SynthFont v 1.621
Sep 23, 2012
Windows
Bug fixes:
Version 1.620 could not send exception reports
Changes in the MIDI programs of a track were not reflected in the track’s layers
Some odd MIDI files where not read, leaving SynthFont in an eternal loop
Since version 1.620 the last notes in some MIDI files might be cut short at the end when playing
Could not assign a VST bus to track 1
Also fixed some other basic bugs, flaws and annoyances.
New features:
You are now again allowed to save the Arrangement for a MIDI file that has been edited even if you do not save the file.
Some new shortcut keys for track play states: F7 = solo (toggle), F8 = mute (toggle) and F9 = inactivate (toggle)
Registered users have a new option in the Save As… dialogue for MIDI files: you can choose to save the file in MIDI format 0 (one single track) or 1 (multiple tracks). NOTE – this option is enabled only if the original file was in MIDI format 0. The default is to save in MIDI format 1
When you have saved the MIDI file using Save As.. (new name) and has an Arrangement for the original MIDI file open, you are being offered a dialogue box with three choices (radio buttons):
* Link the existing Arrangement to the new file
* Leave the link to the old original file (no change) [default]
* Create a new Arrangement for the new file
Other:
In the Pianoroll, using the “Start playing at current marker” button with Loop activated, the playback will start from the beginning if the “Before loop - start from beginning” checkbox is checked. This box will now become unchecked.
SynthFont v 1.620
Aug 22, 2012
Windows
Bug fixes:
Some midi files were not correctly read (too many MIDI program changes, non-standard Karaoke Lyrics, embedded System Exclusive messages, etc.)
Since version 1.552 some VST instruments would become silent under certain occasions
Fixed most other reported exception bugs and user interface glitches.
New features:
When creating a new track, you can copy the MIDI date from the currently selected track.
More surplus events will now be marked as such (see the “Midi events” page, and below)
On the “Midi events” page, in group “Edit event”, there is a new checkbox called “Surplus”!. Toggle this to mark an event as surplus (displayed in Fuchsia color) or not. Surplus events can be deleted at once using the “Remove surplus events” button
Every track that contains multiple MIDI program changes will now have its own button in the tracks list
New checkbox "One for All" in “Handling of overlapping notes”: NOTE-ON and NOTE-OFF active for ALL note events of a certain value
Layers in the tracks list are now placed immediately beneath the parent track
Removed the “Soft” button in “Plug & Play”, “Playback volume” as this simple limiter introduced additional noise. Use a VST effects limiter instead
In the dropdown menu (right mouse button) for the “Open Midi or Arrangement” button in the main toolbar, there are a few new items: “Most recent” and “Use Alpha-submenus”. “Most recent” will list the most recently used files, Check “Use Alpha-submenus” to create submenus based on the first letter of the file. Additionally, you can now have sub-folders in your Arrangement folders. The files will be listed in sub-menus (independently on state of “Use Alpha-submenus”)
There is a new option to define if double-clicking on track in the tracks list mutes/unmutes the track (original function) or makes the tracks solo/removes solo (alternative)
The files list in the Explorer has a new column: “Arrangement”. This will display the name of the corresponding Arrangement file (the first found) for the MIDI files
More output sample rate alternatives in Synth options
In the VST editor windows there is a new button next to the presets dropdown list: “Name”. Press to change the name of the preset.
Saving of VST presets in either the Arrangement or the common configuration file is now more intuitive
When you delete an Arrangement file, all VST effect preset file define for the arrangement are also deleted.
SynthFont v 1.613
Mar 27, 2012
Windows
Bug fixes:
When using “Relative to disk” paths for folders (in Options, Files and Folder), SynthFont would not always find the correct path
The Mixer sliders went missing for some MIDI files
When two or more controller values for the same controller coincided, SynthFont would make proper use of the first one only
Fixed most other reported exception bugs
SynthFont v 1.612
Feb 24, 2012
Windows
Bug fixes:
Since version 1.610 an exception occurred when activating Live Midi Input a second time if you did not have an arrangement loaded
Since a few versions back, SynthFont would incorrectly attach the file extensions ‘.mid’ instead of ‘.wav’ to output files when writing a playlist to files and not using any compression mode; thus possibly overwriting the original midi file
Version 1.611 introduced support for reading Unicode text from midi files. Writing of Unicode as ANSI did not succeed, however. Thus the text was lost.
