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2     <news>
3 schoenebeck 2040 <entry date="2010-01-07">
4     The <link ref="reports/annual_report_2009.pdf">annual report of 2009</link>
5     with our financial situation is now online. Happy new year everybody!
6     </entry>
7 schoenebeck 2005 <entry date="2009-10-16">
8     Better a late than no announcement at all:
9     <list>
10     <li>linuxsampler 1.0.0</li>
11     <li>Fantasia 0.9</li>
12     <li>qsampler 0.2.2</li>
13     <li>gigedit 0.2.0</li>
14     <li>libgig 3.3.0</li>
15     <li>jlscp 0.8</li>
16     <li>liblscp 0.5.6</li>
17     </list>
18     This is the first release which allows the sampler to be used as audio
19     host plugin, namely supporting the standards VST, AU, DSSI and LV2. The
20     sampler's limits for max. voices &amp; disk streams can now be altered at
21     runtime by frontends, no need to recompile the sampler anymore. The Mac
22     version now also supports CoreAudio as audio driver. The Windows version
23     finally supports the sampler's instruments DB feature as well, however
24     expect it still to be unstable at this point. Along to the already
25     existing JACK audio driver, Jack MIDI support has been added in this
26     release. The sampler allows frontends now basic MIDI control, that is to
27     monitor incoming MIDI data on MIDI input devices and sampler channels and
28     to send note-on and note-off MIDI events to sampler channels, which
29     allows frontends to provide a virtual MIDI keyboard to the user. Besides
30     these major changes there were countless bugfixes and optimizations.
31     </entry>
32 schoenebeck 1905 <entry date="2009-05-12">
33     On the finish line to the upcoming next release of LinuxSampler and
34     friends, a beta pre-release for the Windows platform is now available
35     from our
36     <link ref="http://download.linuxsampler.org/dev/win/">download server</link>.
37     This is the first Windows version which includes a VST plugin version
38     of the sampler. The installer includes both, native 64 bit binaries and
39     32 bit binaries. The installer detects the system type and installs the
40     appropriate binaries automatically.
41     Please follow the ongoing discussion and development on our
42     <link ref="http://bb.linuxsampler.org/viewtopic.php?f=2&amp;t=339">web forum</link>
43     and <link ref="http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?forum_name=linuxsampler-devel">developers' mailing list</link>
44     to avoid known problems. Feedback appreciated!
45     </entry>
46 schoenebeck 1838 <entry date="2009-02-17">
47     Cheers Mac users! LinuxSampler is finally available as AudioUnit plugin!
48     It's still a work in progress, but you might already want to checkout
49     the experimental AU binary package of LinuxSampler, available from our
50     <link ref="http://download.linuxsampler.org/dev/mac/">download server</link>.
51     As this is still an early development version, please follow the ongoing
52     discussion and development on our
53 schoenebeck 1856 <link ref="http://bb.linuxsampler.org/viewtopic.php?f=2&amp;t=295">web forum</link>
54 schoenebeck 1838 and <link ref="http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?forum_name=linuxsampler-devel">developers' mailing list</link>
55     to avoid known problems. Feedback appreciated!
56     </entry>
57 schoenebeck 1694 <entry date="2008-02-15">
58     We're happy to announce that the first freely available sample library
59     is now available on our downloads server. Thanks to Mats Helgesson for
60     giving us the permission to share his "Maestro Concert Grand v2" piano
61     library with you. You find the download link along with the library's
62     license informations and a demo track for prelistening on our
63     <link ref="instruments.html">instruments</link> site.
