Raw Material Tracktion v1.3.1.38 released

22nd May 2003

Raw Material have updated Tracktion to v1.3.1.38, with some significant changes since the last major minor number release.

Complete re-write of the audio engine for smooth running!
Directsound and ASIO devices are now separated and can only be used one-at-a-time. Their sample-rate/latency settings are also now global rather than on a per-device basis.
Audio devices are no longer opened/closed except when being explicitly enabled/disabled - this should help stability, and also speeds up things like connecting input devices and starting/stopping recording.
MIDI devices are also now kept open.
Directsound and ASIO both now share the same settings in terms of stereo/mono selection and channel reversal.
The new engine uses less threads and is more efficient.
Changes to the edit should no longer cause the audio engine to stutter.
The application no longer stores its settings in the Windows registry. Instead they've been moved to a file (this is part of moving towards mac/linux compatibility). Shouldn't make any difference to most people, but it means that this version and older versions won't share the same settings.
Got rid of the controversial "hardware-lookalike" volume slider in favour of a simpler design.
Fixed a bug that stopped it rendering in mono.
Added patchbay filters to let you rewire the outputs from multi channel VSTs.
Fix to VST MIDI plugins that should prevent some hanging notes.
Another hanging note fix for external midi devices.
Plus plenty of other bugfixes and tweaks of course.