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Version history for REAPER (64-bit)

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Changes for v4.77 - v4.78

OSX:
CoreAudio latency detection improvements
fixed UI issues with listviews on Yosemite and trackpads
AU: fixed informing plugins of project repeat state
DDP: fixed error handling cases
FX: reset PDC when offlining FX
Media item properties: fixed undocked window position restoring
Metronome: count-in sound quality fixes
MIDI SPP: fixed SPP sending with project measure offsets at t=0, send SPP when stopped/seeking to t=0, other fixes
Mixer: fixed FX add menu not always updating properly
ReaControlMIDI: fixed pitch automation issue
Routing window: fixed default initial position bug
Transport: fixed potential display corruption on win32 and when docked above ruler
VST: whitelist Voxengo plug-ins to use effSetSpeakerArrangement by default

Changes for v4.76 - v4.77

JSFX:
fixed last touched parameter when skipping sliders .
support for naming sliderXY variables via @sliderx:varname=defval<... syntax
Screensets:
better project tab support for FX
fixed screenset issues with input FX and hardware FX
Item fades: fixed potential for invalid output in certain but rare fades
Media Explorer: support for MIDI/OSC action binding
Preferences: fixed track icon alignment setting .
Project tabs: fixed hide/restore of input FX windows on tab switch
Render queue: fixed invalid render directories/filenames in certain instances .
Ripple editing: fixed moving items with other locked items at same position .
Undo: improved FX envelope panel undo behavior
VST: fixed incorrect latency reporting when changing pin connections

Changes for v4.75 - v4.76

Envelopes:
fixed the option 'Add edge points when moving envelope points' .
fixed various take envelopes/points selection buglets
improved marquee-selection .
restored move/copy envelope points within item bounds instead of start of next item .
Video:
fixed leak in bridged-quicktime mode
fixed leaks when using multiple copies of the same image or GIF
fixed memory leak with ffmpeg/libav 5.4
fixed support for decoding various obscure colorspaces with VLC
Undo:
added undo points when selecting envelope points via mouse clicks
fixed envelope edition undo which was also changing lane height in certain instances
Editing: show horizontal guide lines when moving envelope points/segments, and media items in free item positioning mode
Elastique 3: new version, also re-fixed the multichannel issue on win32
Frame rate grid: corrected 29.97DF grid/snap behavior
Media explorer: peaks drawing fixes/optimizations
Media items: fixed potential volume/pan/pitch adjustment issues vs item locking .
Multitouch: improved Windows 8.1 multitouch behavior
Project: allow user defined framerates
ReaPitch: fixed potential crash when loading presets
ReaSurround: don't rotate diffusion fields while rotating input sources
ReaVerb: better handling of impulse response file gain, deprecated old normalize options
Ripple edit all tracks: re-ripple things after locked items, if some items are selected there too

Changes for v4.731 - v4.75

Video:
fixed EOF issue with certain files and DirectShow
fixed OSX display switching from YV12 to YUV/RGB
fixed potential incorrect layering orders
search for ffmpeg binaries in appdata:UserPlugins\64 on win64 (allowing separate 32 and 64 bit installs)
section sources are supported for determining video frame
Envelopes:
fixed jumpy envelope points with the option 'Envelope point selection follows time selection' .
track FX envelopes read unarmed automation in write mode .
Arm buttons display a 'pushed' state regardless of the automation mode
Mixer:
fixed input label not being refresh in certain instances .
improved right-click on master track selection behavior
OSC:
fixed master solo feedback .
fixed volume feedback issues ..
OSX:
Fixed contextual key shortcuts not passing through some windows (copy, paste, delete, etc)
added 'Backspace' default key shortcut to delete things in managers, project bay, etc
Playback:
fixed hangs when changing playrate while paused .
small optimization to sends/PDC related code
Project bay:
if moving files fails, fall back to copying them (and trying to delete)
show copy status window when copying files
show errors when renaming/copying files
ReaScript:
display an error message when running invalid scripts (e.g. file not found)
display more details when Python initialization fails .
Render:
update rather than close configuration window when changing project tabs
fixed samplerate display issues in render queue .
Ripple edit:
action 'Options: Ripple editing: Per-track/All tracks' reports a toggle state
better behavior moving/pasting/removing items with later locked items
option for how to handle locked items (prefs/editing behavior/ripple editing)
Automation: Fixed global override button not being refreshed on project load/switches
Elastique 3: multichannel fixes .
Focus: Fixed cursor context issues, e.g. context lost (OSX) or changed (Win) after clicking a docked toolbar button
JSFX: fixed slider_automate() not obeying to the preference 'Automatically add envelopes when tweaking parameters in automation write modes' .
MIDI editor: fixed display/UI issues on projects with partial measures .
ReaSurround: recalculate channel outputs when automating speaker gain .
Undo: action 'Master Track: Toggle stereo/mono' creates an undo point .
API:
added GetGlobalAutomationOverride, SetGlobalAutomationOverride
added SetCursorContext (to change the focus programmatically and track/take envelope selection)"
fixed TrackFX_GetEQParam for gain parameters

Changes for v4.73 - v4.731

OSX: updated signing for OSX 10.9.5+ .
Tab to transient: fixed MIDI transient inaccuracies .
WAV reading: fixed incorrect reading of files with 125 or more bytes per sample-frame (e.g. 48+ channel 24 bit files)

Changes for v4.721 - v4.73

Now with Elastique v3!
Timestretch:
added the fantastique elastique v3 pitch shift/timestretch engine
fixes to extreme stretch logic
Actions:
fixed 'FX: Set MIDI learn for last touched FX parameter' when triggered from MIDI controllers .
improved undo for duplicate item actions .
Items:
fixed 'Duplicate items' misbehaviour with ripple editing .
fixed item edge locking .
Recording:
optimized disk writing buffers
changed OSX default write mode to unbuffered, reduced buffer size
AU: fixed PDC failures when track channel counts change
Menu bar: fixed mangling of UTF-8 characters when truncating action strings .
ReaControlMIDI: support all 14 bit resolution CC pairs
ReaScript: load several scripts in one go
ReaVerb: improved handling of certain low-level mono signals .
Render Region Matrix: fixed unselected region rendering .
Stretch markers: auto-seek when editing stretch markers and auto-seek-on-edit is set in prefs
Track FX envelopes: fixed inserted points despite automation lane not armed .
Undo: fixed edit cursor being sometimes moved despite preferences
VST: support for effCanBeAutomated to allow plug-ins to not show hidden parameters

Changes for v4.72 - v4.721

4.721:
API: fixed GetSetTrackSendInfo() UI refresh issues .
MIDI editor: fixed toggle states of Humanize/Transpose notes actions
ReaNinjam: fixed chat window crash on OSX .
Stretch markers: fixed marker visibility bugs when using take playrates
Performance:
reduced excessive audio locking from many less-often-used actions
do not block audio threads when closing/reinitializing MIDI devices
reduced excessive locking in track envelope window
unfreeze no longer blocks audio from other projects
faster performance when using many tracks that are not visible in track list
faster/smoother updating when vertical zooming arrange view
Auto-record arm:
faster changing of mode for large track counts
fixed multiple undo points being added when toggling setting
Items:
fixed possible crash when removing take envelopes
pitch envelopes that are inactive are properly ignored (and do not use pitch shifting)
Media explorer: ? preview is less interrupted by active project actions
ignore corrupted embedded tempo/beat information .
MIDI editor:
click on ruler or arrange view follows main preference to seek playback
drawing performance improvements
fixed some mouse-click modifiers in the MIDI ruler .
Projects:
warnings give more details about missing features/plugin extensions
when prompting for loaded project on startup, show more information on previous tabs
ReaScript:
fixed invalid undo state when script is not found
fixed learned MIDI CCs in relative modes .
Stability:
fixed clipping overflow bugs in various graphics fill/blit functions
possible fix for certain menu-related crashes on OSX .
Menus:
avoid redundant regeneration of customized menus .
Region manager: fixed region/marker deletion .
Render: if the rendered time selection coincides with a project region, support the $region wildcard for the rendered file name .
Toolbars: fixed button state flashes .
Track manager: improved function of link TCP/mixer visibility .
Transport: avoid edit auto-committing in newly activated projects .
Video: animated .gif files can now be inserted into projects and played as video
WAV: corrected padding of data chunk for wav/w64 when the final chunk in file .
API:
PluginPreventUIRefresh() also prevents track control updates
improved API header generation (user configurable output, options)
fixed some routing display issues .

Changes for v4.71 - v4.72

Performance:
reduced excessive audio locking from many less-often-used actions
do not block audio threads when closing/reinitializing MIDI devices
reduced excessive locking in track envelope window
unfreeze no longer blocks audio from other projects
faster performance when using many tracks that are not visible in track list
faster/smoother updating when vertical zooming arrange view
Auto-record arm:
faster changing of mode for large track counts
fixed multiple undo points being added when toggling setting
Items:
fixed possible crash when removing take envelopes
pitch envelopes that are inactive are properly ignored (and do not use pitch shifting)
Media explorer:
preview is less interrupted by active project actions
ignore corrupted embedded tempo/beat information .
MIDI editor:
click on ruler or arrange view follows main preference to seek playback
drawing performance improvements
fixed some mouse-click modifiers in the MIDI ruler .
Projects:
warnings give more details about missing features/plugin extensions
when prompting for loaded project on startup, show more information on previous tabs
ReaScript:
fixed invalid undo state when script is not found
fixed learned MIDI CCs in relative modes .
Stability:
fixed clipping overflow bugs in various graphics fill/blit functions
possible fix for certain menu-related crashes on OSX .
Menus: avoid redundant regeneration of customized menus .
Region manager: fixed region/marker deletion .
Render: if the rendered time selection coincides with a project region, support the $region wildcard for the rendered file name .
Toolbars: fixed button state flashes .
Track manager: improved function of link TCP/mixer visibility .
Transport: avoid edit auto-committing in newly activated projects .
Video: animated .gif files can now be inserted into projects and played as video
WAV: corrected padding of data chunk for wav/w64 when the final chunk in file .
API:
PluginPreventUIRefresh() also prevents track control updates
improved API header generation (user configurable output, options)
fixed some routing display issues .

Changes for v4.7 - v4.71

Audio Units: Windows build properly maintain Audio Unit state
Audio Units: better display sorting in FX browser
Audio Units: better identification of plug-ins, handling of changing plug-in names
Media explorer: fixed intermittent seek behavior
Mouse modifiers: restored previous default behavior of mouse middle button click (move edit cursor ignoring snap) .
UI: small optimizations to graphics performance
Performance:
improved track panel/mixer panel UI behavior/performance with large track counts .
various FX preset improvements
Region manager better handles large region/marker counts
Region render matrix better handles large region counts
Track manager better handles large track counts
Project tabs:
save project tab list on exit, restore on startup
option to prompt for action on startup (last project, last project tabs, recent projects, new project, etc)
option to prompt on startup when project previously failed to load
new actions including 'Close all project but current' and 'New project tab (ignore default template)'
improved prompt for save before exiting (show a list of all unsaved projects)
OSX:
much faster drawing for Retina Macs
faster drawing on newer OSX versions
Actions:
toggle track solo/mute/FX bypass/record-arm/visibility report ON/OFF states
selected track under mouse cursor will scroll track into view in other contexts
added nudge take/item volume +1db/-1dB, or reset item to 0dB
explode multichannel media now obeys render/glue format option .
fixed reported state of 'Toggle track zoom to minimum height' .
'Minimize all tracks' no longer toggles .
'Monitoring FX: toggle bypass' now reports state
Media explorer:
configurable pitch shift knob range, options to move in semitones or quarter tones
option to preserve pitch shift setting when changing media
control+drag to horizontally zoom peaks preview display
do not stop preview playback when selecting folders
fixed zipper noises when changing preview volume
improved interaction with audio device closing
improved selection behavior in native listview mode
MIDI:
added option to consolidate MIDI as .MID file
fixed channel filter in MIDI source properties .
added mouse modifier context for ruler marker/region lanes, scroll/zoom support
display MIDI program name in event list view
actions to replace or merge MIDI note names
improved editor ruler display
FX:
fixed Program Change menu item issues .
fixed AU and VST plugin window and generic UI refresh on factory preset changes via MIDI PC or API
added support for linking JSFX preset to MIDI Program Change
JSFX OSX retina support for UIs, set gfx_ext_retina to 1 in @init, check for 2 in @gfx
JSFX pin mapper properly ignores output pin assignments when JSFX have no outputs defined
Windows:
insert media files menu/action uses Vista+ file browser, if relevant
allow choosing audio thread priority for non-ASIO modes, (default) MMCSS support
WaveOut, Kernel Streaming, and WASAPI modes use device names for configuration
WASAPI bug fixes, compatibility and performance improvements
Localization:
fix for window titles supporting multiple code pages
fixed potential misbehaviors in the MIDI Editor
fixed marker/region import .
Performance meter:
additional ReaMote column when ReaMote is enabled
optimized display, sortable columns
Render:
fixed incorrect peak drawing used with resampling .
new idle-priority offline rendering options
Audio Units: use new Audio Unit API for increased compatibility on 10.6 and newer
FX Browser: right-click menu can insert FX with user preset loaded
JS/midi_humanizer: fixed note-offs (thanks DarkStar)
Main menu: audio device status shows physical interface channel counts, not virtualized channel counts
Media item properties: HMSF time mode for item position/length
Mixer: 'Go to send destination' tweaks .
Mouse modifiers: reverse handscroll zoom behavior is now a global preference rather than a separate mouse modifier .
Project Bay: fixed changing FX presets from bay
Project settings: improved media format options for glue/apply fx/etc
Region/Marker manager: fixed text filter not being restored .
RS5k: fixed UI issues with parameter automation/modulation .
Theme: fix for clipped master track fader text
Track manager: option to automatically scroll to selected track works when selecting tracks outside of the track manager
Transport: fixed labels for transport docked actions, other buglets
Undo: changing track selection via right-click creates an undo point (if the related option is enabled, in preferences/general)
API:
GetSetObjectState/GetSetObjectState2 support take envelopes
added GetSelectedEnvelope
added IsREAPER (vs running in ReaMote)
added ReverseNamedCommandLookup
added SetProjectMarker4 and SetProjectMarkerByIndex2 (which are able to clear marker/region names)
added Splash_GetWnd (to allow display of error messages over the splash)
fixed TrackFX_SetPresetByIndex and TrackFX_NavigatePresets .
plugin extensions can register post-action hooks .

Changes for v4.62 - v4.7

Performance:
improved track panel/mixer panel UI behavior/performance with large track counts .
various FX preset improvements
Region manager better handles large region/marker counts
Region render matrix better handles large region counts
Track manager better handles large track counts
Project tabs:
save project tab list on exit, restore on startup
option to prompt for action on startup (last project, last project tabs, recent projects, new project, etc)
option to prompt on startup when project previously failed to load
new actions including 'Close all project but current' and 'New project tab (ignore default template)'
improved prompt for save before exiting (show a list of all unsaved projects)
OSX:
much faster drawing for Retina Macs
faster drawing on newer OSX versions
Actions:
toggle track solo/mute/FX bypass/record-arm/visibility report ON/OFF states
selected track under mouse cursor will scroll track into view in other contexts
added nudge take/item volume +1db/-1dB, or reset item to 0dB
explode multichannel media now obeys render/glue format option .
fixed reported state of 'Toggle track zoom to minimum height' .
'Minimize all tracks' no longer toggles .
'Monitoring FX: toggle bypass' now reports state
Media explorer:
configurable pitch shift knob range, options to move in semitones or quarter tones
option to preserve pitch shift setting when changing media
control+drag to horizontally zoom peaks preview display
do not stop preview playback when selecting folders
fixed zipper noises when changing preview volume
improved interaction with audio device closing
improved selection behavior in native listview mode
MIDI:
added option to consolidate MIDI as .MID file
fixed channel filter in MIDI source properties .
added mouse modifier context for ruler marker/region lanes, scroll/zoom support
display MIDI program name in event list view
actions to replace or merge MIDI note names
improved editor ruler display
FX:
fixed Program Change menu item issues .
fixed AU and VST plugin window and generic UI refresh on factory preset changes via MIDI PC or API
added support for linking JSFX preset to MIDI Program Change
JSFX OSX retina support for UIs, set gfx_ext_retina to 1 in @init, check for 2 in @gfx
JSFX pin mapper properly ignores output pin assignments when JSFX have no outputs defined
Windows:
insert media files menu/action uses Vista+ file browser, if relevant
allow choosing audio thread priority for non-ASIO modes, (default) MMCSS support
WaveOut, Kernel Streaming, and WASAPI modes use device names for configuration
WASAPI bug fixes, compatibility and performance improvements
Localization:
fix for window titles supporting multiple code pages
fixed potential misbehaviors in the MIDI Editor
fixed marker/region import .
Performance meter:
additional ReaMote column when ReaMote is enabled
optimized display, sortable columns
Render:
fixed incorrect peak drawing used with resampling .
new idle-priority offline rendering options
Audio Units:use new Audio Unit API for increased compatibility on 10.6 and newer
FX Browser: right-click menu can insert FX with user preset loaded
JS/midi_humanizer: fixed note-offs (thanks DarkStar)
Main menu: audio device status shows physical interface channel counts, not virtualized channel counts
Media item properties: HMSF time mode for item position/length
Mixer: 'Go to send destination' tweaks .
Mouse modifiers: reverse handscroll zoom behavior is now a global preference rather than a separate mouse modifier .
Project Bay: fixed changing FX presets from bay
Project settings: improved media format options for glue/apply fx/etc
Region/Marker manager: fixed text filter not being restored .
RS5k: fixed UI issues with parameter automation/modulation .
Theme: fix for clipped master track fader text
Track manager: option to automatically scroll to selected track works when selecting tracks outside of the track manager
Transport: fixed labels for transport docked actions, other buglets
Undo: changing track selection via right-click creates an undo point (if the related option is enabled, in preferences/general)
API:
GetSetObjectState/GetSetObjectState2 support take envelopes
added GetSelectedEnvelope
added IsREAPER (vs running in ReaMote)
added ReverseNamedCommandLookup
added SetProjectMarker4 and SetProjectMarkerByIndex2 (which are able to clear marker/region names)
added Splash_GetWnd (to allow display of error messages over the splash)
fixed TrackFX_SetPresetByIndex and TrackFX_NavigatePresets .
plugin extensions can register post-action hooks .

Changes for v4.611 - v4.62

API:
fixed RenderFileSection() return value
plugin extensions can register MIDI/OSC learn-able actions .
plugin extensions can register actions in any section .
plugin extensions can register toggle actions in any section
Localization:
fixed browse for directory issues .
fixed Screensets/Layouts shortcut issues
allowed localization of toolbar names
various fixes ........
FX:
fix for FX browser context menu issues on secondary monitors .
fixed timing issues with looped PDC+MIDI .
optional auto-positioning of FX chains and floating FX windows, improved default positioning
JSFX:
added support for reading various media types that REAPER supports (including FLAC, WavPack, etc)
gfx_arc() overdraw fixes
MIDI editor:
display on/off states in the action list when relevant
added action to show list of MIDI note name files at cursor
list recent note name files in File/Customize note names menu
Mouse modifiers:
added separate context for marker/region lanes (above the timeline)
added new scroll/zoom actions
Render wildcards:
improved support for abbreviated wildcards to match older versions .
hardened $itemnumber wildcard .
Ruler:
changes to timeline appearance, customizable distance between timeline text labels
new minimal-beats view mode
separate theme colors for measure vs other markings
Stability:
fixed possible crash on exit when using RX2 files
fixed multiproject related stability issues (JeffOS is awesome)
reverted change from 4.611 which caused some VSTs to crash on exit
Actions:
fixed typo in "Go to end/start of loop" action names .
Envelopes: cut/paste respects project and track timebase .
MIDI: fixed various timing problems with playback, display, and export when the user creates a project tempo map containing partial measures .
Preferences: consolidated TCP, VU meter, and fader preferences onto one page
ReaScript: avoid excess Undo_OnStateChange() calls and stale undo blocks for non-deferred scripts
Toolbars: allow customizing the names of builtin toolbars
VST: fixed MIDI output disable mode
Windows: avoid msvcrt.dll dependency in win32 builds

Changes for v4.61 - v4.611

Cockos: Welcome JeffOS
MIDI editor:
fixed behavior when using one editor per project .
fixed unexpected behavior of action to set CC lane (custom keyboard shortcuts for this action will need to be reset) .
Projects:
fixed encoding of certain strings with quotes in them (group and comp names)
fixed decoding of certain (rare) strings
ReaScript:
fixed GetToggleCommandState2 to work with other sections
fixed MIDI text/sysex event get/set support .
fixed MIDI_SetTextSysexEvt and MIDI_GetTextSysexEvt (note: for sysex the supplied/returned message no longer includes the bounding 0xF0/0xF7)
Stability:
fixed potential crash on exit introduced in 4.61
fix for potential UI hang with linear tempo transitions on Win64 .
Envelopes: fixed move segment preserving end values with square points .
FX: keyboard shortcut to replace FX preserving routing changed from R to Ctrl+R
Items: fixed random noise being possible for unlooped items with negative start offsets .
JSFX: gfx_arc() drawing fix .
Licensing: about box now has option to show only personal or small business use in titlebar for this license type
Peaks: memory mapped peak files are off by default to save address space/better deal with lost disks
ReaInsert: added new (default) option to use audio device reported latency rather than relying solely on ping tests
Screensets: much faster saving, faster loading
Track routing: routing window visual alignment fixes
VST: no longer unload plug-ins DLLs on exit
Windows: fixed menu language pack issue.

Changes for v4.602 - v4.61

Performance:
option to use new worker thread scheduling logic which can use less CPU
reduced CPU overhead of silent tracks when stopped, similar option for playback
reduced memory usage when viewing projects with many audio items
improved performance of note range calculations for tracks with many MIDI items
faster/safer exit process
better OSX splash screen updating
faster OSX track creation/loading
faster loading/saving and undo-point creation
Items:
fixed buttons on very large/zoomed media items
fixed interaction between editing take start offset and warp markers in item properties dialog .
avoid playback glitch with negative section start offsets
MIDI:
CC chase bug fix .
when edits result in MIDI events that do not pass the filter, disable the filter
OSX:
fixed 10.4 top level menu issues introduced in 4.33
optimized drawing in certain partial-update situations
support receiving long sysex messages from hardware
Stability:
fixed potential crash when showing media items in lane and resizing track height .
fixed potential crash when sending automated FX parameter updates via OSC
small optimizations and buffer overflow protection
Stretch markers:
fixed playback error when using unlooped items and start offset is negative .
update video preview position when editing stretch markers
Automation: option to not reset latch state on loop .
FX: menu actions to replace or quick-replace an effect preserving routing
Glue: when glueing all muted items, produce muted result
JS: allow "filename:png" lines with indexes more than 128
MIDI editor: fixed behavior when using one editor per track .
Missing file window: show current project .
OSC: improved controller feedback for transport state (play/pause/record/stop)
Plugins: native plug-ins are no longer unloaded at exit on Win32
Recording: support for wildcards when automatically naming recording files
Render: added wildcards for start and end time
RS5k: fixed text field UI when automating parameters
Screensets: docker related screenset fixes
Scrolling: improved autoscroll behavior in arrange view and maximized mixer
Theme: added toolbar_filter_solo (for MIDI toolbar)
Track autonaming: removal of trailing numbers is now optional and off by default
Undo: last undo state shown in menu bar is now constrained in size

Changes for v4.60 - v4.602

4.602: MIDI: export project name to tempo track .
4.601: ? Prefs: allow -inf for track/send/hardware output default volumes .
Smooth seek: fixed smooth seek at region end (also fixes Region Playlist extension) .
Title bar: fixed duplicate text .

Changes for v4.591 - v4.60

JS:
added jnif's excellent sequencer_baby mod as sequencer_megababy
floaty_delay glitch fix
added gfx_circle, gfx_arc, and gfx_roundrect
added globals() keyword for functions, can be used to restrict access to global variables/namespaces
added midisend(ts,msg1,msg2,msg3) and midirecv(ts,msg1,msg2,msg3) for improved readability
added midisend_buf(ts,buf,length) and midirecv_buf(ts,buf,maxlen), useful for send/receive of both normal MIDI data and sysex
added midisend_str(offs,str), midirecv_str(offs,str)
added mouse_wheel and mouse_hwheel, time(), time_precise()
fixed 4096 point MDCT
fixed gfx positioning with large fonts, made requested size more likely to be used
fixed sizing issue on OSX .
gfx_getchar() support, use with no parameter to get a key ('a', '1', 'f1', 'up', 'down', etc), or with gfx_getchar('up') to get status of a key
gfx_loadimg() now supports JPG, PCX, ICO, BMP, LVG in addition to PNG
optimized midisyx()
"options:" can now include gmem=namedpool, which allows plugins to allocate their own shared gmem[], which also increases the size of gmem[] to 8M entries (from the default 1M)
"options:want_all_kb" support for defaulting to plug-in gets all keys
plugin instances with @gfx sections will remember their sizes after user resize .
MIDI editor:
actions to invert chord voicings
actions to reverse or invert selected events
filter solo (play only events that pass through the filter)
filter supports a range of parameters (note values, MIDI programs, etc)
filter supports event position within measure
fixed opening MIDI editor via action with certain editor preferences set
fixed velocity lane editing on OSX .
if white/black piano roll theme colors are identical, draw horizontal lines to separate notes
right-drag piano keys to select a range of notes
ReaScript:
documentation improvements
added EEL language support in addition to Python
scripts can now persist via defer (EEL) or RPR_defer (Python)
improved AudioAccessor API, added AudioAccessorValidateState()
various new APIs including: CountProjectMarkers, GetLastMarkerAndCurRegion, SetProjectMarkerByIndex, DeleteProjectMarkerByIndex .
added APIs to get MIDI editor settings, get/set/insert MIDI events
fixed various functions to match documentation (CreateNewMIDIItemInProj,TrackFX_SetEQParam,TrackFX_GetEQParam)
stretch marker get/set support
ReaPlugs:
ReaVerb now displays spectrograph of impulse
RS5k and ReaVerb have better resolving of filenames in samples or impulses subdirectory
fixed RS5k peakbuilding when changing samples via combo box
lowered ReaDelay RAM use with long delay lines
FX:
fixed keyboard navigation in FX chains on Windows
update FX chain window after copying FX from TCP or mixer .
JS editor:
fixed bugs in find function .
configurable per-file tab size, use "tabsize:X" before @init to configure
MIDI:
do not import or export track name messages to/from the tempo track
fixes to sorting when merging multiple MIDI streams .
Nudge:
improved support for nudging by frame with DF timecode .
fixed framerate mode in nudge items by grid size action .
OSC:
display track pan width feedback properly .
reduced duplicate OSC messages, optimized wildcard matching/generation
support for marker/region feedback to devices
Parameter modulation:
fixed various sync issues, fixed labeling to QN rather than beats, old behavior still exists for old projects
improved speed slider behavior/snapping
Project save:
action to save new version of project (automatically increment project name)
save with media move now correctly moves video files
Render:
configurable render queue delay time (to allow samples to load if necessary)
rendering regions/stems with RPP saving option produces a customized RPP per-file
Video:
Fixed high CPU usage when using non-zero timebased video files
option to automatically detect orientation for jpeg/mov files
Cues:
fixed legacy API support for media item cues .
Joysticks: allow use of all ReaScript/EEL APIs from joystick scripts, including gfx_*()
Media items: better display of item buttons when first take is empty and not visible .
MIDI export: fixed exporting project cues along with MIDI tempo map .
MP3: fixed index file generation issues from 4.59
OSX: check /Library/Application Support/REAPER/ for license file
ReaMote: fixed bridged plug-in support on OSX
Track manager: prevent adding FX to master input FX .
Transport: added themeable color for project play rate when not 1.0
VST: generic UI refreshes in response to audioMasterUpdateDisplay .

