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1jackbeat (0.7.2)
2    * #14: add filters in file dialogs
3    * #18: add track solo controls
4    * #37: fix opening jab files whose path contains spaces
5    * #39: fix conflict between single-letter shortcuts and UI input
6    * win32 support: now cross-compiles on Linux with mingw32
7    * wipe temporary directories in a more secure manner
8    * fix bogus modified status when changing current track
9    * libtool isn't needed anymore
10    * some consolidation
11
12 -- Olivier Guilyardi <olivier {at} samalyse {dot} com>  Fri, 26 Jun 2009 17:52:05 +0200
13
14jackbeat (0.7.1)
15    * improve volume sliders mouse interaction
16    * add menu entries and shortcuts to quickly increase/decrease track volume
17
18 -- Olivier Guilyardi <olivier {at} samalyse {dot} com>  Fri, 01 May 2009 20:11:54 +0200
19
20jackbeat (0.7.0)
21    * require gtk >= 2.12 (previously 2.6) for proper gtk builder support
22    * liblo is now a required dependency
23    * Portaudio is now a required dependency
24    * JACK/libjack isn't a required dependency anymore, it is now optional
25    * PulseAudio/libpulse is now an optional dependency (recommended on Ubuntu)
26    * #13: gui volume controls are now logarithmic
27    * #15: default resampling quality set to Hi-Fi (SRC_SINC_FASTEST)
28    * #16: fix quit and close dialogs
29    * #20/#21, add OSC support with methods: start, stop, rewind, set_transport,
30      mute_beat, rewind, set_bpm, mute_track, set_track_pitch, set_track_volume,
31      set_beat, set_track_volume_db
32    * add OSC events: beat_on, beat_off, beat_changed
33    * #26: new layout system, track controls and ruler are now always visible
34      when scrolling
35    * #27: track buttons sensitivity problem is gone with the new sequence editor
36    * #31: smartly handle jack shutdown, warning the user, allow to reconnect
37    * #32: verify that the process callback is called by JACK after client activation,
38      otherwise fail sequence creation ; improve activation debugging and error message
39    * #36: add Mac application bundle building scripts
40    * command line: add -o to list the supported OSC methods/events,
41      -c clientname, remove -p portprefix
42    * add preferences dialog
43    * add OSC preferences, global and per-sequence, with methods and events list
44    * add audio preferences with ability to change output device, disconnect and
45      reconnect
46    * use libphat knobs for pitch octave, semitone and fine-tune. no more pitch
47      controls in the sequence display
48    * fix some faulty memory access and leaks
49    * new sexy growing volume sliders with wheel scroll support
50    * support compiling against GTK+ OS X (Framework and custom build): now runs
51      on Mac without X11
52    * Mac OS X integration: mac menu, file associations and native file dialogs
53    * export parameters now in an separate dialog
54    * fit initial window size to sequence
55    * build main window structure using glade
56    * use gtk builder instead of glade
57    * use sndfile's sf_command() to retrieve supported audio file extensions
58    * now using gtk builder signals autoconnect with custom connect func
59    * add bootstrap.sh for easy installation of dependencies ; tested on osx 10.5.6
60    * add --without-jack option to configure
61    * update README
62    * new internal event layer
63    * concurrent threads can now safely access the sequence API
64    * simplify sample garbage collection
65    * changed edit/clear to edit/clear pattern: now only clears the pattern,
66      not sample or tracks
67    * improve jack connect error message
68    * fix random krash due to memory allocation size error
69    * add about dialog
70    * new driver-based audio stream layer: direct support of JACK, Portaudio, and
71      PulseAudio. Driver can be changed at runtime. Features an automatic driver
72      loading mode which is the default.
73    * gui: added sexy track control background, to denote active track
74    * upgrade to libphat r118 (bundled)
75    * gui: new sequence and track properties panels
76    * gui: display sample waveform in track properties, with position animation
77    * gui: add pattern grid ruler, fancy mute button and other visual improvements
78    * gui: sequence editor encapsulation
79    * jab: add minVersion xml tag, and check if the current jackbeat version
80      is higher than or equal to its value when opening a file. Prepare for
81      jab BC break in a later release.