SynthFont v 1.610
Jan 20, 2012
Windows
Bug fixes:
Since version 1.600, changing the language using the Language menu item in the main toolbar did not change the language permanently
SFZ file support was still lacking
SynthFont Version "1" does not support multiple time signatures. From now on the last time signature defined before any notes will be used instead of the very last one defined in the file (which may be in the last bar...)
Plus a number of other minor flaws.
Interface:
Changed keyboard shortcut: Shift+Ctrl+H is now "Show keyboard shortcuts" while Ctrl+H is still "Set default SoundFont file"
Fetaures:
You can now change SoundFonts while playing (and not only Presets)
The Live MIDI Input playback mode has been enhanced: you can now assign VST Instruments and Effects and change SoundFonts and Presets, while active. Additionally the settings are retained while switching Input ON/OFF. You can furthermore save a special arrangement which can be used for this mode only, as it does not require a MIDI file. See main menu “File” item “Save Arrangement for MIDI Input mode...”.
The SoundFont Presets dialog has a new option “Lock when playing live from MIDI input”. Check this to prevent MIDI program events from changing the Preset in Live MIDI Input playback mode
The VST instruments dropdown menu (“VSTI” button in tracks header) has a new item: “Remove instrument from track” to quickly remove the VST instrument assigned to the track and restore the SoundFont previously used.
In the VST editor window, the button “Lock” has a dropdown item: “Lock to MIDI channel 0”. Use this if the VST instrument accepts midi channel 0 data only (like Clavia Lab).
In the VST editor window, there is a new button “Reset”, most useful for VST instruments. Use it to switch off the instrument of it continues to play notes even after the tune has ended
SynthFont now keeps in memory VST Instruments and Effects when another Arrangement is loaded - if they are used in the other Arrangement - to speed up the loading of these
Previously notes were ended abruptly when the note release envelope reached a lower limit. In most cases this was acceptable, but not if the number of notes playing was small. SynthFont now adds a short damping tail to the end to make it smoother.
When playing to external MIDI devices through MIDI ports, SynthFont sends MIDI reset commands before, and after, playing.
When using SFZ files, SynthFont can now automatically extract the required WAV files from OGG files (provided that the OggVorbis libraries OGG.DLL and VorbisFile.DLL are present). You can delete the OGG files when extracted.
SynthFont v 1.604
Nov 26, 2011
Windows
What's is new in SynthFont version 1.604?
Bug fixes:
The SoundFont Presets list displayed when pressing the "SF2 Presets" button above the tracks was screwed up.
File dialog boxes did not display correctly.
What was new in version the short-lived version 1.603?
Bug fixes:
Volume and BPM Automations did not work since some time back.
The Automations were not always saved to the arrangement file.
When you deleted the last track layer, the last midi track was also deleted.
For a layer track with multiple MIDI program changes, you could not select each program separately to change SoundFont and/or Preset
You could not change the midi channel of a layer track (now you can use Slot 2)
Some Dynamic Data Exchange functions did not work after update to Unicode support
Using Delete button to delete a note in the Pianoroll could cause an exception
When calculating the length of the tune initially, the extra decay time was not taken into account
It was impossible to locate new VST folders to be added
Many edit boxes with Up/Down buttons did not work well
Many other minor bugs, flaws, shortcomings, annoyances and gotchas fixed.
New features:
You can now define in Setup / "Files and Folders " which Configuration file you want to use.
Other:
The "MIDI Program" button in "Pug & Play" now again displays the available MIDI programs as a menu instead of as dialog window with a list.
Improved looping of the tune when the stop position was not defined
SynthFont v 1.602
Nov 8, 2011
Windows
What's is new in SynthFont version 1.602?
Bug fixes:
In version 1.601, layer tracks were not correctly read from the Arrangement (due to the fix for Audio file tracks)
What was new in version 1.601?
Bug fixes:
The standard Delphi 2010 TUpDown controller has a bug making it virtually useless. This is now replaced by another UpDown controller.
