The big thing is the common efffects UI. Right now Ladspa and VST
have been converted to use it and Audiounits will be next. It makes
everything nice and consistent while reducing the clutter in the
dialog.
Other goodies are:
Ladspa effects now show output controls when supplied by the effect
Ladspa effects now work fine as Analyze type effects
Ladspa now has user presets
VST effects dialog is now less cluttered...leaving more room for the effect
Ladspa and VST effects now share a common UI
Ladspa and VST effects are now usable in chains
Ladspa and VST effects now handle user presets the same way
Currently active effects settings automatically saved and reloaded
Can now do numeric range checking on input fields.
And, as always, plenty of critter squashing.
Correct string formatting for:
2/15 %d + enum => %d + int
3/15 %lld + int64_t => %lld + long long
4/15 %d + int64_t => %lld + long long
5/15 %d + double => %f + double
6/15 %d + int32_t => %d + int
7/15 %d + intptr_t => %p + void*
8/15 gint, guint
9/15 %d + long => %ld + long
10/15 %n + int => %d + int
11/15 %x + int => %x + unsigned int
12/15 %f + int => %d + int
13/15 %S + wxChar* => %s + wxChar*
14/15 %d + size_t => %d + int
15/15 %d + size_t => %lld + long long
"The functions wxString::Format, wxString::Printf (and others indirectly) have become stricter about parameter types that don't match (format specifier vs. function parameters). So the bugs (that were already present in audacity before) become visible in wx3.0 as error message dialogs. I've checked all occurrences of Printf, wxPrintf, PrintfV, Format, FormatV, wxLogDebug and wxLogError systematically and made the type match."
Note (9/15): In TrackPanel.cpp, ExportMP2.cpp and CompareAudioCommand.cpp this patch supersedes related change done in r13466 because the new solution requires fewer casts and therefore simplifies the code.
Note: Many .po files are affected, and we need to be very careful about this. Incorrect "%d" and similar in translation files may lead to crashes in those languages (only). This is something we should actually have been more careful about in the past. We need to write a script to check that the "%d" and similar format specifiers match between English and translation.
In r13510 I had neglected to build with all local libraries and some of
them needed attention.
So, I also took the opportunity to work out the locale directory and
how to keep it unmolested as well. As a result, all locales are rebuilt
as expected, but into the "build" directory.
As a bonus you may now test Audacity from the "build" directory and have
Nyquist plugins and message catalogs available (so you can test other
languages again without havint to install).
So, again:
mkdir buildme
cd buildme
../configure
make
./audacity
I've made it where you can enable and disable via experimentals:
EXPERIMENTAL_REALTIME_EFFECTS
EXPERIMENTAL_EFFECTS_RACK
You will notice that, as of now, the only effects currently set up for
realtime are VSTs. Now that this is in, I will start converting the
rest.
As I start to convert the effects, the astute of you may notice that
they no longer directly access tracks or any "internal" Audacity
objects. This isolates the effects from changes in Audacity and makes
it much easier to add new ones.
Anyway, all 3 platforms can now display VST effects in graphical mode.
Yes, that means Linux too. There are quite a few VSTs for Linux if
you search for them.
The so-called "rack" definitely needs some discussion, work, and attention
from someone much better at graphics than me. I'm not really sure it should
stay in as-is. I'd originally planned for it to be simply a utility window
where you can store your (preconfigured) favorite effects. It should probably
revert back to that idea.
You may notice that this DOES include the API work I did. The realtime effects
were too tied to it and I didn't want to redo the whole thing. As I mentioned
elsewhere, the API stuff may or may not be very future proof.
So, let the critter complaints commence. I absolute KNOW there will be some.
(I know I'll be hearing from the Linux peeps pretty darn quickly. ;-))
