REAPER 4.30 Update

The latest update to REAPER 4 was released today with some nice additions.

Most notably, a crossfade editor has been implemented providing advanced control over fade curves and more.

Other highlights from this update include
– better handling of grouped track volumes when some tracks are at -inf
– Track pan values can be manually entered
– send level and pan values can be manually entered

Get the update here

Version 4.30 Changelog: Next stop, Noon in Paris

• License: REAPER evaluation period is now 60 days
• Crossfade editor:
  • activates for selected items that are adjacent or overlapping
  • crossfades can be constrained to be equal gain or equal power
  • default mouse modifier, double-click on crossfade to open/close editor
  • new dialog for editing various parameters of crossfades
  • themeable colors for active fades
• Fades/crossfades:
  • new S-curve fade shape
  • changing crossfade shape via right-click menu affects all selected crossfades
  • default crossfade shape is equal power (existing projects are unchanged)
  • fade curvature can be edited via mouse modifier, media item properties, or crossfade editor
  • new cursors for fade/crossfade curvature, crossfade width adjustment
• Mouse modifiers:
  • added behavior to move item contents and ripple adjacent items
  • new action to adjust length of two fades keeping intersection point constant
  • new context for fade intersections
  • support optional snapping for all fade/crossfade behaviors
• Cursors:
  • new cursors for resizing the extended mixer (extmix_resize, extmix_multiresize, extmix_allresize, extmix_section_resize, extmix_multisection_resize, extmix_allsection_resize)
  • support for colors in custom cursor images
• Grouping:
  • doubleclicking track vol/pan/width labels now resets using grouping/ganging
  • improved volume fader grouping behavior when some faders are at -inf
• Item mouse hit zones:
  • allow mouse to target buttons and fades even if another media item is overlapping
  • mouse targets the fade curve by default (can be disabled in preferences)
  • option to always show fade-in/fade-out handles
• JS:
  • improved font display on win32
  • reduced fx initialization interrupting audio
• OSX:
  • fix for render-drag problems with external drives
  • REAPER.app and ReaMote.app now have signatures for OSX 10.8
  • render-drag to a new file outside of REAPER (commdand+opt by default) prompts before overwriting an existing file
• About: fixed usage statistics being reset when switching between 32/64 bit
• Actions: option to stop playback at end of loop
• API: added PreventUIRefresh which allows scripts/plugins to disable and reenable many UI updates during processing
• DDP: fixed MD5 generation on OSX 64
• FX: improved threadsafety in certain instances
• LAME: support loading LAME DLLs from UserPlugins path, improved prompting
• MIDI: fixed items that would not play in certain rounding instances
• MIDI inline editor: fixed buttons when zoomed in
• OSC: fixed FX parameter feedback for inactive tracks
• Pan: track pan value can be manually entered in track controls dialog
• Pans: manually entered values like “R50” and “L25” are accepted, in addition to “50%R” and “25%L”
• Project bay: fixed loading of bays in certain instances
• Project save: support for adding multiple project versions to rpp-bak files, choosing version on load
• ReaControlMIDI: automation support for enabling/disabling bank/program select and CC sliders
• Render: fixed saving render presets in different categories (bounds, output, all settings)
• ReWire: further improved shutdown/device unload sequence to better handle panels that prompt before exiting
• Routing windows: space passes through to main actions, for keyboard navigation use shift+space
• Sends: volume/pan values can be manually entered in I/O dialog
• Snap to grid: don’t snap to grid lines that are more than 1/4 screen width away
• Tempo envelope: more consistent behavior when adding/deleting tempo markers when project timebase is beats
• Toolbars: fixed crash when using certain strings as custom toolbar button text
• Video: improved rendering accuracy near end of render when using resampling
• VST: fixed audioMasterTempoAt accuracy in certain instances
• Windows: installers now have authenticode signatures