[linux-audio-user] ANN: FreeWheeling 0.5.3 Released - now crossplatform! - Mac OS X / Linux

[Leonard "paniq" Ritter]

jp, saw your work quite early on when i started working on mjoo, it is
an interesting idea... care to put up some videos on e.g. youtube to
help people understand what it's all about?

On Wed, 2006-11-22 at 11:32 -0800, JP Mercury wrote:
> Folks,
> 
> http://freewheeling.sourceforge.net/
> 
> I am pleased to present FreeWheeling 0.5.3. This is a new release with
> significant new features, and it has been ported to Mac OSX.
> FreeWheeling now runs under PC Linux as well as PPC and Intel Macs, all
> with the same fluid interface.
> 
> I have begun to work with developers to help guide FreeWheeling's
> evolution. There are fantastic possibilities and many stones that remain
> unturned. Help is needed, in any form you can give.
> 
> Where is FreeWheeling going? I see it becoming a tool for communities
> working with improv, for solo artists to flesh out material, and for
> performance. I hope that, with a new community of Mac users, these
> possibilities will become more real.
> 
> List of Changes
> -------------------------
> 
> 2006-11-21  v0.5.3
> 
> 	    Many thanks to Danni Coy, who has contributed very significantly to
> 	    this release. Actually, he did most of the work!
> 		
> 	    New Features
> 	    ------------
> 
> 	    * MAC OS X support
> 
> 	      FreeWheeling is now cross-platform.
> 	      A universal binary is now available for both Intel & PPC Mac
> 	      platforms.
> 
> 	    * Multiple Audio Formats
> 	      (Contributed by Danni- Thank You!)
> 
> 	      Save and load loops and live streams in
> 	      OGG, WAVE, AU, and FLAC.
> 
> 	    * OGG encoding quality setting in configuration
> 
> 	    * More flexible MIDI control of external synths.
> 
> 	      - Combination patches allow you to split one MIDI controller
> 	        into a range of zones. This allows you to control several
> 	        different sounds or softsynths from one MIDI control source.
> 		
> 		A combipatch defines the zones, as well as the output MIDI
> 		port and channel that each zone sends to. You can also send
> 	        MIDI program and bank change messages for each zone, allowing
> 		you to switch programs on external synths.
> 
> 		All of this functionality is integrated into the patch browser,
> 		so you can seamlessly control other synth apps and
> 		sound modules from within FreeWheeling.
> 		
> 		See 'examples/combipatchdemo.xml' for an example
> 		configuration.
> 		
> 	      - Added 'suppressprogramchanges' option for patch banks
> 
> 	        With suppressprogramchanges=1, no MIDI bank and program change
> 	        messages are sent when patches are changed within a patch bank.
> 	        This is useful when you have a softsynth loaded with patches on
>   	        different channels and you merely want to switch channels-
> 	        each patch is mapped to a different channel, but you don't want
> 	        program change messages being sent to mess up your patches.
> 
> 	        Use this for banks of Linuxsampler channels.
> 	
> 	      - Added 'separatechannels' option for patch banks
> 
> 	        With separatechannels=0, patches mapped to different channels
> 		appear in the same patch bank. With this option, you can have a
> 		collection of several patches on different channels that appear
> 		together in one list for browsing. This is useful for sampling
> 		synths where your patches are pre-loaded onto channels.
> 	
>                 With separatechannels=1, the old behavior is used.
> 	        The old behavior splits each channel into a separate bank.
> 	        This works well for DSSI softsynths, where many synths run on
> 	        the same port, but each channel accesses a different synth and
> 	        different set of patches.
> 
> 	    Fixes
> 	    -----
> 	
> 	    * MIDI thread now runs at high priority FIFO, rather than
> 	      low priority FIFO-- this may improve MIDI performance,
> 	      and hopefully will not affect stability.
> 	
> 	    * Fixed configuration bug that broke 'CTRL+click' loop renaming.
> 
> All the Best, and Happy FreeWheeling,
> -JP Mercury
> 
> 
> 
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