Tracktion Waveform beta 13.5.2, What's new since Ver. 13.3.13

[edrickblade]

Waveform ChangeList

13.5.2
- Pi: Re-enabled Pi build

13.5.1
- Automation: Ensured write mode params start recording when play starts
- Clip launcher: Fixed fractional launch quantisation
- Recording: Stopped the transport position from being changed whilst recording and the "Quantise transport position changes" option is enabled

13.5.0
- Controllers: Added support for clip launcher launch modes
- Bugs: Fixed an issue that could cause the settings file to grow and slow startup times
- Automation: Fixed "simplify curve" not being applied in latch mode when play is stopped
- Automation: Ensured drag handles can be dragged if they overlap a clip header (so they don't start a clip section drag)

13.4.5
- Automation: Fixed an issue where some track automation curves weren't being read after Edit load
- Edit clips: Ensured Edit Clips have a black background when showing coloured waveforms
- Bugs: Fixed a crash resizing the MIDI editor panel
- LV2: Added LV2 paths to the "File Locations" settings page
- Automation: Added a button to remove all clip automation from a clip for the visible parameter

13.4.4
- Automation: Improved performance when writing automation
- Automation: Fixed the drag handles from the automation editor not appearing when clips aren't at time 0
- Automation: Fixed a bug recently introduced that would stop clips from automating when loading Edits
- Clip launcher: Added trigger/gate/toggle/repeat launch modes

13.4.3
- Clip automation: Added popup menu to clip curve editor (del/copy/paste)
- Clip automation: Added range selection to clip curve editor (mirrors arrange selection)
- Clip automation: Added drag handles to clip curve editor
- Clip automation: Added copy/paste/delete to the curve editor

13.4.2
- Clip automation: Ensured that parameter assignments are removed when all points are deleted from the curves
- Clip automation: Ensured that parameter assignments are updated when the first point is added to a curve
- Clip automation: Fixed an issue where only one parameter from a plugin could be automated
- Clip automation: Removed the properties panel/actions panel when selecting a clip automation curve
- Clip automation: Ensured parameters being automated by clip curves don't show in the Modifiers "Assignments" list
- Clip automation: Improved the parameter lists and popup menus for clip curves which can't be added or removed this way

13.4.1
- Controllers: Control surface javascript engine replaced with QuickJS
- Controllers: All pad controllers now support press and release of pads
- Automation: All UI components now support mouse down/up to start/end writing touch automation
- Controllers: Mackie MCU/Behringer XTouch/iCON/Push2 controllers now support touch for writing automation
- Automation: For non touch sensitive controllers, touch automation stops writing after 2 seconds of no movement
- Automation: Fixed writing to master pan / level
- UI: Fixed automation pin button having the wrong colour
- Controllers: Fixed JS engine timing out for no reason
- UI: Fixed "ghost" clips appearing when the arranger view is scrolled or jumps
- Automation: Added clip automation. To use, select a clip and click the "eye" button in the MIDI/step/audio editor panel (default shortcut key M)

13.4.0
- Automation modes:
- Tracks now have read/touch/latch/write modes
- Automation button can be used to change modes
- Button is coloured to show mode for the parameter on the track
- Button will flash when writing automation
- Global read/write have to be enabled to read/write automation. Buttons will grey out if global buttons not enabled
- Automation bypass:
- Curves now have bypass option to disable automation being read
- Curve will grey out if bypassed
- Writing in touch/latch modes will re-enable the curve
- Smart automation track:
- New menu options to show the default parameter on an audio/folder/submix/master track
- Audio/folder/submix now update when a parameter on the track changes
- Option to lock the parameter to the track
- Menu option to add the current parameter to a new automation track
- Automation curve adjuster:
- Select a range of an parameter
- Right click to insert a shape in the range
- Drag handles to displace/scale

13.3.17
- UI: Fixed a rare crash caused by rendering certain text

13.3.16
- macOS: Fixed a rare crash displaying plugin menus

13.3.15
- Windows: Fixed a crash on startup

13.3.14
- Crash: Fixed a potential crash on startup
- Windows: Fixed the UI sometimes showing incorrectly in the Pro54 synth

13.3.13
- Crash: Fixed crash in Wavetable synth

[paulo_apo]

Cool. Here's hoping they implement curves for midi and mpe automation.