Changes for v4.59 - v4.591

4.591:
FX: fixed keyboard navigation in FX chains on Windows .
JS: fixed sizing issue on OSX .
MIDI editor: fixed velocity lane editing on OSX .
RS5k: fixed peakbuilding when changing samples via combo box
JSFX:
added many new gfx APIs and functionality (including gfx_dest for offscreen drawing)
string support for code, improved language syntax .
IDE: better syntax highlighting with simple error detection, ctrl+T for matching parentheses/strings/etc
IDE: can open/edit multiple files at once (ctrl+O on import line, or similar)
IDE: watch window has searchable filter, can also do value=xyz or refs=xyz, other operators include <, > and &
faster in-place fft_permute(), fixes to old bugs in FFT/memcpy
fixed endian issue in file_var()/file_mem() reading of 16 bit wav files on PPC
fixed file slider incorrect defaults
force disabling FPU exceptions for better compatibility with certain plugins .
hidden sliders can now start with -- to prevent adding UI gap, improvements to spacing
sliderchange(-1) will trigger undo point when called from @gfx
MIDI editor:
better handling of selection changes when using one MIDI editor per track
fixed editing individual note velocity bars
option to let MIDI editor remain open when the active media item is deleted in the arrange view
reworked editor behavior preferences in options and in editor contents menu
unhide hidden note rows when the user switches to piano keyboard view
Render:
respect text cursor and selection when inserting wildcards from wildcard menu
VU meters for master mix and stem tracks (mono, stereo, multichannel)
VU meters display up to 24 channels for multichannel renders
optimized output filename collision detection
OSX:
more descriptive MIDI device names, which reduces potential order changes of similarly named devices
scan /Library/Application Support/REAPER/UserPlugins for native REAPER plug-ins (such as SWS)
Peaks:
option to put peak files in peaks/ subdirectory from media
option to force alternate peak-path for select media paths (such as sample libraries, etc)
Project bay:
improvements to media item length sorting
support for moving/copying media to any destination directory
FX: fix for win 8.1 hang on fx add with default preset .
Media explorer: updated pitch shift API
Menus: better sorting for ini files
MIDI: arrange view note scaling is per-track, rather than per-item
OSC: added messages to jump to marker or seek to region
ReaEQ: fixed locking issue on preset load
ReaMote: improved timeout behavior when remote host stops responding
ReaMote/ReaStream: improved socket polling behavior (poll() on OSX, allow more than 64 connections on win32)
ReaSamplomatic5k: fixed potential crash on loading with offline media .
Save as with copy: move only when in previous media path (added in 4.58) made optional .
Undo: better undo state descriptions for FX and envelope edits

Changes for v4.581 - v4.59

JSFX:
added many new gfx APIs and functionality (including gfx_dest for offscreen drawing)
string support for code, improved language syntax .
IDE: better syntax highlighting with simple error detection, ctrl+T for matching parentheses/strings/etc
IDE: can open/edit multiple files at once (ctrl+O on import line, or similar)
IDE: watch window has searchable filter, can also do value=xyz or refs=xyz, other operators include <, > and &
faster in-place fft_permute(), fixes to old bugs in FFT/memcpy
fixed endian issue in file_var()/file_mem() reading of 16 bit wav files on PPC
fixed file slider incorrect defaults
force disabling FPU exceptions for better compatibility with certain plugins .
hidden sliders can now start with -- to prevent adding UI gap, improvements to spacing
sliderchange(-1) will trigger undo point when called from @gfx
MIDI editor:
better handling of selection changes when using one MIDI editor per track
fixed editing individual note velocity bars
option to let MIDI editor remain open when the active media item is deleted in the arrange view
reworked editor behavior preferences in options and in editor contents menu
unhide hidden note rows when the user switches to piano keyboard view
Render:
respect text cursor and selection when inserting wildcards from wildcard menu
VU meters for master mix and stem tracks (mono, stereo, multichannel)
VU meters display up to 24 channels for multichannel renders
optimized output filename collision detection
OSX:
more descriptive MIDI device names, which reduces potential order changes of similarly named devices
scan /Library/Application Support/REAPER/UserPlugins for native REAPER plug-ins (such as SWS)
Peaks:
option to put peak files in peaks/ subdirectory from media
option to force alternate peak-path for select media paths (such as sample libraries, etc)
Project bay:
improvements to media item length sorting
support for moving/copying media to any destination directory
FX: fix for win 8.1 hang on fx add with default preset .
Media explorer: updated pitch shift API
Menus: better sorting for ini files
MIDI: arrange view note scaling is per-track, rather than per-item
OSC: added messages to jump to marker or seek to region
ReaEQ: fixed locking issue on preset load
ReaMote: improved timeout behavior when remote host stops responding
ReaMote/ReaStream: improved socket polling behavior (poll() on OSX, allow more than 64 connections on win32)
ReaSamplomatic5k: fixed potential crash on loading with offline media .
Save as with copy: move only when in previous media path (added in 4.58) made optional .
Undo: better undo state descriptions for FX and envelope edits

Changes for v4.58 - v4.581

4.581 fixups: Render: faster dialog response time when changing render settings with very many regions and stems .
JS: prevent calls to gfx functions from audio thread (safety nitpick)
ReaSamplomatic: multi-file support (adding a group of files via browse or drag and drop will divide velocity range by file)
active voice count indicator
added optional separate control for note-off release
changed default settings for new instances
graphical display of ADS envelope
improved locking behavior to avoid audio interruption when loading samples
improved parameter names for automation purposes
reduced RAM use
save-as with copy media now puts samples into samples/ subfolder
MIDI editor: fixed copy/cut within time selection not advancing the cursor or extending the MIDI item properly in certain situations
fixed double-click note behavior with certain settings
fixed step sequencer hang on recording during playback .
fixes relating to note folding
improved edit cursor mouse click behavior
Render: region render matrix window allows selecting which tracks are rendered under which regions
better auto-increment numbering for duplicate render target filenames
option to render selected items
option to render tracks with only mono media to mono files
more informative display for render queue
API: added file_in_project_ex2, so that plugins tracking media files can receive copy notifications in save-as-copy etc
functions to get or set the region render matrix
FX: fixed chain focus issues when updating ReaSamplomatic plug-in name
drag and drop cursor fixes relating to monitoring FX
item FX chains can request higher channel counts for internal processing
MIDI: more precise export of linear tempo transition .
optimizatons to arrange view drawing
option to automatically scale notes to fit in arrange view
Project bay: avoid hang when zooming to selected items that are very far apart .
improved sorting by take details column
ReaVerb: improved threading behavior when loading impulses
save-as with copy media now puts samples into impulses/ subfolder
Save as with copy: better support for copying plug-in referenced media .
move option will prefer to copy files not in known or fallback recording paths
VST: improved setSpeakerArrangement behavior
optionally inform plugins when track channel count changes
JS: added midi_choke
MIDI export: warn before overwriting files
MIDI inline editor: zoom/autozoom fixes
OSC: fixed bug in /vkb_midi/note support
ReaStream: improved blocking behavior for network sends
ReaSurround: by default, adjusts channels to match track channel count, but can be disabled
Track channels: added 36 channels as an option
WAV: ignore nonsensical BEXT preferred position data
Windows: fixed x64 hang on certain tempo envelope and grid settings .

Changes for v4.57 - v4.58

Large-N Study
ReaSamplomatic: multi-file support (adding a group of files via browse or drag and drop will divide velocity range by file)
active voice count indicator
added optional separate control for note-off release
changed default settings for new instances
graphical display of ADS envelope
improved locking behavior to avoid audio interruption when loading samples
improved parameter names for automation purposes
reduced RAM use
save-as with copy media now puts samples into samples/ subfolder
MIDI editor: fixed copy/cut within time selection not advancing the cursor or extending the MIDI item properly in certain situations
fixed double-click note behavior with certain settings
fixed step sequencer hang on recording during playback .
fixes relating to note folding
improved edit cursor mouse click behavior
Render: region render matrix window allows selecting which tracks are rendered under which regions
better auto-increment numbering for duplicate render target filenames
option to render selected items
option to render tracks with only mono media to mono files
more informative display for render queue
API: added file_in_project_ex2, so that plugins tracking media files can receive copy notifications in save-as-copy etc
functions to get or set the region render matrix
FX: fixed chain focus issues when updating ReaSamplomatic plug-in name
drag and drop cursor fixes relating to monitoring FX
item FX chains can request higher channel counts for internal processing
MIDI: more precise export of linear tempo transition .
optimizatons to arrange view drawing
option to automatically scale notes to fit in arrange view
Project bay: avoid hang when zooming to selected items that are very far apart .
improved sorting by take details column
ReaVerb: improved threading behavior when loading impulses
save-as with copy media now puts samples into impulses/ subfolder
Save as with copy: better support for copying plug-in referenced media .
move option will prefer to copy files not in known or fallback recording paths
VST: improved setSpeakerArrangement behavior
optionally inform plugins when track channel count changes
JS: added midi_choke
MIDI export: warn before overwriting files
MIDI inline editor: zoom/autozoom fixes
OSC: fixed bug in /vkb_midi/note support
ReaStream: improved blocking behavior for network sends
ReaSurround: by default, adjusts channels to match track channel count, but can be disabled
Track channels: added 36 channels as an option
WAV: ignore nonsensical BEXT preferred position data
Windows: fixed x64 hang on certain tempo envelope and grid settings .

Changes for v4.56 - v4.57

MIDI editor: added mouse modifier to stretch MIDI source loop
less sensitive mouse behavior for editing ruler loop points .
new loop point editing behavior when start offset exists .
quantize window has improved labels for quantize range
MIDI inline editor: added action to close editors for selected items for main context
auto-zoom contents when opening if edits have occurred in main editor
doubleclick on toolbar zoom button zooms-to-contents
fixed flicker when using humanize window
if closing editor via inline editor action, obey selection rules
AU: bridged support for plug-ins with multiple buses
fixed bridged plug-in issues (broken in 4.56)
improved bridged plug-in shutdown sequence to avoid autorelease errors
FX: fixed rare zero column size bug in FX browser
floating FX windows show slot number of title
restore floating state when bringing FX back online
MIDI: fixed peak issue with overlapping channel data .
improved arrange view note display (scales to fit used notes)
OSC: added /vkb_midi/[note|cc|pitch|program|polyaftertouch|channelpressure] commands for sending MIDI to the VKB record input
added default mappings for /track/@/[mute|solo|recarm]/toggle, /action/@/cc, /action/@/cc/relative, and /action/@/cc/soft (for soft-takeover)
improved support for soft-takeover on action and FX parameter bindings
OSX: fixed some small leaks
on 10.9+, disable App Nap when using bridged plug-ins, rendering, or audio device open
Video: fix startup crash with old VLC versions installed
improved QT audio support
Windows: improved CPU/memory meter reliability
improved pin-to-top button behavior
Grouping: fixed possible group errors when using multiple project tabs
JS: fixed reset to default for sequencer_baby_v2
Localization: fixed potential crash on startup
Memory: tweaks to memory management logic

Changes for v4.55 - v4.56

FX:
drag and drop copy/move improvements
drag and drop will auto increase track channel count when needed
JS: ◦ fixed pin mapper state saving in certain instances
improved performance of mapped pins with high channel counts
MIDI editor: ◦ fixed crash when editing note velocity with velocity filter applied .
fixed display issue when updating and inactive on non-aero Windows .
fixed unpredictable behavior when editing left edge of looped MIDI item in MIDI editor .
OSC:
added controller feedback for stereo track VU metering
fixed TIME with string parameter support
Timecode: ◦ LTC generator 23.976 mode is ND not DF (DF is deprecated)
LTC generators generate correct ND timecode (timecode runs slower than a wall clock)
LTC synchronization supports ND modes
AU: improved performance on multichannel tracks
Render: fixes to stem rendering support for resampling and project regions

Changes for v4.54 - v4.55

Control surfaces: ◦ AlphaTrack better supports touch/untouch when automating FX parameters via knob
now properly support touch state for width
JS: ◦ added sequencer_baby_v2
sequencer_baby now produces sample accurate results
MIDI editor: ◦ fixed ruler drawing for zero and negative measures
note properties dialog supports multiple editable MIDI items
refresh note properties, transpose, quantize, humanize dialogs on note selection change
OSC: ◦ added TRACK_PAN2_TOUCH for width/dualpan touch support
reduced CPU/power use of OSC support
support for calling custom actions by string identifier .
OSX: ◦ CoreText PostScript font names cached to avoid 10.9+ warnings
improved support for Macbooks with GPU switching (do not force discrete GPU)
reduced power consumption from joystick polling, especially when joysticks are not physically present
Video: ◦ Added support for latest VLC version (v2.1.x)
improved FFmpeg 5.4 audio decoding (float-planar)
improved support for multichannel audio from VLC 2.0.x
Editing: fixed inconsistent behavior of trimming items behind edited time selection .
MIDI import: fixed incorrect import of certain .mid files .
Region manager: option to play region through, then repeat or stop, on selecting a new region
Splash: splash screen lists native plug-ins as they are being loaded
Transport: show pre-roll text when in pre-roll

Changes for v4.53 - v4.54

JS: fixed an issue in 4.53 where optimizations could cause incorrect code .
JSFX: ◦ added !== and === operators (exact comparisons)
avoid excess undo state save on finishing a slider drag
user functions can now have namespaces as parameters -- function t(a*) ( a.foo = 1; );
user functions can now have their own default namespaces -- function foo.bar() ( this.a=1; );
user functions can now override builtin functions -- function sin(x) ( x - x^3/6 + x^5/120 );
MIDI: ◦ quantize linear tempo changes when exporting project MIDI .
preserve NRPN blocks on import/export .
avoid flooding volume/pan messages when transport is stopped .
fixed/improved pasting notes as new items from arrange view
MIDI editor: ◦ option to link track list selection to editability
removed automatic 2-way mirroring of arrange view selection and MIDI track list selection
track list selection optionally follows changes in arrange view selection
Video: ◦ bridged Quicktime bugfix (eof would cause video source to stop working)
fixed more audio playback issues when using VLC decoder
VST: ◦ avoid flooding undo states on certain plugins that send too many audioMasterEndEdit (such as TB_EZQ)
improved parameter automation behavior
API: various APIs properly update track-dirty flags .
Automation: fixed bug where plug-in automation timing would be affected by track channel count .
Batch converter: support writing to source directory for media items
Playback: improved some anticipative FX behavior changed in 4.52 .
ReaPlugs: various toggles now better support automation
ReaSamplomatic: reduced clicking when voice-constrained
Recording: fixed media monitoring when in time selection auto punch and no time selection
Stretch markers: move marker preserving left hand rate works properly on first stretch marker in item

Changes for v4.52 - v4.53

JSFX: ? added !== and === operators (exact comparisons)
avoid excess undo state save on finishing a slider drag
user functions can now have namespaces as parameters -- function t(a*) ( a.foo = 1; );
user functions can now have their own default namespaces -- function foo.bar() ( this.a=1; );
user functions can now override builtin functions -- function sin(x) ( x - x^3/6 + x^5/120 );
MIDI: ? quantize linear tempo changes when exporting project MIDI .
preserve NRPN blocks on import/export .
avoid flooding volume/pan messages when transport is stopped .
fixed/improved pasting notes as new items from arrange view
MIDI editor: ? option to link track list selection to editability
removed automatic 2-way mirroring of arrange view selection and MIDI track list selection
track list selection optionally follows changes in arrange view selection
Video: ? bridged Quicktime bugfix (eof would cause video source to stop working)
fixed more audio playback issues when using VLC decoder
VST: ? avoid flooding undo states on certain plugins that send too many audioMasterEndEdit (such as TB_EZQ)
improved parameter automation behavior
API: various APIs properly update track-dirty flags .
Automation: fixed bug where plug-in automation timing would be affected by track channel count .
Batch converter: support writing to source directory for media items
Playback: improved some anticipative FX behavior changed in 4.52 .
ReaPlugs: various toggles now better support automation
ReaSamplomatic: reduced clicking when voice-constrained
Recording: fixed media monitoring when in time selection auto punch and no time selection
Stretch markers: move marker preserving left hand rate works properly on first stretch marker in item

Changes for v4.51 - v4.52

Actions: various actions better respect edit cursor in undo state
Graphics performance: fixed high CPU use when displaying media items with many embedded cues
MIDI editor: better cursor positioning on note edge clicks MIDI editor: fixed scroll issues, improved play cursor behavior
MIDI editor: track and channel selection available in both piano roll and event list view
MIDI editor: fixed channel filter initializing incorrectly when loading projects
MIDI: fixed pasting events into blank area of arrange view
Metering: fixed track metering inaccuracies on looped playback
Playback: fixed rare but possible increased memory use when changing loop selection during playback
ReaPlugs: improved undo point notification for various controls
Routing matrix: fixed scroll issue .
Video: fixed audio decoding issue when using VLC decoder on files containing a 32bps audio stream

Changes for v4.5 - v4.51

MIDI editor: dropdown box above keyboard area to select active track
MIDI editor: better performance updating edits with lots of pooled items
MIDI editor: improved source length editing behavior
MIDI: faster creation of pooled midi items
MIDI: fixed stuck note on looped playback introduced in 4.5
Undo: reduced excess work/flicker when in an undo block

Changes for v4.402 - v4.5

MIDI editor: ? support for editing multiple MIDI items at the same time
added track list and media item lane, filter window now filters only MIDI events, not media items
track list and media item lane control which media item is active, which others are visible
optionally preview all selected notes that start at the same time position
optionally preview notes when editing or changing selection via keyboard action
actions to activate next/previous item, visible item, or track, action to enable/disable relative snap
added mouse modifiers to move/copy selected notes by dragging in the piano roll (no need to click the note again)
added toolbar snap button context menu
many bugfixes and performance improvements
improved action to view raw MIDI data
new cursors midi_noteedge_l, midi_noteedge_r, midi_stretch_l, midi_stretch_r
save and load bank/program select files with tracks, rather than with individual MIDI takes
stretch CC events when stretching a group of notes (when option enabled)
support for 14-bit CC messages in piano roll and event list
theme colors for out-of-bounds piano roll
theme image for midi_item_bounds.png, table_remove_off, table_remove_on
track list shift+click expands/collapses folders or track items
track list has right-click menu option to choose which tracks to show/hide in track list
JS: ? $xHEXCONSTANT now parsed same as 0xHEXCONSTANT, no conversion to 32 bit signed integer
editor has improved non-english keyboard support, syntax highlighting, better resizing support
_global.variable support, regXX alias to _global.regXX
added atomic_setifequal(), atomic_exch(), atomic_add(), atomic_set() and atomic_get()
improved behavior with fx that define input or output pins but not both
invsqrt() now produces same results for negative inputs on x86-64 and x86/PPC
MIDI: ? fixed chasing notes in certain instances .
fixed multiproject hang bug .
import SMF cues that are embedded in the tempo track
optionally embed project markers as MIDI cues when exporting project MIDI
optionally import embedded cues as project markers
when playing back looped, improved sample-level rounding to avoid duplicate midi notes
API: ? GetSetMediaTrackInfo with I_RECARM no longer generates undo points
added GetTrackDepth function
added functions to get media item track, parent tracks
fixed DoActionShortcutDialog() not updating configuration files
undo/redo cancels any pending undo blocks
FX: ? Monitoring FX support - useful for analysis, room adjustment, or other non-project related processing
fixed changing parameters via program change causing potential hang .
safer UI updating when changing bypass/parameters via automation
dropping FX on a track input fx, record arm, record mode, or record input will put FX on input chain
input FX are now properly tracked by undo system
ReaPlugs: ? ReaControlMIDI supports channel pressure messages
improved use/calculation of constants throughout that might affect some win64/AMD systems
fixed potential for crash in ReaFIR analysis code on incorrectly-sized windows
safer ReaInsert audio device hooking
Time signatures: ? improved beat-attached behavior when removing points .
fixed adding editing markers at zero/negative measure counts
improved adjusting media items when changing time signature denominator (related to change in 4.32)
improved behavior moving/copying regions with time signature markers .
Timestretch: ? fixed issues in 4.4x with playspeed envelopes and preserve pitch
latest AVX-enabled Windows builds of Elastique
fixed Elastique issue on some win64/AMD systems
allow non-1.0 playrates that are very close to 1.0 .
Undo: ? extensive optimizations and improvements
avoid excessive state loading when undoing changes to track order/counts
better reuse of undo buffers when changing track order/counts
improved memory use, scan for common blocks in history when adding states
incrementally updated RPP-UNDO files, can make for much faster save of undo history
Windows: ? added WMA as supported file extension
fixed CPU usage display working intermittently on systems with large uptimes
installer better handles incorrect ReWire installation states
topmost button activation tweaks (fixes for embedded bridged plugins and native plugins such as Kontakt)
Actions: ? added set item name from active take filename
fixed label for scroll view horizontally by page .
Click source: ? better behavior when using pitch shifting/timestretch
do not adjust click source rates when adjusting tempo
Envelopes: ? better behavior with multiple points selected
added actions to select various track envelopes
Grid: ? better support for measure lengths that are not multiples of grid size .
framerate grid/snap support
OSX: ? PowerPC build has improved defaults for better performance
fixed fx pin connector text
localized audio device info menu support
Project bay: ? better undo integration for speed/RAM use, faster undo state loading
improved sorting for length, track, position with fallbacks .
Recording: ? MIDI input mode with pdc-adjust respects loop end timing
preserve PDC monitoring properly observes i/o latency for audio
Stretch markers: ? action to remove stretch marker at current position
actions to navigate to next/previous/nearest stretch marker
guide indicators when moving
VST: ? improved bridged embedded support for SE plug-ins (broken in 4.40)
when mode set to not scan VST info, apply renames after updating plugins
Autosave: configurable option for when to autosave (always, stopped, or not-recording)
Directory cleanup: better media path resolving for freeze and project bay referenced files
Dockers: improved autotransparency behavior
Fades: splitting items with crossfade set will set both crossfade and default item fades .
Marker/region manager: import/export csv properly supports commas/quotes (RFC 4180) .
Metronome: Preferences/Audio setting to choose default output
MTC: fixed hour-rounding issue with 25fps
Pan: enabled overriding pan mode for the master track . .
Performance meter: options to show/hide empty tracks/master track/Monitoring FX
Project tabs: option to put project tabs on left edge of window rather than top
Routing: reduced excessive volume/pan messages being sent via MIDI sends when stopped/looping
Text rendering: fixed potential memory overflow bug, thanks JeffOS
Track manager: fixed extra spaces being added when renaming child tracks
Video: fixed file closing hang when using WMA files on Windows
WavPack: fixed crash on reading invalid wrapper chunks

Changes for v4.33 - v4.402

Sends: fixed incorrect volume blip when adding sends
Undo: fixed some potential crashes when removing tracks and sends
4.401: ? Autosave: do not autosave a project during playback or recording
Elastique: fixed possible crash on some AVX-capable processors
Timestretch: ? change the timing of items using convenient Stretch Markers
can create Stretch Markers via action/mouse map, or via dynamic split window
better Soundtouch output quality near beginning of streams
support for larger time expansion/compression values
updated to elastique 2.28
Metronome: ? better overlapped sound when using a mix of click sounds and samples
preserve pitch when using project playrate
OSX: ? fixed memory leak in CoreText drawing introduced in 4.32
improved .ini file performance/reliability
API: added PCM_Source_GetSectionInfo
Copy/paste: fixed paste of FX envelope points
Locking: improved granularity for item locking, fixes
MIDI recording: numerous improvements to overdub/replace recording (double notes, looped items, time selection autopunch)
ReaMote: fixed some issues with high channel counts
ReaSamplomatic5000: improved import media item from arrange to work better with section items
ReaSurround: fixes when using more than 32 channels
ReaTune: configurable detector input including sidechain support
Tab transient: threshold is checked post-take/item gain
Video: preserve rotation setting when duplicating/splitting items
VST: improved bridging behavior with embedded windows
Windows: topmost button tweaks to better work with embedded bridged plug-ins