82    * now registers a single JACK client for any number of sequences
83    * auto_connect is now a stream-wide setting
84    * core: added thread pool
85    * switched to portaudio's ringbuffer (for memory barriers)
86    * sequence now use its own pool process for processing events coming from
87      the audio thread: this is faster than the previous mechanism based on a
88      gtk timeout
89    * do not set the track name from the loaded sample filename
90    * validate track names (only letters, digits, underscores, dashes, plus
91      signs and points)
92    * resampler type is now a global preferences setting
93    * protect all sequence functions against out of bound parameters
94    * gui: add load sample et track rename shortcuts, make active track follow
95      grid pointer, wrap pointer move
96    * grid: scroll if necessary when moving pointer with keyboard
97    * add playback menu, z shortcut for rewind and f2 for renaming track
98    * show/hide cursor on grid focus change, make grid cells fill the available space
99    * grid: add home/end shortcuts
100    * add add/remove track menu entries and shortcuts
101    * grid: use B or return for toggling beat, N for masking
102
103 -- Olivier Guilyardi <olivier {at} samalyse {dot} com>  Wed, 29 Apr 2009 20:55:44 +0200
104
105jackbeat (0.6.3)
106    * transpose volumes did not work when using phat: fixed
107
108 -- Olivier Guilyardi <olivier {at} samalyse {dot} com>  Thu,  7 Feb 2008 17:36:57 +0100
109
110jackbeat (0.6.2)
111    * new export parameters: framerate and sustain type
112    * added keyboard-based motion and toggling to the grid
113    * added (optional) support for the Phat Audio Toolkit
114    * switched from GtkFileSelection to GtkFileChooser
115    * remember export directory, export framerate and sustain type
116    * sustain was randomly played with looping turned off: fixed
117    * properly restore rewind button sensitive-ness on startup
118    * use dots to indicate long filepath in sample history
119    * correctly remember filenames that contain spaces
120      reported by Nicolai Lissner, nlissne {at} linux01 {dot} gwdg {dot} de
121    * properly handle JACK port registration failure
122    * reorganized gui code, and other code cleanup
123    * stopping sequence before destroying it to avoid random crash
124    * updated TODO, thanks furenku
125    * fix typo and add TODOs, thanks Henrik Bjerregaard Pedersen
126      <henrikbp {at} vip {dot} cybercity {dot} dk>
127    * updated and converted README to reST
128
129 -- Olivier Guilyardi <olivier {at} samalyse {dot} com>  Thu, 10 Jan 2008 20:56:59 +0100
130
131jackbeat (0.6.1)
132    * New waveform export feature
133    * Now compiles on 64bit, thanks Detlef <detlef {at} links2linux {dot} de>
134    * Added support for removing a given track
135    * Start/stop playback by pressing space
136    * VU meters now use full color scale according to the sample volume peak
137    * Added a note in README about fine-tuning pitch and volume
138    * Made README's Usage less verbose about track masking
139    * Fixed incorrect jack client name when filename passed on command line
140    * Save the auto-connect setting into the rc file
141    * Use L and R suffixes for JACK ports when a track has 2 channels
142    * Automatically add .jab when saving a sequence
143    * Fixed broken Edit/Clear routine
144    * Fixed random segfault when opening/creating a sequence
145    * Added ability to cancel when loading a sample with a duplicate name
146    * Fixed broken remembering of working directories
147    * Code cleanup/optimization + various fixes
148    * Updated TODO
149
150 -- Olivier Guilyardi <olivier {at} samalyse {dot} com>  Thu,  1 Mar 2007 16:42:53 +0100
151
152jackbeat (0.6)
153    * New graphical tracks grid display
154    * Use jack ringbuffers instead of message queues for IPC
155    * Added support for Mac OS X
156    * Remember working directories even if sample or sequence fails to load
157    * Fixed some compiler warnings
158    * SIGSEV Handler: detect the presence of execinfo/ucontext instead of relying
159      on the i386 target. Updated crash message.
160    * README file: updated the Introduction and improved the Usage section
161    * Removed mask toggle: masking is now always enabled
162    * And others
163
164 -- Olivier Guilyardi <olivier {at} samalyse {dot} com>  Fri, 24 Nov 2006 13:07:19 +0100
165
166jackbeat (0.5.4)
167    * Added and clarified some error messages.
