[ANN] Konfyt Digital Keyboard Workstation v1.3.0

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[ANN] Konfyt Digital Keyboard Workstation v1.3.0

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Konfyt 1.3.0 has been released!

Konfyt is a digital keyboard workstation for Linux which allows you to set up patches, each with multiple layers, and instantly switch between these patches for live keyboard playing. Patches may consist of multiple layers of soundfonts (.sf2), SFZ instruments, audio input ports and MIDI output ports. Konfyt features a library for quick access to soundfont programs and SFZs.


Changelog:

Added

  • External apps editor and autostart and auto-restart options per external app.
    Status display of external apps is also improved.
  • Confirmation prompt when quitting Konfyt.

Changes

  • Automatically load all patches and activate the first patch when loading a
    project.
  • Allow multiple of the same MIDI-out and audio-in port layers per patch.
  • When adding a new patch, switch to the newly added patch.
  • Increase number of patch triggers from 8 to 16.
  • Improve loading of all patches by simply loading patches in engine and not
    switching to each patch in order to trigger a load.
  • Patch list is now resizable.

Fixes

  • Add "exponential" back-off to LSCP (Linuxsampler) connection check timer to
    reduce GUI freezes when running Konfyt when the JACK server is not available.
  • Improve internal ringbuffer class.

Removed

  • Load all patches button (as patches are now all automatically loaded when the
    project is loaded).

NOTE: There is a change in the project file, and in the global settings file format.

Konfyt 1.3.0 will still load project and settings of previous versions, and will add the new items when saved.

Project and settings files created with version 1.3.0 are still loadable by previous versions of Konfyt, however when saving them with a previous version, any new 1.3.0 specific items will be lost.

A project file created with Konfyt version 1.3.0 has a new way of saving external apps and adds auto-start and auto-restart options. Version 1.3.0 will load previous external app lists correctly and when saving, will write the new options, as well as a backwards compatible list for previous versions. Thus, previous versions of Konfyt will still load the external apps list of a version 1.3.0 project file. When saving a version 1.3.0 project file with a previous version of Konfyt, the new options will be lost.

A settings file created with Konfyt version 1.3.0 adds the option to show a confirmation dialog when quitting Konfyt. This option is set by default. Previous versions of Konfyt will still load a version 1.3.0 settings file but will ignore this option.


The source code and precompiled binaries (under Releases) are available on Github:
https://github.com/noedigcode/konfyt

Documentation can be found at Read the Docs:
https://konfyt.readthedocs.io/

Some more info, links to videos and news are available on the Konfyt website:
http://www.noedig.co.za/konfyt/

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