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REAPER v2.53 - October 17, 2008
Downloads:

Windows (3.4MB installer)
BETA: Windows x64 (3.4MB installer)
BETA: OS X Universal (7.9MB DMG)

Changes:

• FX MIDI learn can now be set to only be active when the track or item is selected, allowing more context sensitive controls
• Action: view fx chain for master track (for Rene)
• HUI track naming and clearing updates (for Novation Automap)
• Next/Previous transient navigation now set focus onto edit cursor (pre-2.5 behavior)
• Mousewheel now works to scroll in track envelopes/routing windows, routing matrix
• Fix for ungraceful MIDI program name reporting in Stylus RMX, Proteus, possibly other VSTis
• MIDI editor loads default reabank
• fixed non-looping items pre-echo of next loop when pitch shifting/timestretch
• internal envelope defaults cleanups
• JS: compscope (for measuring dynamic response of compressors)
• JS: remaincalm.org's glitch processors
• JS: liteon's cheby24db and moog filters
• AlphaTrack/FaderPort/TranzPort: better master track selection behavior

REAPER v2.52 - October 12, 2008
Downloads:

Windows (3.4MB installer)
BETA: Windows x64 (3.4MB installer)
BETA: OS X Universal (7.9MB DMG)

Changes:

• Memory use reduction with lots of items/takes in projects
• Render: new optional online realtime rendering mode (allowing easy renders with external synths, reainsert, etc)
• MIDI editor: bank/program select lane, .reabank and .ins import, automatic loading for software instruments
• MIDI editor: humanize notes action
• MIDI editor: action for join selected notes
• MIDI editor: default bindings to switch channel view (shift+0-9, and ~ to show all)
• MIDI editor: fixed scrolling marquee selection issues
• MIDI editor: fixed hang with huge grid sizes
• ReaInsert: fixed dropped MIDI events on playback start in certain instances
• ReaSynth: full ADSR control, second utility oscillator, smoother fast attacks, sustain pedal support
• ReaSynth: pulse width control, big optimizations
• OSX: JS keyboard fixes
• OSX: various scroll related fixes, fixed floating masterTCP bug
• Keyboard: Fix for . vs alt+. keyboard assignments, alt+numpadkeys, etc
• Normalizing items no longer resets take phase reversal
• Fixed mute UI update issue when stopped/paused/etc and not running FX
• MP3 encoder: no longer creates (inaccurate) peak files
• Dynamic split: tweaked reduce split slider centerline
• Fix for ctrl+mousewheel inconsistent fader behavior
• Fixed mp3+pitch shifting+take FX end-of-item bug
• Faster loading of projects with large amounts of media (splash screen updates)
• Action: set project tempo from time selection
• Help/All Actions (dumps full actions list to web page)
• Left and right clicking items now shows more informative cursor
• Fix for not naming imported MIDI items when importing from file to in-project item
• VST: Fix for Zebra automation (special-case messagepump run)
• HUI: track name support

REAPER v2.51 - September 26, 2008
Download: 3.4 MB installer

• JS: new development environment with editor, debugging support (variable watches)
• Saving track templates now saves any track media items as well (since people seem to want this)
• Loading track templates, fx chains, presets, now prompts for missing media (if REAPER is configured to do so)
• Action: move cursor back or forward one beat or measure, move cursor to start of this or next measure
• Move to start of current measure action moves back a measure if cursor is already at measure start
• Create measure from selection actions optionally set project tempo instead of inserting markers
• REX2: adjust imported slice length to hear the longest tail of previous slices underneath later slices
• JS: better UI auto-sizing/arrangement
• JS: MIDI/midi_CC_mapper, updates to spectropaint, added spectropaint_filter
• OSX: fixed keyboard focus issue on many actions
• OSX: fixed bug with screensets window (could also affect win32)
• OSX: fixed keyboard state loading bug (required manually removing some key assignments -- could also affect win32)
• Vegas EDL: load/save of fade shapes, lock state, preserve pitch state, loading of mute state
• ReaSynDr: fixed non-multiout mode
• Fixed crashes when MIDI files are not found and ignored on project load
• Fixed project start time offset when rendering cues
• Fixed FX-add recent search combobox height
• Fiddly fixes for zero crossing navigation with high frequency content

Also available: v2.51 OS X BETA (7.9MB - requires OS X 10.4 or 10.5, PPC or Intel Mac).

