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- Preparations for v0.4.0 spring'16 release frenzy.
1 Qsampler - A LinuxSampler Qt GUI Interface
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4 ChangeLog
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6
7 0.4.0 2016-04-05 Spring'16 release frenzy.
8
9 * Added application keywords to freedesktop.org's AppData.
10
11 * Prevent x11extras module from use on non-X11/Unix plaforms.
12
13 * Messages standard output capture has been improved again, now
14 in both ways a non-blocking pipe may get.
15
16 * Single/unique application instance control adapted to Qt5/X11.
17
18
19 0.3.1 2015-07-19 Summer'15 release frenzy.
20
21 * Fixed configure script's Qt include directory lookup for some
22 64bit Linux flavours.
23
24 * Prefer Qt5 over Qt4 by default with configure script.
25
26 * A new top-level widget window geometry state save and restore
27 sub-routine is now in effect. (EXPERIMENTAL)
28
29 * Fixed for some strict tests for Qt4 vs. Qt5 configure builds.
30
31
32 0.3.0 2015-03-25 Pre-LAC2015 release frenzy.
33
34 * Added application description as freedesktop.org's AppData.
35
36 * Added this "Don't ask/show this again" option to some if not most
37 of the nagging warning/error message boxes.
38
39 * Mac OS X: Fixed default path of linuxsampler binary.
40
41 * When closing qsampler and showing the user the dialog whether to
42 stop the LinuxSampler backend, set the default selection to "Yes".
43
44 * Master volume slider now getting proper layout when changing its
45 main toolbar orientation.
46
47 * Messages standard output capture has been slightly improved
48 as for non-blocking i/o, whenever available.
49
50 * Adjusted configure check for libgig to detect the new --includedir.
51
52 * A man page has beed added (making up Matt Flax's work on
53 debian, thanks).
54
55 * Translations install directory change.
56
57 * Added support for SF2 instrument names/preset enumeration.
58
59 * Added instrument list popup on channel strip which shows up when
60 the instrument name is clicked. Allows faster switching among
61 instruments of the same file.
62
63 * Adjusted configure check for libgig to detect its new --libdir
64 (impolitely forcing the user now to have at least libgig 3.3.0).
65
66
67 0.2.3 2013-12-31 A fifth of a Jubilee.
68
69 * Allow the build system to include an user specified LDFLAGS.
70
71 * More preparations for Qt5 configure build.
72
73 * Standard scalable format (SVG) and MIME type icons support for
74 session files (*.lscp) is now being added.
75
76 * Preparations for Qt5 migration.
77
78 * Added include <unistd.h> to shut up gcc 4.7 build failures.
79
80 * Make(ing) -jN parallel builds now available for the masses.
81
82 * Fixed Makefile.in handling of installation directories to the
83 configure script eg. --datadir, --localedir.
84
85 * Made lookup of translation files work inside a Mac OS X bundle.
86
87 * Minor Mac OS X compilation error fix.
88
89 * Debugging stacktrace now applies to all working threads.
90
91 * Made lookup of translation files more robust on Windows.
92
93 * Fixes for cross compiling and building for Windows with configure
94 and make.
95
96 * libX11 is now being added explicitly to the build link phase,
97 as seen necessary on some bleeding-edge distros eg. Fedora 13,
98 Debian 6.
99
100 * Moving from old deprecated Qt3'ish custom event post handling
101 into regular asynchronous signal/slot strategy.
102
103 * Sampler channel and instrument file requester support for
104 other than GIG engine instrument files (*gig; *.dls) has
105 been added, making roads for the newer SFZ and SF2 engines
106 instrument files (*.sfz; *.sf2).
107
108 * General standard dialog buttons layout is now in place.
109
110 * Initial widget geometry and visibility persistence logic has
111 been slightly revised as much to avoid crash failures due to
112 wrong main widget hidden state.
113
114 * General source tree layout and build configuration change.
115
116 * Automatic crash-dump reports, debugger stack-traces (gdb), back-
117 traces, whatever, are being introduced as a brand new configure
118 option (--enable-stacktrace) and default enabled on debug build
119 targets (--enable-debug).
120
121 * Attempt to fix broken instrument list model/view on Qt >= 4.6.
122
123 * Device parameter spin-box default maximum has been set higher:
124 now at a magic 24-bit limit (16777216) instead of older 16-bit
125 (65536), possibly fixing bug #136.
126
127 * LADISH Level 1 support has been added: SIGUSR1 signal trap
128 just makes it a shortcut to File/Save.
