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  <entry date="2011-08-25">
    <link ref="sfz/" img="gfx/logos/sfz.png"></link>
    <link ref="sfz/">Added SFZ implementation status page.</link>
    We are currently in the works to implement support for the SFZ format,
    which is a powerful and open sample library format, already adopted by
    many commercial samplers. Check our new SFZ status page to see which
    aspects of the format are already supported by LinuxSampler, and which
    ones are yet to be implemented.
  </entry>
  <entry date="2011-07-18">
    <link ref="http://download.linuxsampler.org/packages/osx/snapshots/" img="gfx/logos/apple.png"></link>
    <link ref="http://download.linuxsampler.org/packages/osx/snapshots/">Download the latest OS X snapshot of the sampler!</link>
    Following our ongoing sympathy for automatic snapshots, we finally provide
    automatic builds also for Apple OS X! As soon as some developer commits
    something new to our Subversion server, a new binary snapshot for OS X will
    automatically be available for download from our webserver within minutes.
    The snapshot tbz2 archive file contains universal binaries
    (PPC 32 bit, Intel 32 &amp; 64 bit) of the stand-alone version of the
    sampler, VST and AU plugin version, and the graphical frontend applications
    QSampler and Fantasia. Only our graphical instrument editor gigedit is not
    yet part of the snapshots, it might follow at a later point. Please read
    the README file in the tbz2 archive file for instructions how to install
    everything on your Mac.
  </entry>
  <entry date="2011-06-05">
    <link ref="http://svn.linuxsampler.org" img="gfx/logos/subversion.png"></link>
    From now on, our source code is managed by a Subversion server. We
    converted our existing CVS repository for the
    <link ref="http://svn.linuxsampler.org">new Subversion server</link>, so
    the complete history from the beginning of this project is also
    available in this new Subversion repository. Our
    <link ref="http://cvs.linuxsampler.org">old CVS server, along with its web frontend</link>
    is still available, however is now in read only mode, so no changes can be
    commited to CVS anymore. On the downloads page you can find
    <link ref="http://www.linuxsampler.org/downloads.html#svn">instructions how
    to download ("checkout") source code from our Subversion server.</link>
  </entry>
  <entry date="2011-06-05">
    <link ref="http://www.linuxsampler.org" img="gfx/sorryd.jpg"></link>
    After a huge down time of almost one month, we decided to move to new, more
    reliable servers. Thanks to the University of Heilbronn which kindly hosted
    our servers for 8 years. We started to move the most important services to
    a commercial server host, which will be financed by your donations. Sorry
    for this long absence and thank you for your support!
  </entry>
  <entry date="2011-02-05">
    <link ref="http://download.linuxsampler.org/packages/win32/snapshots/" img="gfx/logos/windows.png"></link>
    <link ref="http://download.linuxsampler.org/packages/win32/snapshots/">Download the latest Windows snapshot of the sampler!</link>
    Since we have to confess that we are a bit lazy about putting out official
    releases, and since the latest official release of the sampler for Windows
    is quite old, we decided to establish automatic builts of the sampler and
    all other software components for Windows. As soon as some developer
    commits something new to the CVS server for any of the project's software
    components, a new snapshot binary for Windows will automatically built and
    be available for download within few minutes. Sorry for neglecting you
    Windows users out there for so long!
  </entry>
  <entry date="2011-01-23">
    <link ref="nkitool/" img="nkitool/native-instruments-kontakt.png"></link>
    In case you are working a lot on Native Instruments Kontakt instrument
    files, or if you are just interested in the .nki file format, you might have
    a look at <link ref="nkitool/">nkitool</link>. It is a simple console
    application which allows to export and import the human readable XML file
    from and to Native Instruments Kontakt .nki instrument articulation files.
    It can be very handy to speedup or even automate the process of creating
    and editing .nki instrument files.
  </entry>
  <entry date="2010-10-01">
    <link ref="misc/press/computer_music_special_44_2010/cms_44_2010_cover.jpg" img="misc/press/computer_music_special_44_2010/cms_44_2010_cover_s.jpg"></link>
    LinuxSampler is featured in the october special issue of the "Computer Music"
    magazine. It is available in English language in magazine stores around the
    UK. This special issue focused on demonstrating the "best free software" for
    music production on PC, Mac and mobile. LinuxSampler is covered along to four
    other samplers, with an introduction howto on page 57. You can
    <link ref="misc/press/computer_music_special_44_2010/cms_44_2010_article.jpg">read the full article here.</link>
  </entry>
  <entry date="2010-01-07">
    The <link ref="reports/annual_report_2009.pdf">annual report of 2009</link>
    with our financial situation is now online. Happy new year everybody!
