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