[LAU] [Fwd: [Rosegarden-user] ROSEGARDEN 10.02 RELEASED!]

[david]

In case you didn't already see this anywhere, the new QT4-based 
Rosegarden has been released!

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Subject: [Rosegarden-user] ROSEGARDEN 10.02 RELEASED!
Date: Sat, 13 Feb 2010 23:13:48 -0500
From: D. Michael McIntyre <michael.mcintyre at rosegardenmusic.com>
To: rosegarden-devel at lists.sourceforge.net
CC: rosegarden-user at lists.sourceforge.net

====== ROSEGARDEN 10.02, codename "Thorn" RELEASED ======

The Rosegarden team is proud to announce the release of version 10.02 of
Rosegarden, an audio and MIDI sequencer and musical notation editor for 
Linux.
This release on 14th February, 2010 marks five years to the day since 
the release of 1.0 (which would be be called 05.02 using our current 
numbering scheme).

http://www.rosegardenmusic.com/

With this release, we finally bring an end to the long and difficult job 
of transforming Rosegarden from an obsolete KDE 3 application into a 
modern Qt 4 application.  There was no precedent for an application 
following this upgrade path, and so we had to begin this process by 
writing our own custom porting tools.  From there, we spent an entire 
year chipping away at an immense mountain of compiler errors before we 
could even get a glimpse to see if our new code was going to work.  From 
that first peek until now swallowed the biggest part of a second year, 
digging into every dusty corner, and putting everything back in order.

Along the way, we found plenty of opportunities to improve Rosegarden, 
and get this new codebase turned into an exciting landmark release that 
rivals 1.0 for the sheer amount of collective effort that went into its 
making.  We have fixed hundreds of bugs, including many old bugs that 
had been around for years, and we have introduced dozens of new features.

===== Usability Enhancements =====
   * With its bold new custom look, including hundreds of new icons, 
Rosegarden ensures all of its interface elements are usable, freeing you 
to configure the rest of your system any way you like
   * With its more compact, netbook-friendly interface, Rosegarden gets 
more done with less screen real estate
   * Rosegarden has a low installation footprint, and creates local, 
user-editable copies of all example and library files
   * Expanded translations (varies by language) put more of Rosegarden 
in your
native language than has ever been possible before
   * You may now run as many instances of Rosegarden as you like, in 
parallel, and can even install and run different versions simultaneously
   * Enhanced device management support, including an all-new MIDI device
manager, finally addresses a number of long-standing usability issues 
and bugs
   * Control rulers (notation and matrix) completely redesigned from the 
ground up to use primary editing tools (eg. pencil) and present 
controller data as a series of connected points that may be manipulated 
very fluidly and easily
   * Control rulers share a selection with their associated editor 
(notation or matrix), allowing control events to be cut, copied and 
pasted along with notes
   * A number of non-critical warning dialogs about system configuration 
issues have been moved out of your way, and onto a compact health 
indicator at the bottom right of the main window
   * You can add, display and access what we hope will prove to be an
effectively unlimited number of MIDI controllers in the instrument 
parameters box, eliminating the need for an alternative tabbed layout mode
   * New streamlined interface merges the insertion cursor functions 
into the playback cursor, so Rosegarden has only one cursor at long last
   * All new integrated project packager provides built-in, native 
support for Rosegarden project packages, eliminates a number of obscure 
dependencies, and provides a cleaner user experience
   * Document modified status is indicated in the title bar
   * Markers text entry fields have been renamed to make it more clear 
which of the two editable texts is the functional one
   * The simple event editor now handles notation-quantized notes more
intelligently
   * All but a few keyboard shortcuts are now exposed through menu 
entries or tooltips, to facilitate learning
   * Improved controller manager dialog now opens the editor 
automatically after creating a new controller
   * Grace notes are scaled correctly relative to full-sized notes (in a 
way that may lead to true support of cue-sized notation in the future)