  </entry>
  <entry date="2009-10-16">
    Better a late than no announcement at all:
    <list>
      <li>linuxsampler 1.0.0</li>
      <li>Fantasia 0.9</li>
      <li>qsampler 0.2.2</li>
      <li>gigedit 0.2.0</li>
      <li>libgig 3.3.0</li>
      <li>jlscp 0.8</li>
      <li>liblscp 0.5.6</li>
    </list>
    This is the first release which allows the sampler to be used as audio
    host plugin, namely supporting the standards VST, AU, DSSI and LV2. The
    sampler's limits for max. voices &amp; disk streams can now be altered at
    runtime by frontends, no need to recompile the sampler anymore. The Mac
    version now also supports CoreAudio as audio driver. The Windows version
    finally supports the sampler's instruments DB feature as well, however
    expect it still to be unstable at this point. Along to the already
    existing JACK audio driver, Jack MIDI support has been added in this
    release. The sampler allows frontends now basic MIDI control, that is to
    monitor incoming MIDI data on MIDI input devices and sampler channels and
    to send note-on and note-off MIDI events to sampler channels, which
    allows frontends to provide a virtual MIDI keyboard to the user. Besides
    these major changes there were countless bugfixes and optimizations.
  </entry>
  <entry date="2009-05-12">
    On the finish line to the upcoming next release of LinuxSampler and
    friends, a beta pre-release for the Windows platform is now available
    from our
    <link ref="http://download.linuxsampler.org/dev/win/">download server</link>.
    This is the first Windows version which includes a VST plugin version
    of the sampler. The installer includes both, native 64 bit binaries and
    32 bit binaries. The installer detects the system type and installs the
    appropriate binaries automatically.
    Please follow the ongoing discussion and development on our
    <link ref="http://bb.linuxsampler.org/viewtopic.php?f=2&amp;t=339">web forum</link>
    and <link ref="http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?forum_name=linuxsampler-devel">developers' mailing list</link>
    to avoid known problems. Feedback appreciated!
  </entry>
  <entry date="2009-02-17">
    Cheers Mac users! LinuxSampler is finally available as AudioUnit plugin!
    It's still a work in progress, but you might already want to checkout
    the experimental AU binary package of LinuxSampler, available from our
    <link ref="http://download.linuxsampler.org/dev/mac/">download server</link>.
    As this is still an early development version, please follow the ongoing
    discussion and development on our
    <link ref="http://bb.linuxsampler.org/viewtopic.php?f=2&amp;t=295">web forum</link>
    and <link ref="http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?forum_name=linuxsampler-devel">developers' mailing list</link>
    to avoid known problems. Feedback appreciated!
  </entry>
  <entry date="2008-02-15">
    We're happy to announce that the first freely available sample library
    is now available on our downloads server. Thanks to Mats Helgesson for
    giving us the permission to share his "Maestro Concert Grand v2" piano
    library with you. You find the download link along with the library's
    license informations and a demo track for prelistening on our
    <link ref="instruments.html">instruments</link> site.
  </entry>
  <entry date="2008-02-07">
    Added <link ref="debian.html">Debian Howto</link> to the documentation
    site, describing how to cook Debian packages, optimized for your
    specific machine. Get the maximum out of your box! (The
    <link ref="debian.html#benchmark">"Benchmark"</link>
    chapter might be interesting for users of other systems as well)
  </entry>
  <entry date="2008-01-23">
    Due to popular demand we finally launched a forum for this project. The
    place to be and share questions, stories and the latest gossip is
    <link ref="http://bb.linuxsampler.org">bb.linuxsampler.org</link>
  </entry>
  <entry date="2008-01-03">
    Hey Mac Users! We hope to give you a good way to start the new year
    by announcing that LinuxSampler is now officially
    available for OS X as well! You find an installer (disk image) of the
    latest release of LinuxSampler and QSampler for OS X on our
    <link ref="http://www.linuxsampler.org/downloads.html">downloads site</link>.
    Please note: gigedit is not yet available for Mac, we still need to do some
    work on this. Same applies to JSampler unfortunately, because the required
    Java version 1.6 is not officially available for Mac yet. Have a look
    at the <link ref="osx.html">OS X HOWTO</link> for an easy start.
