annotate CHANGELOG @ 931:8620e5a06cfd osx-retina

Start branch for retina hi-res rendering
author Chris Cannam
date Wed, 11 Mar 2015 13:54:56 +0000
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Chris@876 1 Changes in Sonic Visualiser 2.4.1 since the previous release 2.4:
Chris@876 2
Chris@876 3 - Fix a crash when rendering certain colour 3d plot layers
Chris@716 4
Chris@714 5 Changes in Sonic Visualiser 2.4 since the previous release 2.3:
Chris@714 6
Chris@776 7 - Add support for left/right scrolling using a two-finger touchpad
Chris@776 8 gesture (where available)
Chris@776 9
Chris@716 10 - Make the octave numbering into a configurable option, and change
Chris@716 11 the default. Previously Sonic Visualiser labelled middle-C as "C3";
Chris@716 12 now it labels middle-C as "C4", a more common standard in the world
Chris@776 13 outside MIDI sequencer software. The previous system is available
Chris@776 14 as an option in the Preferences. This affects only the visible
Chris@776 15 labels: there is no change to analysis or to the file format
Chris@714 16
Chris@714 17 - Sonify time-value layers. Any time-value curve whose scale unit is
Chris@714 18 set to Hz will now acquire a playback toggle control; this control
Chris@714 19 is off by default, but if it is switched on, the curve will be
Chris@714 20 played back using a variable-frequency sound generator
Chris@714 21
Chris@714 22 - Add support for playback of note layers with non-MIDI frequencies
Chris@714 23 (formerly the note playback was limited to exact MIDI pitch)
Chris@714 24
Chris@714 25 - Change the default playback sample for note layers from piano to an
Chris@714 26 electric piano with sustain. The piano sample is still available,
Chris@714 27 and any sessions saved using it should continue to use it
Chris@714 28
Chris@867 29 - Add a cancel button for Vamp plugin processing: currently,
Chris@867 30 cancelling a transform results in a part-complete layer rather than
Chris@867 31 removing the results
Chris@867 32
Chris@790 33 - Add keyboard shortcuts to cycle the current layer (in addition to
Chris@790 34 the existing ones to cycle the current pane)
Chris@790 35
Chris@790 36 - Fix various bugs related to layer ordering: layer tabs re-ordering
Chris@790 37 themselves randomly when new layer added, layers being ordered
Chris@791 38 randomly when saving and reloading a session
Chris@790 39
Chris@848 40 - Fix incorrect interaction with non-Unicode usernames when creating
Chris@848 41 temporary and template directories on Windows
Chris@848 42
Chris@714 43 - Shade the start and end of the main audio file, to make them easier
Chris@714 44 to see for files that start or end in silence
Chris@714 45
Chris@714 46 - Speed up rendering and scrolling in time-value layers
Chris@714 47
Chris@714 48 - Make it possible to import CSV files directly into Note layers by
Chris@714 49 adding Pitch as a data type in the CSV file import dialog
Chris@675 50
Chris@856 51 - Fix play pointer jump to wrong frame when clicking on row in the
Chris@856 52 layer edit dialog
Chris@856 53
Chris@848 54 - Fix problems with keyboard shortcuts when using Qt5 on OS/X. This
Chris@848 55 is the first release in which the official builds use Qt5 for all
Chris@848 56 platforms.
