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160    
161 schoenebeck 610 <h2>LS Development Roadmap</h2>
162     <p class="default">
163     The following list shows the planned work to be done until the next
164 schoenebeck 611 release of LinuxSampler. There will be no new release before all of them
165 schoenebeck 610 are completed.
166     </p>
167 senoner 542
168 schoenebeck 610 <ol class="default">
169 schoenebeck 2034 <li class="ok">Abstraction of common code from existing Gigasampler engine to base classes for further sampler engines.</li>
170 schoenebeck 2635 <li class="ok">
171 schoenebeck 2034 Implementation of
172 schoenebeck 2635 <a href="http://linuxsampler.org/sfz/">SFZ(2) format</a> sampler engine.
173 schoenebeck 2034 </li>
174     <li class="partly">
175     Implementation of
176 schoenebeck 2635 <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SoundFont">SF2 format</a> sampler engine<br>(might not be finished for next release, due to low demand &amp; priority).
177 schoenebeck 2034 </li>
178     <li class="false">
179     Implementation of
180 schoenebeck 2635 <a href="http://www.linuxsampler.org/libakai/">Akai format</a> sampler engine<br>(will probably not make into next release, due to low demand &amp; priority).
181 schoenebeck 2034 </li>
182 schoenebeck 2635 <li class="partly">
183     Real-time instrument script support<br>(allows to override / customize sampler's behavior by textual, easy to write scripts included with instruments, which act like small programs, plugged into the sampler).
184     </li>
185 schoenebeck 610 </ol>
186    
187     <table class="default">
188     <tr>
189     <td class="default"><img src="gfx/okay_green.png" alt="Done" width="13" height="13" border="1"> Done </td>
190     <td class="default"><img src="gfx/yellow_light.png" alt="Partly implemented" width="13" height="13" border="1"> Partly implemented </td>
191     <td class="default"><img src="gfx/x.png" alt="Not started yet" width="13" height="13" border="1"> No work started yet </td>
192     </tr>
193     </table>
194    
195 schoenebeck 1769 <p class="default">
196     Note that we frequently cast a moderated poll on our
197 persson 2178 <a href="http://bb.linuxsampler.org/">web forum</a> for
198 schoenebeck 1769 the next features to be implemented and problems / bugs to be
199     fixed soon. Don't hesitate to register to our forum and vote for
200     your feature!
201     </p>
202    
203 schoenebeck 610 <h2>Features</h2>
204 senoner 542 <p class="default">
205     The following list shows which features have already been implemented in
206 persson 2178 current Subversion version of LinuxSampler and what is planned to be done
207     in (hopefully) near future. If you are missing something that is not
208     already listed below, you can write a proposal to the
209 senoner 542 <a href="http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linuxsampler-devel">
210     developers mailing list
211 schoenebeck 1576 </a>, open an "enhancement" request on our
212     <a href="http://bugs.linuxsampler.org">bug tracking system</a>
213     or even better send us your patch if you have done something. Even
214 senoner 542 if features are listed to be planned below, it can be that it takes a
215     while until somebody finds the time to implement it. So if you have the
216     time and will to finish one of them, let us know!
217     </p>
218    
219 schoenebeck 585 <ol class="default">
220 schoenebeck 2635 <li class="ok"> Operating Systems
221 senoner 542 <ol>
222     <li class="ok">Linux</li>
223 schoenebeck 1985 <li class="ok">Windows</a> (we provide a convenient Windows installer for all components of the project, including native 64 bit and native 32 bit binaries, standalone and VSTi plugin versions)</li>
224 schoenebeck 2635 <li class="ok">Mac <a href="http://www.apple.com/macosx/">OS X</a> (package provides universal binary for 64 bit Intel, 32 bit Intel and PPC, all software components are included, stand-alone sampler, VST plugin, AU plugin, QSampler &amp; Fantasia frontends, gigedit instrument editor)</li>
225 senoner 542 </ol>
226     </li>
227 schoenebeck 1985 <li class="ok">Host plugin versions of the sampler
228     <ol>
