From 0a6523c4d0ce3f1378c4ccf6c4af731deb1c1a2a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Robin E. R. Davies" Date: Sat, 6 Sep 2025 23:39:14 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] 1.5.90 Release Notes --- docs/ReleaseNotes.md | 90 ++++++++++++++++++++++---------------------- 1 file changed, 46 insertions(+), 44 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/ReleaseNotes.md b/docs/ReleaseNotes.md index a52d6df..6897a8d 100644 --- a/docs/ReleaseNotes.md +++ b/docs/ReleaseNotes.md @@ -1,83 +1,85 @@ # Release Notes -## PiPedal 1.5.90 Beta Release Candidate +## PiPedal 1.5.90 Beta (Release Candidate) -Theme for this release: major improvments to plugins. +#### Themes for this release -The behaviour of number of existing plugins has changed. While every effort has been made to prevent breaking -changes, it is possible that the beaviour of some existing presets may have changed. Please see the Notes section -for details. +- Major improvements to TooB plugins; new plugins, new features. -Major Features: +- Default presets have been redesigned to make use of new and improved plugins. If upgrading, you will + see the new presets in a new "Factory Presets" bank. +- Support for Ubuntu 25.04 (am64 and aarch64). -- Improvements to the default presets. Default presets have been completely redesigned to make use of - plugins that have been added since the initial release of PiPedal, and to provide really great presets out of the box. +#### Major Features -- A new Factory Presets bank as been added. The Factory Presets bank containing the initial set of presets that you - would find in the "Default Bank" after a fresh install. If you are upgrading, the "Default Bank" presets will not - be modified; but you will find a new bank named "Factory Presets", which contain the current set of default presets. You - should not modify these presets, as they may be overwritten or added to by future upgrades. Instead, copy presets from the Factory Presets - bank into your "Default Bank", or whichever bank you are currently using for personal use. +- TooB Neural Amp Modeler: Input and output calibration. -- TooB Neural Amp Modeler: input and output Calibration. - -- TooB Convolution Reverb: Predelay, Stretch and Decay controls allow adjustments of impulse/response characteristics. +- TooB Convolution Reverb: Predelay, Stretch and Decay controls allow adjustments of impulse response characteristics. - TooB Convolution Reverb, Freeverb: New "Tails" control, which allows reverb tails to continue after bypassing the effect. - TooB Parametric EQ: New plugin providing a 4-band parametric EQ. A musically useful Parametric EQ that's suitable both for - shaping guitar tone before amp models, or for shaping overall sound at the end of plugin chains. This should become your - go-to EQ plugin when using PiPedal. + shaping guitar tone before amp models, or for shaping overall sound at the end of plugin chains. This should become your + go-to EQ plugin when using PiPedal. - TooB 3 Band EQ: New plugin providing a simple 3-band EQ. (Replicates the EQ stage on Steve Atkinson's Windows and Mac-based - Neural Amp Modeler plugin). + Neural Amp Modeler plugin). -- TooB CE-2 Chorus, TooB BF-2 Flanger: TooB Phaser: New "Wet/Dry" controls. +- TooB CE-2 Chorus, TooB BF-2 Flanger, TooB Phaser: New "Wet/Dry" controls. - Noise Gates threshold ranges have been increased in TooB NAM, TooB Input and TooB Noise Gate plugins. -- Support for Ubuntu 25.04. Compatibility fixes for Ubuntu 25.04 may also make it easier to build PiPedal on - other Debian-based Linux distros. +- Improvements to the default presets. Default presets have been completely redesigned to make use of + plugins that have been added since the initial release of PiPedal, and to provide really great presets out of the box. + +- A new Factory Presets bank has been added. The Factory Presets bank contains the initial set of presets that you + would find in the "Default Bank" after a fresh install. If you are upgrading, the "Default Bank" presets will not + be modified; but you will find a new bank named "Factory Presets", which contains the current set of default presets. You + should not modify these presets, as they may be overwritten or added to by future upgrades. Instead, copy presets from the Factory Presets + bank into your "Default Bank", or whichever bank you are currently using for personal use. + +- Support for Ubuntu 25.04. Compatibility fixes for Ubuntu 25.04 may also make it easier to build PiPedal on + other Debian-based Linux distros. + +#### Minor Features/Bug Fixes + +- Correct missing '-' key on Samsung keyboards when editing control values. +- Default to dark theme on first use. +- dB values are