[linux-audio-user] CheeseTracker 0.9.0 released!

[Juan Linietsky]

Cheesetracker is a portable Impulse Tracker clone. It supports all the main 
Impulse Tracker and FastTracker/SoundTracker features, plus many more.
It is licensed under the GNU Public License. It runs under
Linux/BSDs, MacOSX(QT/Mac or Qt/X11), or Win32(Cygwin).

It can be obtained at http://cheesetronic.sf.net

For those unfamiliar with trackers, this is basically an
all-in-one sequencer/sampler/sample editor/mixer/fx processor bundle,
wich provides fast and flexible means for professional grade
music composing. 

Including in the release are tutorials and documentation.
Volunteers to help to better documment it would
be highly appreciated.

The ChangeLog for this release follows:

v0.9.0
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-Removed sample mode (Scream Tracker 3 mode) as It's obsolete and not needed 
for backwards compatibility.
-Instruments are now layered and can perform up to 4 simultaneous voices with 
individual parameters each.
-Added an effect buffers system. Instruments are now routed to custom buffers 
(each with individual effect chains), which can also re-route to other 
buffers. This allows to create very complex effect routes for realtime 
processing.
-Effect buffers are "process on demand", which means they are smart enough to 
notice when they are doing nothing, thus disabling themselves.
-Added a few internal effects: Amplifier, Clipping/Distortion, Recursive Delay 
Line, Stereo Enhancer, Chorus and Reverb.
-Added a LADSPA effect source plugin. LADSPA plugins can be added to the 
chains.
-Created new file formats that save all the new features: .CT (CheeseTracker 
Module) .CI (Cheesetracker Instrument) and .CS (CheeseTracker Sample)
-Added preview to the sample file selection box, just hilite a file and use 
your keyboard to play notes (/ and * work in there too).
-Readded JACK Driver (Kasper Souren)
-Added RTAUDIO driver, allows for porting to Win32/ASIO and OSX/CoreAudio
-Fixed some big endian compatibility issues. CheeseTracker should work fine 
again on big endian machines.
-MacOSX port and build system/build fixes courtesy of Benjamin Reed
-Fixed tons and tons of bugs.

AND NOW PLEASE READ: How fast CheeseTracker reaches version 1.0 depends on 
YOU. The focus of this version is STABILITY. Because of this, I need to 
receive as many bug reports as I can, both program and build system. If you 
find a bug, I'd be enormously grateful if you submit it. Even if it is an 
obvious bug to you, chances that other people will find and report the same 
bug are much smaller than what you may think. If you dont report a bug that 
annoys you, the chances of it reappearing in the next version will allways be 
higher.

Planned for 1.0.0:
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-Rock Solid stability
-WAV exporting
-A hopefully working Windows port. This depends mainly on the Qt-Win32 
project. If you are a good Windows programmer and would like to see 
CheeseTracker working in there sooner, please give those guys a hand!

Enjoy!!

Juan Linietsky