Changes for v4.32 - v4.33

Video: Added WEBM encoding/decoding, made default for encoding
Added render option to keep the source aspect ratio
Fix for incorrect framerate detection when using VLC decoding
Fixed RGB colorspace when using VLC decoding on OSX
Fixed YV12 colorspace encoding issue on OSX
Fixed incorrect video colors on OSX with MJPEG codecs using VLC decoder
Updated FFmpeg to latest available version (1.1.3)
added latest LibAV (0.9.x) support
faster loading of videos/images
improved QuickTime audio decoding
improved image item support, pooled fullsize images to limit RAM use, cached thumbnails
OSX: Improved cursor behavior when mouseover on nonfocused windows
fix for possible crashes at shutdown
fixed ReaControlMIDI insertion action
fixed joystick support on i386
fixed main menu langpack support
fixed possible crash relating to accessibility and floating toolbars
improved behavior when drag and dropping large numbers of files from finder
improved peaks reading performance (fixed mmap file reads)
Project bay: added actions to insert or remove selected project bay items from project
context menu action to insert media/FX into project
support replacing source media with media of a different type (replace wav with mp3, etc)
improved behavior when removing folders
improved undo for numerous FX related actions
fixed memory leak when using external bays
fixed display of comment field when unretaining media
reduced RAM use when loading bay state
JS: Updated IX/MIDI_Tool II
fixed platform-specific rounding issues, improved code generation on some platforms
fixed some EOF issues when reading malformed text files
improved detection of whether triggers are used by a given JS
improved undo behavior on OSX
API: added CountActionShortcuts, GetActionShortcutDesc, DeleteActionShortcut, DoActionShortcutDialo, SectionFromUniqueID, GetToggleCommandState2
added stub for old DuplicateMenu API, fixes csurf_automap support
Batch converter: fixed rendering past end of source in media items .
setting for FX tail size when applying FX
support for rendering media items that have take-fx, including tail .
Control surfaces: improved AlphaTrack/FaderPort following track selection via context menu clicks etc .
improved support for jog wheels on MCU/01x
DDP: fix for CD-TEXT writing errors
fixed extra spaces being inserted into md5 file
Freeze: basic support for position change in frozen items propagating back to frozen state
save with media move/copy includes frozen media too
FX: build output routing reduces large lists of created tracks
saving/renaming preset UI improved, show existing preset names and prompt to overwrite
IO window: properly update send volume strings on mousewheel fader adjustment
sanity check pan/width values
MIDI: fixed excess noteons/noteoffs when starting overdub/replace recording to new item
improved overdub/replace recording item creation behavior with loop and preroll
fixed overdub/replace recording issues (full size loop option, time selection autopunch)
OSC: fixed FX parameter feedback for some ReaPlugs
fixed certain OSC action binding issues .
ReaNINJAM: OSX chat scroll fix
prevent writing corrupt clipsort.log when others use quotes in names
fixed possible crash .
ReaSurround: fixed cleared input channel names when increasing channel count .
fixed state loading on PPC
Recording: preserve PDC monitoring mode adjusts media start offset rather than item position
tape replace-mode using overdub/replace MIDI modes now properly matches input recording behavior
WALTER: fixed user font 5-8 support
trans.bpm.tap.margin now can properly specify alignment
Windows: fixed duplicate jump list addition on saving project with subdirection creation
opening projects now adds them to Windows recent/jump lists
Actions: insert click source/SMPTE generators makes items without fades
Actions window: fixed copy command ID to clipboard
AU: load factory default preset resets pin mapping to defaults .
Dynamic split: correctly detect take start offset/playrate changes
Editing behavior: default ctrl+C/ctrl+X behaviors now ignore time selection, use shift+ctrl+C/shift+ctrl+X to copy or cut respecting time selection
EDL: fixed pan reversal in .edl files
Envelope editing: alt-click to remove point no longer passes through alt-click to other mouse contexts
File import: improved multiple file prompting
Item snap offset: better behavior when in beats/position only mode
Joysticks: improved rounding consistency in scripts across platforms
Media Explorer: inserting multiple items aligns them at the same time
Media import: when dragging media onto an existing media item, prompt to create a new media item or replace existing source media
Multiprocessing: improved anticipative FX with sends to tracks that use PDC .
ReaComp: fixed RMS/autorelease behavior when automated
Region manager: updating region indices behaves more like region editor .
Render: added action to render using most recent render settings, but a new target file name
ReWire: enabled ReWire options in preferences for 64-bit
Screensets: fixed saving screenset names with spaces in project .
Sends: fixed issues with removing tracks that have send envelopes .
Stem rendering: support output samplerate conversion for stem renders
Take pitch envelopes: fixed click on transition to 1.0 pitch
Time display: fixed length rounding bug in measures/beats when displaying lengths
Time signature markers: fixed refresh on removal via alt+click .
VST: fixed shell-plugin scanning
Waveforms: optionally fill waveform drawing to zero line

Changes for v4.31 - v4.32

Video: added preliminary VLC support for video playback (install latest VLC for improved video decoding)
added YV12 colorspace support for OSX, Quicktime decoding
improved bridged-quicktime behavior with mp3 audio (ignores audio rather than crashing)
OSX: fixed play cursor artifacts with retina displays
new faster CoreText rendering used on 10.5+, more consistent text
now linked against 10.5 SDK, but with 10.4 compatibility
option to ignore CoreAudio reset messages (can enable for certain devices, emulates 4.22 behavior)
Routing matrix: mouseover highlight of current position
improved functionality with click/drag to change multiple tracks
show MIDI inputs and outputs
improved display of MIDI-only sends
Automute: option (default) to clear automutes on playback start
improved updating of arrange when automuting
Media items: improved new 4.30 fade shape behavior with fully overlapping items
avoid creating tiny media items when pencil-drawing with snap enabled
MIDI: improved linear painting in drum modes .
fixed overdub+autopunch+preroll bug [issueid=4046]
allow pasting of MIDI events directly in arrange view (adds item, or pastes in existing item)
ReaVerb: fixed incorrect transition from mono to stereo signals with stereo impulses
corrected latency immediately after samplerate change
Track routing dialog: improved layout when using large fonts on Windows
fixed parent channel not repopulating after adding sends
FX browser: optional alternate tree/list layout (doubleclick divider to change)
ReaStream: added localhost support for win32, improved broadcast support on OSX, improved recent host history
Time signatures: fixed adjusting media items when changing time signature numerator .

Changes for v4.30 - v4.31

MIDI: ? better CC/pitch/PC tracking behavior when seeking into looped items
bring track CC/PC up to date from earlier items when seeking
fixed note tracking on items with all takes playing .
fixed item fades incorrectly making note-offs into note-ons .
fixed quantize information when pasting notes preserving position in measure .
fixed paste notes preserving position in measure rounding bug .
hardware outputs get note-offs on track mute, master solo
improved behavior for 1-sample blocks
Actions: ? explode takes automatically clears all takes play flag
explode takes in place produces better lane order .
FX envelopes: ? improved behavior when moving item and automation across tracks (undo fixes, FX matching improved)
fixed possible crash
Toolbars: ? fixed potential crash when using empty images
fixed difference in text icon preview vs actual toolbar
LAME: fixed loading LAME DLLs from UserPlugins path .
Menus: fixed issues with colorthemes, and displaying marker/take/path/etc names with ampersands .
OSC: fixed ReaEQ bands being activated unnecessarily
OSX: mouse position rounding fixes .
Play cursor: fixed artifacts when resizing left pane on win32
Screensets: fixed loading of docker size/positioning states .
Time signatures: better handling of tempo changes when removing time from project .

Changes for v4.261 - v4.30

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

Changes for v4.26 - v4.261

4.261:
AU: improved support for factory presets existing in subpaths (UBK-1, etc)
CoreAudio: fixed aggregate device support (broken in 4.26 with intermittent availability support)
Render: avoid colliding filenames when adding to the render queue
ReWire: improved shutdown sequence to avoid hanging panels
VST:
fixed SysEx support for bridged plug-ins
fixed possible deadlock that could occur with UAD plug-ins
hopefully fixed embedded mode bridging draw bugs
improved bridging keyboard behavior in embedded mode (to prevent deadlock)
fixed generic UI for large parameter counts
improved bridging support for plug-ins that use audioMasterProcessEvents from other threads (Korg MS-20)
Batch converter:
automatically create output directories
fixed incorrect lengths when using FX processing
small fixes, including working stop button, better saving of format string
support for running REAPER with batch converter from the command line
Video:
Added button in render dialog to grab the current video file's width/height/framerate
Added FFMPEG DLL path info in video file properties dialog
fixed incorrect timestamp on certain video files when using FFMPEG libraries
performance tweaks
support for latest FFMPEG versions: please try latest binaries from http://aegiscorp.free.fr/ffmpeg/
API:
added function to get or insert FX by name
added functions to count, get, and set tempo/time signature markers
Dock:
alt+click or middle click tabs to close (when possible)
close buttons for docker tabs are now optional (via prefs or dock menu)
improved dock window titles for single-tab floating docks
OSC:
added explicit volume/pan automation touch messages
basic support for touch automation
Render:
added actions to immediately queue or render the project using the most recent render settings
added project setting for default media format for project/region render
Action dialog: fixed incorrect sort in certain instances
Actions: Fixed undo state tracking for item-lane move actions
Arrange display: cleaned up drawing code, removed preference options for full vs track buffering, non-themed play cursors
ASIO: support for sampleRateChanged notifications, improved behavior when changing sample rate
AU: fixed generic UI for large parameter counts
CoreAudio: preliminary support for devices with intermittent availability (such as network devices)
FX: improved mutex locking to help prevent possible deadlocks with certain plugins
Item images: improved formatting/display of item images/inserted pictures/etc
Item notes window: remembers last window position
JS: fixed sliderchange notification support for high slider counts
Language packs: safer UTF-8 importing
MIDI: avoid retriggering notes when tempo changes
Mouse modifiers: fixed behaviors to select media item and extend time selection
Play cursor: reduced flicker
Project timebase: added action to show project timebase explanation/help
ReaControlMIDI: transpose, snap to scale can be automated or mapped to control surface
ReaEQ/ReaControlMIDI: actions to insert these FX will open/close the FX if it is already inserted
ReaInsert: improved MIDI output accuracy when playback looped
ReaMote: ReaMote64.app no longer requires REAPER.app, just REAPER64.app
ReaScript: support for passwords in RPR_GetUserInputs (when the first character of the caption is "*")
Tempo envelope: project setting for tempo envelope timebase (beats or time, default beats)
Time display: fixed display of lengths in measures/beats
Timecode generation: improved precision of MTC full frame messages during seeks
Timecode synchronization: improved use of latency compensation information
Topmost pins: improved behavior on application activate/deactivate (Windows)
Windows: fixed some very small memory leaks, unsafe code

Changes for v4.25 - v4.26

VST:
fixed SysEx support for bridged plug-ins
fixed possible deadlock that could occur with UAD plug-ins
hopefully fixed embedded mode bridging draw bugs
improved bridging keyboard behavior in embedded mode (to prevent deadlock)
fixed generic UI for large parameter counts
improved bridging support for plug-ins that use audioMasterProcessEvents from other threads (Korg MS-20)
Batch converter:
automatically create output directories
fixed incorrect lengths when using FX processing
small fixes, including working stop button, better saving of format string
support for running REAPER with batch converter from the command line
Video:
Added button in render dialog to grab the current video file's width/height/framerate
Added FFMPEG DLL path info in video file properties dialog
fixed incorrect timestamp on certain video files when using FFMPEG libraries
performance tweaks
support for latest FFMPEG versions: please try latest binaries from http://aegiscorp.free.fr/ffmpeg/
API:
added function to get or insert FX by name
added functions to count, get, and set tempo/time signature markers
Dock:
alt+click or middle click tabs to close (when possible)
close buttons for docker tabs are now optional (via prefs or dock menu)
improved dock window titles for single-tab floating docks
OSC:
added explicit volume/pan automation touch messages
basic support for touch automation
Render:
added actions to immediately queue or render the project using the most recent render settings
added project setting for default media format for project/region render
Action dialog: fixed incorrect sort in certain instances
Actions: Fixed undo state tracking for item-lane move actions
Arrange display: cleaned up drawing code, removed preference options for full vs track buffering, non-themed play cursors
ASIO: support for sampleRateChanged notifications, improved behavior when changing sample rate
AU: fixed generic UI for large parameter counts
CoreAudio: preliminary support for devices with intermittent availability (such as network devices)
FX: improved mutex locking to help prevent possible deadlocks with certain plugins
Item images: improved formatting/display of item images/inserted pictures/etc
Item notes window: remembers last window position
JS: fixed sliderchange notification support for high slider counts
Language packs: safer UTF-8 importing
MIDI: avoid retriggering notes when tempo changes
Mouse modifiers: fixed behaviors to select media item and extend time selection
Play cursor: reduced flicker
Project timebase: added action to show project timebase explanation/help
ReaControlMIDI: transpose, snap to scale can be automated or mapped to control surface
ReaEQ/ReaControlMIDI: actions to insert these FX will open/close the FX if it is already inserted
ReaInsert: improved MIDI output accuracy when playback looped
ReaMote: ReaMote64.app no longer requires REAPER.app, just REAPER64.app
ReaScript: support for passwords in RPR_GetUserInputs (when the first character of the caption is "*")
Tempo envelope: project setting for tempo envelope timebase (beats or time, default beats)
Time display: fixed display of lengths in measures/beats
Timecode generation: improved precision of MTC full frame messages during seeks
Timecode synchronization: improved use of latency compensation information
Topmost pins: improved behavior on application activate/deactivate (Windows)
Windows: fixed some very small memory leaks, unsafe code

Changes for v4.22 - v4.25

Version 4.25 Changelog
VLF
JS:
better support for UTF-8 filenames
fixed bug where increasing track channels during playback with PDC-JS could cause dropouts
fixed loop() behavior with negative counts on x86-64
fixed some unuseful order of operation behaviors relating to certain operators
import file support for code usability (use .jsfx-inc, these files will not be shown in the FX browser)
for .jsfx-inc files, just use @init with functions plus any global initialization needed
import can also be used to import other FX and provide the ability to override individual code sections
improved code generation, most JS FX should now run substantially faster
improved handling of doubleclicks in @gfx
improved sizing behavior on OSX
improvements to JSFX IDE/editor
sent/received MIDI messages are now forced to be sorted by time
support for new language constructs (functions, object-namespaces, xor operations, etc)
Tempo envelope:
action/dialog to adjust entire tempo map to a target tempo
default project timebase is now beats (existing projects are not affected)
disallowed freehand drawing for the master tempo envelope
disallowed moving one tempo/time signature marker past another
easier marquee/selection of master tempo envelope points
editing multiple points at once applies the change proportionally (not +/- constant BPM)
markers are always pinned to beat position rather than time
per-marker setting for allowing a partial measure prior to the marker
playback position obeys project timebase (time or beats) when user edits project tempo during playback
saner manual editing of tempo changes when "gradually transition tempo" is enabled
visual BPM range of envelope can be configured
visual display of time signature change points is different from tempo change points
Time signatures:
manual editing requires them to be placed at the start of a measure
automatically correct time signatures when adding/removing partial measures from the project
time signature changes that truncate the previous measure are displayed in the ruler with an asterisk
with snap disabled, moving time signature markers will optionally modify the preceding tempo
with snap enabled, time signature changes snap to bars, tempo changes snap to grid
WALTER:
support for knob bitmap stacks
theme layout lines can end in backslash to extend statement to next line
transport status better supports layout images
user-defined font support, other improvements
Actions:
added action to insert ReaEQ on a track, get/set ReaEQ parameters
fixed action to insert time and paste items
added actions to toggle playback and record preroll
API:
added CreateNewMIDIItemInProject function
added function to insert tempo/time signature changes
AU:
fix for Waves loading crashes
support for plug-ins that receive MIDI sysex
External editors:
dedicated action for opening associated projects in REAPER
improved external editor display/running logic, associated project references are fallbacks rather than prioritized
OSC:
support for older client implementations when handling messages with no arguments
support for track EQ parameters and feedback
Region/Marker Manager:
edit marker/region numbers, start, end, length in place in the list view
support for importing/exporting csv file, exporting txt description
Regions:
actions to go to another region after the current region finishes playing (smooth seek)
fixed action to delete region near cursor
Take lanes:
action to collapse empty take lanes
do not create unnecessary extra take lanes when punching in
Colortheme: tweaks to default theme
Crossfades: fixed unwanted creation of crossfade when editing the other edge of a media item
DDP support: improvements (MD5, CD-TEXT support, UTF-8/ascii conversion)
Envelopes: fixed persistence of preference to reset automation mode after writing automation
EULA: amended to make it clear that developing and selling plug-ins and extensions is allowed
Faster REAPER shutdown process (can also reduce crashes on exit on OSX)
Freeze: fixed support for freeze in undo states (broken since 4.20)
FX envelopes: store special flag for wet/bypass envelopes in case plug-in parameter counts change
FX learn: support for toggle mode (toggle an FX parameter on/off with a single mapping)
LTC generator: support for 23.976fps (though this is nonstandard)
MIDI: optimizations to MIDI item processing when using large blocks with lots of tempo changes
MIDI editor: zoom behavior fixes in certain instances
MIDI loop recording: MIDI recording within a time selection optionally creates a selection-length media item
MIDI note properties: accepts manual note input (not just using the dropdown)
Navigator: do not show tempo changes (only time signature markers are displayed)
OSX: fixed a menu related bug for older OSX versions
Playback seek: settings moved to new Preferences/Audio/Seeking page
Preferences: split Envelopes page into separate Envelope Display and Automation Behavior pages
Scrolling: option for continuous scrolling during playback
Toolbars: improved double-width toolbar button image scaling
WINE: fixed support for non-conforming CallWindowProcW (still calls ASCII combobox wndproc when passed, unlike Win7/XP)

Changes for v4.21 - v4.22

JS: ◦ fixed incorrect MIDI bus handling
fixed (low) limit on expression size
OSX: ◦ fixed large FX preset reading
improved support for non-US keyboards
API: plug-in state api now supports larger configuration chunks (up to 8MB or so)
Envelopes: improved tooltip labeling for FX parameters
Improved support for international characters in many places (EDL import/export, system path definitions, etc)
Items: fixed volume labels when invert item phase is set
OSC: fixed action messages
ReaTune: fixed bugs in correction from 4.20/4.21

Changes for v4.20 - v4.21

Control surfaces:
fixed solo following solo-in-place preference (broken in 4.20)
fixed possible crash in certain instances (AlphaTrack, etc)
improved AlphaTrack automation behavior with pan knob
OSC:
fixed initial FX wet/dry feedback
support for opening/closing FX UI windows
Recording:
fixed item end alignment when recording looped in loop selection
when using MIDI input, input FX, and recording audio, improved latency calculation
Actions: added action to insert time and paste items
Cues: ensure correct rendering of .wav cues that belong at the exact start/end of the file
MIDI: fixed MIDI pools when opening multiple copies of the same project in different project tabs
Project bay: fixed autoretain of deleted items in certain instances
ReaScript/API: export added extension API functions to ReaScript function table
Transient detection: navigation by transient now is view independent, option for old behavior

Changes for v4.151 - v4.20

OSC: ◦ control surface support
default REAPER-specific controller specification, plus user-configurable pattern mapping
optional support for binding OSC messages to REAPER actions and FX learn
please see the REAPER OSC reference for more information
Localization: ◦ localization support (see the REAPER langpack reference for more information)
configuration (prefs/general) for language pack selection, optional prompt on startup
MIDI buses: ◦ now supporting up to 16 buses per track (main bus and 15 auxiliary buses)
track send panels allow choosing source, destination buses
bus support for VST/AU/ReWire, JS (to use in JS, set ext_midi_bus=1 in @init, then midi_bus is used for bus indices)
API: ◦ many new functions for FX presets, open/close UI, bypass, sends/receives, tempo
many new functions for control surface support, scroll/zoom, track visibility, mixer scrolling
access media item text notes via GetSetMediaItemInfo()
register OSC clients for 2-way communication
GetSetObjectState() locking improvements for less audio interruption
Freeze: ◦ better subsample alignment of frozen items
by default only the media items plus FX tail length setting are rendered, with options for other behavior
fixed possible undo corruption of freeze states after reordering tracks
fixed warning when unfreezing after editing frozen track
freezing tracks clears track polarity, unfreezing restores
OSX: ◦ fixed focus-related issues when setting default text selections
fullscreen mode auto-hides menu, hides dock on 10.6+ (pref to auto-hide dock in prefs/general/advanced)
possible stability improvements in certain instances (IsWindow() improvements)
compatibility fixes for Mountain Lion beta
show error and keep device closed when unable to open a CoreAudio device
Glue: ◦ avoid leaving tiny shards of items in certain instances
use audio device blocksize for better compatibility with take FX
Item properties: ◦ option to apply changes after 2 seconds of inactivity
fixed normalization outside of fader range via normalize button
JS: ◦ fixed possible crashes on preset load with pin mappings set
fixed preset saving for JSFX that use @serialize
Media explorer: ◦ preliminary media database support (right click in shortcut list to create/manage databases)
native view remembers column widths
support for binding MIDI/OSC to media explorer actions
MIDI editor: ◦ fixed actions to move notes one semitone when hiding note rows and snapping to scale
fixed swing grid when using odd time signatures
MIDI file import: ◦ fixed bug when importing tempo maps with frequent tempo changes
properly handle snapping odd-numbered 8th-note time signatures
Pitch shifters: ◦ reduced excessive flushing/improved performance on certain items
workaround for Elastique quality bug when using very short items
ReaScript: ◦ added function to send a simple OSC message to REAPER
increased maximum returned string length to 4MB
special Python handling for GetAudioAccessorSamples (support examining audio samples directly)
ReaTune: ◦ fixed overlap for offline analysis, other improvements
removed buffer mode configuration; PDC is always used when correction enabled, not used otherwise
when in analysis-only mode (tuner), offload processing to GUI thread for better performance
Record input menu: ◦ support for assigning inputs for all selected tracks
support for assigning sequential inputs for selected tracks
Region manager: ◦ avoid autoseek when selecting multiple items, clicking color/render columns
selecting a marker/region scrolls it into view, if option enabled
VST: ◦ bridging now supports SysEx to/from plug-ins
fixed support for plug-ins with more than 64 inputs or outputs (Halion4)
WALTER: ◦ added new theme images master_mcp_io and master_tcp_io for master track
added trans.sel.color, trans.curtimesig.color, made trans.rate.color affect both rate label and rate text
fixed some overlay redraw issues
Actions: support full continuous controller range for actions to set track FX parameters
APE: no longer including APE support in REAPER, separate download will be available for Win32/Win64
AU: support for generator AUs (such as AUNetReceive)
Custom action editor: faster list updating when filtering
Dynamic split: prevent creating MIDI notes with velocity more than 127
FLAC: fixed seeking after error on FLAC files, fixes problems where FLAC drops out in certain instances
Freeze/Render: better behavior when rendering multiple files
Input FX: fixed glitches when looping
Item fades: right-click to change fade shape applies to all selected/grouped items by default
List views: show arrow in header to indicate sort column and direction
Live FX multiprocessing: slight performance improvements when using large track counts
Master track: save custom master track color with project
Media items: improved consistency of fade and item edge timing
Memory warnings: better default values (32 bit on Win64/OSX have higher defaults)
Mouse modifiers: fixed autoseek on click when left-drag customized to marquee select
Performance meter: optimizations
Preferences: fixed changing default project template
Project load: can be aborted on memory warning or missing media
Reasamplomatic: improved support for UTF-8 filenames
Render dialog: improved focus setting on open
Screensets: fixed changing of autosave flags
Slip editing: improved sample-snap behavior
Take FX: take FX output is constrained to item+tail (for using tone generators, etc)
TCP/mixer: better autoscroll behavior
Toolbars: fixed actions to open floating toolbars 5-8 at mouse cursor
Track manager: right click in record arm column allows changing record settings
Track paste: do not offset by edit cursor when offset option for track template import is set
Track selection: do not select hidden tracks when shift+click selecting a range of tracks
Track/region manager: fixed color display bug
Undo: improved updating of various views when loading undo states via history
VST/AU: ensure that full FX state is saved with projects/templates
WAV writing: support for embedding cues from project markers, regions, or both

Changes for v4.15 - v4.151

OSX: fixed support for 10.4 (broken in 4.15)
ReWire: fixes for older versions of ReWire.bundle installed
ReWire: do not install ReWire.bundle v2.6 on OSX 10.4 (since it does not work there)
ReWire: (to correct ReWire not working on 10.4 after 4.15, remove /Library/Application Support/Propellerhead Software/ReWire/ReWire.bundle, then run REAPER 4.151/ppc to install correct version of ReWire.bundle)
Track manager: ? double-click track number to scroll track into view
MIDI column (double-click to open all track MIDI in editor)
action to delete selected tracks (via menu or delete key)
changing record-arm state clears track auto-recarm
doubleclick on toggle columns works properly
drag tracks in manager to rearrange tracks in project (optional)
fixed remembering previous window location on OSX
if track MIDI is already open, double-click MIDI column to close
mute/solo/record-arm changes respect grouping (shift held overrides)
option for filter to hide child tracks only if the folder parent is hidden
option to auto-scroll to selected track when mirroring selection
right-click FX column to open individual track FX
right-click header to show/hide columns
set last touched track when selecting from the track manager
set track colors
Region manager: ? delete key removes regions
display time in project timeline format
edit region/marker names in place
optionally display project markers
right-click header to show/hide columns
seek when selecting a marker or region (optional)
Project bay: ? fixed action to force refresh
list offline FX
option to zoom/scroll to selected items when mirroring selection
right-click header to show/hide columns
usage menu selects and scrolls to media items
ReWire: ? updated to ReWire 2.6
OSX and Win64 now install ReWire libraries if necessary
support for loading 64 bit ReWire devices
support for running 64 bit REAPER as ReWire slave (requires 64 bit host app, for now at least)
API: added simple functions to safely access take and track audio
extensions and ReaScript can store/restore simple global state (GetExtState, SetExtState, etc)
extensions can add functions to ReaScript
Bridging: ? avoid unnecessary delays when bridge process failed to launch
OSX support for bridging/firewalling 64 bit VST/AU
Memory metering: ? improved Win32 memory meter accuracy
option (enabled by default on 32 bit) to warn when memory use is high
Parameter modulation: ? fixed switching between tempo-synced and unsynced LFO
no minimum or maximum for typed-in LFO speed
ReaScript: ? Python loading improvements
separate custom path preferences for 32-bit and 64-bit REAPER
Render dialog: ? remembers last window position
saves changes even if window closed without rendering
Screensets: ? update track manager when switching track views
save/load TCP visibility with track views
TCP/Mixer: ? immediate feedback when sweep recarm/mute/solo controls across multiple tracks
sweeping mute/solo/record-arm respects grouping (shift held overrides)
sweeping record-arm buttons clears track auto-recarm state on mouseup
Track templates: ? support for saving envelopes in templates
option to offset imported template items (and envelopes) by edit cursor
Windows: ? 64-bit build now compiled with ICC
better ASIO device selection when running both 32-bit and 64-bit REAPER on the same machine
Actions: relative item positions are preserved when moving item start or end
AU: fixed wet/dry control on default pin mappings
Auto recarm: faster changing of recarm state when operating on many tracks
Config import/export: UI improvement, added sections for chanmaps, scripts, menusets
Control surfaces: don't create undo points when any surface has touch state set
Envelope editing: fixed envelope point selection following time selection when option disabled
Filters: support for NOT and OR keywords (upper case, ORs have lowest precedence, so a b OR c d NOT e means (a and b) or (c and d and not e)
Freeze: fixed actions to freeze through last selected FX
Media item properties: immediately update properties window on apply
MIDI editor: fixed hang when entering grid size of zero
Mixer: action to show/hide children of selected folder tracks
ReaTune: clear/update analysis on demand in the manual correction tab
Regions: improved timesignature handling when duplicating regions
Take lanes: option to display empty lanes is now global, not per-project
Track recording settings window: fixed potential crash under certain instances
VST: fix for saving presets for plugins with non-automatable parameters

