1Fri April 11 2008 -- Version 0.9.3 2---------------------------------------- 3 4This is a bug fix release, containing the following changes: 5 6 * Fixed bounds checking of mode in speex header. relates to: 7 http://www.ocert.org/advisories/ocert-2008-2.html 8 * Fixed bug preventing device dialog being reopened when 9 closed via the window manager. 10 11All users with speex handling enabled should upgrade. 12 13 14Tue Jan 30 2007 -- Version 0.9.2 15-------------------------------- 16 17New in this release: 18 19 * ALSA is now the default driver. see README.OSS for oss 20 * minimum supported gtk version raised to 2.4 21 * added the "hand tool" for panning the display with inertia 22 (Radoslaw Korzeniewski) 23 * can now open multiple files via the gtk file selector 24 * implemented accel editing via the usual gtk method 25 * added tdb lock override (Takashi Iwai) 26 * remove support for libsndfile0 (Erik de Castro Lopo) 27 * remove direct flac support as it's supported by libsndfile now 28 (Erik de Castro Lopo) 29 * added a new splash screen (Pascal Klein) 30 * fix segfault when closing windows while others were still loading 31 * other bugs addressed and changes made. run "svn log" on a copy of svn 32 trunk for details, or check http://trac.metadecks.org/timeline 33 * released 0.9.2 34 35 36Mon Jan 30 2006 -- Version 0.9.1 37-------------------------------- 38 39This is a maintainance release. 40 41The previous release (0.9.0) had a bug that prevented sweep from 42populating the ALSA devices in settings. The bug was only apparent 43when you built with ALSA and didn't have a previous installation 44of sweep that used ALSA. 45 46If you installed sweep 0.9.0 and had problems getting any sound 47output then please upgrade to 0.9.1. 48 49Mon Aug 22 2005 -- Version 0.8.4 50-------------------------------- 51 52This is maintainance release, including: 53 54 * updates for ALSA 1.0 (Daniel Dreschers, Charles Turner), 55 * a new Polish translation (Radoslaw Korzeniewski), 56 * an updated russian translation (Alex Prokoudine), 57 * a small fix to the German translation, and 58 * various minor tweaks and improvements. 59 60This is likely to be the last Sweep release based on GTK+-1.2. Further 61development will use GTK+-2.0 for the interface. 62 63Over the last year, Peter Shorthose has developed a comprehensive set of 64GTK+-2.0 patches for Sweep, and will handle their merging and ongoing 65release management towards Sweep 1.0. Welcome Peter! 66 67The trunk of sweep CVS has been migrated to a new Subversion repository. 68You can check it out by: 69 70 svn co http://svn.metadecks.org/sweep/trunk sweep 71 72svn.metadecks.org can also be browsed via trac at: 73 74 http://trac.metadecks.org/ 75 76 77Fri Apr 30 2004 -- Version 0.8.3 78-------------------------------- 79 80This is a maintainance release, including a new Spanish translation, 81various bugfixes and no new functionality. 82 83Sweep has moved back into CVS at SourceForge. Five new developers have 84been added to the project: Yuri Bongiorno, Erik de Castro Lopo, Torben 85Hohn, Andr? Pang, and Alexandre Prokoudine. 86 87Internationalization (i18n) improvements: 88 89 * a new Spanish translation by Juan Manuel Martinez 90 * an updated Italian translation by Yuri Bongiorno 91 92Bugfixes: 93 94 * resampler bug fixed by Erik de Castro Lopo 95 * made main scrollbar arrows useful (bug #821596) 96 * seven other bug reports closed 97 * compile warning fixes for GCC3 98 99The dependency on libtdb has been removed. TDB sources are now pulled 100directly from the upstream Samba subversion repository. 101 102 103Wed Apr 30 2003 -- Version 0.8.2 104-------------------------------- 105 106This release contains support for ALSA 0.9; this is configurable and could 107do with widespread testing. 108 109To build with ALSA support, simply configure with: 110 111 ./configure --enable-alsa 112 113Note that this will build a binary which will work with ALSA only, and 114not attempt to use OSS. In future this will be replaced with plugins 115for different pcm i/o methods, which should ease binary distribution. 116 117 118Internationalization (i18n) improvements: 119 120 * a complete audit of untranslateable strings, including 121 mis-configured source files and unmarked strings, by 122 Silvia Pfeiffer. 