Congratulations on the release, it's busy building and will be available, in a few hours time, for openSUSE 11.0 to 11.2 in the multimedia:apps repository and is submitted to 11.3 Factory. To find it go to :- http://software.opensuse.org/search Regards Dave P
On 02/14/2010 06:13 AM, D. Michael McIntyre 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 > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ SOLARIS 10 is the OS for Data Centers - provides features such as DTrace, Predictive Self Healing and Award Winning ZFS. Get Solaris 10 NOW http://p.sf.net/sfu/solaris-dev2dev _______________________________________________ Rosegarden-devel mailing list [email protected] - use the link below to unsubscribe https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/rosegarden-devel
