Rob Papen releases RP-Dock - Standalone Host App for Mac

Rob Papen has released RP-Dock, a standalone host application for Mac OS X for all current Rob Papen instrument and effect plug-ins.

There are handy features like tempo setting and an audio recording/playback facility.
The audio setting for sample rate can be selected from 44.1kHz up to 96kHz (depending on your soundcard/device).

MIDI input offers merging of all connected MIDI controllers and also included is an optional MIDI channel selector.

RP-Dock will host all current RP products and is completely free.

Currently only the Mac OS X version is available, the Windows version is to be released soon.

Features:

• Mac version for OS X 10.6 or higher.
• File Menu with option to save and load setups.
• PLUG-IN section with selector for loading RP plug-ins (Instruments and Effects):
  • Volume knob control for the overall plug-in level with dB readout.
  • Selector to open the chosen plug-in in a separate floating window.
• General audio section with the option to switch audio from the sound card On/Off:
  • Sample Rate selector (Sample rate depends on connected hardware).
  • CPU usage display.
• Audio input section with select menu for the Core Audio or ASIO driver input channel:
  • Level control for input signal.
  • Mute button (Mute is 'on' by default to prevent audio feedback when no plug-in is loaded).
• Audio output section with select menu for the Core Audio or ASIO driver. output channel:
  • Level control for output signal.
  • Mute button.
• Recorder/Player section:
  • File Menu to select a recording. Supported file type is WAV.
  • Time display of the current time from the loaded file.
  • Volume control for the file currently playing back.
• MIDI section with input selector including 'All MIDI inputs':
  • MIDI Channel selector.
  • MIDI Panic button (Reset All command for MIDI).
  • Tempo setting with a range of 20-500BPM.
  • Tap Tempo button.
  • MIDI Clock setting (Internal / External).
• Keyboard section with pitch-wheel and modulation-wheel:
  • Mouse click velocity settings.