The JUCE cross-platform C++ framework, with DISTRHO/KXStudio specific changes
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  1. == Major JUCE features and updates ==
  2. This file just lists the more notable headline features. For more detailed info
  3. about minor changes and bugfixes, please see the git log!
  4. Version 5.3.1
  5. - Add Android and iOS support to AudioPluginHost
  6. - Added support for Bela in the form of an AudioIODeviceType
  7. - Add bypass support to both hosting and plug-in client code
  8. - Added an isBoolean flag to APVTS parameters
  9. - Re-worked plug-in wrappers to all use new parameter system via LegacyAudioParameter wrapper class
  10. - Fixed an issue where opening the same midi device twice would cause a crash on Windows
  11. - Deprecated MouseInputSource::hasMouseMovedSignificantlySincePressed() and replaced with more descriptive methods
  12. - Added support for relative or special path symbolic links when compressing/uncompressing zip archives and creating/reading files
  13. - Ensured that File::replaceInternal does not fail with ACL errors on Windows
  14. - Merged-in some Ogg-Vorbis security fixes
  15. - Fixed a bug which would prevent a SystemTrayIconComponent from creating a native popup window on macOS
  16. - Various Android and iOS fixes
  17. - Added a "PIP Creator" utility tool to the Projucer
  18. - Added options for setting plugin categories and characteristics with MultiChoicePropertyComponent in the Projucer
  19. - Fixed a Projucer bug where the OSX base SDK version was not being set
  20. - Added a command-line option to use LF as linefeeds rather than CRLF in the Projucer cleanup tools
  21. - Multiple documentation updates
  22. Version 5.3.0
  23. - Added support for Android OBOE (developer preview)
  24. - Updated JUCE's MPE classes to comply with the new MMA-adopted specification
  25. - Multiple documentation updates
  26. - Restructured the examples and extras directories and updated all JUCE examples
  27. - Multiple hosted parameter improvements
  28. - Overhauled the GenericAudioProcessorEditor
  29. - Added support for a subset of the Cockos VST extensions
  30. - Added support for loading VST3 preset files
  31. - Added boolean AudioProcessorParameters
  32. - Added thread safe methods for getting and setting the AudioProcessorValueTreeState state
  33. - Added customisable MacOS icons
  34. Version 5.2.1
  35. - Added native content sharing support for iOS and Android
  36. - Added iOS and Android native file chooser support
  37. - Implemented WebBrowserComponent on Android
  38. - Added SystemStats::getDeviceManufacturer()
  39. - Ensured that JUCE will always use the high-performance audio path on Android if the device supports it
  40. - Added memory warning callbacks on iOS
  41. - Refactored iOSAudioDevice to support multi-channel audio devices and improve the handling of sample rate changes from other apps
  42. - Added SidePanel and BurgerMenu component classes
  43. - Added PushNotifications support on OSX
  44. - Added support for VST3 SDK 3.6.8
  45. - Added support for loading VST3 preset files
  46. - Added higher-order ambisonics support
  47. - Added thread safe methods for getting and setting the AudioProcessorValueTreeState state
  48. - Cleanup and refactoring work on the AudioProcessorGraph and the audio plugin host demo
  49. - Changed the default language standard for new projects from C++11 to C++14 and set all JUCE projects to use C++14
  50. - Made the ScopedPointer interface more compatible with std::unique_ptr
  51. - Changed Windows projects to use dynamic runtime linking by default
  52. - Added lambda callbacks to ListenerList, Slider, Button, Label, ComboBox and TextEditor
  53. - Fixed the live-build engine on Windows
  54. - Multiple DSP module fixes and features
  55. - Multiple threading and undefined behaviour fixes and improvements
  56. - Various graphics optimisations
  57. - Multiple Projucer UI and UX improvements
  58. - Various documentation tweaks and fixes
  59. Version 5.2.0
  60. - Added a CMake exporter to the Projucer
  61. - JUCE analytics module
  62. - Added support for push notifications on iOS and Android
  63. - Added in-app purchase support for macOS
  64. - Added a plugin binary copy step to the Visual Studio exporter
  65. - Added an option to set the debug information format in the Visual Studio exporter
  66. - Added a link-time optimisation option to all exporters
  67. - Added support for adding asm files to Android projects
  68. - Improved the reliability of the Projucer's live-build engine
  69. - Added support for AUv2 Midi Effect plug-in hosting
  70. - Added support for Atmos 7.0.2 and 7.1.2 Surround formats
