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