====== ROSEGARDEN 20.12 (Altissimo) RELEASED ======

The Rosegarden team is proud to announce the release of version 20.12
of Rosegarden, a MIDI sequencer that features a rich understanding of
music notation along with basic support for digital audio.

  http://www.rosegardenmusic.com/

Included in this release...

===== Bug Fixes =====

  * Fix QPainterPath compilation error (r15845)
  * Fixed several SysEx-related bugs in the Event editor (r15853)
    * SysEx load now remembers the last used path.
    * SysEx load now strips the F0/F7 bytes from the file when reading.
    * SysEx save now remembers the last used path.
    * SysEx save now fills in the FileDialog fields correctly.
    * SysEx save now adds the F0/F7 bytes to the data before saving.
  * Event Editor: Fix garbage on SysEx load error (r15855)
  * Event Parameter Dialog: Fix incorrect window title (r15857)
  * Fix length of notes added in percussion matrix (r15870)
  * Fix compilation error with Qt < 5.8 (r15872, r15896, others)
  * Fix issues with ALSA port name matching at file load (r15875, r15879, r15893-r15895, r15906, r15909)
  * Fix "&" in device name renders file unreadable.  Bug #1586. (r15886)
  * Matrix editor: Fix control rulers not appearing.  Bug #1543.  (r15887)
  * Event editor: Fix crashes when editing (r15899, r15902, r15903)
  * Reduce connection check interval to 1 second (r15912)
  * Fix external controller port not working (r15915, r15916, r15919, r15927, r15929)
  * Fix ALSA timer selection persistence (r15936)
  * Fix disabled button text color (r15938)
  * Fix plugins not found (r15947)
  * Send proper CCs out the external controller port for motorized control surfaces.  Bug #1587. (r15952, r15954)
  * Fix unwanted CCs going out with old files.  Feature #482.  (r15961)
  * Fix slow load time with many segments.  Bug #1589.  (r16026)

===== New Features =====

  * Enable/Disable external controller port in the preferences (r15932, r15946, others)
  * Transport buttons (play, stop, etc...) on MIDI controllers are now supported so long as they use Pro Tools standard CCs (110-118).  Feature #423.  (r15962-r15964)
  * Korg nanoKONTROL2 support (r15994-r16013, r16015, r16016, r16021)

===== Significant Code Cleanups =====

  * Icon Loader (r15862-r15865, r15868)
  * New ExternalController class (r15922)
  * Preferences dialog (r15939-r15944)
  * ALSA MIDI interface (r15975-r15993)

===== Additional Contributors =====

  * Michael Stockinger (www.stockinger.org) - German Translation
  * Hugo van Galen - Help with bug #1586 and #1543.
  * Piotr Golonka - Roland-Fantom-678.rgd
  * Arthur Baran - Casio-PX-5S.rgd