129
130 * MIDI Device Status menu is disabled when no MIDI device exists;
131 a menu separator has been added.
132
133 * Window manager's close button was found missing from the Devices
134 and Instruments widgets when on Qt >= 4.5, now fixed.
135
136 * MIDI activity indicator on channel strips and MIDI device status
137 widgets is now implemented as a flashing green LED, instead of a
138 lame green solid background :).
139
140 * Global configuration state is now explicitly saved/committed to
141 disk when View/Options... dialog changes are accepted and applied.
142
143 * Czech (cs) translation added (by Pavel Fric).
144
145
146 0.2.2 2009-08-01 New release cycle.
147
148 * Russian (qsampler_ru.ts by Alexandre Prokoudine) makes it as
149 brand first translation delivered. Thanks and welcomes whom
150 ever may follow ;)
151
152 * Converted obsolete QMessageBox forms to standard buttons.
153
154 * Added support for runtime max. voices / disk streams setting
155 (accessible from the "Options..." dialog). Those fine tuning
156 settings will be saved in case the user modified them and
157 automatically restored to the sampler when reconnecting to
158 a sampler the next time.
159
160 * Grayed/disabled palette color group fix for dark color themes.
161
162 * Fait-divers: desktop menu file touched to openSUSE conventions.
163
164 * Due to some trouble with newer Qt >= 4.4 applications regarding
165 font size configuration, a new global user option is now available
166 to the rescue: View/Options... /Display/Other/Base font size
167 (default none).
168
169 * Attempt to load Qt's own translation support and get rid of
170 the ever warning startup message, unless built in debug mode.
171 (transaction by Guido Scholz, while on qsynth-devel, thanks).
172
173 * Only one application instance is now allowed to be up and
174 running, with immediate but graceful termination upon startup
175 iif an already running instance is detected, which will see its
176 main widget shown up automatically (Qt/X11 platform only).
177
178 * Messages file logging makes its first long overdue appearance,
179 with user configurable settings in View/Options.../Server/Logging.
180
181 * Bugfix in sampler channel dialog, driver combo boxes' content were
182 screwed.
183
184 * Automatically add & remove channel strips as they were removed
185 e.g. by other frontends.
186
187 * Refresh device management dialog when device informations changed,
188 e.g. on changes caused by other frontends
189 (fixes segfault on device changes)
190
191 * Implemented MIDI device activity windows, selectable from the
192 "View" main menu.
193
194 * Implemented MIDI activity indicator on channel strips.
195
196 * Added FX Sends Dialog to Channel Strips.
197
198 * Color pallete fix for the instrument name display in channel
199 strip, particularly notorious on Mac OS X builds.
200
201 * Added dialog when the application exits which lets the user
202 decide whether to keep the LinuxSampler running or not.
203
204
205 0.2.1 2007-12-06 Qt4 migration was complete.
206
207 * Added recent new support of libgig for retrieving instrument
208 names in avery fast way. If libgig provides this feature, then
209 the respective name retrieval setting in qsampler is enabled by
210 default.
211
212 * The current selected/activated channel-strip is now visually
213 evident while in the application workspace (highlighting).
214
215 * Make View/Menubar and Toolbar shortcuts accessible even though
216 the main menu and toobar are not visible.
217
218 * Audio routing table is initially hidden in the dialog, when
219 creating a new sampler channel.
220
221 * README requirements and configuration notes update.
222
223 * Disable OK button in sampler channel form and MIDI instrument
224 form if no valid engine is selected (to avoid bothering newbie
225 users with confusing LSCP syntax errors when using the UI the
226 first time).
227
228 * Fixed creation of devices (don't try to set device parameters
229 which the user did not touch in the device creation dialog).
230
231 * Added Windows file path support.
232
233 * Fixed win32/qmakefile and win32/config.h so that it compiles
234 under win32.
235
236 * Qt4 port of the application.
237
238
239 0.1.5 2007-10-15 Five months later a fifth is heard.
240
241 * Added support for LSCP escape sequences to allow loading and
242 mapping instrument files with special characters in their
243 filename, as well as special characters for instrument names
244 and instrument map names (requires LSCP v1.2 on sampler side).
245
246 * Added new button "Edit" to the channel strips, which probably
247 does exactly what you think it does: it opens an appropriate
248 instrument editor application; the channel instrument editor
249 tool is also accessible from the main menu and toolbar.
