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 5.1.1
  5. - Fixed Windows live build engine on Visual Studio 2017
  6. - Fixed a compiler error in juce_MathFunctions.h in Visual Studio 2013
  7. - Fixed a potential crash when using the ProcessorDuplicator
  8. - Fixed a compiler-error in Filter::IIR
  9. - Fixed an issue where the WavFileFormatWriter could not create files with discrete channels
  10. - Fixed an issue where a window which is beneath a hidden window would not receive any clicks on Linux
  11. - Altered the format of BREAKING-CHANGES.txt to display better on GitHub
  12. - Projucer: Fixed an issue in exporter tilde expansion
  13. - Fixed compiler errors when building the DSP module with a static version of FFTW
  14. - Fixed an audio glitch when bypassing the convolution engine
  15. - Fixed an issue where a JUCE VST2 would not correctly report that it supports resizing of it’s plugin editor
  16. - Various documentation tweaks and fixes
  17. Version 5.1.0
  18. - Release of the JUCE DSP module
  19. - Multichannel audio readers and writers
  20. - Plugin editor Hi-DPI scaling support
  21. - Major improvements to Projucer module search paths
  22. - Added Projucer support for iOS app groups
  23. - Added support for AVFoundation and deprecated the use of Quicktime
  24. - Added a new real-time audio thread priority for Android
  25. - Various Projucer UI fixes
  26. - Various documentation fixes
  27. - Various minor improvements and bug fixes
  28. Version 5.0.2
  29. - Improved project save speed in the Projucer
  30. - Added option to save individual exporters in the Projucer
  31. - Added the ability to create custom colour schemes for the Projucer’s code editor
  32. - Minor fixes to JUCE’s SVG parser
  33. - Various bug fixes in the way JUCE handles Hi-DPI monitors
  34. - Improved code browsing in Visual Studio Exports
  35. - Improved the handling of audio device buffer size changes on iOS
  36. - Fixed bug in the Win32 FileChooser dialog when selecting a nonexistent root drive
  37. - Fixed a Projucer crash when saving projects with no targets
  38. - Fixed a bug where Projucer generated Makefiles would not trigger a recompilation when header files had changed
  39. - The standalone plugin target is now compatible with effect plug-ins
  40. - Fixed an issue where it was not possible to use the live build engine on plugin projects
  41. - Improved the way the Projucer’s live-build engine searches for platform headers on Windows
  42. - Fixed an issue where the Projucer would complain about not having internet even if the user had a license
  43. - Fixed a use-after-free in the AUv3 wrapper
  44. - Fixed an issue where the channel layout would not be reported correctly in the AUv3 wrapper
  45. - Fixed a potential memory overrun issue when hosting VST2 plugins with more than eight channels
  46. - Fixed a problem with the Mac main menu bar showing menus in the wrong position
  47. - Various Projucer UI fixes
  48. - Various documentation fixes
  49. - Various minor improvements and bug fixes
  50. Version 5.0.1
  51. - Fixed Windows live build engine on Visual Studio 2017
  52. - Fixed memory-leak in Projucer live build engine
  53. - Fixed an issue where you could not paste your redeem serial number with Cmd+V on macOS
  54. - Fixed an issue where the Projucer would crash on linux due to missing symbols in WebKit
  55. - Minor Projucer UI improvements
  56. - Various minor improvements and bug fixes
  57. Version 5.0.0
  58. - New licensing model
  59. - Projucer UI/UX overhaul
  60. - New look and feel (version 4)
  61. - New standalone plug-in format
  62. - Added support for Visual Studio 2017
  63. - Added support for VST3 SDK 3.6.7
  64. - Added support for Apple Inter-App Audio on iOS
  65. - Various Android stability and performance improvements
  66. - Added support for non-experimental gradle plug-in versions >= 2.2 and Android Studio 2.3
  67. - Added support for closed-source third-party modules
  68. - Added support for Windows 10 Bluetooth LE MIDI devices
  69. - Modernised JUCE codebase to use C++11/14 features
  70. - Added support for Linux embedded platforms
