[Ardour-Users] Ardour 2.7 released (now with public native OS X versions)
Ben Powers
bennyp at out-of-order.ca
Sat Nov 22 13:25:35 PST 2008
Great release!
I love the faster, more responsive and more useful GTK engine! finally
I can re-order plugins the quick way!
One issue,
Export Range Markers seems broken. Won't accept a destination, no
matter what Is typed in the address bar, Ardour returns an error box
saying "Choose a directory, files not allowed"
Great Work all involved,
Benny
On 23/02/5769, at 11:26, Paul Davis wrote:
> After a frenetic month getting things ready for the SAE version of
> Ardour, I am happy to announce the public release of Ardour 2.7. For
> the first time this includes public versions for OS X
>
> Intel: http://releases.ardour.org/Ardour2-Intel-4225.zip
> PPC: http://releases.ardour.org/Ardour2-PPC-4225.zip
>
> as well as our usual source tarball:
>
> http://releases.ardour.org/ardour-2.7-4225.tar.bz2
>
> This release is dominated by dramatic improvements in OS
> X GUI performance and startup time, but it also contains a lot of
> significant bug fixes. However, somewhat to my surprise, Ardour also
> accumulated quite a lot of nice new features since 2.6.1 as you
> can see below.
>
> FEATURES
>
> Overall dramatic improvements in OS X GUI performance
> New action to rotate editor/mixer window stacking
> New action to cycle through mouse modes
> Plugin windows can now have keyboard focus locked to them
> Add missing extensions to exported files based on selected file
> type
> Loop/Range ruler now visible by default
> Default crossfade is now -3dB cut
> Crossfade presets changed to include -6dB cut and two S-curves
> (icons sadly not changed yet)
> New support for Wiimote control (experimental, disabled by
> default, and not possible on OS X)
> Selected tracks are always visible when scrolling through with
> select-next-track or select-previous-track
> Skip non-active and hidden tracks with select-previous-track and
> select-next-track
> Several new tooltips all over the place and better tooltip colors
> On OS X, Button2 can be emulated with Ctrl-Option-Button1
> Busses are never auto-connected to physical inputs
> Unmodified clicking in canvas rulers now sets playhead position,
> similar to existing behaviour in the "real" rulers. Use Ctrl-
> (Linux) or Command (OS X)-click/drag for new markers/ranges.
> Crossfade-editor specific keybindings: space => play xfade,
> left-arrow => play fade out,
> ctrl-left-arrow => dry fade out,
> right-arrow => play fade in,
> ctrl-right-arrow => dry fade in
> Drag-n-Drop from OS X Finder now more reliable but no longer
> supports MP3 or AAC (will be reverted in the future)
> Start position and Sync position clocks added popup region editor
> Better stay-on-top behaviour for certain windows
> LV2 port notification fix for GUI updating
> New German translation
> New post-export nag screen
> Per-track OSC control of solo/mute/rec-enable and gain
>
> FIXES
>
> Removed suggestion that users can save while disconnected from JACK
> Corrected reversed handling of "show-editor-mixer" state on startup
> Fixed crasher caused by changing gain with transport stopped &
> panner bypassed
> Correct reverse logic for making h/w monitoring available given
> h/w capabilities
> Fix confusing relabelling of plugin bypass button
> Prevent double registration of ALSA sequencer ports
> Correctly initialize JACK timeout parameter when starting JACK
> Ignore triple-clicks on mute/solo/rec-enable button
> Momentary solo/mute now works
> Fix serious error when calculating interpolated Curve values
> (will cause tiny, almost certainly undetectable changes in
> automation and fade curves, but may also remove clicks)
> Fix quoting in TOC files
> wrap PBD::Thread... signals in a mutex to avoid crashing during
> startup as multiple threads "emit" the signal
> Make comboboxes a little bigger on X11
> B|B|T clocks measuring duration now use zero-based values
> New regions created by AudioFilters (Reverse/TimeFX/Transpose)
> inherit all relevant settings of their ancestor
> Fix for incorrect reading of fade out curve under a few
> circumstances
> Catch exceptions while loading AudioUnits
> Correct some glitches with playhead motion when looping/reversing
> Fix failure when opening a session by double-clicking the session
> file icon (OS X)
> Fix loss of "current dialog" tracking when exiting a dialog via a
> button (could cause crash on next Ctrl-w)
> Detect no-installed-JACK on OS X to avoid silent crashes for
> new users
>
> DEVELOPMENT
>
> GTK/OSX patch now in SVN
> Check build host for broken mutex-based glib atomic ops
> Two versions of clearlooks now in SVN - older, for X11 (crisp!),
> and newer for OS X (faster!)
>
> CONTRIBUTORS
>
> MASSIVE thanks to Nick Mainsbridge who, with the financial support of
> SAE and his own dedication to the cause, pulled off a minor miracle
> with OS X GUI performance, as well as many SAE-specific fixes and
> improvements.
>
> Other work and fixes: Sampo Savolainen, Don Fredricks, Krzysztof
> Foltman, Dave Robillard, and the plumber himself, Paul Davis
>
>
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