250
251 * Application icon is now installed to ${prefix}/share/pixmaps;
252 application desktop entry file is now included in installation;
253 spec file (RPM) is now a bit more openSUSE compliant.
254
255 * Crash fix on double-clicking on a empty instrument list.
256
257
258 0.1.4 2007-05-04 Almost another year has gone by.
259
260 * Channel button colors have changed: yellow for mute and
261 cyan for solo is now the rule, but note that this color
262 highlighting is only rendered on some widget styles.
263
264 * Master sampler volume slider/spinbox combo is now featured.
265
266 * Initial support for sampler channel FX sends, while saving
267 the session state, only at code-level.
268
269 * Sampler channel setup dialog does not mandate for valid nor
270 existing instrument file name.
271
272 * Revised error verbosity in general and on session load/save;
273 hour-glass wait cursor is now displayed on session load/save;
274 keyboard shortcuts changed on MIDI instruments view context;
275 improved channel strip arrangement on session open/load;
276 instrument map entry removal confirmation (as optional);
277 corrected some tooltip text strings.
278
279 * Most top-level widgets were missing the normal-widget flag,
280 which were causing some sticky size behavior while on some
281 window managers.
282
283 * Added preliminary MIDI instrument mapping support; now
284 with an instrument list widget and editing capabilities;
285 MIDI instrumeent map program numbers are now displayed in
286 the range 1-128, instead of the internal 0-127.
287
288 * GPL address update.
289
290
291 0.1.3 2006-06-01 Its been a long year isn't it?
292
293 * Changed deprecated copyright attribute to license,
294 on qsampler.spec (RPM).
295
296 * Added configure support for x86_64 libraries (UNTESTED).
297
298 * Optional specification of alternate liblscp and libgig
299 installation paths have been added to configure command
300 arguments (--with-liblscp, --with-libgig).
301
302 * Whenever the listing of actual instrument names is not an
303 option (e.g. due to lack of libgig support), the whole
304 number of selectable instrument items is now being graciously
305 increased from just the bare 8 (eight) right up through 100
306 (one hundred), on the sampler channel setup dialog.
307
308 * The selection buttons, on the right of the Instrument, Audio
309 and MIDI devices combo-boxes, on the sampler channel dialog,
310 are now expected to be a little better looking than it was
311 before, at least for those Mac OS X eyes.
312
313 * Minor fixing on the initial messages dock-window height.
314
315 * Audio output channel routing configuration finally hits
316 the sampler channel dialog, at last! (EXPERIMENTAL).
317
318 * All widget captions changed to include proper application
319 title name prefix.
320
321 * Attempt to bring those aging autoconf templates to date;
322 sample SPEC file for RPM build is now being included and
323 generated at configure time.
324
325 * Set to use QApplication::setMainWidget() instead of
326 registering the traditional lastWindowClosed() signal
327 to quit() slot, just to let the -geometry command line
328 argument have some effect on X11.
329
330 * Added MUTE/SOLO buttons to individual channel strips.
331
332 * Fixed compilation error which occured when Qt was
333 compiled with -no-stl.
334
335
336 0.1.2 2005-06-23 Even minor workings needs a rest.
337
338 * Fixed output disability when messages limit option is
339 turned off (thanks to Wolfgang Woehl for spotting this
340 one, while on qjackctl).
341
342 * Added CHANNEL_INFO event feedback notification handling;
343 minor stream/voice usage auto-refresh cycle optimization.
344
345
346 0.1.1 2005-06-12 The mantra of bugfixes.
347
348 * New improved and full-featured application icon, thanks
349 to Christian Schoenebeck design.
350
351 * Fixed refresh cycle of channel strips that are found
352 in an error state, which was preventing correct channel
353 info updates.
354
355 * Device configuration now accessible on toolbar. Added
356 buddy text label to device port/channel combobox on the
357 device dialog.
358
359 * Include libgig version info on command line request (-v).
360
361 * Minor configure and Makefile install fixes, as Debian and
362 Mac OS X specialties. Also, install does the right thing
363 with target file modes (thanks to Matt Flax and Ebrahim
364 Mayat, for pointing these out).
365
366
367 0.1.0 2005-05-23 Device configuration breakthrough.
368
369 * Device configuration is now complete (EXPERIMENTAL).
370
371 * [bug #9] Fixed for a LSCP command syntax convention
372 consistency, regarding the enumeration of available
373 sampler engines, Audio and MIDI drivers.
374
375 * [bug #13] Update instrument names list when a new
376 instrument file is select on the channel setup dialog.
