v0.5.1 - New Installation Method

✨NEW✨

• Moved the essential parts of the codebase to the src directory where it can be easily distributed.
• Created a tool to quickly package the essential parts of the script into a .zip folder so that they can be uploaded alongside new releases!
• Redid the installation method, so that it's much easier to set up.

v0.5.0 - Major Improvements

✨NEW✨

• Transport controls can now be colorful on supported controllers.
• A simple plugin has been added for the channel rack, allowing for omni preview of channels using drum pads.
• A HintMsg control surface was added which can be used to display hint messages on device screens.
• A control surface for control switching within a plugin was added, which will allow for more advanced plugins in the future.
• A control surface for pausing the activity updater was added, which will allow users to lock their active plugin meaning they can change windows without breaking their automation links.
• The entire project is flake8 compliant, which involved fixing over 1400 code style errors.
• The system for event forwarding was improved further and should be significantly more reliable.
• The script now has a system for deinitialising, meaning it can shut down cleanly.

✏️CHANGES✏️

• Split transport plugin into transport and macros plugins to improve maintainability
• The project's pipelines have been improved to allow for more quality assurance when working with the project
• Custom exception types were introduced to help improve the reliability of the program's exception handling
• Novation Launchkey Mk2 Controllers now use InControl mode by default, which will improve reliability.

🛠️FIXES🛠️

• Forwarded events should now work on MacOS too! They work on Linux at least, which appears to handle devices in a similar way.
• Lighting will update correctly when switching between plugins

🚀PLANNED FEATURES🚀

• A fleshed out step sequencer component for the channel rack
• A system for allowing users to assign controls easily without breaking the script
• More unit testing of core components
• Improved systems for allowing layers of transparency to make lighting even fancier

Full Changelog: v0.4.1...v0.5.0

v0.4.1 - Bug Fixes and Improvements

✨NEW✨

• Add basic hard-coded support for keyswitches for Spitfire Audio plugins

🛠️FIXES🛠️

• Fix bug where LaunchKeyMk2 knobs had bad coordinates
• Fix bug with color interpolation
• Fix issue where knobs snap to the wrong range
• Make behaviour with grouped channel rack plugins consistent

📝DOCUMENTATION📝

• Improve docstrings for many modules

🚀TESTING🚀

• Improve unit tests for color type
• Add unit tests for snapping

❗KNOWN ISSUES❗

• Generator plugins can't be selected correctly if they aren't in the active group (need support for global indexes in the plugins module)
• Using the mixer when multiple devices are connected to the script is unreliable (need to find a way to communicate active mixer slots)

v0.4.0 - Improvements and Refactoring

✨NEW✨

• Colour and annotation support for FPC
• Support for the mixer
• Support for macro controls to enable features such as quantizing and undo-redo
• Documentation for plugin behaviour
• Support for master knobs and faders, which will prevent confusing mappings for them
• Launchkey Mk2 and Hammer 88 Pro support fader buttons

⚙️TECHNICAL CHANGES⚙️

• The project has unit tests, which should help prevent major breakages
• Device details for forwarded events are now parsed internally
• The BasicControlMatcher supports priorities - high priority events will be matched first
• Values can now be snapped to non-extreme defaults
• Events support double press detection

🛠️FIXES🛠️

• Color accuracy when using HSV has been improved
• VSTs will be recognised correctly
• Unsafe operation exceptions will be caught, so the script won't crash when you open up a pop-up menu
• Log items won't all be discarded
• A crash when using FPC has been fixed

v0.3.0 - Support for Colors and Annotations

✨NEW✨

• Plugins can now set annotations, colors and values for any control, and those values can be sent to the controller if supported
• Support for Fruity Parametric EQ 2
• The Novation Launchkey Mk2 Controller supports drum pads, including their RGB backlights
• Added a profiler that can analyse the performance of code to find any slow-downs
• Extremely verbose log outputs are now ignored entirely to improve performance
• Device tick updates are sometimes skipped if performance is bad, which can improve performance by up to 2x on slow machines
• Plugins can declare themselves to be transparent, meaning other plugins can override their color and annotation assignments
• Add type narrowing functions to determine types of EventData
• Make ControlMapping, ControlEvent and ControlShadowEvent be distinct types - ControlEvent and ControlShadowEvent contain their own info on the value and the channel of incoming events
• Events can now be forwarded to extra ports as well as received from them
• Update API Stubs to v19.8

🛠️FIXED🛠️

• Fixed a bug where controls in sub-matchers would get duplicated, leading to massive performance issues and a crash

📝DOCUMENTATION📝

• Add more documentation for contributors, including environment setup instructions

v0.2.1 - Documentation and Minor Improvements

✨NEW✨

• Documentation, both for setup and contributions

📝CHANGED📝

• Reduced timeout when waiting for universal device enquiry response
• Make help URL point to forum post link
• Update dependencies
• Fix missing characters in ASCII art

v0.2.0 - Expanded Control Surface and Plugin Support

✨NEW✨

• Partial support for endless encoders
• Proper support for jog wheels
• Support for new plugins:
  • Spitfire Audio
  • Flex
  • FPC
  • Vital
• Improved tracking of active plugins
• Improved handling of forwarded events
• Improved support for Hammer 88 Pro
• Improved support for debugging control mappings

🛠️FIXED🛠️

• Recalling from log using specific categories would give incorrect results
• Events forwarded from different devices weren't ignored
• Using pedals in FL Studio native plugins would cause FL Studio to crash

v0.1.0 - Initial Release

✨NEW✨

• Support for 2 devices (somewhat)
  • Novation Launchkey Mk2
  • M-Audio Hammer 88 Pro
• Complete event handling framework (support for plugins, windows, etc)
• Basic event forwarding for pedals and notes
• Basic transport controls

⏱️TODO⏱️

• Create window handlers
• Create more device definitions
• Create more control surface types
• Create docs for contributing
• Create docs for using with your controller