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<entry date="2024-03-26"> |
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linuxsampler 2.3.1 maintenance release (fixes build errors with certain C++ stdlib versions, no behaviour change to recent 2.3.0 release). |
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<entry date="2024-02-20"> |
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libgig 4.4.1 maintenance release (fixes build errors with some compilers only, no behaviour change to recent 4.4.0 release). |
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<entry date="2024-01-26"> |
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LinuxSampler 2.3.0 had been released. This is basically a maintenance release. |
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See the |
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<link ref="http://doc.linuxsampler.org/Release_Notes/LinuxSampler_2_3_0/">release notes</link> |
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for details. |
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</entry> |
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<entry date="2021-10-09"> |
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Kolja Koch started work on <b>gigcreator</b>, a GUI application that |
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automatically creates a GigaStudio/Gigasampler (.gig) file from a |
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directory of .wav files as input. |
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You find the |
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<link ref="https://gitlab.com/koljakoch/gigcreator">gigcreator project on Gitlab</link>. |
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gigcreator was motivated by libgig's new <b>wav2gig</b> command line tool, |
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with the goal to be more user friendly than wav2gig. |
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<entry date="2021-05-09"> |
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LinuxSampler 2.2.0 had been released. There are a load of new features |
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packed into this release. See the |
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<link ref="http://doc.linuxsampler.org/Release_Notes/LinuxSampler_2_2_0/">release notes</link> |
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for details. |
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</entry> |
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<entry date="2019-09-17"> |
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New <link ref="http://doc.linuxsampler.org/Instrument_Scripts/NKSP_Language/">NKSP</link> |
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core language features in the latest development version: |
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<link ref="http://doc.linuxsampler.org/Instrument_Scripts/NKSP_Language/Real_Numbers_Units_and_Finalness/"> |
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Support for Real Numbers, Standard Units and Finalness ... |
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</link> |
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</entry> |
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<entry date="2019-07-27"> |
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LinuxSampler 2.1.1 had been released. This is mainly a maintenance release. |
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See the |
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<link ref="http://doc.linuxsampler.org/Release_Notes/LinuxSampler_2_1_1/">release notes</link> |
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for details. |
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</entry> |
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<entry date="2019-03-10"> |
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The <link ref="https://sourceforge.net/p/linuxsampler/mailman/message/36608653/">macOS Installer has been modernized</link> |
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e.g. using now Gtk 3 for Gigedit and Qt 5 for QSampler and a modern |
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C++11 capable compiler. Support for ancient PowerPC Macs and 32-bit Intel |
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Macs has been dropped for that reason. So all Mac snapshot builds starting |
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from today onwards will require a 64-bit Intel Mac with at least macOS 10.7 or |
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higher. If you still have one of those ancient Macs and can't find an old |
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snapshot build on our website that still works for your old Mac, then you may |
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write us on the |
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<link ref="https://sourceforge.net/projects/linuxsampler/lists/linuxsampler-devel">mailing list</link>. |
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</entry> |
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<entry date="2017-11-26"> |
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LinuxSampler 2.1.0 had been released after two years of development. |
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Check the |
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<link ref="http://doc.linuxsampler.org/Release_Notes/LinuxSampler_2_1_0/">release notes</link> |
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for a detailed review of what's new with LinuxSampler and friends. |
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</entry> |
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<entry date="2017-07-20"> |
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You are working with <link ref="http://muse-sequencer.org">MusE</link>? |
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Then Andrew Coughlan's <link ref="http://doc.linuxsampler.org/lscp2idf">lscp2idf scripts</link> |
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might help you to automatically extract MIDI instruments from LSCP files to |
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the MusE sequencer's IDF format, which can be helpful for patch changes |
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in that sequencer. |
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</entry> |
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<entry date="2017-03-05"> |
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Services are back online. After reviewing the recent server incident we |
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came to the conclusion that the attack was fortunately quite limited. |
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We rolled back the system, closed the exploited security |
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hole and brought all services back online. In case you downloaded or updated any source files |
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from our <link ref="http://svn.linuxsampler.org">svn server</link> |
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between March 2nd and March 3rd, we recommend you to |
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delete the entire source directory and make an entire fresh checkout from |
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svn to avoid any issues. The svn server is now back at a clean state. |
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</entry> |
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<entry date="2017-03-03"> |
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<b>Important notice:</b> |
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Our server had been compromised. For that reason we were forced to take most |
