Obsolete API

New section has been added to documentation site: Obsolete. This section contains the list of methods and classes that are obsolete and thus will be removed by a next release.

The current list of obsolete API:

• OBS1: WritingSettings.CompressionPolicy
  
• OBS2: ReaderSettings.BufferingPolicy = BufferingPolicy.BufferAllData
  
• OBS3: TempoMap.TimeSignature
  
• OBS4: TempoMap.Tempo
  

New features and improvements

• Added ReaderSettings.BufferingPolicy property.
  
• Increased speed of MidiFile.Read method.
  
• Increased speed of MidiFile.Write method.
  
• Implemented buffered MIDI file writing (see WriterSettings.UseBuffering).
  
• Decreased memory usage of MidiWriter.Write3ByteDword and MidiWriter.WriteVlqNumber.
  
• Reduced memory usage for ChannelEvent.
  
• Added ReadingSettings.ZeroLengthDataPolicy property.
  
• Added RPN classes (see RegisteredParameter).
  
• Added TempoMap.GetTimeSignatureChanges and TempoMap.GetTimeSignatureAtTime methods.
  
• Added WritingSettings.WriteHeaderChunk property (#94).
  
• Added GS standard percussion API (#93).
  
• Added SliceMidiFileSettings.Markers property (#99).
  
• Non-SMF events will be filtered out on saving to MIDI file or track chunk (#103).
  

Small changes and bug fixes

• Added value validation in setters of some MIDI events classes properties.
  
• Edge Note Off events will always be put to current part on MIDI file splitting (#99).
  
• Fixed: Events transferred incorrectly between parts on MIDI file splitting (#99).
  
• Fixed: SmpteOffsetEvent writes in wrong way.
  
• Fixed: SmpteOffsetEvent equality check is wrong.
  
• Fixed: Failed to use devices API in UWP app (#95).