Kenneth Rundt has released updates for SynthFont (v1.120), VSTSynthFont (v1.030) and Viena (v0.620), and also released a new Winamp plugin in_aSyFont v1.0.
SynthFont v1.120
New features:
- ModWheel (CC #1, see bug fixes) now takes its frequency from the SoundFont's VibLFO ('new school') or ModLFO ('old school').
- Improved scrolling of the Pianoroll while playing. Not good, but improved.
- Option to turn off the message that says "This SoundFont contains ROM samples and may not render properly".
- All conversion file formats, MP3, OGG, FLAC, APE and WMA, are now optional. To remove a format you have to remove the supporting library file(s):
- MP3 - lame_enc.dll.
- OGG - one of: ogg.dll, vorbis.dll, vorbisenc.dll or vorbisfile.dll.
- FLAC - flac.exe.
- APE - MACDll.dll.
- WMA - WEnc2.ocx.
User interface:
- Added one more button to the toolbar, "SoundFont File...", as many users did not locate this button (called "File...") in the tracks list header.
- Changed the name of the "1 Files" page to "1 Files & Folders" and the "4 Tracks" page to "4 Plug & Play".
- The "Nag" screen has been changed. For unregistered users the policy is this: The screen is no longer displayed before you have used the program 20 times, after which it will be displayed randomly half of the time; and every time after 50 uses.
- No more warnings for crippled default GM SoundFont when starting up.
- The default focused control in Pianoroll is now the Markers list and not the horizontal zoom.
Bug fixes:
- Pitch Wheel (a "Channel Voice" message) and ModWheel (Continuous Controller #1) were not sounding correctly.
- For some SoundFonts the polyphony voice count would become too high.
- Some other minor bugs.
VSTSynthFont v1.030
New features:
- Vib or Mod LFO frequency now also used for CC Mod Wheel. See the Synth page in Options.
- Option to have 1 output (the normal), 3 outputs (normal + reverb and chorus) or 16 outputs (one for each channel). See the Output page in Options.
- The choice of using the slower but better method called "Perfect Pitch" is now a track feature.
- Some speed improvements achieved.
Bug fixes:
- Buffer overflow when the VST was called rapidly with output buffers smaller than 256 samples.
- Some dynamic memory pointers were not freed.
Viena v0.620
New features:
- Use Shift+Left/Right to move quickly to the next/previous cell when editing splits in the table directly.
Bug fixes:
- Fixed some bugs reported by Eurekalog.
in_aSyfon
If you have Winamp 5 installed and want to use it to play MIDI files you can install in_aSyFon (a Dynamic Link Library) in Winamp's"plugin" folder. It will take preference over Winamp's own plugin, in_MIDI.