64     </entry>
65 schoenebeck 1674 <entry date="2008-02-07">
66     Added <link ref="debian.html">Debian Howto</link> to the documentation
67     site, describing how to cook Debian packages, optimized for your
68     specific machine. Get the maximum out of your box! (The
69 schoenebeck 1694 <link ref="debian.html#benchmark">"Benchmark"</link>
70 schoenebeck 1674 chapter might be interesting for users of other systems as well)
71     </entry>
72 schoenebeck 1647 <entry date="2008-01-23">
73     Due to popular demand we finally launched a forum for this project. The
74     place to be and share questions, stories and the latest gossip is
75 schoenebeck 1856 <link ref="http://bb.linuxsampler.org">bb.linuxsampler.org</link>
76 schoenebeck 1647 </entry>
77 schoenebeck 1619 <entry date="2008-01-03">
78     Hey Mac Users! We hope to give you a good way to start the new year
79     by announcing that LinuxSampler is now officially
80     available for OS X as well! You find an installer (disk image) of the
81     latest release of LinuxSampler and QSampler for OS X on our
82     <link ref="http://www.linuxsampler.org/downloads.html">downloads site</link>.
83     Please note: gigedit is not yet available for Mac, we still need to do some
84     work on this. Same applies to JSampler unfortunately, because the required
85     Java version 1.6 is not officially available for Mac yet. Have a look
86     at the <link ref="osx.html">OS X HOWTO</link> for an easy start.
87     </entry>
88 schoenebeck 1597 <entry date="2007-12-26">
89     You tried out the young Windows version of LinuxSampler and encountered
90     problems? Check out the
91     <link ref="http://linuxsampler.org/windows.html#houston">Trouble
92     Shooting Section</link> of the LinuxSampler Windows HOWTO. It still
93     doesn't solve your problem? You can ask for help on our
94 schoenebeck 1598 <link ref="http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linuxsampler-devel">
95     Mailing List
96 schoenebeck 1597 </link>. If you found bugs, please report them to our
97     <link ref="http://bugs.linuxsampler.org">Bug Tracking System</link>.
98     </entry>
99 schoenebeck 1576 <entry date="2007-12-07">
100     Another strike:
101     <list>
102     <li>linuxsampler 0.5.1</li>
103     <li>jsampler 0.8a</li>
104     <li>qsampler 0.2.1</li>
105     <li>gigedit 0.1.1</li>
106     <li>libgig 3.2.1</li>
107     <li>jlscp 0.7a</li>
108     </list>
109     What do you expect from a sampler called LinuxSampler? Exactly: that it
110 schoenebeck 1578 <link ref="screenshots/win32_premiere.png">conquers the Windows
111     world</link>. This is the first official release of our applications for
112     the Windows platform, providing a convenient all-in-one installer tagged
113 schoenebeck 1576 "20071207". Supported drivers for this new system are so far: MME for
114     MIDI and ASIO for audio. Needless to say that there still might be
115 schoenebeck 1578 plenty of issues on Windows. Also note that the instruments database
116     feature is not ported yet. Have a look at the
117 schoenebeck 1576 <link ref="windows.html">Windows HOWTO</link> for a smooth start.
118     Beside this first Windows release, this is merely a bugfix release, i.e.
119     fixing a serious crash in LinuxSampler. Retrieving instrument names from
120 schoenebeck 1578 .gig files with the frontends is now much faster, so better keep that
121     option always on in QSampler from now on. With gigedit you can now edit
122 schoenebeck 1576 multiple (dimension) regions simultaniously. JSampler is finally able
123     to retrieve instrument names of instrument files and even remotely from
124 schoenebeck 1578 another machine, beside minor cosmetics like a total stream count
125     and volume displayed in dB, as well as couple bug fixes. QSampler gave
126     Qt3 an official funeral and is finally completely ported to Qt4. A lot
127     of the QSampler code base has changed due to this. So you still might
128     encounter bugs. Beside that the device management dialog received couple
129     of bug fixes.
130 schoenebeck 1576 </entry>
131 schoenebeck 1457 <entry date="2007-10-23">
132     As you might have noticed, we had issues with our linuxsampler.org DNS
133     names in the last two days, because it was dependent to a foreign server
134     out of our control. We just addressed this issue and finally completely
135     moved the DNS responsibility to our own servers to avoid this happening
136     again. Sorry for any inconvenience this may have caused!