Changes for v4.14 - v4.15

Track manager:
double-click track number to scroll track into view
MIDI column (double-click to open all track MIDI in editor)
action to delete selected tracks (via menu or delete key)
changing record-arm state clears track auto-recarm
doubleclick on toggle columns works properly
drag tracks in manager to rearrange tracks in project (optional)
fixed remembering previous window location on OSX
if track MIDI is already open, double-click MIDI column to close
mute/solo/record-arm changes respect grouping (shift held overrides)
option for filter to hide child tracks only if the folder parent is hidden
option to auto-scroll to selected track when mirroring selection
right-click FX column to open individual track FX
right-click header to show/hide columns
set last touched track when selecting from the track manager
set track colors
Region manager:
delete key removes regions
display time in project timeline format
edit region/marker names in place
optionally display project markers
right-click header to show/hide columns
seek when selecting a marker or region (optional)
Project bay:
fixed action to force refresh
list offline FX
option to zoom/scroll to selected items when mirroring selection
right-click header to show/hide columns
usage menu selects and scrolls to media items
ReWire:
updated to ReWire 2.6
OSX and Win64 now install ReWire libraries if necessary
support for loading 64 bit ReWire devices
support for running 64 bit REAPER as ReWire slave (requires 64 bit host app, for now at least)
API:
added simple functions to safely access take and track audio
extensions and ReaScript can store/restore simple global state (GetExtState, SetExtState, etc)
extensions can add functions to ReaScript
Bridging:
avoid unnecessary delays when bridge process failed to launch
OSX support for bridging/firewalling 64 bit VST/AU
Memory metering:
improved Win32 memory meter accuracy
option (enabled by default on 32 bit) to warn when memory use is high
Parameter modulation:
fixed switching between tempo-synced and unsynced LFO
no minimum or maximum for typed-in LFO speed
ReaScript:
Python loading improvements
separate custom path preferences for 32-bit and 64-bit REAPER
Render dialog:
remembers last window position
saves changes even if window closed without rendering
Screensets:
update track manager when switching track views
save/load TCP visibility with track views
TCP/Mixer:
immediate feedback when sweep recarm/mute/solo controls across multiple tracks
sweeping mute/solo/record-arm respects grouping (shift held overrides)
sweeping record-arm buttons clears track auto-recarm state on mouseup
Track templates:
support for saving envelopes in templates
option to offset imported template items (and envelopes) by edit cursor
Windows:
64-bit build now compiled with ICC
better ASIO device selection when running both 32-bit and 64-bit REAPER on the same machine
Actions: relative item positions are preserved when moving item start or end
AU: fixed wet/dry control on default pin mappings
Auto recarm: faster changing of recarm state when operating on many tracks
Config import/export: UI improvement, added sections for chanmaps, scripts, menusets
Control surfaces: don't create undo points when any surface has touch state set
Envelope editing: fixed envelope point selection following time selection when option disabled
Filters: support for NOT and OR keywords (upper case, ORs have lowest precedence, so a b OR c d NOT e means (a and b) or (c and d and not e)
Freeze: fixed actions to freeze through last selected FX
Media item properties: immediately update properties window on apply
MIDI editor: fixed hang when entering grid size of zero
Mixer: action to show/hide children of selected folder tracks
ReaTune: clear/update analysis on demand in the manual correction tab
Regions: improved timesignature handling when duplicating regions
Take lanes: option to display empty lanes is now global, not per-project
Track recording settings window: fixed potential crash under certain instances
VST: fix for saving presets for plugins with non-automatable parameters

Changes for v4.13 - v4.14

ReaScript:
overhaul, many internal changes
Perl support removed for now
Perl support will come back when/if http://gitorious.org/perl-ctypes is completed
see Help/HTML lists/ReaScript documentation for more information
better error reporting
more flexible Python support, should work with almost any version of Python on any platform
set current script directory as start of path (look for modules there first)
support for importing one ReaScript module into another
support for setting a custom external editor for .py files (Preferences/External Editors)
MIDI:
improved merging of multiple MIDI sources (glue, receives, record output)
looped overdub recording fix for crash bug (issue ID 3807)
MIDI editor:
actions to remove trailing (or all) notes of less than a certain length
fixed odd behavior when option enabled to snap notes to the left
Mouse modifiers:
adjust envelope bezier curvature for all selected points at once
fix for painting a straight line of notes over an existing note
select all MIDI notes touched while dragging (ctrl+alt+right-drag by default)
ReaTune:
new instances on per-take FX will operate in item-space rather than in project-space
resizable user interface, many UI improvements
Theming:
button overlay images now inherit scaling attributes from the underlying button image
WALTER added reaper_version (example: 414) and mcp_maxfolderdepth
VST:
allow loading of OSX GRM plug-ins version 3.1.1 or higher (earlier versions crash)
fix for occasional blank UI for Celemony plugins
Audio Units: improved support for plug-ins that use unordered parameter IDs
Envelopes: added option to not show affected envelopes when moving items across tracks
Grid navigation: fixed for ts changes and larger grid divisions
JS: updated IX effects
Media buffering: option for lower buffer size when per-take FX open (to reduce visual lag)
Media explorer: option to go to next item at end of preview
Media item fades: optional handles for editing fades when the media item is small
ReaScript/API: fix for getting track mute and selected state
Regions: improved handling of envelopes when moving/copying regions
Ripple editing: improved handling of envelope points, MIDI items, tempo changes when removing time
Ruler: improved display relating to time signature markers and tempo ramps
Tempo maps: improved tempo map editing behavior
Time maps: fixed snapping bugs with ramped tempos and varying time signatures
Video: improved video frame display speed when seeking

Changes for v4.12 - v4.13

OSX:
fixed linked framework versioning for certain plug-ins on Lion
tweaked startup sequence to avoid stalling after scanning VSTs that have UI on scan
special case for iZotope Trash VST UI not working
Bridging: fixed effSetSpeakerArrangement on bridged plug-ins

Changes for v4.111 - v4.12

MIDI: ◦ fixed sending noteoffs in certain loop instances
fixed bug when importing MIDI files with time signature changes not on whole bars
API: added GetTrackColor, SetTrackColor
FX browser: fixed folder case sensitivity issue
FX bypass: update checkboxes for all FX in chain during bypass automation
OSX: listview column resize behavior now matches that of Windows (no autoresize)
Render dialog: avoid adding extraneous extensions on file browse
Toolbars: fixed icon loading bugs, added default icon setting for toolbar editor
Track send window: better multichannel hardware output labels
Video: potential priority inversion/deadlock fix
Window top pin buttons: potential fix for leftover pin buttons

Changes for v4.11 - v4.111

4.111: OSX64/Win64 stability fix (4.11 32 bit versions are identical to 4.111)
MIDI editor:
fixed triplet/dotted grid display when zoomed out
vertical drag of bank/program select event scrolls through programs in that bank
vertical CC edit does not affect selected CC in other lanes
fixed/optimized some behaviors when using ghost items or file based items
allow sweep-editing program change and bank select messages just like any other CC
allow editing velocity for notes that start slightly before the visible edge of the media item
fixed conflict with some combinations of mouse modifiers for scrub and insert notes
fixed set time selection to notes in list editor
reduced flicker after selection change in list editor
improved undo messages for some actions, fixed zoom one loop interation action
MIDI recording:
better support for disabling latency compensation
recording to end of loop extends events to end regardless of latency compensation
in overdub/replace recording, auto input monitoring controls whether notes are monitored outside of punch regions
improved note tracking for looped record-input mode
added latch-replace recording mode
minor reorganization of track record menu
in overdub/replace, do not display recorded item until MIDI input is detected, unless recording starts at the start of the loop selection
better handling of time selection punches (do not extend items outside of the punch area)
monitoring of MIDI in overdub/replace matches punch behavior in other modes
OSX:
fixed dropping media files onto TCP
fixed custom actions dialog issue
mousewheel fix for Carbon plugins and plugin spawned utility windows
improved GUID generation, should fix MIDI pooling errors
Video:
updated bundled FFmpeg librairies to latest version (v53)
video support now obeys track mute envelopes -- can now edit video effectively using mute envelopes
improved QuickTime audio decoding compatibility on Windows
experimental support for QuickTime decoding on OSX64 and Win64 via bridge
JS:
fixed IX/MIDI_Tool to not fudge timings
now supports << and >> (bitwise shift) operators -- note parameters are converted to integer so 3.4 << 2 == 12, etc
Media items:
option to show a volume knob, rather than dragging the top edge of the item
optionally display item/take gain alongside pitch and playrate
better behavior when doubleclicking item buttons, other things
MIDI:
fixed sending of excess pitch/note/cc resets on loop
never pool MIDI source data when duplicating takes within the same media item
display MIDI notes while recording in regular track input mode
Pre-roll:
MIDI note tracking (notes held in preroll are played/recorded at the record time)
disabled looping while in preroll
Theme:
various list/tree windows can now have their colors configured, separate theme elements for MIDI list editor
new (themable) appearance of project bay and screenset tabs
VST:
corrected speaker arrangement notification for 64 channel plug-ins
fix for large channel counts on Win32 (compiler bug)
added support for VST effSetSpeakerArrangement and offline processing notification when bridged
Actions window: color of group control text uses theming
AU: more default preset loading, aupreset export support
Freeze: corrected functionality when using playspeed/playspeed envelopes
FX bypass: fixed recording bypass automation
Media explorer: native view can be switched to list view from details on Windows
Metronome/click source: default click sound start sync configuration (hard, soft, old deprecated)
Mouse modifiers: fixed envelope lane click behaviors when left-drag is set to marquee select
Project bay: fixed display of FX presets
ReaComp: corrected sound when first processing after reset and a preset load
ReaControlMIDI: fixed MIDI jitter when transposing
Regions: added action to create a separate region for each selected media item (useful for batch renders)
Render dialog: fixed possible crash with certain presets
Time display: fixed occasional rounding issue
UI: improved handling of reshowing mouse cursors on knobs
WASAPI: improved 24 bit exclusive mode compatibility
Wavpack: fixed decoding of single-block wavpack files failing in certain instances (Wavpack bug)

Changes for v4.10 - v4.11

MIDI editor: fixed triplet/dotted grid display when zoomed out
vertical drag of bank/program select event scrolls through programs in that bank
vertical CC edit does not affect selected CC in other lanes
fixed/optimized some behaviors when using ghost items or file based items
allow sweep-editing program change and bank select messages just like any other CC
allow editing velocity for notes that start slightly before the visible edge of the media item
fixed conflict with some combinations of mouse modifiers for scrub and insert notes
fixed set time selection to notes in list editor
reduced flicker after selection change in list editor
improved undo messages for some actions, fixed zoom one loop interation action
MIDI recording: better support for disabling latency compensation
recording to end of loop extends events to end regardless of latency compensation
in overdub/replace recording, auto input monitoring controls whether notes are monitored outside of punch regions
improved note tracking for looped record-input mode
added latch-replace recording mode
minor reorganization of track record menu
in overdub/replace, do not display recorded item until MIDI input is detected, unless recording starts at the start of the loop selection
better handling of time selection punches (do not extend items outside of the punch area)
monitoring of MIDI in overdub/replace matches punch behavior in other modes
OSX: fixed dropping media files onto TCP
fixed custom actions dialog issue
mousewheel fix for Carbon plugins and plugin spawned utility windows
improved GUID generation, should fix MIDI pooling errors
Video: updated bundled FFmpeg librairies to latest version (v53)
video support now obeys track mute envelopes -- can now edit video effectively using mute envelopes
improved QuickTime audio decoding compatibility on Windows
experimental support for QuickTime decoding on OSX64 and Win64 via bridge
JS: fixed IX/MIDI_Tool to not fudge timings
now supports << and >> (bitwise shift) operators -- note parameters are converted to integer so 3.4 << 2 == 12, etc
Media items: option to show a volume knob, rather than dragging the top edge of the item
optionally display item/take gain alongside pitch and playrate
better behavior when doubleclicking item buttons, other things
MIDI: fixed sending of excess pitch/note/cc resets on loop
never pool MIDI source data when duplicating takes within the same media item
display MIDI notes while recording in regular track input mode
Pre-roll: MIDI note tracking (notes held in preroll are played/recorded at the record time)
disabled looping while in preroll
Theme: various list/tree windows can now have their colors configured, separate theme elements for MIDI list editor
new (themable) appearance of project bay and screenset tabs
VST: corrected speaker arrangement notification for 64 channel plug-ins
fix for large channel counts on Win32 (compiler bug)
added support for VST effSetSpeakerArrangement and offline processing notification when bridged
Actions window: color of group control text uses theming
AU: more default preset loading, aupreset export support
Freeze: corrected functionality when using playspeed/playspeed envelopes
FX bypass: fixed recording bypass automation
Media explorer: native view can be switched to list view from details on Windows
Metronome/click source: default click sound start sync configuration (hard, soft, old deprecated)
Mouse modifiers: fixed envelope lane click behaviors when left-drag is set to marquee select
Project bay: fixed display of FX presets
ReaComp: corrected sound when first processing after reset and a preset load
ReaControlMIDI: fixed MIDI jitter when transposing
Regions: added action to create a separate region for each selected media item (useful for batch renders)
Render dialog: fixed possible crash with certain presets
Time display: fixed occasional rounding issue
UI: improved handling of reshowing mouse cursors on knobs
WASAPI: improved 24 bit exclusive mode compatibility
Wavpack: fixed decoding of single-block wavpack files failing in certain instances (Wavpack bug)

Changes for v4.02 - v4.10

Freeze:
actions to render tracks in-place with FX, then save/remove existing media and online FX
menu actions in FX chain window to freeze track up to last selected FX
MIDI editor:
switching sources via filter window no longer unhides all other sources
undo fixes, especially related to list editor
improved list view default focus, toolbar focus
note properties fixed reset of combo boxes on multiple note selection
inline editor marquee fix
fixed bug when quantizing notes that were drawn in (not painted or recorded)
fixed context menu doubleness when clicking above piano keys
support painting notes in drum mode with very small grid
step recording works when docked
FX:
fixed possible excess midi notes on loop when PDC FX are used
improved undo state tracking when copying/moving FX between tracks
if project samplerate set and loading project, try to initialize loaded plug-ins at correct rate (avoid later reinit)
pin mappings are now stored more safely, fix for possible race conditions
API:
added SetProjectMarker3() and AddProjectMarker2() for setting custom marker colors
threading fixes for GetSetObjectState() and other related APIs
Envelopes:
fixed editing point values for FX wet/dry envelopes
pitch envelopes snap configuration (1 semitone, 50 cent, 25 cent, 10 cent, 5 cent, 1 cent, off)
Metering:
new multichannel tracks default to multichannel metering enabled
master multichannel metering is now optional
Mixer:
scroll improvements/fixes
opening/unhiding mixer now makes last selected track visible
restore undocked mixer window position in docked screensets
Mouse modifiers:
support ripple edit (off, one track, all tracks) while moving items
import/export mouse modifier support (.ReaperMouseMap files)
obey user preferences to seek playback when middle clicking ruler or arrange view
Render:
new user setting for tail length to use in project render, stem render, track freeze
fixed certain issues with filename wildcards
Scale finder:
button to use selected notes in MIDI editor
added topmost window pin
Video:
improved rendering accuracy, support for rendering with playrates
hide topmost pin when going fullscreen
updated API to support the newest FFmpeg/libav version (v53)
Actions: toggle multichannel track metering, now in track menu
Directory cleanup: now looks for media references in project bay media items
Fades/crossfades: prevent unintentional crossfade edits when media items are adjacent but not crossfaded
Grouping: fix for rare item group reuse bug
Media explorer: fixed crash issue when group policy prevented embedded explorer (falls back to non-explorer view)
MIDI: use MIDI track name event when importing files
MIDI files: options to automatically snap time signature changes, tempo changes on file import
OSX: better behavior when using modal windows (such as save as with convert) when REAPER inactive
Playback: corrected minor rounding bug on playback start in certain instances
Relative snap: avoid clearing snap offset when copying media items
Scrub/jog: don't snap edit cursor
Sends: shift+drag IO from unselected track to selected uses all selected tracks as receivers
SRC: fixed quality/synchronization issue (4.0x regression)
Toolbars: store toolbar assignments in screensets
Topmost pin buttons: bug fixes, buttons now remember their last states (based on window title)
Track manager: added freeze column/button
Track manager, region manager, project bay: columns can be reordered
Undo history: improved keyboard behavior (return loads state, escape when docked sets focus to arrange, other keys passed through to main)
Vertical zooming: scrollbar fixes, better behavior
VST: support effSetSpeakerArrangement notifications for plug-ins

Changes for v4.01 - v4.02

Mouse modifiers:
support draw/edit/ramp CC events when starting the edit over a CC event
added contexts for arrange view middle-click, middle-drag, edit cursor handle
many new options for marquee zoom, restore zoom, browser scroll, scrub/jog behaviors
better preservation of pre-existing user customizations
behaviors to move item edge without changing fade-in end or fade-out start time
better behavior when assigning mouse click to actions like "move item to cursor"
control+right-click creates a time selection by default (as in 3.x)
MIDI editor:
fixed bad behavior when drawing over existing CC events with snap enabled
fixed horizontal zoom with mouse cursor center, when using project-synced timebase
avoid accidental time selections in ruler
support negative swing quantize
fixed possible oddness when editing CC with auto-select CC enabled
Project bay:
use file resolving when loading retained items
show error message when move/copy file fails because the target file already exists
list tracks by name
fixed drag/render-drag of multiple items on OSX
Envelopes:
allow editing initial envelope point regardless of editing preferences
option to add transition point when recording automation while playback is stopped
clicking on an envelope point no longer seeks playback
MIDI:
fixed stuck notes when looping
renaming one pooled take renames all pooled takes
Project settings:
reorganization, more sensible layout hopefully
added track mixing bit depth configuration
Count-in: follow tempo and time signature at play start position, not prior to it
Directory cleanup: ignore files that are retained in project bays
Media explorer: added action to close media explorer
Nudge: actions to nudge item contents apply only to the active take (similar to slip editing)
ReaSurround: continue to increase FX IO count when dragging IO from tracks
Render queue: fixed display of time-selection renders
Samplitude EDL: support for offsets/lengths greater than 2 billion samples
Scrub: avoid senseless jogs after edit cursor moves
Slip editing: fix for possible hang
Stem rendering: faster, does not process irrelevant tracks, option in prefs/rendering for old behavior
Volume displays: fixed display of certain gain values in default theme
VST: fixed preset selection when there are multiple factory presets with the same name
Windows Aero: keep always on top pins out of window list when REAPER non-responsive
Zoom: fixed display of item backgrounds with very zoomed in and long project times
Zoom/scroll: now has a stack of recent zoom/scrolls, added actions to restore previous/next

Changes for v3.77 - v4.01

MIDI editor: fixed crash when undoing all the way back to when the media item was created
MIDI editor: action to select all muted notes
MIDI editor: added actions to select all CC in time selection, in all visible lanes, or all lanes
OSX: fixed audio devices with trailing spaces in their names being reset on startup
Project bay: fixed import menu checkmarks, button labels
Project bay: fixed autoretained item saving with project
Toolbar arrange: fixed potential infinite loop
Virtual MIDI keyboard: properly update keys on theme change
VST/AU/ReWire bridging: better support for resuming from sleep
Windows: installer improvements relating to path setting on x64, installer size, and portable installs
MIDI editing:
Set user-definable scales and chords in the MIDI editor for drawing and editing notes
Using mouse modifiers, copy/duplicate/paste actions can create pooled (ghosted) in-project MIDI source data
Editing any pooled MIDI media item affects all media items that share the same pooled data
Un-pool shared MIDI by gluing the media item or via MIDI source properties dialog
New MIDI Contents menu for switching MIDI editor between different MIDI media items in the project
MIDI filter improvements when displaying multiple media items in the same editor
Many new mouse modifier behaviors to paint notes and chords, edit arpeggios, etc
Mouse modifier customization:
Customize mouse behavior when using keyboard modifiers in 40 different contexts
In many contexts, mouse click and mouse drag can be customized separately
Assign different behaviors to the mouse when over the top or bottom half of a media item
Assign any action (including custom actions) to mouse click or double-click in most contexts
Existing/legacy mouse preferences are preserved, but user changes to mousemap settings will override
Actions to reassign default mouse action for any context
Theme layout support:
Fully themeable UI, allowing repositioning/removal/addition of UI elements
Per-track TCP/MCP layout support
Screensets support saving/restoring layouts
Old themes use default layouts available in Plugins/default_layouts.txt
New themes can define their own layouts
Layouts can be switched via menu, screensets/layouts dialog, or customizable actions
Media Explorer:
Select a portion of a media file to insert into a project
Optionally loop and/or stretch the selected portion to fit the destination area and tempo
Scroll and zoom the media peaks preview
Control+alt drag the time selection to render a new cropped file to REAPER, the desktop, or a folder
Control+alt drag the time selection to sampler plugins or other applications that support drag/drop
Project Bay:
Manage, preview, search, replace project source media, media items, and FX
Manage media item groups and take comps for the project
Save/load project bay contents to create working sets of source media/FX for different purposes
Store sets of edited media items (including fades, stretch, pitch shift, etc) to use in any project
Media and FX+preset combinations can be stored, inserted, and switched in the project
ReaSurround:
Multi-channel surround panner with support for any number of input channels and speakers
Freely position input sources and speakers in 3D space
Configurable per-channel diffusion (treat input source audio as a shaped area rather than a point)
Drag track IO button to ReaSurround to add new input sources
Take lanes and comping:
Take lanes remain aligned by recording pass, creating empty lanes as needed (optional)
Each recording pass gets its own take lane, even when recording overlaps existing items
Recording no longer splits existing media items into different numbers of take lanes
Save/load named comps (sets of takes from multiple media items)
A/B or cycle through saved comps to audition/compare
Dockers and toolbars:
Multiple dockers, freely dockable in main window or floatable (up to 16 separate dockers/toolbars)
Drag tabs from a docker to rearrange tabs, create a new docker in another location, or float windows
Create, customize, and freely dock or float toolbars for different uses
Envelope editing:
Support for copying envelope points with the mouse
Groups of selected points act like contiguous items when moving or copying
Shift+control+drag on envelope segment (customizable) edits the envelope level within the time selection
Media Item Properties:
Item/Take Properties dialog stays open while you work elsewhere, follows changes in selected items
Pitch adjust and playrate fields accept values (such as "1.004") or simple operations (such as "x2")
Multichannel support:
Allow choosing greater than 2 channels of sequential inputs, monitoring inputs
Multichannel track meters
Freely route any number of track channels to other tracks, hardware outputs
Render and batch-convert:
Support for rendering project tracks and time regions to separate folders and files
Customizable wildcards provide great flexibility in naming batches of rendered/converted files
Save render presets for workflow efficiency
Time selection:
Default copy/cut/glue actions respect time selection if there is one (including leading/trailing space)
Using mouse modifiers, copy/move behaviors can respect time selection if there is one
Editing behavior can be customized separately for media items, envelope points, MIDI editing
Track input FX chains:
FX in the input FX chain only run when record armed, and only affect the signal coming in
use MIDI or audio input, and can be set to output MIDI or audio independent of the input format
Track pan improvements:
Track stereo width controls and envelopes
Configurable track pan modes: balance, stereo pan (L/R + width), dual pan, and classic (3.x) balance
Pitch shift envelopes: Each take has its own pitch shift envelope, including customized range and snap settings
Transient detection and dynamic split: separate threshold and sensitivity settings, and other options
Video: performance improvements, support for sequencing still images
Volume faders: new default hardware-emulation fader taper

Changes for v3.76 - v3.77

OSX:
- better Spaces/Expose support on SL
- fixed some potential menu related bugs
- midi hardware improvements (note pretracking, running status support)
- fix for Lion's broken libpython 2.7 install (see here)
Config import/export: fixed support for key maps/actions
Pitch shifting: fix for potential crash in simple windowed pitch shifting
Time map: improvements to start offset calculation when changing tempo in time mode and midi items are used
Undo: fixed undo state point adding for removing item group via item button

Changes for v3.75 - v3.76

Toolbars:
fixed default icon images for floating toolbars
fixed positioning of context menus for floating toolbars
VST:
other getOutputLatency() accuracy improvements on playback start
when project measure offset is less than 1, ignore it
Actions: nudge track volume actions now are capable of writing automation
Editing: actions that remove areas of the project not removing certain items that start/end near selection
Graphic glitch fix for items at extreme zoom levels: Graphic glitch fix for items at extreme zoom levels
MIDI Editor: avoid deadlock when step sequencing using realtime MIDI inputs
mp3dec: fixed length calculation on files with truncated final frame
Nudge pan action can now write automation: Nudge pan action can now write automation
OSX: MIDI hardware I/O improvements
Playback: fixed anticipative FX RAM/CPU/playback issue when starting playback past end of project
ReaNINJAM: improved chat interface, especially on OS X
Recording: option to put timestamp at start of recorded filenames
Rendering: improvements to online render (lowered RT CPU use)
Split/trim items: correctly remove silence (when configured) before last item in split

Changes for v3.74 - v3.75

Actions:
render stems pre-fader now preserve pan law
move media items down now properly creates tracks when starting with a single track
MIDI editor:
filter dialog now draws correctly with nonstandard font sizes
undo state saving on CC lane insert
fixed clearing sysex/text lanes causing crash
OSX:
screenset stability fixes
better looking bullet-mark on MIDI editor CC lanes
Safer unloading of projects
VST:
calling getOutputLatency() on resume until first audio block processed now produces more sane results
audioMasterGetOutputTime will not return negative values
Item lanes: fixed overflow bug with large numbers of overlapping items
Media item loading multiproject status fix: Media item loading multiproject status fix
MIDI overdub recording: fixed noteoffs on 0 tick length notes
Misc: Other cleanups/stability improvements
Project rate envelope: better sound with PDC/anticipative FX and editing envelope
ReaFir: fixed analysis range inaccuracies
ReaXcomp: fixed threshold smoothing bug when automating to extremely low thresholds

Changes for v3.73 - v3.74

VST:
more handling for VSTs that resize themselves
fixed window sizing bug causing some FX to open in a too-small window
Actions: fixed loop length halve/double actions
API: fixed support for modifying very short items via certain API functions
Master track: channel count now reset on new project, able to save in project defaults
MIDI editor bank/program select: don't sort program banks alphabetically
MIDI recording: prevent dropped notes in MIDI replace record mode
Mixer: fx parameter scroll button positioning fixes
Nudge/set: fixed bug when duplicating grouped items
OSX: Better performance when updating arrange view while bringing media online
Project templates: default project template is now stored with relative path in .ini (for config import/export, portable installs)
ReaControlMIDI: fixed manual text entry of pitch and pan values
Stability: various small potential memory corruption fixes (thanks, nitpicker!)
Track locking: fixed unlocking of track not adding undo state
WINE support: properly detect newer versions of WINE

Changes for v3.72 - v3.73

AU:
fixed some AUs going blank when floating/unfloating the window (thanks, Camel Audio)
avoid opening bridges to scan for plug-ins (keep cached copy -- hit F5 in fx browser to force rescan)
Envelopes:
fixed editing of first envelope point
when hiding pre-fx volume/pan envelopes, values are no longer applied to main volume/pan
Mixer:
fixed positioning when adding first visible track icon or removing last icon
fixed resize of hidden extended mixer components with track icon visible
Theming:
Drag and drop of .ReaperThemeZip (or .zip with theme files) files to REAPER's arrange now installs the theme
fixed stretch configuration for some theme button images
API: added GetCurrentProjectInLoadSave() for context when loading project-specific extension state
Batch file converter: fixed dropping files on OSX
Configuration import/export: preliminary support for importing/exporting .ReaperConfigZip, accessible via action or preferences/general
Items: show take numbers for items without take names
MIDI editor: fixed marquee including too many items when zoomed very far in
Ripple editing: fixed ripple on first track when pasting/inserting multiple items
SMPTE LTC sync: leave framerate blank to use project framerate setting (default for new projects)
Tooltips: fixed a bug that would cause some pan envelope tooltips to display incorrectly
Update arrange view periodically while bringing media online: Update arrange view periodically while bringing media online