Also available: v2.51 Windows x64 BETA (3.3MB - requires Windows XP x64 or Vista 64 bit and 64-bit drivers/plug-ins).

REAPER v2.5 - September 20, 2008
Download: 3.4 MB installer

• BIG STUFF
  • Uber track control group support (shift+G defaults to show group settings, Ctrl+Alt+G shows new Track Grouping Matrix)
  • REX2 file support, imported slices keep beat location if project tempo changes (todo support moving items across tempo changes, currently slices must be re-imported)
  • Dynamic Split interactive beat slicing and quantization
• NEW GOODIES
  • Action: detect tempo, create measure from time selection (new or current time signature, one bar or many)
  • Action: extend or swap selection to next transient in selected items
  • Action: move items left/right by grid
  • Action: set/adjust arrange view grid size
  • Action: move cursor to next/prior zero crossing (Z, shift+Z by default)
  • Action: split item at prior zero crossing (alt+Z by default)
  • Action: move cursor to nearest transient in selected items
  • Action: adjust item rate while clearing preserve pitch
  • Action: set/clear item "preserve pitch" setting
  • Action: select all tracks in groups 1..32
  • Action: create chromatic MIDI notes from selected items
  • Shift+3/4,5/6 now map to item rate changes (10-cent, semitone), clearing preserve pitch
  • JS: utility/volume_pan with parameter smoothing (for use with param modulation)
  • JS: utility/phase_adjust now handles stereo (phase rotates each channel, not the stereo image)
  • JS: delay_sustain effect
  • JS: vca_master and vca_slave for emulating VCA-style control using audio routing
  • JS: spectropaint effect (woohoo spectral painting for fun!), fixes to gfxanalyzer and gfxspectrograph
  • New mute and solo button context menus with toggle/exclusive/clear options
  • Add-FX dialog: remembers recent searches in dropdown list
  • MIDI editor: rename current MIDI take from MIDI editor menu
  • Option to disable alt key opening menus in main, midi editor, mixer windows
  • Render stem actions now render pre-fader signal, new actions for old post-fader stems behavior
  • Prefs/editing behavior: slider for tab-to-transient sensitivity
  • Glue: glues items to project samplerate if project samplerate is set
  • Routing matrix: fixed some scrollbar bugs, improved tooltips, added track grouping view
  • Saving a project with copy/move that has media loaded into ReaSamplomatic and ReaVerb now copies that media to project directory
  • Option in Prefs/Appearance to allow choosing track group display modes (ribbons, lines, none)
• SUBTLE IMPROVEMENTS
  • Better pooling of media file resources for better RAM use (especially with lots of splits)
  • Better automatic track naming, updating of UI on autoname
  • Better pooling of pitch shifter resources (track-pooled to avoid excess reinitializations)
  • Undo system: reduced memory use throughout (better granularity etc)
  • WavPack: updated to 4.50, fixed bug in metadata reading, BWF tag read/write
  • Recording volume/pan automation with ganged/grouped tracks is now supported
  • Better ganged/grouped vol/pan fader behavior (relative levels not lost at extremities)
  • MIDI media items no longer reset CCs at end, just pitch and notes
  • ReaEQ: better deferred display updating, uses LICE bitmaps (todo: full LICE conversion)
  • Removed excess ini file writing resizing midi editor CC lane
  • Removing presets in preset list now cleans up the preset file more
• FIXED STUFF
  • MCP: multiple track selection follows MCP track order and visibility
  • Shift+Click for time selection behaves better with snap and other options
  • Shift+Click for loop selection in ruler now works correctly when time+loop selections locked
  • Fixed touch automation on track mutes
  • Screenset window now updates shortcuts when using alternate recording section
  • Prefs/Keyboard is back, has link to actions window
  • Improved threadsafeness of media creation and peak cache system
  • Fixed relative grid actions in midi editor showing display
  • Fixed auto-add of envelope setting initial (t=0) value
  • Fixed crash on JS with only outputs and opening pin manager
  • Fixes for tab to transient and zero crossing detection for heavily stretched items
  • Improved behavior of preference to not allow projects to override audio hardware sample rate
  • Fix for ReaNINJAM problems introduced in 2.45 (ogg end of stream behavior)
  • Fixed GDI leak in ReaEQ added in 2.42 (nyquist line drawing)
  • Fixed GDI leak in skinned-scrollbar code
  • Restore MIDI editor note row display state when reopening a project
  • AU: update generic UI on factory default preset loading
  • Fix for JS with only outputs crashing when plugin pin matrix opened
  • Fix for preset system storing large presets (ini file line size issue)
  • Fix for parameter modulation/automation reading when "run fx when stopped" is disabled
  • Moved many JS fx from old_unsupported back to their authors path

