Previously, negative amplitudes were clamped to zero.
Now, they are allowed to range from -ALMOST_ONE to +ALMOST_ONE.
This is useful in certain circumstances, such as using synthio
to create CV-like outputs that can be positive or negative, by
using the amplitude property of the note.
This enables the specific use case of checking whether a note's release
phase has ended, but is also potentially useful to implement a sort of
"voice stealing" algorithm in Python code, which can take account of
the note's envelope state as well as other factors specific to the
program.
Apply envelope & panning after biquad filtering.
This may fix the weird popping problem. It also reduces the number
of operations that are done "in stereo", so it could help performance.
It also fixes a previously unnoticed problem where a ring-modulated
waveform had 2x the amplitude of an un-modulated waveform.
The test differences look large but it's because some values got changed
in the LSB after the mathematical divisions were moved around.
Semi-incompatible name change: The method `release_then_press`
is now `change`. For now a compatibility alias is supported.
Everywhere a `NoteSequence` was accepted, a single note is now accepted.
So for instance, `synth.press(30)` can be written instead of requiring
``synth.press((30,))`. The same goes for `change.retrigger`, which
will accept a single LFO or a sequence.
When there's no sustain, the release step needs to be calculated from
the attack level, not the sustain level. Otherwise, contrary to intent,
this leads to the actual release taking a loooonnngg time.
A note can be placed in the center (panning=0) or moved to just the left
(panning=1) or right (panning=-1) channels. Fractional panning values
place it partially in both channels.
Now the vibrato 'units' are 1.0 = one octave, 1/12 = one semitone,
1/1200 = one cent. Before, the units were somewhat arbitrary and were not
perceptually "symmetrical" around the base frequency.
For vibrato_depth = 1/12 and base frequency of 440,
before: pitch from 403.33 to 476.67Hz, not corresponding to any notes
after: pitch from 415.30 to 466.16Hz, corresponding to G# and A#
this has the side effect of making some notes more accurate, the new
frequency= value in the test is closer to the true midi frequency of
830.609...Hz.
