Qsampler - A LinuxSampler Qt GUI Interface
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ChangeLog

0.2.1  2007-12-06  Qt4 migration was complete.

* Added recent new support of libgig for retrieving instrument names in a
  very fast way. If libgig provides this feature, then the respective
  name retrieval setting in qsampler is enabled by default.

* The current selected/activated channel-strip is now visually
  evident while in the application workspace (highlighting).

* Make View/Menubar and Toolbar shortcuts accessible even though
  the main menu and toobar are not visible.

* Audio routing table is initially hidden in the dialog, when
  creating a new sampler channel.

* README requirements and configuration notes update.

* Disable OK button in sampler channel form and MIDI instrument
  form if no valid engine is selected (to avoid bothering newbie
  users with confusing LSCP syntax errors when using the UI the
  first time).

* Fixed creation of devices (don't try to set device parameters
  which the user did not touch in the device creation dialog).

* Added Windows file path support.

* Fixed win32/qmakefile and win32/config.h so that it compiles
  under win32.

* Qt4 port of the application.


0.1.5  2007-10-15 Five months later a fifth is heard.

* Added support for LSCP escape sequences to allow loading and
  mapping instrument files with special characters in their
  filename, as well as special characters for instrument names
  and instrument map names (requires LSCP v1.2 on sampler side).

* Added new button "Edit" to the channel strips, which probably
  does exactly what you think it does: it opens an appropriate
  instrument editor application; the channel instrument editor
  tool is also accessible from the main menu and toolbar.

* Application icon is now installed to ${prefix}/share/pixmaps;
  application desktop entry file is now included in installation;
  spec file (RPM) is now a bit more openSUSE compliant.

* Crash fix on double-clicking on a empty instrument list.


0.1.4  2007-05-04 Almost another year has gone by.

* Channel button colors have changed: yellow for mute and
  cyan for solo is now the rule, but note that this color
  highlighting is only rendered on some widget styles.

* Master sampler volume slider/spinbox combo is now featured.

* Initial support for sampler channel FX sends, while saving
  the session state, only at code-level.

* Sampler channel setup dialog does not mandate for valid nor
  existing instrument file name.

* Revised error verbosity in general and on session load/save;
  hour-glass wait cursor is now displayed on session load/save;
  keyboard shortcuts changed on MIDI instruments view context;
  improved channel strip arrangement on session open/load;
  instrument map entry removal confirmation (as optional);
  corrected some tooltip text strings.

* Most top-level widgets were missing the normal-widget flag,
  which were causing some sticky size behavior while on some
  window managers.

* Added preliminary MIDI instrument mapping support; now
  with an instrument list widget and editing capabilities;
  MIDI instrumeent map program numbers are now displayed in
  the range 1-128, instead of the internal 0-127.

* GPL address update.


0.1.3   2006-06-01 Its been a long year isn't it?

* Changed deprecated copyright attribute to license,
  on qsampler.spec (RPM).

* Added configure support for x86_64 libraries (UNTESTED).

* Optional specification of alternate liblscp and libgig
  installation paths have been added to configure command
  arguments (--with-liblscp, --with-libgig).

* Whenever the listing of actual instrument names is not an
  option (e.g. due to lack of libgig support), the whole
  number of selectable instrument items is now being graciously
  increased from just the bare 8 (eight) right up through 100
  (one hundred), on the sampler channel setup dialog.

* The selection buttons, on the right of the Instrument, Audio
  and MIDI devices combo-boxes, on the sampler channel dialog,
  are now expected to be a little better looking than it was
  before, at least for those Mac OS X eyes.

* Minor fixing on the initial messages dock-window height.

* Audio output channel routing configuration finally hits
  the sampler channel dialog, at last! (EXPERIMENTAL).

* All widget captions changed to include proper application
  title name prefix.

* Attempt to bring those aging autoconf templates to date;
  sample SPEC file for RPM build is now being included and
  generated at configure time.

* Set to use QApplication::setMainWidget() instead of
  registering the traditional lastWindowClosed() signal
  to quit() slot, just to let the -geometry command line
  argument have some effect on X11.

* Added MUTE/SOLO buttons to individual channel strips.

* Fixed compilation error which occured when Qt was
  compiled with -no-stl.


0.1.2   2005-06-23 Even minor workings needs a rest.

* Fixed output disability when messages limit option is
  turned off (thanks to Wolfgang Woehl for spotting this
  one, while on qjackctl).

* Added CHANNEL_INFO event feedback notification handling;
  minor stream/voice usage auto-refresh cycle optimization.


0.1.1   2005-06-12 The mantra of bugfixes.

* New improved and full-featured application icon, thanks
  to Christian Schoenebeck design.

* Fixed refresh cycle of channel strips that are found
  in an error state, which was preventing correct channel
  info updates.

