Version history for Renoise (demo) for Mac OS X

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Changes for v2.8.2 - v3.0.0

• http://www.renoise.com/release-notes/300

Changes for v2.7.2 - v2.8.0

• Release Notes for Renoise 2.8.0
• We are proud to present a new Renoise Release. Final versions of our latest release are now available to all registered users at the Renoise Backstage, and everyone else can check out the free demo versions. Everyone is invited to join our forums to discuss the new release.
• Full 64-bit Support
• Ever since our Linux users got a 64-bit version with Renoise 2.5, we've had a lot of requests for 64-bit support on all three platforms, and now it's ready. Running the 64-bit version, the memory-hungry among you can now take full advantage of the available resources in your machine, allowing you to break the 4 GB barrier.
• Renoise 2.8 also comes complete with a native plug-in bridge, allowing seamless usage of 32-bit instrument and effect plug-ins inside the 64-bit Renoise process, and vice versa.
• 64-bit versions for all platforms: Windows, OSX and Linux
• Plug-in bridge allows 32-bit plug-ins to be used within 64-bit Renoise
• Full Rewire 64-bit support
• Reworked Pattern Matrix with Slot Aliases
• Workflow has been the keyword for most of the 2.8 development cycle. Thanks to the revamped Pattern Matrix and sequencer, it's now easier than ever to arrange your songs. By aliasing individual pattern slots, you can lay out complete tracks in no time. The new sections feature allows you to add structure and overview, while the streamlined sequencer helps to keep your project nice and tidy.
• Alias individual pattern slots in the matrix, i.e. treat them like clips
• Edit one slot and have changes propagate to all other aliases
• Quickly clone or alias slots by dragging their edges
• Use section headers to group parts of the song together
• Track Groups & Collapsing
• Another big workflow improvement is track grouping, which allows you to group related tracks together, and have each group share common effect chains. It's now also possible to collapse tracks and groups, which can do wonders for the overview of large projects.
• Group tracks into logical units, collapse them for better overview
• Flexible routing of group tracks
• Collapsed tracks use minimal space, while still providing a quick overview
• Pattern effects in groups will affect all member tracks simultaneously
• Automatically collapse all tracks except the one you are focussing on
• Color code tracks with adjustable background colors
• DSP Effects and Meta Devices
• And what would a new Renoise release be without a few new DSP effects?
• New DSP Multitap delay for spaced out filtered echo madness
• New DSP Repeater for st-st-st-stuttery goodness
• New DSP Exciter to make your mixes sparkle
• New Meta Mixer allowing blending of modulation signals into one output
• Improved EQs with bigger graphs and all values can be automated
• Improved Send devices, which can now be individually panned
• New and improved crossover filters for the Multi Send device
• Sample Editor
• The Sample Editor has also got its fair share of workflow improvements.
• Left & right channels can be edited separately
• Zoom level & current selection are remembered per sample
• Significantly faster sample loading
• Destructively render slices to individual samples
• Improved keyboard and mouse selection handling
• Improved marker and waveform display visibility
• New and improved processing tools (mute selection, insert silence, invert phase, swap stereo channels and cross-fading loop creator)
• Improved Spectrum View
• New Phase Correlation Meter in Phase Scope
• Side-by-side comparison of two tracks in the spectrum view
• New drawing modes: Filled Curve, Bar and Spectrogram
• Configurable frequency scaling, precision, peak fall rate, and slope
• Pattern Effects
• Pattern effects in the master or group tracks will affect all member tracks
• Up to 34 DSP devices can be addressed via pattern commands 1xyy-Yxyy
• New pattern effects: Tremolo, Auto Pan, Set Envelope Position
• Logical mnemonics for pattern effects from A to Z instead of cryptic numbers
• Performance Improvements
• Hyper-threading support for new Intel i5 and i7 CPUs and others
• Various audio engine speed optimizations for all platforms
• Other Workflow Improvements
• Graphical BPM/LPB/TPL automation in the Master track
• New Favorites system for plug-ins and native DSP devices
• Expandable and detachable Envelope Editor
• Memorize last used bank/preset paths per plug-in
• Automatically name rendered songs/patterns
• Right-side modifier keys are no longer hard-coded
• Finer control over note distribution when dragging samples into keyzones
• Improved color picker with saveable swatches
• Context menus overhauled and made more consistent
• Under the Hood
• Quicktime is no longer needed to import MP3 files on Windows
• Plug-ins are woken up from auto-suspend when clicking on their windows
• Support for mono capture devices on OSX
• New Jack implementation on Linux
• Trimmed overall memory footprint
• Lua Changes
• Renoise Update Checker and Tools Auto Updater are now part of the default installation
• Various new Lua API bindings