Chris@848 57
Chris@675 58
Chris@675 59 Changes in Sonic Visualiser 2.3 since the previous release 2.2:
Chris@675 60
Chris@675 61 - Add a startup welcome dialog that also explains what SV makes
Chris@675 62 network connections for and allows user to forbid them
Chris@675 63
Chris@675 64 - Add "Export Audio Data" feature
Chris@675 65
Chris@675 66 - Show piano keyboard scale in note and time-value layers as well
Chris@675 67 as spectrogram, where vertical scale is log Hz; also show
Chris@675 68 numerical scale in note and region layers when not auto-aligned
Chris@675 69
Chris@675 70 - Speed up CSV file import and avoid showing crazily wide window
Chris@675 71 for CSV file format dialog when file has lots of columns
Chris@675 72
Chris@675 73 - Fix incorrectly saved window geometry when exiting from maximised
Chris@675 74 state
Chris@675 75
Chris@675 76 - Reduce number of timer wakeups when idle
Chris@675 77
Chris@675 78 - Add American English translation and make choice of translation
Chris@675 79 into a preference (defaulting to system locale)
Chris@675 80
Chris@675 81 - Permit installation to non-default location with Windows installer
Chris@675 82 build
Chris@714 83
Chris@608 84
Chris@608 85 Changes in Sonic Visualiser 2.2 since the previous release 2.1:
Chris@608 86
Chris@608 87 - Build with support for hidpi ("retina") text on OS/X
Chris@675 88
Chris@608 89 - Fix very slow analysis when using Ogg or FLAC files decoded
Chris@608 90 via libsndfile
Chris@675 91
Chris@608 92 - Fix inaccurate scale auto-align between time-value layers and
Chris@608 93 others
Chris@675 94
Chris@608 95 - Fix failure to open files specified on command line (or via
Chris@608 96 Open With) on Windows
Chris@675 97
Chris@608 98 - Reset cyclical counters and switch back to navigate mode when
Chris@608 99 a new session is started
Chris@579 100
Chris@675 101
Chris@579 102 Changes in Sonic Visualiser 2.1 since the previous release 2.0.1:
Chris@579 103
Chris@579 104 - Fix incorrect handling of FixedSampleRate outputs (Vamp SDK fix)
Chris@675 105
Chris@579 106 - Make it easier to see results from transforms that return a single point
Chris@675 107
Chris@579 108 - Make labelling clearer on time-value layers
Chris@675 109
Chris@579 110 - Add discrete-curve mode for time-value layers (for curves with gaps)
Chris@675 111
Chris@579 112 - Update code to build against Qt5
Chris@523 113
Chris@675 114
Chris@523 115 Changes in Sonic Visualiser 2.0.1 since the previous release 2.0:
Chris@523 116
Chris@523 117 - Fix incorrect samplerate in reading m4a files on OS/X
Chris@512 118
Chris@675 119
Chris@512 120 Changes in Sonic Visualiser 2.0 since the previous release 1.9:
Chris@512 121
Chris@512 122 - Support 64-bit builds on OS/X (using CoreAudio instead of
Chris@512 123 obsolete QuickTime audio file reader)
Chris@512 124
Chris@512 125 - Simplify RDF reading and fix some bugs. Now requires Dataquay
Chris@512 126 (http://breakfastquay.com/dataquay/) rather than using Redland
Chris@512 127 directly. Release builds use Sord/Serd rather than Redland
Chris@512 128
Chris@512 129 - Add a fullscreen mode on the F11 key
Chris@471 130
Chris@675 131
Chris@471 132 Changes in Sonic Visualiser 1.9 since the previous release 1.8:
Chris@471 133
Chris@471 134 - Add session templates; save session as template; apply template to
Chris@471 135 session
Chris@471 136
Chris@471 137 - Tidy up the file open logic so as to remove the dialog asking how
Chris@471 138 to open a file, where possible
Chris@471 139
Chris@471 140 - Various bug fixes.
Chris@394 141
Chris@675 142
Chris@394 143 Changes in Sonic Visualiser 1.8 since the previous release 1.7.2:
Chris@394 144
Chris@394 145 - Sonic Visualiser now registers as a file type handler on OS/X,
Chris@394 146 providing better integration with the desktop generally (Dan Stowell)
Chris@394 147
Chris@394 148 - There is a new function to toggle all Time Rulers at once (key #)
Chris@394 149
Chris@407 150 - The CSV import dialog has been overhauled, allowing more flexible
Chris@407 151 selection of purpose for each column
Chris@407 152
Chris@394 153 - Text overlays are now easier to read on dark backgrounds
Chris@394 154
Chris@394 155 - Hidden layers are now ignored when exporting an image (Dan Stowell)
Chris@394 156
Chris@394 157 - A crash when starting a new session or exiting the application
Chris@394 158 after loading a session with saved alignment data has been fixed
Chris@394 159
Chris@394 160 - The duplication of right-button menu functions when multiple files
Chris@394 161 were loaded has been fixed
Chris@394 162
Chris@394 163 - The layer-add menu functions now have shortcuts (Dan Stowell)
Chris@394 164
Chris@394 165 - The codebase has been reorganised into libraries and a configure
Chris@394 166 step added. It should be easier to build and maintain on OS/X and
Chris@394 167 Linux than previously, although it won't make much difference on
Chris@394 168 Windows.
