Hi all,

I've put up a new version of blue at:

http://www.csounds.com/stevenyi/blue

Besides some bug fixes, the highlight of this release are:

-SoundFont viewer - runs csound with sfplist and sfilist to view what
instruments and presets are within the soundfont (helpful for
sfload/sfplay opcodes, Gogins' FluidsynthOpcode, and my fluidOpcodes)

-blueShare - added tab for managing instruments (currently just
removing), blueShare users are now able to upload and remove instruments
as well as browse and download instruments from the repository 

-installer - Java-based installer using IzPack (www.izforge.com).  If
you can not just double-click the installer jar file to run, use:

java -jar blue_0.93.0_installer.jar

to run the installer.  This installer will automatically prepare the
BLUE_HOME variable in starter scripts as well create starter scripts
that don't require environment memory to raised (windows 95/98/ME).  

-SoundObject Freezing - free up cpu cycles by pre-rendering soundObjects
to wav files!  If your project involves large amounts of processing,
instead of having to recompile the entire piece for every change, why
not just compile the parts that are new?  This has been implemented in a
way that allows your frozen files to be moved around with your project
file, so you can move your projects around from computer to computer and
still have frozen files rendering correctly. (From my own work, it
currently takes about 8 minutes to render a 2.5 minute section; when
freezing all soundObjects except the new ones I'm adding, I've dropped a
render of the complete piece down to less than 1.5 minutes). (View
in-program documentation for more information on how this all works.)


There's been a lot of changes in blue since last release, both in
features and internal structure.  Any emails regarding found bugs or
suggestions are as usual greatly appreciated.  

Thanks,
steven




>Notes for 0.93.0<
[released 2003.12.08]

blue

    [new] - SoundObject Freezing - prerender SoundObjects out to wav
files to 
            free up processing power

    [new] - blueX7 - added csound postCode area for editing output
options in 
            csound orc language, allows user to apply filters, change
output to 
            mono, stereo, zak, etc.

    [new] - moved release building targets to build.xml from private ant
script,
            added IzPack (http://www.izforge.com) installer.xml file to
build
            GUI installer programs

    [new] - soundFont viewer dialog added to view instruments and
presets for
            a soundfont; requires csound to be in the users PATH, uses
sfilist
            and sfplist opcodes in csound to list what's available in
soundfont

    [updated] - blueShare
    
                - loading message when hitting server on import pane
                - managment tab added for removing instruments user has 
                  submitted         

    [updated] - when editing soundObjects in blueLive dialog, green
border now
            shows what soundObject is currently being edited

    [updated] - filled in documentation for "quick time dialog" and
"snap" in 
            the user manual entry for score timeline

    [updated] - changed BlueTheme 
                - 5 pixel splitPane dividers, color
                - swapped colors on splitePane viewPort borders

    [updated/fix] - blue now calls csound from the directory the project
file is
            located in (so all relative files used in the project work 
            correctly)          

    [fix] - "save file" and "file library" dialogs should now default
correctly
            to the work directory set in user preferences
            
    [fix] - audioFile did not swap "\" with "/" as is required for
windows
            file names 
            
    [fix] - audioFile would give error if no soundFile selected, changed
to 
            only show alert if a selected file no longer is openable
(moved, 
            deleted, etc.)
            
    [internal] - extracted out blue.gui.FileTree from SoundFileManager
as a 
            reusable component

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