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3      <entry date="2019-07-27">
4        LinuxSampler 2.1.1 had been released. This is mainly a maintenance release.
5        See the
6        <link ref="http://doc.linuxsampler.org/Release_Notes/LinuxSampler_2_1_1/">release notes</link>
7        for details.
8      </entry>
9      <entry date="2019-03-10">
10        The <link ref="https://sourceforge.net/p/linuxsampler/mailman/message/36608653/">macOS Installer has been modernized</link>
11        e.g. using now Gtk 3 for Gigedit and Qt 5 for QSampler and a modern
12        C++11 capable compiler. Support for ancient PowerPC Macs and 32-bit Intel
13        Macs has been dropped for that reason. So all Mac snapshot builds starting
14        from today onwards will require a 64-bit Intel Mac with at least macOS 10.7 or
15        higher. If you still have one of those ancient Macs and can't find an old
16        snapshot build on our website that still works for your old Mac, then you may
17        write us on the
18        <link ref="https://sourceforge.net/projects/linuxsampler/lists/linuxsampler-devel">mailing list</link>.
19      </entry>
20      <entry date="2017-11-26">
21        LinuxSampler 2.1.0 had been released after two years of development.
22        Check the
23        <link ref="http://doc.linuxsampler.org/Release_Notes/LinuxSampler_2_1_0/">release notes</link>
24        for a detailed review of what's new with LinuxSampler and friends.
25      </entry>
26      <entry date="2017-07-20">
27        You are working with <link ref="http://muse-sequencer.org">MusE</link>?
28        Then Andrew Coughlan's <link ref="http://doc.linuxsampler.org/lscp2idf">lscp2idf scripts</link>
29        might help you to automatically extract MIDI instruments from LSCP files to
30        the MusE sequencer's IDF format, which can be helpful for patch changes
31        in that sequencer.
32      </entry>
33      <entry date="2017-03-05">
34        Services are back online. After reviewing the recent server incident we
35        came to the conclusion that the attack was fortunately quite limited.
36        We rolled back the system, closed the exploited security
37        hole and brought all services back online. In case you downloaded or updated any source files
38        from our <link ref="http://svn.linuxsampler.org">svn server</link>
39        between March 2nd and March 3rd, we recommend you to
40        delete the entire source directory and make an entire fresh checkout from
41        svn to avoid any issues. The svn server is now back at a clean state.
42      </entry>
43      <entry date="2017-03-03">
44          <b>Important notice:</b>
45        Our server had been compromised. For that reason we were forced to take most
46        services offline for now to protect you from accessing any compromised material.
47        We are currently investigating this incident and will update you accordingly.
48      </entry>
49      <entry date="2016-07-06">
50        <link ref="http://bb.linuxsampler.org">Web Forum</link> and
51        <link ref="http://bugs.linuxsampler.org">Bug Tracker</link>
52        are back online: As you might have noticed, our
53        <link ref="http://bb.linuxsampler.org">Web Forum</link> as well as our
54        <link ref="http://bugs.linuxsampler.org">Bug Tracker</link> were partly
55        unavailable for quite a while. It was possible to read them, but especially
56        registration of new user accounts were disabled (i.e. due to numerous
57        spam bot attacks we suffered in the past). Those issues have been
58        resolved and so both sites are back available and should now work entirely
59        as expected.
60      </entry>
61      <entry date="2016-05-04">
62        There is some progress regarding Gigedit's integrated
63        <link ref="http://doc.linuxsampler.org/Instrument_Scripts/NKSP_Language/">NKSP</link>
64        real-time instrument script editor. Check out the
65        <link ref="http://doc.linuxsampler.org/News/Instrument_Script_Editor_2016-05-04/">News Article ...</link>
66      </entry>
67      <entry date="2015-07-18">
68        LinuxSampler 2.0.0 had been released after six years of development!
69        Check the
70        <link ref="http://doc.linuxsampler.org/Release_Notes/LinuxSampler_2_0_0/">release notes</link>
71        for a detailed review of what's new with LinuxSampler and friends.