now displayed on plugin VU output controls. +- Correctly display name of plugin in MIDI bindings dialog. (Thanks to Jiri Popek). +- Auto-focus input control on Rename dialogs. (Thanks to Jiri Popek). +- Display LICENSE files found in upload directories. #### Notes A number of plugins have been modified to provide better functionality going forward. Every effort has been made to prevent breaking changes in existing plugins. If you encounter a breaking change in an existing preset, please report it as a bug. If -you are using presets in live performance, it might be a good idea to check them, before you next use them in live -performance, in order to verify that they have not been inadvertently broken by the upgrade. In particular, CPU use for presets -that are using TooB Convolution Reverb may go up slightly; so if you are using presets that run at or close to maximum CPU use, you should check that they still work after the upgrade. +you are using presets in live performance, it might be a good idea to check them before you next use them in live +performance, in order to verify that they have not been inadvertently broken by the upgrade. In particular, CPU use for presets +that are using TooB Convolution Reverb may go up slightly; so if you are using presets that run at or close to maximum CPU use, you should check that they still work after the upgrade. The EQ section in TooB NAM has been removed. It has become apparent that the existing EQ controls were not entirely fit for purpose. To prevent breaking changes, EQ controls will still show up if you -load an instance of ToB NAM that was saved with a previous version of PiPedal; but when you load . Instead, please consider adding +load an instance of TooB NAM that was saved with a previous version of PiPedal; but when you load new instances, the EQ section will not be present. Instead, please consider adding one of the rich set of old or new TooB EQ plugins before or after TooB NAM instead: - TooB Parametric EQ (recommended). -- TooB GE-7 Graphic Eq. +- TooB GE-7 Graphic EQ. - TooB 3 Band EQ (equivalent to Steve Atkinson's NAM EQ section). - TooB Tone Stack (replicates the old TooB NAM EQ functionality). -Normaization of reverb I/RSs has been significantly improved in order to esnure that newy loaded I/R files +Normalization of reverb IRs has been significantly improved in order to ensure that newly loaded IR files sound reasonable when loaded using default TooB Convolution Reverb control settings. It should now take -significanty less effort to adjust levels on Convolution Reverb I/R files. In order to prevent breaking +significantly less effort to adjust levels on Convolution Reverb IR files. In order to prevent breaking changes, instances of TooB Convolution Reverb that were saved in previous versions of PiPedal will use -the old normalization procedure; newly loaded instances of TooB Convolution Reverb. +the old normalization procedure; newly loaded instances of TooB Convolution Reverb will use the new normalization. -In addition, the MaxT control has been removed. I/R files will now play to their full length without -feeding back). This change may cause overruns on existing presets if you are using unusually long Reverb I/R files. -TooB Convolution Reverb can comfortably support reverb I/R well in excess of ten seconds long, even on a Pi 4. For reference, -typical I/R files are about 1 to 3 seconds long; and exteremely reverberant I/Rs may sometimes stretch out to five or six +In addition, the MaxT control has been removed. IR files will now play to their full length without +feeding back. This change may cause overruns on existing presets if you are using unusually long Reverb IR files. +TooB Convolution Reverb can comfortably support reverb IRs well in excess of ten seconds long, even on a Pi 4. For reference, +typical IR files are about 1 to 3 seconds long; and extremely reverberant IRs may sometimes stretch out to five or six seconds long. In practice, the increase in CPU use is relatively modest; but you may want to double-check that -presets using exteremely reverberant I/Rs run wihout problems before using them in live performance. - -#### Minor Features/Bug Fixes: - -- Correct missing '-' key on Samsung keyboards when editing control values. -- Default to dark theme on first use. -- dB Values are now displayed on plugin VU output controls. -- Correctly display name of plugin in MIDI bindings dialog. (Thanks to Jiri Popek). -- Auto-focus input control on Rename dialogs. (Thanks to Jiri Popek). -- Display LICENSE files found in upload directories. +presets using extremely reverberant IRs run without problems before using them in live performance. ## PiPedal 1.4.87 Beta The Big Feature: