Cockos updates REAPER to v4.52

6th September 2013 - KVR Audio News

Cockos has updated REAPER to version 4.52.

Changes in 4.52:

Actions: various actions better respect edit cursor in undo state.
Graphics performance: fixed high CPU use when displaying media items with many embedded cues.
MIDI editor: better cursor positioning on note edge clicks.
MIDI editor: fixed scroll issues, improved play cursor behavior.
MIDI editor: track and channel selection available in both piano roll and event list view.
MIDI editor: fixed channel filter initializing incorrectly when loading projects.
MIDI: fixed pasting events into blank area of arrange view.
Metering: fixed track metering inaccuracies on looped playback.
Playback: fixed rare but possible increased memory use when changing loop selection during playback.
ReaPlugs: improved undo point notification for various controls.
Routing matrix: fixed scroll issue.
Video: fixed audio decoding issue when using VLC decoder on files containing a 32bps audio stream.

Changes in 4.51:

MIDI editor: dropdown box above keyboard area to select active track.
MIDI editor: better performance updating edits with lots of pooled items.
MIDI editor: improved source length editing behavior.
MIDI: faster creation of pooled MIDI items.
MIDI: fixed stuck note on looped playback introduced in 4.5.
Undo: reduced excess work/flicker when in an undo block.
MIDI editor:
- support for editing multiple MIDI items at the same time.
- added track list and media item lane, filter window now filters only MIDI events, not media items.
- track list and media item lane control which media item is active, which others are visible.
- optionally preview all selected notes that start at the same time position.
- optionally preview notes when editing or changing selection via keyboard action.
- actions to activate next/previous item, visible item, or track, action to enable/disable relative snap.
- added mouse modifiers to move/copy selected notes by dragging in the piano roll (no need to click the note again).
- added toolbar snap button context menu.
- many bug-fixes and performance improvements.
- improved action to view raw MIDI data.
- new cursors MIDI_noteedge_l, MIDI_noteedge_r, MIDI_stretch_l, MIDI_stretch_r.
- save and load bank/program select files with tracks, rather than with individual MIDI takes.
- stretch CC events when stretching a group of notes (when option enabled).
- support for 14-bit CC messages in piano roll and event list.
- theme colors for out-of-bounds piano roll.
- theme image for MIDI_item_bounds.png, table_remove_off, table_remove_on.
- track list shift+click expands/collapses folders or track items.
- track list has right-click menu option to choose which tracks to show/hide in track list.
JS:
- $xHEXCONSTANT now parsed same as 0xHEXCONSTANT, no conversion to 32-bit signed integer.
- editor has improved non-English keyboard support, syntax highlighting, better resizing support.
- _global.variable support, regXX alias to _global.regXX.
- added atomic_setifequal(), atomic_exch(), atomic_add(), atomic_set() and atomic_get().
- improved behavior with fx that define input or output pins but not both.
- invsqrt() now produces same results for negative inputs on x86-64 and x86/PPC.
MIDI:
- fixed chasing notes in certain instances.
- fixed multiproject hang bug.
- import SMF cues that are embedded in the tempo track.
- optionally embed project markers as MIDI cues when exporting project MIDI.
- optionally import embedded cues as project markers.
- when playing back looped, improved sample-level rounding to avoid duplicate MIDI notes.
API:
- GetSetMediaTrackInfo with I_RECARM no longer generates undo points.
- added GetTrackDepth function.
- added functions to get media item track, parent tracks.
- fixed DoActionShortcutDialog() not updating configuration files.
- undo/redo cancels any pending undo blocks.
FX:
- Monitoring FX support - useful for analysis, room adjustment, or other non-project related processing.
- fixed changing parameters via program change causing potential hang.
- safer UI updating when changing bypass/parameters via automation.
- dropping FX on a track input fx, record arm, record mode, or record input will put FX on input chain.
- input FX are now properly tracked by undo system.
ReaPlugs:
- ReaControlMIDI supports channel pressure messages.
- improved use/calculation of constants throughout that might affect some win64/AMD systems.
- fixed potential for crash in ReaFIR analysis code on incorrectly-sized windows.
- safer ReaInsert audio device hooking.
Time signatures:
- improved beat-attached behavior when removing points.
- fixed adding editing markers at zero/negative measure counts.
- improved adjusting media items when changing time signature denominator (related to change in 4.32).
- improved behavior moving/copying regions with time signature markers.
Timestretch:
- fixed issues in 4.4x with playspeed envelopes and preserve pitch.
- latest AVX-enabled Windows builds of Elastique.
- fixed Elastique issue on some win64/AMD systems.
- allow non-1.0 playrates that are very close to 1.0.
Undo:
- extensive optimizations and improvements.
- avoid excessive state loading when undoing changes to track order/counts.
- better reuse of undo buffers when changing track order/counts.
- improved memory use, scan for common blocks in history when adding states.
- incrementally updated RPP-UNDO files, can make for much faster save of undo history.
Windows:
- added WMA as supported file extension.
- fixed CPU usage display working intermittently on systems with large uptimes.
- installer better handles incorrect ReWire installation states.
- topmost button activation tweaks (fixes for embedded bridged plugins and native plugins such as Kontakt).
Actions:
- added set item name from active take file-name.
- fixed label for scroll view horizontally by page.
Click source:
- better behavior when using pitch shifting/timestretch.
- do not adjust click source rates when adjusting tempo.
Envelopes:
- better behavior with multiple points selected.
- added actions to select various track envelopes.
Grid:
- better support for measure lengths that are not multiples of grid size.
- framerate grid/snap support.
OSX:
- PowerPC build has improved defaults for better performance.
- fixed fx pin connector text.
- localized audio device info menu support.
Project bay:
- better undo integration for speed/RAM use, faster undo state loading.
- improved sorting for length, track, position with fallbacks.
Recording:
- MIDI input mode with PDC-adjust respects loop end timing.
- preserve PDC monitoring properly observes i/o latency for audio.
Stretch markers:
- action to remove stretch marker at current position.
- actions to navigate to next/previous/nearest stretch marker.
- guide indicators when moving.
VST:
- improved bridged embedded support for SE plug-ins (broken in 4.40).
- when mode set to not scan VST info, apply renames after updating plugins.
Autosave: configurable option for when to autosave (always, stopped, or not-recording).
Directory cleanup: better media path resolving for freeze and project bay referenced files.
Dockers: improved autotransparency behavior.
Fades: splitting items with crossfade set will set both crossfade and default item fades.
Marker/region manager: import/export csv properly supports commas/quotes (RFC 4180).
Metronome: Preferences/Audio setting to choose default output.
MTC: fixed hour-rounding issue with 25fps.
Pan: enabled overriding pan mode for the master track.
Performance meter: options to show/hide empty tracks/master track/Monitoring FX.
Project tabs: option to put project tabs on left edge of window rather than top.
Routing: reduced excessive volume/pan messages being sent via MIDI sends when stopped/looping.
Text rendering: fixed potential memory overflow bug, thanks JeffOS.
Track manager: fixed extra spaces being added when renaming child tracks.
Video: fixed file closing hang when using WMA files on Windows.
WavPack: fixed crash on reading invalid wrapper chunks.