Chris@394 169
Chris@397 170 - A Czech translation is now included (thanks to Pavel Fric).
Chris@397 171
Chris@675 172
Chris@394 173 Changes in Sonic Visualiser 1.7.2 since the previous release 1.7.1:
Chris@394 174
Chris@394 175 - The time-value layer now has an origin line and an option to
Chris@394 176 show derivatives (change from one point to the next) rather than
Chris@394 177 raw values
Chris@394 178
Chris@394 179 - A static initialiser race has been fixed, possibly fixing an
Chris@394 180 occasional crash on startup in Windows
Chris@394 181
Chris@394 182 - A crash when pressing Play straight after New Session has been
Chris@394 183 fixed
Chris@394 184
Chris@675 185
Chris@394 186 Changes in Sonic Visualiser 1.7.1 since the previous release 1.7:
Chris@394 187
Chris@394 188 - The RDF importer does a better job of assigning labels to layers,
Chris@394 189 layers to panes, and values to labelled regions
Chris@394 190
Chris@394 191 - Interactive editing in the Text layer benefits from the same
Chris@394 192 improvements as made in 1.7 to Note and Region layers
Chris@394 193
Chris@394 194 - The layer data editor window has a text search feature
Chris@394 195
Chris@394 196 - The main window status bar now shows the last label to have passed
Chris@394 197 the playback position in the current layer, at the right end of the
Chris@394 198 status bar
Chris@394 199
Chris@394 200 - The Russian translation has been updated (thanks Alexandre)
Chris@394 201
Chris@675 202
Chris@394 203 Changes in Sonic Visualiser 1.7 since the previous release 1.6:
Chris@394 204
Chris@394 205 - A new "Insert Item At Selection" function on the Edit menu
Chris@394 206 can be used to create Note and Region layer items whose time
Chris@394 207 extents correspond to the current selection(s)
Chris@394 208
Chris@394 209 - Interactively editing points in the Note and Region layers
Chris@394 210 now works much more smoothly
Chris@394 211
Chris@394 212 - SV can now import MIDI files that use SMPTE timecode for event
Chris@394 213 timing (importing MIDI files using with the more common
Chris@394 214 timebase-based timing was already supported)
Chris@394 215
Chris@394 216 - Time values throughout the display may optionally be shown in
Chris@394 217 seconds and frames at various frame rates
Chris@394 218
Chris@394 219 - A crash on exit in Windows has been fixed
Chris@394 220
Chris@394 221 - A very unobtrusive user survey is now included
Chris@394 222
Chris@394 223 - Various other bug fixes.
Chris@394 224
Chris@675 225
Chris@394 226 Changes in Sonic Visualiser 1.6 since the previous release 1.5:
Chris@394 227
Chris@394 228 - The Colour 3D Plot layer now supports logarithmic vertical
Chris@394 229 scale and linear interpolation options.
Chris@394 230
Chris@394 231 - A new colour scheme (High Gain) has been added for spectrogram
Chris@394 232 and Colour 3D Plot, which improves readability for some data.
Chris@394 233
Chris@394 234 - Further performance improvements have been made to Colour 3D
Chris@394 235 Plot.
Chris@394 236
Chris@394 237 - Various other bug fixes.
Chris@394 238
Chris@675 239
Chris@394 240 Changes in Sonic Visualiser 1.5 since the previous version 1.4:
Chris@394 241
Chris@394 242 - You can now insert time instants, time values, and notes using
Chris@394 243 a MIDI device during playback. If a time value or note layer is
Chris@394 244 current it will be used for insertion (giving a value equal to
Chris@394 245 the pitch class, or the played note, respectively); otherwise an
Chris@394 246 existing or new time instants layer will be used just as it is
Chris@394 247 when inserting instants using the PC keyboard. Using a MIDI
Chris@394 248 device should give better timing than using the PC keyboard.
