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Old REAPER 2.x versions:
REAPER v2.53 - October 17, 2008
Downloads: 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: 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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