Changes for v2.7.2 - v2.8.0 RC 1

• Full 64-bit Support
• Ever since our Linux users got a 64-bit version with Renoise 2.5, we've had a lot of requests for 64-bit support on all three platforms, and now it's ready. Running the 64-bit version, the memory-hungry among you can now take full advantage of the available resources in your machine, allowing you to break the 4 GB barrier.
• Renoise 2.8 also comes complete with a native plug-in bridge, allowing seamless usage of 32-bit instrument and effect plug-ins inside the 64-bit Renoise process, and vice versa.
• 64-bit versions for all platforms: Windows, OSX and Linux
• Plug-in bridge allows 32-bit plug-ins to be used within 64-bit Renoise
• Full Rewire 64-bit support
• Reworked Pattern Matrix with Slot Aliases
• Workflow has been the keyword for most of the 2.8 development cycle. Thanks to the revamped Pattern Matrix and sequencer, it's now easier than ever to arrange your songs. By aliasing individual pattern slots, you can lay out complete tracks in no time. The new sections feature allows you to add structure and overview, while the streamlined sequencer helps to keep your project nice and tidy.
• Alias individual pattern slots in the matrix, i.e. treat them like clips
• Edit one slot and have changes propagate to all other aliases
• Quickly clone or alias slots by dragging their edges
• Use section headers to group parts of the song together
• Track Groups & Collapsing
• Another big workflow improvement is track grouping, which allows you to group related tracks together, and have each group share common effect chains. It's now also possible to collapse tracks and groups, which can do wonders for the overview of large projects.
• Group tracks into logical units, collapse them for better overview
• Flexible routing of group tracks
• Collapsed tracks use minimal space, while still providing a quick overview
• Pattern effects in groups will affect all member tracks simultaneously
• Automatically collapse all tracks except the one you are focussing on
• Color code tracks with adjustable background colors
• DSP Effects and Meta Devices
• And what would a new Renoise release be without a few new DSP effects?
• New DSP Multitap delay for spaced out filtered echo madness
• New DSP Repeater for st-st-st-stuttery goodness
• New DSP Exciter to make your mixes sparkle
• New Meta Mixer allowing blending of modulation signals into one output
• Improved EQs with bigger graphs and all values can be automated
• Improved Send devices, which can now be individually panned
• New and improved crossover filters for the Multi Send device
• Sample Editor
• The Sample Editor has also got its fair share of workflow improvements.
• Left & right channels can be edited separately
• Zoom level & current selection are remembered per sample
• Significantly faster sample loading
• Destructively render slices to individual samples
• Improved keyboard and mouse selection handling
• Improved marker and waveform display visibility
• New and improved processing tools (mute selection, insert silence, invert phase, swap stereo channels and cross-fading loop creator)
• Improved Spectrum View
• New Phase Correlation Meter in Phase Scope
• Side-by-side comparison of two tracks in the spectrum view
• New drawing modes: Filled Curve, Bar and Spectrogram
• Configurable frequency scaling, precision, peak fall rate, and slope
• Pattern Effects
• Pattern effects in the master or group tracks will affect all member tracks
• Up to 34 DSP devices can be addressed via pattern commands 1xyy-Yxyy
• New pattern effects: Tremolo, Auto Pan, Set Envelope Position
• Logical mnemonics for pattern effects from A to Z instead of cryptic numbers
• Performance Improvements
• Hyper-threading support for new Intel i5 and i7 CPUs and others
• Various audio engine speed optimizations for all platforms
• Other Workflow Improvements
• Graphical BPM/LPB/TPL automation in the Master track
• New Favorites system for plug-ins and native DSP devices
• Expandable and detachable Envelope Editor
• Memorize last used bank/preset paths per plug-in
• Automatically name rendered songs/patterns
• Right-side modifier keys are no longer hard-coded
• Finer control over note distribution when dragging samples into keyzones
• Improved color picker with saveable swatches
• Context menus overhauled and made more consistent
• Under the Hood
• Quicktime is no longer needed to import MP3 files on Windows
• Plug-ins are woken up from auto-suspend when clicking on their windows
• Support for mono capture devices on OSX
• New Jack implementation on Linux
• Trimmed overall memory footprint
• Lua Changes
• Renoise Update Checker and Tools Auto Updater are now part of the default installation
• Various new Lua API bindings