229 schoenebeck 2635 <li class="ok"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual_Studio_Technology">VSTi</a> (Windows, Mac, Linux)</li>
230 schoenebeck 1985 <li class="ok"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audio_Units">Audio Units</a> (Mac)</li>
231     <li class="ok"><a href="http://dssi.sourceforge.net/">DSSI</a> (Linux)</li>
232     <li class="ok"><a href="http://lv2plug.in/">LV2</a> (Linux)</li>
233     </ol>
234     </li>
235 schoenebeck 2635 <li class="ok">MIDI input drivers
236 schoenebeck 1985 <ol>
237     <li class="ok"><a href="http://www.alsa-project.org/">ALSA</a> (Linux)</li>
238     <li class="ok"><a href="http://jackit.sourceforge.net/">JACK</a> (Linux, OSX, Windows, ...)</li>
239     <li class="ok"><a href="http://developer.apple.com/audio/pdf/coreaudio.pdf">CoreMIDI</a> (Mac <a href="http://www.apple.com/macosx/">OS X</a>)</li>
240     <li class="ok"><a href="http://midishare.sourceforge.net/">MidiShare</a> (Linux, OS X, Windows)</li>
241     <li class="ok"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MultiMedia_Extensions">MME</a> (Windows)</li>
242     <li class="false">MIDI over ethernet (<a href="http://standards.ieee.org/announcements/p1639app.html">Distributed MIDI</a>)</li>
243     </ol>
244     </li>
245 schoenebeck 2635 <li class="ok">Audio output drivers
246 schoenebeck 1985 <ol>
247     <li class="ok"><a href="http://www.alsa-project.org/">ALSA</a> (Linux)</li>
248     <li class="ok"><a href="http://jackit.sourceforge.net/">JACK</a> (Linux, OSX, Windows, ...)</li>
249     <li class="ok"><a href="http://www.arts-project.org/">aRts</a> (not RT safe!)</li>
250     <li class="ok"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audio_stream_input_output">ASIO</a> (Windows)</li>
251     <li class="ok"><a href="http://developer.apple.com/audio/pdf/coreaudio.pdf">CoreAudio</a> (Mac <a href="http://www.apple.com/macosx/">OS X</a>)</li>
252     <li class="false">Audio over ethernet</li>
253     </ol>
254     </li>
255 schoenebeck 2635 <li class="ok"> Sampler Engines
256 senoner 542 <ol>
257 schoenebeck 2635 <li class="ok"> Gigasampler / GigaStudio format Engine
258 senoner 542 <ol>
259 schoenebeck 848 <li class="ok">Gig file loader
260     <ol>
261     <li class="ok">Gig v2 format</li>
262 schoenebeck 2635 <li class="partly">Gig v3 &amp; v4 format
263 schoenebeck 848 <ol>
264     <li class="partly">large file support (64 bit file offsets are currently truncated to 32 bit)</li>
265 schoenebeck 904 <li class="ok">24 bit samples (uncompressed as well as compressed)</li>
266 schoenebeck 848 <li class="ok">support for multi-file format (.gig, .gx01, .gx02, ...)</li>
267 schoenebeck 904 <li class="partly">support for articulation (.art) files</li>
268 schoenebeck 848 <li class="ok">support for Dimension Splits not equal to two</li>
269     <li class="ok">up to 8 Dimensions or 256 Dimension Regions</li>
270 schoenebeck 2635 <li class="partly">iMIDI rules (smart midi); <b>Note:</b> due its strong limitations usage of iMIDI rules is discouraged. We recommend you to consider using real-time instrument scripts instead.
271     <ol>
272     <li class="ok">Controller trigger rule</li>
273     <li class="partly">Legato rule</li>
274     <li class="partly">Alternator rule</li>
275     </ol>
276     </li>
277 schoenebeck 1669 <li class="false">convolution</li>
278 schoenebeck 848 </ol>
279     </li>
280     </ol>
281     </li>
282 schoenebeck 1498 <li class="ok">Generic playback (RAM playback & disk streaming)</li>
283 schoenebeck 848 <li class="ok">Dimension switching
284     <ol>
285     <li class="ok">Sample Channel</li>
286     <li class="ok">Layer</li>
287     <li class="ok">Velocity</li>
288     <li class="ok">Channel Aftertouch</li>
289     <li class="ok">Release Trigger</li>
290     <li class="ok">Keyboard Position</li>
291     <li class="ok">Round Robin</li>
292 schoenebeck 2635 <li class="ok">Round Robin Keyboard</li>
293     <li class="ok">Smart MIDI</li>
294 schoenebeck 848 <li class="ok">Random</li>
295     <li class="ok">Modulation Wheel</li>
296     <li class="ok">Breath Ctrl.</li>
297     <li class="ok">Foot Ctrl.</li>
298     <li class="ok">Portamento Time Ctrl.</li>