123 124 * a new Greek translation by Dokianakis Fanis 125 * a new Russian translation by Alexandre Prokoudine 126 * an updated Italian translation by Yuri Bongiorno 127 * an updated German translation by Silvia Pfeiffer 128 129There is a new mailing list: sweep-i18n. List information is at 130http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/sweep-i18n 131 132 133Additional changes include: 134 135 * added VBR without DTX option for Speex 1.0 speech encoding 136 * improved accuracy of sliders in processing dialogs 137 138 139Events: 140 141Conrad will presenting and demoing Sweep at the following upcoming events: 142 143 Jul 10-13 LinuxTag 2003 (Karlsruhe, Germany) 144 Conference and Linux Audio Dev (LAD) exhibition booth 145 http://www.linuxtag.org/ 146 147 Jul 31 - Aug 3 UKUUG Linux Developers Conference (Edinburgh, Scotland) 148 http://www.ukuug.org/events/linux2003/ 149 150Plus, the Call for Participation for the Linux Audio Mini-Conf @ LCA2004 151(Jan 12-13 2004, Adelaide, South Australia) is announced: 152 153 http://www.metadecks.org/events/lca2004/ 154 155 156Thu Feb 6 2003 -- Version 0.8.1 157-------------------------------- 158 159This release contains performance improvements for basic editing operations, 160including reduced memory consumption during cut and paste insert. It also 161includes support for creation of new files on the command line, updated 162handling of raw file loading through libsndfile, and updated support for 163voice activity detection and intensity stereo coding features of the Speex 164speech codec. 165 166Sat Jan 18 2003 -- Version 0.8.0 167-------------------------------- 168 169This is the first milestone release for Sweep 1. Please test it thoroughly 170for both general sample editing and live performance! For more information, 171see http://www.metadecks.org/ . 172 173New in this release: 174 175 * a new monitoring subsystem for use in DJing and live performance. 176 Users with two sound cards can use headphones for monitoring, to 177 prepare mixes and cue samples without disrupting the main output. 178 179 * A usability bug was fixed in keyboard playback controls 180 181 * the Italian translation of the user interface was updated by 182 Yuri Bongiorno. 183 184 185New at metadecks.org: 186 187 Notes for the tutorial "Using Sweep: Fun with Scrubby" are now 188 available online in HTML, PostScript and PDF formats at: 189 190 http://www.metadecks.org/software/sweep/tutorials/ 191 192 This is a brief overview of the tutorial given at linux.conf.au 2003 193 in Perth, Australia; the real thing is live and very, very loud. 194 195 196Sat Jan 4 2003 -- Open Sound System's killer app of the month 197------------------------------------------------------------- 198 199Sweep has been selected as the killer app of the month for January 2003 by 200Open Sound System (OSS), developers of the most widely used digital audio 201architecture for UNIX. 202 203 204Fri Dec 20 2002 -- Version 0.5.13 205--------------------------------- 206 207This release contains build fixes for NetBSD and cleanups by Erik de 208Castro Lopo to fix preprocessor pasting warnings. 209 210It also features new fade in and fade out filters. 211 212Conrad will be presenting two sessions at linux.conf.au, January 22-25 2003 213in Perth, Australia; a tutorial titled "Using Sweep: Fun with Scrubby", and 214an overview of Sweep's internals and plugin development. 215 216 217Fri Dec 6 2002 -- Version 0.5.12 218--------------------------------- 219 220New in this release: 221 222 * an updated Italian translation from Yuri Bongiorno 223 224 * resample (sample rate conversion): change the sample rate of a 225 file, for example from CD format to DAT format, or to any arbitrary 226 sample rate. This requires Erik de Castro Lopo's newly released 227 libsamplerate, available from http://www.mega-nerd.com/SRC/ 228 229 * preview cut: hear how the area around the selection will sound 230 after the selection is cut out, including the parts between 231 selection regions for multi-region selections. 232 233 * preroll to cursor: play one second of sound leading up to the 234 cursor; useful for hearing the cursor position without moving it. 235 236Bugs were fixed in MP3 loading and pitched playback (using QWERTY keys). 237 238 239Thu Nov 28 2002 -- Version 0.5.11 240--------------------------------- 241 242New features in this release include: 243 244 * mixing and crossfading paste methods: copy a region from one file 245 and mix or fade it into another file or elsewhere in the same file, 246 with control of source and destination levels and phase. 247 248 * navigation shortcuts to move between selection edges: move the 249 cursor between the start and end of selection regions, and to the 250 next edge of a multi-region selection, with Ctrl + Arrow Left/Right 251 252 * view memories: assign the viewable area to a number on the numeric 253 keypad with Ctrl+<Num>, and zoom back to it later by pressing that 254 number. (NB. Num Lock must be on on your keyboard). 255 256 * support for Speex 1.0beta3 ultra-wideband mode (32kHz). Speex is 257 a high quality, patent-free and open source voice codec. 258 259 * support for full-file application of Secret Rabbit Code 260 261Additionally, minor bugs were fixed affecting portability of system error 262handling and detection of MP3 files. 