Changes for v2.7.0 - v2.7.1

• Fixes:
• Mac OSX: Lua Error Dialogs May Crash Renoise
• Lua samples[]:copy_from troubles when applied on sliced samples
• Keyzone Editor, "Vel->Vol" Problem With Multiple Samples
• Problem Loading .Rni Instruments From 2003
• Hydra Destination Fx Name Incorrect When Renaming Device
• Changes:
• Undo/Redo Record Last Take Finetuning
• Edit Step is Saved Again (As Preferences)

Changes for v2.6.1 - v2.7.0

• Release Notes for Renoise 2.7.0
• Back To Beats. Renoise 2.7 transitions from the developer-heavy focus of the previous release to more musical concerns such as Sampling, Instruments, Automation, and Native DSPs.
• Instrument Redesign and Sample Keyzones
• Renoise's internal instruments have been re-engineered. The focal point is a new keyzone editor that supports overlapping, velocity, and key release mappings. The Sample Keyzones editor brings with it user interface refinements, improved drumkit generation, better tuning options, new sample properties, and loop modes. Live instrumentalists can also tap into new realtime rendering modes and MIDI input routing, making Renoise on a laptop a formidable replacement for your old sampler.
• Some new Instrument & Sampler features at a glance:
• Sample Keyzones GUI editor per instrument
• Map different samples to different velocity ranges
• Map samples to key release as well as key press
• Stack samples and create overlapping sections
• Toggle envelope on/off per keyzone
• New Release sample loop option for exiting the loop on key release
• MIDI Input can now be routed to individual instruments and tracks
• Extended drumkit and keyboard layout generation options
• Sample envelopes now have Points mode in addition to Linear and Curve
• Autofade setting per sample for quickly fading beginning and end of samples
• Select multiple samples and batch edit properties
• Overhauled instrument properties GUI, now in lower tab
• Sample Slice Markers
• New Slice Markers push Renoise's breakbeat insanity one step further. With the click of a button, your break is sliced and keymapped. Amens away! More than just a beatslicer, creatives will soon discover custom offsets and the power of aliases for controlling longer recordings like vocals and soundscapes.
• Slice marker features include:
• Automatically detect transients in sample and place markers on them
• Manually place and edit slice positions in sample editor
• Trigger slices from keyboard as if they were regular samples
• Trigger slices from pattern 09 commands
• Trigger either only slice or remainder of sample from that point
• Edit sample properties like loop, volume etc per slice
• Automation Improvements
• The revamped Automation Editor now provides a zoomable overview of the entire song, as well as vastly improved envelope resolution. Mouse handling has also been simplified, with fewer modifiers and more easily accessible draw mode, selections and context menu.
• Automation precision increased to 256 steps per pattern line
• Zoom level can be locked to multiples or fractions of whole envelopes
• Values can be snapped to grid, lines or beats
• Turn off Follow mode to detach edit position from playback position
• Left-click and drag to select, drag a selected point to move/scale
• New Track DSPs
• Internal FX get an injection of winning with a new Comb Filter and a Multiband Send that lets you surgically redirect a single sound source to 3 send tracks. New draggable gain and frequency handles in the native EQs add flavour and finesse to the tools.
• New Multiband Send device letting you send different frequency bands to different destinations
• New Comb Filter device
• Draggable handles for Frequency, Gain and Q for the EQ devices
• Devices can now be renamed
• Load and Save DSP chains from the device chain and device context menu
• DSSI plugins now handle MIDI note events coming from the GUI
• DSSI plugin windows always stay on top of Renoise window
• Recording & MIDI
• MIDI Input can now be routed to individual instruments and tracks
• Pre-count metronome option for recording
• Live recording MIDI notes/events will no longer create lots of Undo/Redo steps
• More simultaneous Master/MIDI In devices supported
• Store pattern quantize settings globally and not per song
• Audio Rendering
• Real-time rendering mode: render MIDI instruments and line-in devices, or hybrid VSTs
• Mono/Stereo/Auto option added for the plugin grabber
• Render Selection To Sample no longer renders DSPs on master channel
• Other Tweaks and Fixes
• Remember previous track mute states when soloing/unsoloing
• New phase meter in Master Spectrum view
• Track and master scopes synced to zero crossings for better readability
• Audio headroom per track is now configurable (was -6dB)
• Pattern Matrix no longer steals Pattern Editor focus when clicked
• Navigating folders with many XRNX/XRNI files in Disk Browser considerably sped up
• Trigger Autoseek samples also when triggering individual lines (with Return key)
• Double click on scrollbars to zoom out fully in zoomable views
• Updated Lua API bindings

