• Report the app version and the Sonivox library version
• Build with Qt6 by default (-DUSE_QT5=ON to build with Qt5)
• New CI - GitHub workflow

Changes for v1.5.0

• Added DLS Support thanks to improvements in Sonivox v3.6.12

• Some general fixes

  • fixed guisynth underlinking.
  • fixed program icon in KDE+Wayland.

• Fixed tickets: #3 and #4

  • allow to build with Qt6 without mixing Qt5 libs.
  • errors initializing ALSA, Pulse and Sonivox emit qFatal instead of qCritical.

• Fixed ticket #2

  • icon.png file was installed in the wrong place.
  • added the original SVG icon, and two other icon sizes.

• Linked to the shared sonivox library instead of the static one

In this release the license has been upgraded to GPLv3. The sonivox library sources have been removed from the source tree, and replaced by a git submodule when the external library dependency is not found at configuration time. This is only for git users cloning the project from GitHub, because the released tarballs do not include the submodule.

There is also a new USE_QT option to choose between Qt5 and Qt6 when both major versions are present at configuration time. Qt6 is still experimental, while Qt5 is preferred. Finally, the build system now installs the icon and a desktop file.

Synchronized to Drumstick 2.0.0

There is a new command line option to configure the audio buffer time for both GUI and text programs, in addition to command line options for the text program to change the reverb and chorus types and levels. All options are saved and remembered as defaults the next time the programs are executed again. A new help text documenting the command line options is included, for instance:

$ ./cmdlnsynth -h
Usage: ./cmdlnsynth [options] [files ...]
Command Line MIDI Synthesizer and Player

Options:
  -v, --version               Displays version information.
  -h, --help                  Displays this help.
  -b, --buffer <buffer_time>  Audio buffer time in milliseconds.
  -r, --reverb <reverb_type>  Reverb type (none=-1,presets=0,1,2,3).
  -c, --chorus <chorus_type>  Chorus type (none=-1,presets=0,1,2,3).
  -w, --wet <reverb_wet>      Reverb wet (0..32765).
  -l, --level <chorus_level>  Chorus level (0..32765).

Arguments:
  files                       MIDI Files (.mid;.kar)

This release adds MIDI file player functionality to the existing real time MIDI synthesizer. Users can play MIDI files from either the command line program or the graphic user interface.

First public release