[LAA] Announcing synthclone-0.1.0

After almost two years, I'm happy to announce that a new version of `synthclone` is available for download! The new version of `synthclone` is a complete departure from the utility application I wrote two years ago on a rainy weekend. Here are the most important changes: - `synthclone` is now a Qt-based application with a table interface that allows a user to configure sample times, release times, notes, velocity values, aftertouch, channel pressure, and MIDI control changes on a zone-by-zone basis. You can tweak the parameters and audition samples until you're satisfied with the samples you've acquired. - The application is now session-based. Sessions can be saved and restored. - `synthclone` comes with `libsynthclone`, a plugin API that allows developers to write plugins that can interact with and extend the application. Developers can add components to `synthclone`, including sampler components (for sending MIDI and acquiring audio data), effect components (for altering audio data), and target components (for writing patches that work with software that can play back sample-based instruments). In addition, the API allows plugins to do almost anything that the application itself can do. All changes to the session are accessible via the observer pattern (using Qt signals and slots), allowing plugins to easily sync to session changes. - `synthclone` is distributed with several plugins: 1.) libsynthclone_hydrogen - Builds Hydrogen drumkits. 2.) libsynthclone_jack - Sampling via the JACK Audio Connection Kit. Includes JACK Session support. 3.) libsynthclone_sfz - Builds SFZ instruments. 4.) libsynthclone_trimmer - Trims "silence" off of the start and end of acquired samples. 5.) libsynthclone_zonegenerator - Generates zone data for acquiring samples. - The application can write multiple targets (i.e. Hydrogen and SFZ) in one session. No need to restart `synthclone` and wait while samples are reacquired. The new version of `synthclone` is available at: http://synthclone.googlecode.com/ This is an alpha release. Please report bugs using the issue tracker: http://code.google.com/p/synthclone/issues/list If you like `synthclone` and have ideas that can make it better and/or want to keep up with its progress, join the users group: http://groups.google.com/group/synthclone-users If you're a developer and want to write plugins for `synthclone` or contribute to the application itself, join the development group: http://groups.google.com/group/synthclone-development On a closing note, I'd like to thank Peter L. Jones for patiently answering my questions about the SFZ format. With his help, I was able to understand far more about the SFZ format than I ever could using the official documentation. Thanks, Peter! -- Devin Anderson devin (at) charityfinders (dot) com CharityFinders - http://www.charityfinders.com/ synthclone - http://synthclone.googlecode.com/