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2 <news>
3 <entry date="2009-02-17">
4 Cheers Mac users! LinuxSampler is finally available as AudioUnit plugin!
5 It's still a work in progress, but you might already want to checkout
6 the experimental AU binary package of LinuxSampler, available from our
7 <link ref="http://download.linuxsampler.org/dev/mac/">download server</link>.
8 As this is still an early development version, please follow the ongoing
9 discussion and development on our
10 <link ref="https://bb.linuxsampler.org/viewtopic.php?f=2&amp;t=295">web forum</link>
11 and <link ref="http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?forum_name=linuxsampler-devel">developers' mailing list</link>
12 to avoid known problems. Feedback appreciated!
13 </entry>
14 <entry date="2008-02-15">
15 We're happy to announce that the first freely available sample library
16 is now available on our downloads server. Thanks to Mats Helgesson for
17 giving us the permission to share his "Maestro Concert Grand v2" piano
18 library with you. You find the download link along with the library's
19 license informations and a demo track for prelistening on our
20 <link ref="instruments.html">instruments</link> site.
21 </entry>
22 <entry date="2008-02-07">
23 Added <link ref="debian.html">Debian Howto</link> to the documentation
24 site, describing how to cook Debian packages, optimized for your
25 specific machine. Get the maximum out of your box! (The
26 <link ref="debian.html#benchmark">"Benchmark"</link>
27 chapter might be interesting for users of other systems as well)
28 </entry>
29 <entry date="2008-01-23">
30 Due to popular demand we finally launched a forum for this project. The
31 place to be and share questions, stories and the latest gossip is
32 <link ref="https://bb.linuxsampler.org">bb.linuxsampler.org</link>
33 </entry>
34 <entry date="2008-01-03">
35 Hey Mac Users! We hope to give you a good way to start the new year
36 by announcing that LinuxSampler is now officially
37 available for OS X as well! You find an installer (disk image) of the
38 latest release of LinuxSampler and QSampler for OS X on our
39 <link ref="http://www.linuxsampler.org/downloads.html">downloads site</link>.
40 Please note: gigedit is not yet available for Mac, we still need to do some
41 work on this. Same applies to JSampler unfortunately, because the required
42 Java version 1.6 is not officially available for Mac yet. Have a look
43 at the <link ref="osx.html">OS X HOWTO</link> for an easy start.
44 </entry>
45 <entry date="2007-12-26">
46 You tried out the young Windows version of LinuxSampler and encountered
47 problems? Check out the
48 <link ref="http://linuxsampler.org/windows.html#houston">Trouble
49 Shooting Section</link> of the LinuxSampler Windows HOWTO. It still
50 doesn't solve your problem? You can ask for help on our
51 <link ref="http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linuxsampler-devel">
52 Mailing List
53 </link>. If you found bugs, please report them to our
54 <link ref="http://bugs.linuxsampler.org">Bug Tracking System</link>.
55 </entry>
56 <entry date="2007-12-07">
57 Another strike:
58 <list>
59 <li>linuxsampler 0.5.1</li>
60 <li>jsampler 0.8a</li>
61 <li>qsampler 0.2.1</li>
62 <li>gigedit 0.1.1</li>
63 <li>libgig 3.2.1</li>
64 <li>jlscp 0.7a</li>
65 </list>
66 What do you expect from a sampler called LinuxSampler? Exactly: that it
67 <link ref="screenshots/win32_premiere.png">conquers the Windows
68 world</link>. This is the first official release of our applications for
69 the Windows platform, providing a convenient all-in-one installer tagged
70 "20071207". Supported drivers for this new system are so far: MME for
71 MIDI and ASIO for audio. Needless to say that there still might be
72 plenty of issues on Windows. Also note that the instruments database
73 feature is not ported yet. Have a look at the
74 <link ref="windows.html">Windows HOWTO</link> for a smooth start.
75 Beside this first Windows release, this is merely a bugfix release, i.e.
76 fixing a serious crash in LinuxSampler. Retrieving instrument names from
77 .gig files with the frontends is now much faster, so better keep that
78 option always on in QSampler from now on. With gigedit you can now edit
79 multiple (dimension) regions simultaniously. JSampler is finally able
80 to retrieve instrument names of instrument files and even remotely from
81 another machine, beside minor cosmetics like a total stream count
82 and volume displayed in dB, as well as couple bug fixes. QSampler gave
83 Qt3 an official funeral and is finally completely ported to Qt4. A lot
84 of the QSampler code base has changed due to this. So you still might
85 encounter bugs. Beside that the device management dialog received couple
86 of bug fixes.
