Yoshimi 1.3.7 is here.
This just a minor release focussing on usability details.
Yoshimi now remembers most window positions on a per instance basis, and will
re-open them at the same locations. Also, if you shut down with these windows
open, they will be opened again on the next run.
The 'engine' windows are a bit different as they may not actually exist so
can't be auto opened. Also, you need to use the 'close' button to fix their
re-open position - they don't seem to like being asked their co-ordinates when
they are being forcibly closed :(
Almost all window titles carry the instance number as well as details such as
part number/name, engine, and whether it is kit mode. For addsynth oscillator,
the voice number is included. Bank and Instrument windows, as before, show the
MIDI ID numbers along with the complete file paths.
The top menu bar has been reorganised for better grouping. Mixing unrelated
operations on a single menu is never a winner.
A complete clear-down now has it's own button, 'Reset'. This is as close as
possible to a restart, but works independently for each instance. Re-aranging
this group of buttons into two rows means they can be longer - "Virtual Keybd"
is a bit more obvious than "vrKbd".
The 'Controllers' window now (at last) correctly updates when you hit its reset
button.
Other window layouts have had a bit of polish.
There is now an option so you can see the version details of all XML files in
the 'Console' window as they are loaded.
Command line access is now more than just a proof of concept. It has a
half-decent parser, paging and history. All these are developing alongside
considerably more controls.
Breaking news!
This release has an experimental Breath Control feature - CC2.
I'm not generally publicising this yet as it needs to be tried out by musicians
with real breath controllers.
It combines volume with brightness, so the louder the sound is, the harsher it
is too.
In the 'Controllers' window you can play with the 'FiltCut' and 'Vol Rng' knobs
to change it's performance to some degree. My rough-and-ready tests suggest
that you'll probably only want to change 'FiltCut' and leave 'Vol Rng' where it
is. Do keep in mind these controls are per-part so won't affect anything on
other channels.
If anyone has a breath controller, please give it a try and let me know if it
works for you.
--
Will J Godfrey
http://www.musically.me.uk
Say you have a poem and I have a tune.
Exchange them and we can both have a poem, a tune, and a song.
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