SynthFont
and other tools for Midi and SoundFonts
and other tools for Midi and SoundFonts
What's is new in SynthFont version 1.425?
Bug fixes:
- SynthFont could not create MP3 files
- The stop marker in Playback range could not be reset to the end of the song after changing it once
- Fixed a few other reported bugs
What was new in version 1.424?
Bug fixes:
- A VST instrument with a single instance used on several tracks would not close gracefully when playback was interrupted
- An exception could occur when closing SynthFont
- A few other reported minor bugs fixed
What was new in version 1.423?
Bug fixes:
- The displayed volume levels were twice too large
- SynthFont could not handle extremely long notes
- SynthFont did not correctly read midi files with a certain coding error (error handling)
- Fixed an issue with Pedal Hold on last note
- A few other minor bugs
Features:
- Pianoroll, "Draw note", a new checkbox #1: "Insert new note when moving notes and clicking on an empty space". Uncheck if you find this function awkward
- Pianoroll, "Draw note", a new checkbox #2: "Snap end to grid (and not length)". When changing note length, toggle to snap to standard lengths or the grid
- Since version 1.411 SynthFont removed notes shorter than 3. This no longer happens. All notes are retained, to be seen and edited.
These version 1.420 features are not yet available in version 1.423:
- Bank change to a User Bank in live mode.
- Changed Playback volume levels display
- More buffers for playing live without ASIO
- The Volume Offset in SoundFont Overrides
- The Bank Manager "Either fine or coarse" selection
What was new in version 1.422?
Bug fixes:
- Version 1.421 had CPU usage monitoring problems on some Vista systems
- Bank selection did not work
- A few other minor bugs
NOTE: The 1.420 features listed below for 1.421 are still not available in version 1,422 (so wait for 1.423 ... or 1.424...):
What was new in version 1.421?
Bug fixes:
- Version 1.420 crashed quite often – randomly, for reasons still unknown
- When assigning a VST instrument to a track for midi channel X, the same instrument is now assigned to ALL tracks for midi channel X
- A number of other minor bugs and annoying inconsistencies fixed
Others:
- Localization function does not work on Windows 98
- A read-only midi file can no longer be saved to
These version 1.420 features are not available in version 1,421 (so wait for 1.422):
- Bank change to a User Bank in live mode.
- Pianoroll, "Draw note", a new checkbox.
- Changed handling of overlapping notes together with missing note-off events
- Changed Playback volume levels display
- More buffers for playing live without ASIO
- The Volume Offset in SoundFont Overrides
- The Bank Manager "Either fine or coarse" selection
What was new in the WITHDRAWN version 1.420?
Bug fixes:
- Version 1.412 did not save the Left and Right volume levels correctly in the arrangement
- Version 1.412 would reset the SoundFont choice to default when editing the midi file
- Pan Spread Defaults function didn't work (problem with Balance vs. Pan)
- Velocity Dynamics has been wrongly displayed with velocity response slopes in the range 1 through 6 while the correct range should have been 0 through 5, where 0 - 1 means a velocity response less than unity
- Since version 1.410, the Mixer Track Volume could be reset to 1.0 on some occasions
- In the SoundFont Group editor, the last melodic program was always blank
- Since some time back, double-clicking on a note in the Pianoroll did NOT make the note's track active
- Fixed a problem with SONiVOX VST instruments
- When playing from a Marker in Pianoroll, SynthFont would reset the Stop Marker to the end of the file
Others:
- Bank change to a User Bank now works also in live mode (use the new command "Reset all bank assignments (live mode)" in BANK menu, Plug&Play track list header, to reset banks)
- Pianoroll, "Draw note", a new checkbox: "Insert new note when moving notes and clicking on an empty space". Uncheck if you find this function awkward
- Still improved handling of overlapping notes together with missing note-off events
- Changed the Playback volume levels display; the display leaves a track of the peak level
- For playing live, without ASIO, you can now select to use up to 10 buffers to avoid stuttering (but get increased latency instead...)
- The Volume Offset in SoundFont Overrides no longer changes the Mixer Track Volume but has its own parameter
- The Bank Manager no longer lets you select "Either fine or coarse" bank selection controller. You must select "Bank Coarse (CC 0)" or "Bank Fine (CC 32)"
Features
- You can now also define a relative Midi Editor path (Setup)
Others
- Better handling of overlapping notes together with missing NOTE-OFF events
Bug fixes:
- SynthFont could not create MP3 files
- The stop marker in Playback range could not be reset to the end of the song after changing it once
- Fixed a few other reported bugs
What was new in version 1.424?
