--- web/trunk/www.linuxsampler.org/news.xml 2008/02/07 14:10:44 1674 +++ web/trunk/www.linuxsampler.org/news.xml 2011/04/09 10:41:10 2173 @@ -1,16 +1,109 @@ + + + Download the latest Windows snapshot of the sampler! + 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! + + + + 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 nkitool. 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. + + + + 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 + read the full article here. + + + The annual report of 2009 + with our financial situation is now online. Happy new year everybody! + + + Better a late than no announcement at all: + +
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  • Fantasia 0.9
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  • qsampler 0.2.2
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  • gigedit 0.2.0
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  • libgig 3.3.0
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  • jlscp 0.8
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  • liblscp 0.5.6
    • +     + 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 & 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. +     + + 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 + download server. + 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 + web forum + and developers' mailing list + to avoid known problems. Feedback appreciated! + + + 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 + download server. + As this is still an early development version, please follow the ongoing + discussion and development on our + web forum + and developers' mailing list + to avoid known problems. Feedback appreciated! + + + 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 + instruments site. + Added Debian Howto to the documentation site, describing how to cook Debian packages, optimized for your specific machine. Get the maximum out of your box! (The - "Benchmark" + "Benchmark" chapter might be interesting for users of other systems as well) 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 - bb.linuxsampler.org + bb.linuxsampler.org Hey Mac Users! We hope to give you a good way to start the new year