137     </entry>
138 schoenebeck 1448 <entry date="2007-10-16">
139     A new release wave of the LinuxSampler family has arrived:
140     <list>
141     <li>linuxsampler 0.5.0</li>
142     <li>qsampler 0.1.5</li>
143     <li>jsampler 0.7a</li>
144     <li>gigedit 0.1.0</li>
145     <li>libgig 3.2.0</li>
146     <li>liblscp 0.5.5</li>
147     <li>jlscp 0.6a</li>
148     </list>
149     With our new instrument editor
150     <link ref="http://linuxsampler.org/screenshots/gigedit_0_0_3.png">gigedit</link>
151     we can finally modify existing, as well as create new Gigasampler format
152     instruments from scratch, which are not only accepted by LinuxSampler, but
153     also by Gigastudio. You can run gigedit as stand-alone application or
154     <link ref="http://download.linuxsampler.org/doc/gigedit/quickstart/gigedit_quickstart.html#live_editing">
155     "attached" to LinuxSampler</link>. The latter case allows you to play and edit
156     instruments at the same time, making all your modifications immediately
157     audible, without having to reload the instruments into the sampler. You can
158     simply edit instruments by selecting the respective sampler channel and
159     clicking on "Edit" (in QSampler as well as in JSampler). LinuxSampler now
160     provides a very powerful and easy MIDI program change mapping, which not
161     only allows you to define which instrument to load on which MIDI program
162     change number (and bank), it also allows further parameters like whether
163     the instrument shall be pre-cached or loaded only when needed (and likewise
164     freed when not needed). You can create arbitrary amount of effect sends for
165     each sampler channel, each having an arbitrary MIDI controller for
166     altering the effect send level in realtime and each one can flexible be routed to
167     some of the sampler's audio output channels, i.e. to a dedicated one for a
168     certain effect type (managing FX sends is yet only supported by JSampler,
169     not by QSampler yet). The new instruments database on sampler side allows
170     you to keep track even of largest instrument library collections. You can
171     order them in categories and search by various criteria (you can find this
172 iliev 1449 feature as "Instruments Database" in JSampler, it's not yet supported by QSampler).
173 schoenebeck 1448 Loading huge instruments may take a while, that's why the sampler now
174     allows to play an instrument while loading. That way you can i.e. play and
175     hold notes on the keyboard while loading a new instrument on the same
176     sampler channel at the same time.
177     </entry>
178 schoenebeck 1408 <entry date="2007-10-12">
179     libgig's home has moved to this server. It's new official home is now:
180     <link ref="http://www.linuxsampler.org/libgig/" />
181     Please update your links and bookmarks!
182     </entry>
183 iliev 1289 <entry date="2007-08-10">
184     <link ref="http://downloads.sourceforge.net/jsampler/JSampler-0.6a.tar.bz2">
185     JSampler 0.6a</link> has been released.
186     The <link ref="http://downloads.sourceforge.net/jsampler/Fantasia-0.6a.jar">
187     Fantasia</link> distribution is now capable of controlling all features
188     available in LinuxSampler. See <link ref="screenshots/fantasia.png">screenshot</link>.
189     </entry>
190 schoenebeck 1268 <entry date="2007-05-24">
191     <link ref="http://downloads.sourceforge.net/jsampler/JSampler-0.5a.tar.bz2">
192     JSampler 0.5a</link> has been released, now with instruments database
193     support.
194     </entry>
195     <entry date="2007-05-04">
196     <link ref="http://qsampler.sourceforge.net">Qsampler</link> 0.1.4 has been
197     released. Almost another year has gone by.
198     </entry>
199     <entry date="2007-04-02">
200     JSampler 0.4a has been released. Read the
201     <link ref="jsampler/manual/html/jsampler.html">manual</link> for
202     installation instructions.
203     </entry>
204     <entry date="2007-03-24">
205     gigedit 0.0.3 has been released, a graphical instrument editor allowing
206     to edit existing Gigasampler format files as well as creating new ones
207     completely from scratch. Along comes a new release of libgig (3.1.1).
208     </entry>
209     <entry date="2006-11-24">
210     After a long, long development cycle LinuxSampler 0.4.0 has finally been
211     released.