Chris@394 249
Chris@394 250 - There is a new Activity Log window with a (purely informative) list
Chris@394 251 of events and user interactions that happen while SV is running.
Chris@394 252
Chris@394 253 - The spectrogram has somewhat improved graphical scaling, and
Chris@394 254 this is now the default (being much faster than the 4x oversampled
Chris@394 255 method). The previous default is still available as a preference.
Chris@394 256
Chris@394 257 - Visualisation of very dense colour plots (such as spectrograms
Chris@394 258 calculated by plugins) is substantially faster in this release.
Chris@394 259
Chris@394 260 - Spectrogram display is now faster in many circumstances.
Chris@394 261
Chris@394 262 - Alignment using the MATCH plugin is faster on OS/X than before.
Chris@394 263
Chris@394 264 - SV will take into account RDF plugin descriptions, if available,
Chris@394 265 in order to make somewhat better decisions about display of plugin
Chris@394 266 outputs (for example, placing segmentation data into a layer with
Chris@394 267 segmentation plot type).
Chris@394 268
Chris@394 269 - You can now switch layers by clicking on the spare area at the left
Chris@394 270 end of the pane that is also used for the current pane indicator.
Chris@394 271
Chris@394 272 - The vertical black lines dividing segments in the time value
Chris@394 273 layer's segmentation plot style are now optional.
Chris@394 274
Chris@394 275 - Several widget layout bugs on OS/X have been fixed.
Chris@394 276
Chris@394 277 - Several serious crashing, deadlock, and data corruption bugs have
Chris@394 278 been fixed.
Chris@394 279
Chris@394 280
Chris@394 281 New features in Sonic Visualiser 1.4 since the previous version 1.3:
Chris@394 282
Chris@394 283 - SV now has a Region layer type, used for display of features with
Chris@394 284 durations. It also supports Vamp v2.0 plugins that provide durations
Chris@394 285 for features.
Chris@394 286
Chris@394 287 - Layer data can now be imported from RDF described using the Audio
Chris@394 288 Features Ontology, as well as from the existing text file types. SV
Chris@394 289 can also export annotation layer data to RDF/Turtle, although in a
Chris@394 290 somewhat simplistic manner at present.
Chris@394 291
Chris@394 292 - You can search for transforms by text in the new "Find a Transform"
Chris@394 293 dialog. This searches both installed plugins, and plugins that have
Chris@394 294 not been installed but that have descriptions available on the
Chris@394 295 semantic web.
Chris@394 296
Chris@394 297 - You can now zoom and scroll vertically in the time-value, note,
Chris@394 298 and colour 3d plot layers.
Chris@394 299
Chris@394 300 - Sonic Visualiser can now load sessions from uncompressed XML files
Chris@394 301 as well as its own compressed-XML .sv format. Files with extension
Chris@394 302 .xml that contain suitable session data will be loaded as sessions.
Chris@394 303 Note that .xml extension files still do not show up in the default
Chris@394 304 file load filter. This is intentional, as there may be any kind of
Chris@394 305 data in them -- if you want to load uncompressed session files from
Chris@394 306 XML, you need to know you're doing it.
Chris@394 307
Chris@394 308 - Several crashes and other bugs have been fixed.
Chris@394 309
Chris@675 310
Chris@394 311 Changes in Sonic Visualiser 1.3 since the previous version 1.2:
Chris@394 312
Chris@394 313 - There is a new spreadsheet-style data viewer and editor for
Chris@394 314 viewing and editing the data in some types of annotation layer.
Chris@394 315
Chris@394 316 - Alignments are now saved to the session file.
Chris@394 317
Chris@394 318 - The spectrogram layer is usually somewhat faster than it was.
Chris@394 319
Chris@394 320 - You can now hold Shift while dragging to move an item, in order
Chris@394 321 to override the initial drag resistance introduced in 1.2.