299     <li class="ok">Effect 1 &#038; 2 Ctrl.</li>
300     <li class="ok">Effect 1 - 5 Depth Ctrl.</li>
301     <li class="ok">General Purpose Ctrl. 1 - 8</li>
302     <li class="ok">Sustain Pedal</li>
303     <li class="ok">Portamento</li>
304     <li class="ok">Sostenuto Pedal</li>
305     <li class="ok">Soft Pedal</li>
306     </ol>
307     </li>
308     <li class="ok">Sustain pedal interpretation</li>
309     <li class="ok">Sostenuto pedal interpretation</li>
310 senoner 542 <li class="ok">Key velocity &#060;-&#062; volume mapping</li>
311 schoenebeck 1498 <li class="ok">Looping
312     <ol>
313     <li class="ok">endless loop</li>
314     <li class="ok">limited amount of loops</li>
315     <li class="ok">fractional looping</li>
316     </ol>
317     </li>
318 senoner 542 <li class="ok">Pitchbend wheel support</li>
319 schoenebeck 1498 <li class="ok">Bidirectional voice state transition, allowing
320     to cancel the relase stage of voices forth and back arbitrary
321     times if needed</li>
322 schoenebeck 878 <li class="ok">Filter (VCF)
323 senoner 542 <ol>
324     <li class="ok">Highpass</li>
325     <li class="ok">Bandpass</li>
326 schoenebeck 878 <li class="ok">Bandreject</li>
327 senoner 542 <li class="ok">Lowpass</li>
328 schoenebeck 878 <li class="ok">Turbo lowpass</li>
329 schoenebeck 1498 <li class="ok">all filter types provide extremely
330     accurate characteristics compared to the original
331     Gigasampler format filters</li>
332 senoner 542 <li class="ok">Cutoff frequency controllable by MIDI controller</li>
333     <li class="ok">Resonance controllable by MIDI controller</li>
334     </ol>
335     </li>
336     <li class="ok">VCA Envelope Generator (Volume)</li>
337     <li class="ok">VCF Envelope Generator (Filter)</li>
338     <li class="ok">VCO Envelope Generator (Pitch)</li>
339     <li class="ok">VCA Low Frequency Oscillator (Volume)</li>
340     <li class="ok">VCF Low Frequency Oscillator (Filter Cutoff)</li>
341     <li class="ok">VCO Low Frequency Oscillator (Pitch)</li>
342     <li class="ok">Layers</li>
343     <li class="ok">Crossfades</li>
344 schoenebeck 1498 <li class="ok">Key Groups (a.k.a Exclusive Groups),
345     for mutually switching off sounds i.e. for drumkits</li>
346     <li class="ok">Release Triggered Voices, specific samples
347     that are played back when voices are released</li>
348     <li class="ok">Key Switching, which allows to map a certain
349     range on thy keyboard as additional performance controller,
350     i.e. for switching articulations of orchestral sounds in realtime</li>
351 senoner 542 <li class="ok">Voice Stealing</li>
352 schoenebeck 848 <li class="ok">Portamento Mode and Solo Mode (a.k.a 'Mono Mode',
353     can be altered via standard GM messages, that is CC5 for
354     altering portamento time, CC65 for enabling / disabling
355     portamento mode, CC126 for enabling solo mode and CC127 for
356     disabling solo mode)</li>
357 schoenebeck 901 <li class="ok">Scale Tuning (via standard MIDI GS SysEx message)</li>
358 senoner 542 </ol>
359     </li>
360 schoenebeck 2635 <li class="partly"><a href="http://www.midi.org/about-midi/dls/abtdls.shtml">DLS</a> Engine
361 senoner 542 <ol>
362     <li class="ok">DLS file loader (DLS version <a href="http://www.midi.org/about-midi/dls/dls1v11b.pdf">1</a> &#038; <a href="http://www.midi.org/about-midi/dls/dls2spec.shtml">2</a>)</li>
363     <li class="false">Generic playback</li>
364     </ol>
365     </li>
366 schoenebeck 2635 <li class="partly">Akai Engine
367 senoner 542 <ol>
368 iliev 2006 <li class="ok"><a href="libakai/">Akai file loader</a> (<a href="http://www.vintagesynth.com/akai/s1000.shtml">S1000</a>, <a href="http://www.vintagesynth.com/akai/s3000.shtml">S3000</a> series)</li>
369 senoner 542 <li class="false">Generic playback</li>
370     </ol>
371 schoenebeck 2635 </li>
372     <li class="partly">SoundFont v2 (SF2) format engine
373     <ol>
374     <li class="ok">SF2 file loader</li>
375     <li class="ok">Generic playback</li>
376     <li class="partly">Articulations</li>
377 schoenebeck 2638 </ol>
378 schoenebeck 2635 </li>
379     <li class="ok">SFZ v2 format engine (<b>Note:</b> <u>not</u> to be interchanged with "SoundFont" format !!)
