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KMid програма є частиною модуля додаткових програм KDE (Extragear), нові версії не обов’язково постачаються разом з новими версіями KDE. Найсвіжішою стабільною версією є 2.4.0, датована 15 серпня 2010 року.

So what is the current status?

Currently implemented

Here are some major features implemented in KMid:

• MIDI and Karaoke files are supported.
• Playback to external hardware MIDI devices.
• Allow to use software synths as well, like Timidity++ and QSynth/FluidSynth.
• Tempo and volume controls.
• Added a pitch (transpose) control.
• Rhythm view (visual metronome).
• Configurable character encoding, font and color for lyrics.
• Playlists (song collections).
• MIDI Mapper, translating General Midi events into other events understood by some synthesizers.
• Channel window, with solo/muting controls and instrument selectors.
• Piano player window, using VMPK artwork and technology.
• Konqueror integration.
• Runs in Linux, Windows and Mac OSX.

What is not yet ready?

• Multiple MIDI output ports. Currently plays to a single output port.

ChangeLog

2010-08-15 Release 2.4.0

• New kmid_part. This component can be integrated easily in any KDE program, for instance Konqueror can play MIDI files with it.
• New DBus interfaces
• libkmidbackend has some new methods, version bumped to 1.0.0
• New and updated translations
• Assigned default shortcuts to keyboard media keys
• Fix in vumeter widget: drawing errors and CPU usage
• Fixes in all backends for initial MIDI program changes
• Fix in ALSA sequencer backend: bug 242912 (requires Drumstick >= 0.4)    

2010-06-12 Release 2.3.1

• Fixes in ALSA sequencer backend: bugs 240391 and 240394
• New and updated translations since the last release

2010-04-26 Release 2.3.0

• New Mac OSX and Windows backends
• Fixes in ALSA sequencer backend:
  • don't set an explicit output pool size, using the default size instead.
  • unconditionally reload MIDI devices before checking the available outputs.

2010-03-14 Release 2.2.2

• Fixed program termination, stopping active notes.
• Fixed a crash when shuffling an empty playlist.
• Fixed creation of examples and system songs bookmarks at runtime, for file open dialog places. Bookmarks are created only when files are found.
• Fixed saving the initial MIDI connection dialog selection.
• Replaced the initial MIDI connection dialog by a new one enabling online help access, and better design.
• The last directory used in several open/save dialogs is now saved between sessions.
• Drumstick libraries v0.3 are needed.

2010-02-08 Release 0.2.1

• Automatic detection of text encodings for lyrics
• Get channel labels from SMF metadata (track names)
• Pianola window: added labels showing the channel names
• Check the runtime ALSA driver version for advanced MIDI ports
• Patch from Kevin Kofler adding a "pulseaudio" option for TiMidity++
• Fixed a memory leak
• Fixed command line play lists handling
• Fixed settings dialog: soft-synth audio output combos and apply button

2010-01-27 Release 0.2

• External soft-synths can be automatically launched at startup. A new page including FluidSynth and TiMidity++ settings has been added to the "Configure kmid2" dialog.
• Each channel may be labeled in a text field besides each channel number.
• New "lock instrument" button in the channels window to override the song's predefined instruments.
• Settings per song can be saved and automatically retrieved, including text encoding, volume, pitch, rhythm, channel labels and fixed instruments.
• The sample songs location is added to the places navigation panel in the open dialog.
• Several other usability enhancements. Many thanks to the KDE Usability Team for the suggestions.

2009-12-30 Release 0.1.1

• Recent files menu
• Highlight trimmed syllables, ignoring leading and trailing white spaces
• Allow stop in paused state
• Synchronized with lib. aseqmm 0.2.0
• Assorted fixes

2009-11-30 Release 0.1.0

Demo

See KMid in action in this Screencast

Notes for usage

• If you use Timidity++ as a software synthesizer, you may have to install GUS patches or sound fonts. You can find them at freepats
• Fluidsynth is an alternative. It has a helpful gui called QSynth. For soundfonts, try General User GS.
• For more information and options, there is a tutorial available.

Download

• Source packages

http://sourceforge.net/projects/kmid2/files/

• openSUSE Build Service - Search packages

http://software.opensuse.org

• Gentoo ebuild

http://packages.gentoo.org

• Arch Linux

(AUR) http://aur.archlinux.org

• Mandriva and Fedora users: available at the official repositories of your Linux distribution.

Resources

• Some sample .kar and .mid files are installed with the application. Others are available from http://www.mididb.com/ and http://midikaraoke.com/songdir/ . There is a useful search engine at http://www.vanbasco.com/midisearch.html
• If you are interested in building for testing, please read the README
• The source code repository for testing and development is available from here

Note

This status report has been updated on 15th August 2010