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Version 2.2.0 (9 May 2021) |
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There are a load of changes in this release. Many new features, many fixes, |
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but also new requirements. |
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Starting with this release of LinuxSampler you now need at least a C++14 |
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compliant compiler. Originally it was planned to only raise the minimum |
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compiler requirement to C++11 in this release, however during this development |
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cycle some C++14 features came across which helped to reduce code complexity |
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in the LinuxSampler code base tremendously. |
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The NKSP real-time instrument script engine has received tremendous new |
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features and improvements in this release. Instrument script variables of type |
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integer (e.g. $foo) are now all 64-bit internally, which prevents unexpected |
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side effects of script authors due to integer overflows that easily had |
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happened before when integer script variables were just 32-bit wide. On NKSP |
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language level there is now support for floating point variables; both scalar |
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types (e.g. ~foo = 3.93) and floating point arrays |
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(e.g. ?foo[] = ( 1.6, 4.7 ) ). Another huge new NKSP language feature is |
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support for standard measuring units like Hz (Hertz), dB (Decibel), |
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s (seconds), c (cents) in conjuction with arbitrary metric prefixes like kHz, |
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mdB, ms, mc, etc. The newly introduced "final" operator "!" in NKSP allows to |
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force a synthesis parameter like e.g. volume or pitch to a specific value that |
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should not be overridden by any other modulation source (e.g. neither from |
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patch level, nor LFOs, nor from EGs, ...). This is sometimes helpful for being |
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able to e.g. say in a script, "hey, the volume of this voice should be exactly |
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-3dB, period. I mean it!". Furthermore there are 23 new built-in NKSP script |
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functions and 6 new NKSP constants/variables. There also two new event handler |
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types for processing MIDI RPN events ("on rpn ... end on") and for MIDI NRPN |
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events ("on nrpn ... end on") in instrument scripts. And last but not least |
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there are now "patch" variables supported in instrument scripts which allow to |
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expose individual script variables to instrument editors for quick and easy |
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fine tuning of certain instrument script aspects on a per-instrument basis. |
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The Giga format engine adds various format extensions. For instance you now |
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have much more control over LFOs like selecting different LFO waveforms as |
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sine, triangle, saw or square. GigaStudio had this limited to sine only. The |
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default LFO wave form in LinuxSampler's gig engine has also changed to sine |
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for that reason (instead of triangle in previous LinuxSampler versions). |
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Additionally you can now also fine control the start phase of individual LFOs. |
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In the original gig format you were only able to flip the phase. Furthermore |
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there are now new audio filter types available for the Giga engine: new lowpass |
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1/2/4/6-pole, new highpass 1/2/4/6-pole, new bandpass 2-pole, and finally a |
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bandreject 2-pole filter. You might say that some of those filter types |
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existed before, and they still do and will continue to co-exist, but they |
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simply sound differently. Keep in mind that the audio filters for the Giga |
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engine were very carefully designed to accurateley replicate the sounds as if |
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being played with Tascam's GigaStudio, so that made and still makes sense. |
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However you might simply like the sound of some of the new filter types more |
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for certain reasons when creating your own gig instruments from scratch. And |
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as always there are various fixes for the gig engine in this release as well. |
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On SFZ format engine side there are corrections for the SFZ opcodes |
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loccN/hiccN and xfin_hivel. |
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There are various other fixes that apply to all sampler engines, please refer |
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to the ChangeLog for more details. |
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For package maintainers: the unit tests (which were broken before) have been |
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fixed in this release and work now as expected. It is recommend for them to be |
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run automatically to detect and prevent any OS issues that might cause |
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misbehaviours for users. Just keep in mind the test cases also test the LSCP |
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server which will listen on TCP port 8888 during the tests. So make sure this |
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port cannot be accessed from outside for security reasons. |
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Version 2.1.1 (27 Jul 2019) |
Version 2.1.1 (27 Jul 2019) |
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This is a maintenance release with various fixes. There are only two |
This is a maintenance release with various fixes. There are only two |
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