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Breaking changes:

• boxFromDSP now returns just a box, not a tuple of (box, inputs, outputs)
• getBoxType has been removed.

Improvements:

• A box object has new properties: .valid, .inputs .outputs. This is why boxFromDSP changed and getBoxType was removed.
• FaustProcessor's compile_box now looks for .lib/.dsp files in its .faust_libraries_path directory.
• Update libfaust to 2.69.3.
• PyPI builds for Python 3.12
• Update JUCE to 7.0.8
• Minor touchups to the Faust to JAX/Faust to QDax/Box API notebooks. These will have more improvements over the next two weeks.

This release fixes issues introduced in 0.7.2 and 0.7.3. PyPI now requires Python 3.8 for Windows/Linux. MacOS requires Python 3.9.

Bug fixes:

• In between renders, a plugin processor is now better told to turn off all MIDI notes. This is helpful if a render ends before a Note Off event.
• RenderEngine.cpp has fixed an issue when the output render size was off by one sample if the block size was 2.

Other updates:

• JUCE has been updated to 7.0.7.
• pybind11 has been updated.
• Sampler Processor Plugin project has been updated.
• libfaust has been updated to 2.68.1.
• rubberband has been updated
• libsamplerate has been updated.
• libfaust (the Box and Signal API) files have been refactored into more isolated files.
• The Faust Processor can now load soundfile primitives directly from the filesystem. If the file hasn't been specified via set_soundfiles then the filesystem will be checked.
• • Similar improvement for boxSoundfile("mySound[url:{'tango.wav'}]", 2): If you tell a FaustProcessor to compile the box involving boxSoundfile, then the files will be loaded. As a fallback, the dictionary from set_soundfiles will be used.
• Python floats and ints can be implicitly converted into boxReal(val), boxInt(val), sigReal(val), and sigInt(val): boxHSlider("cutoff", 440, 20, 20000, .001) is OK (440 is implicitly casted boxInt(440)

PyPI now requires Python 3.8 for Windows/Linux. MacOS requires Python 3.9.

Bug fixes:

• In between renders, a plugin processor is now better told to turn off all MIDI notes. This is helpful if a render ends before a Note Off event.
• RenderEngine.cpp has fixed an issue when the output render size was off by one sample if the block size was 2.

Other updates:

• JUCE has been updated to 7.0.7.
• pybind11 has been updated.
• Sampler Processor Plugin project has been updated.
• libfaust has been updated to 2.68.1.
• libfaust (the Box and Signal API) files have been refactored into more isolated files.
• The Faust Processor can now load soundfile primitives directly from the filesystem. If the file hasn't been specified via set_soundfiles then the filesystem will be checked.
• • Similar improvement for boxSoundfile("mySound[url:{'tango.wav'}]", 2): If you tell a FaustProcessor to compile the box involving boxSoundfile, then the files will be loaded. As a fallback, the dictionary from set_soundfiles will be used.
• Python floats and ints can be implicitly converted into boxReal(val), boxInt(val), sigReal(val), and sigInt(val): boxHSlider("cutoff", 440, 20, 20000, .001) is OK (440 is implicitly casted boxInt(440)

This version adds some multiprocessing tests and examples.

Behind the scenes, we're using the JUCE AudioProcessorGraph in a slightly better way.

• The mutex in PluginProcessor has been removed because it was no longer necessary.
• We create the JUCE MessageManager instance before creating the AudioProcessorGraph.

Breaking changes:

• Dropped PyPI builds for macOS python 3.7/3.8. Please use Python 3.9 or higher.
• Minimum macOS version is now 11.0.

Updates:

• https://github.com/DBraun/DawDreamer/issues/152 is a high-priority bug that is not yet addressed.
• Fixed crash with PluginProcessor.record_automation
• Updated to Faust version 2.59.6 and the associated Faust Libraries.
• Updated the Box/Signal APIs with some new functions
• • Fixed some of the isBox functions in the Faust Box API.

Developer notes:

• Removed libfaust files from repository
• Build procedure now dynamically downloads libfaust
• Updated faust, faustlibraries, and pybind11 submodules
• Developer's Guide will be updated this week to reflect these changes.
• The JAX/QDax Python notebooks will also be updated very soon.

Bug fixes:

• Fix memory leak due to calling engine.load_graph with an invalid argument.
• Fix semaphore leak? (https://github.com/DBraun/DawDreamer/issues/146)

Other:

• AddProcessor will throw a runtime error if the most recently specified gain levels don't work for the given audio buffer (such as 3 gain values for 2 stereo tracks)

Bug fixes:

• PlaybackWarp Processor now outputs zeros rather than junk values after the playhead has passed the processor's clips, as determined by .set_clip_positions(clip_positions)

Other:

• Python 3.11 builds of DawDreamer are available
• JUCE has been updated to 7.0.5

Three new exciting notebooks to try with DawDreamer 0.6.14.

• Box API: Access the intermediate representation of Faust, programmatically compose boxes, then render audio with DawDreamer, or transpile to a target language (C++, JAX, Rust, etc.).
• Faust to JAX: Convert Faust to JAX and optimize parameters using gradient descent.
• Faust to QDax: Convert Faust to JAX and train with Quality-Diversity algorithms.

Same as 0.6.11 but with support for Apple Silicon.

• No breaking changes, hopefully just better VST support. Please try and report.
• Fix possible MIDI memory issue.
• Add the Faust Box and Signal APIs. Check out tests/test_libfaust*.py) if you're interested! There will be a tutorial eventually.