212     </entry>
213     <entry date="2006-11-24">
214     libgig 3.1.0 has been released.
215     </entry>
216     <entry date="2006-08-07">
217     <link ref="http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/jsampler/JSampler-0.3a.tar.bz2?download">
218     JSampler 0.3a</link> has been released.
219     <list>
220     <li>
221     Partially implemented a new view - Fantasia (graphic desing: Olivier
222     Boyer). Only channel manipulation for now.
223     </li>
224     <li>
225     More new features in JS Classic - Implemented an LS Console with
226     command autocompletion (using the Tab key), command history (using Up,
227     Down keys), command history search (Ctrl + R), command list search
228     (Ctrl + F), and more.
229     </li>
230     <li>
231     Implemented Orchestras (something like Bookmarks/Favorites for
232     instruments). Drag &amp; Drop support for instrument loading, adding an
233     instrument to orchestra and autocompleting an instrument loading
234     command in the LS Console.
235     </li>
236     </list>
237     </entry>
238     <entry date="2006-06-02">
239     <link ref="http://qsampler.sourceforge.net">Qsampler</link> 0.1.3 is now
240     available. It's been a long time isn't it?
241     </entry>
242     <entry date="2006-04-28">
243     libgig 3.0.0 has been released.
244     </entry>
245     <entry date="2006-03-16">
246     <link ref="http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/jsampler/JS_Classic-0.2a.jar?download">
247     JS Classic 0.2a</link> has been released.
248     </entry>
249     <entry date="2005-12-22">
250     Major services (CVS, downloads, Bug Tracking System) were down in the last
251     days due to a hardware defect on one of our servers. CVS is finally up
252     again and we are working on restoring all other services in the next days
253     as well. We are also establishing further backup facilities to prevent this
254     happening again. Sorry for any inconvenience!
255     </entry>
256     <entry date="2005-11-24">
257     Latest <link ref="http://cvs.linuxsampler.org">CVS version</link>
258 schoenebeck 1453 of <link ref="http://www.linuxsampler.org/libgig/">
259 schoenebeck 1268 libgig</link> now allows to create and modify Gigasampler files
260     (<link ref="http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_id=9051147&amp;forum_id=12792">
261     read announcement</link>). Please let
262     <link ref="http://www.linuxsampler.org/developers.html">us</link>
263     know if you are interested in writing an instrument patch editor.
264     </entry>
265     <entry date="2005-10-10">
266     <link ref="http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/jsampler/js-classic.jar?download">
267     JS Classic 0.1a</link> has been released (the first distribution of the
268     <link ref="https://sourceforge.net/projects/jsampler/">JSampler</link>
269     project).
270     </entry>
271     <entry date="2005-08-16">
272     Due to ongoing synthesis optimizations, CVS version of LS might be broken
273     for a while. Please use the tarball release in the meantime.
274     </entry>
275     <entry date="2005-07-15">
276     LinuxSampler 0.3.3 has been released. Once again a bug fix release.
277     </entry>
278     <entry date="2005-06-24">
279     LinuxSampler 0.3.2 has been released. This is more or less just a bug fix
280     release. Just by coincidence, <link ref="http://qsampler.sourceforge.net">
281     QSampler</link> 0.1.2 has also been thrown out.
282     </entry>
283     <entry date="2005-06-12">
284     <link ref="http://qsampler.sourceforge.net">QSampler</link> 0.1.1 has been
285     released, after a few bugfixes and a new logo icon.
286     </entry>
287     <entry date="2005-05-25">
288     LinuxSampler 0.3.1, the first official release is finally out!
289     </entry>
290     <entry date="2005-05-23">
291     After some time laying around in the backyard,
292     <link ref="http://qsampler.sourceforge.net">QSampler</link> 0.1.0 has
293     been released, now with the promised Audio and MIDI device configuration
294     interface. Enjoy!
295     </entry>
296     <entry date="2005-03-15">
297     Our bug tracking system is now online and available on
298     <link ref="http://bugs.linuxsampler.org">bugs.linuxsampler.org</link>.