  71. - Added support for WebBrowserComponent on Linux
  72. - Added support for IPv6
  73. - Various minor improvements and bug fixes
  74. - Various documentation improvements
  75. Version 4.3.1
  76. - Added support for iOS download tasks
  77. - Added support for AAX plug-in meters
  78. - Added support for dynamically disabling/enabling sidechains in ProTools
  79. - Re-introduced support for VST3 plug-ins reporting which VST2 plug-in they can replace
  80. - Added withRightX and withBottomY methods to Rectangle
  81. - Added support for windows 10 on screen keyboard
  82. - Added move semantics to AudioBuffer
  83. - Added colour coding scheme to module icons in the Projucer to indicate which type of license a module uses
  84. - Removed all deprecation warnings for macOS Sierra
  85. - Fixed multiple touch, pen and mouse input related bugs on Windows
  86. - Added submenu support to ComboBoxes and simplified the usage of ComboBoxes
  87. - Various minor improvements and bug fixes
  88. - Various documentation improvements
  89. Version 4.3.0
  90. - Added API and examples for ROLI Blocks
  91. - Multiple Projucer live-build UI and diagnostics improvements
  92. - JUCE now supports hosting multi-bus plug-ins
  93. - BufferingAudioSource now supports pre-buffering (useful for offline processing)
  94. - Added microphone permissions switch to Projucer for iOS targets
  95. - Standalone wrappers now correctly save and restore midi settings
  96. - Various performance improvements to BigInteger
  97. - Fixed various FlexBox bugs
  98. - Added a workaround for the broken “Open Recent…” menu on os x
  99. - Various minor improvements and bug fixes
  100. - Various documentation improvements
  101. Version 4.2.4
  102. - Pre-release of live build engine on Windows
  103. - Added FlexBox layout engine
  104. - Removed dependency on external Steinberg SDK when building and/or hosting VST2 plug-ins
  105. - Added support for MIDI network sessions in the iOS simulator
  106. - Added support for symmetric skew to Slider, NormalisableRange and SliderPropertyComponent
  107. - Projucer now asks the user what to do when it detects that the .jucer file was modified outside of the Projucer
  108. - Improved support for Windows 10 touch devices
  109. - Added begin/end iterator methods for ValueTree, for handy range-based-for loops over its children
  110. - Added support for recent mingw-w64 compilers
  111. - Added useful proportional Rectangle utility methods
  112. - Significantly improved the performance of BigInteger
  113. - Added support for expiring licenses to juce_tracktion_marketplace
  114. - Added support for retina mouse cursors on OS X
  115. - Added a new low-quality mode for the CameraDevice
  116. - Added pkg-config support for Linux
  117. - Projucer will now wrap your AAX plug-in in the bundle format expected Pro Tools on Windows
  118. - Multiple bug-fixes for AudioUnit parameter ids
  119. - Fixed a bug where AlertWindows weren’t always on top
  120. - Multiple fixes for web InputStreams
  121. - Various improvements to the live build engine
  122. - Various minor improvements and bug fixes
  123. - Various documentation improvements
  124. Version 4.2.3
  125. - Various VST3 improvements: resizing VST3 windows, plug-in compatibility issues
  126. - Use NSURLSession on newer OS X versions
  127. - Add compatibility for VST 3 SDK update 3.6.6
  128. - Miscellaneous fixes and improvements
  129. Version 4.2.1
  130. - New class CachedValue, for providing easy and efficient access to ValueTree properties
  131. - Reduced audio plug-in binary sizes on OS X and added symbol-stripping option
  132. - Miscellaneous fixes and improvements
  133. Version 4.2
  134. - Added support for AudioUnit v3 on OS X and iOS
  135. - Simplified the JUCE module format. Removed the json module definition files, and made
  136. it easier to manually add modules to projects. The format is fully described in the
  137. document juce/modules/JUCE Module Format.txt
  138. - iOS project support: added custom resource folders, custom xcassets, app capabilities,
  139. and screen orientation settings.
