Howdy! TYOQA (the year of qtractor automation for the clueless) is now pretty real. I'd say it's all been my my prerogative, again and again, doing things my own way (do I hear Frank S. singing? nope. move along...). Is this the time to do the unthinkable? Should I tag it as beta now? Should I? There's one single reason for not doing so and a couple of others to make it through: 1. basically it's all the same functionality that stays put or improved in a few spots; 2. it just feels like it! :) Now comes the mighty corrosive one: I'll be off on vacation soon. Summer is waiting for me. And I just hate to miss that kind of deadline. Woohoo! Is there anything else to mention? Go ahead, make your day: Qtractor 0.5.0 (alpha zulu) is now released! Release highlights: * TYOQA! Audio/MIDI track and plugin parameter automation (NEW) * MIDI controller catch-up behavior (NEW) * All zooming in/out relative to views center (NEW) * Audio gain/panning smoothing changes (FIX) Happy summer 2 y'all! Website: http://qtractor.sourceforge.net Project page: http://sourceforge.net/projects/qtractor Downloads: - source tarball: http://downloads.sourceforge.net/qtractor/qtractor-0.5.0.tar.gz - source package (openSUSE 11.4): http://downloads.sourceforge.net/qtractor/qtractor-0.5.0-3.rncbc.suse114.sr… - binary packages (openSUSE 11.4): http://downloads.sourceforge.net/qtractor/qtractor-0.5.0-3.rncbc.suse114.i5… http://downloads.sourceforge.net/qtractor/qtractor-0.5.0-3.rncbc.suse114.x8… - from the dusty shelf: user manual (anyone?): http://downloads.sourceforge.net/qtractor/qtractor-0.3.0-user-manual.pdf Weblog (upstream support): http://www.rncbc.org License: Qtractor is free, open-source software, distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License (GPL) version 2 or later. Change-log: - MIDI controller learn/catch-up sees the way in: MIDI controller changes are now only effective after catching-up with their respective program parameters, avoiding abrupt jumps and keeping a safe and continuous behavior. - Track/Height menu is now featured, giving access to Increase, Decrease or Reset the current track height. - All changes to audio gain and panning on tracks and buses are now applied following a piece-wise linear ramp, reducing the old nasty clicks, pops or zipper artifacts that might be awfully audible on some situations, most specially on automation. - All zooming in/out is now relative to either the viewport center or current mouse cursor position if found laying inside. - TYOQA! the underground sources have emerged:... after years in the making, track automation, or dynamic curves as some like to call, is finally a reality, tricky but real ;) - Audio clip anti-glitch/ramp-smoothing effect is now slightly independent of current buffer-size period (mitigating bug #3338113 effect). - Once buried under the Edit menu, Clip menu has been finally promoted to top main menu. - Debugging stacktrace now applies to all working threads. - Fixed muted loop playback on audio clips ending coincidentally with the loop-turn/end point. - Old/deprecated JACK port latency support added to audio recording latency compensation. - Audio clip merge/export lock-ups now untangled (fixes bug #3308998). - LV2 extension headers update. - Fixed configure of newer LV2 host implementation stack (LILV) when older (SLV2) is not present. Enjoy && Cheers! -- rncbc aka Rui Nuno Capela rncbc(a)rncbc.org