Chris@394 322
Chris@394 323 - The gross mis-labelling of time lines in the ruler has been fixed.
Chris@394 324
Chris@394 325 - There is a new, somewhat provisional PulseAudio output driver.
Chris@394 326
Chris@394 327 - Several other bug fixes.
Chris@394 328
Chris@675 329
Chris@394 330 New features in Sonic Visualiser 1.2, since the previous version 1.0:
Chris@394 331
Chris@394 332 - SV now supports time-alignment of multiple performances of a work
Chris@394 333 loaded at the same time. This option is enabled when the MATCH Vamp
Chris@394 334 plugin is installed. When alignment is switched on and more than one
Chris@394 335 audio file is open, SV will assume that all open files are
Chris@394 336 differently timed performances of the same work, and will calculate
Chris@394 337 time alignments for them. Playback will then play only a single file
Chris@394 338 at a time, and the playback cursors in other files will track at the
Chris@394 339 varying speeds to try to ensure that each is at the same point in the
Chris@394 340 underlying score. This enables effective comparison of several such
Chris@394 341 files, as well as a meaningful way to switch from one performance to
Chris@394 342 another during playback (ensuring that the switch happens at the
Chris@394 343 correct point in the performance being switched to).
Chris@394 344
Chris@394 345 - There is a new Image layer, which can display images from the
Chris@394 346 local filesystem or retrieved via HTTP or FTP.
Chris@394 347
Chris@394 348 - A new measurement tool has been added. With the measurement tool
Chris@394 349 selected, dragging in a pane draws a rectangle labelled with the
Chris@394 350 scale values for its start and end corners and its size. You can
Chris@394 351 have any number of measurements present at once; they are associated
Chris@394 352 with the top layer, their scale values depend on the scale for that
Chris@394 353 layer, and they are only shown when that layer is at the top and the
Chris@394 354 measurement tool is active. Measurements are saved and reloaded in
Chris@394 355 the session file. Drawing measurements can be undone and redone, and
Chris@394 356 a measurement can be deleted by hitting Del when highlighted. Note
Chris@394 357 that the measurement tool shows the scale values associated with the
Chris@394 358 pixel positions of the mouse when dragging, not any values associated
Chris@394 359 with actual features present in the audio or its analysis (e.g. the
Chris@394 360 values are not rounded to the nearest spectrogram bin).
Chris@394 361
Chris@394 362 - You can double-click using the measurement tool in the spectrogram
Chris@394 363 to get an instant measurement rectangle for a feature. This is a
Chris@394 364 purely graphical feature that works by calculating the boundary of a
Chris@394 365 contiguous region of pixels "similar to" the one you double-clicked
Chris@394 366 on; it does not use audio analysis. Adjusting the gain and colour
Chris@394 367 scheme etc of the spectrogram will (by design) affect the
Chris@394 368 measurements obtained this way.
Chris@394 369
Chris@394 370 - The spectrum can now optionally show frequency estimates of peaks
Chris@394 371 aligned with a piano keyboard along the horizontal axis (this needs
Chris@394 372 some refinement).
Chris@394 373
Chris@394 374 - The harmonic cursor in the spectrogram has moved from the Select
Chris@394 375 tool to the Measurement tool. There is now a similar harmonic cursor
Chris@394 376 in the spectrum. Both of them show more information as text
Chris@394 377 alongside the cursor than previously.
Chris@394 378
Chris@394 379 - There is a new Erase tool for erasing individual points from an
Chris@394 380 editable layer.
Chris@394 381
Chris@394 382 - Several keyboard shortcuts have changed -- all of the Alt+key
Chris@394 383 shortcuts now either use Ctrl or a plain keypress with no modifier,
Chris@394 384 to avoid clashes with window manager shortcuts and to make them
Chris@394 385 easier to use and remember
Chris@394 386
Chris@394 387 - The playback controls are now in a Playback menu as well as the
Chris@394 388 toolbar.
Chris@394 389
Chris@394 390 - There is a new key and mouse control reference under Help (or press
Chris@394 391 F2).
Chris@394 392
Chris@394 393 - You can double-click on a pane in navigate mode to jump to a time.