  71. - Added support for the OGG sub-format inside a WAV file
  72. - Added support for querying the audio hardware on how many overruns/underruns occurred
  73. - Implement Process::hide on mobile platforms
  74. - Added support for multi-touch drag and drop
  75. - Improved the performance of 3D rendering when multiple OpenGL contexts are used at the same time
  76. - Tweaked the rate at which EdgeTable grows its internal storage, to improve performance rendering large and complex paths
  77. Version 5.1.2
  78. - Fixed multiple plugin-resizing bugs
  79. - Added support for AUv3 MIDI and screen size negotiation
  80. - Added support for Xcode 9 and iOS 11
  81. - Added an In-App Purchases module
  82. - Added backwards compatible constexpr support
  83. - Standalone plug-in improvements
  84. - Better .jucer file change monitoring in the Projucer
  85. - Increased the speed of AU parameter lookup
  86. - Improved the Android thread management when dealing with web requests
  87. - Better denormal support
  88. - Plug-in parameters can be explicitly marked as continuous or discrete
  89. - Multiple documentation updates
  90. Version 5.1.1
  91. - Fixed Windows live build engine on Visual Studio 2017
  92. - Fixed a compiler error in juce_MathFunctions.h in Visual Studio 2013
  93. - Fixed a potential crash when using the ProcessorDuplicator
  94. - Fixed a compiler-error in Filter::IIR
  95. - Fixed an issue where the WavFileFormatWriter could not create files with discrete channels
  96. - Fixed an issue where a window which is beneath a hidden window would not receive any clicks on Linux
  97. - Altered the format of BREAKING-CHANGES.txt to display better on GitHub
  98. - Projucer: Fixed an issue in exporter tilde expansion
  99. - Fixed compiler errors when building the DSP module with a static version of FFTW
  100. - Fixed an audio glitch when bypassing the convolution engine
  101. - Fixed an issue where a JUCE VST2 would not correctly report that it supports resizing of it’s plugin editor
  102. - Various documentation tweaks and fixes
  103. Version 5.1.0
  104. - Release of the JUCE DSP module
  105. - Multichannel audio readers and writers
  106. - Plugin editor Hi-DPI scaling support
  107. - Major improvements to Projucer module search paths
  108. - Added Projucer support for iOS app groups
  109. - Added support for AVFoundation and deprecated the use of Quicktime
  110. - Added a new real-time audio thread priority for Android
  111. - Various Projucer UI fixes
  112. - Various documentation fixes
  113. - Various minor improvements and bug fixes
  114. Version 5.0.2
  115. - Improved project save speed in the Projucer
  116. - Added option to save individual exporters in the Projucer
  117. - Added the ability to create custom colour schemes for the Projucer’s code editor
  118. - Minor fixes to JUCE’s SVG parser
  119. - Various bug fixes in the way JUCE handles Hi-DPI monitors
  120. - Improved code browsing in Visual Studio Exports
  121. - Improved the handling of audio device buffer size changes on iOS
  122. - Fixed bug in the Win32 FileChooser dialog when selecting a nonexistent root drive
  123. - Fixed a Projucer crash when saving projects with no targets
  124. - Fixed a bug where Projucer generated Makefiles would not trigger a recompilation when header files had changed
  125. - The standalone plugin target is now compatible with effect plug-ins
  126. - Fixed an issue where it was not possible to use the live build engine on plugin projects
  127. - Improved the way the Projucer’s live-build engine searches for platform headers on Windows
  128. - Fixed an issue where the Projucer would complain about not having internet even if the user had a license
  129. - Fixed a use-after-free in the AUv3 wrapper
  130. - Fixed an issue where the channel layout would not be reported correctly in the AUv3 wrapper
  131. - Fixed a potential memory overrun issue when hosting VST2 plugins with more than eight channels
  132. - Fixed a problem with the Mac main menu bar showing menus in the wrong position
  133. - Various Projucer UI fixes
  134. - Various documentation fixes
  135. - Various minor improvements and bug fixes
  136. Version 5.0.1
  137. - Fixed Windows live build engine on Visual Studio 2017
  138. - Fixed memory-leak in Projucer live build engine
  139. - Fixed an issue where you could not paste your redeem serial number with Cmd+V on macOS
  140. - Fixed an issue where the Projucer would crash on linux due to missing symbols in WebKit
  141. - Minor Projucer UI improvements
  142. - Various minor improvements and bug fixes
  143. Version 5.0.0
  144. - New licensing model
  145. - Projucer UI/UX overhaul
  146. - New look and feel (version 4)
