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update version to 0.7.0, readme, changelog and about dialog

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2Jackbeat News
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5New release : 0.7.0
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8- The GUI has been re-designed for the pleasure of the eye and more ergonomy
9- New shortcuts, knobs and waveform animation bring more interactivity
10- OSC is now supported with a fair amount of methods and events
11- Mac OS X integration has been much improved
12- ALSA, CoreAudio and PulseAudio are now directly supported in addition to JACK
13- Several bugs and usability issues have been fixed
14- The internal architecture has been improved
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16Olivier Guilyardi - April 29th, 2009
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20New release : 0.6.2
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22
23- The export framerate and sustain handling can now be customized
24- The pattern can be edited using the keyboard
25- The GUI has been improved and fixed
26- Optional support for the Phat Audio Toolkit is available
27- Some audio processing and JACK issues have been fixed
28- Simple drum kits are now available from Jackbeat's homepage
29
30Olivier Guilyardi - January 10th, 2008
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34New release : 0.6.1
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36
37- The sequence can now be exported as a WAV file
38- The intel 64bit platform is supported
39- VU meters now use full color scale
40- The user interface has been improved and several issues fixed
41- The code has been optimized and some random krash fixed
42
43Olivier Guilyardi - March 1st, 2007
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47New release : 0.6
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49
50- The drummachine interface is more interactive and features VU meters
51- The JACK realtime thread now uses ringbuffers, for syscall-free operation
52- Support for Mac OS X is now complete
53- Various other minor issues have been fixed
54- Jackbeat is now available through Subversion
55
56Olivier Guilyardi - November 24th, 2006
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60New release : 0.5.4
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62
63- The JACK client name handling has been improved
64- Errors are now better detected and reported
65- Usability has been slightly improved
66
67Olivier Guilyardi - October 20th, 2005
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71New release : 0.5.3
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73
74- A set of basic command line options is now supported
75- A few bugs that disturbed the user experience were fixed
76- The debugging output was slightly improved
77
78Olivier Guilyardi - September 14th, 2005
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82New release : 0.5.2
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84
85- A ennoying bug that forbade jab files containing empty tracks to load
86  has been fixed.
87- The helpful segfault handler is unfortunately not very portable,
88  it has caused troubles on the powerpc and is now only included when
89  compiling on the i386 architecture.
90- The current graphical animation which is heavy due to a design problem,
91  is now refreshed at a much lower rate, as a cpu-friendly workaround.
92
93Olivier Guilyardi - June 20th, 2005
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