Audio file tracks were not correctly read from the Arrangement.
The Unicode support introduced with Delphi 2010 caused the Dynamic Data Exchange functions not to work.
Some other minor bugs, flaws and irregularities fixed.
What was new in version 1.600?
Bug fixes:
A large number of reported bugs, flaws and irregularities fixed.
Other:
All versions since 1.558 may have caused the anti-virus software Avast to think that SynthFont was potentially dangerous and suggested to run it in a sandbox. This was due to the new version of the Eurekalog exception report system introduced. This system has now been replaced with the JEDI debug system.
Added ".rmi" to the list of known MIDI file extensions
Version 1.600 is compiled with Delphi version 2010, which has full support for
SynthFont v 1.561
Jul 12, 2011
Windows
Bug fixes:
When a VST instrument was assigned to a track – any track – it was also assigned to the first track -the tempo track - causing SynthFont to send tempo changes to the VST instrument and not using them internally.
Since version 1.553 track names were not always correctly read from a midi file
Some VST instrument problems introduced by the Delphi 11(2007) compiler has been fixed
Pressing the go forward button (for bar movement) repeatedly quickly could make SynthFont jump to the beginning of the song (also see below).
New features:
You can keep the go forward or backward buttons down to repeatedly go forward/backward one (or ten bars, with CTRL key pressed)
When SynthFont detects bad notes (note ON event with missing note OFF event) it will now give you more options for what to do with the note.
SynthFont v 1.557
Apr 16, 2011
Windows
Bug fixes
Since version 1.552 some notes have tended to remain playing after note-off although they were mostly silent already and did not contribute anything. This caused the polyphony to rise and the system to slow down
Master Fine and Coarse Tuning did not always work
The two latest versions have often experienced a not fatal exception at start-up
Exclusive Class for percussions did not work when short-cutting of overlapping notes was switched off
A large number of other minor bugs fixed
SynthFont v 1.554
Mar 2, 2011
Windows
Bug fixes
If SynthFont cannot save the update file in the folder chosen for temporary files, SynthFont now tries to use another folder
SynthFont could not read midi files created from Tyros style files
SynthFont could not restore a VST instrument in an Arrangement file if the path contained parenthesis symbols "(" and/or ")"
Since version 1.530 SynthFont may have decided to assign the SPDIF audio output as the default although not originally set so, resulting in no sound output
Since version 1.540, you could not assign a SoundFont to a track in Live Midi Input mode
Pitch Wheel range was not always correctly set from the Continuous Controllers
Fixed a number of other reported bugs.
SynthFont v 1.553
Feb 23, 2011
Windows
New in Version 1.553 (February 22nd 2011)
Bug fixes:
Fixed a minor but annoying bug that could prevent some midi type 0 files to be correctly read
New in Version 1.552 (February 21st 2011)
Bug fixes:
In version 1.520 an attempt was made to make the note release decay curve match the decay curve of my Creative Live! audio card. The curve became too steep. It is now correct
Fixed a number of other reported bugs, for example problems with Pitch Wheel range settings and loops
Slightly improved SFZ file support
CPU load meter did not work on Windows 2000 (since version 1.522)
In the virtual keyboard, the option to define the key velocity by using the mouse wheel did not always work.
SynthFont v 1.551
Feb 8, 2011
Windows
Bug fixes
The new Explorer control did not always behave as expected
Some shortcut keys, like space bar for playing, were inactivated
Exception reports never reached the SynthFont bug report server
Plus a number of minor flaws and annoyances fixed
When minimizing to the Notification Area, the tread priority was set too low
New features:
In the virtual keyboard you now have the option to define the key velocity either by the vertical position of the mouse pointer (default) or by using the mouse wheel. To select method, use the right mouse button to pop up a menu with a new item called "Options".
In the toolbar of the Explorer files list there is a new button with traffic lights. Check to have SynthFont play the tune immediately after loading it (you must double-click to load it).
Also see the Autoplay checkbox in the "Play options" box at the top-right corner Files/Folders window.