72      </entry>
73      <entry date="2015-06-11">
74        <link ref="http://download.linuxsampler.org/packages/osx/snapshots/" img="gfx/logos/apple.png"></link>
75        The Mac installer was broken on latest OS X 10.10 Yosemite. This had been
76        fixed today. Get the latest
77        <link ref="http://download.linuxsampler.org/packages/osx/snapshots/">snapshot for Mac</link>
78        with Yosemite support now.
79      </entry>
80      <entry date="2015-04-29">
81        <link ref="http://doc.linuxsampler.org" img="gfx/new_article.png"></link>
82        A new documentation site has been launched:
83        <link ref="http://doc.linuxsampler.org">http://doc.linuxsampler.org</link> -
84        This separate page dedicated to manuals, tutorials and other kind of
85        articles for the LinuxSampler project, is using a new solution to write
86        and maintain such articles with a minimum of effort. Be invited to help us
87        <link ref="http://doc.linuxsampler.org/Writing_Docs/">writing documentation</link>
88        for LinuxSampler and friends! As one of the first topics, this site is now
89        hosting an introduction to the new
90        <link ref="http://doc.linuxsampler.org/Instrument_Scripts/NKSP_Language/">NKSP Real-Time Instrument Script Language</link>.
91        The long-term plan is to move all documentation of this project from our www
92        server to that new site.
93      </entry>
94      <entry date="2015-01-18">
95        <link ref="http://download.linuxsampler.org/pix/screenshots/mac_installer_1.jpg" img="http://download.linuxsampler.org/pix/screenshots/mac_installer_1_240x169.jpg"></link>
96        For the Mac users out there: We finally have a convenient installer for the
97        OS X version of LinuxSampler. This is already integrated in our automatic
98        build system. So from now on all
99        <link ref="http://download.linuxsampler.org/packages/osx/snapshots/">daily snapshot builds for Mac</link>
100        are automatically built with an installer. By default the installer will
101        install all components (LinuxSampler stand-alone application, VST and
102        Audio Unit plugin version of LinuxSampler, QSampler, Fantasia, GigEdit and
103        command line tools. At step "Installation Type" you can however also
104        override the default installation and select which components to install.
105      </entry>
106      <entry date="2014-06-19">
107        <link ref="http://download.linuxsampler.org/packages/osx/snapshots/" img="gfx/logos/apple.png"></link>
108        <link ref="http://download.linuxsampler.org/packages/osx/snapshots/">gigedit finally included with OS X snapshots!</link>
109        Due to the variety of third party library dependencies it took a while, but
110        finally "gigedit", our graphical instrument editor for Gigasampler /
111        GigaStudio files, is now included with the automatic binary snapshots builds
112        for Mac OS X. The automatic snapshot installers are automatically compiled
113        by one of our servers each time a developer commits something new to our
114        Subversion (development) server. You can use gigedit on Mac OS X as
115        stand-alone instrument editor as well as in live-mode while running
116        LinuxSampler. In the latter case your changes with gigedit get immediately
117        audible while playing the instrument on the keyboard at the same time.
118      </entry>
119      <entry date="2011-08-25">
120        <link ref="sfz/" img="gfx/logos/sfz.png"></link>
121        <link ref="sfz/">Added SFZ implementation status page.</link>
122        We are currently in the works to implement support for the SFZ format,
123        which is a powerful and open sample library format, already adopted by
124        many commercial samplers. Check our new SFZ status page to see which
125        aspects of the format are already supported by LinuxSampler, and which
126        ones are yet to be implemented.
127      </entry>
128      <entry date="2011-07-18">
129        <link ref="http://download.linuxsampler.org/packages/osx/snapshots/" img="gfx/logos/apple.png"></link>
130        <link ref="http://download.linuxsampler.org/packages/osx/snapshots/">Download the latest OS X snapshot of the sampler!</link>
131        Following our ongoing sympathy for automatic snapshots, we finally provide
132        automatic builds also for Apple OS X! As soon as some developer commits
133        something new to our Subversion server, a new binary snapshot for OS X will
134        automatically be available for download from our webserver within minutes.