Changes for v2.6.1 - v2.7.0 RC 1

• Release Notes for Renoise 2.7.0
• Back To Beats. Renoise 2.7 transitions from the developer-heavy focus of the previous release to more musical concerns such as Sampling, Instruments, Automation, and Native DSPs.
• Instrument Redesign and Sample Keyzones
• Renoise's internal instruments have been re-engineered. The focal point is a new keyzone editor that supports overlapping, velocity, and key release mappings. The Sample Keyzones editor brings with it user interface refinements, improved drumkit generation, better tuning options, new sample properties, and loop modes. Live instrumentalists can also tap into new realtime rendering modes and MIDI input routing, making Renoise on a laptop a formidable replacement for your old sampler.
• Some new Instrument & Sampler features at a glance:
• Sample Keyzones GUI editor per instrument
• Map different samples to different velocity ranges
• Map samples to key release as well as key press
• Stack samples and create overlapping sections
• Toggle envelope on/off per keyzone
• New Release sample loop option for exiting the loop on key release
• MIDI Input can now be routed to individual instruments and tracks
• Extended drumkit and keyboard layout generation options
• Sample envelopes now have Points mode in addition to Linear and Curve
• Autofade setting per sample for quickly fading beginning and end of samples
• Select multiple samples and batch edit properties
• Overhauled instrument properties GUI, now in lower tab
• Sample Slice Markers
• New Slice Markers push Renoise's breakbeat insanity one step further. With the click of a button, your break is sliced and keymapped. Amens away! More than just a beatslicer, creatives will soon discover custom offsets and the power of aliases for controlling longer recordings like vocals and soundscapes.
• Slice marker features include:
• Automatically detect transients in sample and place markers on them
• Manually place and edit slice positions in sample editor
• Trigger slices from keyboard as if they were regular samples
• Trigger slices from pattern 09 commands
• Trigger either only slice or remainder of sample from that point
• Edit sample properties like loop, volume etc per slice
• Automation Improvements
• The revamped Automation Editor now provides a zoomable overview of the entire song, as well as vastly improved envelope resolution. Mouse handling has also been simplified, with fewer modifiers and more easily accessible draw mode, selections and context menu.
• Automation precision increased to 256 steps per pattern line
• Zoom level can be locked to multiples or fractions of whole envelopes
• Values can be snapped to grid, lines or beats
• Turn off Follow mode to detach edit position from playback position
• Left-click and drag to select, drag a selected point to move/scale
• New Track DSPs
• Internal FX get an injection of winning with a new Comb Filter and a Multiband Send that lets you surgically redirect a single sound source to 3 send tracks. New draggable gain and frequency handles in the native EQs add flavour and finesse to the tools.
• New Multiband Send device letting you send different frequency bands to different destinations
• New Comb Filter device
• Draggable handles for Frequency, Gain and Q for the EQ devices
• Devices can now be renamed
• Load and Save DSP chains from the device chain and device context menu
• DSSI plugins now handle MIDI note events coming from the GUI
• DSSI plugin windows always stay on top of Renoise window
• Recording & MIDI
• MIDI Input can now be routed to individual instruments and tracks
• Pre-count metronome option for recording
• Live recording MIDI notes/events will no longer create lots of Undo/Redo steps
• More simultaneous Master/MIDI In devices supported
• Store pattern quantize settings globally and not per song
• Audio Rendering
• Real-time rendering mode: render MIDI instruments and line-in devices, or hybrid VSTs
• Mono/Stereo/Auto option added for the plugin grabber
• Render Selection To Sample no longer renders DSPs on master channel
• Other Tweaks and Fixes
• Remember previous track mute states when soloing/unsoloing
• New phase meter in Master Spectrum view
• Track and master scopes synced to zero crossings for better readability
• Audio headroom per track is now configurable (was -6dB)
• Pattern Matrix no longer steals Pattern Editor focus when clicked
• Navigating folders with many XRNX/XRNI files in Disk Browser considerably sped up
• Trigger Autoseek samples also when triggering individual lines (with Return key)
• Double click on scrollbars to zoom out fully in zoomable views
• Updated Lua API bindings

