[VC] NEWS: VC 0.54 RC1 Released

[Aaron O. <aa...@ha...>]

Hey nobody,

Another flurry of activity brings a greatly improved VC release. As 
mentioned before, tracks can now be named and cross-programmed. This 
did require various changes to the .wtm file format, but allowed for 
numerous other minor fixes and updates to be made.

Please be aware that this will prevent you from loading all WTM files 
made to date. If anyone really complains I might consider writing the 
code to load old files.

On the bugs front, I've fixed operation of the note-off key. My 
apologies to Syntarn who reported the bug ages ago.

Y'all'll also be pleased to know that I've fixed the main window 
losing focus or disappearing. It was an annoying thing even during 
debugging, and basically came down to some Gtk# wierdness and some 
messy coding on my part.

Also, I fixed the erroneous 'Unknown Command' messages, a crash 
loading envelopes with extra points, and funkiness with envelopes and 
adding points in the envelope editor.

This release involved a pretty major overhaul of some areas, so I 
expect a few bugs to surface. Having sorted this out allows me to now 
move forward with development of VC's features as an actual composer, 
ie machines, sample types, editing tools and so on. There are plenty 
of areas in VC that still need work, but for the immediate future the 
progress will become more feature oriented, and targeted at 
demonstrating VC's ability to do more than other similar programs.

St8uned,

Aaron.
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Aaron Oxford   -   aaron+hardwarehookups .com .au
Director, Innovative Computer Solutions (Aust) Pty. Ltd.
49 Maitland Rd, Mayfield, NSW 2304 Australia
http://www.ic-solutions.com.au
Developer, SourceForge project VioLet Composer
http://sourceforge.net/projects/buzz-like