* Device configuration now accessible on toolbar. Added
  buddy text label to device port/channel combobox on the
  device dialog.

* Include libgig version info on command line request (-v).

* Minor configure and Makefile install fixes, as Debian and
  Mac OS X specialties. Also, install does the right thing
  with target file modes (thanks to Matt Flax and Ebrahim
  Mayat, for pointing these out).


0.1.0   2005-05-23  Device configuration breakthrough.

* Device configuration is now complete (EXPERIMENTAL).

* [bug #9] Fixed for a LSCP command syntax convention
  consistency, regarding the enumeration of available
  sampler engines, Audio and MIDI drivers.

* [bug #13] Update instrument names list when a new
  instrument file is select on the channel setup dialog.

* Show appropriate message in channel strip while loading
  an instrument.

* Show libgig version in About box (in case libgig is used).


0.0.5   2005-03-04  Fifth alpha-release.

* Fixed device driver type channel information gathering,
  which was severely flawed, dropping all channel session
  configurations to the default audio driver type (which
  is ALSA) unexpectedly.

* Channels are now properly renumbered when saving to a
  session LSCP script, assuming that it should be always
  loaded from scratch (i.e. zero channels).

* Disabled MIDI port setting on channel dialog, and on
  session file save, as its use is still troublesome.

* Added new menu and toolbar option: Reset All Channels.

* Channel setup changes are now properly filtered, as for
  only those settings that are actually changed gets applied;
  change information are now also posted to messages window.

* Drag-and-drop of either session files (LSCP scripts) or
  instrument files (GIG) are now supported. Multiple files
  drop is allowed, but it only makes sense for instrument
  files, each one prompting to create a new sampler channel.

* Drag-and-drop to an existing channel strip is now also
  featured, allowing the in-place change of the channel
  sampler instrument file.

* Actual instrument names are now optionally retrieved
  from the instrument file, even though libgig is available,
  avoiding excessively annoying load times while on the
  channel dialog, when huge instrument files are selected.

* Set to ignore the SIGPIPE ("Broken pipe") signal, where
  available, as the default handler is usually fatal when
  a JACK client is zombified abruptly.

* Messages window limit is now enforced only when the line
  count exceeds in one third the user configured line count
  maximum; if Qt 3.2.0+ is in use, the QTextView widget is
  otherwise set to the optimized Qt::LogText format.


0.0.4   2004-11-19  Fourth alpha-release.

* Instrument index selection now made via combo box widget;
  actual instrument names are now properly retrieved from
  the instrument file, provided if libgig is available.

* Sampler channels strips are just created if, and only if,
  the respective channel setup dialog is actually accepted,
  following common user-interface guidelines.

* Almost complete rewrite of sampler channel strips internal
  control structures.

* Sampler reset command action added to menu and toolbar.

* MIDI channel selection is now a dropdown list, allowing
  the explicit selection for "All" channels input per sampler
  channel (omni mode).

* Channel strip display glass effect has changed background
  color to black (was green), being now an user option.

* Minor configure fixes.


0.0.3   2004-07-06  Third alpha-release.

* Mon-modal intrument file loading and status support.

* Effective MIDI input port setting on channel dialog,
  and on session file save.

* Channel dialog gets sensible engine and driver defaults
  on create time.

* Implied channel reset on successful instrument load.


0.0.2   2004-06-15  Pre-revolutionary release.

* The channel context menu is also accessible by right-clicking
  over the empty workspace area.

* Added small wait event loop on qsamplerMainForm::stopServer(),
  so let local server terminate gracefully and stabilize, and
  avoiding a probable segfault on exit, which was preventing the
  correct salvage of settings and configuration.

* Maximum channel volume percent setting is now a global option,
  provided to override the default (which is 100%).

* Client/server transaction timeout option upper limit has been
  increased from 5000 to 60000 milliseconds.

* A channel context menu is now featured, by right-clicking over
  each sampler channel strip.

* Commented SET CHANNEL MIDI_INPUT_PORT command from
  qsamplerMainForm::saveSessionFile(), it has no effect.

* Insert a n #include <unistd.h> on qsamplerMessages.cpp, between
  a #if !defined(WIN32) clause.

* An initial non zero value (0.8) is now set for volume of every
  new sampler channel strip.

* The order to load/save and setup channel settings is now as
  suggested in the following lines:

    SET CHANNEL AUDIO_OUTPUT_TYPE ...
    SET CHANNEL MIDI_INPUT_TYPE ...
    SET CHANNEL MIDI_INPUT_CHANNEL ...
    LOAD ENGINE ...
    LOAD INSTRUMENT ...
    SET CHANNEL VOLUME ...


0.0.1   2004-06-05  Primordial alpha release.