Changes for v3.71 - v3.72

MIDI editor:
moving CCs/events now updates pre-quantized positions
reduced memory use when opening/closing many editors
fixed memory leak when reusing MIDI editor and switching between MIDI items
fixed stuck velocity display on reopening some MIDI editors
API/ReaScript:
added SetMediaItemPosition/Length, with the option to suppress screen redraw
better portability between Windows and Mac (strip Windows newlines)
API functions for item/marker setting should now perform better on OSX
Armed actions:
show special cursor and tooltip only when clicking will trigger the action
do not cancel armed action on undo
Feedback routing:
fixed stopped monitoring with feedback
decreased memory/CPU use
Media items:
disabled "copy loop of selected area" action for MIDI items
recalculate autocrossfades for beat-based media items when changing time signature
allow copying loop of selected area when the time selection includes the item end
Shift+click item selection:
now use range of clicks rather than range of items
no longer unselects other items (hold ctrl in addition for this)
respects option to select all grouped items
MIDI recording: fixed some overlapping note issues with replace and overdub recording modes
OGG support: improved stability/playback of corrupted OGG files (libvorbis 1.3.1 bug)
Performance: Reduced thread locking when recalculating item information
Shift+click time selection: on now obeys edit cursor moving preferences
Stability: Improved MIDI note previewing threadsafety
VST: better resize notification support

Changes for v3.7 - v3.71

(3.71) ASIO: requested audio block size: fixed power-of-two rounding mode
(3.71) Media items: drawing fix for empty items

Changes for v3.69 - v3.7

Changes: Bugfixes for a Birthday, Bro
Arc/roundrect drawing: fixed bugs, smaller code
ASIO: support for requesting audio block size (many drivers will ignore, though)
Floating toolbar: fixed refresh on update of theme
MIDI editor: avoid unsafe memory access on undo
OSX: fixed potential crash under certain focus conditions (impl IsWindow())
Themes: fixed drawing glitch on docker tabs (and potentially elsewhere) introduced in 3.69

Changes for v3.68 - v3.69

Changes: Hello, maintenance.
OSX:
avoid blinking cursor and tooltip when holding down a modifier key
fixed VST-shell project loading on PPC
fixed drawing issues (primarily related to docked media explorer)
Media item buttons: option to show/hide buttons based on item height
Media item labels: option to show/hide text label based on item height
Nudge/set: pass space bar through from nudge dialog to main window
Parameter modulation: fixed problem when using latent plugins
Project: safer writing of long lines to project file/undo memory
Themes: background stretching fixes

Changes for v3.672 - v3.68

MIDI editor:
tick accuracy improvements when pasting MIDI
fixed scrub preview for CC messages on channels other than 1
fixed checkmarks in customized menus
respect preference to prevent single-click CC event selection when holding shift or control
create undo point when changing CC lane (prevent undoing back to the previous lane)
Media items:
better rounding of timing of certain start offsets
fixed undo/redo of take deletion broken in 3.67
Dynamic split: fixed forced reduction of splits during calculation
Mute: fixed UI inconsistency when undo/redo on tracks with no items
Peaks: fixed zoomed in peaks display of waveforms with active MIDI take
Pencil mode: fixed flicker when starting to draw looped MIDI items
Project load: fixed loading of certain third party generated RPPs broken in 3.67
Project load/save: better default paths
Save as: in copy modes, if a full project path is set, clear it (as it will not be used in the new project)
Tooltips: added preference to show tooltips when hovering the mouse over an envelope
Video: improved initial CPU/RAM use on load of projects with video items

Changes for v3.671 - v3.672

MIDI editor:
smoother editing for swing grid handles
snap pitch/pan CC bars to center [demo]
don't create extra undo point when moving/copying events
fixed advancing cursor when step recording with swing grid enabled
fixed crash when double-clicking collapsed CC lane
fixed paste preserving position in measure in first partial measure of a media item
new theme color for octave grid line [demo]
update display immediately after event list context menu action
when a single CC event is dragged, display the actual event time/value in the lower right
FX:
adding FX via quick-add menu floats the FX window (if the user preference is to show the FX window at all)
double click a floating FX title bar to return the FX to the chain window [demo]
double-click empty space in the FX chain list (under the current inserted FX) to open the FX browser
fixed potential flood of FX automation messages
optionally show the current track FX in the FX button context menu, click to float/unfloat individual FX [demo]
when adding an FX chain, auto-float each FX window if the preference is set [demo]
OSX:
fixed a graphic glitch when updating track I/O window
fixed drawing behavior when tabbing through tracks to rename
fixed plug-in pin connector dialog not showing [+] button
fixed tiny font and odd alignment in track IO dialog, MIDI CC lanes
fixed too-large font on track meters
Action:
scroll view vertically (midi CC): prevent scrolling offscreen
split items at timeline grid affects offscreen items properly
toggle mute for track sends or receives 1-8
AU:
fixed occasional noise blast from plugins that can't handle anticipative processing (AUPeakLimiter)
better support for multi-output AUs (thanks, VSL)
Preferences:
moved volume/pan fader range settings to Appearance/VU Meters and Faders
preference to suppress splitting all items at the edit cursor if nothing is selected
Render:
added minimize button to minimize REAPER during renders
fixed rendered items sometimes being one sample too short with certain sample rate/buffer size settings
Takes:
actions to rotate take lanes forward or backward for selected items [demo]
copy/preserve take FX when new recording splits an existing media item (obeys preference to copy take FX on split)
internal changes to take processing
Theme support:
background images with yellow lines (outer-areas) now properly supported for track name, vol, pan labels, etc
better detection of theme changes (faster)
button images can now have pink lines for stretching
Tooltips:
action to toggle on/off tooltips for media items and envelopes [demo]
multi-line tooltips for envelopes, items, item fades
multi-line tooltips for track IO, ENV, FX buttons [demo]
Video/FFmpeg:
better audio seek mechanism
fixed duration on broken MPEG-1 files
Video/Windows:
added EVR output for Vista+ machines (improved video display when using Aero)
fixed hang when using REAPER over RDP
VST:
ensure "show VST folders" option is persistent
when VST folders enabled and VST names disabled, don't show path twice in FX button right-click menu
API: export Help_Set function (show help text in the area below the track panels)
Cues: fixed drawing of extra cues on unlooped items that are longer than the underlying media source
Envelopes: pan envelope lane slider direction is consistent in trim/read vs write modes [demo]
External editors: when passing a region to Sound Forge, round to the nearest sample
Grid: fixed actions to split at grid, move cursor left/right to nearest grid position
Grouped items: more consistent behavior when editing grouped item edges
Help: when modifier keys are down, show what action is about to occur when editing items and envelope points
Item crossfades: shift+alt drag moves the crossfade and stretches both items [demo]
Marquee: shift overrides snap when selecting items and time together [demo]
Media explorer: options for default action (insert media, preview media, do nothing)
Parameter modulation: smoother audio control signal modulation with very short attack/release
Playback: fixed play cursor positioning when starting near end of project/loop
Project parsing: less heap use when parsing projects (faster loading of large projects)
ReaEQ: Cockos VST extension support for manually editing envelope points [demo]
s/SVN/Git/: new revision IDs in about box
Undo: don't create extra undo point when control+drag copying media items
Undo/Save: safer behavior when loading media item state
Video: better peaks display when zoomed in on videos that use compressed audio
Video/QuickTime: added sample accurate seek when using Quicktime decoder
Windows: fix for waveOut latency going off after many hours

Changes for v3.661 - v3.671

Changes: Prepare to fast forward
MIDI editor:
smoother editing for swing grid handles
snap pitch/pan CC bars to center [demo]
don't create extra undo point when moving/copying events
fixed advancing cursor when step recording with swing grid enabled
fixed crash when double-clicking collapsed CC lane
fixed paste preserving position in measure in first partial measure of a media item
new theme color for octave grid line [demo]
update display immediately after event list context menu action
when a single CC event is dragged, display the actual event time/value in the lower right
FX:
adding FX via quick-add menu floats the FX window (if the user preference is to show the FX window at all)
double click a floating FX title bar to return the FX to the chain window [demo]
double-click empty space in the FX chain list (under the current inserted FX) to open the FX browser
fixed potential flood of FX automation messages
optionally show the current track FX in the FX button context menu, click to float/unfloat individual FX [demo]
when adding an FX chain, auto-float each FX window if the preference is set [demo]
OSX:
fixed a graphic glitch when updating track I/O window
fixed drawing behavior when tabbing through tracks to rename
fixed plug-in pin connector dialog not showing [+] button
fixed tiny font and odd alignment in track IO dialog, MIDI CC lanes
fixed too-large font on track meters
Action:
scroll view vertically (midi CC): prevent scrolling offscreen
split items at timeline grid affects offscreen items properly
toggle mute for track sends or receives 1-8
AU:
fixed occasional noise blast from plugins that can't handle anticipative processing (AUPeakLimiter)
better support for multi-output AUs (thanks, VSL)
Preferences:
moved volume/pan fader range settings to Appearance/VU Meters and Faders
preference to suppress splitting all items at the edit cursor if nothing is selected
Render:
added minimize button to minimize REAPER during renders
fixed rendered items sometimes being one sample too short with certain sample rate/buffer size settings
Takes:
actions to rotate take lanes forward or backward for selected items [demo]
copy/preserve take FX when new recording splits an existing media item (obeys preference to copy take FX on split)
internal changes to take processing
Theme support:
background images with yellow lines (outer-areas) now properly supported for track name, vol, pan labels, etc
better detection of theme changes (faster)
button images can now have pink lines for stretching
Tooltips:
action to toggle on/off tooltips for media items and envelopes [demo]
multi-line tooltips for envelopes, items, item fades
multi-line tooltips for track IO, ENV, FX buttons [demo]
Video/FFmpeg:
better audio seek mechanism
fixed duration on broken MPEG-1 files
Video/Windows:
added EVR output for Vista+ machines (improved video display when using Aero)
fixed hang when using REAPER over RDP
VST:
ensure "show VST folders" option is persistent
when VST folders enabled and VST names disabled, don't show path twice in FX button right-click menu
API: export Help_Set function (show help text in the area below the track panels)
Cues: fixed drawing of extra cues on unlooped items that are longer than the underlying media source
Envelopes: pan envelope lane slider direction is consistent in trim/read vs write modes [demo]
External editors: when passing a region to Sound Forge, round to the nearest sample
Grid: fixed actions to split at grid, move cursor left/right to nearest grid position
Grouped items: more consistent behavior when editing grouped item edges
Help: when modifier keys are down, show what action is about to occur when editing items and envelope points
Item crossfades: shift+alt drag moves the crossfade and stretches both items [demo]
Marquee: shift overrides snap when selecting items and time together [demo]
Media explorer: options for default action (insert media, preview media, do nothing)
Parameter modulation: smoother audio control signal modulation with very short attack/release
Playback: fixed play cursor positioning when starting near end of project/loop
Project parsing: less heap use when parsing projects (faster loading of large projects)
ReaEQ: Cockos VST extension support for manually editing envelope points [demo]
s/SVN/Git/: new revision IDs in about box
Undo: don't create extra undo point when control+drag copying media items
Undo/Save: safer behavior when loading media item state
Video: better peaks display when zoomed in on videos that use compressed audio
Video/QuickTime: added sample accurate seek when using Quicktime decoder
Windows: fix for waveOut latency going off after many hours

Changes for v3.66 - v3.661

MIDI editor: fixed possible crash or corruption when deleting MIDI text events
OSX: fixed default shift key mappings in MIDI editor

Changes for v3.651 - v3.66

MIDI editor:
action to reverse events also reverses CC, works in event list view
actions that target a CC lane will target the top lane if no CC lane has focus
advance edit cursor correctly after paste preserving position in measure
better blink cursor appearance
clicking to the left of a CC lane will set focus to that lane without deselecting notes/CC
fixed CC events on one channel erasing events on other channels when moving CC with notes
fixed splitting notes in looped MIDI items
fixed step input actions when inserting X semitones below the current note
immediately refresh event list when correcting overlapping notes/CC
option to disable single-click selecting CC events
paste preserving position in measure will not paste duplicates
quantize, humanize, event properties, and filter windows stay on top of the editor
swing grid support
swing grid strength is set/edited by dragging handles on the upbeat grid lines [demo]
text box for manual entry of swing strength
when correcting overlapping notes, also correct CC events at the same time/channel
when correcting overlapping notes/CC, always preserve the selected note/CC
Custom colors:
action to reset random color generator (also resets default.palette if it exists)
if default.reapalette file exists, use those colors instead of random colors
default.reapalette (resource dir): text file of R G B values, one color per line
organized default custom color menu entries
preference for media item background tint strength, for selected/unselected media items [demo]
preference to automatically color any recording pass that adds takes to existing items [demo]
support for setting all takes created in the same recording pass to a custom color [demo]
support for setting custom colors per-take
MIDI quantize:
actions to quantize note position, or position and end, to grid
added actions and options to quantize notes only, or all events
added bypass checkbox to quantize dialog
checkbox to fix overlaps on commit
notes will move with grid changes if quantize dialog is open when changing grid or swing [demo] [demo]
overhauled quantize dialog
when quantize grid is set to editor grid, quantize swing setting is linked to editor swing
OSX:
better text field coloring
fixed 2GB+ file peakfile generation/reading
fixed a few graphical glitches relating to docked windows
selecting default system devices now allows differing input/outputs
Recording:
organized options for behavior when recording over existing items
recording over existing items can split the old items and add takes, create new items, or trim existing items [demo]
ensure that loop recording creates correct length files when "add new files on loop" enabled
fix for loop recording sometimes being slightly off the loop edges
new preference to discard incomplete first/last takes if at least one full loop was recorded [demo]
Takes:
action to activate take under mouse, mapped to "Y" by default (for "yes")
media item drawing optimizations
media items can be locked to the active take (to prevent mouse clicks from switching takes) [demo]
preference to link or unlink all takes when editing start offset (slip editing) [demo]
Tracks:
"Options/Show overlapping items in lanes" creates as many lanes as necessary [demo]
when showing items in lanes, items whose audio will mask other items are drawn in a higher lane [demo]
automatically remove tracks created by accidentally moving an item down too far [demo]
added preference to remove or retain tracks created by moving an item below the last track and back
Automation:
higher recording speed for FX parameter automation
refresh track volume/pan sliders when deleting a track envelope in read/write modes
Color theme:
added themeable colored bars to optionally display on selected items, active takes [demo]
added themeable colors for MIDI note/CC text colors (light and dark)
API: allow extensions and ReaScript to get/set take custom colors, recording pass ID
Custom menu editor: action list automatically switches to the correct section when changing menus
Envelopes: drawing optimizations when zoomed out
External sync: option to only use external sync on playback or recording, or both
Master VU: fixed inaccurate RMS meter calculation with some window/audio buffer sizes
Media items: draw media source end notch slightly differently for unlooped items [demo]
MIDI: fixed MIDI notes sometimes not being played when coinciding exactly with a time signature change
Nudge/set: checkbox to preserve relative item positioning in set mode [demo]
Preferences: new tab for path settings (default render path, default recording path, alternate peak cache path)
ReaControlMIDI: fixed reading .ins files that contain trailing blank lines
ReaGate: checkbox to invert gate output (when loud, duck wet signal vs dry) [demo]
Scrollbars: improved zoom button sizing
Toolbar: refresh custom toolbars after linking/unlinking loop points and time selection via preferences
Transport menu: fixed checkmarks on submenu items (such as external sync, etc)
Video: preliminary support for flip/rotate of video (video source properties) [demo]
VST: inform plugins if transport repeat is enabled
Windows: better audio device closing behavior when minimizing REAPER and stopped

Changes for v3.63 - v3.651

MIDI editor:
actions to insert note or advance cursor by various note lengths
actions to move edit cursor by measures
actions to zoom view to selected notes/CC, or to project loop selection (double-click piano roll ruler)
don't fix overlapping or duplicate notes until after quantize/humanize is done
don't shift+select notes that are adjacent to the current selection (they must overlap)
double-clicking existing text/sysex events always edits the event (rather than creating a new one)
dropdown setting for length to use when inserting notes (can be set when drawing/selecting a note) [demo]
fixed flicker when using humanize
fixed snap to grid in looped items where the loop length itself is not on the grid
fixed snap to grid when project time signature is not x/4
fixed some note/CC editing actions not refreshing event list view
fixed changing channel filter not refreshing event list view
inserting/extending/pasting past the end of a looped MIDI item will extend the loop in source beats mode
inserting/extending/pasting past the end of an unlooped MIDI item will extend the item [demo]
MIDI preview scrub (middle mouse button in ruler, or click+drag the edit cursor handle) [demo]
mute actions affect all selected notes and CC
option to disable automatic correction of overlapping notes
option to only move edit cursor when clicking ruler or CC lane dividers, not note/CC area
removed piano roll-specific actions from the event list view action list
OSX:
added a button to open system Audio MIDI Setup utility, in Prefs/Audio/Device
better Core Audio multidevice support (though it is still better to use aggregate devices)
changed audio device configuration storage, existing users will need to re-select their audio device(s) (REAPER will prompt on startup)
fixed midi editor refresh of CC lane boxes
improved Prefs/Audio/Device, now strongly encourages user to use a single device (and create aggregate devices as needed)
more window compositing fixes
support for automatically building output routing for multi-output AUs
fixed color picker rounding bug
color picker and font picker now have proper ok/cancel buttons
fixed REX on PPC, improved REX loading code
Actions:
run LICEcap
set item mix behavior to project default
move or copy items to time selection, trim/stretch/loop/duplicate to fit
move position, edges, contents, duplicate of selected item (or item under mouse) to edit cursor
select all locked tracks
set track record path to primary, secondary, primary+secondary
show record path/secondary record path in explorer/finder
Tracks:
actions to increase/decrease selected track height (shift+control+mousewheel by default) [demo]
actions to minimize/maximize track heights will toggle back to the exact previous track heights
don't allow a hidden track to become a folder track
mute/solo modes (clear, exclusive, grouped, etc) now will not affect tracks that are not visible in the same context as the click
track controls can be locked [demo]
themeable color/alpha for locked track control panel
Envelopes:
fixed action to move envelope points left/right by grid size
lane trim fader and add-4-points actions create points 0.5 ms apart
remember envelope armed state when unbypassing
when recording automation in loop, keep the exact recorded values at loop start and end
API:
added MIDIEditor_GetTake, to get the MIDI take that is being edited in the active MIDI editor
added SetCurrentBPM function
Automation:
fixed recording of send automation via mixer (broken since 3.3)
preference to reset write mode to another automation mode after one recording pass
Help:
changed "Help: keyboard shortcuts" to "Help: Mouse key modifiers and action shortcuts"
added MIDI editor mouse modifier behaviors to output of Help/Mouse modifier keys
JS:
added ts_num, ts_denom variables (time signature numerator and denominator)
fixed x64 issue when used with third party plug-ins compiled with buggy MS CRT (fmod() needs fclex, etc)
Media explorer:
don't process REAPER hotkeys when renaming items (Windows)
replace media source for selected items, optionally stretched/looped to fit [demo]
option to use Windows Explorer (default) or generic listview on Windows
MPx decoder:
fixed multiple simultaneous decodes of MP2
file parsing optimizations/cleanup
basic support for MP2 encoded WAV files
Play cursor:
better positioning at start of playback
better positioning with short loops
Windows:
add project to Windows recent file list properly when creating subdirectory
fixed unicode issues for launching files after render, etc
changed installer requested privilege level to admin
Action window: better behavior after adding actions to custom menus (close or restore the action window properly)
Envelope panel: remove mouseover highlight when mouse leaves window
External sync: optional flashing window to warn when recording and waiting for timecode
FX: when docking/undocking fx chain, hide/show plug-in config window (some plug-ins don't like being moved)
Item notes/project notes: fixed Unicode character support
Main menu: audio status now can optionally show record path, can disable showing of device info/record format [demo]
Master track: deselect all other tracks when clicking master track TCP
Menus/Actions: cleanup of many action descriptions ("selected tracks" becomes "tracks", same for items, etc)
MIDI devices: added a button to reset all MIDI devices, in Prefs/Audio/MIDI Devices
MIDI export: adjust embedded tempo map properly when exporting time selection rather than entire project
MIDI items: fixed bug when splitting unlooped MIDI item across tempo changes
Mixer meters: better justification of peak value text when it is larger than the width of the meter
Nudge: added right edge option (to nudge or set item right edge without trimming item length)
Per-take envelopes: action to insert 4 envelope points at time selection respects take play rate
Play/loopskip: fixed problems with very small time selections, improved accuracy, fixed issues with PDC
Project: default item mix behavior is properly saved with default project
ReaControlMIDI: fixed UI loading when bridging enabled
ReaEQ: preserve existing wet/dry and bypass automation when resetting bands to default
Scrollbars: fixed vertical scrollbar theme change update issue
Splash screen: more useful startup status display
Toolbars: remove mouseover highlight when mouse leaves window
Undo system: increased default RAM limit to 256MB

Changes for v3.61 - v3.63

VST: bridged plug-in automation improvements, especially with plug-ins that dominate main thread
VST: fixed deadlock on certain bridged plug-ins on Windows
Envelopes:
enable visual feedback from hidden envelopes by default
user preference to enable writing automation to hidden envelopes
more consistent behavior of action to add 4 envelope points at time selection
preference for double-click to edit the envelope point (vs adding or resetting a point)
API:
export ApplyNudge function
fixed GetIconThemeStruct() offsets that had changed in 3.6
Envelope lanes:
display envelope value in envelope lane control panel
more consistent behavior of slider in trim/read mode
respect user preference to not arm envelopes automatically when adding
Nudge:
window opens on startup if it was open when REAPER was last closed
account for take play rate when snapping contents to grid
OSX:
Audio Units: PDC fixed
graphics optimizations and drawing glitch fixes
Action: duplicate selected items, duplicate selected area of selected items
JS: optimized tan(), fixed tan() on OSX/i386
Menus: fullscreen mode and always-on-top moved from Options to View menu
MIDI editor: action to set or insert CC event at mouse (double-click)
Scrollbars: drawing improvements when UI scaling or Windows scrollbar scaling is used
Timestretch: low quality windowed mode quality fixes
VST: fixed automation recording with certain plug-ins

Changes for v3.60 - v3.61

Envelopes:
enable visual feedback from hidden envelopes by default
user preference to enable writing automation to hidden envelopes
more consistent behavior of action to add 4 envelope points at time selection
preference for double-click to edit the envelope point (vs adding or resetting a point)
Envelope lanes:
display envelope value in envelope lane control panel
more consistent behavior of slider in trim/read mode
respect user preference to not arm envelopes automatically when adding
Nudge:
window opens on startup if it was open when REAPER was last closed
account for take play rate when snapping contents to grid
OSX:
Audio Units: PDC fixed
graphics optimizations and drawing glitch fixes
Action: duplicate selected items, duplicate selected area of selected items
API: export ApplyNudge function
Menus: fullscreen mode and always-on-top moved from Options to View menu
MIDI editor: action to set or insert CC event at mouse (double-click)
Scrollbars: drawing improvements when UI scaling or Windows scrollbar scaling is used
Timestretch: low quality windowed mode quality fixes
VST: fixed automation recording with certain plug-ins

Changes for v3.52 - v3.60

Changes: nudge nudge wink wink
OSX:
much faster graphics updating (thank you, Apple, for your fantastic documentation)
better edit cursor displays (matches Windows)
fixed mouse option for mousewheel to target window with focus
menu shortcut display support for control key modifier, other special keys
faster configuration file access
fixed action to reset all MIDI devices crashing on some MIDI devices
default text drawing is now faster
Transport:
show editable playback tempo and time signature
mousewheel adjust play rate, tempo, selection start/end/length
alt+mousewheel to adjust time selection by beats
mousewheel over time selection length to move the entire selection
theme images for BPM tap-tempo button (transport_bpm, transport_bpm_bg)
theme images for playspeed and selection edit fields (transport_group_bg, transport_edit_bg)
theme images for status box (transport_status, transport_status_err)
Action:
go to marker 11-30
reset soft takeover for all MIDI controller assignments
unselect all tracks, items, and envelope points
adjust all tempo markers at once by various units
MIDI editor:
fixed grid snapping when project contains odd-length time signature changes
action to toggle locking MIDI item to fixed tempo, or follow project tempo changes
fixed grid snapping, note insert length when MIDI is locked to a fixed tempo
optimized edit cursor display
update toolbar step sequencer buttons on enable/disable
Nudge/Set:
move items by precise time/beat/sample/frame/selection units
move cursor or copy items by precise units
actions to nudge left/right by last nudge dialog settings
actions to save/recall up to 8 configurations (assign to shortcuts or toolbars)
Video:
added "Video window follows edits" setting in Prefs>Media>Video
muted items, muted tracks are not displayed
FFmpeg: added YV12 and YUY2 colorspace decoding support (makes video decoding faster)
FFmpeg: bundled OSX versions are now 10.4+ compatible
FFmpeg: improved video frame display when seeking during playback
Keyboard entry:
preference to disable applying typed-in edit changes after 1 second (in some places)
cancel changes on escape, commit changes on tab or enter key (in some places)
Media explorer:
action to show source properties for current media preview (right-click preview display)
unload stopped preview media if user preference is to offline media when switching away
MIDI file writing:
more compatible ASCII conversion for some UTF characters
new option to write text events as UTF-8 (preferences/media/MIDI)
Tempo:
more efficient rebuilding of complex project tempo maps when adjusting tempo quickly
better multithreaded time map access (faster tempo information delivery to plugins)
tap tempo creates only one undo point
Tooltips:
fixed occasional stuck tooltip on certain mouse movements
many tooltips now also appear in main info box
simplified tooltips that appear when moving media items
Winamp visualization plug-ins:
default option to disable WA plug-ins completely
various bug fixes
Accessibility: expose basic track, envelope, transport control to screen readers via MSAA
API: added GetMasterTrack
Batch converter: better support for unicode filenames
Custom menus: much faster import of menus and menu sets
Envelope control panels: respect global UI scaling preference
Export: automatically prevent trim/convert on REX and video files
FX browser: renaming item preserves selection, and resorts
MIDI items: fixed source properties reported media item length
Mixer: show MIDI hardware outputs in send/hardware output list (themable: mcp_sendlist_midihw)
ReaEQ, ReaDelay, ReaPitch, ReaXcomp: correct automation behavior when adding/removing bands
ReaScript: x64 Python support
Relative snap: fixed occasional reset of item snap offset
Selection sets: actions to save/load up to 10 sets of item selections
Solo defeat: receives are always audible even if source tracks have sibling solo
Startup: faster
Time selection: preferences to clear time selection and/or loop points by clicking ruler or arrange view
Trim behind items: support toggling on/off within custom actions
Windows: fixed file open issues on pre-XP operating systems

