Precyne 2 - Tracker DAW Launch News

[Kraku]

Version 2.0.1.0 update is now available from https://www.decyne4.com

The edit key functionalities have been updated:

Insert = Move whole track row down.
Backspace = Move whole track row up. Move cursor up one row.
Delete = Note column: delete the note and its instrument number and note end data.
Command column: delete the command and its data.
Other columns: delete only the column data.
Move cursor down.

Alt + Insert = Move whole pattern row down.
Alt + Backspace = Move whole pattern row up. Move cursor up one row.
Alt + Delete = Delete whole pattern row. Move cursor down.

Shift + Backspace = Same as Insert (for keyboards which don't have Insert).
Shift + Alt + Backspace = Same as Alt + Insert (for keyboards which don't have Insert).

1 = Same as Delete. (for keyboards which don't have Delete)
Alt + 1 = Same as Alt + Delete. (for keyboards which don't have Delete)

Ctrl + "+-" = Transpose notes up/down 1 semitone.
Shift + Ctrl + "+-" = Transpose notes up/down an octave.

Excellent!! Thank you & well done Kraku!

Win!

[starflakeprj]

Not that I actually "need" Precyne, but I'm kind of a sucker for trackers. Too bad I missed the intro deal that was live a week+ ago

[Kraku]

Not that I actually "need" Precyne, but I'm kind of a sucker for trackers. Too bad I missed the intro deal that was live a week+ ago

Not a downer at all. A single Precyne license costs way less than most plugins on the market.

[starflakeprj]

Not that I actually "need" Precyne, but I'm kind of a sucker for trackers. Too bad I missed the intro deal that was live a week+ ago

Not a downer at all. A single Precyne license costs way less than most plugins on the market.

I know, I know But 6 weeks of traveling on the other side of the world leaves a black hole in your wallet. $29 (if I had seen it in time) would probably have triggered a purchase (even though I shouldn't). But this might be a good thing, now I can let my wallet rest in peace for a while, and then snap up Precyne closer to the summer

[Kraku]

Can't wait to get some of the planned features features done and out of the oven. Some good and interesting stuff is coming up.

(And I'm not really superstitious, but nobody jinx it! )

[starflakeprj]

Oh, I see it's only Windows (for now). I currently don't have a Windows machine available, so I'll probably wait until a Mac version is availabe anyway

[Charlie Firpo]

Hi Kraku & Happy Easter!

Two suggestions 1): I would like an edit mode in the pattern editor that stays in edit mode, even if you press space (play). So you dont have to press "enter" everytime you do some changes. Cause often you try some small stuff with notes & then listen to it. That's alot of time having to press enter. Maybe have this as an option? Like shift+enter = edit is always on. Shift + enter again = edit mode returns to the normal one.

2) I can't remember which tracker that had this. (Impulse tracker?) But it had like a sample & hold memory of certain values. So you only had to write them once and then all subsquent notes got the same value until you entered a new value at a note. For exampel if precyne had this:
C-2 4 (notelength)
C-2 . (Note get autom. Same value)
C-2 . (Note get autom. Same value)
C-2 8 (new notelength)

Just some ideas!

[Kraku]

Hi Kraku & Happy Easter!

Two suggestions 1): I would like an edit mode in the pattern editor that stays in edit mode, even if you press space (play). So you dont have to press "enter" everytime you do some changes. Cause often you try some small stuff with notes & then listen to it. That's alot of time having to press enter. Maybe have this as an option? Like shift+enter = edit is always on. Shift + enter again = edit mode returns to the normal one.

This is already kind of covered in when you press when "arrow down" icon at the top left corner of the pattern editor. It turns on the mode where pressing space bar still starts/stops the song playback, but it won't exit the pattern editing mode AND the pattern doesn't scroll with the playhead.

Does this already fix the issue or is there also need for the functionality you described?

2) I can't remember which tracker that had this. (Impulse tracker?) But it had like a sample & hold memory of certain values. So you only had to write them once and then all subsquent notes got the same value until you entered a new value at a note. For exampel if precyne had this:
C-2 4 (notelength)
C-2 . (Note get autom. Same value)
C-2 . (Note get autom. Same value)
C-2 8 (new notelength)

Hmm, that's something I would need to think through more carefully. I'll see what would come out of it or if there is some nice way of handling that type of stuff.