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services offline for now to protect you from accessing any compromised material. |
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We are currently investigating this incident and will update you accordingly. |
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</entry> |
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<entry date="2016-07-06"> |
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<link ref="http://bb.linuxsampler.org">Web Forum</link> and |
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<link ref="http://bugs.linuxsampler.org">Bug Tracker</link> |
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are back online: As you might have noticed, our |
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<link ref="http://bb.linuxsampler.org">Web Forum</link> as well as our |
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<link ref="http://bugs.linuxsampler.org">Bug Tracker</link> were partly |
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unavailable for quite a while. It was possible to read them, but especially |
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registration of new user accounts were disabled (i.e. due to numerous |
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spam bot attacks we suffered in the past). Those issues have been |
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resolved and so both sites are back available and should now work entirely |
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as expected. |
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</entry> |
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<entry date="2016-05-04"> |
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There is some progress regarding Gigedit's integrated |
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<link ref="http://doc.linuxsampler.org/Instrument_Scripts/NKSP_Language/">NKSP</link> |
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real-time instrument script editor. Check out the |
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<link ref="http://doc.linuxsampler.org/News/Instrument_Script_Editor_2016-05-04/">News Article ...</link> |
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</entry> |
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<entry date="2015-07-18"> |
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LinuxSampler 2.0.0 had been released after six years of development! |
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Check the |
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<link ref="http://doc.linuxsampler.org/Release_Notes/LinuxSampler_2_0_0/">release notes</link> |
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for a detailed review of what's new with LinuxSampler and friends. |
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</entry> |
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<entry date="2015-06-11"> |
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<link ref="http://download.linuxsampler.org/packages/osx/snapshots/" img="gfx/logos/apple.png"></link> |
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The Mac installer was broken on latest OS X 10.10 Yosemite. This had been |
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fixed today. Get the latest |
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<link ref="http://download.linuxsampler.org/packages/osx/snapshots/">snapshot for Mac</link> |
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with Yosemite support now. |
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</entry> |
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<entry date="2015-04-29"> |
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<link ref="http://doc.linuxsampler.org" img="gfx/new_article.png"></link> |
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A new documentation site has been launched: |
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<link ref="http://doc.linuxsampler.org">http://doc.linuxsampler.org</link> - |
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This separate page dedicated to manuals, tutorials and other kind of |
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articles for the LinuxSampler project, is using a new solution to write |
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and maintain such articles with a minimum of effort. Be invited to help us |
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<link ref="http://doc.linuxsampler.org/Writing_Docs/">writing documentation</link> |
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for LinuxSampler and friends! As one of the first topics, this site is now |
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hosting an introduction to the new |
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<link ref="http://doc.linuxsampler.org/Instrument_Scripts/NKSP_Language/">NKSP Real-Time Instrument Script Language</link>. |
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The long-term plan is to move all documentation of this project from our www |
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server to that new site. |
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</entry> |
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<entry date="2015-01-18"> |
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<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> |
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For the Mac users out there: We finally have a convenient installer for the |
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OS X version of LinuxSampler. This is already integrated in our automatic |
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build system. So from now on all |
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<link ref="http://download.linuxsampler.org/packages/osx/snapshots/">daily snapshot builds for Mac</link> |
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are automatically built with an installer. By default the installer will |
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install all components (LinuxSampler stand-alone application, VST and |
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Audio Unit plugin version of LinuxSampler, QSampler, Fantasia, GigEdit and |
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command line tools. At step "Installation Type" you can however also |
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override the default installation and select which components to install. |
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</entry> |
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<entry date="2014-06-19"> |
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<link ref="http://download.linuxsampler.org/packages/osx/snapshots/" img="gfx/logos/apple.png"></link> |
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<link ref="http://download.linuxsampler.org/packages/osx/snapshots/">gigedit finally included with OS X snapshots!</link> |
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Due to the variety of third party library dependencies it took a while, but |
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finally "gigedit", our graphical instrument editor for Gigasampler / |
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GigaStudio files, is now included with the automatic binary snapshots builds |
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for Mac OS X. The automatic snapshot installers are automatically compiled |
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by one of our servers each time a developer commits something new to our |
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Subversion (development) server. You can use gigedit on Mac OS X as |
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stand-alone instrument editor as well as in live-mode while running |
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LinuxSampler. In the latter case your changes with gigedit get immediately |
