Congrats!
On Sat, Feb 13, 2010 at 11:13 PM, D. Michael McIntyre
<[email protected]> wrote:
> ====== 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
>
>
> --
> D. Michael McIntyre
>
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