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LV2 1.18.10 has been released. LV2 is a plugin standard for audio systems. It defines an extensible C API for plugins, and a format for self-contained "bundle" directories that contain plugins, metadata, and other resources. See http://lv2plug.in/ for more information.

Changes:

• Fix includedir in pkg-config file
• Fix missing example plugin UI binaries
• Only install lv2specgen when required Python modules are found
• Replace change history data with a plain text NEWS file

LV2 1.18.8 has been released. LV2 is a plugin standard for audio systems. It defines an extensible C API for plugins, and a format for self-contained "bundle" directories that contain plugins, metadata, and other resources. See http://lv2plug.in/ for more information.

Changes:

• Fix documentation build with Python 3.7.
• Fix documentation build with meson 0.56.2.
• Fix lv2.h missing from installation.
• eg-midigate: Fix output timing.
• eg-sampler: Add resampling via libsamplerate.
• eg-sampler: Fix potentially corrupt notification events.
• lv2core: Fix inconsistent plugin class labels.
• lv2specgen: Fix installed data paths.

LV2 1.18.6 has been released. LV2 is a plugin standard for audio systems. It defines an extensible C API for plugins, and a format for self-contained "bundle" directories that contain plugins, metadata, and other resources. See http://lv2plug.in/ for more information.

Changes:

• Add dark mode style for documentation.
• Clean up and modernize Python support code.
• Fix or avoid new compiler and tool warnings.
• Rearrange source tree to be directly usable by dependants.
• Remove archaic properties from foaf vocabulary.
• Replace canonical dcs ontology with a minimal version for LV2.
• Separate API headers from data.
• Switch to Meson build system.

LV2 1.18.4 has been released. LV2 is a plugin standard for audio systems. It defines a minimal yet extensible C API for plugin code and a format for plugin "bundles". See http://lv2plug.in for more information.

Changes:

• Fix build issues with newer toolchains.
• Fix spelling errors.
• atom: Fix spelling errors.
• patch: Fix spelling errors.
• patch: Fix type and range of patch:value.
• patch: Make the type of patch:wildcard more precise.
• state: Fix spelling errors.
• ui: Deprecate ui:resize.
• ui: Fix spelling errors.

LV2 1.18.2 has been released. LV2 is a plugin standard for audio systems. It defines a minimal yet extensible C API for plugin code and a format for plugin "bundles". See http://lv2plug.in for more information.

Changes:

• Various code cleanups and infrastructure improvements.
• eg-sampler: Save and restore gain parameter value.
• state: Fix state:StateChanged URI in metadata and documentation.

LV2 1.18.0 has been released. LV2 is a plugin standard for audio systems. It defines a minimal yet extensible C API for plugin code and a format for plugin "bundles". See http://lv2plug.in for more information.

Changes:

• Improve documentation.
• Separate extended documentation from primary data.
• core: Add lv2:Markdown datatype.
• core: Deprecate lv2:reportsLatency.
• patch: Fix incorrect type of patch:sequenceNumber.
• port-groups: Remove incorrect type of pg:letterCode.
• port-groups: Replace broken links with detailed Ambisonic channel descriptions.
• state: Add state:freePath feature.
• ui: Add ui:requestValue feature.
• ui: Add ui:scaleFactor, ui:foregroundColor, and ui:backgroundColor properties.
• ui: Deprecate ui:binary.
• worker: Improve documentation.

LV2 1.16.0 has been released. LV2 is a plugin standard for audio systems. It defines a minimal yet extensible C API for plugin code and a format for plugin "bundles". See http://lv2plug.in for more information.

Changes:

• Add core/attributes.h utility header.
• Add lv2_validate utility.
• Aggressively deprecate uri-map and event extensions.
• Install headers to simpler paths.
• Simplify use of lv2specgen.
• Upgrade build system and fix building with Python 3.7.
• atom: Add lv2_atom_object_get_typed() for easy type-safe access to object properties.
• core: Add lv2:MIDIPlugin class.
• core: Rework port restrictions so that presets can be validated.
• eg-midigate: Respond to "all notes off" MIDI message.
• eg-sampler: Add waveform display to UI.
• midi: Fix incorrect range of midi:chunk.
• options: Relax range of opts:requiredOption and opts:supportedOption
• patch: Add patch:accept property.
• patch: Add patch:context property.
• state: Add state:StateChanged for notification events.
• time: Clarify time:beat origin.
• units: Fix outdated port description in documentation.
• units: Remove overly restrictive domain from units:unit.

LV2 1.14.0 has been released. LV2 is a plugin standard for audio systems. It defines a minimal yet extensible C API for plugin code and a format for plugin "bundles". See http://lv2plug.in for more information.

Changes:

• buf-size: Add bufsz:coarseBlockLength feature.
• buf-size: Add bufsz:nominalBlockLength option.
• core: Add lv2:enabled designation.
• core: Add lv2_util.h with lv2_features_data() and lv2_features_query().
• eg-sampler: Fix handling of state file paths.
• eg-sampler: Support thread-safe state restoration.
• eg-scope: Don't feed back UI state updates.
• log: Add lv2_log_logger_set_map() for changing the URI map of an existing logger.
• state: Add LV2_STATE_ERR_NO_SPACE status flag.
• state: Add state:threadSafeRestore feature for dropout-free state restoration.
• time: Define LV2_TIME_PREFIX.
• ui: Add missing property labels.
• ui: Improve documentation.

LV2 1.12.0 has been released. LV2 is a plugin standard for audio systems. It defines a minimal yet extensible C API for plugin code and a format for plugin "bundles". See http://lv2plug.in for more information.

Changes:

• Fix merging of version histories in specification documentation.
• Improve API documentation.
• Simplify property restrictions by removing redundancy.
• core: Add extern C and visibility attribute to LV2_SYMBOL_EXPORT.
• core: Add lv2:isSideChain port property.
• core: Relax domain of lv2:minimum lv2:maximum and lv2:default so they can be used to describe properties/parameters as well.
• eg-sampler: Add gain parameter.
• eg-sampler: Support patch:Get, and request initial state from UI.
• parameters: Add range to parameters so hosts know how to control them.
• patch: Add patch:Copy method.
• patch: Define patch:Get with no subject to implicitly apply to receiver. This can be used by UIs to get an initial description of a plugin.
• units: Add lv2:Parameter to domain of units:unit.
• units: Fix non-existent port type in examples.

LV2 1.10.0 has been released. LV2 is a plugin standard for audio systems. It defines a minimal yet extensible C API for plugin code and a format for plugin "bundles". See http://lv2plug.in for more information.

Changes:

• Fix -Wconversion warnings in headers.
• Upgrade to waf 1.7.16.
• atom: Add lv2_atom_forge_is_object_type() and lv2_atom_forge_is_blank() to ease backwards compatibility.
• atom: Add lv2_atom_forge_key() for terser object writing.
• atom: Add lv2_atom_sequence_clear() and lv2_atom_sequence_append_event() helper functions.
• atom: Deprecate Blank and Resource in favour of just Object.
• core: Clarify lv2_descriptor() and lv2_lib_descriptor() documentation.
• event: Minor documentation improvements.
• lv2specgen: Display deprecated warning on classes marked owl:deprecated.
• patch: Add patch:sequenceNumber for associating replies with requests.
• ui: Add show interface so UIs can gracefully degrade to separate windows if hosts can not use their widget directly.
• ui: Fix identifier typos in documentation.