Post Description

REAPER 6.0: The Aristocrats!


MIDI editor
display and edit CC/velocity as dots and lines, CCs as linear and curved envelopes, similar to track envelopes
add note-type buttons to default toolbar
add option to display note length in velocity lane
add option to move bank/program change events with notes
add preference to automatically reduce CC events when drawing
combine note properties and event properties into one modeless dialog
add mouse modifiers to reset CC/velocity to default values
make default CC event and CC lane mouse modifiers more like default envelope behaviors
repopulate raw MIDI data display window when switching active media item
Theming
new Default 6.0 theme with theme adjuster script allowing for extensive customization of the new default theme
layout DPI translation for HiDPI/Retina displays
apply main window size area theme element only on mouseover
improve theme rendering appearance when using custom UI scaling
apply advanced preference UI scaling changes immediately
replace tcp.dragdropchild with tcp.dragdropinfo [indent_sibling_track indent_child_track]
add additional 8 WALTER font slots
add support for midi_score_colormap, in addition to midi_note_colormap
Media items
add new "Beats (auto-stretch at tempo changes)" timebase
add action to add stretch markers at project tempo changes
add action to recalculate automatic stretch markers at project tempo changes
add action to convert embedded source media transient information to transient guides
optionally create transient guides on import for media with embedded transient information
support calculating playback rate from user-supplied tempo or length in beats
when copy/pasting items with stretch markers, preserve the original play rate
ReaScript
add MIDI_GetCCShape, MIDI_SetCCShape
add support for CC shapes to MIDI_Get(Set)AllEvts
add support for setting track playback offset value and attributes
add support for user-defined note and track notation data that is not displayed
fix setting MIDI meta-messages via API
add reduce_open_files() utility function for users running up against open file handle limitations
FX
allow embedding some plug-in UIs into track and mixer control panels
support embedding UIs for ReaEQ, ReaXComp, ReaComp, ReaSurround, and graphical JSFX
add preference to display FX list on right side of FX chain window
add preference to display add/delete buttons above list in FX chain window
macOS
Retina display arrange, ruler, MIDI editor, etc
use Metal display output on 10.11+ for various windows
add options in Preferences/General/Advanced to disable Retina support, disable Retina for non-Retina theme elements
support REX files on macOS Catalina
work around appearance issues when user forces dark mode rendering for app (requires Metal to be enabled) •
Render
include all options in "options and format" render presets
optionally embed transient information into WAV or AIFF files
support embedding tempo into AIFF files
support rendering only selected regions in an existing region render matrix •
when enabled, embed exact tempo of rendered item/time
Defaults
enable Live FX multiprocessing by default
enable track record monitoring on new tracks by default
set volume envelopes to fader scaling by default
Dynamic split
add preset support
overhaul and improvements to algorithm and gate handling
retain settings after canceling the window
Media import
properly adjust length of imported media with embedded tempo when crossing project tempo changes
support adjusting media based on tempo suggested by filename
Mouse modifiers
add double-click behaviors to reset CC value, curvature, edit properties
add preference to draw/edit CC events immediately on mouse click
Multiprocessing
auto-detect up to 128 threads
increase anticipative FX hard limit to 128 threads, live FX hard limit to 64 threads
remove old 4.x scheduler mode, non-event synchronization modes
Performance
improve performance and reduce system resource consumption with large track counts
add option in disk settings to periodically close excess open files
add option to read peaks files under a certain size completely to RAM (to reduce open file count)
Resampling
added SSE2-optimized sinc calculation (from Theo Niessink)
optimize and greatly improve quality of resampling for conversion between common rates
Toolbars
actions to switch last focused toolbar will default to switching main toolbar
improve HiDPI/Retina support (toolbar_icons/ can have 150/ and 200/ subdirs)
Tracks
support positive or negative playback time offset without affecting PDC
add action to bypass track playback offset
add user preference for max MIDI playback speed to catch up to negative track playback offset
Windows
HiDPI awareness and display improvements (auto-rescale more UI when running HiDPI aware)
improve appearance of docker, ReaPlugs, and other windows when resizing
Import
handle WAV and AIFF (Apple Loops) files containing transient information similarly to REX files
Main window
support positioning track control panels on right side of arrange
Menus
very lightly refresh main file/edit/view/insert menus
Modal windows
remember window positions (configurable option in preferences/general/advanced to tweak behavior)
Notation editor
support customized staff and note context menus
ReaFIR
add context menu mode configuration
REX
add option to ignore all embedded slice and tempo information
Routing
add track wiring view
VST3
support plugins that export MIDI note names