Cockos updates REAPER to v4.52

Cockos has updated REAPER to version 4.52.

Changes in 4.52:

• 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 in 4.51:

• 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.
• 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 bug-fixes 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 file-name.
  • 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.