87 </entry>
88 <entry date="2007-10-23">
89 As you might have noticed, we had issues with our linuxsampler.org DNS
90 names in the last two days, because it was dependent to a foreign server
91 out of our control. We just addressed this issue and finally completely
92 moved the DNS responsibility to our own servers to avoid this happening
93 again. Sorry for any inconvenience this may have caused!
94 </entry>
95 <entry date="2007-10-16">
96 A new release wave of the LinuxSampler family has arrived:
97 <list>
98 <li>linuxsampler 0.5.0</li>
99 <li>qsampler 0.1.5</li>
100 <li>jsampler 0.7a</li>
101 <li>gigedit 0.1.0</li>
102 <li>libgig 3.2.0</li>
103 <li>liblscp 0.5.5</li>
104 <li>jlscp 0.6a</li>
105 </list>
106 With our new instrument editor
107 <link ref="http://linuxsampler.org/screenshots/gigedit_0_0_3.png">gigedit</link>
108 we can finally modify existing, as well as create new Gigasampler format
109 instruments from scratch, which are not only accepted by LinuxSampler, but
110 also by Gigastudio. You can run gigedit as stand-alone application or
111 <link ref="http://download.linuxsampler.org/doc/gigedit/quickstart/gigedit_quickstart.html#live_editing">
112 "attached" to LinuxSampler</link>. The latter case allows you to play and edit
113 instruments at the same time, making all your modifications immediately
114 audible, without having to reload the instruments into the sampler. You can
115 simply edit instruments by selecting the respective sampler channel and
116 clicking on "Edit" (in QSampler as well as in JSampler). LinuxSampler now
117 provides a very powerful and easy MIDI program change mapping, which not
118 only allows you to define which instrument to load on which MIDI program
119 change number (and bank), it also allows further parameters like whether
120 the instrument shall be pre-cached or loaded only when needed (and likewise
121 freed when not needed). You can create arbitrary amount of effect sends for
122 each sampler channel, each having an arbitrary MIDI controller for
123 altering the effect send level in realtime and each one can flexible be routed to
124 some of the sampler's audio output channels, i.e. to a dedicated one for a
125 certain effect type (managing FX sends is yet only supported by JSampler,
126 not by QSampler yet). The new instruments database on sampler side allows
127 you to keep track even of largest instrument library collections. You can
128 order them in categories and search by various criteria (you can find this
129 feature as "Instruments Database" in JSampler, it's not yet supported by QSampler).
130 Loading huge instruments may take a while, that's why the sampler now
131 allows to play an instrument while loading. That way you can i.e. play and
132 hold notes on the keyboard while loading a new instrument on the same
133 sampler channel at the same time.
134 </entry>
135 <entry date="2007-10-12">
136 libgig's home has moved to this server. It's new official home is now:
137 <link ref="http://www.linuxsampler.org/libgig/" />
138 Please update your links and bookmarks!
139 </entry>
140 <entry date="2007-08-10">
141 <link ref="http://downloads.sourceforge.net/jsampler/JSampler-0.6a.tar.bz2">
142 JSampler 0.6a</link> has been released.
143 The <link ref="http://downloads.sourceforge.net/jsampler/Fantasia-0.6a.jar">
144 Fantasia</link> distribution is now capable of controlling all features
145 available in LinuxSampler. See <link ref="screenshots/fantasia.png">screenshot</link>.
146 </entry>
147 <entry date="2007-05-24">
148 <link ref="http://downloads.sourceforge.net/jsampler/JSampler-0.5a.tar.bz2">
149 JSampler 0.5a</link> has been released, now with instruments database
150 support.
151 </entry>
152 <entry date="2007-05-04">
153 <link ref="http://qsampler.sourceforge.net">Qsampler</link> 0.1.4 has been
154 released. Almost another year has gone by.
155 </entry>
156 <entry date="2007-04-02">
157 JSampler 0.4a has been released. Read the
158 <link ref="jsampler/manual/html/jsampler.html">manual</link> for
159 installation instructions.
