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New Yoshimi

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V 1.5.1 - Jenny Wren
Small and not especially pretty, but brightens up the Spring with sweet song.

HIGHLIGHTS

MIDI-learn has been extended so that you can now learn:
Aftertouch
The pitch wheel (14 bit resolution)
NRPNs (also 14 bit).
There is a 'Settings' option to always open the editing window on a sucessful 'learn'.

Main volume now has interpolation so there is no zipper noise, and part volume and pan have better interpolation for the same reason.

LFO frequency and depth are now fully dynamic.

A number of actions are now 'soft' in that a fast fade is performed, then the synth is disabled, the action takes place, and the synth is re-enabled.

The 'Solo' feature now ignores a value of zero if it is in 'Loop' mode. This means you can use a simple on/off switch control to step through the parts only when it gets the 'on' value.

More tooltips give real values on hovering. Some also give small graphic representations.

We have a new splash screen, which also doesn't block anymore. There is now also a 'Util' directory which has the tools, instructions and examples to enable you to create a personalised splash.

To build yoshimi fetch the tarball from:
https://github.com/Yoshimi/yoshimi

Our user list archive is at:
https://www.freelists.org/archive/yoshimi
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Re: New Yoshimi - update

Post by folderol »

A little detail I didn't mention in the release notes is that Portamento on/off in the main window is now MIDI-learnable, and so is Portamento Time in the Controllers window.

The reason for not mentioning these is that they were a late entry, and I wasn't entirely sure they were useful/practical.

Well, having heard someone using them (very creatively I thought) and then having a bit of a play myself, I've come to the conclusion that there are lots of interesting possibilites, so they can be regarded as a permanent feature now :)

Also, if you enable Portamento manually, you only really need to learn Portamento Time itself, as a value of zero effectively switches it off - although there will still be some processing overhead.
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