===== New Features =====

==== General ====
   * Most windows have special function-related icons associated with 
them, so it is easier to use your desktop task manager to find the 
window you seek
   * Improved flashing metronome mode and more realistic looking LEDs 
for the transport
   * Rosegarden comes bundled with a library of composition templates 
(.rgt files), and any file can be saved as a template with the new File 
=> Save As Template option
   * New support for Frontier Design Group’s TranzPort™ contributed by 
Immanuel Litzroth
   * The MIDI device manager can now import bank and program information 
from LinuxSampler .lscp files
   * The automatic clef guessing feature (used in a variety of contexts, 
such as when importing MIDI or splitting a segment by pitch) now adds 
transposing clefs to its repertoire in order to avoid excessive ledger 
lines in parts that extend to the extremes of reproducible pitch

==== Notation ====
   * Higher quality on-screen rendering removes the annoying chromatic
artifacts that have afflicted all previous versions, and provides crisp, 
clear rendering
   * New pan and zoom allows you to move around quickly, and zoom the 
window contents as far in or out as you like, or zoom either axis 
independently
   * You can now add a layer to the part you're editing with just one 
click.  The "Add Layer" function uses the currently active segment as a 
template for creating a new "layer" segment in the same place, with the 
same clefs and key signatures, but in a contrasting color
   * The segment changer (located with the pan and zoom controls) 
provides a visual indication of which segment is currently active for 
editing, even in continuous page layout mode, and allows you to change 
segments without removing your right hand from your mouse
   * Print and Print Preview are both performed through LilyPond, which
provides extremely high-quality output
   * Expanded range of point sizes (from 6 to 30) available for LilyPond 
export
   * New interactive LilyPond Print/Preview allows you to configure your
preferences for which applications you prefer to use for printing files 
and viewing PDFs, and compares the result of the LilyPond conversion 
operation against your LilyPond export options in order to offer 
intelligent suggestions for what steps to take when things go wrong
   * New support for notation symbols, giving Rosegarden the ability to 
display (non-operative) segno, coda and breath mark symbols
   * New marks for open, stopped/muted, and harmonic/flageolet
   * New cycle slashes function allows you to use the **/** shortcut or 
the new toolbar icon to cycle through from 0 to 5 slashes on selected notes
   * All marks are exported to LilyPond now, and mark placement has been
aligned with LilyPond's placement rules, following the philosophy that 
they have spent vastly more time studying best notation practices than 
we have, and where we disagreed, we were wrong
   * Add Trill With Line moves from Note ==> Marks... and the marks 
toolbar to Phrase and the group toolbar, reflecting an internal change 
that transforms this from a mark attached to a single note into a more 
flexible indication that can span any number of (usually tied) notes. 
The mark version still exists internally to preserve compatibility with 
existing compositions
   * Even quicker and improved keyboard access to inserting notes and 
rests, with the default duration determined by the denominator of the 
current time signature
   * More compact notation toolbar layout combines note and rest entry 
in one place, freeing up space, and improving efficiency
   * When using the notation editor to insert notes, long notes are tied 
at barlines by default, so red barlines are less common

==== Matrix ====
   * At long last it is possible to open multiple segments (from any 
number of different tracks) in the same matrix view
   * The pitch highlights on I III and V are now calculated relative to 
the key signature in effect, rather than being fixed against C major
   * Notes and pitch highlights are always displayed in concert pitch, 
allowing you to work with segments in many different transpositions 
simultaneously on the same grid, even though they appear as completely 
different notes in completely different keys in a notation view
   * Cleaner interface leaves the instrument parameters in the main 
window, so you have more room for editing what's important
   * New pan and zoom allows you to move around quickly, and zoom the 
window contents as far in or out as you like, or zoom either axis 
independently
   * The segment changer (located with the pan and zoom controls) 
provides a visual indication of which segment is currently active for 
editing, and allows you to change segments without removing your right 
hand from your mouse
   * Is is now possible to insert key changes from the matrix
   * The standard matrix now allows the possibility of opening the same
segments in a percussion matrix, and vice versa
   * New Pitch Bend Sequence allows you to insert a series of calculated,
machine-generated pitch bends to create a variety of vibrato effects
   * Translucent event bars make it easier to see and work with 
overlapping notes