299     </entry>
300     <entry date="2005-03-04">
301     <link ref="http://qsampler.sourceforge.net">QSampler</link>,
302     the Qt GUI front-end in the works for the LinuxSampler engine, was bumped
303     to its now fifth primordial release (0.0.5). Still alpha code. Time to move
304     on... to a better and complete Audio/MIDI device configuration interface,
305     as predicted by LSCP and wrapped by liblscp.
306     </entry>
307     <entry date="2005-02-26">
308     Due to a design change, current LinuxSampler CVS version is quite unstable.
309     You might want to use the previous, stable version of LS in the meantime,
310     which can be downloaded as
311     <link ref="http://www.linuxsampler.org/downloads.html">source tarball
312     </link>. Alternatively you can also checkout the old version from CVS which
313     was tagged as "v0_2_0".
314     </entry>
315     <entry date="2004-11-19">
316     The Qt GUI front-end for the LinuxSampler engine has been updated: the 4th
317     alpha-release of
318     <link ref="http://qsampler.sourceforge.net">QSampler</link> has been
319     released.
320     </entry>
321     <entry date="2004-11-13">
322     On monday (November, 15th) <link ref="http://cvs.linuxsampler.org">
323     cvs.linuxsampler.org</link> may be temporarily down due to maintenance work
324     around 13:00 UTC.
325     </entry>
326     <entry date="2004-07-06">
327     The third alpha-release of <link ref="http://qsampler.sourceforge.net">
328     QSampler</link>, the Qt GUI front-end for the LinuxSampler engine, is now
329     publicly available.
330     </entry>
331     <entry date="2004-06-05">
332     Added a screenshot to the Screenshots page, instructions how to compile the
333     GUI are on the linked qsampler site.
334     </entry>
335     <entry date="2004-05-31">
336     On wednesday (June, 2nd) <link ref="http://cvs.linuxsampler.org">
337     cvs.linuxsampler.org</link> will be temporarily not available from 6:00 UTC
338     until 16:00 UTC due to construction works.
339     </entry>
340     <entry date="2004-05-24">
341     The CVS repository is now <link ref="http://cvs.linuxsampler.org">
342     browseable</link>.
343     </entry>
344     <entry date="2004-05-03">
345     We are currently in a transition stage due to the recent changes (multi
346     channel / multi engine / multi audio output device and multi MIDI input
347     device support) this also leads to multi problems we have to solve ;-) so
348     meanwhile you can use the old single channel version. We created the two
349     CVS alias tags 'singlechannel' and 'v0_1_0' which you can use to checkout
350     the old single channel version of LinuxSampler. The CVS command line is the
351     same except that you have to add '-r singlechannel'.
352     </entry>
353     <entry date="2004-03-26">
354     CVS root path has changed! See <link ref="downloads.html">downloads</link>
355     section for instructions how to checkout the latest version of LinuxSampler
356     from CVS.
357     </entry>
358     <entry date="2004-03-23">
359     Updated <link ref="features.html">features</link> section on this site,
360     hopefully we will keep the features list in sync with the latest
361     developments from now on.
362     </entry>
363     <entry date="2004-01-07">
364     The document for the network protocol definition is now available in the
365     <link ref="http://www.linuxsampler.org/downloads.html">downloads</link>
366     section. Have a look at it if you can imagine to write a frontend for
367     LinuxSampler!
368     </entry>
369     <entry date="2003-11-08">
370     Added CVS log to this site, showing the latest commits to the LinuxSampler
371     CVS repository.
372     </entry>
373     <entry date="2003-11-02">
374     Lots of news for the Linuxsampler community. We've got a new site, new
375     domain and new code available in CVS. Check the
376     <link ref="http://www.linuxsampler.org/downloads.html">downloads</link>
377     section for instructions. If you want to check it out, please keep in mind
378     that it might contain bugs, it might crash and that it's still lacking tons
379     of features. CVS is directed towards developers who would like to test
380     things and add code. Users should wait for a tarball release.
381     </entry>
382     </news>

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