135        The snapshot tbz2 archive file contains universal binaries
136        (PPC 32 bit, Intel 32 &amp; 64 bit) of the stand-alone version of the
137        sampler, VST and AU plugin version, and the graphical frontend applications
138        QSampler and Fantasia. Only our graphical instrument editor gigedit is not
139        yet part of the snapshots, it might follow at a later point. Please read
140        the README file in the tbz2 archive file for instructions how to install
141        everything on your Mac.
142      </entry>
143      <entry date="2011-06-05">
144        <link ref="http://svn.linuxsampler.org" img="gfx/logos/subversion.png"></link>
145        From now on, our source code is managed by a Subversion server. We
146        converted our existing CVS repository for the
147        <link ref="http://svn.linuxsampler.org">new Subversion server</link>, so
148        the complete history from the beginning of this project is also
149        available in this new Subversion repository. Our
150        <link ref="http://cvs.linuxsampler.org">old CVS server, along with its web frontend</link>
151        is still available, however is now in read only mode, so no changes can be
152        commited to CVS anymore. On the downloads page you can find
153        <link ref="http://www.linuxsampler.org/downloads.html#svn">instructions how
154        to download ("checkout") source code from our Subversion server.</link>
155      </entry>
156      <entry date="2011-06-05">
157        <link ref="http://www.linuxsampler.org" img="gfx/sorryd.jpg"></link>
158        After a huge down time of almost one month, we decided to move to new, more
159        reliable servers. Thanks to the University of Heilbronn which kindly hosted
160        our servers for 8 years. We started to move the most important services to
161        a commercial server host, which will be financed by your donations. Sorry
162        for this long absence and thank you for your support!
163      </entry>
164      <entry date="2011-02-05">
165        <link ref="http://download.linuxsampler.org/packages/win32/snapshots/" img="gfx/logos/windows.png"></link>
166        <link ref="http://download.linuxsampler.org/packages/win32/snapshots/">Download the latest Windows snapshot of the sampler!</link>
167        Since we have to confess that we are a bit lazy about putting out official
168        releases, and since the latest official release of the sampler for Windows
169        is quite old, we decided to establish automatic builts of the sampler and
170        all other software components for Windows. As soon as some developer
171        commits something new to the CVS server for any of the project's software
172        components, a new snapshot binary for Windows will automatically built and
173        be available for download within few minutes. Sorry for neglecting you
174        Windows users out there for so long!
175      </entry>
176      <entry date="2011-01-23">
177        <link ref="nkitool/" img="nkitool/native-instruments-kontakt.png"></link>
178        In case you are working a lot on Native Instruments Kontakt instrument
179        files, or if you are just interested in the .nki file format, you might have
180        a look at <link ref="nkitool/">nkitool</link>. It is a simple console
181        application which allows to export and import the human readable XML file
182        from and to Native Instruments Kontakt .nki instrument articulation files.
183        It can be very handy to speedup or even automate the process of creating
184        and editing .nki instrument files.
185      </entry>
186      <entry date="2010-10-01">
187        <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>
188        LinuxSampler is featured in the october special issue of the "Computer Music"
189        magazine. It is available in English language in magazine stores around the
190        UK. This special issue focused on demonstrating the "best free software" for
191        music production on PC, Mac and mobile. LinuxSampler is covered along to four
192        other samplers, with an introduction howto on page 57. You can
193        <link ref="misc/press/computer_music_special_44_2010/cms_44_2010_article.jpg">read the full article here.</link>
194      </entry>
195      <entry date="2010-01-07">
196        The <link ref="reports/annual_report_2009.pdf">annual report of 2009</link>
197        with our financial situation is now online. Happy new year everybody!