Also available: v2.5 OS X BETA (7.9MB - requires OS X 10.4 or 10.5, PPC or Intel Mac).

Also available: v2.5 Windows x64 BETA (3.3MB - requires Windows XP x64 or Vista 64 bit and 64-bit drivers/plug-ins).

REAPER v2.46 - August 29, 2008
Download: 3.3 MB installer

• renderproject startup option no longer checks for ReWire, hides splash before starting render
• ReaFIR: fixed excessive smearing on playback start
• ReaFIR: more accurate configuration storing of low volume noise profiles
• OSX: Fixed shift+mousewheel
• OSX: Cmd+drag notes in midi editor copies notes
• OSX: PPC fixes (JS, registration info, nag info)
• OSX: fix for OS X 10.5 rosetta issues
• JS: meter scaling and rounding fix
• JS gfxspectrograph improvements

Also available: v2.46 OS X BETA (7.8MB - requires OS X 10.4 or 10.5, PPC or Intel Mac).

Also available: v2.46 Windows x64 BETA (3.3MB - requires Windows XP x64 or Vista 64 bit and 64-bit drivers/plug-ins).

REAPER v2.45 - August 25, 2008
Download: 3.3 MB installer

• Tracks can be set to automatically record-arm when selected (per-track or globally, configurable)
• Muting tracks now fades signal to avoid clicks (default 5 ms, configurable)
• Solo in Front option (with configurable dim amount, action to adjust dim via mousewheel/surfaces)
• Internal midi organization updates, fewer stuck notes throughout (when switching takes, mute/solo, etc)
• Multimedia keyboard support, including default shortcuts
• MIDI editor: hide unused or unnamed note rows (preliminary)
• MIDI editor: new triangle (drum mode) view
• Cut/copy selected area of selected items now copies/pastes empty space
• Arrange view cursor updates on mouse modifier changes
• Option (prefs/mouse) to have right click marquee also select time without modifier
• MIDI editor previews now are volume adjusted and transposed according to the MIDI item setting
• MIDI overdub/replace modes now shift/scale velocity inversely to item settings
• MIDI overdub/replace recording now can record piano roll key hits
• MIDI editor: show play cursor whenever it can be reasonably located
• Glue now preserves sub-sample lengths of items
• Mute envelopes (track and send) now send note-offs when used in the middle of notes
• Actions to split items at edit cursor with select left, right, and no selection changes
• Actions to set/unset FIPM, set/unset loop points linked to time selection
• Actions to set/clear, save/restore snapping
• Actions to split item under mouse cursor, with optional select left/right
• Actions to move cursor to previous/next cue in selected items
• Actions window: now restores focus to MIDI editor after executing actions
• Fixed stem rendering issues with folders and MIDI items
• Fixed longstanding issue with midi sends and volume automation
• Fixed absolute 14 bit (pitch shift) mode for metronome volume action
• Fixed MIDI action binding updating relative modes of shortcuts
• Fixed right click marquee not obeying time selection lock
• Fixed custom actions not using plug-in registered names for storing command IDs
• Fixed precision errors when switching on item sections via media item properties
• Fixed bug when converting midi items to/from files (context not set properly)
• Middle mouse button now functions the same in the ruler as in the arrange
• Better window updating when doing fast tab to transients
• Better undo state point adding when changing track automation modes
• Made adjusting the loop selection not scrub if "move cursor to start of loop selection" is set
• DXi: send noteoffs on stop
• VSTi: now sends specific noteoffs instead of allnotesoff on stop
• VSTi: support for VST 2.4 sysex sending/receiving
• ReaSynDr: optional multi-out mode (one "instrument" per output)
• ReaInsert: sysex sending support
• ReaFIR: separate "Points (smooth)" and "Points (flat)" modes
• ReaPitch: removed zipper noises when changing volume and pan
• OGG writer: now generates more compatible OGG streams, adds encoder tag
• JS: plug-ins can disable anti-denormal input noise by setting ext_nodenorm=1 in @init
• Updated to Dirac LE 1.3
• Installer updated to NSIS 2.39

