******** THIS IS NOT A RELEASE, ITS A REQUEST FOR A BIT MORE TESTING *******<br><br><a href="http://releases.ardour.org/ardour-2.8-4909.tar.bz2">http://releases.ardour.org/ardour-2.8-4909.tar.bz2</a><br><br>test compiles, tests, comments invited. release notes shown below. i don't think there has been much testing of things with SVN recently, this is the time.<br>
<br>thanks.<br><br>New Features<br>------------<br><br> * Track Templates<br> * Distributable VST support<br> * VST preset handling<br> * VST chunk handling<br> * AudioUnit state & preset handling<br> * new playhead-to-{next,previous}-region-boundary variant commands<br>
that ignores track selection (on Linux, Windows-LeftArrow or <br> Windows-RightArrow; on OS X, Ctrl-LeftArrow or Ctrl-RightArrow)<br> * New, thoroughly edited Spanish translation<br> * New "accurate" crossfade icons<br>
<br>Fixes<br>-----<br> * Correct handling of Shift- shortcuts on OS X<br> * Fix confusion with Ctrl/Cmd/Option on OS X<br> * Cmd-, now shows Preferences window on OS X<br> * Removing a track/bus that was visible in the editor mixer strip<br>
causes the editor mixer strip to move to the next track/bus<br> * Default click output is dual mono (2 outs), not mono (1 out)<br> * Fix ordering of editor & mixer displays when order in the<br> other window is changed and sync-editor-mixer-order is enabled.<br>
* If we attempt to move beyond the current limit of the horizontal<br> scrollbar, change its upper limit so that we keep scrolling<br> (fixes a bug with playhead tracking beyond the current session<br> end)<br>
* Standardize sizing of ComboBoxSelectors throughout the GUI<br> * Fix crash when renaming a track after deleting a plugin that had<br> a visible GUI/editor window<br> * Make "consolidate range" and "bounce range to region list" not<br>
apply processing to the original audio. <br> * Added variants of "consolidate range" and "bounce range" <br> which do apply processing. <br> * Fix potential for clipping when use Transpose or TimeFX<br>
* Standardize some menu actions across CD and loop/punch rulers.<br> also allow right-click drag to create regions, which may be more<br> discoverable than ctrl-click drag because the other rulers<br> already use right-click for creating markers<br>
* "Mute region" shortcut operates on all selected regions<br> * Fixes for crossfade clicks<br> * Fixes for gcc 4.4<br> * Fix crash when sending MIDI feedback with MTC enabled<br> * Allow dragging of automation lines<br>
* Preserve sufficient significant digits when saving automation<br> events to disk<br> * Quantize shuttle speed changes to whole semitones when shuttle<br> in semitone mode<br> * Use region sync points correctly for grid and playhead motion<br>
* Fix subtle bug when playing plugin automation that could<br> sometimes lead to crashes and memory corruption<br> * Use Vamp 2.0 and Rubberband 1.3 (includes an important fix<br> for a potential audible issue when stretching)<br>
* Fix freeze progress bar display<br> * Fix potential crash caused by multithreaded execution of<br> plugins while "freezing" a track<br> * Make name-click to toggle plugin active state show up via the<br>
bypass button state in the GUI<br> * be willing to load some additional types of AU plugins, including<br> AUNetSend and AUNetReceive<br> * Context menu-driven operations on ruler bars now cause things to <br>
be added in the right place (e.g. new markers)<br> * Fix a crash that occured while dragging a region after a split<br><br><br>Contributors<br>------------<br>Carl Hetherington, Colin Fletcher, Sampo Savoleinen, Lincoln Spiteri,<br>
Dave Robillard, David Taht, Marcus Schwarzenburg, Ben Loftis, Martin<br>Profittlich, and Head Grunt Paul Davis<br><br>