Tentative changelog for 1.3

[Rossmaxx]

I am compiling a tentative changelog here which contains the changes from 1.3-alpha1 till master (and some extra notes). If I missed anything, feel free to add here. Also, I might have added in some changes which are present in the alpha builds. Point them out and I'll remove.

so here it is:

changelog for lmms 1.3

New Features

• LV2 support https://github.com/orgs/LMMS/projects/5
• MP3 import Add MP3 import #6750
• Ability to reverse sample clips Allow SampleTCOs/Sample Clips to be reversed #5765
• Knife tool for sample clips and piano roll Knife Tool for Sample Clips #4998
• New compressor effect Add Compressor effect to LMMS #5458
• LinuxVST native support Native linux VST support #6048
• Dispersion effect Add Dispersion effect #6683
• Tap Tempo Add Tap Tempo #6375
• Mallets now has a random knob Mallets - Add random knob function #6466
• LOMM LOMM (upward/downward multiband compressor) #6925
• SlicerT Add slicer plugin #6857

Enhancements

• Sample track performance improvement Refactor SampleBuffer #6610 Improve performance and quality of Sample Track display, and add RMS graph. #5927
• Partially got rid of global automation (has it been completed?)
• Fixed some FreeBoy static and clicks Fix FreeBoy CPU time bug #6680
• Improved performance in file browser Analyze and improve search in File Browser (again) #6985

Bug Fixes

• Fixed some crashes related to automation tracks Fix automation crash (#6711) #6718
• Fixed mallets stk not found error on windows Fix STK rawwave installation in Windows builds #6705
• Fixed BitInvader data corruption Bitinvader - Fix saving with automation and division by 0 #5805
• Fixed loading of automated parameters for several instruments Fix LMMS plugin issues #6670
• Fixed Vibed data loss Fix LMMS plugin issues #6670
• Fixed invalid colour on sf2 player dialog box fixed broken 21pink LCD display #6914
• Fixed some issues related to pause button Fix issues #6383 and #4410 (pause issues). #6590
• Fixed Connection Settings window crash Fix segfault when clicking "Auto Detect" in Connection Settings window #6811
• Fixed many memory leaks Fix small memory leaks in EQ dialog #6300, Fix a few memory issues found with ASan #6843, ...
• Instrument release clicking issue has been fixed. Fix instrument release fade-out #6908
• Fixed JACK crashes Fix a Jack audio segfault #6912
• Fixed issues with zero-length notes Zero-length notes copied from the B&B editor cause incorrect behavior in the song editor #5339, zero-length-notes added to normal-notes does only play the bar with the normal-note #5340

UI Changes

• Beat and Bassline editor renamed to Pattern editor Rename BB to Pattern #6284
• Sample and hold for LFO Controller fixes #6354: Sample and Hold for LFO Controller #6850
• Tangents of the automation editor's Cubic Hermite splines can be edited Adds feature to edit tangents of Cubic Hermite progressions #5924
• Detailed CPU load info Show detailed CPU load information in a tool-tip #5970
• Better HiDPI support Fix HiDPI issues for menus #6787 Fix HiDPI issue of sample track window #6788 HiDPI fixes for elements based on QTreeView #6789
• Per-note detuning and panning in SF2 Player Support per-note detuning and panning with Sf2 Player #6602
• Slider zoom in Song Editor Change zoom in SongEditor to a Slider Zoom #6664
• Draggable effects Draggable effects #6648
• Undoable add/remove bar Undoable add/remove bar #6347
• New UI for LADSPA plugins First version of a new dynamic LADSPA control dialog #2068
• New loop marker shortcuts New loop marker shortcuts, attempt 2 #6382

known issues/regressions

• Some VST issues haven't been solved yet. VSTs freeze the LMMS GUI (Linux+XEmbed, master) #4885, Issue with Vestige + Helm #3918, VST2 Issues #5433
• Some Carla issues exist. LMMS master loses Carla instrument configuration when loading old project file #6414 "show GUI" button doesn't work for Carla on Linux #6315 Crash When Carla Rack or Patchbay is Replaced #5883 Carla segmentation fault #5525
• LV2 is buggy and has no GUI(yet). https://github.com/orgs/LMMS/projects/5
• Attempting to delete a track/clip while playing causes a segfault. Segfault when deleting a clip in the song editor while playing #6935
• Some samples/instrument presets don't open and instead show an error. discussion in Error message "Read permission denied" on some TripleOsc presets #6896
• Drag and drop sometimes does not work on Wayland. Drag and Drop does NOT work in LMMS when logged into Wayland session #6684
• Mono VST plugins seems to output only on the left side. Mono VST plugins output only to the left channel #6558
• There seems to be a rare crash/freeze on export. Freeze or crash on export.  #6336
• Copy paste is broken on pattern tracks
• There's this weird file save bug. when opening a project, it shows up as an unsaved project even if nothing is modified. LMMS file save fail #4514
• Portaudio does not work properly on Windows. WDM-KS not working (Windows platform) #5383

[tresf]

Assuming we'll eventually publish some form of this curated list, please copy the style from here as closely as possible: https://github.com/LMMS/lmms/releases, specifically category names, case sensitivity. For example, the BBEditor rename would have fallen under "UI Change" in previous releases, "fixed some" -> "Fixed some", etc.

[Oktayey]

I think you missed this; it was committed April 13, 2022. 7c1ebd3

[Rossmaxx]

I think you missed this; it was committed April 13, 2022. 7c1ebd3

added it in. thanks for the catch.

[RiedleroD]

Fixed FreeBoy static and clicks

ehh well… There's still a good amount of clicks, mostly caused by freeboy (correctly, mind you) emulating the DC offset of gameboy audio channels. I've made an issue for that (nr. 6556) which kind of stalled. All of which is to say that this should probably say "Fixed some FreeBoy static and clicks" so nobody gets confused by the remaining ones once 1.3 does come out.

That's a nitpick though, thanks for compiling this list!

[Rossmaxx]

@RiedleroD thanks for the nitpick. Updated the list.

[sakertooth]

Could you replace #6962 with #6985? I consider that whole PR a regression in and of itself (besides the addition of more specific filters and an interface for threaded searching), and #6985 will do the same thing but properly this time.

[Rossmaxx]

@sakertooth done.

[musikBear]

Add VST3 support Got to be in on this -either Enhancement or 'New-features'

[Rossmaxx]

Add VST3 support Got to be in on this -either Enhancement or 'New-features'

This list contains only those features which are implemented in master. To do stuff not included here.

[bratpeki]

Global automation is definitely still a thing!

[Rossmaxx]

I did say partially.