fluidsynth 2.0.2

• fix building fluidsynth without any audio drivers (#447)
• fix a possibly misaligned memory access in the soundfont loader (#457)
• fix a memory leak in the pulse audio driver (#458)
• fix a NULL deref in the coreaudio driver (#458)
• use cmake to query for DSound and WinMidi support (#449, thanks to @carlo-bramini)
• remove an unintended MFC dependency header (#449, thanks to @carlo-bramini)
• include Windows DLL version info for MinGW builds (#449, thanks to @carlo-bramini)
• implement midi.autoconnect for jack (#450, thanks to @ColinKinloch)
• add a cmake option to disable multi-threading (#463, thanks to @carlo-bramini)

fluidsynth 2.0.1

• implement auto-conntect for CoreMidi (#427, thanks to @ColinKinloch)
• fix a build issue with cmake < 3.3
• fix a crash when creating multiple jack drivers (#434, thanks to @rncbc)
• various fixes to dsound driver (#435, thanks to @carlo-bramini)
• fix multiple potential NULL dereferences (#437)
• fix two memory leaks in the soundfont loader (#437)
• correct upper threshold of synth.chorus.depth

fluidsynth 2.0.0

New Features

• implement polyphonic key pressure (#185, thanks to @mawe42)
• add API for manipulating default modulators (#265, #164, #71, thanks to @mawe42)
• add midi.autoconnect setting for automatically connecting fluidsynth with available MIDI Input ports (currently only for alsa_seq thanks to @tomcucinotta)
• add seek support to midi-player (#261, thanks to @loki666)
• add support for text and lyrics midi events (#111)
• add support for 24 bit sample soundfonts (#301, #329)
• consider "important midi channels" during overflow calculation synth.overflow.important-channels (#294, thanks to @mawe42)
• add a custom default modulator for MIDI CC8 to support proper stereo balance (#317, thanks to @mawe42)
• add support for an additional custom high-pass filter (#331, thanks to @mawe42)
• incorporate JJC's polymono patch (#306, #236, #158)
  • add basic channel support
  • implement MIDI modes Omni On, Omni Off, Poly, Mono
  • implement portamento control
  • implement legato control
  • implement breath control
• add support soundfont loading from memory (#241)
• add a profiling command interface (#345, thanks to @jjceresa)
• add support on demand sample loading (#366, thanks to @mawe42)
• add reverb and chorus settings (#49)
• allow using the midi router to manipulate midi files when playing from command line
• fluid_synth_process() received a new proper implementation
• synth.effects-groups allows to render effects of all MIDI channels to separate audio channels

General

• CMake 3.1.0 or later is required for building
• consider channel pressure, key pressure and pitch wheel for lower attenuation boundary calculation (#163, thanks to @mawe42)
• complete rewrite of the LADSPA subsystem (#227, #235, thanks to @mawe42)
• complete rewrite of the Soundfont Loader API (#334, #309)
• avoid reverb amplitude growing exponentially (#279, thanks to @jjceresa)
• removed deprecated autotools build system
• a minimal build of fluidsynth without requiring pkg-config is supported
• remove deprecated LADCCA support
• use unique device names for the audio.portaudio.device setting (#284, thanks to @jjceresa)
• documentation of the settings moved to http://www.fluidsynth.org/api/fluidsettings.xml
• adjust MIDI Pan and Balance calculations as outlined by MIDI Recommended Practice (RP-036) (#317, thanks to @mawe42)
• make network support compile-time optional (#307, thanks to @carlo-bramini)
• speed up calculation of chorus modulation waveforms for devices without FPU (#321, thanks to @carlo-bramini)
• cleanup internal audio rendering and mixing engine (#197)
• reduce memory consumption of loaded soundfonts (#370, thanks to @mawe42)

fluidsynth 2.0 RC1

Release candidate of fluidsynth 2.0.0 as it is expected to be released in mid September. For more details refer to the mailing list:

http://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/fluid-dev/2018-08/msg00021.html

fluidsynth 2.0 beta2

Second beta release of fluidsynth 2.0: Adds missing accessor functions to the soundfont loader API, fluid_synth_process() received a new (real) implementation and the ramsfont API has beed removed. For further information please refer to the mailing list:

https://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/fluid-dev/2018-07/msg00010.html

fluidsynth 2.0 beta1

First beta release of fluidsynth 2.0, for further information please refer to the mailing list:

https://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/fluid-dev/2018-05/msg00019.html

fluidsynth 1.1.11

• fix pkgconfig file for absolute paths (#347, thanks to @krop)
• add a cmake option for OSS support (#350, thanks to @Ne01eX)
• fix broken enable-midishare cmake option
• fix double free in fluid_midi_router (#352, thanks to @fulinux)
• prevent malicious soundfonts from causing buffer overflows (#354, thanks to @mawe42)
• avoid SF3 files to be loaded incorrectly (#354, thanks to @mawe42)
• fix an endless loop in fast file renderer (#367)

fluidsynth 1.1.10

Bug Fixes

• avoid a buffer overrun when loading malformed soundfonts (#327)
• fix synth.default-soundfont returning incomplete path (#332)
• improve reliability of fluid_is_soundfont() (thanks to Orcan Ogetbil)
• minor cmake adjustments for MSVC builds to enable building fluidsynth as vcpkg package (#333, #339, thanks to @stekyne)
• fix build issues against statically built fluidsynth library on all OSs (#341)
• cmake: prevent double usage of LIB_SUFFIX and LIB_INSTALL_DIR

New Features

• include windows version info in libfluidsynth.dll (#216, thanks to @harborsiem)
• enable jack midi driver to support more than 16 midi channels (#326)
• enable fluidsynth to be set up as systemd user service (#66, #342, thanks to @dvzrv)

fluidsynth 1.1.9

Bug Fixes

• fix building the portaudio driver on Windows (thanks to @ReinholdH)
• fix build if no MIDI drivers are available (thanks to @carlo-bramini)
• fix return value of fluid_file_set_encoding_quality() (thanks to @ReinholdH)
• fix use-after-free in fluid_timer
• fix memory leak in pulseaudio driver
• fix memory leak in rvoice_mixer (thanks to @mawe42)
• fix dumptuning shell command displaying uninitialized values (thanks to @rmattes)
• fix a resource leak in source shell command (thanks to @carlo-bramini)
• harmonize fluidsynth's output library naming with autotools on Windows (#271, thanks to @fabiangreffrath)
• dont set LIB_SUFFIX when building with MinGW (#281, thanks to @fabiangreffrath)
• avoid a possible deadlock when initializing fluidsynths DLL on windows (#269, #286, thanks to @carlo-bramini and @jjceresa)
• avoid a buffer overrun when mixing effects channels in fluid_synth_nwrite_float() (#287)
• correctly clean up fluid_server on Windows (#304, thanks to @carlo-bramini)

New Features

• implement handling of FLUID_SEQ_ALLSOUNDSOFF events in fluid_seq_fluidsynth_callback()
• support for registering audio drivers based on actual needs (#218)

fluidsynth 1.1.8

Minor maintenance release to address some issues introduced in 1.1.7:

• fix build against glib < 2.30 (#202)
• fix dsound audio driver on windows (#215)
• fix a bug around synth.audio-groups setting, which caused improper multi-channel rendering (#225)
• cmake >= 3.0.2 is now required
• compilation with clang is now possible
• build fixes on OS/2 (thanks to @komh)