Changes for v3.51 - v3.52

Added Quick Start Guide (PDF): accessible via Help/Documentation menu
Media explorer:
action list and custom shortcut support
actions for play, stop, pause, rewind, fast forward, play from last seek position
actions to play previous media (for A/B comparison), browse up/down the list of files
context menu item to insert media at time selection, stretched and/or looped to fit
display media embedded tempo, if any
leave peaks preview active until Media Explorer is closed
media can be previewed/inserted at project tempo if it is suitable length in beats/bars
media with embedded tempo (REX/ACID) can be inserted at either project tempo or source tempo
mousewheel adjusts peaks gain (vertical zoom)
option to always display waveform peaks even if autoplay is disabled (note this creates .reapeaks files)
option to display preview position in tenths of seconds
option to preview/insert media tempo matched 1x, 1/2x, 2x
pause button
peaks preview can be dragged into project to insert media
restart tempo-matched preview playback if project tempo changes
support for looping media that is 1/2 bar long
support for Windows shortcuts (browse folder shortcuts, preview media shortcuts)
Video:
FFmpeg: added 16/24/32bps audio PCM modes to AVI/MOV/MKV export formats
FFmpeg: added MJPEG and DV video codecs to AVI export format
FFmpeg: added support for large filesizes
FFmpeg: added unicode support for file renders
FFmpeg: bundled basic LGPL/free FFmpeg for better basic playback support
FFmpeg: fixed/optimized video seeking
FFmpeg: fixed video rendering issues
FFmpeg: renderer codec list will now only list available codecs from the installed FFmpeg librairies
LCF support (LICE Capture Format)
Action:
move items to time selection, stretched and looped to fit
render all queued renders
Bridging/firewalling:
fixed PPC bridging on OSX 10.4/10.5
fixed a bug where bridging would sometimes be disabled
Missing file searching:
logic for how to pick missing file, whether to autoclose and search other missing files
support for reaper-media-searchpaths.txt with SEARCH lines to specify additional paths
full paths now autoscan all fixed disks for matching path (Windows only)
Mixer:
better fxparm/fx/send resize behavior, can now use ctrl+shift to modify all tracks dividers absolutely
can now hide the master track from the mixer
fixed some visual issues in panflip mode
OSX:
fixed potential crash when dragging media from Finder after closing REAPER's Media Explorer
fixed some internal Cocoa issues
Pitch shift:
set default mode to elastique 2.1 Pro for new users
note, existing users can change default mode via File/Project Settings, save as default
REX:
all-slice items can now set tail mode in source properties
draw peaks properly in all-slice mode when there is silence between slices
option to chop all slice tails will remove tails rather than muting them on playback
Action dialog: when switching action sections, enable running actions in the new section if possible
Create measure from time selection: better behavior with existing tempo markers
Docker: better track resize behavior when showing/hiding/resizing docker
Drag and drop: fixes for various plug-in related crashes (Maschine and others)
Dynamic split: use preferences/editing behavior/tab-to-transient sensitivity, for consistency
Envelopes: when adding volume/pan envelopes, don't create point at cursor (consistent with other envelopes)
Grid settings: more consistent display of grid sizes (notes, not beats)
Media with embedded tempo: import behavior preference to use project tempo or source tempo
MIDI devices: improved action to reset all devices
MIDI editor: more precise note/grid drawing when in "source beats" view mode
MIDI items: handle multiple takes properly when resizing unlooped MIDI items
Optimizations: improved CPU use when moving track faders, zooming, writing envelopes
ReaSamplomatic5000: apply attack/release to playback, not start/end of looped samples
Recording: can now set tracks to record simultaneously to primary path and invisibly/backup to secondary path
Regions: support for copying regions immediately to the left of the original
Snap to grid: avoid certain types of rounding error
Tempo markers: do not insert a new marker on top of an existing one
Theme support: configurable tcp_folderindent (22 is default)
Time selection: set edit/play cursor when time selection changes via alt+marquee (if user wants)
Tooltips: more descriptive tooltips on track labels, number, sends, FX
Track panels: better FX parameter positioning when meter disabled
VST: option to disable saving VST bank is now per-VST rather than global (right-click in FX browser)
WAV: option to embed project tempo (ACID chunk) in rendered files, if project has a single tempo
x64: fixed video on systems without correct VC2005 runtimes installed

Changes for v3.5 - v3.51

Solo defeat: set tracks to always play even if other tracks are soloed
ReaSamplomatic5000:
fixed crash on sample change
better release behavior on looping samples
lower CPU use on very short looping samples
better all notes off behavior, better multiple noteoff behavior
Action: move items to edit cursor, stretch item to fit time selection
ReaControlMIDI: update dropdown boxes when loading a preset
ReaSynth: better all notes off behavior
Render dialog: updated file browsing code
Ripple editing: fixed ripple all of markers when moving left
Themes: fixed themes with overlay images causing crashes on unload
v3.5 updates follow:
Action:
fully unload unloaded VSTs (useful if preferences/VST/fully unload VSTs is disabled)
fixed potential crash when manually resetting MIDI devices
toggle show/hide all floating windows except floating toolbar
crop to time selection handles MIDI and other beat-based media properly
insert multiple new tracks allows entry of any reasonable number
MIDI editor:
better handling of horizontal zoom when edit cursor is not onscreen
fixed list editor broken event deletion (since 3.4)
more accurate drawing of MIDI events when dragging right to left
properly export events that occur on the last sample of the media item
support for Device Name and Song Select messages
ReWire:
slave support for projects with tempo maps
better behavior when authenticating for ReWire device install on OS X
better slave synchronization with various other hosts
per-project slave settings for tempo map, loop point handling, buffer block offset
slave can automatically build tempo map as master plays back
Video:
added "mp4" and "m4v" filetypes to the video decoder plugin
added setting to disable FFmpeg decoding
the "FFmpeg" subfolder will now be scanned for FFmpeg DLLs in both the program and user folders
added support for FFmpeg rendering into FFV1 and Huffyuv lossless video codecs
fixes for certain files with FFmpeg (including 24 bit audio)
Actions dialog: better support for finding by gestures and mouse hwheel
Color theme: use tcp_solodefeat_on, mcp_solodefeat_on button images if they exist
Import: added option (prefs/media) to not autoname tracks when importing media
Media item crossfades: fixed slow shift+drag of crossfades in one direction when zoomed out
MP3: encode audio that has peaks higher than +0dB without clamping
Multiproject: no stop of background recording projects when stopping current and sync option set
OSX: fullscreen is now by default set to Cmd+F11 rather than (non-working in stock OS X) F11
ReaXComp: properly recall which band is soloed when loading projects
Trim behind items: fixed possible hang when editing left edge of multiple selected items
VST: plug-ins that are not fully unloaded are still unloaded at exit (fixes Yellow Tools plugins)
WAV: when reading files that are growing, autodetect length changes

Changes for v3.451 - v3.5

Solo defeat: set tracks to always play even if other tracks are soloed
Action:
fully unload unloaded VSTs (useful if preferences/VST/fully unload VSTs is disabled)
fixed potential crash when manually resetting MIDI devices
toggle show/hide all floating windows except floating toolbar
crop to time selection handles MIDI and other beat-based media properly
insert multiple new tracks allows entry of any reasonable number
MIDI editor:
better handling of horizontal zoom when edit cursor is not onscreen
fixed list editor broken event deletion (since 3.4)
more accurate drawing of MIDI events when dragging right to left
properly export events that occur on the last sample of the media item
support for Device Name and Song Select messages
ReWire:
slave support for projects with tempo maps
better behavior when authenticating for ReWire device install on OS X
better slave synchronization with various other hosts
per-project slave settings for tempo map, loop point handling, buffer block offset
slave can automatically build tempo map as master plays back
Video:
added "mp4" and "m4v" filetypes to the video decoder plugin
added setting to disable FFmpeg decoding
the "FFmpeg" subfolder will now be scanned for FFmpeg DLLs in both the program and user folders
added support for FFmpeg rendering into FFV1 and Huffyuv lossless video codecs
fixes for certain files with FFmpeg (including 24 bit audio)
Actions dialog: better support for finding by gestures and mouse hwheel
Color theme: use tcp_solodefeat_on, mcp_solodefeat_on button images if they exist
Import: added option (prefs/media) to not autoname tracks when importing media
Media item crossfades: fixed slow shift+drag of crossfades in one direction when zoomed out
MP3: encode audio that has peaks higher than +0dB without clamping
Multiproject: no stop of background recording projects when stopping current and sync option set
OSX: fullscreen is now by default set to Cmd+F11 rather than (non-working in stock OS X) F11
ReaXComp: properly recall which band is soloed when loading projects
Trim behind items: fixed possible hang when editing left edge of multiple selected items
VST: plug-ins that are not fully unloaded are still unloaded at exit (fixes Yellow Tools plugins)
WAV: when reading files that are growing, autodetect length changes

Changes for v3.4 - v3.451

3.451:
Resampling: fixed a bug added in 3.45
Fixed a bug in peak-cache reference counting in certain instances when recording
3.45 updates follow:
Trim behind items:
option to always trim behind active items when editing (prevent overlaps)
option to always trim behind new items when recording (prevent splitting/takes)
options can be changed via Options menu or actions (can be placed on toolbar)
editing option applies when pasting, importing, drag/dropping media
OSX:
support for passing all keyboard input to plug-in, for Carbon-based plug-ins
removed excess processing on startup when switching between architectures (intel/ppc/64)
fixed themed play cursor drawing bugs
themed cursor support, cleanups to cursors to match Windows
changing modifier keys without moving the mouse updates cursor immediately
64-bit VST UI support
safer closing of VST configurations when unloading (force autorelease)
fixed AU cocoa views for some plug-ins
avoid trying to use PPC bridging if rosetta is not installed
fixed underscore entry in JS editor
fixed ReaMote bridge support
screensets save/restore the docker height
Added actions:
added show REAPER resource path in explorer/finder (in options menu)
reset all MIDI devices (brings OSX missing MIDI devices back to life)
remove fadein/fadeout for selected items
enable/disable default media item fadein/fadeout
snap selected media items to nearest snap point left/right/either
move selected envelope points left/right a little bit or by grid, up/down a little bit
Envelopes:
do not change envelope point selection when opening context menu
do not focus envelopes on many operations (such as moving env pts from track to track)
fixed envelope state changing on y-move of media items
fix for hard-to-edit envelope point when snapping to many small media items on the track
user option to double-click to add points to take envelopes
avoid creating duplicate envelope points when moving items
MIDI editor:
reduce flicker when marquee selecting in piano roll
reduce flicker when changing selection in event list
fixed CPU hang on some builds when scrolling to C-1
mousewheel/relative controller actions to adjust selected event times or values
shift+mousewheel (reassignable) adjusts selected event values (piano roll or event list)
shift+horizontal mousewheel (magic mouse) (reassignable) adjusts selected event times
update CC lane usage indicator immediately when adding or deleting in CC lane
Windows:
better Windows 7/Vista UAC support for user customizable content (JS, ColorThemes, etc)
faster display updating on some actions
installer installs start menu/desktop icons to all users rather than current user
installer file type registrations separate for x64 and x86
user-editable content (themes, JS, etc) are now installed to user profile directory automatically
file reading: if a file cannot be read because it is being written, try to open anyway
Actions:
support for (Windows) logo key / (OSX) control key for shortcuts
creating chromatic MIDI from selected items now respects tempo changes
item nudging (up/down/left/right) actions now affect envelope points if an envelope is focused
Update main window immediately following actions when non-lazy updates enabled
Free item positioning mode:
preserve auto-crossfades when automatically repositioning items
preserve existing item arrangement when recording new items
JS:
fixed time_adjustment flipping stereo channels
removed configuration for JS path -- always uses common (installed) resource path
Media explorer:
fixed end of loop glitch on preview of certain items
smoother preview looping when starting preview on the bar
Media item fades:
alt+click deletes fadein/fadeout
shift+drag moves entire crossfade region regardless of auto-crossfade setting
shift+right click a crossfade to change the fade shape of both sides at once
Peaks:
show preview peaks on items currently being recorded and inserted in project/other projects
better logic for building when using multiple projects and recording
REX:
faster peaks display
can now change tempo in all-slices mode via source properties
Splash:
better behavior when relaunching while splash is still open
show splash screen in taskbar when launching
Themes:
zipped theme image support, ReaperThemeZip support (for combination of theme + images)
default themes are now included in the new format for faster installs/USB copies/first runs
Video:
improved stopped behavior, scrub behavior
native FFmpeg support if installed
VST:
do not unload plug-in code from RAM, unless new option for old behavior is set
fix for broken plug-ins that send NULL VstEvents
API: Added track FX window showing/hiding APIs
Cursors: item fadein/fadeout cursor is easier to see, new xfade_move cursor for crossfade shift+drag
Dual trim: editing a shared edge between selected items also edits other selected item pairs
FX: last touched parameter is updated only on mouse move, not controller move
Help menu: pdf/chm files can now be read from REAPER appdata Docs/ folder (or exe path on Windows)
Item and waveform drawing: draw items more consistently opaque when their audio masks other items
OGG/Vorbis: updated to libogg-1.2.0, libvorbis-1.3.1
Presets: now stored in appdata/presets by default (old preset- filenames still work in their existing paths)
ReaControlMIDI: added UTF8 support for UI
ReaScript: fixed Python support on OSX (broken in 3.4)
Recording: project secondary path, can set per track option to use secondary path
Resampling: internal cleanups, freeing of unused memory when changing modes
SoundTouch: fixed processing of single sample blocks (fixes media explorer loop glitch when tempo matching)

Changes for v3.35 - v3.4

Changes: CC Revival
MIDI editor:
action to show raw MIDI data
better drawing/editing for CC events that occur at the very end of the item
CC lane marquee selection, drag or copy selected CC events
CC lane context menu (select/unselect all events in lane, nudge events, etc)
correct overlapping notes whenever they occur
ctrl+drag to resize one CC lane only, shift+drag to accordion all CC lane sizes
finer control of mousewheel vertical zoom
fix for resizing notes up to the left or right edge of the parent item
fixed marquee selection for drum-mode notes
fixes for vertical zoom when user preference is to center on mouse cursor
improved event list properties dialog
many actions apply to all selected note and CC events
preferences for sweeps/ramps to affect only selected CC/velocities
preserve CC event selected/unselected state
remove CC events with duplicate times and the same status/channel
support clipboard copy/paste between piano roll, event list, and some external applications
OSX:
preliminary bridging support (to run 32 bit plugins on 64 bit, PPC plug-ins on Intel, etc)
ReWire slave support (enable slave mode in prefs/plug-ins/ReWire)
Audio Units: bridging/firewalling support, with per-FX options (similar to existing VST bridging)
Audio Units: pass through REAPER key commands shortcuts when plug-in GUI is focused
Audio Units: more consistent GUI updating when playing back FX automation
Audio Units/VST: enable text entry in edit fields, pass through other keystrokes for Carbon-based plugins
CoreAudio: improved samplerate changing, detect changes on the fly and reinit device
64 bit version is now named REAPER64.app, better .dmg labels (shows arch)
improvements to plug-in loading code (fewer crashes when plugins are missing dependencies)
ReaNINJAM: better support for removing / readding VST
spawn new REAPER instance is now supported, basic command line option support
Ripple editing:
better behavior moving items left/right followed by up/down
better behavior when moving items left (configurable in prefs/editing behavior)
better behavior when using ctrl+drag copy of items
fixed ripple all moving via action, with locked items affecting rippled markers
Windows:
better handling of ASIO reset messages when project samplerate is set
fix for unicode characters in new Vista+ file open/save dialogs
prevent errors on audio devices that display error messages via MessageBox
Vista+ file dialog for source properties and save track template file dialogs
Multi-touch:
Windows 7 and OSX 10.6 multi-touch gestures can be mapped to REAPER actions
per-gesture options for reverse, scaling, disabling inertia, improved zooming
Resampling:
fixed resampling for media of more than 32 channels
internal checks to behave better when out of memory/address space
decreased RAM use in higher quality modes
VST:
fix for occasional dropped keystrokes that are meant to be passed through to REAPER
internal scanning/resolving tweaks
Action: adjust last touched FX parameter (mousewheel/MIDI CC)
CPU usage: optimizations with high track counts (solo sibling calculation caching)
Elastique: updated to v2.12 (fixes x64 quality issue)
Envelopes: preference for double-click to add envelope point, or reset existing point to center
Item properties: better-looking fadein/fadeout menus
MIDI controllers: fix for occasional disappearing action mappings
Mixer: save/restore exact visibility of FX, FX parameters, and sends
Mousewheel: enable relative zoom for mice that send finely-grained mousewheel data
MP3: fixed poor quality render with VBR encoding on OSX and Windows x64
Preferences: save/restore last preferences page visited when closing/opening REAPER
RAM usage: drastically reduced memory use when drawing waveform peaks in certain instances
ReWire: workaround for Pro Tools crashing on exit when REAPER is ReWire slave
Tempo maps: lower CPU use for projects with large tempo maps (helps VST time info as well)
x64: support bridging/firewalling of x64 VSTs, including 32-bit REAPER in WoW64
x86/x64 bridging: internal improvements and bugfixes

Changes for v3.31 - v3.35

Action: dock/undock currently focused window
Action: move cursor to start/end of all selected items
Action: added reversed versions of mousewheel/CC actions for zoom and scroll
Auto crossfades: fixed fades incorrectly created on item deletion
Filename generation: now tries up to 10,000 times to find an unused file number
FX add window: returned to forward slashes for paths for JS, VST, chains (changed in 3.21)
LAME support: simplified configuration settings
MIDI editor: action to correct overlapping notes, avoid creating overlaps when humanizing
MIDI editor: easier to select diamond/triangle notes at the edge of the MIDI item
MIDI editor: fix for occasional disappearing CC events when moving notes
Mousewheel: horizontal mousewheel support (including OSX magic mouse)
OSX: fixed bug where dragging project from titlebar to new tab caused crashing
OSX: improved text rendering/measuring, better fallback support, 64 bit OS support
OSX: respect preference to select track when clicking faders or track control panel buttons
OSX: fixed tcp window reordering with hidden tracks for efficiency and odd behaviors
OSX: fixed bin/cue rendering on PPC
OSX: better initial positioning of popup windows
OSX: magic mouse multitouch swipe can be mapped using the action system
OSX: preference to use opt+drag to copy items, command+drag to slip content
OSX: show render progress in system dock
OSX: fixed plugin wet/dry knob display going to zero when switching to generic plugin UI
OSX: command+H hides REAPER
OSX: JS editor keyboard usability enhancements, drawing cleanups
OSX AU: fixed Apple DLSMusicDevice
OSX AU: ignore extra output busses that are labeled as unused, or if the plugin is marked buggy
Parameter modulation window: updated UI to expand as needed
Parameter linking: link parameters of FX to other parameters in chain
Preferences window: remembers its last position
Project load: improved resolving file names for missing media
ReaSamplomatic5000: clicking the activity light triggers samples
ReaSamplomatic5000: fixes to pitch and all notes off handling in certain modes
ReaSamplomatic5000: doubleclicking MIDI note slider chooses last seen note on current channel
Save as: trim/convert now handles looped items with start offsets correctly
Transport/big clock: better icons when using large window frames
Video: fixed imported video length being rounded down on Windows
Windows: New Vista+ file dialog for open project (coming soon, others)
x64: fixed errors relating to browse for directory dialog
x64: now requires libmp3lame.dll or lame_enc64.dll (old x64 lame_enc.dll was broken)

Changes for v3.301 - v3.31

Action: move cursor left/right to nearest media item edge
Action window: can be docked
Action window: options to preserve action filter, show/hide command IDs
Arrange view: themeable divider lines between tracks and between envelope lanes
Command line: fixed -renderproject option with some old projects
Envelope lanes: optional horizontal grid lines
Glue: fixed unnecessary creation of empty audio file when gluing muted MIDI items
Grouping: support select-all-grouped preference in marquee selection
MIDI items: editing item edges resizes source contents for unlooped in-project MIDI items
MIDI editor: optional horizontal grid lines in CC lanes
MIDI editor: fixes for note move/resize actions when notes hit other notes or the end of the item
MIDI overdub loop recording: avoid extending items past the end of the loop
MIDI playback: avoid double note-on when time signature changes result in incomplete measures
Missing files dialog: better behavior when ignoring missed files
OSX: fix for AU with long name/description fields failing scan
Preferences: split peaks/waveforms and meters appearance preferences into their own pages
ReaNINJAM: better paths for configuration files, session files (unprivileged user support)
ReaStream: fixed multi-instance bug with MIDI receive
ReaScript: safer handling of GetSetObjectState when called from audio threads
Render: autosave on render causes saved project to be loaded by default on next run
Render: Windows 7 taskbar progress support while rendering
Trim behind items: preserve grouping of split items
VST: avoid preset list flashing in some plugins
x64: fixed JS issues (bad invsqrt, failure when using large amounts of RAM)

Changes for v3.3 - v3.301

3.301: FX browser: initalize VST path tree collapsed, preserve tree state after rescanning VSTs
3.301: OSX: allow plugins that do not export a description field to pass scan
3.301: OSX: fix for system specific crash on exit
3.301: Windows: user preference to terminate immediately on detecting buggy or malicious plugins
3.3:
Action: write current value on envelopes from edit cursors to start/end of project
Action: unarm all envelopes
Action: write current value to time selection on all armed, write-enabled envelopes
Automation: improved write mode (no read when stopped/seeking)
Automation: improved latch mode for mute envelopes
Automation: smoother redraws when moving envelope trim slider
Automation: copy/cut/paste items with envelopes obeys preference to add points at item edges
Automation: if first envelope point is moved, no longer draw nonexistent first point
FX add dialog: added optional VST physical directory path folders, with right click options
FX add dialog: resizable panes
Loop sections: fixed loop length rounding bug
Menus: fixed edit menu take list, improved support for take list in customized menus
MIDI editor: docker tab updates correctly
MIDI editor: fixed toolbar issue when reusing existing MIDI editors
Mixer: reduced flicker on Windows when modifying sends, etc
OSX: right clicking track volume fader properly sets focus on volume field
Solo in front: better support for routed solos
Track I/O button now shows themable highlight for sends, receives
Pitch shifting: added safety mutex for initialization of some pitch shifters
Preferences: consolidated DX, ReWire, JS preference settings into one pane
ReaVerb: better CPU distribution in ZL mode
ReaVerb: improved quality when switching between mono/stereo/silent content
Scrollbars: prevent invalid draws with overlapping windows
Undo: improved tracking when tracks are auto-named via media explorer import
VST: fixed issues with undo state saving on parameter edit on non-chunked plugins
Wave64: fixed writing of W64 files that do not have BWF chunks
Windows: fixed some redraw issues on tab+listview (ReWire tabs, screensets, etc)
Windows x64: fixed support for rx2 with unicode filenames

Changes for v3.22 - v3.3

Action: write current value on envelopes from edit cursors to start/end of project
Action: unarm all envelopes
Action: write current value to time selection on all armed, write-enabled envelopes
Automation: improved write mode (no read when stopped/seeking)
Automation: improved latch mode for mute envelopes
Automation: smoother redraws when moving envelope trim slider
Automation: copy/cut/paste items with envelopes obeys preference to add points at item edges
Automation: if first envelope point is moved, no longer draw nonexistent first point
FX add dialog: added optional VST physical directory path folders, with right click options
FX add dialog: resizable panes
Loop sections: fixed loop length rounding bug
Menus: fixed edit menu take list, improved support for take list in customized menus
MIDI editor: docker tab updates correctly
MIDI editor: fixed toolbar issue when reusing existing MIDI editors
Mixer: reduced flicker on Windows when modifying sends, etc
OSX: right clicking track volume fader properly sets focus on volume field
Solo in front: better support for routed solos
Track I/O button now shows themable highlight for sends, receives
Pitch shifting: added safety mutex for initialization of some pitch shifters
Preferences: consolidated DX, ReWire, JS preference settings into one pane
ReaVerb: better CPU distribution in ZL mode
ReaVerb: improved quality when switching between mono/stereo/silent content
Scrollbars: prevent invalid draws with overlapping windows
Undo: improved tracking when tracks are auto-named via media explorer import
VST: fixed issues with undo state saving on parameter edit on non-chunked plugins
Wave64: fixed writing of W64 files that do not have BWF chunks
Windows: fixed some redraw issues on tab+listview (ReWire tabs, screensets, etc)
Windows x64: fixed support for rx2 with unicode filenames

Changes for v3.21 - v3.22

Fix for crash in some take related actions
Grouping: project setting for selection to follow grouping (right-click group button on toolbar)
Import: prompt for behavior on first import of REX or multichannel MIDI
Media items: optimized item memory use
MIDI: allow sending all-notes-off from plugins and MIDI items
OSX: better keyboard behavior in key assignment window
Project load: faster filename resolving/caching, better handling of missing files
ReaSamplOmatic: avoid artifacts when looping very short samples
REX: fixed possible loop glitch, buggy peaks drawing when importing as a single looped item
REX: properly save/load imported looped item tempo
Save as: save with trim now looks for overlapping regions and does not save duplicates
Sends: MIDI CC actions to set/adjust selected track send volume/pan
Tempo: MIDI CC actions to set/adjust tempo (coarse and fine)
Undo: better memory limit targetting (even if it means fewer undo points kept)

Changes for v3.2 - v3.21

Action: cascade all floating windows
Actions: show/hide all envelopes
Custom actions: fixed possible corrupted action list when deleting custom actions
FX automation: fixes for automating via controller when plugin UI closed
FX browser: fully recursive finding of FX chains, JS FX
FX browser: new folder appears on plug-in rescan if new plugins were added without restarting Reaper
JS: slider_automate command, to write slider automation from within JS code
Master track: maximum RMS level is more accurate on playback start
Media explorer: import MOGG and REX files consistently via drag+drop or double-click
MIDI import: prefs to import multichannel MIDI to separate tracks always, never, or by prompt
Mixer: freely arrangeable tracks, autoarrange can be enabled/disabled
Mixer: if autoarrange is on, arrange view ordering follows track moves in mixer
Mixer: optionally show folder compact (hide children) button for folder tracks
Mixer: optionally show icon for the last track in a folder (mcp_folder_last)
Mixer: click on empty space to deselect all tracks
OSX: fixed reading .ins (instrument patch/bank) files
OSX: fixed loading of chains with JS saved on win32
ReaSamplOmatic: properly loop very short samples
ReaComp/ReaXComp: better RMS calculation on playback start
ReaVocode/Voice/Verb[ate]/SamplOmatic/Insert/Gate/Fir: smooth changes in various gain/pan parameters
ReaScript: RPR_Include directive to include other ReaScript modules
ReaScript: GetSetChunkState chunk length limit increased to 1MB
ReaScript: added GetUserFileNameForRead function
REX: preferences to import as dynamic slices or single loopable item at project tempo
REX: preferences to chop slice tails on import
Screensets: track views can save/restore custom mixer track order
Toolbar: key shortcuts fixed in tooltips
Track control, routing, envelopes, param mod dialogs: enter key closes dialog
VST/AU: ignore automation messages when loading/restoring plugins (avoid hang on startup)
VST bridging: fixes relating to manually editing automation
VST scanning: faster scanning, better subdirectory search order

