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-version: "1.2.2"
-date: "August 26, 2023"
+date:    "January 14, 2024"
+version: "1.2.3"
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+---
+title:  "sfizz 1.2.3 release"
+author: "sfztools"
+date:   "2024-01-15T20:20:47+0000"
+---
+### Added 
+
+- Support for curvecc opcodes on v1 EGs (@PythonBlue)
+- Support for `lotimer/hitimer` (@essej)
+
+### Changed
+
+- Allow polyphonic aftertouch (cc 130) to respect the note number, which improves e.g. the choking logic (@essej)
+
+### Fixed
+
+- Adjusted the gain compensation on pan stages (@cvde)
+- Ensure that voices are cleaned up before being force-reused (@iv-m)
+- Fixed a bug in the wavpack wrapper for multichannel files (@KKQ-KKQ)
+- Fixed a bug in the way the tuning root was computed (@KKQ-KKQ)
+- Fixed a bug where samples would be loaded in RAM twice when using `hint_ram_based=1`
+- Fixed a bug where quasi-simultaneous notes would not properly choke each other
+- Don't send a note off event if a note was choked by a CC event.
+
+## Download links
+
+- [sfizz-1.2.3-macos.tar.gz](https://github.com/sfztools/sfizz/releases/download/1.2.3/sfizz-1.2.3-macos.tar.gz)
+- [sfizz-1.2.3-win32.zip](https://github.com/sfztools/sfizz/releases/download/1.2.3/sfizz-1.2.3-win32.zip)
+- [sfizz-1.2.3-win64.zip](https://github.com/sfztools/sfizz/releases/download/1.2.3/sfizz-1.2.3-win64.zip)
+- [sfizz-1.2.3.tar.gz](https://github.com/sfztools/sfizz/releases/download/1.2.3/sfizz-1.2.3.tar.gz)
+- [GitHub Release](https://github.com/sfztools/sfizz/releases/tag/1.2.3)
+- [Downloads](../../sfizz/downloads.md)