implementation (this LFO implementation
1307          is only used by very few systems, most pick the int math
1308          implementation, which is usually faster)
1309        - fixes for audio drivers with varying buffer sizes
1310        - experimental support for running LinuxSampler as a DSSI, LV2 and
1311          VST plugin
1312        - notification events for stream/voice count statistics are now sent
1313          only when there are actual changes
1314        - added memory ordering constraints to improve stability on
1315          multi-core and multi-cpu systems
1316        - maximum voices and disk streams can now be altered at runtime
1317        - fixed CPU feature detection on x86_64 (maybe fixes #108)
1318        - automatic stacktrace mechanism is now turned off by default and can
1319          be switched on by command line option "--stacktrace" (the automatic
1320          stacktrace mechanism seems to be broken on most systems at the moment)
1321        - C++ API method InstrumentManager::LaunchInstrumentEditor() now returns
1322          a pointer to the launched InstrumentEditor object
1323        - added optional 3rd party user data parameter for following
1324          liblinuxsampler C++ API methods: InstrumentEditor::Main(),
1325          InstrumentEditor::Launch(),
1326          InstrumentManager::LaunchInstrumentEditor()
1327        - theoretical fix: made SynchronizedConfig follow C++0x memory
1328          model more strictly
1329        - fixes for using large audio device buffers
1330        - Windows: add the installation directory to the DLL search path
1331          when loading an editor plugin (solves problems with VST and
1332          gigedit on systems with other GTK versions installed)
1333        - updated linuxsampler man page
1334    
1335      * audio driver:
1336        - removed the nonsense audio channel constraint (which was hard coded to
1337          max. 100 audio channels) for most audio drivers
1338        - JACK audio driver did not offer a device parameter "SAMPLERATE" as
1339          opposed to the LSCP specs
1340        - bugfix: the SAMPLERATE parameter of some drivers (e.g. JACK)
1341          reflected the wrong value
1342        - fixed a memory management bug in ASIO driver
1343        - Makefile fix: JACK_CFLAGS wasn't used
1344        - JACK: use jack_client_open instead of the deprecated
1345          jack_client_new
1346        - added (experimental) CoreAudio driver
1347        - applied old fixes to the ASIO driver that were included in the
1348          previous binary release but accidentally never committed to CVS
1349          (fixes #117)
1350        - fixes for ASIO on mingw-w64 (iasio wrapper is not needed on
1351          win64)
1352        - VST: added support for sample rate and buffer size changes
1353        - VST: close editor (Fantasia) when the VST is removed
1354        - VST: avoid opening Fantasia more than once for each VST instance
1355        - VST: export main function as "main" on Linux too (fix for
1356          energyXT)
1357        - VST: changed number of output channels from one stereo to 16
1358          stereo
1359        - added channel routing, fxsends and midi maps to the settings
1360          stored in the plugin state
1361        - performance optimization of AudioChannel::MixTo() and
1362          AudioChannel::CopyTo() methods using GCC vector exensions
1363          (if available)
1364        - ASIO fixes: avoid initializing the device twice, avoid throwing
1365          exception when getting parameters from a disconnected device
1366    
1367      * MIDI driver:
1368        - added JACK MIDI driver
1369        - dispatch bank select as ordinary CC as well, the user might seriously
1370          want to (mis)use it for some purpose ("fixed" in all current MIDI
1371          input drivers: ALSA, CoreMIDI, JACK, MidiShare, MME)
1372        - bugfix: pitch bend wasn't working with JackMidi, VST, LV2, MME,
1373          CoreMidi or AU
1374        - fixed mingw-w64 compilation error in MME driver
1375        - made program change handling in MIDI thread real-time safe by
1376          moving the logic to a non-RT thread
1377        - fixed minor memory leak in ALSA driver
1378    
1379      * instruments database:
1380        - avoid time consuming samples scanning when adding instruments
1381          to the instruments database
1382        - added support for handling lost files in the instruments database
1383        - Implemented option for adding instruments in separate directories
1384          in the instruments database
1385          (patch by Chris Cherrett & Andrew Williams, a bit adjusted)
1386        - work-around for missing fnmatch function on Windows to make
1387          instrument database compilable
1388        - added instrument database support on Windows
1389          works with both standalone mode and VST plugin.
