MUTOOLS has released LUNA Pre-Release 6, featuring an improved workflow, more functionality and a handful of bug fixes.

Change highlights:

• New: Recording Events into existing Part -> New options : Merge - New Part - Overwrite - Punch - Cancel.
• New: Delete Unused Tracks in track context menu.
• New: Choosing an Audio File for an Audio Part now pops up the Audio File Pool, with an option to browse for a new one.
• New: You can delete individual Audio Files from the session.
• New: You can delete individual Sequences from the session.
• New: Normalize function for Audio Lab.
• Tuned: Nicer Part Loox.
• Tuned: Note Editor: right-click (osx: control-click) the piano keyboard pops up a context menu.
• Tuned: Copy Parts/Notes = Control+drag; Copy+Duplicate Parts = Shift+Control+Drag; Monitor Notes = Alt+Arrow.
• Tuned: Importing a MIDI file now gives a neat message.
• Tuned: "Add New Track" in any track's context menu.
• Tuned: Synths are also listed in groups (if you grouped them).
• Tuned: Optimized context menus: removed irrelevant options.
• Tuned: Improved Target Lists <-> Taking the context into account.
• Tuned: Composer doesn't show anymore Target in Parts, as that's visible in the Part Property Panel.
• Tuned: Improved organisation in Target List.
• Tuned: Default velocity for new notes in Key Editor = 110.
• Tuned: Better icon for Racks.
• Tuned: "List Rack Inputs" didn't take the sequence parts into account.
• Tuned: Target context menu only shows "Bypass" if the plug can be bypassed.
• Tuned: When zoomed out a lot, Time Bar now shows less numbers => is less cluttered.
• Tuned: Composer: Zooming out vertically did not yet zoom out perfectly.
• Tuned: Editing curves in V2 Editor: Undo/Redo now gives proper description.
• Tuned: When on "Save On Quit" the session is not effectively saved (for whatever reason), "Quit" is cancelled.
• Tuned: More robust VST engine <-> improved protection against crashy VST plugins.
• Tuned: Protected VST plugins from crashing on receiving parameter events that are out of their parameter range.
• Tuned: Support for VST 2.4 plugins.
• Tuned: When deleting / inserting a part, Part Property Panel is properly updated.
• Fixed: OSX: File Browser: Desktop button now properly works.
• Fixed: Renaming VST program from within VST interface did not update LUNA's interface.
• Fixed: When changing a part's midi channel, now changes are immediately reflected in the midi input event stream.
• Fixed: On Change Skin, now all background is also immediately updated.
• Fixed: When a sequence is duplicated, its name is now properly duplicated too.
• Fixed: Crash bug when deleting a rack that was used by an audio file.
• Fixed: Crash bug when "Delete From Session" from within plugin editor.
• Fixed: Crash bug when "Delete From Session" just after deleting a part using that plugin.
• Fixed: Musical times were sometimes displayed as e.g. "1.3.1200" instead of "1.4.0000".
• And other fine tunings.
• Improved Documentation.