  </entry>
  <entry date="2007-12-26">
    You tried out the young Windows version of LinuxSampler and encountered
    problems? Check out the
    <link ref="http://linuxsampler.org/windows.html#houston">Trouble
    Shooting Section</link> of the LinuxSampler Windows HOWTO. It still
    doesn't solve your problem? You can ask for help on our
    <link ref="http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linuxsampler-devel">
    Mailing List
    </link>. If you found bugs, please report them to our
    <link ref="http://bugs.linuxsampler.org">Bug Tracking System</link>.
  </entry>
  <entry date="2007-12-07">
    Another strike:
    <list>
      <li>linuxsampler 0.5.1</li>
      <li>jsampler 0.8a</li>
      <li>qsampler 0.2.1</li>
      <li>gigedit 0.1.1</li>
      <li>libgig 3.2.1</li>
      <li>jlscp 0.7a</li>
    </list>
    What do you expect from a sampler called LinuxSampler? Exactly: that it
    <link ref="screenshots/win32_premiere.png">conquers the Windows
    world</link>. This is the first official release of our applications for
    the Windows platform, providing a convenient all-in-one installer tagged
    "20071207". Supported drivers for this new system are so far: MME for
    MIDI and ASIO for audio. Needless to say that there still might be
    plenty of issues on Windows. Also note that the instruments database
    feature is not ported yet. Have a look at the
    <link ref="windows.html">Windows HOWTO</link> for a smooth start.
    Beside this first Windows release, this is merely a bugfix release, i.e.
    fixing a serious crash in LinuxSampler. Retrieving instrument names from
    .gig files with the frontends is now much faster, so better keep that
    option always on in QSampler from now on. With gigedit you can now edit
    multiple (dimension) regions simultaniously. JSampler is finally able
    to retrieve instrument names of instrument files and even remotely from
    another machine, beside minor cosmetics like a total stream count
    and volume displayed in dB, as well as couple bug fixes. QSampler gave
    Qt3 an official funeral and is finally completely ported to Qt4. A lot
    of the QSampler code base has changed due to this. So you still might
    encounter bugs. Beside that the device management dialog received couple
    of bug fixes.
  </entry>
  <entry date="2007-10-23">
    As you might have noticed, we had issues with our linuxsampler.org DNS
    names in the last two days, because it was dependent to a foreign server
    out of our control. We just addressed this issue and finally completely
    moved the DNS responsibility to our own servers to avoid this happening
    again. Sorry for any inconvenience this may have caused!
  </entry>
  <entry date="2007-10-16">
    A new release wave of the LinuxSampler family has arrived:
    <list>
      <li>linuxsampler 0.5.0</li>
      <li>qsampler 0.1.5</li>
      <li>jsampler 0.7a</li>
      <li>gigedit 0.1.0</li>
      <li>libgig 3.2.0</li>
      <li>liblscp 0.5.5</li>
      <li>jlscp 0.6a</li>
    </list>
    With our new instrument editor
    <link ref="http://linuxsampler.org/screenshots/gigedit_0_0_3.png">gigedit</link>
    we can finally modify existing, as well as create new Gigasampler format
    instruments from scratch, which are not only accepted by LinuxSampler, but
    also by Gigastudio. You can run gigedit as stand-alone application or
    <link ref="http://download.linuxsampler.org/doc/gigedit/quickstart/gigedit_quickstart.html#live_editing">
    "attached" to LinuxSampler</link>. The latter case allows you to play and edit
    instruments at the same time, making all your modifications immediately
    audible, without having to reload the instruments into the sampler. You can
    simply edit instruments by selecting the respective sampler channel and
    clicking on "Edit" (in QSampler as well as in JSampler). LinuxSampler now
    provides a very powerful and easy MIDI program change mapping, which not
    only allows you to define which instrument to load on which MIDI program
    change number (and bank), it also allows further parameters like whether
    the instrument shall be pre-cached or loaded only when needed (and likewise
    freed when not needed). You can create arbitrary amount of effect sends for
    each sampler channel, each having an arbitrary MIDI controller for
    altering the effect send level in realtime and each one can flexible be routed to
    some of the sampler's audio output channels, i.e. to a dedicated one for a
    certain effect type (managing FX sends is yet only supported by JSampler,
    not by QSampler yet). The new instruments database on sampler side allows
    you to keep track even of largest instrument library collections. You can
    order them in categories and search by various criteria (you can find this
    feature as "Instruments Database" in JSampler, it's not yet supported by QSampler).
    Loading huge instruments may take a while, that's why the sampler now
    allows to play an instrument while loading. That way you can i.e. play and
    hold notes on the keyboard while loading a new instrument on the same
    sampler channel at the same time.