263 264 265Thu Oct 31 2002 -- Version 0.5.10a 266---------------------------------- 267 268This is an update to 0.5.10 which fixes a compilation error in the default 269build. 270 271Wed Oct 30 2002 -- Version 0.5.10 272--------------------------------- 273 274New features in this release include vertical zoom with a draggable dB scale 275and mouse wheel control, and some basic channel operations: Duplicate to 276stereo/multichannel, Swap left and right, Remove left/right, Mix down to 277mono, and Add/Remove channels. 278 279This release also includes compile fixes for Solaris, and a bug fix for 280first-time file 'save'. 281 282A new section for screenshots contributed by users was recently added to the 283screenshot tour: 284 285 http://www.metadecks.org/software/sweep/screenshots/ 286 287 288Wed Oct 23 2002 -- Version 0.5.9 289-------------------------------- 290 291Sweep now supports Speex, a special purpose speech codec designed for 292efficient Voice over IP (VoIP) and file-based compression. Speex is free, 293open and unpatented; more information is available at http://www.speex.org/. 294 295This release also includes improved handling of the main volume and pitch 296sliders, contributed by Zenaan Harkness. 297 298 299Thu Oct 17 2002 -- Version 0.5.8 300-------------------------------- 301 302MP3 import is now supported. Minor bugs have been fixed in rendering of 303record position and playback mixing. 304 305There is a new page of audio demos made with Sweep. These demonstrate the 306sounds of Scrubby, a tool which allows vinyl-like manipulation of digital 307audio: 308 309 http://www.metadecks.org/software/sweep/demos.html 310 311 312Fri Oct 11 2002 -- Version 0.5.7 313-------------------------------- 314 315This version includes support for Ogg Vorbis import and export, including 316both variable and average bitrate encoding modes. There are many other 317user interface updates, including new input controls for sample rates and 318channels, and question, information and system error dialogs. 319 320There is a new Screenshot tour of Sweep, including many screenshots of 321the new dialogs and general editing: 322 323 http://www.metadecks.org/software/sweep/screenshots/ 324 325 326Wed Sep 25 2002 -- Version 0.5.6 and Sweep Demo at SLUG 327------------------------------------------------------- 328 329Changes in this version include monitoring of file modification, "are you 330sure" dialogs, file revert, and many minor bug fixes. 331 332There will be a demo of the latest Sweep features, including live DJing and 333experimental music techniques and the Sydney LUG meeting on Sep. 27 2002; 334see http://www.slug.org.au/ for details. 335 336Fri Sep 20 2002 -- Version 0.5.5 337-------------------------------- 338 339Changes since version 0.5.4 include major bugfixes for LADSPA plugin 340handling and improvements in scrubbing usability. 341 342Wed Sep 11 2002 -- Version 0.5.4 343-------------------------------- 344 345Changes since version 0.5.3 (September 5 2002) include bug fixes for 346playback during destructive operations and for edits of tiny regions, 347and improvements in configuration checks for libsndfile-1.0.0. 348 349Additionally, scrubbing is now working for reverse playback, and has been 350tuned for responsiveness independent of sample rate. 351 352There is now a web page introducing Scrubby and outlining a few simple 353editing and live performance techniques: 354 355 http://www.metadecks.org/software/sweep/scrub.html 356 357 358Thu Sep 5 2002 -- Version 0.5.3 359-------------------------------- 360 361This release incorporates robust configuration checking to help new users 362compile from source. After a long period of quiet development we are now 363beginning to roll this out for general public usage, and your testing and 364feedback is very welcome! 365 366Changes since 0.1.1 (October 2000) include interactive scrubbing, recording, 367support for LADSPA 1.1 effects plugins and multichannel sound files, 368multithreaded background rendering, unlimited undo/redo, mouse wheel zooming, 369reverse playback and overall stability and usability improvements. 370 371Changes since version 0.5.0 (August 12 2002) include preferences saving and 372support for libsndfile 1.0.0. 373 374Changes since version 0.5.1 (August 29 2002) include improved configure 375checks and porting fixes. Additionally, Sweep now remembers the last used 376file load and save directories between sessions. 377 378Changes since version 0.5.2 (September 4 2002) include the fixing of a bug 379in "save as", and (NEW) audible scrubbing when selecting regions. 380 381Mon, 1 May 2000 382--------------- 383 384Mark Taylor writes: 385 386 sweep was used to document some decoder bugs in winamp: 387 388 http://www.sulaco.org/mp3/winamp/winamp.html 389 390(Screenshots on this page show sweep version 0.0.6). 391