Bug fixes:

• GigaSampler files ("*.GIG") having several dimensions were not always correctly interpreted. SynthFont now also displays the dimensions used for each instrument split in the Splits table (see side note).
• The CPU monitor routine did not work reliably on Windows 98.
• Drawing Pitch Wheel controllers in Pianoroll did result in incorrect data.
• Fixed some other Pitch Wheel related problems.
• If no default SoundFont is found, and no arrangement exists, then the "GM.DLS" file found in the Windows distribution will be used.
• User banks were not used with arrangements since version 1.634 - restored.
• Live Input mode has been improved; you can better change the arrangement (some annoying bugs also removed).
• Saving a MIDI file using a new name could lead to problems, now fixed.
• Some "New MIDI track" bugs fixed.
• Add the default Grand Piano to tracks with no MIDI program defined.
• Fixed a problem related to editing a SoundFont (link to instrument was lost).
• Fixed a bug related to dropping a VST effect from a bus.
• Since version 1.552, some MIDI CC events were not sent to VST instruments or to MIDI out ports while playing.
• Fixed some bugs related to the new low pass filter introduced in version 1.640. For example: the default modulator velocity-to-threshold now works again (i.e. the threshold level decreases with decreasing velocity).
• In 1.640 the Modulation envelope level might become negative at key up resulting in odd effects, e.g. sudden pitch change.
• Playback to a MIDI out port could have a latency of up to a few hundred milliseconds, depending on the hardware - improved.
• Fixed a problem related to restoring saved settings for VST effects.

SynthFont is a free/donationware tool for playing/rendering MIDI files using SoundFonts and other similar sound sources (WAV, DLS, GIGA and also VST Instruments).

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