160 </entry>
161 <entry date="2007-03-24">
162 gigedit 0.0.3 has been released, a graphical instrument editor allowing
163 to edit existing Gigasampler format files as well as creating new ones
164 completely from scratch. Along comes a new release of libgig (3.1.1).
165 </entry>
166 <entry date="2006-11-24">
167 After a long, long development cycle LinuxSampler 0.4.0 has finally been
168 released.
169 </entry>
170 <entry date="2006-11-24">
171 libgig 3.1.0 has been released.
172 </entry>
173 <entry date="2006-08-07">
174 <link ref="http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/jsampler/JSampler-0.3a.tar.bz2?download">
175 JSampler 0.3a</link> has been released.
176 <list>
177 <li>
178 Partially implemented a new view - Fantasia (graphic desing: Olivier
179 Boyer). Only channel manipulation for now.
180 </li>
181 <li>
182 More new features in JS Classic - Implemented an LS Console with
183 command autocompletion (using the Tab key), command history (using Up,
184 Down keys), command history search (Ctrl + R), command list search
185 (Ctrl + F), and more.
186 </li>
187 <li>
188 Implemented Orchestras (something like Bookmarks/Favorites for
189 instruments). Drag &amp; Drop support for instrument loading, adding an
190 instrument to orchestra and autocompleting an instrument loading
191 command in the LS Console.
192 </li>
193 </list>
194 </entry>
195 <entry date="2006-06-02">
196 <link ref="http://qsampler.sourceforge.net">Qsampler</link> 0.1.3 is now
197 available. It's been a long time isn't it?
198 </entry>
199 <entry date="2006-04-28">
200 libgig 3.0.0 has been released.
201 </entry>
202 <entry date="2006-03-16">
203 <link ref="http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/jsampler/JS_Classic-0.2a.jar?download">
204 JS Classic 0.2a</link> has been released.
205 </entry>
206 <entry date="2005-12-22">
207 Major services (CVS, downloads, Bug Tracking System) were down in the last
208 days due to a hardware defect on one of our servers. CVS is finally up
209 again and we are working on restoring all other services in the next days
210 as well. We are also establishing further backup facilities to prevent this
211 happening again. Sorry for any inconvenience!
212 </entry>
213 <entry date="2005-11-24">
214 Latest <link ref="http://cvs.linuxsampler.org">CVS version</link>
215 of <link ref="http://www.linuxsampler.org/libgig/">
216 libgig</link> now allows to create and modify Gigasampler files
217 (<link ref="http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_id=9051147&amp;forum_id=12792">
218 read announcement</link>). Please let
219 <link ref="http://www.linuxsampler.org/developers.html">us</link>
220 know if you are interested in writing an instrument patch editor.
221 </entry>
222 <entry date="2005-10-10">
223 <link ref="http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/jsampler/js-classic.jar?download">
224 JS Classic 0.1a</link> has been released (the first distribution of the
225 <link ref="https://sourceforge.net/projects/jsampler/">JSampler</link>
226 project).
227 </entry>
228 <entry date="2005-08-16">
229 Due to ongoing synthesis optimizations, CVS version of LS might be broken
230 for a while. Please use the tarball release in the meantime.
231 </entry>
232 <entry date="2005-07-15">
233 LinuxSampler 0.3.3 has been released. Once again a bug fix release.
234 </entry>
235 <entry date="2005-06-24">
236 LinuxSampler 0.3.2 has been released. This is more or less just a bug fix
237 release. Just by coincidence, <link ref="http://qsampler.sourceforge.net">
238 QSampler</link> 0.1.2 has also been thrown out.
239 </entry>
240 <entry date="2005-06-12">
241 <link ref="http://qsampler.sourceforge.net">QSampler</link> 0.1.1 has been
242 released, after a few bugfixes and a new logo icon.
243 </entry>
244 <entry date="2005-05-25">
245 LinuxSampler 0.3.1, the first official release is finally out!
246 </entry>
247 <entry date="2005-05-23">
248 After some time laying around in the backyard,
249 <link ref="http://qsampler.sourceforge.net">QSampler</link> 0.1.0 has
250 been released, now with the promised Audio and MIDI device configuration
251 interface. Enjoy!