SynthFont v 1.550
Feb 1, 2011
Windows
Bug fixes:
When selecting the German language, some additional File Open or Save dialog options where not visible (for instance settings for writing compressed audio files)
A number of bugs fixed … again
New features:
When playing to various compressed file formats (MP3, OGG, FLAC, APE; WMA), SynthFont now writes the compressed files directly, avoiding the initial creation of uncompressed WAV files. Additionally, also 24 bit and 32 bit files are allowed when using FLAC or APE.
The Explorer in "Files / Folders" is now Windows 7 compatible (supports Libraries)
New localization language: Italian, thanks to Andrea Bevilacqua.
A new checkbox in the "Default SoundFont Override" dialog: "Disable all overrides". Check to temporarily disable all overrides (NOTE: state is not saved between sessions). Additionally, when importing a set of overrides from a file, all existing overrides are removed at first.
The behavior of the solo play button in the Pianoroll has been extended so that you can change state also while playing
SynthFont v 1.540
Jan 5, 2011
Windows
Bug fixes
The Live Midi Input Mode was broken in version 1.530
Fixed some issues related to the Default SoundFont Override functionality
Fixed some other minor bugs and irregularities
New features:
Added the midi file extension ".midi" to the list of known files (as an alternative to the old ".mid" extension)
Added a function to display which notes belong to a certain scale in Pianoroll. Fully available to registered users only.
SynthFont v 1.520
Nov 23, 2010
Windows
Bug fixes
In Pianoroll, "Edit track", "Change time (position) of events", the limits were wrong when using "Move events BELOW the limit" or "Move events ABOVE the limit"
Setting the velocity to 0 for a note actually deletes the note. Now you can not set it to lower than 1.
The velocity of a note when using the virtual keyboard to play, is determined by the vertical position of the mouse pointer on the key. This value was incorrectly computed for black keys.
Fixed a larger number of crash report bugs!
New feature:
In Pianoroll, when moving over the lines, a hint window will display the key number and note. Use the context menu (right mouse button) to hide/show this message.
SynthFont v 1.510
Oct 27, 2010
Windows
SynthFont
and other tools for Midi and SoundFonts
What's is new in SynthFont version 1.510?
Bug fixes
SynthFont lost the path to it's program folder (where for instance all encoder libraries are)
Fixed a larger number of bugs!
New features
Sound File Manager - scan through all of your folders with SoundFonts (or *.GIG, *.DLS, *.PAT files) and listen to and compare Presets. Use Ctrl+W or the new button in the tracks list header or a menu item to display this tool.
In the Extended mixer the behavior of the up/down spin button has changed. Normal spin is no with larger increments. Hold CTRL key down to spin in smaller steps.
SynthFont v 1.500
Oct 17, 2010
Windows
Bug fixes
A SoundFont Override was not correctly defined when preset was different from default
SynthFont did not send Program Changed message to a midi out port
SynthFont did not automatically save VST Effects program changes when saving the Arrangement
Moving VST effects up/down while playing didn't work correctly
Plus a multitude of minor issues … to many to list here
New features
Much improved support for screen readers like JAWS from Freedom Scientific and the free NVDA
Replaced some of Delphi's native StringGrids with Microsoft's ListViews and a number of Delphi's native SpeedButtons with normal buttons for better screen reader support
You can now define a Default Scale Tuning (when no Arrangement is found)
New Mixer, with two alternatives Standard - similar to as before and Extended (available to registered users only) with four parameters available
Press Ctrl+H to see a large number of new (and old) keyboard shortcuts. (This list is in the file "ShortKeys.txt")
SynthFont v 1.425
Jul 16, 2010
Windows
What's is new in SynthFont version 1.425?
Bug fixes:
SynthFont could not create MP3 files
The stop marker in Playback range could not be reset to the end of the song after changing it once
Fixed a few other reported bugs
What was new in version 1.424?