Chris@394 394
Chris@394 395 - All of the single-colour layers (waveform, time values etc) now
Chris@394 396 allow you to define your own colours as well as using the built-in
Chris@394 397 set. The colour of a layer is now shown next to its name on the pane.
Chris@394 398
Chris@394 399 - When you add a new single-colour layer it will use a default colour
Chris@394 400 that is not yet in use in another layer (if there is one).
Chris@394 401
Chris@394 402 - Single-colour layers can now optionally have black backgrounds (with
Chris@394 403 a set of lighter colours in the default colour palette that use black
Chris@394 404 backgrounds by default).
Chris@394 405
Chris@394 406 - There's a new Printer colour scheme in the spectrogram with only a
Chris@394 407 small number of grey shades.
Chris@394 408
Chris@394 409 - Vertical zoom in a log-scaled spectrogram is much more intuitive;
Chris@394 410 it now leaves the point that was in the centre of the visible area in
Chris@394 411 the centre after zoom, instead of the point that was in the centre of
Chris@394 412 the linear range corresponding to the visible area.
Chris@394 413
Chris@394 414 - You can now turn a colour 3d plot layer upside down by clicking the
Chris@394 415 Invert Vertical Scale button.
Chris@394 416
Chris@394 417 - There's a new Layer Summary window which shows the panes and
Chris@394 418 layer data in a tree layout. This is very simplistic at the moment.
Chris@394 419
Chris@394 420 - Each pane now has an [X] button at its top left, which removes that
Chris@394 421 pane when clicked.
Chris@394 422
Chris@394 423 - There's a new Solo play mode toggle button; when active, only the
Chris@394 424 currently selected pane is played. This is also the default when
Chris@394 425 time alignment is in use.
Chris@394 426
Chris@394 427 - Rewind/ffwd now stay confined to the selection if Play Selection is
Chris@394 428 enabled; also, the rewind and ffwd "one step" buttons are now enabled
Chris@394 429 even if there is no time instants layer for them to align to (they
Chris@394 430 align to the time ruler instead and so jump in steps of a size
Chris@394 431 dependent on the zoom level).
Chris@394 432
Chris@394 433 - You can now export note layers to MIDI.
Chris@394 434
Chris@394 435 - MIDI note velocity is partially supported. Note velocity is
Chris@394 436 retained when importing and exporting MIDI and is used in playback,
Chris@394 437 but it is not yet shown in the display and cannot yet be edited.
Chris@394 438
Chris@394 439 - You can now drag-and-drop files (of whatever type) onto SV from
Chris@394 440 other programs such as file managers or web browsers.
Chris@394 441
Chris@394 442 - mp3 files (and Ogg, but they aren't supported on Windows at the
Chris@394 443 moment) are now decoded in a background thread so you can see the
Chris@394 444 start of the track without waiting for the rest to decode.
Chris@394 445
Chris@394 446 - Mac builds of SV can now load AAC/mp4 files and anything else
Chris@394 447 supported by QuickTime.
Chris@394 448
Chris@394 449 - There is now an option to resample audio files on import if they
Chris@394 450 don't match the samplerate of the first file loaded. By default this
Chris@394 451 is switched off, as it affects the visible waveform. The default
Chris@394 452 behaviour is unchanged (play at the wrong rate). There is still no
Chris@394 453 option to handle multiple rates "correctly" (i.e. by resampling
Chris@394 454 on playback and showing the waveforms at different resolutions
Chris@394 455 according to each one's underlying rate) and there probably never
Chris@394 456 will be.
Chris@394 457
Chris@394 458 - SV can now open .m3u playlist files, though it's a hazardous thing
Chris@394 459 to do as it simply loads all the files in the playlist at once.
Chris@394 460
Chris@394 461 - SV now has various options for how to number tapped time instants
Chris@394 462 (bar/beat, plain counter, time in seconds, tempo etc).
Chris@394 463
Chris@394 464 - The official builds use Qt 4.3, which fixes some nasty
Chris@394 465 bugs in the file dialog that the version 1.0 builds suffered from.
Chris@394 466