1390          the instruments DB file is located in
1391          %USERPROFILE%\.linuxsampler\instruments.db which allows different
1392          databases for each windows user
1393          if no DB is present it automatically creates the .linuxsampler subdir
1394          and then creates an empty DB
1395        - fixed recursive import, which was broken on Windows
1396    
1397      * Gigasampler format engine:
1398        - fixed a memory leak that could happen when a channel was deleted
1399          while notes were playing
1400        - made it possible to load an instrument even if the audio thread
1401          isn't running
1402        - added partial support for the "Controller Triggered" MIDI rule,
1403          enough for piano gigs with pedal noise samples
1404        - minor fix: only mark FX sends as being modified if really the
1405          respective FX send MIDI controller was used
1406        - added support for GM global device volume SysEx message
1407          (can be selected at compile time to either apply globally to the
1408          whole sampler [default] or only to the sampler channels that are
1409          connected to the respective MIDI input port the SysEx message arrived
1410          on)
1411        - bugfix: notes triggered at position 0 in the audio buffer were
1412          sometimes wrongly killed in the same buffer, causing no sound to
1413          be played
1414        - added support for chromatic / drumkit mode Roland GS Sysex message
1415          which is usally used to switch a part between chromatic sounds and
1416          drumkit sounds (as opposed to their common default setting of MIDI
1417          part 10 being a drumkit part and all other ones chromatic parts), in
1418          LS however one can switch between the first 16 MIDI instrument maps
1419          defined for the sampler
1420        - made it possible to create multiple sample channels even if the
1421          audio thread isn't running
1422        - fixed crash when removing channel with active voices (#116)
1423        - bugfix: on sample reference changes (instrument editor), only
1424          un-cache the respective sample if it's really not used by any
1425          sampler engine anymore
1426        - re-cache samples in case they were changed by an instrument editor,
1427          e.g. when a sample was added while playing (#82)
1428        - fixed hanging notes which occured when note-off event had the exact
1429          same time stamp as the voice's note-on event and occured both in the
1430          same audio fragment cycle (fixes bug #112)
1431        - added support for the "fine tune" and "pitch bend range"
1432          instrument-level gig parameters
1433        - fixed minor artifacts in pitch bend handling
1434        - added support for GS Reset SysEx message
1435        - allow gig files to use unlimited downward pitch shifting
1436        - added a limit check for upward pitch shifting
1437        - bugfix: sometimes, when playing a note twice fast, the second
1438          note was silent
1439        - fixed crash happening when a pitch bend event arrived at the
1440          same time a new instrument was loading
1441    
1442      * LSCP server:
1443        - added new LSCP event "CHANNEL_MIDI" which can be used by frontends to
1444          react on MIDI data arriving on certain sampler channels (so far only
1445          Note-On and Note-Off events are sent via this LSCP event)
1446        - added new LSCP event "DEVICE_MIDI" which can be used by frontends to
1447          react on MIDI data arriving on certain MIDI input devices (so far only
1448          Note-On and Note-Off events are sent via this LSCP event)
1449        - added new LSCP commands: FIND LOST DB_INSTRUMENT_FILES and
1450          SET DB_INSTRUMENT FILE_PATH
1451        - added new LSCP command: SEND CHANNEL MIDI_DATA which can be used by
1452          frontends to send MIDI messages to specific sampler channel
1453        - added two additional fields to GET FILE INSTRUMENT INFO command -
1454          KEY_BINDINGS and KEYSWITCH_BINDINGS
1455        - bugfix: the bank number provided by MIDI_INSTRUMENT_INFO notifications
1456          was incorrect
1457        - Optimized the retrieval of the MIDI instrument mappings
1458        - added new LSCP command "SET VOICES" to globally alter the maximum
1459          amount of voices, added new LSCP event "GLOBAL_INFO:VOICES" which will
1460          be triggered respectively
1461        - added new LSCP command "SET STREAMS" to globally alter the maximum
1462          amount of disk streams, added new LSCP event "GLOBAL_INFO:STREAMS"
1463          which will be triggered respectively
1464        - bugfix: retry if "select" returns EINTR (this fixes a crash when
1465          a gigedit file dialog is opened)
1466        - close all connections when LSCPServer is deleted
1467        - hard close of all sockets on exit
1468        - bugfix: SET CHANNEL MIDI_INPUT_TYPE didn't work with the MME
1469          driver
1470    