252 </entry>
253 <entry date="2005-03-15">
254 Our bug tracking system is now online and available on
255 <link ref="http://bugs.linuxsampler.org">bugs.linuxsampler.org</link>.
256 </entry>
257 <entry date="2005-03-04">
258 <link ref="http://qsampler.sourceforge.net">QSampler</link>,
259 the Qt GUI front-end in the works for the LinuxSampler engine, was bumped
260 to its now fifth primordial release (0.0.5). Still alpha code. Time to move
261 on... to a better and complete Audio/MIDI device configuration interface,
262 as predicted by LSCP and wrapped by liblscp.
263 </entry>
264 <entry date="2005-02-26">
265 Due to a design change, current LinuxSampler CVS version is quite unstable.
266 You might want to use the previous, stable version of LS in the meantime,
267 which can be downloaded as
268 <link ref="http://www.linuxsampler.org/downloads.html">source tarball
269 </link>. Alternatively you can also checkout the old version from CVS which
270 was tagged as "v0_2_0".
271 </entry>
272 <entry date="2004-11-19">
273 The Qt GUI front-end for the LinuxSampler engine has been updated: the 4th
274 alpha-release of
275 <link ref="http://qsampler.sourceforge.net">QSampler</link> has been
276 released.
277 </entry>
278 <entry date="2004-11-13">
279 On monday (November, 15th) <link ref="http://cvs.linuxsampler.org">
280 cvs.linuxsampler.org</link> may be temporarily down due to maintenance work
281 around 13:00 UTC.
282 </entry>
283 <entry date="2004-07-06">
284 The third alpha-release of <link ref="http://qsampler.sourceforge.net">
285 QSampler</link>, the Qt GUI front-end for the LinuxSampler engine, is now
286 publicly available.
287 </entry>
288 <entry date="2004-06-05">
289 Added a screenshot to the Screenshots page, instructions how to compile the
290 GUI are on the linked qsampler site.
291 </entry>
292 <entry date="2004-05-31">
293 On wednesday (June, 2nd) <link ref="http://cvs.linuxsampler.org">
294 cvs.linuxsampler.org</link> will be temporarily not available from 6:00 UTC
295 until 16:00 UTC due to construction works.
296 </entry>
297 <entry date="2004-05-24">
298 The CVS repository is now <link ref="http://cvs.linuxsampler.org">
299 browseable</link>.
300 </entry>
301 <entry date="2004-05-03">
302 We are currently in a transition stage due to the recent changes (multi
303 channel / multi engine / multi audio output device and multi MIDI input
304 device support) this also leads to multi problems we have to solve ;-) so
305 meanwhile you can use the old single channel version. We created the two
306 CVS alias tags 'singlechannel' and 'v0_1_0' which you can use to checkout
307 the old single channel version of LinuxSampler. The CVS command line is the
308 same except that you have to add '-r singlechannel'.
309 </entry>
310 <entry date="2004-03-26">
311 CVS root path has changed! See <link ref="downloads.html">downloads</link>
312 section for instructions how to checkout the latest version of LinuxSampler
313 from CVS.
314 </entry>
315 <entry date="2004-03-23">
316 Updated <link ref="features.html">features</link> section on this site,
317 hopefully we will keep the features list in sync with the latest
318 developments from now on.
319 </entry>
320 <entry date="2004-01-07">
321 The document for the network protocol definition is now available in the
322 <link ref="http://www.linuxsampler.org/downloads.html">downloads</link>
323 section. Have a look at it if you can imagine to write a frontend for
324 LinuxSampler!
325 </entry>
326 <entry date="2003-11-08">
327 Added CVS log to this site, showing the latest commits to the LinuxSampler
328 CVS repository.
329 </entry>
330 <entry date="2003-11-02">
331 Lots of news for the Linuxsampler community. We've got a new site, new
332 domain and new code available in CVS. Check the
333 <link ref="http://www.linuxsampler.org/downloads.html">downloads</link>
334 section for instructions. If you want to check it out, please keep in mind
335 that it might contain bugs, it might crash and that it's still lacking tons
336 of features. CVS is directed towards developers who would like to test
337 things and add code. Users should wait for a tarball release.
338 </entry>
339 </news>

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