Changes for v3.161 - v3.2

Actions: FX last touched parameter: show TCP knob, envelope, param mod, MIDI learn, or alias
Autoload last project: does not load last project if it crashed on last load
Envelopes: fixed random crash when adding many points via pencil mode
FX: tempo-synced plugins account for project play rate
FX: Undo/redo on floating FX windows no longer restores window position
Item edge editing: update edge edit/timestretch cursor while editing
Screensets: save/restore extended mixer details with track views
MIDI editor: restore secondary sources on multiproject switches
Misc: fixed erratic ntdll crash when scrolling the arrange view
Missing media prompt: search button
ReaComp: smooth changes in wet/dry, automakeup gain
ReaDelay: smooth changes in tap volume/pan, wet/dry
ReaEQ: smooth frequency, gain, bandwidth changes (sweepable filters)
ReaPlugs: denormal management improvements
ReaXcomp: smooth changes in gain, band frequency/threshold/ratio/gain
ReaXcomp: fancier ratio indicator
ReaVerb: OSX deconvolution support
ReaXcomp/ReaComp: RMS optimizations
ReaScript: GetSetChunkState chunk length limit increased to 1MB
ReaScript: added GetUserFileNameForRead
OSX: better CoreAudio samplerate setting (should not override bit depth, too)
OSX: huge performance improvements (denormal management, alignment fixes)
Save as: separate trim/convert options
Scrub: avoid runaway scrub when using arrow key navigation
Tab to transient: stop at media item start when tabbing backwards through transients
Tweaks to missing filename resolving (always resolve relative filenames to full)
VST/AU: record automation from closed plugins that have internal MIDI control
Windows: added readahead buffer for live CD playback in Media Explorer

Changes for v3.16 - v3.161

FIPM: fixed control+drag copy behavior when dragging only vertically
Fixed auto-beat-timebase when project set to time timebase on MIDI items
Fixed snap offset preservation when adjusting item left edges
MIDI editor: actions to toggle channels 1-16, with toolbar support
MIDI editor: fixed missing toolbar when more than one MIDI editor open at once
Tab to transient: optionally tab through MIDI notes as well as audio transients

Changes for v3.15 - v3.16

Actions: increase/decrease tempo various amounts
Arrange: clicking below tracks follows mouse preference for track selection
API: TrackFX_FormatParamValue works for current values on most VSTs
API: track receives are now stored in order
Batch file converter: fixed list flickering during conversions
Batch file converter: options to force channels, rate, resample mode
Batch file converter: safer threading on media opening
Batch file converter: support sidechaining when using FX
Color themes: classic (1.x) theme support improvements
Cursors: themeable cursors on Windows (soon for OSX)
Dual trim/timestretch: allow editing left, right, or dual edges regardless of selection
Elastique Pro: updated to v2.11, added Synchronized modes
Explode by channel: handle custom media item take playback rates
Explode by channel: use project file format setting for exploded media items
FIPM: item y-position/height adjustments affect all selected items regardless of visibility
FX automation: better handling of very sharp envelope changes
MIDI editor: action to split notes on grid
MIDI editor: better behaviors when editing notes while quantize/humanize dialog open
MIDI editor: customizable toolbar, armable actions
MIDI editor: better behavior when resizing notes to loop start/end
MIDI editor: more consistent shift+click note selection behavior
MIDI export: more descriptive error message on failure
OSX: better handling of queued repeated-key events
OSX: default file menu is now the same as Windows (minus Quit)
OSX: fixed issue with dragdrop of fx and autoclose fx window option enabled
OSX: improved redraw of many composited plug-in windows
OSX: virtual keyboard fixes for held keys repeating note hits
ReaControlMIDI: always send bank select message when program changes
ReWire: opening panels on project load is deferred until load completed
TCP: clicking below all TCPs unselects all tracks
Toolbar: preferences to prevent scaling buttons up and/or down
Toolbar: support for separators
Toolbar: themeable armed toolbar button color
Toolbar icon picker: better resize/scrollbar behavior
Version check: made notification dialog bigger
WavPack: updated to 4.60.1

Changes for 3.14159 - v3.15

Actions: select previous/next adjacent non-overlapping items
Auto-crossfades: more consistent logic when moving, trimming, copying items
Automation: preference for first click on envelope to select envelope, or add point immediately
Automation: action to add point at current time position to all visible envelopes
Dual trim/timestretch: acts on all selected items, unless both sides of shared edge are selected
FIPM: preserve item positioning when moving items across tracks
License key: automatic import of license key text from clipboard on startup
Marquee selection: fixed some random issues, better small-move behavior
Media items: shift+drag edges bypasses snapping regardless of whether shift or drag happens first
MIDI devices: avoid clearing device alias when disabling device
MIDI editor: fixed occasional CC data drawing bug
MIDI items: more consistent logic for which track receives new empty MIDI items
Noise shaping: noise contour is slightly gentler in high frequencies
OSX: JS editor usability improvements when OSX keyboard dialog navigation enabled
OSX: no media explorer peaks for audio CD .aiff files
OSX: fixed crash on selected track delete from mixer context menu
OSX: fixed item notes window
OSX: fix for multimonitor context menu issues
ReaSamplomatic5000: fixed bug where sample is left marked as used on plugin remove
ReaScript: Fixed RPR_AddTakeToMediaItem causing crashes
Sends: shift+drag IO button or extended mixer send area to send all selected tracks at once
Sync: added 23.976 as predefined framerate for LTC
Themed tab fixes (x64 etc)
Takes: fixed splitting unlooped MIDI take beyond loop end in odd time signatures
Track panels: show exact track volume after manually setting a level below the minimum fader value
Video: fixed audio playback issue on some Quicktime videos
VST: more flexible support for passing keyboard input to plug-ins
x64: corrected undo history writing

Changes for v3.1415 - v3.14159

Automation: adjustable bezier tension for envelope points (alt+drag segment, or edit point value)
Automation: envelope segments are automatically switched to bezier when editing tension
Automation: add a point anywhere in envelope lane, or only on the envelope segment, by preference
Automation: fixed action to insert envelope point in take envelopes
Automation: FX envelopes are adjusted for PDC (can be overridden per plugin instance)
Automation: switching from trim to read on simple vol/pan envelopes applies trim setting if pref set
Automation: lower CPU use when using mute automation in read/write modes and control surfaces
Batch converter: fixed filelist flickering bug when converting files
CD import: uses current project settings for output audio format, matching extension
Crossfades: show special cursor when shift+dragging crossfades
Dual trim: edit shared media item edges regardless of selection (by preference)
Dual timestretch: show special cursor when alt+dragging shared edges
Envelopes: fixes for GUI drawing errors when greatly zoomed in
Explode by channel: use item size/offset rather than source size
Installer: Changed "CD Burning" item to "CD Ripping/Burning"
Installer: changed icon to REAPER icon from generic installer
Media item properties: option to override auto-crossfades (set automatically when importing REX)
Media explorer: better display of preview on items without peaks
Split: when splitting past the end of an unlooped item, create an empty take rather than looping
VST: chunkless VSTs now get program name saved/restored (FabFilter plug-ins etc)
VST: update current program name on audioMasterUpdateDisplay
WAV: fix for reading WAV files larger than 4GB
Windows: handle more types of keyboard input when set to send all keyboard input to plug-in
Windows: Fixed cleartype issue on timeline font in default 3.0 theme

Changes for v3.141 - v3.1415

Action: invert item selection
Actions dialog: fixed export of multiple selected actions/shortcuts
API/ReaScript: actions dialog shows command ID strings for custom/extension actions
API/ReaScript: added NamedCommandLookup, to get a command ID from a named extension action
Auto-crossfades: dont initiate auto-crossfade until items overlap by at least one sample
Automation: ctrl+click on envelope point toggles point selection if no envelope drawing occurred
Batch converter: prompt before exit if processing/unprocessed items
Custom toolbars: disabled themed scrollbars on win32 for icon picker
CD extraction: preliminary support (Windows 2000+, OS X)
JS: fixed certain plug-ins on x64
LAME/mp3 support: assorted fixes (multi-encoder, OSX VBR, correct file lengths, etc)
Master track: clean up envelope lanes properly when hiding master track
MIDI editor: moving CC with notes replaces rather than merging with existing CC at the new location
MIDI editor: added action to move to end of selected notes
MIDI editor: support for mouse cursor as vertical zoom center (respects prefs/editing behavior)
MIDI input quantize: various bugfixes
OSX: Audio Unit buggy compatibility mode includes constant blocksize (fixes AUMatrixReverb)
OSX: builtin FX/JSFX fixes for installation on volumes that are case-sensitive
PDC: better behavior when unmuting tracks with routing and "do not process muted tracks" disabled
ReaScript: various bugfixes
Scrub: autoseek during playback regardless of middle-mouse-button handscroll preference
Startup: even faster
Theme: themeable images for tabs (user for docker, project tabs, floating toolbar)
Track: inserting track via context menu inserts new track in the expected place
Toolbar: actions to open the floating toolbar at the mouse cursor
Toolbar: support for more toggle actions staying lit when assigned to buttons
Toolbar: extensions can register toggle actions

Changes for v3.1.4 - v3.141

Action: toggle selected tracks between touch and trim/read modes (for non-motorized control surfaces)
Anticipative FX is no longer by default disabled during rendering
Batch converter: added right-click context menu, modeless configuration
Custom menu: fixed Actions menu occasionally declining to be customized
Fixed mislabeled undo/redo menu items in certain instances
Image loading: theme images optimized for faster load (startup) time, and smaller installer
Installer: reduced installer size on all platforms
Media explorer: fixed import of multitrack MIDI files when importing to empty project
MIDI editor: fixed bug when extending a looped item leftwards in the editor
MIDI editor: avoid skipping over CC data when drawing edits quickly
MIDI editor: actions to explicitly mute and unmute notes (in addition to existing toggle)
MIDI editor: middle button hand-scroll
Peaks: fixed rebuilding peaks for selected items
Project markers: fixed transport jump-to-marker list not being refreshed
Preferences: added new Envelopes tab, option for how to handle volume/pan trim when adding envelopes
ReWire: per-instance options to control whether slaves can change tempo, loop region
Scrollbars: drawing fixes
Toolbar: merged toolbar and menu customize interfaces, no limit on custom toolbar buttons
Toolbar: customizable tabbed floating toolbar (separate from main toolbar)
Toolbar: added 72 more custom toolbar images
Toolbar: optional user text over blank toolbar icon
Toolbar: armed actions can be run by clicking anywhere in the arrange view (not just on a media item)
Video: added support for video files that contain no video track
Video: better audio sync on OSX
Video: dont show video from stopped background projects
Video: fixed possible hang on Windows multi-monitor setups
Video: fixed incorrect frame display issues (rounding errors after manually moving the edit cursor)
Video: added a preference panel to select video colorspaces
x64: fixed bugs in recording and rendering format selection/configuration windows

Changes for v3.13 - v3.1.4

Action: show/hide all floating windows
API: added functions for sending commands to the active MIDI editor window
API: added register("command_id_lookup") to find extension actions
API: added functions to retrieve track/take envelopes
API: added MIDI_eventlist_Create, MIDI_eventlist_Destroy
API: added GetSetTrackState, GetSetItemState, GetSetEnvelopeState
API: fixed extension shortcut problem
Automation: fixed action to set envelope lane fader from MIDI controller
Automation: more consistent behavior for new envelopes picking up the fader value in non-trim mode
Auto-crossfades: fix for some crossfades not being reset when moving multiple items across tracks
Batch converter: new facility to convert media in bulk, optionally applying FX
Custom menus: main MIDI menus can be customized, other improvements
Custom menus: import/export/reset individual menus along with entire sets
Custom toolbar: support adding extension actions to toolbar
DX: fix for synths dropping the first MIDI note
Live performance: FX multiprocessing optimization
Media item resampling/pitch shift modes: not switched when switching projects
MIDI editor: Fixed adding text/sysex events not extending source length when past end
OSX: fixed issues with mouse focus in TCP
OSX: nicer disk image
OSX: various menu improvements/fixes
OSX: preliminary video support
OSX: alternate VST cache/path config for PPC vs Intel
Peaks: fixed recording peaks interpolation accuracy and corner-case crash when recording
Prefs/Media/MIDI: Improved behavior when all-notes-off when un-record-arming a track disabled
Project/template file save: better detection and handling of failed disk writes
ReaSamplomatic5000: Configurable per-instance resample mode
Render queue: resizeable
Track height: default for new projects can be set via File/Proj Settings/Save as default or Prefs/Projects/Default
Track renaming: better support for tabbing through tracks when envelope panels visible
Video: improved scrubbing support
Video: handling of multiple items improved (later items, higher track numbers prioritized)
Windows: Fixed font used in some dialogs for ClearType (OGG rendering, etc)

Changes for v3.12 - v3.13

Action: insert multiple tracks
API: added functions: AddProjectMarker, DeleteProjectMarker
Automation: new volume/pan envelopes display the current track fader value
Crossfades: fixed auto-crossfade when control+drag copying items
FLAC: fixed multichannel read support
FX chains: automatically increase track channel count when loading FX chains that use more channels
Glue: special fade handling when gluing multiple items starting or ending at the same time
Mixer: consistent scroll behavior regardless of number of tracks, autoscroll to newly added tracks
Master: no reset of master mono/stereo setting after automatically muting on overload
Media items: button to display item properties, by default shown only when the item is resampled
Media explorer: configurable default-handling of project files, better context menus
Media explorer: filter fixes
Menus: most commonly used menus can be customized (add/remove actions, submenus, rename menu items)
Menus: menu customizations can be imported/exported to file
MIDI editor: user preference to flash keyboard notes on track input note-on
MIDI editor: setting to snap note ends to grid when snap enabled
MIDI editor: fixed snapping bug when following project beats and grid is 1/4 note triplets
MIDI editor: better keyboard handling in text fields
Mousewheel: fixed control+mousewheel for fine slider moves in parameter modulation and send windows
Mute/solo: setting via right-click follows selection/grouping unless overridden with shift key
OSX: preliminary media explorer
OSX: fixes for file browse dialog with certain paths
OSX: vast keyboard system fixes and improvements
OSX: fixed main window actions working in undocked transports
OSX: disk reading does not use F_NOCACHE on remote filesystems
OSX: virtual MIDI keyboard fixes
OSX: fixes to mixer autoscrolling
OSX: midi list editor supports in-list editing
OSX: fixed visual glitch with docker
Peak building: optimizations (50-150% faster on .wav files in our tests)
Peaks: when using alternate peak path, put peaks in numbered subdirectories for better performance
Peaks: low quality preview peaks during building are now are more consistent with finished peaks
Peaks: aborted peak generation removes partial (invalid) peak files
Project load: replacing files with different types will scan for the same file type for other missing files
Project/template load: current working directory defaults to project/template path
ReaScript: added GetTrackState, expanded html help, set undo point after script executes
ReaScript: capture Python compile-time and run-time error messages for display
ReaScript: fixed get/set of integer-type track, item, or take parameters
Take names: automatically focus take name field when displaying item properties
TCP: Drag and drop routing now autoscrolls
TCP/Mixer: autoscroll to tracks selected via action or control surface
Track icons: optionally set all tracks to the same width when any track icons are used
Undo system: greatly reduced memory use when loading undo history from file
VST: fix for bridged/firewalled plug-ins with track controls visible
VST: added MIDI output mode to merge output with input (for groove players, arpeggiators, etc)
VST extensions: support for effString2Parameter (mostly for readable manual editing of envelope points)
VST MIDI: fixed hanging note bug from synthedit and possibly other plugins that generate MIDI
Windows: drag and drop of files out of REAPER now better supports unicode characters
Windows: try to prevent bad plugins from quitting REAPER
x64: ReWire support (master/mixer only)

Changes for v3.11 - v3.12

Automation lanes: fixed possible crash when removing FX parameter envelopes
CD burning: fixes to native XP mode track divisions
Extensions API: GetSetMediaItemInfo() fixes for fade shape settings
Fade drawing: when using full-area filling, fixed drawing when zoomed in
FX: per-FX buggy plugin compatibility mode (assumes plugin is not threadsafe, needs constant precleaned buffers, etc)
Hardware outputs: post-fader track outputs obey track polarity control
MIDI editor: show notes pressed as long as the input note is pressed
OSX: improved drag/drop support
OSX: support for control+alt+drag to render to new file (drag to desktop, finder, sampler, etc)
OSX: CD burning support
OSX: REX support
OSX: special casing for POD Farm VST misreporting view type (VST 2.4 should be composited view)
OSX: fix for some AUs that do not export automatable parameters until after audio streams are initialized
OSX: added correct file locking to prevent writing files open for read
Pencil mode: fixed fade/autofade settings for newly drawn media items
ReaControlMIDI: support for raw mode (0-127 access to all CC messages)
ReaControlMIDI: envelopes and TCP knobs report the same value as the slider (0-127, 0-16383, or on/off)
ReaControlMIDI: support for storing/sending sysex dumps up to 64KB
ReaScript: run Python or Perl scripts that call Reaper API functions
ReaScript: assign reascripts to key commands or toolbar buttons
VST bridging: optimized plug-ins that call for tempo information
VST bridging/firewalling: per plug-in option to embed UI (not as compatible, less crash-resilient)
VST: safer querying of text strings from certain plug-ins
Win32: async file reading now has more grace on error
Win32: file locking improvements (no longer allow writing to media files that are open and online in REAPER, etc)
x64: VST bridging performance improvements, ReaRoute performance improvements
x64: will now use same config path as x86 (unless appdata/REAPER64 is valid)
x64: REX support (via bridging)
x64: fix for certain (broken) ASIO drivers

Changes for v3.104 - v3.11

Changes: Automation drawing, plug-in firewalling, lots of other goodness
Automation: freehand envelope drawing (ctrl+drag by default, optionally ctrl+alt+drag)
Multiproject: support for playing background projects with current, option to sync start times
Take: realtime reverse take
Toolbar: arm a custom toolbar button by right-clicking, click an item in the arrange view to run it
VST: configurable bridging/firewalling on x64 and x86 (prefs/VST, per VST option in FX browser)
Action: crossfade any overlapping selected items
Action: toggle master track and tempo envelope visibility together
Action window: allow removal of multiple key bindings at once
ASIO: fixed compatibility with Zoom R16 (and possibly other devices)
Automation: envelope data reduction during recording is now on by default
Automation: add a point anywhere in an envelope lane by clicking
Automation: envelope lanes now respect locking
CD burning: better gapless CD image generation, more accurate marker/region track generation
CD burning: allow recording multiple copies from single render, better error messages
Cleaner display of track information on routing/fx/envelope windows/tooltips/etc
Editing: fixed shift+click for multiple selection in arrange view
Editing: do not allow track envelopes to move vertically when ripple edit is enabled
Fades: option to disable autofades/autocrossfades for MIDI items
FX autobuild routing: clearer indication that cancelling autobuild will still load the FX
FX chains: loading FX chains will search the path of the .rfxchain for media files (for reasamplomatic/reaverb)
FX window: UTF-8 support for preset/program combo boxes
Help: useful information (info or context sensitive help) displayed below TCP section
JS: fixed a bug causing potential crashes when parameters automated
JS: new slider() function to get a slider by index (values 1..64)
License keys: updated text for non-commercial to be more accurate (personal/small business)
Loop recording: fixes for rounding errors causing items to be slightly too long
MCU: better support for emulated surfaces that do not notify touch state
Media explorer: menu options to enable RPP preview, disable tempo sync
MIDI editor: velocity lane editing affects only selected notes if there is a selection visible
MIDI editor: show MIDI track input on piano keys
MIDI editor: less eager to show empty space to the left of the MIDI item
MIDI editor: fixed drawing controller data over existing data on another channel
MIDI editor: actions to move to previous/next lyric
MIDI editor: fixed blinking cursor reappearing when offscreen
MIDI: in-project MIDI preview should now interrupt audio less
Mixer: improved extended mixer FX context menu layout
OSX: fixed low latency MIDI output mode
OSX: fixed menu key binding labels
OSX: fixed MIDI note name editing
OSX: AU compatibility improvements
OSX: fixed key assigning special keys in actions window
OSX: fixed keyboard navigation in file open/save dialogs
OSX: holding shift during startup now prevents REAPER from loading last project (like on Win32)
OSX: fixed routing dialog scroll issues on 10.4
Pan: allow settings as low as +1/-1% with control+drag
Peak building now handles multiple projects nicely
Pencil mode: obey loop preference when drawing empty MIDI item
Project settings: project media browse dialog better deals with relative paths
ReaSamplomatic5000: ability to fully buffer smaller audio samples (better performance)
ReaSamplomatic5000: removed pan automation zipper noises
ReaSamplomatic5000: volume/rate/etc automation now affects playing samples
ReaSamplomatic5000: parameter for MIDI pitch bend amount (default is 2 semitones, can do up to 12)
ReaSamplomatic5000: safer thread-source management
ReaSamplomatic5000: notify undo state when sample changed
ReaVerb: less RAM use during file loading
Safer memory management in undo, ReaVerb, and other areas
Snap: relative snap support
Snap: when grid-snap settings follow visible grid, do not snap if grid is not visible
Selection: faster selection of multiple tracks in some cases where other windows are open
Take: fixes/improvements to loop section
TCP: Fixed track VU meter glitch
TCP/mixer: mousewheel support on FX knobs and sends
Tempo markers: manual edit of position defaults to timeline units (bars.beats, min:sec, etc)
Undo: fixed multiproject undo system bugs
Undo window: safer destroy on exit
User preference: default track height in new projects, set to medium (was small) by default
Virtual MIDI keyboard: arrow keys can be passed through to main window
VST: per instance option to disable PDC
VST: safer preset changes with some buggy plugins
Windows Vista/7: validate ini file path before using (to ensure that it is writeable)
Windows: fixed some issues with long strings in text boxes

Changes for v3.103 - v3.104

Changes: Incremental love
MIDI editor: fixed shift+click for multiple selection in piano roll
MIDI editor: fixed unlooped item marquee selection past end of item
Updated libvorbis to 1.2.3
Temporary removal of experimental VST bridging

Changes for v3.102 - v3.103

x64 version: 32-bit VST bridging support
MIDI list editor: fixed possible duplicate event creation when filter on
Render: disabled opening project from shell during render
MIDI list editor: fixed inline editing of pitch values
VST: better audioMasterGetOutputLatency reporting when stopped
VST: reverted 3.1 optimization that seemed to cause problems with a few plug-ins
VST: special case for Fretted Synth

Changes for v3.101 - v3.102

OSX: Fixed MIDI explode by channel and pitch
OSX: Fixed scroll during track moving
Fixed issue with projects that reference missing .mid files
Fixed bugs relating to ghost midi clips
Fixed junk characters in some pan law dialogs
Added some missing default theme elements
Record PDC disabled track option now compensates for audio buffer size
Solo and SiF now work better with MIDI sends (unsoloed MIDI sends are not sent at all)
Allow 23.976 framerate for sync

Changes for v3.1 - v3.101

Fixed high CPU use on zoomed-in recording items
Fixed grid line drawing of 1/3 beats

Changes for v3.06 - v3.1

Actions: toggle show master tempo envelope
Actions: faster actions to explode audio by channel, much faster actions to explode MIDI by channel or pitch
Actions: separate actions to jump to previous/next beat/measure vs moving edit cursor only
Actions: fixed occasional disappearing key shortcut
Automation: fixed possible crash when deleting FX envelope
Automation: shift+ctrl+drag locks envelope point move to either horizontal or vertical (like in MIDI editor)
Bounce: display in transport displays bounced length
Editing: fixed bug when moving items across hidden tracks
GUI: significant CPU optimizations when drawing time selection, antialiased peaks, fades, envelopes, filled envelopes
GUI: dim track I/O button when master/parent send disabled (themeable using track_io_dis and mcp_io_dis)
GUI: fixed bug in HSV blend mode
GUI: fixed edge line drawing for time/loop selections when decoupled
GUI: fixed filled envelope clipping bug
GUI: separate theme elements for fade quiet zone and fade area color fill
JS: updated Liteon FX
Media explorer: checkbox for starting media preview on the bar while project is playing back
Media explorer: fixed context menu on Vista/Win7
Media explorer: show preview graphics for MIDI items
Metronome: fixed output selection menu
MIDI editor: event filter stays on top, can be toggled on/off
MIDI editor: CC lane dropdowns show which message types are currently in use
MIDI editor: inserting notes in drum modes uses smaller of grid size or 32nd notes
MIDI editor: view preference to always display note velocity
MIDI editor: action to move edit cursor to play cursor
MIDI editor: action to set selected note lengths to grid size
MIDI editor: better paste-extends-source behavior when using unlooped items
MIDI editor: no loop end marker for unlooped MIDI items
MIDI editor: fixed clipboard leak in certain paste actions
MIDI editor: fixed screen redraws/flashes when selecting notes in list view
MIDI editor: action to import lyric events from text file
MIDI editor: better display of text/sysex event editing vs adding, better copy-drag behavior
MIDI editor: clicking empty space in the lane deselects text/sysex events
MIDI editor: fixed copy/paste of text/sysex events in list editor
MIDI editor: fixed file-based MIDI item text/sysex event undo/redo
MIDI editor: fixed memory leak when deleting text/sysex events in list editor
MIDI editor: fixed step sequencer note entry when inline editor is open
MIDI editor: fixed text event editing on OS X
MIDI editor: fixed text event hit testing in certain instances
MIDI inline editor: actions dialog can now run actions
MIDI: don't create a new MIDI item when punch recording if there is already a suitable item to record into
MIDI: fixed overdub recording when extending source and record pdc disabled
MIDI: record overdub/replace modes with record PDC disabled now compensated for track PDC
OSX: default to Cocoa UI for AU plug-ins that support it
OSX: fixed manually editing JS parameter values
Peaks/waveforms: recording items are drawn more smoothly and consistently, update faster by default (configurable)
Playback: preserve PDC delayed monitoring now compensates for both track and master/parent PDC
Project: fixed project template being inserted when opening existing project in new tab
Project: setting maximum project length prevents zooming out much past that length
ReaEQ: more regular grid lines
ReaFIR: more regular grid lines
ReaVerb, ReaSamplomatic: now multi-project aware (for save-as with media)
ReaSamplomatic: fixed noise bug with zero release time
Recording: fixed recording pre-roll sample rounding problem
Render: fixed render dialog peaks display when certain stem options set
Render: more helpful error message if target directory does not exist
Render: saving project to RPP via render dialog now adds project to recent list
Render: Shup button sends to user default upload target
Screensets: better multiproject track view support
Screensets: screenset window now updates on save-project action
Shutdown: cancelling save while Windows is shutting down cancels system shutdown
Shutdown: more stable sequence with undo history open
Solo: fixed glitches when unsoloing with routing and PDC
Spaghetti cormorant
TCP/Mixer: create sends by dragging IO button to another track
TCP/Mixer: alt+click on IO button toggles master/parent send
TCP: bulk mute/solo by dragging mute/solo button to another track
Tempo envelope: snap points to grid when adding and snapping enabled
VST: faster startup scan of plug-ins that have not changed
VST: more efficient automation for new envelopes or envelopes with square point shape
VST: correct return value for audioMasterAutomate