377
378 * Show appropriate message in channel strip while loading
379 an instrument.
380
381 * Show libgig version in About box (in case libgig is used).
382
383
384 0.0.5 2005-03-04 Fifth alpha-release.
385
386 * Fixed device driver type channel information gathering,
387 which was severely flawed, dropping all channel session
388 configurations to the default audio driver type (which
389 is ALSA) unexpectedly.
390
391 * Channels are now properly renumbered when saving to a
392 session LSCP script, assuming that it should be always
393 loaded from scratch (i.e. zero channels).
394
395 * Disabled MIDI port setting on channel dialog, and on
396 session file save, as its use is still troublesome.
397
398 * Added new menu and toolbar option: Reset All Channels.
399
400 * Channel setup changes are now properly filtered, as for
401 only those settings that are actually changed gets applied;
402 change information are now also posted to messages window.
403
404 * Drag-and-drop of either session files (LSCP scripts) or
405 instrument files (GIG) are now supported. Multiple files
406 drop is allowed, but it only makes sense for instrument
407 files, each one prompting to create a new sampler channel.
408
409 * Drag-and-drop to an existing channel strip is now also
410 featured, allowing the in-place change of the channel
411 sampler instrument file.
412
413 * Actual instrument names are now optionally retrieved
414 from the instrument file, even though libgig is available,
415 avoiding excessively annoying load times while on the
416 channel dialog, when huge instrument files are selected.
417
418 * Set to ignore the SIGPIPE ("Broken pipe") signal, where
419 available, as the default handler is usually fatal when
420 a JACK client is zombified abruptly.
421
422 * Messages window limit is now enforced only when the line
423 count exceeds in one third the user configured line count
424 maximum; if Qt 3.2.0+ is in use, the QTextView widget is
425 otherwise set to the optimized Qt::LogText format.
426
427
428 0.0.4 2004-11-19 Fourth alpha-release.
429
430 * Instrument index selection now made via combo box widget;
431 actual instrument names are now properly retrieved from
432 the instrument file, provided if libgig is available.
433
434 * Sampler channels strips are just created if, and only if,
435 the respective channel setup dialog is actually accepted,
436 following common user-interface guidelines.
437
438 * Almost complete rewrite of sampler channel strips internal
439 control structures.
440
441 * Sampler reset command action added to menu and toolbar.
442
443 * MIDI channel selection is now a dropdown list, allowing
444 the explicit selection for "All" channels input per sampler
445 channel (omni mode).
446
447 * Channel strip display glass effect has changed background
448 color to black (was green), being now an user option.
449
450 * Minor configure fixes.
451
452
453 0.0.3 2004-07-06 Third alpha-release.
454
455 * Mon-modal intrument file loading and status support.
456
457 * Effective MIDI input port setting on channel dialog,
458 and on session file save.
459
460 * Channel dialog gets sensible engine and driver defaults
461 on create time.
462
463 * Implied channel reset on successful instrument load.
464
465
466 0.0.2 2004-06-15 Pre-revolutionary release.
467
468 * The channel context menu is also accessible by right-clicking
469 over the empty workspace area.
470
471 * Added small wait event loop on qsamplerMainForm::stopServer(),
472 so let local server terminate gracefully and stabilize, and
473 avoiding a probable segfault on exit, which was preventing the
474 correct salvage of settings and configuration.
475
476 * Maximum channel volume percent setting is now a global option,
477 provided to override the default (which is 100%).
478
479 * Client/server transaction timeout option upper limit has been
480 increased from 5000 to 60000 milliseconds.
481
482 * A channel context menu is now featured, by right-clicking over
483 each sampler channel strip.
484
485 * Commented SET CHANNEL MIDI_INPUT_PORT command from
486 qsamplerMainForm::saveSessionFile(), it has no effect.
487
488 * Insert a n #include <unistd.h> on qsamplerMessages.cpp, between
489 a #if !defined(WIN32) clause.
490
491 * An initial non zero value (0.8) is now set for volume of every
492 new sampler channel strip.
493
494 * The order to load/save and setup channel settings is now as
495 suggested in the following lines:
496
497 SET CHANNEL AUDIO_OUTPUT_TYPE ...
498 SET CHANNEL MIDI_INPUT_TYPE ...
499 SET CHANNEL MIDI_INPUT_CHANNEL ...
500 LOAD ENGINE ...
501 LOAD INSTRUMENT ...
502 SET CHANNEL VOLUME ...
503
504
505 0.0.1 2004-06-05 Primordial alpha release.
506

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