| Version | Date | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| 2.8.0 | 04-Dec-2008 | Improvements in the handling of volume changes for Repetition Groups, including introduction of new field 'Cumulative volume'. Installer/Uninstaller improvements. |
| 2.7.0 | 17-Sep-2008 | Tooltips for boxes in Edit view have been introduced. Finder and system info dialogs now remember their size and location on screen. 'Default use MIDI pitch numbers' configuration check box now defaults to checked, ie MIDI pitch numbers is now the default scheme. 'Show' check boxes on finder dialogs now default to checked. Fixed bug in scrollbar activation for Sequence and Sound properties, that could result in the bottom property 'Keep intermediate file' being awkward to access. |
| 2.6.0 | 22-Aug-2008 | This version uses double precision numbers in the database throughout, requiring a database upgrade script to be run if upgrading from a prior version. Selection of sequence boxes, chord group boxes etc is now done with a single mouse button press. A bug which caused graph, harmonic and other dialogs to go into the background on pressing the Save button has been fixed. |
| 2.5.1 | 19-May-2008 | This version fixes a bug introduced in 2.5.0, whereby attempting to display graphs, harmonics and other non-text entities in a finder dialog resulted in the dialog 'hanging'. A problem with the installer build, which resulted in the installer being significantly larger than it should, has also been fixed. |
| 2.5.0 | 10-May-2008 | This version implements pitch views using a fast fourier transform algorithm, and amplitude views using root mean square calculations. Track zero channel limits are now possible. The 'simple reps' function now allows volume adjustments, leading to reverb/echo effects on sounds. Also in this version are new menu functions for opening/listing tracks, and getting Kangas Sound Editor help on the web. |
| 2.4.1 | 21-Sep-2007 | This version fixes a bug with computations involving the 'Raw sound file start ofs' field of Recorded Sound boxes, which previously produced correct results only with integer values of this field. |
| 2.4.0 | 29-Aug-2007 | This version introduces optional channel limits (for a distortion effect), a function that allows the sound files of a composition to be exported, improvements in the behaviour of the progress dialogs, improvements in the rendering of grids, a increase in the maximum number of decimal places captured for numeric property values from 3 to 6, and computation of tracks now computes all sequence boxes, not just the ones currently in the scrollable edit view. |
| 2.3.1 | 12-Aug-2007 | This version fixes bugs in the new functionality (Wave and Channel views) introduced in the previous version (2.3.0). |
| 2.3.0 | 10-Aug-2007 | This version implements the Wave and Channel views. Two user-configurable items have been added: Default view height in pixels, and maximum number of tracks. A bug in the handling of views when collapsing/re-opening tree nodes has been fixed. Additional languages (French, German, Italian and Japanese) have been added to the installation program (although the Kangas Sound Editor itself is only in English). |
| 2.2.1 (Windows only) |
03-Jul-2007 | This version's installer comes in the form of a Windows executable, that makes installation on Windows platforms easier. In particular, Java 6 (a prerequisite) is searched for, and installation on Windows Vista is easier (the software needs to be installed by an administrator for all users, which is more straight-forward from an executable). |
| 2.2.1 | 17-May-2007 | This version fixes a bug whereby the 'Keep intermediate file' flag of track properties could not be un-set. This version also uses the latest version of the izPack installer (3.10.2) |
| 2.2.0 | 03-Apr-2007 | This version adds allows MIDI pitch numbers to be used for the start pitches. |
| 2.1.1 | 27-Mar-2007 | This version fixes some bugs in the save (to database) mechanism for tracks and sequences. In particular, the track table now has a unique index on <composition_id><track_no> to prevent duplicates on this key, and the mechanism for detecting whether a sequence needs to be saved or not takes into account edits of the sequence description, and computation of sound files (the names of computed sound files are stored in the sequence and its children). A duplicate track in the 'Guitar chords' sample composition data (disallowed by the new unique index on track) has been removed. The program also displays a message if a sound file cannot be found, rather than attempting to play it. |
| 2.1.0 | 23-Mar-2007 | This version adds a free-format description field to sequence boxes. The sample composition data has had some descriptions added, hence the 2.1.0 database setup script. |
| 2.0.1 | 16-Mar-2007 | This version fixes a bug in the delete composition function. Some sample compositions have been provided in the 2.0.1 database setup script, which is otherwise identical to the 2.0.0 database setup script. |
| 2.0.0 | 14-Mar-2007 | This version allows your work to be saved for use in multiple sessions. It does this by the introduction of compositions, which can be saved and later retrieved. This version also allows database user and password to be configured. |
| 1.3.0 | 20-Feb-2007 | This version has an enhancement that allows existing .WAV files, possibly containing recorded sound, to be mixed with the generated sound. |
| 1.2.0 | 13-Feb-2007 | This version has enhancements that allow fast computation through the mechanisms of intermediate files and 'Compute kwik', and 'Simple reps' on repetition groups. Single and multitrack stereo is also implemented in this version. |
| 1.1.1 | 30-Jan-2007 | This version fixes bug in the toolbar, where buttons were not shown correctly in the Windows look-and-feel. |
| 1.1.0 | 26-Jan-2007 | This version has extensions for repetition groups, allowing control of child intervals and durations using graphs, and chord groups, allowing independant control over child intervals (other than the intervals of the chord group itself). There are also enhancements for better control of volume, allowing plus (now the default) as well as the previous multiply to be set on intervals, and also allowing a multiply volume factor to be set on sequence boxes. There are also bug fixes to the last offset figure of the Duration dialog, and to integer multi-segment graphs. |
| 1.0.4 | 12-Dec-2006 | This version compatible with Java 6. Added check for when 'Play' button is pressed, and no sound has yet been computed. |
| 1.0.3 | 14-Nov-2006 | This version compatible with Java 6 Release Candidate |
| 1.0.2 | 02-Sep-2006 | This version fixes a bug 'Graph not found' that occurred when a Variation had a graph enabled flag set, but no corresponding graph. |
| 1.0.1 | 23-Jul-2006 | This version compatible with Java 6 Beta 2 |
| 1.0.0 | 17-Jul-2006 | Initial version. Compatible with Java 6 Beta 1 |