The JUCE cross-platform C++ framework, with DISTRHO/KXStudio specific changes
You can not select more than 25 topics Topics must start with a letter or number, can include dashes ('-') and can be up to 35 characters long.

292 lines
15KB

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