==== Audio ====
   * If the JACK audio server is not already running, Rosegarden will 
start it for you transparently
   * If you attempt to record to a document named "Untitled" you will be
prompted to name your composition before continuing, so as to promote 
better housekeeping over time
   * New controls available from the main window and the audio mixer 
allow you to give audio and synth plugin instruments (eg. "Audio #3" or 
"Synth #5") custom names
   * When recording, the composition title and custom audio instrument 
name (if provided) are used in the filename in order to make it much 
easier to work with recorded audio files outside of their original 
context.  Instead of **rg-20091123-102030-1.wav** you can now have 
something like **rg-[Jam Session 
12]-[Bobs_Guitar]-2009-11-23_10.20.30-1.wav**

===== Available Languages =====
The following translations are complete and up to date for this release:

   * German
   * Spanish
   * Swedish
   * French

The following translations are substantially complete for this release:

   * Finnish
   * Czech
   * Japanese
   * Italian

=====The Porting Team=====

We'd like to give special thanks to the following members and 
contributors, some old, some new, for their outstanding work on the long 
and difficult port.  These brave few are the authors of a new chapter in 
our history.

   * Chris Cannam
   * Michael McIntyre
   * Julie Swango
   * Emanuel Rumpf
   * Yves Guillemot
   * Chris "CJ" Fryer
   * Heikki Junes
   * Shelagh Manton
   * Jani Frilander
   * Mikko Vepsäläinen
   * Ilan Tal

===== Thanks To =====
   * Luis Garrido
   * David Willis
   * Queen Mary, University of London and Sonic Visualiser for all the 
useful code
   * Dave Plater
   * Michel Munnix
   * Mario Moles


==== Bug Fixes ====

   * The project packager can now handle spaces in paths and filenames
   * Faders can now be moved in both directions with the mouse scroll wheel
   * Corrected LilyPond export of double octave clefs
   * Corrected rendering problem when moving expanded-height tracks
   * Controller editor dialog now keeps track of the color index properly
   * Newly created knobs of color "default" now display the correct 
color, rather than black
   * Rosegarden no longer creates useless, confusing extra devices, which
solves many related problems
   * Percussion tracks now sound when importing broken MIDI files that 
use zero-length notes for percussion
   * The forward and back tab navigation buttons on the MIDI mixer work
properly now
   * Problems with the "trill with line" mark solved through the new
indication, which allows a trill to span multiple tied notes, and allows 
all of this to export to LilyPond correctly
   * Corrected export of sustain pedal notation for LilyPond 2.12
   * The main window no longer expands horizontally upon loading files 
that were last saved with a high level of zoom
   * When grace notes occur at a height that requires ledger lines, the 
ledger lines are now drawn at the correct size
   * Notation staffs now respect user font configuration choices 
consistently



====Thanks to====
The KDE translation team took on an enormous number of difficult 
translations for us, and we are in their debt!
===Active translators for this release:===
   * Heikki Junes
   * D. Michael McIntyre
   * Thorsten Alteholz
   * Yves Guillemot
   * Alexandre Prokoudine
   * Jani Frilander
   * Pavel Fric
   * Stefan Asserhall

===Other people who contributed to Rosegarden development:===
   * Immanuel Litzroth
   * Thorsten Alteholz
   * Vladimir Savic
   * Alexander Kulikov
   * Stefan Asserhall

===People who contributed device files to the Rosegarden Library===

   * Greg Lyons
   * Georg Balzer
   * Theo Smit
   * ADR
   * Sezer Dursun
   * Julie Swango
   * Geoff King
   * Pietro Pedrozzi
   * Alexander Methke
   * John Murphy


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