Changes for v2.6 RC 1 - v2.6

• New context menu entries and keyboard shortcuts (think "My Improved Pattern Jump", "My Bypass all DSP Devices in Track", "My Generate Chip Sound Sample" commands and so on). A similar concept to the extensions in Mozilla's Firefox.
• Custom graphical user interface elements with the look and feel of Renoise itself. Perfectly integrate your tools with Renoise and make them easy to use for others too.
• Manipulate the Renoise main window or the song (patterns, tracks, instruments, anything that makes up a song). Generate, filter, or process song data in any way you can think of, e.g. for algorithmic composition, instrument creation, automation etc. The sky is the limit.
• Help us create official features by prototyping your ideas, finetune them with the aid of the community and hopefully see them integrated into the core feature set of a future Renoise release.
• Fully optional (no need to use it, when you don't need it)
• Ability to mute parts of your song, without the need to create new patterns, also useful when playing livesets to develop patterns in real time (create full arrangements or "drafts" from a single pattern with just a few clicks)

Changes for v2.0.0 - v2.1.0

• New Features
• ReWire & Jack Transport Support
• (OSX/Win) Rewire Master (ReWire-in routing device) and ReWire Slave mode.
• (Linux) Added Jack Transport
• Live features in the Pattern Sequencer
• Pattern Sequencer can be decoupled from viewed pattern (disable Pattern Follow).
• Pattern Sequencer allows queuing patterns, deferred triggering.
• Pattern Sequencer shows current playing pattern row in the player queue column. Green when follow mode is off, white when follow mode is on.
• New Devices
• Hydra device : Control up to nine parameters of other effects using only one input slider.
• Keytracking device : Similar to the Velocity device but then ranges for key-note values affect the target parameter.
• MIDI CC device got transformed to a MIDI Control device : Pitchbend, Channel Pressure and Program changing are now added parameters (and are now automatable through automation curves).
• Fixes
• Virus TI : Fixed a bug with the VST timing when the static buffers option is enabled & we've added some VST features which are normally not used. "Access" would fix some timing issues on their side to make our fix work so you also need to download their newest Firmware containing their solution to have a full fix.
• OSX: Supercollider AU Wrappers show no parameters / crackle.
• Pingpong Looped Sample + 05xx Resets Loop Direction
• Ext. Midi Notes sometimes stuck (from MIDI Master Keyboard)
• OSX: Audio Damage Plugins GUI Crash
• Midi In From Mme+Wdm should not be used together by default
• Middle Click On Envelope Automation Sets A Point
• Linux: Wrong VST Instruments Properties label LADSPA instruments should not be mentioned
• Renoise "Hickups" On Songplay After Idling
• Changes
• Loop info is now included when saving WAV and FLAC files
• Clicking stop twice no longer rewinds the pattern-arranger to the first song-position.