168      Thanks Paul Brossier <piem {at} altern {dot} org>
169    * Added Close and Quit menu entries
170    * When launching several Jackbeats, there was a JACK client name conflict:
171      fixed. Thanks Paul Brossier <piem {at} altern {dot} org>
172
173 -- Olivier Guilyardi <olivier {at} samalyse {dot} com>  Sun, 16 Oct 2005 23:07:46 +0200
174
175jackbeat (0.5.3)
176
177    * Added basic command line options
178    * Loading a jab or changing the resampler type stopped the playblack :
179      fixed, the beat goes on. Thanks Remy Lalanne <lalanne.remy {at} wanadoo {dot} fr>
180    * The transport type setting wasn't saved : fixed. Thanks Remy
181      Lalanne <lalanne.remy {at} wanadoo {dot} fr>
182    * When reading the sigsev handler message, users were likely to send the
183      backtrace only: fixed that message. Hopefully they will now send the
184      whole console output.
185
186 -- Olivier Guilyardi <olivier {at} samalyse {dot} com>  Wed, 14 Sep 2005 19:57:49 +0200
187
188jackbeat (0.5.2)
189
190    * Segfault when changing the pitch on a empty track : fixed, thanks
191      Guillaume Pellerin (http://yomix.org)
192    * The beats animation is very cpu-intensive : increased the refresh
193      period to 1000 ms as a temporary workaround
194    * The SIGSEV handler is not portable : now including it only when
195      compiling on i386. Thanks Paul Brossier (http://piem.org)
196
197 -- Olivier Guilyardi <olivier {at} xung {dot} org>  Mon, 20 Jun 2005 00:08:24 +0200
198
199jackbeat (0.5.1)
200
201    * Added a SIGSEV handler to dump the backtrace to stdout on crash
202      (glibc's execinfo)
203    * Samples filename extension were not correctly striped : fixed
204    * Not writing the resampler type into jab files anymore : this setting
205      belongs exclusively to the rc file
206    * wrote a lightweight basic resampler : greatly reduces the cpu load,
207      performing about 5 times faster than libsamplerate's linear converter
208
209 -- Olivier Guilyardi <olivier {at} xung {dot} org>  Wed, 18 May 2005 20:24:49 +0200
210
211jackbeat (0.5.0)
212
213    * Added pitch and volume controls
214    * Rewrote the sample history
215    * Masking beats might produce clicks : added an attack/release envelope
216    * Now converting sample rate in realtime instead of doing it when
217      loading a sample
218    * The song was not marked as modified when (un)muting a track, neither
219      when enabling/disabling a mask : fixed
220    * Muting/unmuting a track is now wrapped by a an attack/release envelope
221      (as masking) to avoid clicks
222    * Sometimes tryed to highlight an unexistent beat, segfault'ing : fixed
223    * Added standalone Mute buttons.
224    * Changed the "Play" button into Play and Pause icons
225    * Added a Rewind button
226    * Now require GTK >= 2.6 (was >= 2.0)
227    * Added an option to select the converter type to be used by libsamplerate
228    * Fixed a bug with the XML description generation : float numbers (bpm,
229      pitch, volume, etc..) were written in a locale-sensitive manner, which
230      either wrote points or commas. Now always using the C locale internally.
231    * Added a volume "transposer" feature : acts as a pseudo-master,
232      transposing all tracks volumes by a given percentage
233    * New "Smoothing" feature : a sample starting over itself might produce a
234      click. This feature uses a short envelope to kindly stop the sample
235      before its gets started again.  It is enabled by default on all tracks.
