Polyphontics 1.8.4 - Changelog

What's new in Polyphontics 1.8.4:

January 9th, 2012

· Added support for Mac OS X 10.7 Lion.

What's new in Polyphontics 1.8.3:

September 16th, 2011

· Added support for Mac OS X 10.7 Lion.

What's new in Polyphontics 1.8.2:

August 16th, 2011

· Added support for Mac OS X 10.7 Lion.

What's new in Polyphontics 1.8.1:

August 10th, 2011

· Added support for Mac OS X 10.6.8 and newer.
· Fixed issues with SoundFont sample import.
· [NEW] The Build Dialog "Target" popup menu has several new options that help direct your sound bank builds to an appropriate destination.

What's new in Polyphontics 1.8.0:

October 8th, 2010

· Added DLS Level 1 support for use with iPad, iPhone, and iPod Touch (requires an FMOD license). Note: sample settings in DLS1 banks apply only to the first sample in an instrument, except for drum kits where settings are permitted apply to every region/sample in a drum kit.
· Added arrow keystrokes for opening disclosure triangles in the Instruments list.
· Added Help Tags for library buttons.
· Added contextual menu support to the Document Editor.
· Build settings are now saved to PolyPhontics documents instead of globally as in the past.
· The PolyPhontics Library folder now resides in the user's ApplicationSupport folder.
· Added a setting to the Build Window that closes the window automatically after performing a build.
· Added a Recent Items menu.
· Added a proper proxy icon and popup menu to the document titlebar
· Fixed copyright dates for reports.
· Fixed an issue where editing an instrument wouldn't mark the document as dirty.
· Fixed an issue where opening the sample editor erroneously marked the document as dirty even when no changes had been made.
· Addressed an issue where a document might be marked as dirty, but PolyPhontics didn't ask the user to save on close.
· Fixed 256x256 icon issues.
· Improved handling of string encodings for instrument names and data in the Build window.
· Updated error alert window for orphaned samples.
· Fixed an issue where importing a MIDI file into the library (or any other unsupported file type) could cause a crash.
· Fixed issues with looping in DLS Level 2 output.
· Fixed various issues with the loop fields and arrows in the Sample Editor.
· Fixed an issue where PolyPhontics could crash when trying to replace an existing sound bank that was busy in another application.
· Changed exclusive class to 0-15 min/max to better accomodate the DLS Level 1 spec.
· Fixed issues with extracting samples from DLS banks that previously caused a crash (like Apple's built-in gs_instruments.dls bank).
· Fixed line endings in email bug reports.
· Fixed an issue in the Build window where a document might be marked dirty without having made any changes.

What's new in Polyphontics 1.7.3:

March 23rd, 2010

· Improved loop point support for imported WAVE and AIFF samples, better support for importing stereo samples, enhanced sample import functions, mousewheel support, and more.

What's new in Polyphontics 1.7.2:

November 21st, 2009

· Improved Snow Leopard compatibility and the return of Tiger compatibility.
· Interface improvements.

What's new in Polyphontics 1.7.1:

September 7th, 2009

· Snow Leopard compatibility.
· Exclusive Class feature in the Sample Editor.

What's new in Polyphontics 1.7:

February 23rd, 2009

· Leopard compatibility and a new icon.
· Automated sample import speeds up the creation process.
· Automated Drum Assignment helps simplify General MIDI drum set creation.
· Improved parameter editing in the Document, Instrument, and Sample editors.
· New multiple-sample editing functions.
· Enhanced MIDI support in the Sample and Instrument editors.
· New Instrument Editor.
· Simplified menus.
· Universal Binary for PPC and Intel Macs
· Numerous bug fixes and other improvements.