--- web/trunk/www.linuxsampler.org/news.xml 2007/08/07 19:56:17 1268 +++ web/trunk/www.linuxsampler.org/news.xml 2007/12/07 13:29:30 1578 @@ -1,5 +1,96 @@ + + Another strike: + +
  • linuxsampler 0.5.1
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  • jsampler 0.8a
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  • qsampler 0.2.1
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  • gigedit 0.1.1
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  • libgig 3.2.1
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  • jlscp 0.7a
    • +     + What do you expect from a sampler called LinuxSampler? Exactly: that it + conquers the Windows + world. 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 + Windows HOWTO 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. +     + + 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! + + + A new release wave of the LinuxSampler family has arrived: + +
  • linuxsampler 0.5.0
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  • qsampler 0.1.5
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  • jsampler 0.7a
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  • gigedit 0.1.0
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  • libgig 3.2.0
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  • liblscp 0.5.5
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  • jlscp 0.6a
    • +     + With our new instrument editor + gigedit + 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 + + "attached" to LinuxSampler. 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. +     + + libgig's home has moved to this server. It's new official home is now: + + Please update your links and bookmarks! + + + + JSampler 0.6a has been released. + The + Fantasia distribution is now capable of controlling all features + available in LinuxSampler. See screenshot. + JSampler 0.5a has been released, now with instruments database @@ -68,7 +159,7 @@ Latest CVS version - of + of libgig now allows to create and modify Gigasampler files ( read announcement). Please let