SynthFont 2.9.0.2 + x64 + Portable

Bug fixes:
- Just the regular number of minor bugs

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Bug fixes:
Version 2.0.3.0 couldn't play files without lyrics!

Bug fixes
- Versions 2.0.2.5 and 2.0.2.6 had a serious flaw in the function used for downloading updates and could not perform the update.
- Some other reported bugs fixed.

Bug fixes:
The column with check boxes in the tracks list in Plug & Play were not always aligned with the corresponding tracks
The first time you used a file dialog to open a file, the selected folder was wrong (since 2.0.2.3)
The first track of a MIDI file mostly contains important META EVENTS like Tempo. These were not applied of the track was muted
Search and Replace on the MIDI Events page did not handle Pitch Wheel events correctly
In Pianoroll, “Edit track”, there is a box called “Change time (position) of events“. This function had a flaw which has been fixed. See below for a new feature in relation to this
If you made the Pianoroll page into a floating window while playing, the playback cursor lost phase
Gravis Ultrasound patches did not play.
New features:
Some VST instruments (like KONTAKT) may require a lot of time (even up to 60 seconds) to load all the samples after a program change. Normally SynthFont2 will load the program stored in the Arrangement each time the Arrangement is loaded, which makes playing a batch of Arrangements in a play list impossible as the first up to 60 seconds of the song might be silent. There is a switch by which you can tell SynthFont2 to load the program data only from the first Arrangement. You find this in the editor Window for the VST (in menu “Arrangement ...”). NOTE: this is NOT an Arrangement feature but is valid for use of that particular VST in ANY Arrangement.
The main toolbar buttons can now be set to resize horizontally as the width of the window is changed. See main menu View to control this behaviour.
Version 2.0.2.4 introduced a vertical scrollbar for the main window. You can now decided if you want to have it or not. See main menu View to control this behaviour.
In Pianoroll, “Edit track” (“Change time (position) of events“): As the region you are moving events into may already contain other events (“old”). You must now decide what to do with these old events and the new incoming events: Merge old and new or Replace old with new (old are thus deleted)
In Pianoroll, “Edit track”, there is a button for saving the settings and another one for loading
When playback is stopped the playback cursor now remains at the position where it was (does not return to the start)

TS-AudioToMIDI , WIDI Recognition System

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Bug fixes:
- Fixed some User Interface related bugs introduced in version 1.720 (when moved to a newer development environment)
- Most reported bugs fixed.

Bug fixes:
Scroll to event while playing” in page Midi events did not work
When a Color Style was selected, the program would never start up maximized
When using the file open dialogue to assign a SoundFont to a track, the Presets list to the right in the dialogue did not show the Bank:Preset used in the track but defaulted to 000:000-Grand Piano, which was then chosen for the track instead of the correct one.
Notes of zero length in the MIDI file were discarded (not shown, not played)
Since version 2.0.2.0 you have not bee able to use Copy and Paste from the context sensitive menu for files in the file explorer window in “Files / Folders”
The main window's horizontal scrollbar was not visible when a Color Style was used
After using the Live Input mode, SynthFont2 (since 2.0.2.0) did not release the MIDI in port so you could not initiate a new session without exiting
Pianoroll:
The program would crash when erasing notes in the Pianoroll
Having “When playing, scroll to:” set to “Nothing” had the effect that there was no playback cursor visible in any window
Deleting a marker in the list of markers did not work as expected
The markers in the list of markers would some times have the wrong track colors
Dragging the region box in the mini Pianoroll below the large Pianoroll to the end did not take you to the complete end of the song
Making the Pianoroll window horizontally larger when scrolled at the end would cause the box in the mini Pianoroll to become temporarily stiff
Zooming horizontally using “Horiz. Zoom (pixels/quarter)” might cause abnormal behavior
New features:
If you have multiple VST instruments, and a PC with multiple CPU cores, you can now process the VST instruments in parallel for increased speed . See “Setup and Options”, page “Options 2”
The three main pages “Files / Folders”, “Pianoroll” and “Midi events” can now be lifted out and shown as floating windows
If you delete a track from a MIDI file (or add a track) with an arrangement, the arrangement ought to be saved when the MIDI file is saved or soon after. A warning message is issued.
You can now choose to reopen a MIDI having an arrangement so that the arrangement is not opened at the same time. See item in main menu “File”
The main window is now equipped with both horizontal and vertical scrollbars to make it easier to use the program on screens with low resolution