1471      * Bug fixes:
1472        - fixed a crash which occurs when removing a sampler channel waiting
1473          to start instrument loading after another channel
1474        - fixed a crash which occurs when removing a sampler channel with
1475          instrument loading in progress (bug #113)
1476        - fixed termination caused by uncaught exception when adding MIDI
1477          instrument with PERSISTENT load mode
1478        - fixed possible iterator invalidations when resetting the sampler
1479        - fixed memory leaks when issuing the following LSCP commands:
1480          GET AUDIO_OUTPUT_DRIVER INFO
1481          GET AUDIO_OUTPUT_DRIVER_PARAMETER INFO
1482          GET MIDI_INPUT_DRIVER INFO
1483          GET MIDI_INPUT_DRIVER_PARAMETER INFO
1484        - fixed possible compilation error when sqlite is not present
1485        - fixed orphaned pointers when setting maximum voices limit (bug #118)
1486        - fixed crash when changing the audio output device of a sampler
1487          channel with loaded instrument and start playing notes
1488        - fixed endless loop in Engine::SuspendAll() (bug #120)
1489        - fixed a low-level atomic load function that was broken on 64-bit
1490          PowerPC, which probably could cause crashes on that platform
1491        - fixed a memory management error which could cause a crash when a
1492          plugin was unloaded
1493        - bugfix: two private structs had the same name, which could cause
1494          problems if the linker chose the wrong constructor
1495        - fixed low-level ConditionServer usage bug that caused lockups on
1496          Windows
1497    
1498    
1499    Version 0.5.1 (6 December 2007)
1500    
1501      * packaging changes:
1502        - added autoconf checks for pthread library
1503        - added autoconf check for pthread bug found on certain NPTL-enabled
1504          glibc versions (see Gentoo bug report #194076)
1505        - added autoconf checks for MS Windows
1506    
1507      * general changes:
1508        - bugfix: the thread used by an editor plugin didn't die when the
1509          editor closed
1510        - bugfix: Ringbuffer.h: fill_write_space_with_null() did not zero
1511          out all the space. operator--() did not apply size_mask after
1512          decrementing the read_ptr. DEFAULT_WRAP_ELEMENTS set to 0 in
1513          order to avoid problems with the _NonVolatileReader functions.
1514        - bugfix: Stream.h: added a missing divide by BytesPerSample in
1515          GetWriteSpace(). Since this function is currently only used in
1516          the stream's qsort() compare function, it didn't trigger any
1517          bugs.
1518        - Resampler.h, Synthesizer.h: cubic interpolation now works in
1519          24bit mode too. Faster method to read 24bit words on little
1520          endian machines (x86): replaced 3 byte reads + shifts with a 1
1521          unaligned 32bit read and shift
1522        - experimental support for MS Windows (MIDI input via MME, AUDIO
1523          output via ASIO)
1524        - made handling of SIGINT signal (Ctrl-C) a bit more robust
1525        - support for monitoring the total number of active disk streams
1526          (new LSCP commands: GET TOTAL_STREAM_COUNT,
1527          SUBSCRIBE TOTAL_STREAM_COUNT, UNSUBSCRIBE TOTAL_STREAM_COUNT)
1528    
1529      * AUDIO driver:
1530        - added Windows ASIO low latency audio driver
1531    
1532      * MIDI driver:
1533        - added MME Windows MIDI driver
1534    
1535      * LSCP server:
1536        - added support for Windows style path / filenames, however with
1537          forward slash path separators instead of backslash
1538          (i.e. "C:/foo/bar.gig")
1539        - allow naughty liblscp to send non-string device parameters within
1540          apostrophes as well
1541        - added new LSCP commands: "GET FILE INSTRUMENTS <file>",
1542          "LIST FILE INSTRUMENTS <file>" and
1543          "GET FILE INSTRUMENT INFO <file> <index>" for retrieving informations
1544          about an arbitrary instrument file on the system where the sampler is
1545          running on
1546    
1547    Version 0.5.0 (15 October 2007)
1548    
1549      * packaging changes:
1550        - config.h is not going to be installed along with liblinuxsampler's
1551          API header files anymore
1552        - only the API relevant header (and source) files will be exported to
1553          the Doxygen API documentation (explicitly listed in Doxyfile.in)
1554        - added completely new XCode project files for Mac OSX which is now
1555          capable to execute our autoconf environment, thus no need anymore
1556          to maintain the compile time configuration file (osx/version.h) for
1557          OSX manually (patch by Toshi Nagata)
1558        - fixed buggy boolean --enable-foo / --disable-foo configure script
1559          parameters
1560        - global.h now only covers global definitions that are needed for the
1561          C++ API header files, all implementation internal global definitions
