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> DPF-Plugins v1.2 released
On 2019-03-02 by falkTX

Hello everyone, a new release of DPF-Plugins is here.
This is mostly a bugfix release, with a few little new things.
This is what changed compared to the last release:

  • Fix glBars and ProM plugins not being built and installed
  • Kars: Added release and volume parameters
  • Kars: Remove its useless UI
  • Nekobi: Add enum values for waveform parameter
  • Remove modguis, they are maintained in a separate repo

DPF changes

DPF (the small framework behind these plugins) saw some important changes.
They are not all relevant to DPF-Plugins directly, but worth mentioning:

  • Fix samplerate property in lv2 UIs
  • Fix (implement) parent window for about dialogs for MacOS and Windows
  • Add get/set scaling to Window
  • Add option to automatically scale plugin UIs
  • Allow plugin UIs to be user-resizable, test with info and meters example
  • Implement basic effGetParameterProperties in VST2 plugins (boolean, integer and log flags)
  • Implement midi out
  • Implement enumerator style of parameters
  • Implement LV2-trigger-type parameters
  • Implement Shift-click to reset sliders
  • Report supported LV2 options in generated ttl
  • Render VST2 parameter-text integer, boolean and enum parameters
  • Rework calculation of VST2 transport/time info
  • Set _NET_WM_WINDOW_TYPE for our X11 windows

Other things worth noting is that 2 new exciting things are currently under development: Cairo graphics support and AU plugin wrapper.
Eventually these will be part of core DPF, but for now they are being discussed and worked on with other developers.

Downloads

The source code plus Linux, macOS and Windows binaries can be downloaded at https://github.com/DISTRHO/DPF-Plugins/releases/tag/v1.2.
The plugins are released as LADSPA, DSSI, LV2, VST2 and JACK standalone.