Changes for v3.05 - v3.06

Updated: 7/20/2009 10:40PST to rev 7759 (automation ripple bugfix)
Automation: drag, copy and paste automation with items, within or across tracks
Automation: improvements when "add envelope points when moving items" enabled (right-click env toolbar button)
Automation: recording does not write redundant points (more efficient)
Automation: improvements when "reduce envelope point data when recording automation" enabled
Automation: FX envelope control panel buttons stay lit if parameter modulation or MIDI learn is active
Automation: alt+click deletes an envelope point
Automation: fixed send automation control panel display when writing or overriding automation
Audio: audio device channel remapping/aliasing support, separate configuration for each audio device
Recording: pre-roll monitors track media, action to toggle recording pre-roll
Render: rendering stems supports writing project markers as cues
Project: no prompt to save, or display project settings, when loading an existing project in a new tab
Project: track auto-naming no longer skips leading numbers
Preferences: more configurable track record parameters
Performance: better RAM/CPU behavior with accidental feedback routing
FX: cache undo states for plugins with slow save/load operations
FX: fixed undo point creation when plugin shown in FX chain window
FX: fixed memory leak when loading undo states for some VSTs
FX: fixed parameter modulation save/load/undo problems
FX: save parameter modulation with track templates/chains/paste
FX: show total track PDC in FX button tooltip
FX: performance meter shows PDC by track
FX: fixed track/mixer FX param knob rotation range
FX: fixed EastWest Play (and possibly other plugins) not showing GUI correctly
FX: all IK plugins blacklisted from precise loop buffer handling (glitching at loop end is preferable to crashing)
FX: UAD plugins are set offline after render (fixes rendering at different block size)
ReaEQ: update settings on "reset band to +0 dB" context menu action
MIDI: undo/redo no longer sends note-off to all tracks
MIDI: fixed import of .mid files with trailing non-note events exactly on the beat
MIDI: glue now supports text events
MIDI inline editor: fixed inserting notes at mouse cursor, not advancing main edit cursor
MIDI editor: action to invert current selection
MIDI editor: fixed moving multiple notes in looped items via keyboard actions
MIDI editor: fixed bug when adding sysex manually
MIDI editor: text events are now pooled across items and copied with items
MIDI editor: fixed initialization of lane combo boxes
JS: many optimizations for JS that do MIDI only (no @sample code, or in_pin/out_pin:none)
JS: midi_transpose works on notes that are sustaining when you move the sliders
JS: support for longer line lengths for slider definitions
JS: better support for locales that use , instead of . for decimal
JS: update dropdown boxes on sliderchange call
JS: fixed gfx_drawchar/gfx_drawnumber() not forcing screen update
Actions: select any track 1-99 (ctrl: extend, shift: contiguous, alt: invert)
Actions: set loop points to selected items
GUI: user preference for drawing pretty filled automation envelopes
GUI: optional/themeable editing guide lines when moving items
GUI: shift + middle mouse button does hand-scroll (and user preferences for it)
GUI: docker/project tabs show feedback when clicking close-tab buttons
GUI: option to show solid edge on loop selection and/or time selection
GUI: optimized screen drawing to reduce potential overdraws
GUI: separate user preferences for antialiased peaks/waveforms vs. antialiased fades/envelopes
GUI: fixed drawing crossfades when overlapping items are shown in lanes
GUI: track meters hold peaks as low as -150 dB
OSX: toolbar can be customized
OSX: VST/AU with carbon views now hide properly when docked

Changes for v3.04 - v3.05

Significant audio processing performance improvements, especially in larger projects
FX processing improvements for all Cockos plugins
Processing performance improvements for MIDI-only tracks
Significant graphics optimizations
Pasting items in large projects is faster
Fixed dragging items vertically across multiple tracks
Media explorer remembers the last directory visited when reopened
Global automation override is saved with project
JS sysex support: midisyx(frameoffset,msgbuf,len)
FX parameter adjustment undo point is set immediately if the plugin informs the host the move is done
Fixed random creation of different-length takes in loop recording
Faster bulk-arming of tracks via action
Seek is less likely to unnecessarily scroll the view
Properly resize last track in folder when compacting
FX quick-add menu contents are sorted alphabetically
Safer VST unloading while playing
Use envelope lane button hover states
Dont allow dragging a folder track into its own children
Copy MIDI item editor settings (note shape, etc) when copying MIDI items
Dont autoclose audio device when media explorer is previewing
Fixed waveout/directsound issues on failed initialization
Better folder remembering on render/consolidate, better default record path (rather than path to app)
MIDI editor: option to set default color map (in prefs/media/midi)
Support for mcp_master_sendlist_* theme images
ReaTune updates for multiple project and better take-fx support in manual mode, slight visual overhaul
Color-themeable fade area shading for media items
Color-themeable blinking edit cursor
Optional color-themeable play cursor (with width control)
Themes can set blend mode on fade handle edges/snap offset drawing
More efficient time selection highlight drawing in default theme
Fixed action for toggle recarm on all selected tracks
Better cue label positioning for stereo items etc
Actions to toggle item normalize/multiple item normalize, un-normalize
Special-case mutexing for ET-200/Rez/Oatmeal, generalizable on request for other plug-ins
Will now prompt you to select an audio device if you have not yet selected one
OSX: better view of some unthemed windows in docker
OSX: better AU initialization for some plugins
Improved tempo/time signature marker editing behavior
Open file in external editor supports unicode filenames
Custom toolbar icon assigned to "bounce live output to disk" will light up while recording
Preference whether to auto-show FX window after adding via quick-add menu
Warn if unable to save changes because project file is read-only
Fix for problems unloading plugins that run message loop during effClose (i.e. Guru)
Fixed bug with mixed native/OS text rendering colors being incorrect

Changes for v3.03 - v3.04

Joystick MIDI improvements (modeless config, submodes, etc)
Allow ctrl+drag copy of selected areas of items even with very small selections
Actions: split selected items at project markers, split selected items at grid
Action: remove content behind selected items (shift-X by default)
Crossfade selected items action allows time selection that is completely within both items
Fixed bug with render dialogs render master not being restored from configuration
ReaDelay: fixed label of delay length (from QN to 8N)
Fixed some bugs relating to Unicode conversions when getting long UI strings
OSX: fixed sending 1 and 2 byte messages to MIDI hardware
Ctrl+drag (pencil mode) creates empty MIDI item if no item is selected
SiF meters now show actual signal
Batch rendering will no longer show save prompt/project properties if preference set
MIDI editor: fixed sorting and mouse hit testing of overlapping notes
MIDI editor: Undo/redo of certain actions from within editor updates cached note names
MIDI editor: fixed scroll issues with last clicked note selection
MIDI editor: notes are not created when dragging vertically
MIDI editor: action to cycle through multiple items loaded in one editor (alt+N by default)
MIDI editor: better paste edit cursor behavior with looped items
Menu bar shows recording format, device settings, optionally free disk space including time
Normalize as much as +120dB (up from +36dB)
Allow resizing tracks in folder compact (not supercompact) mode
Toolbar icons show current state for many global toggle actions
Fixed relative filename item paste issues (when option to use relative files before fully qualified path is set)
Disabling record arm for tracks now sends all notes off
New JS: adpcm_simulator
Fixed project load splash screen leak
Better track vertical resize behaviors with varying arrange view sizes
Fixed open performance meter causing crashes in certain instances
VST: Support for plug-ins with Unicode filenames
VST: UAD plug-ins always get constant blocksizes (so that they can loop without extra latency)
VST: extra UAD mutexing on opening of UI

Changes for v3.02 - v3.03

Fixes for action to crossfade at selection
Crossfade at selection automatically splits an enclosing item
VKB performance improvement (especially on WINE)
Peak caches: better validation of timestamps for varying timezones and filesystems
Draw correct crossfades when an item sits on top of another item
X key is mapped to crossfade selected items action by default
Fixed delay compensation of untouched track channels for VSTs with latency decrease (ReaFIR etc)
Fixed delay compensation on untouched track channels for JS (including ReaMote)
ReaMote: fixed network thrashing with automated fx parameters
MIDI editor: removed snap behavior where snapping is disabled more than 100px from grid
Render: option to render at project samplerate, but output at a different rate (apply SRC last)
Fixed bug when undoing on certain projects with envelope lanes visible
Fixed bug storing online rendering to project file
Online rendering will pause for a few seconds before rendering to allow hardware to switch samplerates if necessary
Project setting for item mix behavior (items can mix, replace earlier items, or replace enclosing items)
Actions to enable or disable auto-crossfade on split
-renderproject hides main window from view
Fix for plugins that create multiple envelopes when loaded with automation write on
Fixed MIDI editor actions to move multiple notes up or down
Track MIDI input can be mapped to any channel
Fixed move cursor to start of previous measure action when starting on beat
Preliminary wet/dry knob for FX
Look for embedded track name event when importing single-track MIDI
Option to not reset MIDI CC on stop
Queued (batch) rendering support (Queue render button in render dialog, menu/action to bring up queue)
MIDI editor: control-drag also copies CC messages when moving CC with notes
Action to toggle maximize all tracks will maximize first
Fixed adding tempo events via transport when tempo envelope is hidden
Support for changing BPM from within ReWire slaves
User config for external MIDI output threading (restricted to one thread by default)
Fix for ripple editing + tempo marker issues
OSX: better hidden-mouse UI behavior (with Synergy detection as well)
OSX: cleaner looking buttons/popup buttons (todo combo boxes)
OSX: enabled FX folder rename/delete, drag FX into folder
OSX: fixed item fadein cursor
OSX: better support for detecting mouse activation for BFD2 etc
Internal queue optimizations

Changes for v3.01 - v3.02

Changes: The steady stream of goodness continues.
Fixes to APE, OGG, and MP3 writing in certain consolidate instances
Fixed consolidate having issue with certain content/output sinks
Fixed Unicode file support for DirectShow video files (avi/mpg/etc)
Fixed CoreAudio aggregate/multi-buffer audio bug
JS: threaded memory manager fixes (for when starting playback with graphic JSs loaded)
Fixed bug sending events at end of MIDI file in certain instances
More useful dialog message when unable to encode MP3
OSX: improved GUI compatibility for some plugins
OSX graphics tweaks
MIDI editor: major performance improvement when editing small MIDI items in large projects
Quick FX add menu when clicking FX slots on the extended mixer
Windows: Low-level change to external MIDI output handling
MIDI output timing, CPU, bandwidth, consistency, and stability improvements
Global envelope menu selection to show/hide all track envelopes in project
Tweaks to control surface plug-in since midi output is nicely threaded on Windows

Changes for v3.0 - v3.01

Changes: Even better than v3.0!
Right-click FX button to add FX from user folder or saved FX chain
Show newly scanned FX in their own folder in FX browser
Faster display when opening FX browser or right-click FX menu
Fixed shortcut assignment to numpad 5 (and divide, decimal on some keyboards)
Middle mouse button sets play cursor in MIDI editor
Scrollbar resize handle works in MIDI editor
Fixed various nitpicks only seen when adv pref "large window frames" is on
VST: corrected audioMasterGetOutputLatency to match cubendo's behavior when used from VSTs with delay comp
MIDI editor: fix for reloading the same text strings file
MIDI export, .syx import, bank/string filenames now support unicode
Fix for MIDI items changing when changing project settings
Support for up to 30 MIDI input ports, 32 MIDI output ports (up from 24/24)
Fixed MIDI editor actions to change timebase view
Fixed reading of license keyfiles with Mac newline format
Fixed recording to unsaved projects with relative project media path set(again)
ReaControlMIDI: separate selection of LSB cc messages
MIDI editor: moving notes one octave moves one octave rather than 12 visible pitches
FX Browser: Added "Recently used FX" folder

Changes for v2.58 - v3.0

REAPER v3.00 SUMMARY
MAJOR NEW FEATURES
Automation lanes
Nested track folders
Multiple tabbed projects
Multichannel (greater than stereo) media support, including MOGG
FX parameter controls on track and mixer control panels
Customize toolbar icons and actions
Programmable MIDI joystick/game controller support
MIDI IMPROVEMENTS
Inline MIDI editing
Edit multiple MIDI items in one editor
Sync MIDI editor to arrange view, including looped items
Export project MIDI, with tempo map support
MIDI event filter
Track MIDI controls (manage bank/program changes, sysex, automate CC)
MIDI hardware timing improvements
Full sysex support
OTHER SIGNIFICANT NEW FEATURES AND IMPROVEMENTS
Create time- or beat-based templates including media
Improved REX support
Smoother play/stop/seek transitions
Soft controller takeover, including FX parameters
Create default FX controller assignments that act on the focused plug-in
New UI theme, many new graphics features and options
More user control of placement/appearance of graphical interface elements
Create knobs, envelopes, controller assignments from the last touched FX parameter
MIDI control of presets for any plugin
Attach text and image resources to media items, place icons on tracks
Global automation override/bypass
Hide/show tracks in either arrange or mixer view
UAD compatibility improvements
All-native graphics rendering engine (better appearance and performance)
Memory use improvements
REAPER v3.00 DETAILS
AUDIO PERFORMANCE
Improved MP3 seek accuracy
27.97DF timing improvements
Read, write, or explode media with any number of audio channels
Optionally preserve project PDC when monitoring
Seamless media item glue during playback
Optional tiny fade to hardware on play/stop/seek (avoid clicks)
Option to gate (not record near-silence) while saving live audio output
More WAV read/write options
Customizable pre-roll, metronome improvements
ARRANGE VIEW / EDITING
Optionally draw labels and buttons above media items (track info lane)
JS support for up to 64 parameters, dynamic UI
Filter track visibility by name
Optionally display faint peaks in automation lanes
Control+drag for fine adjustment of volume handles and envelope points
When labels drawn above items, drag the label area to select item+time
Dynamic split detection improvements
Drag images onto arrange view or track control panels
Filter and highlight FX parameters in the envelope window
Automap 3.0 support
MIDI EDITING
Vastly improved memory performance with many MIDI items in a project
Editor timeline can be beats (local), beats (project), time, or synced-to-arrange
Switch active MIDI item in multi-item editors by clicking a note, selecting the source item in the MIDI event filter, or clicking the item in the arrange view
Quantize/humanize/edit note properties modelessly
Increased range for note velocity handle adjustment
Improved timing in ReWire slave mode
Enhanced CC meta-actions (fine-tune custom actions with a conroller)
Themeable colormaps for note velocity, channel, source item
Lock notes in time or pitch
Adjust parent item and loop length from MIDI editor
PLUGINS
No glitch when looping plugins that generate sound or tails
Faster redraws for some VSTs
No glitch when automating ReaEQ band gain through +0 dB
Dragging FX instrument to empty track space inserts new track for the instrument
Improved FXP compatibility
Support for VSTs that send MIDI out of context
Improved DX automation support
FX parameter aliasing
RANDOM STUFF
Many theme options for drawing blend modes, marquee selection
Unicode (via UTF-8) filename support

Changes for v2.57 - v2.58

Fixes for Win9x
OSX: Fixed filename support for more characters (including folder symbol, etc)

Changes for v2.56 - v2.57

Fixed MIDI SPP/MTC sync
FLAC: more correct/efficient 24-bit encoding, endian fixes for both encoding/decoding
WavPack: corrected BWF header writing

Changes for v2.55 Beta - v2.56

Fixed drag and drop of sends/hardware outputs in mixer view when using hardware outputs
Old recording item selection behavior now only affects item-autopunch mode
CC parameter meta-actions now also work on midpoints for absolute CCs/etc
Select all items in track (doubleclick TCP) now sets context to items
Fixed MIDI timing in ReWire slave mode, support for running in FL Studio
ReWire slave mode forces playrate to 1.0
Fixed MIDI item trim bugs with selected notes
Fixed some PCM source seek rounding errors
Fixed a bug in vertical GR metering (ReaComp etc)
Hiding dock windows now removes focus from them
MP3 decoder seek improvements
29.97DF ruler corrected
ReaSamplomatic: better note name reporting (removes extensions, doesnt report if supporting the entire range)
Fixed auto-add of plugin envelopes for correct values
installer: Fixed Vista/Windows 7 compatibility warnings
OS X: new directory structure and simplified install process
Updated registration to store in install path as well (for multiuser systems)
Fix for trimming MIDI items on split in certain looped instances
Much faster redraws for some VSTs
Fixed mute master/slave grouped automation recording

Changes for v2.54 Beta - v2.55 Beta

Fixed hang on MIDI bank/program file change
Fixed metronome stutter on first downbeat
Fixed VST compatability with plug-ins that send MIDI events from UI/etc
Fixed reasamplomatic ui updating bug
Fixed render dialog peaks display
ReaVerb: lower CPU use, "set all" button for overriding all instances FFT settings
ReaVerb: fixed issues with complex chains that convert channel counts
ReaPitch/ReaVoice: lower CPU on silence
Code to prevent elastique from chewing CPU on near silence
FX parameter MIDI learn: fixed updating of "set with selected tracks" flag
FX preset loading, VST program changes now add undo points
Meta-actions to conditionally process actions based on the sign of CC parameter value
Stretching using Elastique by more than a factor of 10 now will result in correct timing but not-fully-preserved pitch
mp3 encoder now handles writing mono better (when passed stereo data)
Existing item selection is cleared when recording stops (recorded items are selected)

Changes for v2.53 Beta - v2.54 Beta

Dynamic split detection improvements
Action: restore previous scroll position
ReaVerb/ReaSamplomatic user/gdi object leak fixes
Docked midi editor / fx window / mixer user object leak fixes
Fixed looped-resampled-item glitches
ReaSynDr, ReaSynth, ReaSamplomatic, ReaTune: smoother automation
JS: fixed some issues with small increases in PDC
Better wav/wv project filename setting when autosaving to .wav.rpp
MIDI bank/program tracking fixes, duplicate note removal
OS X performance updates
Display rendering updates
Faster meter rendering
Left/right edge adjustment snapping now respects X track-distances like moving
Massive memory use reduction when using large numbers of MIDI files
Fixed bugs removing automated parameters from ReaPitch/ReaDelay/etc
Fixed end/start of item sample rounding for items with no fades
OGG decoder: fixed subsample seeking accuracy
Clipping fix for fully buffered peaks drawing mode

Changes for v2.52 Beta - v2.53 Beta

FX MIDI learn can now be set to only be active when the track or item is selected, allowing more context sensitive controls
Action: view fx chain for master track (for Rene)
HUI track naming and clearing updates (for Novation Automap)
Next/Previous transient navigation now set focus onto edit cursor (pre-2.5 behavior)
Mousewheel now works to scroll in track envelopes/routing windows, routing matrix
Fix for ungraceful MIDI program name reporting in Stylus RMX, Proteus, possibly other VSTis
MIDI editor loads default reabank
fixed non-looping items pre-echo of next loop when pitch shifting/timestretch
internal envelope defaults cleanups
JS: compscope (for measuring dynamic response of compressors)
JS: remaincalm.org's glitch processors
JS: liteon's cheby24db and moog filters
AlphaTrack/FaderPort/TranzPort: better master track selection behavior

Changes for v2.51 Beta - v2.52 Beta

Memory use reduction with lots of items/takes in projects
Render: new optional online realtime rendering mode (allowing easy renders with external synths, reainsert, etc)
MIDI editor: bank/program select lane, .reabank and .ins import, automatic loading for software instruments
MIDI editor: humanize notes action
MIDI editor: action for join selected notes
MIDI editor: default bindings to switch channel view (shift+0-9, and ~ to show all)
MIDI editor: fixed scrolling marquee selection issues
MIDI editor: fixed hang with huge grid sizes
ReaInsert: fixed dropped MIDI events on playback start in certain instances
ReaSynth: full ADSR control, second utility oscillator, smoother fast attacks, sustain pedal support
ReaSynth: pulse width control, big optimizations
OSX: JS keyboard fixes
OSX: various scroll related fixes, fixed floating masterTCP bug
Keyboard: Fix for . vs alt+. keyboard assignments, alt+numpadkeys, etc
Normalizing items no longer resets take phase reversal
Fixed mute UI update issue when stopped/paused/etc and not running FX
MP3 encoder: no longer creates (inaccurate) peak files
Dynamic split: tweaked reduce split slider centerline
Fix for ctrl+mousewheel inconsistent fader behavior
Fixed mp3+pitch shifting+take FX end-of-item bug
Faster loading of projects with large amounts of media (splash screen updates)
Action: set project tempo from time selection
Help/All Actions (dumps full actions list to web page)
Left and right clicking items now shows more informative cursor
Fix for not naming imported MIDI items when importing from file to in-project item
VST: Fix for Zebra automation (special-case messagepump run)
HUI: track name support

Changes for v2.5 Beta - v2.51 Beta

JS: new development environment with editor, debugging support (variable watches)
Saving track templates now saves any track media items as well (since people seem to want this)
Loading track templates, fx chains, presets, now prompts for missing media (if REAPER is configured to do so)
Action: move cursor back or forward one beat or measure, move cursor to start of this or next measure
Move to start of current measure action moves back a measure if cursor is already at measure start
Create measure from selection actions optionally set project tempo instead of inserting markers
REX2: adjust imported slice length to hear the longest tail of previous slices underneath later slices
JS: better UI auto-sizing/arrangement
JS: MIDI/midi_CC_mapper, updates to spectropaint, added spectropaint_filter
OSX: fixed keyboard focus issue on many actions
OSX: fixed bug with screensets window (could also affect win32)
OSX: fixed keyboard state loading bug (required manually removing some key assignments -- could also affect win32)
Vegas EDL: load/save of fade shapes, lock state, preserve pitch state, loading of mute state
ReaSynDr: fixed non-multiout mode
Fixed crashes when MIDI files are not found and ignored on project load
Fixed project start time offset when rendering cues
Fixed FX-add recent search combobox height
Fiddly fixes for zero crossing navigation with high frequency content

Changes for v2.46 Beta - v2.5 Beta

BIG STUFF
Uber track control group support (shift+G defaults to show group settings, Ctrl+Alt+G shows new Track Grouping Matrix)
REX2 file support, imported slices keep beat location if project tempo changes (todo support moving items across tempo changes, currently slices must be re-imported)
Dynamic Split interactive beat slicing and quantization
NEW GOODIES
Action: detect tempo, create measure from time selection (new or current time signature, one bar or many)
Action: extend or swap selection to next transient in selected items
Action: move items left/right by grid
Action: set/adjust arrange view grid size
Action: move cursor to next/prior zero crossing (Z, shift+Z by default)
Action: split item at prior zero crossing (alt+Z by default)
Action: move cursor to nearest transient in selected items
Action: adjust item rate while clearing preserve pitch
Action: set/clear item "preserve pitch" setting
Action: select all tracks in groups 1..32
Action: create chromatic MIDI notes from selected items
Shift+3/4,5/6 now map to item rate changes (10-cent, semitone), clearing preserve pitch
JS: utility/volume_pan with parameter smoothing (for use with param modulation)
JS: utility/phase_adjust now handles stereo (phase rotates each channel, not the stereo image)
JS: delay_sustain effect
JS: vca_master and vca_slave for emulating VCA-style control using audio routing
JS: spectropaint effect (woohoo spectral painting for fun!), fixes to gfxanalyzer and gfxspectrograph
New mute and solo button context menus with toggle/exclusive/clear options
Add-FX dialog: remembers recent searches in dropdown list
MIDI editor: rename current MIDI take from MIDI editor menu
Option to disable alt key opening menus in main, midi editor, mixer windows
Render stem actions now render pre-fader signal, new actions for old post-fader stems behavior
Prefs/editing behavior: slider for tab-to-transient sensitivity
Glue: glues items to project samplerate if project samplerate is set
Routing matrix: fixed some scrollbar bugs, improved tooltips, added track grouping view
Saving a project with copy/move that has media loaded into ReaSamplomatic and ReaVerb now copies that media to project directory
Option in Prefs/Appearance to allow choosing track group display modes (ribbons, lines, none)
SUBTLE IMPROVEMENTS
Better pooling of media file resources for better RAM use (especially with lots of splits)
Better automatic track naming, updating of UI on autoname
Better pooling of pitch shifter resources (track-pooled to avoid excess reinitializations)
Undo system: reduced memory use throughout (better granularity etc)
WavPack: updated to 4.50, fixed bug in metadata reading, BWF tag read/write
Recording volume/pan automation with ganged/grouped tracks is now supported
Better ganged/grouped vol/pan fader behavior (relative levels not lost at extremities)
MIDI media items no longer reset CCs at end, just pitch and notes
ReaEQ: better deferred display updating, uses LICE bitmaps (todo: full LICE conversion)
Removed excess ini file writing resizing midi editor CC lane
Removing presets in preset list now cleans up the preset file more
FIXED STUFF
MCP: multiple track selection follows MCP track order and visibility
Shift+Click for time selection behaves better with snap and other options
Shift+Click for loop selection in ruler now works correctly when time+loop selections locked
Fixed touch automation on track mutes
Screenset window now updates shortcuts when using alternate recording section
Prefs/Keyboard is back, has link to actions window
Improved threadsafeness of media creation and peak cache system
Fixed relative grid actions in midi editor showing display
Fixed auto-add of envelope setting initial (t=0) value
Fixed crash on JS with only outputs and opening pin manager
Fixes for tab to transient and zero crossing detection for heavily stretched items
Improved behavior of preference to not allow projects to override audio hardware sample rate
Fix for ReaNINJAM problems introduced in 2.45 (ogg end of stream behavior)
Fixed GDI leak in ReaEQ added in 2.42 (nyquist line drawing)
Fixed GDI leak in skinned-scrollbar code
Restore MIDI editor note row display state when reopening a project
AU: update generic UI on factory default preset loading
Fix for JS with only outputs crashing when plugin pin matrix opened
Fix for preset system storing large presets (ini file line size issue)
Fix for parameter modulation/automation reading when "run fx when stopped" is disabled
Moved many JS fx from old_unsupported back to their authors path

Changes for v2.44 Beta - v2.46 Beta

renderproject startup option no longer checks for ReWire, hides splash before starting render
ReaFIR: fixed excessive smearing on playback start
ReaFIR: more accurate configuration storing of low volume noise profiles
OSX: Fixed shift+mousewheel
OSX: Cmd+drag notes in midi editor copies notes
OSX: PPC fixes (JS, registration info, nag info)
OSX: fix for OS X 10.5 rosetta issues
JS: meter scaling and rounding fix
JS gfxspectrograph improvements

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