Propulse Tracker 0.9.6.1 (Win32, Linux 64-bit)

Maintenance update.

• Correct bitdepth and audio format are now shown in sample file requester
• Fixed a double-free bug which could cause a crash on sample import
• Improved and corrected audio initialization/playback via SDL2
  • Device can be chosen instead of always using the default output device
  • Audio device setting is stored separately from BASS audio device setting
  • No longer using deprecated API calls
• Improved the way libraries are loaded on Linux
  • Set RPATH in binary, don't use custom dynamic loader code/APIs
• Removed some dependencies for a smaller binary and cleaner code

Propulse Tracker 0.9.6.0 (Win32, Linux 64-bit)

Been a while! This is a pretty big update and fixes a lot of bugs. Linux compatibility has also been drastically improved. Highlights:

• Implemented URL launching, Browse to File, directory deletion and other file management operations on all platforms
• Added "Insert pattern" and "Delete pattern" (Ctrl+Insert, Ctrl+Delete)
• Added "slide effect values" (Alt+X) and "clear effect values" (Shift+Alt+X)
• Added "Truncate samples at loop end" in Cleanup dialog
• Doubleclicking on the sample waveform now selects the sample, loop, pre-loop
  or post-loop data depending on location
• Added option to display pattern row numbers in hexadecimal
• Added "full clear" editor command (Shift+Period) which will clear the current
  column and all the columns following it on the channel
• Fixed fullscreen on Linux
• Brought the playroutine more in line with ProTracker Clone behavior:
  • Fixed invalid notes and some effects producing sound when they shouldn't
  • Reset Paula properly when changing patterns on the fly while playing
  • Muted Paula channels are now always emulated to fix problems related to
    unmuting channels and for display on quadrascopes
• Fixed invalid sample loop handling which could cause the playroutine to crash
• Fixed some bad behavior when editing the effect or volume columns when there
  already was data in the other column
• Fixed a crash when attempting to merge modules
• Fixed a crash on loading/browsing sample files if the file couldn't be opened
• Fixes and improvements for loading samples from inside modules

Propulse Tracker 0.9.5.5 (Win32)

Some important bugfixes in this release, please upgrade ASAP!
Fixes bugs caused by pattern and replayer code simplifications in v0.9.5.0.

• Regression fix: off-by-one error when modifying a note's octave via editing
  the octave column value caused the note B unable to be modified
• Regression fix: off-by-one error when transposing notes in pattern caused
  A#3 to be the highest available destination note
• Regression fix: off-by-one error when playing notes via keyboard in the
  sample list caused incorrect pitches being heard
• Sample names were incorrectly padded with spaces instead of zeroes in
  saved modules
• Fixed formatting issues with the sample list dialog shown by sample functions
  such as Replace with/Swap with/Copy from
• Added config option for muted channel colors in quadrascope

Propulse Tracker 0.9.5.0 (Win32)

This release brings quite a few additions and fixes! Including:

New features:

• S3M import
• Merge module function: press Shift-Enter on a module file (or use the context menu) to merge the module into the current one
• You can now sort files by extension in the file requesters
• Added Upsample and Downsample effects to samples screen
• Added "Browse to current module" to file requester context menu
• Text edit controls now support clipboard copy and paste (Ctrl-C, Ctrl-V)
• F1 in pattern editor already showed a short description of the command under the cursor, but now pressing it again brings up a help popup with the complete description of the command
• Per-channel scopes (aka quadrascope; finally); click on the scope to toggle between the normal scope and per-channel scopes. Use mousewheel, Shift+mousewheel or the palette configuration screen to modify colors used

Improvements:

• Importing a module with more than 4 channels now lets you specify which channels to import
• Module loader is now more robust and can load some broken modules
• Improved file sorting in file requesters
• The Cleanup dialog now allows to clean up duplicate patterns and samples
• Invalid (out-of-range) notes in imported modules now show the original note value instead of "???"
• If module loading fails the currently loaded module is kept in memory instead of clearing everything
• Illegal sample loops are now handled better (fixes mod.shorttune2 etc.)
• Sample loops are now retained after using the Resample function
• You can now press Enter on an item in the configuration screen to modify the value via a popup window
• For dialogs that ask you to select an item in a listbox, you can now doubleclick on the list to select the item and acknowledge the dialog
• If there were errors or warnings when loading a module a dialog box will be displayed
• Updated the help file

Bugfixes:

• Paste function in the sample editor now works properly
• File requester no longer hides filenames with more than one period in them
• Impulse Tracker sample decompression is now faster and no longer generates trashed sampledata
• Automatic resampling at module import no longer trashes samples
• Playing notes without inserting them to the pattern using the Shift key didn't work at all
• Space and period (.) keys in pattern editor didn't work like in IT
• Fixed the Ctrl and Delete keys not working in text edit controls
• Fixed incorrect size and range with scrollbar thumb in certain situations

Again, Mac/Linux builds available upon request.