User interface:
This version has been converted from the outdated Delphi XE development environment to the newer Delphi XE7 - same as used for SynthFont2. This has had a large effect on the GUI, as many GUI components used before were not compatible with XE7. For example, all file open and save dialogs have been replaced by their SynthFont2 counterpart.
Bug fixes:
Most reported bugs fixed

Bug fixes:
Many of these bugs were introduced in version 2.0.2.0
Version 2.0.2.1 introduced a serious bug that might prevent the program from starting
The virtual keyboard kept playing in the background after closing the open SoundFont file dialogue
Moving the region in the mini Pianoroll window by dragging it did not work as expected
Normalize channel files now works
The use of "cut not short" for handling of overlapping notes could cause random noise in notes cut short
In "Midi events" page: changing Pan value (range 0..127) now updates value in range -64-+64 as well
In "Midi events" page: the list did not show the correct key for the META event Key Signature in case of a Minor scale (Note: SynthFont2 does NOT try to determine the key based on the notes in the tune, but only displays the values set in the META event)
Changing the MIDI channel for a track in either the "Midi events" page or in the "Plug & Play" tracks list would not always cause the Events list data to be updated
In "Files / Folders", the files list at the bottom: double-clicking on the "Libraries" item (under Desktop) would cause a jump to My Computer instead (clicking on Libraries in the tree list to the left did work, though)
In "Files / Folders", play preview did not work when clicking on a file in the files list
In "Files / Folders", pressing Enter key or double-clicking on a file in the files list might cause the registered application to open for the file. This is no longer allowed.
All three items above are also valid for the file save and open dialogues. Additionally in the dialogue file list, selecting a folder would display the folder name in the "File name" edit box
MIDI files stored on a network location – and some other MIDI files – might cause the message "The MIDI file cannot be found!"
Creating a new MIDI track by copying events from another track would erroneously assign the same MIDI channel to the new track
Some functions that were supposed to be disabled while playing were still enabled. Using them could cause the program to freeze or crash
Some MIDI files with unfortunate combinations of Time Signature and Tempo changes were not correctly analysed for absolute time of events. This had no impact on the playback speed or sound but the playback range might be inaccurate.
SFZ files have not been correctly imported since version 2.0.2.0. Neither has the note velocity value been used for tracks with SFZ files
Some issues related to handling of VST plugins fixed
New features:
Voice "Cutter" checkbox next to the Voices limit list. Cutter cuts note-off events for which the decay level has fallen below a certain threshold which level depends on the voice count. This is the default behaviour in SynthFont1 and SynthFont2 up to version 2.0.2.0. Use to keep the voice count down.
In Pianoroll, the vertical zoom list has been augmented with items for 4 and 5 pixels

Fixed a bug that would cause an exception when adjusting the right output volume slider during playback

New features:
Reading of MIDI files now somewhat faster. The procedure for analysing Note-on and Note-off events to connect them with each other is faster now
When playing files in a playlist, eternal loops are not enabled.
Bug fixes:
If the Arrangement file contained MIDI data, the data was lost when the Arrangement was saved under a new name (”Save As...”)
When playing to an external MIDI port, pressing Pause, go forward and backward might leave some notes hanging on the device
Introduced in 2.0.1.0: The delete track operation did now work as it should
Introduced in 2.0.1.0: Some VST instruments/effects would not let you interact with the edit controls
Introduced in 2.0.1.0: Some midi files with non-standard System Exclusive messages were not correctly read or saved
Introduced in 2.0.1.0: You could to use an old color scheme, but the selection was not saved
Introduced in 2.0.1.0: Handling of VST instruments and effects in Setup had a number of issues
Additionally, a number of miscellaneous minor bugs were removed.

