[Ardour-Users] Ardour 2.2 released

[Andrew Johnston]

Wow, it has been all quiet on the western front for a while..and now I know
why!  What a bumper of a release for a .1 increment!  This is going to be so
good to try out.  This is almost as exciting as when 2.0 was released.
Thanks so much!

On Jan 16, 2008 7:01 AM, Paul Davis <paul at linuxaudiosystems.com> wrote:

> Ardour version 2.2 has been released, filled with several significant
> new features and lots of helpful bugfixes. The editing model has been
> significantly improved for much faster workflow, and Ardour now uses
> the RubberBand library for timestretching (and offers pitchshifting as
> well).
>
> Source code: http://ardour.org/files/releases/ardour-2.2.tar.bz2
>
> Linux distribution repositories will pick up the new version within the
> next few days/weeks.
>
> OS X Native Version
>
> Please read http://ardour.org/osx_native_release for information about
> the status of our OS X native (X11-free) version.  Important note for
> upgrading from 2.1 or earlier
>
> Please note that for several of the new features and fixes listed
> below, it is necessary to remove or update the following files if you
> have them in your ~/.ardour2 directory:
>
>    * ardour2_ui.rc
>    * ardour.bindings
>    * ardour2_ui.conf
>
> We have still not come up with an easy way to "upgrade" per-user files
> when we change key bindings, the menu structures and add/remove
> various UI color codes.
>
> New Features
>
>    * new editing model includes removal of edit cursor, addition of
> "edit point" & "edit range" concepts (more details at
> http://ardour.org/new_editing_model)
>    * new meter colors
>    * level meters added to editor tracks
>    * new keybinding editor (mostly for OS X native, where menu-driven
> keybindings are not available, but useful with X11 too)
>    * use RubberBand for timestretch instead of SoundTouch (you must
> have the single precision version of libfftw (fftw3f) installed to use
> this)
>    * RubberBand-based pitch shifting
>    * ability to lock markers/locations
>    * duplicate now operates without a "count" dialog by default (count
> dialog still available via Alt-d)
>    * splice mode is now something closer to ProTools shuffle mode
>    * Simplified the CD toc/cue creation process by allowing regular cd
> location markers (not only range markers) to indicate CD track
> boundaries. The previous functionality of markers serving as track
> indexes within ranges is unaffected.
>    * added cd marker ruler, which displays and allows quick addition of
> cd track markers/ranges when visible, otherwise the cd markers are shown
> in the normal mark/range rulers.
>    * new focus-on-primary clock command
>    * new 1-touch/click recording command
>    * new zoom-to-region command
>    * new toggle-zoom command
>    * play-selected-regions now plays in-place
>    * scroll left&right now work
>    * alt-scroll up/down simulates scroll left/right for users with
> pointing devices that lack this
>    * possible to link region&track selection, or not
>    * per-keyboard layout bindings files are now possible (e.g. ANSI,
> German, UK etc)
>    * new play-at-edit-point-and-return command
>    * new goto-marker-N commands
>    * new session dialog only appears when necessary
>    * tempo handling now allows specifying the note used as the beat
> type so that 80bpm doesn't have to mean just one thing
>    * shift-click now extends region selection vertically across tracks
>    * scroll events on rulers now zoom the track display
>    * add -d/--disable-plugins startup flag to disable all plugins and
> allow reloading broken sessions
>
> FIXES AND MINOR DETAILS
>
>    * add scons uninstall target
>    * don't read data from disk associated with 100% obscured regions
>    * prevent plugins from appearing twice on the automation submenu
>    * make "Hide all automation" work again
>    * fix crash when tracks/busses have more outputs than the control
> out bus
>    * make region selection obey edit groups
>    * fix crash caused by invalidated crossfade
>    * new ancestral data for length + position stored for regions
>    * correct peak file generation for imported files
>    * new mouse zoom focus
>    * mouse scrubbing becomes mouse shuttle control
>    * improve dragging of region gain line
>    * prevent CD marker from being set at frame zero
>    * stop import dialog from trying to play files that are not
> soundfiles
>    * fix crash caused by deleting markers
>    * edit point clock will move the selected marker
>    * move location bar to bottom row of rulers
>    * sync point indicators extend across entire region height
>    * fix crash caused by crash removal
>    * fix memory leaks in audiofile
>    * don't put NDF/DF in clocks if there is no DF/NDF alternative
>    * make deselect-all and invert-selection operations work properly
>    * deep, deep fix for what do if we can't run process() because of
> work in other threads; may stop crashes in TAP Echo and other plugins,
> not to mention other nonsense
>    * fix waveview display on the crossfade editor
>    * make rec-enable MIDI bindable again
>    * numerous fixes and small improvements to Mackie Control support
>    * prevent export from starting up when disconnected from JACK
>    * import dialog on OS X native version includes shortcuts to the
> Garageband loops and sampler files
>    * fix crash caused by diskstreams having more channels than their
> track's port count
>    * report duplicate port errors during session loading more usefully
>    * do not do disk i/o from inactive tracks
>    * new german translation
>    * updated swedish translation
>    * dozens of other smaller bugs, buglets and annoyances fixed
>
>
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