  </entry>
  <entry date="2007-10-12">
    libgig's home has moved to this server. It's new official home is now:
    <link ref="http://www.linuxsampler.org/libgig/" />
    Please update your links and bookmarks!
  </entry>
  <entry date="2007-08-10">
    <link ref="http://downloads.sourceforge.net/jsampler/JSampler-0.6a.tar.bz2">
    JSampler 0.6a</link> has been released.
    The <link ref="http://downloads.sourceforge.net/jsampler/Fantasia-0.6a.jar">
    Fantasia</link> distribution is now capable of controlling all features
    available in LinuxSampler. See <link ref="screenshots/fantasia.png">screenshot</link>.
  </entry>
  <entry date="2007-05-24">
    <link ref="http://downloads.sourceforge.net/jsampler/JSampler-0.5a.tar.bz2">
    JSampler 0.5a</link> has been released, now with instruments database
    support.
  </entry>
  <entry date="2007-05-04">
    <link ref="http://qsampler.sourceforge.net">Qsampler</link> 0.1.4 has been
    released. Almost another year has gone by.
  </entry>
  <entry date="2007-04-02">
    JSampler 0.4a has been released. Read the
    <link ref="jsampler/manual/html/jsampler.html">manual</link> for
    installation instructions.
  </entry>
  <entry date="2007-03-24">
    gigedit 0.0.3 has been released, a graphical instrument editor allowing
    to edit existing Gigasampler format files as well as creating new ones
    completely from scratch. Along comes a new release of libgig (3.1.1).
  </entry>
  <entry date="2006-11-24">
    After a long, long development cycle LinuxSampler 0.4.0 has finally been
    released.
  </entry>
  <entry date="2006-11-24">
    libgig 3.1.0 has been released.
  </entry>
  <entry date="2006-08-07">
    <link ref="http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/jsampler/JSampler-0.3a.tar.bz2?download">
    JSampler 0.3a</link> has been released.
    <list>
      <li>
        Partially implemented a new view - Fantasia (graphic desing: Olivier
        Boyer). Only channel manipulation for now.
      </li>
      <li>
        More new features in JS Classic - Implemented an LS Console with
        command autocompletion (using the Tab key), command history (using Up,
        Down keys), command history search (Ctrl + R), command list search
        (Ctrl + F), and more.
      </li>
      <li>
        Implemented Orchestras (something like Bookmarks/Favorites for
        instruments). Drag &amp; Drop support for instrument loading, adding an
        instrument to orchestra and autocompleting an instrument loading
        command in the LS Console.
      </li>
    </list>
  </entry>
  <entry date="2006-06-02">
    <link ref="http://qsampler.sourceforge.net">Qsampler</link> 0.1.3 is now
    available. It's been a long time isn't it?
  </entry>
  <entry date="2006-04-28">
    libgig 3.0.0 has been released.
  </entry>
  <entry date="2006-03-16">
    <link ref="http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/jsampler/JS_Classic-0.2a.jar?download">
    JS Classic 0.2a</link> has been released.
  </entry>
  <entry date="2005-12-22">
    Major services (CVS, downloads, Bug Tracking System) were down in the last
    days due to a hardware defect on one of our servers. CVS is finally up
    again and we are working on restoring all other services in the next days
    as well. We are also establishing further backup facilities to prevent this
    happening again. Sorry for any inconvenience!
  </entry>
  <entry date="2005-11-24">
    Latest <link ref="http://cvs.linuxsampler.org">CVS version</link>
    of <link ref="http://www.linuxsampler.org/libgig/">
    libgig</link> now allows to create and modify Gigasampler files
    (<link ref="http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_id=9051147&amp;forum_id=12792">
    read announcement</link>). Please let
    <link ref="http://www.linuxsampler.org/developers.html">us</link>
    know if you are interested in writing an instrument patch editor.
  </entry>
  <entry date="2005-10-10">
    <link ref="http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/jsampler/js-classic.jar?download">
    JS Classic 0.1a</link> has been released (the first distribution of the
    <link ref="https://sourceforge.net/projects/jsampler/">JSampler</link>
    project).
  </entry>
  <entry date="2005-08-16">
    Due to ongoing synthesis optimizations, CVS version of LS might be broken
    for a while. Please use the tarball release in the meantime.
  </entry>
  <entry date="2005-07-15">
    LinuxSampler 0.3.3 has been released. Once again a bug fix release.
  </entry>
  <entry date="2005-06-24">
    LinuxSampler 0.3.2 has been released. This is more or less just a bug fix
    release. Just by coincidence, <link ref="http://qsampler.sourceforge.net">
    QSampler</link> 0.1.2 has also been thrown out.
