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