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Changes from 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 from 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 from v2.0.0 -> v2.1.0 RC 1

• The idea behind 2.1 is that until Renoise has features like a piano-roll, an arranger and audio file streaming, you should at least be able to use them externally. That is why we have added routing features to connect Renoise to other audio applications. With ReWire on Windows and MacOSX, and the Jack transport protocol on Linux, you can finally combine the best things about trackers and sequencers.
• New Features
• ReWire & Jack Transport Support
• (OSX/Win) Rewire Master (ReWire-in routing device) and ReWire Slave mode. See QuickStart PDF for more details: How to use ReWire PDF
• (Linux) Added Jack Transport See QuickStart PDF for more details: How to use Jack transport PDF
• 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 from 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...

Changes from v1.9.0 -> v1.9.1

• New functions
• Added Linux Support
• Upgraded functionality
• Added a “Draw Mode” and to the Sample Editor to draw new tiny waves by hand, or to retouch existing waveforms. A simple “Create Sample” option was added as well, so that you can create new hand-drawn samples.
• Added “Clear Muted Tracks/Columns” actions (shortcuts + context menu entries) to the Pattern Editor and Sequencer. This can be especially useful as an “arranging” aid in the Sequencer.
• Added a “Record Dry” switch to the Sample Editors recorder, which allows you to preview the to be recorded signal wet (depending on the selected Track FX), but enforces to record the dry signal (without FX).
• Added an info button to VST / LADSPA FX, which will show you some details about the loaded plugin
• Fixes
• Solved CPU detection with some newer AMD multicore processors. Renoise could sometimes recognize those as single core CPUs with some energy saving settings enabled
• The 2nd Pattern Editor “Delete” keyboard shortcut has not removed FX values, but just Notes
• VST FX On/Off automation could cause unwanted delays when rendering songs to disk
• Very high pitched backwards or ping-pong sample loops sometimes didn’t played back correctly
• The Mac “Jack-insert” VST should now work properly in Renoise
• OSX Leopard: Hitting/releasing the Command or Control key while Caps-Lock was on could produce unwanted Note-Off events
• VST plugins which are listed as FX but are VST instruments, will now automatically be “fixed” (listed correctly) after you’ve instantiated them and restarted Renoise
• Import of Impulse Tracker songs skipped IT Note-off/Note-cut pattern events
• Import of Fasttracker XM songs could lead to invalid sequencer loop ranges
• Instrument envelopes in Fasttracker XM and Impulse Tracker IT songs are now correctly imported
• Changes
• Easier Drag and Drop in the Pattern Editor: You no longer have to hold the mouse button down a bit, before you can drag a selection in the Pattern Editor to move or copy it.
• Rescanning the folder & file contents in the Disk Browser should be a bit faster now
• Zoombar in sample editor has been moved underneath the sample-view frame to fit to the current view.

Changes from v1.9.0 RC 1 -> v1.9.0 RC 2

• Novation V-Station and Bass-Station VSTs tend to randomly crash when loading them (or songs in which they are used) on multi processor (Dual Core) machines (Windows only)
• various Pluggo VSTs might randomly cause a crash when loading them (OSX only)
• We also solved troubles when saving songs on an PC (or Intel Mac) and loading them on PPC Macs (the old Macs) again - or vice versa. Note that you have to save these Songs on the platform they where created first to apply this fix (using the new RC2 release).
• Further the "MIDI-CC Device" has been extended: You can now disable parameters by setting the CC number to the value "OFF". This will avoid that CCs which you don't want to use, are send to the destination instrument when loading songs / applying presets or moving the device around.
• By default all parameters are now OFF, so you have to enter the CC number you want to send out first. The old standard General MIDI CC setup (with Volume/Panning and so on) is available as a device preset now.

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