[LAU] PHASEX-0.11.0 released

Dragan Noveski perodog at gmx.net
Tue Aug 7 19:13:02 EDT 2007


Carlos Pino wrote:
> William Weston escribio':
>> Version 0.11.0 of the [P]hase [H]armonic [A]dvanced [S]ynthesis
>> [EX]periment is ready for download (source tarball and FC6 RPMs) at:
>>
>>              http://sysex.net/phasex/
>>
>> This release contains many fixes and improvements and is highly
>> recommended for all PHASEX users.  Here's a brief list (see the
>> ChangeLog for more details):
>>
>> Engine fixes:  Filters and oscillator bandlimiting are now properly
>> tuned (taking into account filter oversampling) and work as
>> documented.  Calculations for lookup tables are more accurate.  The
>> envelope curve has been improved and sounds a lot more natural.
>> Additional bugfixes are found in the ALSA MIDI startup and JACK
>> shutdown code.
>>
>> Engine optimizations:  A few simple optimizations have been worked
>> out, with an average of about 30% CPU cycle reduction per voice, and
>> about 30MB of memory overall.  For custom builds, the engine can
>> easily be fine-tuned in phasex.h, and the --enable-arch= configure 
>> option supports all x86 CPU types supported by gcc-4.1.2.
>>
>> Improved patch bank:  The entire bank is preloaded into memory.  
>> There is now support for patches in alternate directories.  The
>> memory modes have been reworked (and finally documented in the
>> runtime help system).  Multiple patches from a directory may now be
>> loaded into the patch bank at once.
>>
>> GUI updates: Special thanks goes out to Pete Shorthose for providing
>> the initial backing store code and some pearls of GTK wisdom to make
>> window redrawing and tab switching faster and smoother.  For those of 
>> you who haven't done so already, now would be a good time to enable 
>> backing store in your X server.
>>
>> Knob and control updates:  Scroll wheel support has been added to
>> the knobs and alternate controls.  Middle-click centering of knobs
>> is more responsive.  The cumbersome combobox lists have been changed
>> to detent knobs with clickable value labels.
>>
>> Parameter locking:  Parameters can now be locked down to their
>> current values, effectively blocking out program changes, patch
>> loads, and MIDI controller messages on a per-parameter basis.
>>
>> New settings:  The base A4 tuning frequency and backing store can
>> now be set in the preferences dialog.
>>
>>
>> Cheers!
>> --ww
>>
>>
>> -- 
>> /* William Weston <weston at sysex.net> */
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>>   
> Hi , good news . It compiles ok but doesn't work for me on Debian Etch 
> , segfault is the only message that appears on the terminal output .
>
> Cheers.
> _______________________________________________
strange enough, it compiles and works good here on debian lenny.

very much thanks for the new release!

cheers,
doc



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