1562          are now in global_private.h
1563        - atomic.h is not exposed to the C++ API anymore
1564        - no need to include config.h anymore for using LS's API header files
1565        - fixed warnings in API doc generation
1566    
1567    * general changes:    * general changes:
1568      - replaced the old, confusing MIDI program change mechanism by a      - replaced the old, confusing MIDI program change mechanism by a
1569        flexible MIDI instrument mapper which allows to map arbitrary        flexible MIDI instrument mapper which allows to map arbitrary
1570        (MIDI bank MSB, MIDI bank LSB, MIDI program) triplets with arbitrary        (MIDI bank, MIDI program) pairs with arbitrary
1571        (engine type, instrument file, file index) triplets which will be        (engine type, instrument file, file index) triplets which will be
1572        loaded on the respective channel when such MIDI program change        loaded on the respective channel when such MIDI program change
1573        messages arrive, beside that, each entry allows to define a life-time        messages arrive, beside that, each entry allows to define a life-time
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1577        respective program change arrives (to safe RAM space), as well as a        respective program change arrives (to safe RAM space), as well as a
1578        global volume factor for each entry, so the user can adjust the volume        global volume factor for each entry, so the user can adjust the volume
1579        dynamic of his mapped instrument collection without having to modify        dynamic of his mapped instrument collection without having to modify
1580        the instrument files        the instrument files, also one can manage arbitrary amount of such
1581          MIDI instrument maps and assign each sampler channel individually
1582          a certain map, so that i.e. separation of normal instruments and
1583          drumkits is possible
1584        - new notification events for tracking changes to audio/MIDI devices,
1585          MIDI instrument maps, MIDI instruments, FX sends, global volume.
1586        - sampler was limited to load max. 200 instruments in the background
1587          due to a constant size RingBuffer FIFO which is now replaced by a
1588          dynamic (unlimited) size std::list FIFO
1589        - added FX sends, these allow to route audio signals to arbitrary audio
1590          output channels for being processed by external effect processors
1591          (i.e. jack-rack), the send levels are controllable via arbitrary MIDI
1592          controllers
1593        - global (sampler wide) volume can now be controlled at runtime
1594        - Implemented new, improved notification system
1595        - fixed compilation errors regarding OSX
1596          (patch by Toshi Nagata)
1597        - implemented instruments database
1598        - added support for escape sequences to the instruments database
1599        - added highly experimental support for on-the-fly instrument editing
1600          within the sampler's process (by using instrument editor plugins),
1601          you'll notice the new "Registered instrument editors:" message on
1602          startup, added a new LSCP command:
1603          "EDIT CHANNEL INSTRUMENT <sampler-channel>"
1604          to spawn a matching instrument editor for the instrument on the
1605          given sampler channel, the plugin path can be overridden at compile
1606          time with ./configure --enable-plugin-dir=/some/dir
1607        - added experimental code for synchronizing instrument editors hosted
1608          in the sampler's process to safely edit instruments while playing
1609          without a crash (hopefully) by either suspending single regions
1610          wherever possible or if unavoidable whole engine(s)
1611        - fixed several issues in fundamental "Thread" class: set scheduling
1612          policy and priority on thread level, set a minimum stack size for
1613          thread (TODO: a reasonable value yet to be tested), bugfix: non-RT
1614          threads simply inherited properties of starting thread instead of
1615          setting their own policy and priority
1616        - minor fix in our automatic stack trace mechanism on crashes, the
1617          main process did not wait for the stack trace process to finish
1618          its output
1619        - fixed some minor memory leaks
1620        - reenabled assembly features support, at the moment only for
1621          enabling a fast denormal FPU mode (x86 platforms supporting SSE2)
1622        - minor assembly fix in x86 features detection (don't use the PIC
1623          register, to avoid relocations in the text segment at runtime)
1624        - POSIX callback functions of Thread.h are hidden
1625    
1626    * MIDI driver:    * MIDI driver:
1627      - dispatch bank select (MSB and LSB) messages      - dispatch bank select (MSB and LSB) messages
1628    
1629      * audio driver:
