Changelog

All versions of xwax are available here.

v1.8 (2021-08-18)

Change to the license to GPL version 3
Compatibility with Pioneer DJ “RekordBox” vinyls
Fix a bug where decimal numbers are parsed in an unexpected way

Acknowledgements: Hugh Frater, Kilian, Yves Adler

v1.7 (2018-01-19)

Fix a bug that prevented dithering from being used
Honour the system locale; allow the full character set in track names
When searching, match characters in other locales

Acknowledgements: Stefan Berg-Johansen

v1.6 (2016-08-13)

Added timecode creator (for the adventurous)
Correct interpretation of ALSA’s buffer size
Command-line flag to remove all window decorations (–no-decor)
A dummy deck for test cases
Internal restructing in preparation for new features
Build without warnings on modern compilers

Acknowledgements: Daniel James, Alessio Treglia

v1.5 (2014-02-09)

Scan the music library in the background on startup
Function to re-scan a crate
Performance improvement to audio resampler
Additional font paths
Minor bug fixes

v1.4 (2013-06-08)

Scalable user interface
Simple control of timecode levels for ‘software pre-amp’
Bug fix: MIDI interface now works when only JACK audio is used
Dicer flag renamed to ‘–dicer’
Minor fixes

Acknowledgements: Daniel Holbach

v1.3 (2012-11-29)

Tempo (BPM) field, and sorting and changing of sort modes
Allow initial X window size and position to be set by the user
Makefile modifications for packagers
Track loading errors are reported to the main interface

Acknowledgements: Engine, Lukas Fleischer, Daniel Holbach, Matej Laitl

v1.2 (2012-03-23)

Scan directories only for known file extensions
Support Novation ‘Dicer’ controller
Cue points, including ‘punch’ feature
Extra protection against skips: optionally lock memory into RAM

Acknowledgements: Novation, Olivier Gauthier, Christoph Krapp, Mitchell Smith

v1.1 (2012-01-30)

Bug fix: incorrect display of track time remaining
Instant loading of duplicate tracks
Optionally protect decks during playback
Improvements to music selector
Increase speed building look-up tables

v1.0 (2011-08-01)

Changing of timecode at runtime
Improved parsing of vinyl track numbers
Bug fix: affecting multiple decks with different sample rates
Optimise timecode error checking during scratching
Require realtime priority; don’t start without it
Internal restructuring

Acknowledgements: Robert Flechtner, Daniel Holbach, Lukas Fleischer

v0.9 (2011-04-19)

Internal cleanups
Filtering of duplicate entries in the record library
Scanning of ordered playlists
Improved response when scratching
New parsing rules for filenames
A single button toggles timecode control on/off

Acknowledgements: Daniel Holbach, Robert Vettel

v0.8 (2010-11-08)

45 RPM control
Conversion of non-44100Hz MP3 files
Code cleanups and minor fixes

Acknowledgements: Ewan Colsell, Robert Flechtner, Daniel Holbach, Matej Laitl

v0.7 (2010-02-26)

Multiple crates in music selector (Yves Adler)
Fix a potential buffer overflow (Matej Laitl)
Higher quality resampler
Improved pitch stability over long mixes
Installation script and man page for distributions
Moved from Bitstream Vera to DejaVu font
Minor fixes

Acknowledgements: Yves Adler, Matej Laitl

v0.6 (2009-09-03)

Modular scanning of music library
Improved parsing of pathnames
Decreased memory use of timecode decoder
Minor fixes

Acknowledgements: Yves Adler

v0.5 (2009-07-03)

Configurable sample rates
Timecode support for MixVibes vinyls
Rewritten timecode decoder with 4x resolution
Rewritten timecode tracking with improved accuracy
JACK audio device support
Clearer display of current position in the track overview
Minor fixes

Acknowledgements: Daniel Fasnacht, Yves Adler

v0.4 (2008-05-07)

Timecode improvements

v0.3 (2007-12-04)

ALSA device support
Timecode optimisations
Minor fixes

v0.2 (2007-06-12)

First open-source release