Stargate DAW 21.12.3

Installation guides:

• Linux
• MacOS
• Windows
• Raspberry Pi 4
  also, see this
• Arch Linux users, install from AUR, and please vote to add to the main repos

Changelog:

• Sequencer header: Show the tempo / time signature text next to the marker if
  it does not overlap with another marker
• MacOS: Portable flash drive mode, see the installation guide above for how
  to use
• Windows: Fix project audio file cache deduplication not working correctly.
  Thanks @DreadDendy for reporting
• Fedora 35: Fix various UI issues
• RPM package: Fix for CentOS Stream 8
• Documentation improvements
• Raspbberry Pi 4: Much improved support, see the documentation above for the
  recommended configuration. Given that we now strongly recommend Manjaro on
  aarch64, we will no longer be distributing Raspbian/NOOBS packages,
  although you can still build them yourself.
• Arch Linux: Fixes, support for building packages
• Engine: Vastly improved unit/integration test coverage, from 8% to 67%

sha256 sums:

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Stargate 21.12.2

Installation problems? See the troubleshooting guides:

• Windows
• Linux
• MacOS

Changelog:

• MultiFX: New effect: Soft Clipper (that can also expand peaks at shape
  settings > 1.0)
• MacOS: Improved low latency performance
• Wave Editor: Do not cache audio files with the project, saves a lot of
  disk space, makes it easier to distribute projects
• Project audio file cache: Avoid duplicate copies of audio files in
  various corner-cases
• Windows: Much faster project rendering on most hardware configurations
• Help menu: Link to the download page to check for updates
• Deb package: There is now a single Deb package that should work on most
  derivatives such as Debian, Ubuntu, MX Linux, Mint, etc...
• RPM package: Improved stability, the RPM package should be now compatible
  with more versions and derivatives of Fedora and other distros that use
  RPM packaging like OpenSUSE
• Fix compiler warnings on (almost) all platforms
• RPM packaging scripts: Support for building RPMs on OpenSUSE

sha256sums:
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Stargate 21.12.1

Windows users: Please click More Info and Install Anyway on the Windows
"Smart Screen" warning. In the future, I may consider paying Microsoft to make
those warning messages go away, like everybody else does.

Mac users: If your Mac will not open apps from unverified developers, go to

Apple Logo->System Preferences->Security & Privacy->General->Stargate...Open anyway

Once again, I may consider paying the fee to make this go away in the future.
Also, if you wish to record using the built-in MacBook microphone,
see this

Changelog:

• M1 Mac: Native app bundle for Apple M1 (arm64) CPU architecture
• Spinbox controls: Now work like knobs, click and drag up or down instead of
  clicking the spinner buttons
• Engine: Better worker thread counts when using "Auto" setting
• Audio file preview: Automatically stop when the user presses the play or
  record buttons
• Audio items: Fix various issues with playback being incorrect when starting
  the playback cursor in the middle of the item under specific conditions
• Hardware dialog: Much more robust checking of audio device, better error
  messages with the exact reason why a configuration failed
• Hardware dialog, "Test" button: Fix sound issue when available outputs
  set to than 2
• Show an error message to the user if the UI is unable to communicate with
  the engine, give guidance on how to troubleshoot
• Project render: Fix UI freeze after render while the engine reloads
• Project render: Faster render times

Stargate 21.11.7

Windows users: Please click More Info and Install Anyway on the Windows
"Smart Screen" warning. In the future, I may consider paying Microsoft to make
those warning messages go away, like everybody else does.

Changelog:

• Synthesizers, "Free" oscillator mode: Fix phasing sound at start up or at
  the beginning of offline render
• Sampler1: Fix some controls not updating correctly when changing the selected
  sample from the "View" tab
• Hardware dialog: Do not allow users to set more worker threads than there
  are physical CPU cores
• Instrument plugins: Fix potential clicks in output when using high polyphony
  with long release times
• Instrument plugins: Improved sound quality when using unison voices with
  "retrigger" oscillator mode
• Debian: Make ffmpeg an optional dependency for Debian-based distros that do
  not include ffmpeg in the default repos
• MIDI CC/Pitchbend Editors: Fix "Add Point" dialog
• Engine: Faster project load times
• UI: Do not show the main window until the engine is ready, prevents race
  conditions and crashes from clicking around the UI too soon
• QWERTY MIDI device: Prevent rapid-fire notes when holding a key down for
  long periods of time
• Text fields: Remove focus when the user presses enter/return

Stargate 21.11.6

Windows users: Please click More Info and Install Anyway on the Windows
"Smart Screen" warning. In the future, I may consider paying Microsoft to make
those warning messages go away, like everybody else had to do.