[Charlie Firpo]

Hi Kraku & Happy Easter!

Two suggestions 1): I would like an edit mode in the pattern editor that stays in edit mode, even if you press space (play). So you dont have to press "enter" everytime you do some changes. Cause often you try some small stuff with notes & then listen to it. That's alot of time having to press enter. Maybe have this as an option? Like shift+enter = edit is always on. Shift + enter again = edit mode returns to the normal one.

This is already kind of covered in when you press when "arrow down" icon at the top left corner of the pattern editor. It turns on the mode where pressing space bar still starts/stops the song playback, but it won't exit the pattern editing mode AND the pattern doesn't scroll with the playhead.

Does this already fix the issue or is there also need for the functionality you described?

Somehow i forgot/missed this one
It's exactly what i wanted so you can scratch that idea.

2) I can't remember which tracker that had this. (Impulse tracker?) But it had like a sample & hold memory of certain values. So you only had to write them once and then all subsquent notes got the same value until you entered a new value at a note. For exampel if precyne had this:
C-2 4 (notelength)
C-2 . (Note get autom. Same value)
C-2 . (Note get autom. Same value)
C-2 8 (new notelength)

Hmm, that's something I would need to think through more carefully. I'll see what would come out of it or if there is some nice way of handling that type of stuff.

Great!

[Kraku]

New update available.

2026-04-09 - 2.0.2.0:
- Timeline/Clip Launcher: Pattern vs. clip view area is now resizeable by the user.
- Bugfix: Creating new track and pressing the track play source selection button no more leads to buggy behavior.
- Bugfix: Pressing Undo/Redo key combination does not play notes anymore when pattern editor is not in focus.

[Kraku]

Public beta version 2.0.3.2 is now available for Windows:
https://www.decyne4.com/beta/Decyne4_Pr ... indows.zip

For those who want to test this beta version:
Send your feedback to the e-mail address you can find inside the "File / About Precyne" menu.
Deadline for feedback is this weeks Friday.

2026-20-04 - 2.0.3.2 BETA:
- Improvement: Timeline: Follow playhead functionality.
- Improvement: Timeline: Shift + S now splits clips.
- Improvement: Timeline: Clips now show note trigger positions.
- Improvement: Timeline: Clips and song loop points can now be adjusted freely instead of being always quantized to beats. Click the "Grid" button to toggle on/off the quantization grid.
- Improvement: Plugin scanning now allows more options how to scan your plugin collection.
- Improvement: Clip Launcher clips now indicate more clearly their state when stopping/starting clips and song playback.
- Improvement: VST3/AU plugins with huge GUIs now spawn without ever having their top border outside of the screen.
- Improvement: Timeline: When dragging clips above the available tracks, the clips won't be offered to be dropped on a new line below the available tracks, but on the first track.
- Improvement: Popup menu behavior for creating and deleting tracks and scenes with right mouse click has been improved.
- Improvement: Added Timeline View keyboard commands section into the help screen.
- Bugfix: Removed bug where in some rare cases clip launching could produce missed notes.
- Bugfix: Playhead location is now quantized identically on positive and negative sides of the timeline, when clicking timeline clip vs. timeline track.

[Charlie Firpo]

Wow! You're really on a roll here Kraku. Nice improvments! I still wish it had selectable tracker font size. (Like default as it is now, and big, and very big)

[Kraku]

Wow! You're really on a roll here Kraku. Nice improvments! I still wish it had selectable tracker font size. (Like default as it is now, and big, and very big)

I'll see what would be required to make that happen. No promises yet.

[Kraku]

Here's a new beta version:
https://www.decyne4.com/beta/Decyne4_Pr ... indows.zip

2026-28-04 - 2.0.4.0 BETA:
- Improvement: Sampler: loop markers and slice markers are kept when loading new samples. Their locations stay relative to the sample length.
- Improvement: Timeline clip edge drag areas now have an indicator when mouse cursor hovers over them.
- Improvement: Dragging and dropping clips now shows the dragged clip content automatically after you drop the clip.
- Improvement: Multiple tracks can now be deleted at the same time.
- Improvement: Timeline and Clip Launcher: Mouse cursor now changes into a hand when hovering over track drag area.
- Bugfix: Clip Launcher: Undoing drag & drop of clips now always works with a single Undo instead of having to do it twice in same cases.