Also available: v2.45 OS X BETA (7.8MB - requires OS X 10.4 or 10.5, PPC or Intel Mac).

Also available: v2.45 Windows x64 BETA (3.3MB - requires Windows XP x64 or Vista 64 bit and 64-bit drivers/plug-ins).

REAPER v2.44 - July 31 2008
Download: 3.3 MB installer

• MIDI editor: fixed markers/regions/time selection drawing when time signature changes
• Key bindings: cleaner binding saving code
• ReaFIR: bugfix when switching from precise to points mode
• Everything good from 2.43:
• New actions: split item at media cues, shrink to first or last cue (or both)
• New actions: mute/unmute, solo/unsolo (in addition to existing toggle) selected tracks
• New meta-actions: wait 0.1, 0.5, 1.0 seconds before next action
• Fixed bug in importing embedded loops when one end of the loop is hidden
• MIDI editor: display project markers and regions
• MIDI editor: actions to shorten or lengthen selected notes by one pixel or one grid unit
• MIDI editor: updates timeline when moving item
• MIDI editor show play cursor regardless of full item visibility in project
• Better shortcut matching (avoid load-time collisions between num+ and +, etc)
• Item playrates are now clamped to 0.01x/100.0x
• Added tcp_main_namebg and mcp_main_namebg theme elements
• Fixed mousewheel in docked midi editors
• ReaFIR: smoother interpolation for EQ curve
• ReaNinjam: added "Send" button to chat window for WINE users
• JS: new smaller JS DLL (compiled with MSVC, internal cleanups)
• JS: no more memcpy() page granularity issues
• VSTi: potential fix for faulty plug-ins that do not handle all-note-offs very sensibly
• Better transport sizing when using large system fonts

Also available: v2.44 OS X BETA (7.3MB - requires OS X 10.4 or 10.5, PPC or Intel Mac).

Also available: v2.44 Windows x64 BETA (3.3MB - requires Windows XP x64 or Vista 64 bit and 64-bit drivers/plug-ins).

REAPER v2.43 - July 30 2008
Download: 3.3 MB installer

• New actions: split item at media cues, shrink to first or last cue (or both)
• New actions: mute/unmute, solo/unsolo (in addition to existing toggle) selected tracks
• New meta-actions: wait 0.1, 0.5, 1.0 seconds before next action
• Fixed bug in importing embedded loops when one end of the loop is hidden
• MIDI editor: display project markers and regions
• MIDI editor: actions to shorten or lengthen selected notes by one pixel or one grid unit
• MIDI editor: updates timeline when moving item
• MIDI editor show play cursor regardless of full item visibility in project
• Better shortcut matching (avoid load-time collisions between num+ and +, etc)
• Item playrates are now clamped to 0.01x/100.0x
• Added tcp_main_namebg and mcp_main_namebg theme elements
• Fixed mousewheel in docked midi editors
• ReaFIR: smoother interpolation for EQ curve
• ReaNinjam: added "Send" button to chat window for WINE users
• JS: new smaller JS DLL (compiled with MSVC, internal cleanups)
• JS: no more memcpy() page granularity issues
• VSTi: potential fix for faulty plug-ins that do not handle all-note-offs very sensibly
• Better transport sizing when using large system fonts

