pianobooster/Changelog.txt

1.0.0 (13 Dec 2020)
- Integrated fluidsynth as a build option.
- Changes necessary for building an AppImage.
- Added <System Language> to the manual language selection.
- Fixes required for the Windows build
- Fixes required for the Mac OS build
- Now reads left and right hand parts if held in different MIDI tracks.
- Automaticity detects the left and right hand piano parts.
- Now defaults to enabling the option mute your part when playing.
- Added more space for notes at the top of the page.

v0.7.2b (25 Feb 2020)
- Fixed a problem that prevented a connected MIDI piano keyboard from working.
- cmake with no options now works correctly (cmake .. && make).
- Removed the video optimisation setting.
- Translation can now be tested in-place without doing a make install.
- Moved the colour coded notes to the preferences dialogue.
- Added the USE_JACK option (default OFF) which is only needed for BSD Unix.
- Changed USE_FLUIDSYNTH to EXPERIMENTAL_USE_FLUIDSYNTH as this option is not working yet.
- Deleted the cmake options: WITH_FLUIDSYNTH, WITH_TIMIDITY, USE_TIMIDITY.
- Renamed USE_SYSTEM_RTMIDI to USE_BUNDLED_RTMIDI and inverted the logic.
- Removed the runtime Depends: timidity and no longer recommend jack2.
- Reverted the URLs in the help and about dialogues URLs so they now point to the main PianoBooster website.
- Removed the desktop scripts pianobooster-timity and pianobooster-fluidsynth.

v0.7.1
- Color-coded notes toggle

v0.7.0: (03 September 2019)
- Switch on Qt5
- Localization on many languages
- Music courses added
- New logo
- Use FTGL library to draw fonts in GL context
- Fix Qt strings localization
- New options: INSTALL_ALL_LANGS, USE_SYSTEM_FONT, NO_DOCS, USE_SYSTEM_RTMIDI,
  WITH_MAN, WITH_TIMIDITY, WITH_FLUIDSYNTH, USE_FTGL, NO_LANGS, NO_LICENSE,
  DATA_DIR, USE_TIMIDITY, NO_CHANGELOG
- Allow to switch between languages within a session
- Add Piano Keyboard widget
- Update documentation
- Fix problem loading midi files with text events
- New localized Windows installer
- Use hicolor icon theme
- Fix USE_FLUIDSYNTH flag
- Fix incorrect drawing on ARM systems
- Fix segfault on the next start of program after playing corrupted midi file
- Fix midi input/output devices detection and reading config file
- RtMidi: version 4.0.0
- Fix reading saved position of main window
- Fix music and translations installation
- Qmake is alternative for Cmake (Linux, BSD Unix, Windows)
- Fix macOS building
- Fix file open dialog hang by disabling timer
- Add JACK support for tools/fluidsynth
- Fix BSD Unix building and working
- Saving skill's and rhythm tapping's settings in config file
- Fixes for BSD Unix to use fluidsynth+JACK without ALSA
- Patch for behavior similar to computer touch-typing (gtypist): "Follow Through
  Errors" mode
- Add Repeat checkbox to repeat song
- Save FluidSynth's and TiMidity's settings in config file

v0.6.8: (11 May 2018)
- French and Galician translations
- Translate notes
- Armel patch
- Install in /usr/share/games
- RtMidi: version 1.0.15

v0.6.7: (05 September 2013)
- Reset should be fixed now (keylights)
- Patch for kotechnology added
- Fixed some problems on windows
- Fix for the time signature problem
- Fixed some compile warning messages

v0.6.5: (26 January 2011)
- Added rhythm tapping for beginners
- Added key lights for Yamaha EZ-200, Casio LK 220, LK-300 TV, LK-43 etc.

v0.6.4: (28 November 2009)
- Added note names for beginners (to be used with a piano key note labels)
- Added assignable left and right midi channels.
- Improved MIDI timing accuracy.
- Greatly reduced the memory footprint.
- Reduced the CPU load.
- Reduced the screen flicker (recommend setting the screen refresh rate to 60Hz
  and for Intel Graphic chips updating the drivers).
- Added keyboard short-cuts. These are - speed up/down, play from start,
  play/pause, next previous song, left right both hands.
- Remembers the song settings in a configuration file called "pb.cfg".
  these are the midi channels, speed, left right or both hands.
- Now works well Ubuntu 9.10 and Intel graphic chips.
  (Those with Ubuntu 9.04 and Intel should upgrade to 9.10 and this version)
- Fixed various start up issues.
- Now correctly notates repeated accidentals that occur in a single bar.
- Added the option to display courtesy accidentals.
- Added a simple help page.
- Added an installer for windows.
- 'make install' now works on Linux.
- Now works with small screens eg an EEE-701 (for Trev)

v0.6.2: (01 April 2009)
- added "<None>" as instrument sound.
- when setting a latency fix of >0 the instrument is automatically set to 'None'
- turn all the sound off when exiting the program.
- Added looping to continually play between to bars.
- Added the option to change the follow mode stop point.
- Automatically switches the follow mode stop point if you are playing well enough.
- Added a logo to the source tree in "images/logo64x64.png"

v0.6.1: (11 March 2009)
- Added a play from bar (so you can start from playing any bar)
- Added a latency fix for high latency sound generators (e.g. the windows GS software synth)
  (requires a piano keyboard _with_ it's own speakers/sound generator)
- Added the ability to "mute your part when playing" along.
- May have reduced the flickering especially on windows with a low spec machine
- Added a piano volume slider (so you can adjust the volume of your piano with compared
  to the accompaniment)
- Added an icon for the Piano Booster main window.
- Fix a bug when swapping hands in the middle of a piece.
- Fix a bug left or right now correctly dim the other stave.
- Added start-up checks that Open GL is present.
- Fix the pulse of sound when stopping the music
- Added "timing markers" which show when the pianist pressed the note.
- Changed the build so that it now works on the Mac (thanks to Christian)

v0.5.1: (1 January 2009)
- fixed the windows file open bug
- changed the default wrong note sound to Harpsichord
- changed the wrong note sound to use a separate midi channel.
- on Windows removed the dos console

v0.5.0: (28 November 2008)
- first release