Changes for v2.0.0 - v2.1.0 RC 2

• Fixes
• Virus TI : Fixed a bug with the VST timing when the static buffers option is enabled & we've added some VST features which are normally not used. "Access" would fix some timing issues on their side to make our fix work so you also need to download their newest Firmware containing their solution to have a full fix.
• OSX: Supercollider AU Wrappers show no parameters / crackle.
• Pingpong Looped Sample + 05xx Resets Loop Direction
• Ext. Midi Notes sometimes stuck (from MIDI Master Keyboard)
• OSX: Audio Damage Plugins GUI Crash
• Midi In From Mme+Wdm should not be used together by default
• Middle Click On Envelope Automation Sets A Point
• Linux: Wrong VST Instruments Properties label LADSPA instruments should not be mentioned
• Renoise "Hickups" On Songplay After Idling
• Changes
• Loop info is now included when saving WAV and FLAC files
• Clicking stop twice no longer rewinds the pattern-arranger to the first song-position.

Changes for v1.9.1 - v2.0.0

• Major Features
• The development of these changes was split into 3 milestones. Precision, Timing and Plugin improvements.
• PDC (Plug-in Delay Compensation)
• Full, automatic, sample precise Plugin Delay Compensation (PDC) for Track FX (native and Plugin) and Instruments (aka everything). You simply don't have to care if a VST Plugin or instrument introduces unwanted latency. Renoise will compensate it for you under the hood.
• Track Delay
• Custom track delays to easily offset MIDI/Audio tracks. For example, laying back a snare can now be done in realtime in the mixer. Same goes for "MIDI tracks" (tracks with MIDI notes).
• Timing Improvement (LPB & Delay Column)
• "Ticks" no longer limited by the engine's note resolution / "Speed" is dead: LPB (Lines Per Beat) :
• "Speed" (this tracker compatibility thing which no one understood, but somehow made the pattern scroll faster) is finally gone. Better said, it got replaced by more powerful and easier to use LPB settings (Lines Per Beat - how many lines in the pattern make up a musical beat).
• Delay Column :
• You can now offset notes and note commands with a gradient of 1/256 line precision (thats a PPQ of 4096 at LPB=16!) via a new "delay column" in the pattern editor. This might be the first time you record something in a tracker and it actually sounds exactly as groovy (or bad) as you played it!
• revised Sample FX commands :
• Pitch/Volume slides, glides now work independently of the sampler's "tick" rate. For example, 0110 will pitch notes a half-note up, 0101 a sixteenth half-note, etc. Volume/panning slides on volume/panning column now work as if their value was the first digit of the corresponding command column command (f.e.: 0720 = A2) See the tutorials pages for more info about these and other effects.
• Also you can smooth/coarse the pitch and volume slidings by increasing/decreasing the Tick-Per-Line value thru the effect F2xx.
• fractional BPM :
• Added the ability to enter fractional BPM (like 127.56) is the BPM box. Fractional values can only be entered by double clicking the BPM value.
• ready for the future :
• NoteDelays and LPB are the most important and necessary steps for upcoming big features like Zoomable Patterns, Piano Roll, more accuracy (timing wise) with FX automations, and so on.
• IMPORTANT: Not all of the changes are backwards compatible, thus only new songs can make use of all the new features. Old songs can be manually upgraded in the "Song settings" pane, but will probably need manual adjustments...
• Audio Unit : (Mac OSX)
• Mac OSX: Added support for Audio Unit (AU) Plugins (finally)
• Note quantize options
• Added note quantize options for realtime recording and Note nudge options in the Advanced Edit pane. There are also new shortcuts for realtime note quantization to quickly quantize after recording.
• Full support for Multi Output VSTi (AU)
• Multi output VSTis (AUs) are now fully supported. Samplers or Synths with multiple channels can now be routed to individual tracks.
• Sending notes to VST (AU) FX
