Bitwig Studio 1.1 Beta 5

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Changes in Bitwig Studio 1.1 BETA 5

Released on 17.10.2014.

FIXED Activating solo mutes effect return tracks (Introduced in BETA 4).
FIXED Crash when navigating layer selection of Multi-out plugins on the keyboard.
FIXED FX Layer stayed in sleep mode forever.
FIXED Bug in detection of silence of nested device chains, causing random clicks to appear on attacks in sampler.
FIXED Application froze for a while when calculating the solo state of the document.
FIXED Crash when saving edited controller script in Komodo IDE.

Changes in Bitwig Studio 1.1 BETA 4

Released on 16.10.2014.

IMPROVED Added keyboard shortcuts for Yes, No and OK in dialogs.
IMPROVED Upgraded PDC engine.
FIXED Consolidating audio clips may reveal material that was originally masked by clips.
FIXED Plugin windows that have child windows show empty window when reopening in case they have been closed before by clicking the plugin window button.
FIXED Moving multiple successive raw audio events might alter their start time.
FIXED Layered editing: notes can be moved and added in locked layers, and no need for layer locking in folded mode.
FIXED Transport data for internal devices didn't get correctly compensated for plug-in latency.
FIXED Controller API: direct note input should not accept any method calls after it has been disposed, otherwise the controller might appear frozen until restart of Bitwig Studio.
FIXED Controller API: Clip.getAccent value setters interpret range incorrectly.
FIXED Crash in controller API when doing undo after adding and removing tracks.
FIXED When connecting the audio engine to a document, the auto-monitoring didn't update the monitor state of the tracks whose arm setting had changed correctly.
FIXED URL in version update notifications needs to be URL encoded when opening it in the browser.

Changes in Bitwig Studio 1.1 BETA 3

Released on 10.10.2014.

NEW Recording Offset (for correcting the roundtrip latency if its incorrectly reported by the audio driver).
IMPROVED Controller API: reverted naming conventions changes for selection cursor items made in Bitwig Studio 1.1 BETA 1, but keep the distinction between selection cursors that follow that selection in the user interface and custom named selection cursors that are allow the controller to navigate independent from the selections in the Bitwig Studio user interface.
IMPROVED Controller API: add bank-wise navigation for devices.
IMPROVED Controller API: add observer for position of device within chain.
IMPROVED Order of categories in controller preferences/settings should be as specified in the script.
IMPROVED Don't prefix send names with "Send" when reporting names to the controller API.
IMPROVED Controller API: add an observer for the current Project.
IMPROVED Solo didn't take channels routed directly to external outputs into account.
IMPROVED Processing latency indication on the Inspector's device chain now have a tooltip showing detailed info about which devices that are contributing to the latency.
FIXED Crash when control surface script is restarted automatically due to changes.
FIXED Controller preferences section cannot be unfolded when the controller ports have been chosen manually.
FIXED Controller API: addRawValueObserver is sending wrong initial value.
FIXED Controller API: CursorDevice.getChannelSelection() has misleading function name and documentation. It has been replaced with CursorDevice.getChannel(), which reports the track or cursor track that was used to create the cursor device. For navigation into sub-layers, drum pads or slots, use the interface methods in cursor device.
FIXED Controller API Documentation: parameter of selectFirstInLayer has wrong description.
FIXED Controller API: setting metronome level does not consider destination value range and the respective observer reports a string instead of a number.
FIXED Controller API: value observer for number settings returns a string instead of a number.
FIXED Layout errors and wrong initial visual state in controls for enum controller settings.
FIXED Audio clip tempo shown as 0.00 in inspector after loading document.
FIXED Controller API: send name observer does not get called when renaming send destination in Bitwig Studio.
FIXED Shuffle going wrong on Step Mod, Arpeggiator and Metronome.
FIXED Flat automation line does not move when changing VST parameter.
FIXED FX returns of individual Drum Machine tracks still audible when solo'ing other track.
FIXED Automation lanes with renameable parameters forget their name after save/load and display empty strings instead.
FIXED Bitwig Studio won't start on OSX when software from unknown developers is disabled in system preferences.