Propulse Tracker 0.9.0.0 (Win32)

Another release! Highlights:

• Karplus-Strong (E8x) effect implemented (optional; disabled by default) (pt2play)
• Option to automatically restore original samples upon stopping playback; useful when using effects that modify sample data (EFx, E8x)
• The Help viewer now has hypertext support
• The Configuration screen now displays context help popups for configuration items by pressing F1
• Various widget engine improvements and tweaks; slider/scroller widgets now have 3D bevels
• Zooming in on sample waveform using the mouse wheel zooms towards where mouse is pointing
• Added a loop toggle button to sample screen for quicker toggling of sample looping. Middle click on the waveform works too
• Clicking on the orderlist now moves the cursor accordingly
• Fixed broken tremolo effect (pt2play)
• Fixed sample file requester crashing on empty directories
• Fixed incorrect channel vumeter positioning on certain font sizes
• Fixed Propulse not remembering file requester sort settings between sessions
• Removed Impulse Tracker edit mode for being buggy and complicating the code

NOTE: building MacOS and Linux binaries require manual work and I don't know of any non-Windows users of Propulse currently, so Mac/Linux binaries will be built on request from now on.

Propulse Tracker 0.8.9.9 (Win32, Linux64)

New binaries for Windows and 64-bit Linux! Highlights include:

• Accuracy improvements to the playroutine
• You can now jump to a specific time in the song by pressing Ctrl-Shift-P
• Improved sample waveform display
• MP3 and Ogg Vorbis files can now be loaded as samples
• Fixes high CPU usage when vsync is enabled and window is hidden/minimized
• Various compatibility improvements, optimizations and bugfixes

MacOS binaries coming later (always a bit of a hassle since I don't own a Mac).

Propulse Tracker 0.8.9.7 (Win32, Linux64)

This version focuses on bringing the Linux build on par with the Windows version.

Linux specific:

• Resampling functionality via libsoxr now works on Linux too
• SDL2 fullscreen seems broken on Linux currently, so going fullscreen with Propulse will just maximize the window
• Binary shipped with all dependencies so you don't need to install anything else to get Propulse running

General changes:

• Libraries are now loaded dynamically and errors/failures are logged
• Propulse now also works with older versions of SDL2 (<2.0.5)
• Windowing improvements
• Diacritics are now removed from entered text so Ä => A, etc. instead of garbage characters
• Option to force or disable vsync
• Improved robustness of data file loading and library initialization
• Various bugfixes

Propulse Tracker 0.8.9.6 (Win32)

New:

• You can now load and edit samples larger than 128 KB (there is still an upper limit)
• When saving mod with large samples, the user is warned and samples are cropped to max. 128K
• Added file/directory/bookmark operations to file requester context menus (content depends on whether file listing or directory/bookmark listing is active, and which item therein)
• Improved file requester behavior
• Improved message log
• Font can now be changed on the fly; added fonts from PoroTracker
• Audio device selection now shows device names

Fixed:

• Directory edit in file requester was broken
• There was no quit confirmation when module was modified
• Loading modules via drag&drop didn't work
• Limit window scaling to desktop size
• Playing samples in sample file req also added key to search string
• Improved sample load/save robustness
• Fixed sample cut/delete/mix paste
• Incorrect sample format shown in file requester
• Resample function was missing from effect list (even with soxr loaded)
• Fixed various range check errors

Propulse Tracker 0.8.9.5 (Win32)

New since last release:

• Common file/directory operations can now be done in the file requesters: Shift-F2 to rename file, Shift-F5 to copy file, Shift-F6 to move file, Shift-F7 to create directory, Shift-F8 to delete file (or directory in Windows)
• Bookmarks can now be renamed
• Changed splash screen effect
• Smaller executable size

Fixed:

• Framerate limiter was broken
• Mouse cursor was not properly clipped, potentially causing crashes in fullscreen mode
• Modifying keybindings via the config dialog was broken
• File requesters now obey keybindings instead of using hardcoded keys
• Widget engine fixes

TODO for next release:

• Update help file
• Verify file operations on Linux

Propulse Tracker 0.8.9.4 (Win32)

New Windows build:

• Fixed broken keyboard handling in pattern editor
• Fixed mouse selection in sample editor
• Fixed high CPU usage when building on newer FPC
• Press Shift+Insert in file requesters to copy current file to the selected directory (proper file management functionality coming later)
• Splash screen