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audible while playing the instrument on the keyboard at the same time. |
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<entry date="2011-08-25"> |
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<link ref="sfz/" img="gfx/logos/sfz.png"></link> |
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<link ref="sfz/">Added SFZ implementation status page.</link> |
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We are currently in the works to implement support for the SFZ format, |
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which is a powerful and open sample library format, already adopted by |
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many commercial samplers. Check our new SFZ status page to see which |
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aspects of the format are already supported by LinuxSampler, and which |
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ones are yet to be implemented. |
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</entry> |
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<entry date="2011-07-18"> |
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<link ref="http://download.linuxsampler.org/packages/osx/snapshots/" img="gfx/logos/apple.png"></link> |
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<link ref="http://download.linuxsampler.org/packages/osx/snapshots/">Download the latest OS X snapshot of the sampler!</link> |
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Following our ongoing sympathy for automatic snapshots, we finally provide |
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automatic builds also for Apple OS X! As soon as some developer commits |
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something new to our Subversion server, a new binary snapshot for OS X will |
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automatically be available for download from our webserver within minutes. |
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The snapshot tbz2 archive file contains universal binaries |
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(PPC 32 bit, Intel 32 & 64 bit) of the stand-alone version of the |
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sampler, VST and AU plugin version, and the graphical frontend applications |
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QSampler and Fantasia. Only our graphical instrument editor gigedit is not |
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yet part of the snapshots, it might follow at a later point. Please read |
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the README file in the tbz2 archive file for instructions how to install |
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everything on your Mac. |
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</entry> |
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<entry date="2011-06-05"> |
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<link ref="http://svn.linuxsampler.org" img="gfx/logos/subversion.png"></link> |
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From now on, our source code is managed by a Subversion server. We |
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converted our existing CVS repository for the |
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<link ref="http://svn.linuxsampler.org">new Subversion server</link>, so |
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the complete history from the beginning of this project is also |
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available in this new Subversion repository. Our |
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<link ref="http://cvs.linuxsampler.org">old CVS server, along with its web frontend</link> |
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is still available, however is now in read only mode, so no changes can be |
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commited to CVS anymore. On the downloads page you can find |
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<link ref="http://www.linuxsampler.org/downloads.html#svn">instructions how |
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to download ("checkout") source code from our Subversion server.</link> |
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</entry> |
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<entry date="2011-06-05"> |
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<link ref="http://www.linuxsampler.org" img="gfx/sorryd.jpg"></link> |
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After a huge down time of almost one month, we decided to move to new, more |
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reliable servers. Thanks to the University of Heilbronn which kindly hosted |
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our servers for 8 years. We started to move the most important services to |
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a commercial server host, which will be financed by your donations. Sorry |
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for this long absence and thank you for your support! |
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</entry> |
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<entry date="2011-02-05"> |
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<link ref="http://download.linuxsampler.org/packages/win32/snapshots/" img="gfx/logos/windows.png"></link> |
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<link ref="http://download.linuxsampler.org/packages/win32/snapshots/">Download the latest Windows snapshot of the sampler!</link> |
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Since we have to confess that we are a bit lazy about putting out official |
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releases, and since the latest official release of the sampler for Windows |
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is quite old, we decided to establish automatic builts of the sampler and |
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all other software components for Windows. As soon as some developer |
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commits something new to the CVS server for any of the project's software |
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components, a new snapshot binary for Windows will automatically built and |
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be available for download within few minutes. Sorry for neglecting you |
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Windows users out there for so long! |
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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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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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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 date="2008-02-15"> |
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We're happy to announce that the first freely available sample library |
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 |
is now available on our downloads server. Thanks to Mats Helgesson for |
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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 |
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 |
place to be and share questions, stories and the latest gossip is |
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<link ref="https://bb.linuxsampler.org">bb.linuxsampler.org</link> |
<link ref="http://bb.linuxsampler.org">bb.linuxsampler.org</link> |
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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 |
Hey Mac Users! We hope to give you a good way to start the new year |
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