New 2.x version appears to "forget its context"(Alzheimer) at times, whether in playback or in editing. Virtual keyboard will "get stuck" and play an older selected instrument instead of the one you want. Editing will sometimes give you impression that values have been edited, but upon soundfont reload, you get old values.
There is a changelog on Github that contains the following:
* (new) Modulator support in the sound engine * (new) FLAC sample files can be imported * (new) "alt + left click" can cut samples in the graphics * (new) live preview of the equalizer at the sample level * (new) the virtual keyboard dialog can trigger various kinds of MIDI signals * (new) support for the sostenuto pedal * (improvement) better ergonomics for editing modulators * (improvement) multi selection is allowed in the range editor * (improvement) show some of the sample information at the instrument level * (improvement) keys and key ranges can be edited with a midi keyboard in the table * (improvement) drag & drop of divisions in the tree can create instruments and presets * (improvement) drag & drop in the tree can duplicate elements within instruments and presets * (improvement) "Ctrl" + a midi signal selects the corresponding division(s) in an instrument or preset * (fix) several modulators can target the same modulator * (fix) bug when exporting several WAV files * (fix) monitoring tool was not working * (fix) sfArk import with Windows * (fix) small GUI issues
Moreover I fixed these bugs since the beta is released (the fixes are thus not included in the beta)
* sf3 export is crashing the software, * importing an sfz and then saving duplicates the sfz in a sub folder, * writing "0" in some values in the table results in a "1", same for some imported sfz values, * modulators are not working for key "0", * external command tool not working a second time on a sample, * removing the loop at the sample level not possible, * double click on the empty part of the table horizontal header
This would require to rebuild Polyphone and all its dependencies that are not compatible anylonger with Windows XP: I let this task for another developer if there is any interest. I can only suggest to recycle the old Window XP by installing a recent Linux (I'll provide installers for Debian and other packagers are helping for other distributions).
