MUTOOLS has announced that, after nine months of intense R&D, version 2.0 of MU.LAB has been released (actually v2.0.1 is already available).

Highlights in MU.LAB 2.0:

• New integrated high quality sampler, also featuring key & velocity mapping.
• New integrated synth 'Synthia' : Quick results, fantastic sound.
• Track Targets allow you to set a target plugin per track. You can still use free tracks where each part can have it's own target.
• Drag and drop support e.g. Drop an audio or MIDI file on the composer, or a bunch of samples onto the multisample editor, etc.
• Reworked audio part system using an unlimited number of locators per audio file.
• Rack Desk can now be used in docked mode or in windowed mode.
• Enhanced plugin editor windowing.
• Improved multi-monitor support.
• Improved workflow in many aspects.
• Enhanced modular plugin system.
• Enriched MuSynth oscillator can produce really fat sounds.
• New fully customizable metronome sound.
• Extended patch library.
• Optimized VST plugin support.
• Smart plugin bypass system avoids unnecessary CPU load.
• Enhanced MIDI controller mapping.
• Extended Mixdown functionality. e.g. Mixdown to 32bit floats, Mixdown directly into sampler.
• And many other improvements.

Pricing & Availability

MU.LAB is available for Windows and Mac OS X and comes in two flavors: MU.LAB Free and MU.LAB Unlimited:

• MU.LAB Free (which is free to everyone) has a 6 track limit and can only mixdown in 16-Bit.
• MU.LAB Unlimited costs €49. It can do unlimited tracks and can also mixdown in 32-Bit for more extensive musical productions.

Changes in MU.LAB 2 since v2.0 Pre-Release F3:

• Tuned: Improved handling of AIFF / WAVE files with an audio data length mismatch.
• Fixed: Crash bug when using the plugin drop down button on racks.
• Fixed: Vertical zoom out when no tracks resulted in a weird situation.
• New: MU.LAB can record audio in 32 bits floats by setting the 'AudioRecordingIn32BitFloats=1' preference in Settings/Mulab.txt.
• Fixed: Using unknown characters in text strings could result in a crash.
• Fixed: When minimizing a window, the minimized title bar was not showing the most up to date title.
• Fixed: On changing the MIDI channel for a sequence part, MU.LAB crashes.