  147. - New standalone plug-in format
  148. - Added support for Visual Studio 2017
  149. - Added support for VST3 SDK 3.6.7
  150. - Added support for Apple Inter-App Audio on iOS
  151. - Various Android stability and performance improvements
  152. - Added support for non-experimental gradle plug-in versions >= 2.2 and Android Studio 2.3
  153. - Added support for closed-source third-party modules
  154. - Added support for Windows 10 Bluetooth LE MIDI devices
  155. - Modernised JUCE codebase to use C++11/14 features
  156. - Added support for Linux embedded platforms
  157. - Added support for WebBrowserComponent on Linux
  158. - Added support for IPv6
  159. - Various minor improvements and bug fixes
  160. - Various documentation improvements
  161. Version 4.3.1
  162. - Added support for iOS download tasks
  163. - Added support for AAX plug-in meters
  164. - Added support for dynamically disabling/enabling sidechains in ProTools
  165. - Re-introduced support for VST3 plug-ins reporting which VST2 plug-in they can replace
  166. - Added withRightX and withBottomY methods to Rectangle
  167. - Added support for windows 10 on screen keyboard
  168. - Added move semantics to AudioBuffer
  169. - Added colour coding scheme to module icons in the Projucer to indicate which type of license a module uses
  170. - Removed all deprecation warnings for macOS Sierra
  171. - Fixed multiple touch, pen and mouse input related bugs on Windows
  172. - Added submenu support to ComboBoxes and simplified the usage of ComboBoxes
  173. - Various minor improvements and bug fixes
  174. - Various documentation improvements
  175. Version 4.3.0
  176. - Added API and examples for ROLI Blocks
  177. - Multiple Projucer live-build UI and diagnostics improvements
  178. - JUCE now supports hosting multi-bus plug-ins
  179. - BufferingAudioSource now supports pre-buffering (useful for offline processing)
  180. - Added microphone permissions switch to Projucer for iOS targets
  181. - Standalone wrappers now correctly save and restore midi settings
  182. - Various performance improvements to BigInteger
  183. - Fixed various FlexBox bugs
  184. - Added a workaround for the broken “Open Recent…” menu on os x
  185. - Various minor improvements and bug fixes
  186. - Various documentation improvements
  187. Version 4.2.4
  188. - Pre-release of live build engine on Windows
  189. - Added FlexBox layout engine
  190. - Removed dependency on external Steinberg SDK when building and/or hosting VST2 plug-ins
  191. - Added support for MIDI network sessions in the iOS simulator
  192. - Added support for symmetric skew to Slider, NormalisableRange and SliderPropertyComponent
  193. - Projucer now asks the user what to do when it detects that the .jucer file was modified outside of the Projucer
  194. - Improved support for Windows 10 touch devices
  195. - Added begin/end iterator methods for ValueTree, for handy range-based-for loops over its children
  196. - Added support for recent mingw-w64 compilers
  197. - Added useful proportional Rectangle utility methods
  198. - Significantly improved the performance of BigInteger
  199. - Added support for expiring licenses to juce_tracktion_marketplace
  200. - Added support for retina mouse cursors on OS X
  201. - Added a new low-quality mode for the CameraDevice
  202. - Added pkg-config support for Linux
  203. - Projucer will now wrap your AAX plug-in in the bundle format expected Pro Tools on Windows
  204. - Multiple bug-fixes for AudioUnit parameter ids
  205. - Fixed a bug where AlertWindows weren’t always on top
  206. - Multiple fixes for web InputStreams
  207. - Various improvements to the live build engine
  208. - Various minor improvements and bug fixes
  209. - Various documentation improvements
  210. Version 4.2.3
  211. - Various VST3 improvements: resizing VST3 windows, plug-in compatibility issues
  212. - Use NSURLSession on newer OS X versions
  213. - Add compatibility for VST 3 SDK update 3.6.6
  214. - Miscellaneous fixes and improvements
  215. Version 4.2.1
  216. - New class CachedValue, for providing easy and efficient access to ValueTree properties
  217. - Reduced audio plug-in binary sizes on OS X and added symbol-stripping option
  218. - Miscellaneous fixes and improvements
  219. Version 4.2
  220. - Added support for AudioUnit v3 on OS X and iOS
  221. - Simplified the JUCE module format. Removed the json module definition files, and made
  222. it easier to manually add modules to projects. The format is fully described in the
  223. document juce/modules/JUCE Module Format.txt
  224. - iOS project support: added custom resource folders, custom xcassets, app capabilities,
  225. and screen orientation settings.