198      </entry>
199      <entry date="2009-10-16">
200        Better a late than no announcement at all:
201        <list>
202          <li>linuxsampler 1.0.0</li>
203          <li>Fantasia 0.9</li>
204          <li>qsampler 0.2.2</li>
205          <li>gigedit 0.2.0</li>
206          <li>libgig 3.3.0</li>
207          <li>jlscp 0.8</li>
208          <li>liblscp 0.5.6</li>
209        </list>
210        This is the first release which allows the sampler to be used as audio
211        host plugin, namely supporting the standards VST, AU, DSSI and LV2. The
212        sampler's limits for max. voices &amp; disk streams can now be altered at
213        runtime by frontends, no need to recompile the sampler anymore. The Mac
214        version now also supports CoreAudio as audio driver. The Windows version
215        finally supports the sampler's instruments DB feature as well, however
216        expect it still to be unstable at this point. Along to the already
217        existing JACK audio driver, Jack MIDI support has been added in this
218        release. The sampler allows frontends now basic MIDI control, that is to
219        monitor incoming MIDI data on MIDI input devices and sampler channels and
220        to send note-on and note-off MIDI events to sampler channels, which
221        allows frontends to provide a virtual MIDI keyboard to the user. Besides
222        these major changes there were countless bugfixes and optimizations.
223      </entry>
224      <entry date="2009-05-12">
225        On the finish line to the upcoming next release of LinuxSampler and
226        friends, a beta pre-release for the Windows platform is now available
227        from our
228        <link ref="http://download.linuxsampler.org/dev/win/">download server</link>.
229        This is the first Windows version which includes a VST plugin version
230        of the sampler. The installer includes both, native 64 bit binaries and
231        32 bit binaries. The installer detects the system type and installs the
232        appropriate binaries automatically.
233        Please follow the ongoing discussion and development on our
234        <link ref="http://bb.linuxsampler.org/viewtopic.php?f=2&amp;t=339">web forum</link>
235        and <link ref="http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?forum_name=linuxsampler-devel">developers' mailing list</link>
236        to avoid known problems. Feedback appreciated!
237      </entry>
238      <entry date="2009-02-17">
239        Cheers Mac users! LinuxSampler is finally available as AudioUnit plugin!
240        It's still a work in progress, but you might already want to checkout
241        the experimental AU binary package of LinuxSampler, available from our
242        <link ref="http://download.linuxsampler.org/dev/mac/">download server</link>.
243        As this is still an early development version, please follow the ongoing
244        discussion and development on our
245        <link ref="http://bb.linuxsampler.org/viewtopic.php?f=2&amp;t=295">web forum</link>
246        and <link ref="http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?forum_name=linuxsampler-devel">developers' mailing list</link>
247        to avoid known problems. Feedback appreciated!
248      </entry>
249      <entry date="2008-02-15">
250        We're happy to announce that the first freely available sample library
251        is now available on our downloads server. Thanks to Mats Helgesson for
252        giving us the permission to share his "Maestro Concert Grand v2" piano
253        library with you. You find the download link along with the library's
254        license informations and a demo track for prelistening on our
255        <link ref="instruments.html">instruments</link> site.
256      </entry>
257      <entry date="2008-02-07">
258        Added <link ref="debian.html">Debian Howto</link> to the documentation
259        site, describing how to cook Debian packages, optimized for your
260        specific machine. Get the maximum out of your box! (The
261        <link ref="debian.html#benchmark">"Benchmark"</link>
262        chapter might be interesting for users of other systems as well)
263      </entry>
264      <entry date="2008-01-23">
265        Due to popular demand we finally launched a forum for this project. The
266        place to be and share questions, stories and the latest gossip is
267        <link ref="http://bb.linuxsampler.org">bb.linuxsampler.org</link>
268      </entry>
269      <entry date="2008-01-03">
270        Hey Mac Users! We hope to give you a good way to start the new year
271        by announcing that LinuxSampler is now officially
272        available for OS X as well! You find an installer (disk image) of the
273        latest release of LinuxSampler and QSampler for OS X on our
274        <link ref="http://www.linuxsampler.org/downloads.html">downloads site</link>.
