SynthFont v0.9.8 released

SynthFont has been updated to v0.9.8 which also includes Viena, a Vienna SoundFont editor clone.

Bug fixes:

• Crash when opening a MIDI file without an arrangement file.
• SoundFont presets with long names were not accessible.
• Muting/un-muting while playing was temporarily unavailable.
• Miscellaneous minor bugs.

New features:

• New track type: audio track. An audio track has NO MIDI data, and only references an external audio file (WAV). It plays the file from the beginning when you start playback of the MIDI file. You can also record any sound source into an audio track.
• You can add tracks: New MIDI tracks or new audio tracks.
• The Viena SoundFont editor - not only a Vienna clone, but something more. This is the first implementation and has not been thoroughly tested.
• The Mixer Pan feature has been changed. Instead of using a factor (X) to multiply the MIDI pan/position message, the factor X is added to the message value.
• A floating "Play controls" window is visible while playing when viewing other panes than the Tracks pane.
• Added "move up" and "move down" buttons in the VST Effects list, so as to organize the plug-ins chain order.
• Assigning a VST instrument or a VST effect bus will now work on all selected channels.
• New short-cuts: use <Ctrl-S> to save the arrangement file using the default name and <Ctrl-Alt-S> for Save As… You can now close VST effects windows also with <ESC> (not only Alt-F4).
• New toolbar in the Tracks pane.