Changes in Bitwig Studio 1.1 BETA 2

Released on 30.09.2014.

NEW Added Note FX slot to sampler.
NEW Add access to clip loop/start and start/stop marker in control surface API.
NEW Add clip/slost playback state observer to controller API that reports the current state including playing, recording, stopped and the corresponding queued states.
FIXED Controller API: observers that indicate if a device has nested device content won't fire.
FIXED API reference documentation errors.
FIXED Crash when dragging an audio file inside the detail editor of an audio clip.
FIXED Controller code crashes the application when switching to a different view profile.
FIXED Controller API: update sendDatagramPacket documentation with information about correct value ranges.
FIXED Controller API: scene scrolling observers in TrackBank never fire.
FIXED Order of controller preferences/settings should be as specified in the script.
FIXED Some editing operations doesn't work with standby time-selections.
FIXED Local plugin hosting does not work on OSX (bit-bridge mode).
FIXED Preview onsets sporadic.
FIXED Controller API: TrackBank.scrollTracksUp/Down doesn't work anymore when configured with zero scenes.
FIXED Various controlller API documentation errors.
FIXED NumberSetting field observer returns unexpected values.
FIXED Controller API: user notification observer does not fire when restarting script.
FIXED Controller API: number settings can be set to values outside the defined range.
IMPROVED Controller API: add access to expanded state of devices and visibility of the macro section and device mappings editor.
IMPROVED Widgets for controller script enum settings in document state or preferences can become too wide when the text is too long.
IMPROVED Signal buttons defined in control surface document settings show category name instead of label in button text.
IMPROVED Prefix entries is note input choosers with controller device name if applicable.
IMPROVED Controller API: add observer for current display profile.
IMPROVED Version the preferences for different versions of the application so that switching from a later version to an earlier version will not lose your preferences.
IMPROVED Allow to create new Tracks with the Controller API.
IMPROVED Controller API: allow to observe index of selected track.
IMPROVED Allow the user to show/hide controller settings section.
IMPROVED Allow to show/hide and enable/disable individual controller settings via controller API.
IMPROVED Add additional action label to signal settings in controller API.
IMPROVED Improve MPKmini script & docs with Bitwig Studio 1.1 features.
IMPROVED Allow to restart controller scripts from preferences.
IMPROVED Controller API: provide a way to get the total number of underlying items in bank interfaces.
IMPROVED Controller API: add scene bank interface.
IMPROVED Controller API: add observers for "queued for record" and "queued for stop".

Changes in Bitwig Studio 1.1 BETA 1

Released on 10.09.2014.

