A beta version of MusE 2.0 is now available for download. MusE now sports a score editor (again) and lots of GUI love, not to speak of all under-the-hood improvements and optimizations. In its current state MusE should be quite usable though there is definitely going to be more fixes before the final 2.0 release.
Here is a selection of changes in no particular order, see the ChangeLog for the complete unedited truth:
- Feedback parameters added to LADSPA GUIs.
- Added new score editor.
- Song loading stability fixes, some crashes removed.
- Improved ladspa and dssi controller responsiveness.
- Lots of graphical improvements to arranger, part drawing, gradients, text drawing.
- Added more routing choices: Synth to Wave track, Wave track to Wave track etc.
- DSSI synths can now show generic LADSPA GUI as well as native.
- Improvements to MIDI-only audio-stub (dummy audio).
- More shortcuts added to Arranger.
- Support for custom LADSPA DSSI GUIs, such as those generated by FLAM http://vagar.org/code/projects/flam.
- Fixed problems with MIDI event list editor, e.g. problems selecting items while pianroll open.
- Added: Pianoroll controller graph items can now be selected/highlighted.
- Parts are now drawn while recording and also MIDI events visible in the parts.
- Added new edit mode CURSOR MODE in drum editor.
- Added simple part drawing while recording, does not draw events or waveform.
- Detect samplerate and warn if samplerate isn't same in song and system.
- Added show/hide track-types buttons to arranger.
- Added progress dialog for loading projects.
- Fixed drag & drop for plugins and drag presets from outside muse into a plugin.
- Support for multiple drops of files to arranger, e.g. easy import of a bunch of wave files.
- Fixed Organ synth crashing.
- Persistent store of toolbar locations for main window and editors.
- Fixed MusE failing with some non-RT kernels.
- Added cut/copy/paste and keyboard shortcuts to wave editor.
- Fixed regression with Bounce to File and Bounce to Track.
- Increased playback MIDIFifo size from 512 to 2100, to accommodate large block sends,.
- Fixed Jack MIDI 'lost event' messages due to full buffers.
- Fixed panic button.
- Completed soloing system (after 4 years). Support chaining MIDI Port/Audio Out -> Audio In.
- Support for editing audio automation on tracks.
- Added right-click on track ARM buttons, now enables/disables all tracks of it's kind.
- Added transport position "Shift + +/-" keys, for no snapping.
- Fixed deicsonze synth patch loading.
- Added default velocity controllers to pianoroll and drum edit.
- Appearance part color names now can now be edited.
- Mixer label colours can now be edited in the appearance settings.
- More wallpapers.
- Fixed focus stealing of transport.
- New project creation dialog.
- MIDI track info added to pianoroll.
- Added fancy background selection widget with live preview to Appearance Settings.
The full changelog is available here.