[id4kvr]

it seems the developing iteration is speeding up! Great!

[Greenstorm33]

Can you highlight a time range in an automation lane and duplicate or copy/paste it or delete the contained points? Pretty sure the last time I tried all you could do was select individual points which was super awkward.

[pough]

Can you highlight a time range in an automation lane and duplicate or copy/paste it or delete the contained points? Pretty sure the last time I tried all you could do was select individual points which was super awkward.

You can select multiple points by clicking on one and then Ctrl+clicking on others. From there you can delete all the selected points at once. I'm not sure about duplicate or copy/paste. But if you switch to automation clips (which for now is just automation added to other types of clips) you can easily duplicate and copy/paste those clips.

[Greenstorm33]

Can you highlight a time range in an automation lane and duplicate or copy/paste it or delete the contained points? Pretty sure the last time I tried all you could do was select individual points which was super awkward.

You can select multiple points by clicking on one and then Ctrl+clicking on others. From there you can delete all the selected points at once. I'm not sure about duplicate or copy/paste.

Yeah, that is the behavior that was driving me up a wall. Too bad they didn't improve it with the automation overhaul.

[Daniel78]

is there some explanation somewhere of how to use the new automation features? i've been using Tracktion/waveform for decades and can usually figure this stuff out, lol, but i've just spent 30 minutes with 13.5.6 and still have no idea how clip automation is supposed to work.

[dysjoint]

is there some explanation somewhere of how to use the new automation features? i've been using Tracktion/waveform for decades and can usually figure this stuff out, lol, but i've just spent 30 minutes with 13.5.6 and still have no idea how clip automation is supposed to work.

The most up to date manual is on GitHub. There is a section on automation clips

[pough]

is there some explanation somewhere of how to use the new automation features? i've been using Tracktion/waveform for decades and can usually figure this stuff out, lol, but i've just spent 30 minutes with 13.5.6 and still have no idea how clip automation is supposed to work.

https://github.com/Tracktion/waveform_m ... automation

[pough]

Yeah, that is the behavior that was driving me up a wall. Too bad they didn't improve it with the automation overhaul.

Seems like in version 13.5.6 you can at least select a range and delete the points. Selecting with your mouse over the automation lane results in a special selection area. That might not be new, maybe I'd just never tried it before. Anyways, delete works to delete all the points in the selection area. I couldn't find a way to copy/paste but duplicating automation events will work with the clips anyways.

[Daniel78]

is there some explanation somewhere of how to use the new automation features? i've been using Tracktion/waveform for decades and can usually figure this stuff out, lol, but i've just spent 30 minutes with 13.5.6 and still have no idea how clip automation is supposed to work.

https://github.com/Tracktion/waveform_m ... automation

Thanks - this was exactly what i needed. I had no idea this help document existed!

Ok, so i can create and modify automation for a clip now. I can obviously see it in the editor panel, but is it expected to be able to see that automation in the main track view? (eg. overlaid onto my clip, and/or visually modifying the main automation for that parameter on the track). Right now its not obvious i have automation on the clip at all, unless i bring up the audio/midi editor, and know in advance which parameters were automated.

[Greenstorm33]

Yeah, that is the behavior that was driving me up a wall. Too bad they didn't improve it with the automation overhaul.

Seems like in version 13.5.6 you can at least select a range and delete the points. Selecting with your mouse over the automation lane results in a special selection area. That might not be new, maybe I'd just never tried it before. Anyways, delete works to delete all the points in the selection area. I couldn't find a way to copy/paste but duplicating automation events will work with the clips anyways.

Thanks, I may have to try it again. I’m a little fuzzy on the details but I was definitely finding myself frequently clicking an individual dot and then shift clicking another dot to get something resembling a range selection.

[talby]

Not sure if this new video from Tracktion on their YouTube channel helps. Well, couldn't harm to have a look at it.

[Daniel78]

Yeah, looks helpful - it wasnt there when i posted earlier! I guess I got the 13.5 update right after it was released and before the video was uploaded.

[bungle]

No easy way to create clip automation, and then when you finally do, it can't be used for automation clips, so near, so far (considering track automation can pass through to other plugins/tracks, why not with clip automation, so it can be used as automation clips) I will try again in another year, good luck.