Bug fixes:
- A VST instrument with a single instance used on several tracks would not close gracefully when playback was interrupted
- An exception could occur when closing SynthFont
- A few other reported minor bugs fixed
What was new in version 1.423?
Bug fixes:
- The displayed volume levels were twice too large
- SynthFont could not handle extremely long notes
- SynthFont did not correctly read midi files with a certain coding error (error handling)
- Fixed an issue with Pedal Hold on last note
- A few other minor bugs
Features:
- Pianoroll, "Draw note", a new checkbox #1: "Insert new note when moving notes and clicking on an empty space". Uncheck if you find this function awkward
- Pianoroll, "Draw note", a new checkbox #2: "Snap end to grid (and not length)". When changing note length, toggle to snap to standard lengths or the grid
- Since version 1.411 SynthFont removed notes shorter than 3. This no longer happens. All notes are retained, to be seen and edited.
These version 1.420 features are not yet available in version 1.423:
- Bank change to a User Bank in live mode.
- Changed Playback volume levels display
- More buffers for playing live without ASIO
- The Volume Offset in SoundFont Overrides
- The Bank Manager "Either fine or coarse" selection
What was new in version 1.422?
Bug fixes:
- Version 1.421 had CPU usage monitoring problems on some Vista systems
- Bank selection did not work
- A few other minor bugs
NOTE: The 1.420 features listed below for 1.421 are still not available in version 1,422 (so wait for 1.423 ... or 1.424...):
What was new in version 1.421?
Bug fixes:
- Version 1.420 crashed quite often – randomly, for reasons still unknown
- When assigning a VST instrument to a track for midi channel X, the same instrument is now assigned to ALL tracks for midi channel X
- A number of other minor bugs and annoying inconsistencies fixed
Others:
- Localization function does not work on Windows 98
- A read-only midi file can no longer be saved to
These version 1.420 features are not available in version 1,421 (so wait for 1.422):
- Bank change to a User Bank in live mode.
- Pianoroll, "Draw note", a new checkbox.
- Changed handling of overlapping notes together with missing note-off events
- Changed Playback volume levels display
- More buffers for playing live without ASIO
- The Volume Offset in SoundFont Overrides
- The Bank Manager "Either fine or coarse" selection
What was new in the WITHDRAWN version 1.420?
Bug fixes:
- Version 1.412 did not save the Left and Right volume levels correctly in the arrangement
- Version 1.412 would reset the SoundFont choice to default when editing the midi file
- Pan Spread Defaults function didn't work (problem with Balance vs. Pan)
- Velocity Dynamics has been wrongly displayed with velocity response slopes in the range 1 through 6 while the correct range should have been 0 through 5, where 0 - 1 means a velocity response less than unity
- Since version 1.410, the Mixer Track Volume could be reset to 1.0 on some occasions
- In the SoundFont Group editor, the last melodic program was always blank
- Since some time back, double-clicking on a note in the Pianoroll did NOT make the note's track active
- Fixed a problem with SONiVOX VST instruments
- When playing from a Marker in Pianoroll, SynthFont would reset the Stop Marker to the end of the file
Others:
- Bank change to a User Bank now works also in live mode (use the new command "Reset all bank assignments (live mode)" in BANK menu, Plug&Play track list header, to reset banks)
- Pianoroll, "Draw note", a new checkbox: "Insert new note when moving notes and clicking on an empty space". Uncheck if you find this function awkward
- Still improved handling of overlapping notes together with missing note-off events
- Changed the Playback volume levels display; the display leaves a track of the peak level
- For playing live, without ASIO, you can now select to use up to 10 buffers to avoid stuttering (but get increased latency instead...)
- The Volume Offset in SoundFont Overrides no longer changes the Mixer Track Volume but has its own parameter
- The Bank Manager no longer lets you select "Either fine or coarse" bank selection controller. You must select "Bank Coarse (CC 0)" or "Bank Fine (CC 32)"
Features
- You can now also define a relative Midi Editor path (Setup)
Others
- Better handling of overlapping notes together with missing NOTE-OFF events
Download the whole change history as a PDF file. There you also find what new features where introduced in version 1.200, but removed again for the later version 1.124.
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