380     <ol>
381     <li class="ok">SFZ file loader</li>
382     <li class="ok">Generic playback</li>
383     <li>Articulations: Major part of opcodes have been implemented. Have a look at the <a href="/sfz/">SFZ status page</a> for details.</li>
384     </ol>
385     </li>
386     <li class="partly">KORG format Engine
387     <ol>
388 schoenebeck 2637 <li class="ok"><a href="/libgig/">KORG format file loader</a> (currently supports Kronos, Oasys, M3, Triton and Trinity sample based sounds).</li>
389 schoenebeck 2635 <li class="false">Generic playback</li>
390     </ol>
391     </li>
392 senoner 542 </li>
393 schoenebeck 2635 <li class="ok">Control interfaces
394 senoner 542 <ol>
395 schoenebeck 893 <li class="ok">Native C++ <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Application_programming_interface">API</a></li>
396 schoenebeck 553 <li class="ok">Custom network interface for frontends (<a name="LSCP" href="http://www.linuxsampler.org/api/draft-linuxsampler-protocol.html">LSCP</a>)
397 senoner 542 </li>
398 schoenebeck 553 <li class="false"><a name="OSC" href="http://www.cnmat.berkeley.edu/OpenSoundControl/">OSC</a>
399     </li>
400 senoner 542 </ol>
401     </li>
402     <li class="ok">Time stamp event system &#038; jitter correction</li>
403     <li class="ok">Multi channel &#038; multi engine support</li>
404 schoenebeck 2635 <li class="ok">Pitch shifter / Interpolation
405 senoner 542 <ol>
406     <li class="ok">Linear interpolation</li>
407     <li class="ok">Cubic interpolation</li>
408     <li class="false">Formant frequency correction / formant manipulation</li>
409     </ol>
410     </li>
411 schoenebeck 2635 <li class="partly">Extensive SMP (multi processor) support</li>
412     <ol>
413     <li class="ok">User can explicitly run individual sampler parts on different CPUs/cores.</li>
414     <li class="false">Automatic SMP voice pooling.</li>
415     </ol>
416 senoner 542 <li class="false">Network cluster support</li>
417 schoenebeck 1498 <li class="ok">MIDI instrument mapper, allows to create very flexible MIDI progam change setups in a very easy way.
418     <ol>
419     <li class="ok">MIDI program change</li>
420     <li class="ok">MIDI bank select (automatic detection of MSB only, LSB only or full MSB+LSB)</li>
421     <li class="ok">Load Strategy for each Item individually
422     <ol>
423     <li class="ok">On-Demand: loads the instrument only when needed, frees it immediately once not used by any sampler channel anymore</li>
424     <li class="ok">On-Demand-Hold: loads the instrument when needed and keeps it in memory, that is even if not used by a sampler channel</li>
425     <li class="ok">Persistent: loads the instrument immediately in the background (i.e. at sampler startup), allowing immediate program changes in realtime even of largest instruments, without wait time</li>
426     <li class="ok">Default: let the sampler decide</li>
427     </ol>
428     </li>
429     <li class="ok">Volume Factor for each Item, allowing to compensate the volume difference of sample library collections i.e. for live performances, without having to edit the instrument files</li>
430     <li class="ok">Mapping of arbitrary Instrument Files, already independent of the underlying format in respect for future sampler engines</li>
431     <li class="ok">arbitrary amount of independent MIDI instrumet maps, (i.e. for chromatic instruments, drumkits, ...), each sampler channel can be assigned to a specific MIDI map</li>
432     </ol>
433     </li>
434     <li class="ok">Effect Sends
435     <ol>
436     <li class="ok">Arbitrary Amount of FX Sends on Sampler Channels</li>
437     <li class="ok">Realtime MIDI Control of Send Level</li>
438     <li class="ok">Arbitrary MIDI Controller assignable</li>
439     <li class="ok">Flexible Routing i.e. to a dedicated effect audio output</li>
440     </ol>
441     </li>
442 schoenebeck 1576 <a name="instruments_db"></a>
443 schoenebeck 1498 <li class="ok">Instrument Database System, allowing to keep track of even the largest sample library collections
444     <ol>
445     <li class="ok">Ordering in Categories</li>
446     <li class="ok">Search by various Criteria</li>
447     <li class="ok">Transparently maintained on backend side</li>
448     </ol>
449     </li>
450 schoenebeck 1985 <li class="ok">(Graphical) frontends
