- Drag-and-drop now supported from Windows Explorer.
- MIDI Learn mode for quick MIDI-controller setup.
- New menus on popup windows allowing quick stepping through wave or preset folders, forward and back arrows allow you to step through an entire folder of waves or presets with single clicks.
- Drag-and-drop loop slices from Bitshift's pHATmatik Pro to DR-008.
- Dragging multiple files from Windows Explorer or pHATmatik Pro automatically maps waves across the keyboard.
- Improved Mix view allows twice as many channels to be seen at one time.
- Editor windows now have minimise and system menu functions and integrated vol/pan/mute/solo controls.
- Flexible patch randomisation system allows new patch generation and controlled mutation of existing patches.
- Logic Audio 5 automation system fully supported - automate up to 128 parameters from Logic's envelope automation.
- Under SONAR, DR-008 is auto-detected as a drum channel, and pad names are translated automatically to the drum editor / piano roll view.
- DXi version now has sample accurate timing.
- DXi version supports multiple outputs.
- Improved mute group and automation menus.
- More flexible pad naming / note naming, to conform to all major sequencers.
- DR-005 wave data support.
- Now supports all 24-bit and 32-bit WAV files.
- Remembers last folder when opening kits.
- Improved preview options, sample preview integrated in to browser. Right click a sample in the browser to preview it.
- Wave editor support, launch your favourite WAV editor directly from DR-008 samplers.
- Volume output is now hotter by default, more in line with other VSTi.
- Volume is displayed in dB and defaults to 0dB.
- Drag-and-drop between instances of DR-008.
- Improved editor window GUIs, choice of two styles.
- Every bug reported to us has been fixed!
- 100+MB of kits available now free to registered users, much more coming soon!
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