• Sending notes to VST (AU) FX is now supported. Simply create a FX alias in the VST Instruments pane to do so (link an instrument to an existing FX).
• Improved MIDI recording precision
• Vastly improved MIDI recording precision by compensating event latencies (and of course also thanks to the new note delays / LPB settings)
• Channel and Polyphonic aftertouch
• Added support (recording and playback) for channel and polyphonic aftertough for MIDI and VSTi instruments.
• Polyphonic aftertouch is sent when specifying a volume value (velocity) after a note on (but before a note off is present). Channel aftertocuh can be send via:
• "--- 01 .. C3 0020"
• (This will send a aftertocuh value of 20h to the instr. 01)
• Improved audio latency when recording
• The Line-In device now lets you specify the source of the recorded audio and will apply/fix latencies, as needed.
• Improved audio performance : (OSX & Linux)
• OSX & Linux: Improved audio performance (lower latencies are possible) when running Renoise on multi-CPU machines.
• Note: On Linux, you have to configure your system to allow Renoise to create realtime threads. Usually this is done via PAM. Please see the Linux FAQ for more details on how to configure your system to make use of the improvements & fixes.
• Minor Features
• Besides the milestones there are plenty of relatively smaller features that are nonetheless very worthwhile.
• Interface / OS integration :
• Drag & Drop of external files (dragging songs/samples/.. into the Renoise window to load them)
• Windows + OSX: Better support for Japanese and other input modes
• Renoise GUI widget cosmetics
• Tooltips do now show if a shortcut is "local"
• Hitting escape while drag & dropping cancels dragging
• Netbook Screen Resolution Support: The Renoise window can now be resized to min 990x550 pixels (upper or lower frame is automatically hiding if you use small Netbook screen which is smaller than 700 pixel in height)
• Linux :
• the ALSA configuration now allows changing the Periods/Buffer
• Running Renoise when compiz is running will add a standard WM border around the window to get rid of the remaining problems with compiz
• Mixer :
• New helpful short names for LFO, Automate, Send and Velocity Devices (showing what they control, etc...)
• Automations :
• Added a "Show only used Automations" option to the automation list
• Pattern Editor :
• easier and more accurate mouse click/selection/navigation:
• single clicks jump to the pointed position (optional)
• middle click mutes / unmutes the track
• added key bindings for "delete previous line [in columns/track/pattern]" which behaves like a "backspace" in a text editor
• Rendering selections will no longer reduce the rendered volume. If you've set the master volume to 0 dB you can still lower the master volume manually to avoid clipping...
• Added separator bars for note columns
• More contrast between empty and non-empty data
• Removed the "Show Framework" option
• Double clicking in the Pattern while Pattern Follow is enabled and the player is playing will no longer jump to new lines
• New tracks are inserted to the right now (instead of to the left)
• Pattern Sequencer :
• Added a "Add new unique Pattern" function Default shortcut is "Control + Alt + Insert" from the pattern editor
• Disk Browser :
• There is a small sample library now: Click on the Library Button in the DiskOps "Samples" category to see them
• The Disk browser can be made bigger when needed by clicking on the "more" button.
• Sample Editor :
• OS Sample-Clipboard support (Windows only): Exchange (Copy/paste) samples with your favorite sample editor
• Added mono mix modes to the "Adjust Sample" dialog
• Added "Copy into New Sample/Instrument" actions. This action will keep the currently selected instrument focused / will not jump to the newly created sample to make for example beat cutting easier.
• Added a "Mix-Paste" (modulate/add) action
• Better (unique) names for newly created or rendered samples
• Added a "markers" Snapping option which currently only snaps to the loop