New features:
Introduced color schemes
A search and replace function on the Events page
Checkboxes in the VU meters page to toggle channel specific Reverb and Equalizer on/off
The volume sliders in the MIXER used to respond in a logarithmic fashion (-24dB to +24dB). This has now been replaced by a linear response (0..16)
In the tracks lost header there is a new button: "Pan". Use it to change the Midi Pan value.
You can now select which sound in a SoundFont should be used for the Metronome ("Other Options")
In SoundBlaster Live!, the initial frequency for the Low Pass Filter is set to 8500 Hz if not defined and if it becomes modified by the Modulation Envelope or the LFO while the note plays. In "Other Options" there is a switch box to toggle this behavior.
Bug fixes:
Killed a number of minor bugs.

More Meta tags for compressed files, for example ISRC
The Meta tag editor could not be accessed from the Save Audio dialog
Support for MIDI Portamento (CC#5 Portamento Time. CC#65 ON/OFF, and CC#84 Portamento Control)
The combined Bank Manager and SoundFont override feature has been completely redesigned. You can now assigned files to user banks in the SynthFont1 manner.
In the Pianoroll, Controllers graph, drawing events that are of boolean nature (ON/OFF) will let SynthFont2 display a dialog to choose ON or OFF.
The Pianoroll is now correctly drawn also with the display in portrait mode
A few minor GUI changes. For example, in the tracks list, the check boxes for muting/playing tracks have been moved to the left into a separate column with a button for more functions
Changing the BPM factor during playback might cause the playback cursor in the Pianoroll to lag behind or run in front of the correct position (at a constant amount)
A function to create new sets of track colors. The button labeled "Color" activates a popup menu with two choices
Some SoundFonts contain multiple copies of one particular instrument in multiple layers. Mostly these are redundant as they have exactly the same parameters. As each of them cause an increase in the number of voices and hence CPU usage, they are now removed. Instead the volume level of the single remaining copy is increased in proportion
Version 2.0.012 could not read some very small MIDI files
You are no longer allowed to play "loop forever" into an audio file
SynthFont2 did not automatically split tracks with events for multiple MIDI channels into multiple tracks
There is a vertical splitter bar between the tracks list and the Mixer to let you increase the size of the mixer scroll bars
In the Pianoroll, there is a splitter above the Controllers frame to let you change the size of the frame. You can also use the context sensitive right mouse button menu to set the frame to predefines heights.
In the Pianoroll, you can hide the lowest frame ("Key Signatures and Melodic Scale") using the small button to the left in the caption bar
Fixed a flaw in the Explorer: the tree did not resize itself. The file list now lists both files and subfolders
Snap to grid” in the Pianoroll did not work as expected
Some other minor bugs fixed.

Bug fixes:
If you wanted to play files in your playlist only and currently had no MIDI file open in SynthFont, you were asked to open one
An exception might occur if the configuration file “SynthFont.ini” was open in a text editor that prevented access to the file
Handling of overlapping notes has been changed to correspond to the methods in SynthFont2
Moving notes up/down (=transpose) in Pianoroll used to move also percussion notes, which probably was not a good idea
Moving notes towards the beginning of the tune (e.g. to remove the initial bars) using “Change time (position) of events” in Pianoroll/Edit track would position notes that would be moved to a negative time at time 0 instead – these notes are now deleted
Some MIDI files were not correctly read
Fixed some other bugs reported by crash reports

This version is only about fixing bugs! Too many to lost here
This version is the first to be developed in the very new Embarcadero Delphi XE6 environmet

Bug fixes:
If you wanted to play files in your playlist only and currently had no MIDI file open in SynthFont, you were asked to open one
An exception might occur if the configuration file “SynthFont.ini” was open in a text editor that prevented access to the file
Handling of overlapping notes has been changed to correspond to the methods in SynthFont2
Moving notes up/down (=transpose) in Pianoroll used to move also percussion notes, which probably was not a good idea
Moving notes towards the beginning of the tune (e.g. to remove the initial bars) using “Change time (position) of events” in Pianoroll/Edit track would position notes that would be moved to a negative time at time 0 instead – these notes are now deleted
Some MIDI files were not correctly read
Fixed some other bugs reported by crash reports

