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

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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