Also available: v2.43 OS X BETA (7.3MB - requires OS X 10.4 or 10.5, PPC or Intel Mac).

Also available: v2.43 Windows x64 BETA (3.3MB - requires Windows XP x64 or Vista 64 bit and 64-bit drivers/plug-ins).

REAPER v2.42 - July 26 2008
Download: 3.3 MB installer

• Wavpack writer: fixed rendering to wrong bit depth bug
• Per item custom colors
• New actions window for finding actions, defining custom actions, assigning key and controller shortcuts
• Dedicated actions menu including recent actions list, optionally some custom actions
• Preliminary meta-actions for use within custom actions: prompt to continue, prompt to loop
• Meta-actions for modifying midi CCs/mousewheel/etc assignment velocities
• Mousewheel is now a mappable shortcut to actions for the main arrange view and midi editor views
• MIDI editor: avoid making duplicates when pasting notes
• MIDI editor: show loop markers, action to move edit cursor to mouse cursor
• MIDI editor: select previous/next/all note(s) with same note value, paste preserving position in measure (ctrl-shift-V)
• MIDI editor: actions to navigate/select previous/next note (walks through chords)
• MIDI editor: actions to set loop points, move edit cursor to selection or either end of loop
• MIDI editor: new navigate menu, lots of new actions to navigate, select notes, expand selection
• MIDI editor: Actions window
• New actions: expand selected tracks, minimize all others (default shortcut !), minimize all tracks (@)
• New actions: halve/double loop (in arrange or MIDI editor view)
• New actions: mute/unmute (in addition to existing toggle) selected items
• New actions: select all items in time selection, or track and time selection
• New action: insert 4 envelope points at time selection
• Fixed healing splits for items in multi-lane (FIPM) tracks
• Fixed midi overdub recording with loop selection autopunch issues
• ReWire: improvements (better PT compat), option for alternate configuration file for slave mode
• ReWire: fixed loading of MIDI input 8-16 config
• ReWire: improved configuration, ReWire->REAPER MIDI routing config
• JS: fixed mousewheel in certain JS sliders
• JS: new phase_adjust plugin
• JS: moved more FX to old_unsupported
• VST: patch name box no longer accidentally editable, "rename FXP/FXB" added to patch save/load menu
• API: added GetPeaksBitmap, ShowActionList functions
• ReaRoute: fixed some race condition issues, and enabled support for win64-Wow64 rearouting on x64 (expect an x64 rearoute.dll soon)
• Safer waveout/dsound shutdown sequencing (closer to 2.3x)

REAPER v2.41 - July 16 2008
Download: 3.3 MB installer

• New action and menu item "Insert virtual instrument on new track"
• Double-click in empty track list space to insert new track at end
• "Open with FX offline (recovery mode)" checkbox in open-project dialog
• WAV read/write: support for more types of WAV file cues and loops
• Wavpack read/write: support for importing and exporting cues and loops
• Parameter modulation: added release speed slider to audio control signal
• MIDI note names: added menu option to clear names
• FX chains and FX-add dialog now show item label in title
• Save-as with copy/move/trim of source media updates take labels for accuracy
• FX browser: fixed some issues with large numbers of folders
• Browsing for replacement file on project load allows you to choose any supported type
• ReaRoute: overhaul/tons of bugfixes, configurable I/O amounts (2-256 channels now supported)
• EDL TXT: Support loading of PlayPitch, better PlayRate offsetting for Vegas EDLs
• Internal work towards AMD64 OS support

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