275        Please note: gigedit is not yet available for Mac, we still need to do some
276        work on this. Same applies to JSampler unfortunately, because the required
277        Java version 1.6 is not officially available for Mac yet. Have a look
278        at the <link ref="osx.html">OS X HOWTO</link> for an easy start.
279      </entry>
280      <entry date="2007-12-26">
281        You tried out the young Windows version of LinuxSampler and encountered
282        problems? Check out the
283        <link ref="http://linuxsampler.org/windows.html#houston">Trouble
284        Shooting Section</link> of the LinuxSampler Windows HOWTO. It still
285        doesn't solve your problem? You can ask for help on our
286        <link ref="http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linuxsampler-devel">
287        Mailing List
288        </link>. If you found bugs, please report them to our
289        <link ref="http://bugs.linuxsampler.org">Bug Tracking System</link>.
290      </entry>
291      <entry date="2007-12-07">
292        Another strike:
293        <list>
294          <li>linuxsampler 0.5.1</li>
295          <li>jsampler 0.8a</li>
296          <li>qsampler 0.2.1</li>
297          <li>gigedit 0.1.1</li>
298          <li>libgig 3.2.1</li>
299          <li>jlscp 0.7a</li>
300        </list>
301        What do you expect from a sampler called LinuxSampler? Exactly: that it
302        <link ref="screenshots/win32_premiere.png">conquers the Windows
303        world</link>. This is the first official release of our applications for
304        the Windows platform, providing a convenient all-in-one installer tagged
305        "20071207". Supported drivers for this new system are so far: MME for
306        MIDI and ASIO for audio. Needless to say that there still might be
307        plenty of issues on Windows. Also note that the instruments database
308        feature is not ported yet. Have a look at the
309        <link ref="windows.html">Windows HOWTO</link> for a smooth start.
310        Beside this first Windows release, this is merely a bugfix release, i.e.
311        fixing a serious crash in LinuxSampler. Retrieving instrument names from
312        .gig files with the frontends is now much faster, so better keep that
313        option always on in QSampler from now on. With gigedit you can now edit
314        multiple (dimension) regions simultaniously. JSampler is finally able
315        to retrieve instrument names of instrument files and even remotely from
316        another machine, beside minor cosmetics like a total stream count
317        and volume displayed in dB, as well as couple bug fixes. QSampler gave
318        Qt3 an official funeral and is finally completely ported to Qt4. A lot
319        of the QSampler code base has changed due to this. So you still might
320        encounter bugs. Beside that the device management dialog received couple
321        of bug fixes.
322      </entry>
323      <entry date="2007-10-23">
324        As you might have noticed, we had issues with our linuxsampler.org DNS
325        names in the last two days, because it was dependent to a foreign server
326        out of our control. We just addressed this issue and finally completely
327        moved the DNS responsibility to our own servers to avoid this happening
328        again. Sorry for any inconvenience this may have caused!
329      </entry>
330    <entry date="2007-10-16">    <entry date="2007-10-16">
331      A new release wave of the LinuxSampler family has arrived:      A new release wave of the LinuxSampler family has arrived:
332      <list>      <list>
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447    </entry>    </entry>
448    <entry date="2005-11-24">    <entry date="2005-11-24">
449      Latest <link ref="http://cvs.linuxsampler.org">CVS version</link>      Latest <link ref="http://cvs.linuxsampler.org">CVS version</link>
450      of <link ref="http://stud.fh-heilbronn.de/~cschoene/projects/libgig/">      of <link ref="http://www.linuxsampler.org/libgig/">
451      libgig</link> now allows to create and modify Gigasampler files      libgig</link> now allows to create and modify Gigasampler files
452      (<link ref="http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_id=9051147&amp;forum_id=12792">      (<link ref="http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_id=9051147&amp;forum_id=12792">
453      read announcement</link>). Please let      read announcement</link>). Please let

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