451 senoner 542 <ol>
452 schoenebeck 1985 <li class="ok"><a href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/jsampler">JSampler a.k.a "Fantasia"</a> (Java based frontend)
453     <ol>
454     <li class="ok">Supports all currently available features of LinuxSampler</li>
455     </ol>
456     </li>
457 schoenebeck 1532 <li class="partly"><a href="http://qsampler.sourceforge.net">QSampler</a> (C++ based frontend using Qt)
458     <ol>
459     <li class="ok">Supports all features of LinuxSampler except the following ...</li>
460     <li class="partly"><a href="http://www.linuxsampler.org/api/draft-linuxsampler-protocol.html#MIDI Instrument Mapping">MIDI Instrument Maps</a>
461     (qsampler does currently not yet support to create more than two MIDI instrument maps [one intended for chromatic instruments and one for drumkits])
462     </li>
463     <li class="false"><a href="http://www.linuxsampler.org/api/draft-linuxsampler-protocol.html#Managing Instruments Database">Instruments DB support</a> (to ease handling of huge sample library collections)</li>
464     <li class="partly">Audio and MIDI device management (only minor thing that qsampler lacks support yet are <a href="http://www.linuxsampler.org/api/draft-linuxsampler-protocol.html#GET MIDI_INPUT_DRIVER_PARAMETER INFO">"multiplicity"</a> type device parameters, that is parameters which don't just accept one value, but also a list of values, i.e. for the "ALSA_SEQ_BINDINGS" parameter of the ALSA MIDI driver)</li>
465     </ol>
466     </li>
467 senoner 542 </ol>
468     </li>
469 schoenebeck 1498 <li class="ok">Playing while Loading, i.e. allowing to play and hold notes on the keyboard
470     while loading a new instrument on the same sampler channel at the same time</li>
471 schoenebeck 1985 <li class="ok">Limits for max. voices and max. disk streams can be altered at runtime</li>
472 schoenebeck 1498 <li class="ok">Instrument Editor Plugin System for 3rd Party Instrument Editors</li>
473     <li class="ok">Instrument Editors
474     <ol>
475 schoenebeck 1532 <li class="ok"><a href="http://download.linuxsampler.org/doc/gigedit/quickstart/gigedit_quickstart.html">gigedit</a> (C++ based using gtkmm/Gtk+)
476 schoenebeck 1498 <ol>
477 schoenebeck 2635 <li class="ok">allows to modify all aspects of Gigsampler/GigaStudio v2, v3 and v4 format files</li>
478 schoenebeck 1498 <li class="ok">allows to modify existing as well as creating completely new .gig files from scratch</li>
479     <li class="ok">stand-alone mode (independent of LinuxSampler)</li>
480     <li class="ok">live-mode (attached with LinuxSampler), which makes all modifications audible in the sampler in realtime without having to reload</li>
481 schoenebeck 2635 <li class="ok">created / modified files are accepted by LinuxSampler as well as by Gigastudio 3 &amp; 4</li>
482     <li class="ok">virtual MIDI keyboard (for triggering notes by mouse click and highlighting the virtual keys on external note events)
483     <li class="ok">Support for managing and editing real-time instrument scripts (LinuxSampler extension of the original GigaStudio format).</li>
484 schoenebeck 1498 </ol>
485     </li>
486     </ol>
487     </li>
488 schoenebeck 2635 <li class="partly">Real-time instrument script support<br>(allows to override / customize sampler's behavior by textual, easy to write scripts included with instruments, which act like small programs, plugged into the sampler).</li>
489 senoner 542 </ol>
490    
491     <hr>
492    
493     <p>
494     <TABLE class="formatmatrix">
495     <TR>
496     <TD><IMG src="gfx/okay_green.png" alt="Done" width="13" height="13" border="1"> Done</TD>
497     <TD><IMG src="gfx/yellow_light.png" alt="Partly implemented" width="13" height="13" border="1"> Partly implemented</TD>
498     <TD><IMG src="gfx/x.png" alt="Planned" width="13" height="13" border="1"> Planned</TD>
499     </TR>
500     </TABLE>
501     </p>
502    
503     <p>
504 schoenebeck 2636 (Last page update on <b>$Date$</b> by $Author$,
505 persson 2178 also see <a href="http://www.linuxsampler.org">Subversion Log</a> for recent changes)
506 senoner 542 </p>
507    
508     </div>
509     </td></tr></table>
510    
511     </div>
512    
513     </body>
514     </html>

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