Bremmers Audio Design updates MultitrackStudio to v9.5

Bremmers Audio Design has released version 9.5 of MultitrackStudio for Windows and macOS. The Sampler has been improved, and Audio Edit Control windows now support ARA 2 plugins.

Changes:

• Sampler: New 'library' concept. A library is a collection of patches. Importing a GM soundfont file will generate a library of about 128 patches, for example. Libraries can be exported as .zptc files, so they can be moved to another computer etc. The .zptc file is actually simply a zipped version of the folder that contains the .ptc (patch) and sample files.
• Sampler: Library Manager, where you can add category names. The categories appear in the Libary selector.
• Sampler: Optional 8 channel output mixer. This will typically be used for drums. In the Pro edition these output channels are available as sidechain sources in other tracks.
• Sampler: Multiple samples can be added for the same note and velocity. They'll be used in Round Robin fashion.
• Sampler: Loop Editor for optimizing loop points.
• ARA 2 plugins can be used in Audio Edit Control effect slots.
• 'Rewind on stop' option in Preferences window.
• Sampler: Release time can now be set for each sample. The UI has a Release knob that multiplies these values. The 'Discard Note Off' option is removed (a release time >= 100 seconds is interpreted as 'infinite').
• Sampler: Pan controller now affects notes that are playing when the controller message comes in.
• Sampler: Improved disk streaming.
• Sampler: Improved .sf2/.gig/.sfz importing.
• Sampler: sf2 files can be up to 4GB.
• Sampler: Memory limit settings moved from Preferences window to Sampler options menu.
• Windows: 32 and 64-bits versions now share a single installer which installs the right version. You'll be moved to the 64-bits version if you used the 32-bits version in 64-bits Windows. If you need the 32-bits version in 64-bits Windows you can run the installer with command line parameter /32.
• Help/manual layout and image quality improvements.
• Mac: help viewer table-of-contents button is now enabled.
• Mac: Onscreen MIDI Keyboard in macOS 10.13 and older: the keyboard shortcuts which were missing since version 9.4 now do appear after the corresponding computer keyboard key has been pressed.
• Mac: SoundFont Player's SoundFont selector can now be controlled with MultitrackStudio Remote.
• Mac: SoundFont Player's SoundFont selector now has search box.
• Windows touchscreen: swiping left/right over counter now steps through recent start positions (just like pressing alt+left/right arrow).
• Fixed (Windows): An error occurred on editing a .m4a file (and some other file types).
• Fixed (Mac): Effect selector sometimes caused crash on clicking it.
• Some other improvements and fixes.

Users who purchased MultitrackStudio after October 28, 2013 are entitled to lifetime free updates. Older versions can be upgraded: $39 (Pro) / $23 (Standard).