• Added an option to auto-select the currently played back "sample split"
• VST/Plugin related :
• Better performance and compatibility with VST instruments (less audio latency related crackles on Songs which use lots of VSTis)
• Pimped Plugin Browsers:
• The browsers for Plugin FX and Instruments can be made bigger by clicking on the "more" button.
• The browsers will no longer occupy the whole screen height when only a few plugins are installed
• Plugins can be hidden, moved, and renamed (right click on the entries)
• Plugins are now by default (this can be changed, right click) organized by manufacturer
• Added an option to skip searching for new Plugins on startup (to speed up startup on computers with huge Plugin collections)
• Added an Info button ("?") for VST Instruments as well (works just like the old ones for FX)
• Plugin compatibility options (such as multiprocessor behavior) can be changed by clicking on the info ("?") buttons
• Added a preset rename button for Plugin instruments
• Window positions of external interfaces are now memorized/restored with the song (external editors will open on the last used position on screen)
• Added support for UAD2 DSP cards. Renoise will now run all UAD plugins with a fixed buffersize of 1024, which will result in less CPU overhead and better compatibility, also for the old UAD1.
• Internal FX :
• The FX presets show now if they are modified (via a small * behind the name)
• "*LFO Device" improvements:
• The "Reset" parameter can now be automated by other "*LFO Device"s or "*Velocity Device"s. This way you can automate/trigger the LFOs phase.
• Added a one-shot option to the LFO device when running a custom envelope: This will avoid that the envelope cycles. LFO reset pattern commands will retrigger the envelope then.
• The custom envelope view got a bit bigger
• "*Velocity Device" fine tuning: See "this suggestion" for details
• The Stereo Expander got now a "Mono Mix" switch
• Added a new Filter device: Filter 3, which replaces the old "Filter 2" device. The new filter has four models. All come with LowPass, HighShelf, BandPass, BandReject, LowShelf and HighPass) modes:
• a standard, precise and fast 24dB Biquad filter
• an experimental, fast and "fruity" 24dB Moog filter emulation
• a 4 stage Butterworth filter, for precise and ultra sharp cutoffs
• a 8 stage Butterworth filter, for ultra precise and ultra sharp cutoffs
• Inertia settings are more "detailed" in the lower areas now. This means your songs might need to be adjusted when you've used Inertia settings apart from the Max/Instant value
• Added the old Filter2 Dist Comp modes into a new device "Scream Filter", with more options than you got in the old Filter2 device.
• Added new native FX "RingMod" (as replacement for Filter2's RingMod mode)
• Finetuned the LofiMat (its LofiMat2 now because the changes are not backwards compatible) "Quality" is visualized in Hz now, and will also react more precise than before. Also automating the Dry/Wet amounts should no longer click when automated
• TrackDSPs :
• Added an option to append instead of replace DSP chains when loading them. This can be configured by loading chains with options (right click a chain -> "Load with Options") or in the Im/Export Preferences
• Groove Settings :
• The global groove can now be switched on/off -> automated with the Pattern Command F400 -> Off, F401 -> On
• Groove settings at high LPBs (> 8) will sound equal to their base factor LPBs. So when expanding a song from LPB 4 to LPB 8 or 16, the song will sound the same as with LPB 4.
• Misc :
• Added "Show Log file" and "Show Preferences folder" in the help menu so that you can easily find Log/Preferences files on your computer
• Replaced the old "recent files" menu with "recently loaded" and "recently saved" file menu
• Autobackups now also save for "Untitled" (newly started) songs. The backups are saved in the Preferences folder.
• The clock is back ;) (in fullscreen mode)
• And more :
• Lots of small stuff/details which hopefully make composing even more fun...

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