  226. - Deleted the Introjucer.. But don't panic! All of its functionality is now supplied by a
  227. more open-source version of the Projucer. By refactoring the closed-source LLVM compilation
  228. code into a DLL, we've been able to unify the Introjucer and Projucer into a single
  229. open-source project. This will allow everyone to compile the Projucer's IDE themselves, and
  230. having just one app instead of two will make things a lot less confusing!
  231. Version 4.1
  232. - Added multi-bus support for audio plug-in clients
  233. - Added support for MIDI effect plug-ins (AU and AAX).
  234. - Added new example: Network Graphics Demo
  235. Version 4.0.3
  236. - Added MPE (Multidimensional Polyphonic Expression) classes
  237. - Added full support for generating and parsing Midi RPN/NRPN messages
  238. - Made the LinearSmoothedValue class public
  239. - Miscellaneous fixes and minor improvements
  240. Version 4.0.2
  241. - Miscellaneous fixes and house-keeping
  242. Version 4.0.1
  243. - Initial release of the Projucer!
  244. - Full OSC support!
  245. - Android Studio exporting from the Introjucer
  246. - Android-M pro-audio low-latency i/o support
  247. - Bluetooth MIDI device support on iOS and Android
  248. - AudioSampleBuffer refactored into a templated class AudioBuffer, to allow
  249. 32 or 64 bit float support
  250. - Audio plugin and hosting now supports 64-bit data
  251. - Support for force-touch and pen pressure on iOS and Windows
  252. - Added easy sound-file playing methods to AudioDeviceManager
  253. - Many updates to Introjucer
  254. - Many new tutorials and examples
  255. Version 3.3.0
  256. - New functions for Base64 conversion
  257. - New command-line options in the introjucer for trimming whitespace and
  258. replacing tabs in source files
  259. Version 3.2.0
  260. - Major OpenGL performance/stability improvements
  261. - Performance improvements to FloatVectorOperations math functions
  262. - New FloatVectorOperations: abs, min, max, addWithMultiply, clip
  263. - Midi channel pressure support
  264. - New example projects ComponentTutorialExample, SimpleFFTExample,
  265. PluckedStringsDemo
  266. - New class ValueTreeSynchroniser, for remote-syncing multiple
  267. ValueTrees
  268. - HTTPS/SSL support on Linux
  269. - Added methods for degrees to radians conversions
  270. - Added Neon instruction set support for Android targets
  271. - JUCE ValueTree performance improvements
  272. - Linux and Android multi-monitor HiDPI support
  273. - Support the “display=none” attribute in SVG files
  274. - Support for text elements in SVG files
  275. - Added Whirlpool hash class to the cryptography module
  276. - Various improvements for parameter automation in VST, VST-3,
  277. AudioUnits and AAX
  278. - Various improvements to JUCE Synthesiser
  279. - Linux Code::Blocks project support
  280. - Multicast support
  281. - Add support to generate project version numbers from project git tags
  282. - Various updates to example projects
  283. - Stability improvements to re-order and resize code of plug-in windows
  284. - Support for external third-party native libraries on Android
  285. - Introjucer’s auto-update now displays release notes
  286. - Various Introjucer usability improvements
  287. - Support for in-memory fonts on Android
  288. - New FFT class
  289. - WASAPI exclusive mode support
  290. - More C++11 feature support macros
  291. - Performance improvements to XML parsing
  292. - Add compatibility for AAX SDK 2.2.0
  293. - Added parameters to the ValueTree::Listener::valueTreeChildRemoved()
  294. and valueTreeChildOrderChanged() methods to include more info about
  295. exactly what changed
  296. - Over 400 minor changes, bug-fixes, documentation improvements, etc.