Bug fixes:
A VST instrument with a single instance used on several tracks would not close gracefully when playback was interrupted
An exception could occur when closing SynthFont
A few other reported minor bugs fixed
SynthFont v 1.423
Jul 8, 2010
Windows
Bug fixes:
The displayed volume levels where twice too large
SynthFont could not handle extremely long notes
SynthFont did not correctly read midi files with a certain coding error (error handling)
Fixed an issue with Pedal Hold on last note
A few other minor bugs
Features:
Pianoroll, "Draw note", a new checkbox #1: "Insert new note when moving notes and clicking on an empty space". Uncheck if you find this function awkward
Pianoroll, "Draw note", a new checkbox #2: "Snap end to grid (and not length)". When changing note length, toggle to snap to standard lengths or the grid
Since version 1.411 SynthFont removed notes shorter than 3. This no longer happens. All notes are retained, to be seen and edited.
These version 1.420 features are not yet available in version 1.423:
Bank change to a User Bank in live mode.
Changed Playback volume levels display
More buffers for playing live without ASIO
The Volume Offset in SoundFont Overrides
The Bank Manager "Either fine or coarse" selection
SynthFont v 1.403
Apr 12, 2010
Windows
Bug fixes:
BMP factor range was limited to 0.9 to 1.1 - fixed
The "Default SoundFont Override" parameter "Volume Offset dB" was not used. It is now linked to the Volume level in the Mixer (if not already set in the arrangement).
Some other reported bugs fixed
Others:
The User Bank Manager has been unavailable since version 1.400. Now it is back - in a simplified form.
SynthFont v 1.401
Mar 14, 2010
Windows
What's new in SynthFont version 1.401?
NOTE: Due to the rather extensive changes required to include the technology for localization, this version may have a number of new bugs. When installing the software a backup copy of the old version will be created. There is a tool to revert to this old version.
Bug fixes:
Fixed a bug in the localization function
What was new in version 1.400?
Bug fixes:
Sorting of Arrangements in date order didn't work so well
VST instruments would not finish off notes in the middle when stopping before reaching the end
Saving of VST program data didn't always work and a major change in the method has been implemented
The Hold Pedal was broken again!
A couple of minor bugs fixed as well
New features:
Support for local languages - currently only Dutch(Belgium), thanks to Eli Dirkx. The technology is there so other languages can easily be added in the future. Some GUI changes had to be made in order to incorporate the somewhat longer Dutch texts.
You can now set how long SynthFont will wait for the song to end. There is a new button with small, yellow squares in "Plug & Play", "Playback range". The setting is stored in the arrangement.
Others:
The user interface has gone through some changes
The User Bank Manager feature has temporarily been turned off
SynthFont v 1.345
Feb 10, 2010
Windows
New in Version 1.345 (January 30th 2010)
Bug fixes:
SynthFont always created a new empty arrangement when you pressed a
"Play to..." button
A couple of minor bugs fixed as well
New in Version 1.344 (January 29th 2010)
Bug fixes:
When the midi file in the arrangement was missing, SynthFont did not ask
you to look for it
You could not play track layers or assign SoundFonts to track layers
In Pianoroll, Controllers, draw "Erase" did not actually erase
everything
In Pianoroll, grid size was not restored correctly when opening
SynthFont
When playing to a file from a defined position within the file the
playback transport did not start from the position
Removed some other reported bugs and annoyances
New features:
You can now also assign a VST instrument as a "Default SoundFont
Override"
Others:
- Previously SynthFont would not allow to assign non-percussion midi
channel numbers (others than 10 or 26) to layers for percussion tracks
- Setup Tuning Scales default was the first in the list and not
"Equal Temperament"
- In Plug & Play, "Playback range", if bar/beat was activated one
could increase the stop position to "infinity"
The Wenc2.ocx library is no longer required for converting to
Windows Media Audio.
SynthFont v 1.343
Jan 23, 2010
Windows
Bug fixes:
Some VST instruments, like Hypersonic 2 from Steinberg, were silent
Removed some other minor bugs and annoyances
SynthFont v 1.330
Nov 29, 2009
Windows
Bug fixes:
Often you couldn't play a midi file directly after saving it
Problem when shifting selected notes up/down in the Pianoroll
The track order arrangement feature didn't work very well
Problem with Pitch Band in midi files created with GuitarPro
The buttons in the track list header would not always be correctly aligned
Sometimes it took too much time and CPU resources to update the tracks list
Improved emptying of VST effects and instruments when playing has stopped
Improved GIGA file support (some GIGA files had additional noise). Maestro_concert_grand_v2 also works now!