1630        - the ALSA audio output driver parameters now reflect the correct
1631          parameter value ranges for the respective selected sound card
1632          (patch by Till Wimmer, a bit fixed and extended)
1633    
1634    * Gigasampler format engine:    * Gigasampler format engine:
1635      - if a filter is used and EG2 finishes before EG1, let the voice      - if a filter is used and EG2 finishes before EG1, let the voice
1636        die when EG2 has finished (this fixes a problem with clicks and        die when EG2 has finished (this fixes a problem with clicks and
1637        voice starvation for some gigs)        voice starvation for some gigs)
1638        - playback is no longer disabled during instrument loading
1639        - all notes playing on a channel that changes its instrument keep
1640          playing with the old instrument until they get a note off
1641          command
1642        - EG fix: a release value of zero could cause noises or crash
1643        - handle MIDI coarse tuning messages (MIDI RPN #0 MSB #2 LSB)
1644        - EG fine tuning: when attack is zero the EG starts at a level
1645          above max sustain level, which means that there is a decay phase
1646          even if sustain is 100%
1647        - more EG fixes: the level could sometimes go below zero and cause
1648          noises or crashes
1649        - minor fix of EGDecay (patch by Toshi Nagata)
1650        - fixed compiler error when --enable-override-filter-type was
1651          supplied to the configure script (fixes #46)
1652        - disk thread: queue sizes are now proportional to CONFIG_MAX_STREAMS
1653          instead of a fix value
1654        - behavior fix: on MIDI CC# 65 (portamento on / off), 126 (mono mode),
1655          127 (solo mode) only kill voices if the respective mode really
1656          changed
1657    
1658      * LSCP server:
1659        - fixed compile time error for old Bison versions
1660          (i.e. v1.28 found on MacOS 10.4, patch by Toshi Nagata)
1661        - parser now supports extended ASCII character set
1662          (up to ASCII code 255, i.e. includes now umlauts and accents)
1663        - filename arguments in LSCP commands now allow to use escape
1664          sequences, that is directly literal as one of: \', \", \\, \n, \r,
1665          \f, \t, \v, or as octal ASCII code value like \132, or as hex ASCII
1666          code value like \xf2) (fixes bug #24)
1667        - the following LSCP commands now also support escape sequences for at
1668          least one of their text-based parameters (i.e. name, description):
1669          "ADD MIDI_INSTRUMENT_MAP", "MAP MIDI_INSTRUMENT",
1670          "SET MIDI_INSTRUMENT_MAP NAME", "SET FX_SEND NAME", "CREATE FX_SEND",
1671          "SET DB_INSTRUMENT_DIRECTORY NAME",
1672          "SET DB_INSTRUMENT_DIRECTORY DESCRIPTION", "SET DB_INSTRUMENT NAME",
1673          "SET DB_INSTRUMENT DESCRIPTION", "FIND DB_INSTRUMENTS",
1674          "FIND DB_INSTRUMENT_DIRECTORIES"
1675        - returns verbose syntax errors (line and column where syntax error
1676          occured, the unexpected character and the actually expected, possible
1677          character(s), the latter only if less than 5 possibilities)
1678        - made sure that LSCP syntax is not affected by gigedit locale
1679          settings
1680        - bugfix regarding strings parameter lists: all comma separated lists
1681          of strings were treated as being one string containing commas
1682          (fixes #57)
1683    
1684      * Bug fixes:
1685        - fixed crash occurring on certain LSCP scripts (Bug 39)
1686        - another thread safety fix for lscp "load engine" and "set
1687          channel audio output device"
1688        - fixed a crash which occurs when reassigning the same engine
1689          on a sampler channel with connected MIDI device
1690        - fixed a crash which occurs when changing the number of ports of a MIDI
1691          device connected to a sampler channel to number less then or equal
1692          to the index of the port to which the sampler channel is connected.
1693        - The previous bindings were not been disconnected when altering
1694          the ALSA_SEQ_BINDINGS parameter. Introduced a NONE keyword for
1695          unsubscribing from all bindings (e.g. ALSA_SEQ_BINDINGS=NONE).
1696        - The active stream/voice count statistic was incorrect.
1697        - notification events were not been sent for some sampler
1698          channel changes
1699        - added default min and max values to restrict the number of allowed
1700          audio output channels and MIDI input ports
1701        - the connection to the PCM interface is now closed when destroying
1702          an audio output device
1703        - files with slash in their path or filename could not be loaded
1704    
1705      * test cases:
1706        - updated and fixed (haven't been touched in a while)
1707    
1708  Version 0.4.0 (24 November 2006)  Version 0.4.0 (24 November 2006)
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