Plogue has released a new version of Bidule - v0.7, which is the first version that you can actually buy (if you want to - a public beta version that expires in 3 months is also available as usual). It costs US$75 to purchase a license that prevents the beta from expiring, plus when the "full" and "Lite" versions of Bidule 1.0 are released sometime in 2005, you will automatically get the "Lite" version and subsequent bug fixes, as well as a significant rebate on the "full" version.
New in v0.7 :
- You can now register Bidule to avoid expiration date.
- New default look.
- Skin support.
- More intuitive MIDI Learn mode for all bidules/plugins.
- MIDI Feedback support (send values back to controller).
- Support for 7-bits Relatives and 14-bits Absolute MIDI CC.
- Processing mode now in the window for each bidule/plugin.
- Sync To option now in the window for each bidule/plugin.
- Bidule is now an OSC server (all parameters are accessible).
- AudioUnits now lists all the installed presets for a plugin - AudioUnits/VSTs now have an extra output reporting their latency (if any) (so you can do your own latency compensation when you need it).
- Internationalization so you have Bidule in your native language (french is done).
- Cables can now be straight lines or curves.
- Scan Groups and Scan Plugins are now separate.
- Palette: You can double click on a entry to use it.
- Palette: new "Find Next" and "Use Next" search/use utils.
New Modules:
- MIDI Buffer
- MIDI Synced Buffer
- MIDI Delay
- MIDI Synced Delay
- MIDI Dummy
- MIDI Multi Channel Remapper
- MIDI Multi CC Remapper
- MIDI Multi Note Remapper
Changes:
- Audio/MIDI File Player : can now use presets.
- AU : now shows Clump name in Parameter Pool.
- AU : support for updated channel config specs when scanning.
- AU/VST : doesn't show unnamed parameters in the Parameter Pool.
- Clip/Constant/Counter/Variable : lowered min possible value, raised max possible value.
- FIR : now takes a list of coefficients so you can create your own.
- FFT/iFFT : faster AltiVec implementation.
- FFT/iFFT : SSE implementation.
- Audio/Freq/Mag Logic Gate : AltiVec implementation.
- MediaPool : can now be sorted by columns.
- MIDI Filters : added select all, unselect all, reverse selection, set range buttons.
- MIDI Filters : added second output for rejected MIDI events.
- MIDI Note Transpose : optional wraparound behavior.
- MIDI CC Source/Input : can now optionally use all channels.
- Mixer : AltiVec/SSE implementation.
- New About dialog.
- OS X : Better update rate of bidules/plugins UIs.
- OS X : Support for MIDI setup changes notification (adding/removing MIDI ports).
- Palette : double-clicking on an entry adds it to the patchbay.
- Parameter Pool : now shows bidules in alphabetical order.
- Patchbay : Added Re-Init in each bidule context menu.
- Patchbay : Size and position of the window is now saved+loaded.
- Patchbay : Type of bidule is shown in the status bar when going over it with the mouse.
- Patchbay : Radar now working as expected.
- Replace : now keeps parameter linking information when replacing a MIDI input by another.
- Sync Creator : added offset input.
- Unary Operator : AltiVec implementation.
- Windows : Optional dithering of output to sound card.
- Windows : Mixing is done in SSE when there's multiple connections.
- New Ctrl/Command - D shortcut for copy+paste in one step.
- Original bidule type is shown in the status bar if the bidule was renamed.
- groups can now be rescanned separately from plug-ins.
Bug Fixes:
- Sometimes duplicate connections are created.
- Audio/MIDI devices : only 1 entry show up when multiple devices with the same name.
- Accum : loop mode wraps to start value + 1.
- AU : dynamically added parameters don't show in the Parameter Pool.
- Audio File/Buffer Granulator: sometimes crashes when loading at a different sampling rate than it was saved.
- Default layout : some plugins state aren't loaded correctly.
- Groups : parameters are renamed even if cancel is hit.
- MIDI File Player : always in loop mode.
- OS X : files with accentuated characters can't be loaded.
- OS X : double-clicking on a .bidule file doesn't always open it in Bidule.
- OS X : windows saved on second monitor show up on first monitor on loading - OS X : renaming a preset doesn't reflect immediately in dropdown.
- OS X : AU plugins now list all .aupreset files as available presets.
- ReWire slave : doesn't default to stereo channels but the dialog does.
- Windows : Workaround for MIDI Yoke changing application priority.
- Reaktor now doesn't process if it's not connected.