  </entry>
  <entry date="2005-06-12">
    <link ref="http://qsampler.sourceforge.net">QSampler</link> 0.1.1 has been
    released, after a few bugfixes and a new logo icon.
  </entry>
  <entry date="2005-05-25">
    LinuxSampler 0.3.1, the first official release is finally out!
  </entry>
  <entry date="2005-05-23">
    After some time laying around in the backyard,
    <link ref="http://qsampler.sourceforge.net">QSampler</link> 0.1.0 has
    been released, now with the promised Audio and MIDI device configuration
    interface. Enjoy!
  </entry>
  <entry date="2005-03-15">
    Our bug tracking system is now online and available on
    <link ref="http://bugs.linuxsampler.org">bugs.linuxsampler.org</link>.
  </entry>
  <entry date="2005-03-04">
    <link ref="http://qsampler.sourceforge.net">QSampler</link>,
    the Qt GUI front-end in the works for the LinuxSampler engine, was bumped
    to its now fifth primordial release (0.0.5). Still alpha code. Time to move
    on... to a better and complete Audio/MIDI device configuration interface,
    as predicted by LSCP and wrapped by liblscp.
  </entry>
  <entry date="2005-02-26">
    Due to a design change, current LinuxSampler CVS version is quite unstable.
    You might want to use the previous, stable version of LS in the meantime,
    which can be downloaded as
    <link ref="http://www.linuxsampler.org/downloads.html">source tarball
    </link>. Alternatively you can also checkout the old version from CVS which
    was tagged as "v0_2_0".
  </entry>
  <entry date="2004-11-19">
    The Qt GUI front-end for the LinuxSampler engine has been updated: the 4th
    alpha-release of
    <link ref="http://qsampler.sourceforge.net">QSampler</link> has been
    released.
  </entry>
  <entry date="2004-11-13">
    On monday (November, 15th) <link ref="http://cvs.linuxsampler.org">
    cvs.linuxsampler.org</link> may be temporarily down due to maintenance work
    around 13:00 UTC.
  </entry>
  <entry date="2004-07-06">
    The third alpha-release of <link ref="http://qsampler.sourceforge.net">
    QSampler</link>, the Qt GUI front-end for the LinuxSampler engine, is now
    publicly available.
  </entry>
  <entry date="2004-06-05">
    Added a screenshot to the Screenshots page, instructions how to compile the
    GUI are on the linked qsampler site.
  </entry>
  <entry date="2004-05-31">
    On wednesday (June, 2nd) <link ref="http://cvs.linuxsampler.org">
    cvs.linuxsampler.org</link> will be temporarily not available from 6:00 UTC
    until 16:00 UTC due to construction works.
  </entry>
  <entry date="2004-05-24">
    The CVS repository is now <link ref="http://cvs.linuxsampler.org">
    browseable</link>.
  </entry>
  <entry date="2004-05-03">
    We are currently in a transition stage due to the recent changes (multi
    channel / multi engine / multi audio output device and multi MIDI input
    device support) this also leads to multi problems we have to solve ;-) so
    meanwhile you can use the old single channel version. We created the two
    CVS alias tags 'singlechannel' and 'v0_1_0' which you can use to checkout
    the old single channel version of LinuxSampler. The CVS command line is the
    same except that you have to add '-r singlechannel'.
  </entry>
  <entry date="2004-03-26">
    CVS root path has changed! See <link ref="downloads.html">downloads</link>
    section for instructions how to checkout the latest version of LinuxSampler
    from CVS.
  </entry>
  <entry date="2004-03-23">
    Updated <link ref="features.html">features</link> section on this site,
    hopefully we will keep the features list in sync with the latest
    developments from now on.
  </entry>
  <entry date="2004-01-07">
    The document for the network protocol definition is now available in the
    <link ref="http://www.linuxsampler.org/downloads.html">downloads</link>
    section. Have a look at it if you can imagine to write a frontend for
    LinuxSampler!
  </entry>
  <entry date="2003-11-08">
    Added CVS log to this site, showing the latest commits to the LinuxSampler
    CVS repository.
  </entry>
  <entry date="2003-11-02">
    Lots of news for the Linuxsampler community. We've got a new site, new
    domain and new code available in CVS. Check the
    <link ref="http://www.linuxsampler.org/downloads.html">downloads</link>
    section for instructions. If you want to check it out, please keep in mind
    that it might contain bugs, it might crash and that it's still lacking tons
    of features. CVS is directed towards developers who would like to test
    things and add code. Users should wait for a tarball release.
  </entry>
</news>