foreverloops 1.3

Hooray - foreverloops 1.3 is here:

https://youtu.be/6tZryeuZPMQ

Get ready for MIDI, fresh samples, and many convenience features...

• features
  • MIDI
    • new gear type for MIDI
      • MIDI gear editor (circular piano roll)

    • SoundFont based MIDI rendering
      • foreverloops is shipped with the General User GS SoundFont (1.471) by S. Christian Collins

    • SoundFont import
    • support for MIDI input devices
      • option to remap external note inputs to full velocity

    • customizable virtual MIDI keyboard
    • looped and loose recording (combinable with un- / synched mode)
    • quantization / quantized recording
  • sample replace
    • select events using the same sample and replace (for single or all gears)

  • clock reset
    • rewind scene playback

  • solo mode
    • play gears individually
    • can be applied to gears, stacks, and trains (combinable with mute)

  • shortcut window
    • show currently available shortcuts

  • shortcut for adding sample folders recursively (optionally)
• convenience
  • new samples
    • >100 Samples from the TrapLife Stellar pack (by Phil Gallardo)

  • tidier media browser
  • additional scenes
  • restore last used screen resolution / position on startup
  • additional shortcuts for several commands (e.g. gear sizes)
• fixes
  • various filesystem fixes
  • fix interactions of several ongoing commands
  • avoid crashes when loading scenes with unavailable samples
  • audio-level visualization fixes (separate channel visualization)
  • fix rare video-decoding crashes
  • fix rare sample loading issues / deadlocks

• other changes
  • reduced OpenGL core profile (3.3 instead of 4.3)
  • xml based scene saves (instead of binary format)
  • xml-based scene layout file (now includes user sample and SoundFont paths)
  • increased foreverloops samples' level
  • ensure widgets are visible after screen resolution change
  • consistent naming of several operations
  • anti-aliasing fixes

• known issues
  • MIDI keyboard:
    • window size changes on mouse wheel scroll for larger / smaller keys

  • Gear graph:
    • creating gears via menu bar sometimes retriggers currently active events