In some cases the song length calculated before playing was incorrect
Exception when restoring from minimized to the notification area
Plus the normal bug fixes, as found in all those exception reports (thanks!)
And finally, fixed a large number of minor bugs and inconsistencies
New features:
Two new checkboxes in "Files & Folders": "Keep visible" – check to keep Files & Folders visible when double-clicking to open a file; and
"Autoplay" – check to start playing immediately after double-clicking to open a file
Splitting a track with events for more than one midi channel is now optional the first time you open the midi file
One new color scheme: "Even greener". This is equal to SynthFont's original Green scheme. Also the other schemes have been slightly changed.
New icons!
SynthFont v 1.326
Nov 3, 2009
Windows
The normal bug fixes
You can now define where to save VST effects settings: in the Arrangement or in the SynthFont.ini Configuration Settings file (for common use)
Lots of other minor improvements
This version has been tested on Windows 7
SynthFont v 1.325
Oct 15, 2009
Windows
Bug fixes:
A silly bug introduced in version 1.323 made Live Input Mode inoperable
SynthFont v 1.324
Oct 4, 2009
Windows
What's new in SynthFont version 1.324?
Bug fixes:
A silly bug introduced in version 1.323 made Live Input Mode inoperable
What was new in version 1.323 (released September 1st 2009)?
Bug fixes:
A silly bug introduced in version 1.321 made program changes sometimes come too late
Fixed a large number of other bugs
The Karaoke Lyrics form was made useless in version 1.316
In Pianoroll, Batch edit, Change note length section: when selecting a "Standard lengths" value, the value "Change to" was not always correct
New feature:
Introduced the first Custom Feature supported by Viena: "Always play sample to end". When checked, note off events will not have any effect, the sample will play to end. Loops are not supported!
SynthFont v 1.320
Aug 17, 2009
Windows
Bug fixes:
Tried to fix a few bugs related to the Bank Manager for SoundFont Banks and the SoundFont Pool
A few other reported exceptions fixed
SynthFont v 1.319
Aug 16, 2009
Windows
Bug fixes:
When playing a song, pushing the pause button and then the stop button, SynthFont would hang.
Some SoundFonts in a multi-program track were not found when opening an Arrangement
A number of reported exceptions fixed!
SynthFont v 1.316
Jun 24, 2009
Windows
Bug fixes:
The Tuning Scale offsets in Setup could not be edited correctly
Changed the behavior of CC Pedal Hold to avoid piling up notes
Recording to an audio track fixed
Tried to fix a few more reported exception bugs
SynthFont v 1.317
Jun 24, 2009
Windows
Bug fixes:
Improved handling of VST effects and instruments
Fixed the faulty behavior of CC Pedal Hold introduced in 1.316
Fixed some Karaoke Lyrics window bugs
Midi Program 127, Gunshot, was not accepted
The "I want to pay my fair share and become a registered supporter!" button did not work
Tried to fix a few more reported exception bugs
SynthFont v 1.315
Jun 7, 2009
Windows
What's new in SynthFont version 1.315
Bug fixes:
A major flaw fixed: SynthFont could not find the home folder!
What was new in version 1.314?
Bug fixes:
All versions since 1.300 have failed to respond correctly to Midi Program Change events! Sorry about that.
The very strange MP3 conversion bug now finally(?) fixed
Editing of Midi Program Change events in the Events List not working correctly
Tried to fix a few reported exception bugs
SynthFont v 1.310
May 25, 2009
Windows
Bug fixes:
Improved handling of VST effects. In some case the VST window would be lost
SynthFont can now read 24 bit GIGA files
Fixed a VST Instrument bug when starting to play from the middle of the song
Removed some reported exception bugs
Added some minor new MIDI editing features as well
SynthFont v 1.312
May 25, 2009
Windows
What's new in SynthFont version 1.312?
Bug fixes:
The version number in 1.311 was scrambled (was 1.3.1.1)
Toontrack Ezdrummer, and possibility some other VST instruments did not work
What was new in version 1.311?
Bug fixes:
On some systems the program would get stuck in an infinite loop at start-up
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