Bananenbrot

[felixroos]

These are the release notes for Strudel 0.9.0 aka "Bananenbrot"!

The last release was over 11 weeks ago, so a lot of things have happened!

Let me write up some of the highlights:

Improved Synth Engine

The synth engine has gotten a lot of love + a name: superdough encapsulates the web audio based synth / sampler / fx engine into a reusable package, which is already used by Topos.
Main new features include:

• filter envelopes
• FM Synthesis
• looping samples, allowing wavetable synthesis
• vibrato
• an integration of ZZFX

strudel-envelopes.mov

Related PRs:

• superdough: encapsulates web audio output by @felixroos in superdough: encapsulates web audio output #664
• basic fm by @felixroos in basic fm #669
• Wave Selection and Global Envelope on the FM Synth Modulator by @Bubobubobubobubo in Wave Selection and Global Envelope on the FM Synth Modulator #683
• control osc partial count with n by @felixroos in control osc partial count with n #674
• ZZFX Synth support by @Bubobubobubobubo in ZZFX Synth support #684
• Adding filter envelopes and filter order selection by @Bubobubobubobubo in Adding filter envelopes and filter order selection #692
• Adding loop points and thus wavetable synthesis by @Bubobubobubobubo in Adding loop points and thus wavetable synthesis #698
• Adding vibrato to base oscillators by @Bubobubobubobubo in Adding vibrato to base oscillators #693

Desktop App Improvements

Thanks to @daslyfe and @vasilymilovidov , the desktop app now has its own rust based MIDI and OSC integrations,
which do not depend on browser APIs!

You can see superdough, superdirt via OSC + hardware synths via MIDI all together playing in harmony in this awesome video. These are the related PRs:

• Create Midi Integration for Tauri Desktop app by @daslyfe in Create Midi Integration for Tauri Desktop app #685
• add sleep timer + improve message iterating by @daslyfe in add sleep timer + improve message iterating #688
• fix MIDI CC messages by @vasilymilovidov in fix MIDI CC messages #690
• Direct OSC Support in Tauri by @daslyfe in Direct OSC Support in Tauri #694
• Add logging from tauri by @daslyfe in Add logging from tauri #697
• fix osc bundle timestamp glitches caused by drifting clock by @daslyfe in fix osc bundle timestamp glitches caused by drifting clock #666
• Midi time fixes by @daslyfe in Midi time fixes #668
• [Bug Fix] Account for numeral notation when converting to midi by @daslyfe in [Bug Fix] Account for numeral notation when converting to midi #656
• [Bug Fix] Midi: Don't treat note 0 as false by @daslyfe in [Bug Fix] Midi: Don't treat note 0 as false #657

Visuals

• 2 new FFT based vizualisations have now landed: scope and fscope (featured in the video at the top).
• pianoroll has new options, see PR

Related PRs:

• Scope by @felixroos in Scope #677 (demo)
• Pianoroll improvements by @felixroos in Pianoroll improvements #679 (demo)

Voicings

There is now a new way to play chord voicings + a huge selection of chord voicings available. Find out more in these PRs:

• stateless voicings + tonleiter lib by @felixroos in stateless voicings + tonleiter lib #647 (demo)
• ireal voicings by @felixroos in ireal voicings #653 (demo)

Adaptive Highlighting

Thanks to @mindofmatthew , the highlighting will adapt to edits instantly! Related PRs:

• More work on highlight IDs by @mindofmatthew in More work on highlight IDs #636
• Adaptive Highlighting by @felixroos in Adaptive Highlighting #634

UI Changes

• teletext theme + fonts by @felixroos in teletext theme + fonts #681 (featured in video at the top)
• togglable panel position by @felixroos in togglable panel position #667

Other New Features

• slice: list mode by @felixroos in slice: list mode #645 (demo)
• add emoji support by @felixroos in add emoji support #680 (demo)

Articles

• Understand pitch by @felixroos in Understand pitch #652

Other Fixes & Enhancements

• fix: out of range error by @felixroos in fix: out of range error #630
• fix: update canvas size on window resize by @felixroos in fix: update canvas size on window resize #631
• FIXES: TODO in rotateChroma by @bwagner in FIXES: TODO in rotateChroma #650
• snapshot tests: sort haps by part by @felixroos in snapshot tests: sort haps by part #637
• Delete old packages by @felixroos in Delete old packages #639
• update vitest by @felixroos in update vitest #651
• fix: welcome message for latestCode by @felixroos in fix: welcome message for latestCode #659
• fix: always run previous trigger by @felixroos in fix: always run previous trigger #660

New Contributors

• @daslyfe made their first contribution in [Bug Fix] Account for numeral notation when converting to midi #656
• @Bubobubobubobubo made their first contribution in Wave Selection and Global Envelope on the FM Synth Modulator #683

Full Changelog: v0.8.0...v0.9.0

A big thanks to all the contributors!

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This discussion was created from the release Bananenbrot.