Changelog:

• Audio item editor: ItemFX: Fix soft crash on pasting an empty clipboard
• Sequencer: Fix bug where a different mouse tool might be used than the selected tool
• Sequencer, plugin rack: Many fixes to sequencer track reordering
• FM1: Fix plugin rack layering not working correctly
• Debian: Compile packages on Debian 10 instead of Debian 11, to work on older distro bases such as MX Linux

OpenSuse users: Packages available from GeekOS DAW

Stargate 21.11.5

Windows users: Please click More Info and Install Anyway on the Windows
"Smart Screen" warning. In the future, I may consider paying Microsoft to make
those warning messages go away, like everybody else had to do.

Changelog:

• MacOS: Fix crash at start up
• MacOS: Faster start up time
• MacOS: 10% smaller package size
• MacOS: Fix missing librubberband audio time stretching
• Windows: Add Stargate DAW to the "Add or remove programs" dialog

OpenSuse users: Packages available from GeekOS DAW

Stargate 21.11.4

Windows users: Please click More Info and Install Anyway on the Windows
"Smart Screen" warning. In the future, I may consider paying Microsoft to make
those warning messages go away, like everybody else had to do.

Changelog:

• MacOS: First app bundle release, many fixes, Stargate DAW should work well
  on most Mac configurations now
• Windows: Fix crash at startup on some PCs
• Windows: Fix Paulstretch audio time stretching algorithm
• Windows: 30% smaller installer download, only 32MB now
• Windows: Much faster start up time
• Windows: Fewer false positives from antivirus
• UI: Improved handling of C shared libraries, better cross platform support
• Engine: Improved performance
• OpenSuse: Initial packages, courtesy of the GeekOS DAW project

OpenSuse users: Packages available from GeekOS DAW

Stargate 21.11.3

Windows users: Please click More Info and Install Anyway on the Windows
"Smart Screen" warning. In the future, I may consider paying Microsoft to make
those warning messages go away just like everybody else had to do.

Mac users: We are not providing app bundles yet, but it is possible to
build Stargate DAW for Mac OS X using these instructions.
If using Mac, please reach out to us on Discord and let us know of any
issues you encounter, or just let us know that you want us to provide an
app bundle. If there is enough demand, we will by an Intel and ARM Mac to
build and test on.

Changelog:

• Windows 11: Fix crash at startup
• Logging: Fix confusing, inaccurate warning about 'sglib not found'
• Plugin rack: When adding a new plugin, if no routes exists, add a new route
  to the main track

Stargate 21.11.2

Windows users: Please click More Info and Install Anyway on the Windows
"Smart Screen" warning. In the future, I may consider paying Microsoft to make
those warning messages go away just like everybody else had to do.

Mac users: We are not providing app bundles yet, but it is possible to
build Stargate DAW for Mac OS X using these instructions.
If using Mac, please reach out to us on Discord and let us know of any
issues you encounter, or just let us know that you want us to provide an
app bundle. If there is enough demand, we will by an Intel and ARM Mac to
build and test on.

Changelog:

• Sampler1: Many fixes to SFZ instrument loading, much better and more complete
  support for the SFZ specification
• Hardware dialog: Add a "Test" button to allow sending a short test sound to
  the selected audio device
• Press QWERTY...[] keys to send MIDI notes to the currently selected plugin
  rack, change the octave on the plugin rack tab
• Linux: Fix symlinks to /usr/bin/stargate failing to launch, thanks to
  @ycollet for reporting
• Logging: Replace the user's home folder with ~ for privacy when
  sharing logs
• Linux: Fix sglib not found for Paulstretch under certain conditions
• Linux, Mac: Move /usr/lib/stargate to /usr/share/stargate to better comply
  with packaging standards
• Source code releases: Remove git submodules so they can actually compile
• Fedora 35: Many fixes, thanks JohnTheBard for reporting

Linux Distro Packagers: There were many fixes and changes to how Stargate DAW
is built and packaged, which may affect packaging work that you have already
done. For instructions on how to package, please see this document.
Thanks to @fpesari, @ycollet and yay for all of the help and great
suggestions.

Stargate 21.11.1

Changelog:

• Fix hung notes under some very specific conditions, possibly other MIDI bugs.
  Thanks JohnTheBard for reporting
• Preview Mac OS X port of Stargate DAW, for those willing to compile it
  themselves. See instructions below. Thanks to @rjdbcm for the
  patches to get it compiling on recent OS X.
• Sequencer header: Fix various actions not removing the event position line
• Welcome screen: Fix inconsistent use of / and \ in project history on Windows
• Sequencer: Fix various bugs regarding item selection
• Engine: Much better logging and assertions
• File browser: Add the project recording folder as a system bookmark
• Improved multithreaded CPU performance

Windows users: Please click More Info and Install Anyway on the Windows
"Smart Screen" warning.

Mac users: We are not providing app bundles yet, but it is possible to
build Stargate DAW for Mac OS X using these instructions.
If using Mac, please reach out to us on Discord and let us know of any
issues you encounter, or just let us know that you want us to provide an
app bundle. If there is enough demand, we will buy an Intel and ARM Mac to
build and test on.