Bug fixes:
Version 2.0.0.7 introduced this bug: looping didn't work with Stop set to “End” in the playback range
Likewise: when playing to a file (write) the file save dialog box was shown only the first time
Likewise: VST effects might remain in memory and show up in the wrong place after being removed from a VST Fx bus
Additionally:
The VST effects/instruments editor window has a new button for changing the name of a program. Additionally, as SynthFont2 has never saved VST program data for global use in the configuration file SynthFont.ini, this version does not read old VST program settings from the file either. Use FXP files to export/share program instead.

Bug fixes:
The “Open Midi or Arrangement” menu did not always list the files in the expected order
An exception might occur if the configuration file “SynthFont.ini” was open in a text editor that prevented access to the file
Running SynthFont2 without a MIDI file (in MIDI Port input mode) would cause Synthfont2 not to read some default configuration settings
Layer tracks would not always have the correct value for VOL displayed in the tracks list
The editor for VST effects and instruments might initially display the wrong program and not the one stored in the Arrangement
Version 2.0.0.6 could be very slow to start up
When assigning a SoundFonts to a tracks with bank > 0 (the default) and the desired bank/preset combination was not found, you would be asked to assign a Preset from the default bank, but not told the reason
Handling of overlapping notes has been slightly changed and some bugs fixed
Playing in loop mode and having chosen “Continue to the end after loop” would not make the playback cursor in the Pianoroll to continue to the end
Moving notes up/down (=transpose) in Pianoroll used to move also percussion notes, which probably was not a good idea
Moving notes towards the beginning of the tune (e.g. to remove the initial bars) using “Change time (position) of events” in Pianoroll/Edit track would position notes that would be moved to a negative time at time 0 instead – these notes are now deleted
Some MIDI files were not correctly read
SynthFont2 would not let you save a MIDI files in Mode 0 (one single track for all channels) using the “Save As...” function
New features:
The “Plug & Play” page has a “splitter” bar above the tracks list which you can drag up to increase the size of the list to see more tracks. Click the splitter bar to toggle maximum/minimum display
Additionally:
The SoundFont file open dialog used to have three radio buttons at the bottom for selecting which MIDI programs to assign the SoundFont to (only pertinent for tracks with multiple program changes). These were confusing at times and have been removed. A dialog box will be displayed instead when required

SynthFont
and other tools for Midi and SoundFontsWhat's is new in SynthFont version 1.711?

Bug fixes:
- In case a percussion kit was not found in the SoundFont or Overrides, a melodic preset was assigned instead
- Fixed some other bugs reported by crash reports.

Bug fixes:
- Since version 1.700 SynthFont would display the nag screen every time you loaded a midi file (if running as unregistered user)
- Since version 1.700 SynthFont would not apply SoundFont Overrides (nor read them from the configuration file)
- Since version 1.701 you could not erase data by drawing a line with the eraser in the Continuous Controller window at the bottom of the Pianoroll
- Since a few versions back, if you assigned a VSTFx bus to a track, the bus was not shown in the tracks list as assigned to all other tracks with the same MIDI channel number (as it actually was in the playback engine)
- Since a few versions back you could not create a new empty midi file
- During playback, if a track was muted when a note on that track was active then the corresponding note-off event would never be processed and the note would hold until playback was stopped
- After externally changing a midi file SynthFont asks to reload the file. If the arrangement contains a track with an audio (wav) file, SynthFont would start recording and overwrite the audio file during playback.
- Fixed some other bugs reported by crash reports.

Other items:
- In the Plug & Play tab: Selecting a track (without holding Shift or Ctrl) and hitting a checkbox on another non-selected track would mute both the selected track and the track the checkbox is on, which might not be what you wanted or expected. Now you must hold Shift or Ctrl down to change multiple tracks.
- When removing "Surplus" events in Midi events tab you can press the new “All” button in the "Remember to save the midi file" Message Box to stop showing this box. The number of events removed will always be shown in the status bar.