NEW Allow to switch between project tabs via the Controller API.
NEW Add an interface to controller API for getting any action in the application in a generic way.
NEW Generalize the primary device concept in the controller API towards named selections, so that the primary device represents a device selection with the name "Primary". This allows to have also other device selections, for example one with the name "EQ" or "Drum", but also named selections of other items such as the "Primary Track".
NEW Allow to define custom controller settings via the scripting API that are stored in the Bitwig Studio preferences file or project documents. The user interface controls for the script preferences are shown in the Bitwig Studio controller preferences dialog, and the controls for the document settings are shown in the Studio IO panel.
NEW Generalize the cursor concept used in the controller API to generic selections.
NEW Tap-tempo (CTRL-click play to use it).
NEW Allow modulation of discrete (bool, enum, int) parameters.
NEW Improved sound-quality and timing of audio playback.
NEW Added grain size parameter to audio events.
NEW Added new transient preservation mode.
NEW Multiband FX-3 device.
NEW Note MOD Device.
NEW Track Crossfader.
NEW De-Esser Device.
NEW Route track note output to multi-timbral VST instruments (with channel selector).
NEW Tracks, Chains and Devices can now be deactivated to save CPU.
NEW Output effect chains for VST plug-ins.
NEW Route track note output to another track.
NEW Support for VST side-chaining.
NEW Audio Receiver Device.
NEW Note Receiver Device.
NEW Support for multi-out VST plug-ins.
NEW Access to nested devices and drum pads in controller API.
FIXED Consider step resolution when sending value changes for numeric controller preferences/settings.
FIXED Controller scripts in user directory do not reload automatically like the ones in the installation directory.
FIXED Controller API: observing the name of send controls via addNameObserver always reports "Send" but should report the name as shown in Bitwig Studio.
FIXED Rare crash when working with rectangular selection.
FIXED Crash when showing context menu in file browser for a folder when there are no bookmarks.
FIXED Regression: crash when setting note start to selected warp marker.
FIXED Regression: 1.0.9 would complain about insufficient disk space when installing packs on a fresh system.
FIXED When scrolling a device chain with many devices the devices towards the end of the chain would not show their name.
FIXED Crash sometimes when showing a plugin loading error message.
FIXED Controller API: creating mixer sections may crash depending on screenIndex parameter.
FIXED Toggling mixer sections via the Control Surface API has no effect.
FIXED Controller API: make window and layout parameters optional for accessing the arranger/mixer panel, so that the currently visible panel is followed. .
FIXED Mixer volume sliders should reset to their default value, instead 0dB.
FIXED Controller Scripts aren't properly reloaded when the RemoteHost Functions are used.
FIXED Automatic visual feedback from controllers that shows changes as popup notifications.
IMPROVED Add author metadata to the controller definition API for better distinction between multiple scripts for the same hardware.
IMPROVED Add an observer to the controller API that reports the enabled state of user notifications.
IMPROVED Allow toggling the Inspector from the controller API.
IMPROVED Detect added or removed controller scripts.
IMPROVED Rename application.delete() in Controller API as delete is a reserved word in JavaScript.
IMPROVED Allow to embed samples inside presets.
IMPROVED Improved Controller Script Console.
IMPROVED Note output from any track can be selected as a note source.
IMPROVED Redesigned router choosers to support hierarchical menus.
IMPROVED Re-designed GUI for plug-in devices.
IMPROVED Add @since tags to the API Documentation.
IMPROVED Allow renaming controllers in the preferences dialog.
IMPROVED Better Controller API Documentation.
IMPROVED Navigation of drum pads, device layer and other nested devices via Controller API.

[shadiradio]

Thanks so much for all the hard work - appreciate it greatly! What a perfect treat for a Sunday afternoon... checking out all the new features and improvements.

[dsan@mail.com]

404 error....the requested resource is not available

Just as well. I'm tired

Good ni'

Happy Musiking!
dsan

[Contour]

Cant wait to test it. And I love you.

[CrazyLittleSomething]

@ogopogo
Thanks for the info. Got it

[Ogopogo]

You have to log in and the link will be in the "licenses" section of your profile.

[Jolaff]

Ok. Where can I download it? I don't see any info at their site.

You have to log in ....and I think you have to own a legal Bitwig License

[CrazyLittleSomething]

Oops, sorry guys, slow connection, edited my previous post.

[Ogopogo]

....and I think you have to own a legal Bitwig License

Yeah, besides having to log in to get to the download link you have activate it with your log in info when it starts up.

Edit. Oh wait, you don't have to own bitwig to have an account.

[billcarroll]

Bitwig 1.1 BETA Sunday surprise is best Sunday surprise.

[CrazyLittleSomething]

....and I think you have to own a legal Bitwig License

Yeah, besides having to log in to get to the download link you have activate it with your log in info when it starts up.

My computer is not connected to the net atm. Do I need to be connected to the net for activation?
Another thing.. does it work as an RC or do I have to uninstall 1.0.15 version?

[sl1914]

You can have 1.0.15 and 1.1beta installed at the same time.

[EDIT: removed test comments if this is still closed beta]

[CrazyLittleSomething]

Thanks for the info, sl1914!

[Ogopogo]

My computer is not connected to the net atm. Do I need to be connected to the net for activation?

No, pretty sure I remember seeing the button for offline activation.

[CrazyLittleSomething]

My computer is not connected to the net atm. Do I need to be connected to the net for activation?

No, pretty sure I remember seeing the button for offline activation.

Thanks again, otherwise I have to switch my sim-card.