  140. - Deleted the Introjucer.. But don't panic! All of its functionality is now supplied by a
  141. more open-source version of the Projucer. By refactoring the closed-source LLVM compilation
  142. code into a DLL, we've been able to unify the Introjucer and Projucer into a single
  143. open-source project. This will allow everyone to compile the Projucer's IDE themselves, and
  144. having just one app instead of two will make things a lot less confusing!
  145. Version 4.1
  146. - Added multi-bus support for audio plug-in clients
  147. - Added support for MIDI effect plug-ins (AU and AAX).
  148. - Added new example: Network Graphics Demo
  149. Version 4.0.3
  150. - Added MPE (Multidimensional Polyphonic Expression) classes
  151. - Added full support for generating and parsing Midi RPN/NRPN messages
  152. - Made the LinearSmoothedValue class public
  153. - Miscellaneous fixes and minor improvements
  154. Version 4.0.2
  155. - Miscellaneous fixes and house-keeping
  156. Version 4.0.1
  157. - Initial release of the Projucer!
  158. - Full OSC support!
  159. - Android Studio exporting from the Introjucer
  160. - Android-M pro-audio low-latency i/o support
  161. - Bluetooth MIDI device support on iOS and Android
  162. - AudioSampleBuffer refactored into a templated class AudioBuffer, to allow
  163. 32 or 64 bit float support
  164. - Audio plugin and hosting now supports 64-bit data
  165. - Support for force-touch and pen pressure on iOS and Windows
  166. - Added easy sound-file playing methods to AudioDeviceManager
  167. - Many updates to Introjucer
  168. - Many new tutorials and examples
  169. Version 3.3.0
  170. - New functions for Base64 conversion
  171. - New command-line options in the introjucer for trimming whitespace and
  172. replacing tabs in source files
  173. Version 3.2.0
  174. - Major OpenGL performance/stability improvements
  175. - Performance improvements to FloatVectorOperations math functions
  176. - New FloatVectorOperations: abs, min, max, addWithMultiply, clip
  177. - Midi channel pressure support
  178. - New example projects ComponentTutorialExample, SimpleFFTExample,
  179. PluckedStringsDemo
  180. - New class ValueTreeSynchroniser, for remote-syncing multiple
  181. ValueTrees
  182. - HTTPS/SSL support on Linux
  183. - Added methods for degrees to radians conversions
  184. - Added Neon instruction set support for Android targets
  185. - JUCE ValueTree performance improvements
  186. - Linux and Android multi-monitor HiDPI support
  187. - Support the “display=none” attribute in SVG files
  188. - Support for text elements in SVG files
  189. - Added Whirlpool hash class to the cryptography module
  190. - Various improvements for parameter automation in VST, VST-3,
  191. AudioUnits and AAX
  192. - Various improvements to JUCE Synthesiser
  193. - Linux Code::Blocks project support
  194. - Multicast support
  195. - Add support to generate project version numbers from project git tags
  196. - Various updates to example projects
  197. - Stability improvements to re-order and resize code of plug-in windows
  198. - Support for external third-party native libraries on Android
  199. - Introjucer’s auto-update now displays release notes
  200. - Various Introjucer usability improvements
  201. - Support for in-memory fonts on Android
  202. - New FFT class
  203. - WASAPI exclusive mode support
  204. - More C++11 feature support macros
  205. - Performance improvements to XML parsing
  206. - Add compatibility for AAX SDK 2.2.0
  207. - Added parameters to the ValueTree::Listener::valueTreeChildRemoved()
  208. and valueTreeChildOrderChanged() methods to include more info about
  209. exactly what changed
  210. - Over 400 minor changes, bug-fixes, documentation improvements, etc.