236
237 -- Olivier Guilyardi <olivier {at} xung {dot} org>  Tue,  3 May 2005 15:52:31 +0200
238
239jackbeat (0.4.3)
240
241    * New track-masking feature : allows to insert silences into a track, as
242      requested by Guillaume Pellerin (http://yomix.org)
243    * When loading the same sample on several tracks, these tracks were
244      automatically assigned identical names, which caused Jack ports to
245      conflict : a dialog now opens, asking for an alternate name. Additionally,
246      it is possible to rename tracks at any time
247    * Serious bug which left temporary data into /tmp everytime a jab file was
248      loaded, including extracted sample files : corrected
249    * And a few cosmetic fixes
250
251 -- Olivier Guilyardi <olivier {at} xung {dot} org>  Tue, 12 Apr 2005 22:20:23 +0200
252 
253jackbeat (0.4.2)
254
255    * Support for sample rate conversion when loading samples, to match
256      Jack's framerate : added, using libsamplerate's best converter
257    * Progress bars when loading/saving samples/sequences : added, in a modal
258      window
259    * Some variables names in sample loading routines were obscure : clarified
260    * Unused samples were not cleant up : fixed, now freeing associated memory
261    * With Jack already rolling, lauching Jackbeat produced some noise : fixed
262    * Muting/unmuting a track often failed due to an IPC bug : squashed
263
264 -- Olivier Guilyardi <olivier {at} xung {dot} org>  Wed, 30 Mar 2005 19:51:02 +0200
265
266jackbeat (0.4.1)
267
268    * Tracks/beats spin buttons where randomly stepping by 1 or 2 : fixed
269    * gcc was passed the -g option by default : suppressed. The binary size
270      droped from 530 to 80 kb. For debugging informations, run
271      "export CFLAGS=-g" before "./configure"
272
273 -- Olivier Guilyardi <olivier {at} xung {dot} org>  Wed, 16 Mar 2005 18:33:53 +0100
274
275jackbeat (0.4.0)
276
277    * When unsetting the active beat on a given track, the sample continued
278      playing. With an empty track, a long sample would then play entirely,
279      which is quite pointless : Unsetting an active beat now stops the track
280    * New "Double" feature : duplicate the sequence, copying beats
281    * Pattern nesting code was a nightmare : wiped out
282    * .jackbeat directory was not properly created : fixed
283    * Freeing unallocated pointers at shutdown : fixed
284    * Samples working directory wasn't saved at shutdown : fixed
285    * README file : corrected and updated
286     
287 -- Olivier Guilyardi <olivier {at} xung {dot} org>  Fri,  4 Mar 2005 15:05:16 +0100
288
289jackbeat (0.3.3)
290
291    * Looping couldn't be turned off : fixed
292    * Experimental code for pattern nesting is very krash-prone : hidden until
293    it gets better
294
295 -- Olivier Guilyardi <olivier {at} xung {dot} org>  Sun, 20 Feb 2005 20:09:42 +0100
296
297jackbeat (0.3.2)
298
299    * Loading and saving song got rewritten : a new format is now implemented.
300      It stores metadata in an XML file, and samples as separate files in
301      a subdirectory. All that is then packed in a tar archive.
302    * The above feature adds a new requirement : libxml2 (http://xmlsoft.org)
303   
304 -- Olivier Guilyardi <olivier {at} xung {dot} org>  Wed,  6 Oct 2004 01:10:27 +0200
305
306jackbeat (0.3.1)
307
308    * ftok() was passed the content of argv[0] (program name) as pathname.
309      That easily failed : fixed. Thanks Leito <leito69 {at} yahoo {dot} com>
310
311 -- Olivier Guilyardi <olivier {at} xung {dot} org>  Fri, 20 Aug 2004 14:17:18 +0200
312
313jackbeat (0.3.0)
314
315    * Note : This is a fork from version 0.2, so it does not include the
316      bugfixes of the subsequent 0.2 serie (0.2.1,  ...). 80% of
317      the code has been rewritten, so changes are countless. I won't
318      enumerate them in here. This version is a development release,
319      with (enjoy ;-) broken features and high unstability.
320    * TODO file : that is the main new feature :-) Please contribute. 
321    * Improved the visual effect while playing : now beats are highlighted
322      according to the sample duration
323   
324 -- Olivier Guilyardi <olivier {at} xung {dot} org>  Mon, 16 Aug 2004 21:08:02 +0200
325 
326jackbeat (0.2)
327
328    * The first frames of samples where almost never played : fixed
329    * Added support for JACK transport control (start, stop, and frame position)
330    * While playing, loading a sample always caused it to be played once:fixed
331    * Added a highlight effect to follow the sequence progress
332    * Changing the bpm rate when playing sometimes resulted in a
333      segfault : fixed
334     
335 -- Olivier Guilyardi <olivier {at} xung {dot} org>  Sat, 26 Jun 2004 15:11:44 +0200
336
337jackbeat (0.1)
338
339    * Initial release
340
341 -- Olivier Guilyardi <olivier {at} xung {dot} org>  Thu, 24 Jun 2004 01:49:04 +0200
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