[Ardour-Users] Ardour 4.0 released
Carlos sanchiavedraZ
csanchezgs at gmail.com
Sun Apr 19 12:49:54 PDT 2015
2015-04-18 23:23 GMT+02:00 Paul Davis <paul at linuxaudiosystems.com>:
> Ardour 4.0 released
>
> The Ardour project is pleased to announce the release of Ardour 4.0
> <http://ardour.org/download>. This release brings many technical
> improvements, as well as new features and over a thousand bug fixes.
>
> The biggest changes in this release:
>
> - Better cross platform support. Ardour now runs on GNU/Linux, OS X
> and for the first time, Windows
> <https://community.ardour.org/node/windows.html>.
> - JACK is no longer required, making it easier than ever for new users
> to get Ardour up and running (though JACK is still usable with Ardour).
> - The user interface has seen a thorough overhaul, leading to a more
> modern and polished experience.
>
> [image: ardour 4.0]
>
> Read more below for a more detailed summary of the changes ...
> Additions and Changes Important Whole-Program Improvements
>
> - the operating system's upper limit on the number of open files is
> now correctly used, avoiding issues with saving large sessions
> - vastly reduced memory consumption. For an empty session Ardour now
> uses 80% less memory.
>
>
> User Interface
>
> - The graphics technology used for the editing area of Ardour, and
> increasingly for many other parts of the user interface, has been
> completely reimplemented from scratch, using powerful, modern and
> cross-platform systems such as Cairo <http://cairographics.org>.
> - the entire theming process has been redesigned to make it easier to
> alter the color palette used by the program. Any existing customized themes
> for Ardour 3 are no longer usable, so you will see the new defaults when
> running Ardour 4
> - Most icons have been replaced with vector graphics and font-scaling
> has been overhauled
> - Error window popup has been replaced with indicator button
>
>
> Audio and MIDI I/O
>
> - Ardour 4 has completely abstracted all audio and MIDI I/O, and is no
> longer reliant on JACK for this function
> - Ardour now comes with multiple "backends" that provide audio and
> MIDI I/O. These backends allow Ardour to use:
> - JACK (available on all platforms if JACK is installed)
> - ALSA (for use on Linux only)
> - ASIO (for use on Windows only)
> - CoreAudio (for use on OS X only)
> - For developers and testers, there is also a "Dummy" backend which
> can be used to generate test signals and does not require an actual audio
> interface.
> - Backends can be changed within a running instance of Ardour (e.g.
> from JACK to ALSA back to JACK)
>
> MIDI
>
> - MIDI latency measurement
> - Many, many improvements to MIDI editing and data handling
> - Handle plugins with MIDI output
> - Allow mixed data flow (MIDI+Audio) through an entire track or bus
> - MIDI bounce is now functional
> - New modeless editing model, with specific mouse tools/modes for
> drawing note and controller data as well as editing existing material.
> - Transform dialog allows time-based transformation of note properies
> (like time, length, and velocity), such as velocity crescendos or chromatic
> scale runs
> - New note velocity when adding with the mouse is based on surrounding
> notes
> - Better handling of issues when importing various SMF (Standard MIDI
> Format) files
> - Sub-bar level grid lines reflect grid unit choice
> - 14 bit MIDI controller values correctly handled
>
>
> Editing
>
> - New option to control which region(s) are selected after a split
> operation
> - Axis limited dragging (Using the shift key during a region limits
> motion to initial direction (up/down or left/right) only
> - Automation line editing notably improved
> - Maximum zoom limited to 3 days @ 48kHz a 1600 pixel wide screen
> - Ripple mode: this new editing mode can dramatically speed up your
> edits. In Ripple mode, audio regions after a move or delete operation will
> move to accommodate the edit.
> - Cut (split) mouse tool (supplements the faster but more obscure use
> of the "s" (split) keybinding for users too stuck in the ways of legacy
> DAWs).
> - Zoom mode removed (Select ranges/objects, then zoom)
> - Drop zone: regions, selections and file drag-and-dropped to this
> area below all other tracks will create new tracks
> - Track + region selection now mutually exclusive
> - Remove all group active button (To operate on all tracks, use
> select-all-tracks (ctrl-t))
> - Region name highlights removed (available as user-controlled option)
> - Mute automation
> - Vertical scrolling moves in units of whole tracks
> - New "sequence regions" operation removes blank space between regions
>
>
> VST Plugin Support
>
> - VST plugins (native Windows VST plugins on Windows, Linux VST
> plugins on Linux) are no longer automatically scanned at first application
> startup (this avoids plugins causing crashes when using Ardour for the
> first time on systems with misbehaving plugins already installed)
> - An external scanning tool is used to identify and test VST plugins
> at user request from within Ardour
> - Plugins which fail testing are placed on a blacklist so that they
> will not be loaded by Ardour unless manually overridden by the user
>
>
> OS X Platform Support
>
> Unlike Ardour 3.x, Ardour 4.x is being officially released for OS X.
> Expect to see continued improvements to our OS X support in upcoming
> releases.
>
>
> - Splash and dialog windows don't interrupt work flow
> - MIDNAM files now included
> - Screen positioning of AudioUnit GUIs is more rational and consistent
> - Many more AudioUnit instrument ("soft synth") plugins can now be
> loaded successfully
> - Prefer stereo variants of AudioUnit instrument plugins if one is
> available
> - Fix AudioUnit Carbon GUI focus issues
> - AudioUnit plugins are no longer automatically scanned at first
> application startup (this avoids plugins causing crashes when using Ardour
> for the first time on systems with misbehaving plugins already installed)
> - Plugins which fail testing are placed on a blacklist so that they
> will not be loaded by Ardour unless manually overridden by the user
>
>
> Transport and Control
>
> - Loop can now be a mode instead of an operation; if Loop Mode is
> engaged, then pressing Play (or space) will initiate the loop
> - Tap tempo
> - Q and W jump between markers
> - Update clocks and video frames at the session video frame rate
> - Big clock window now scales smoothly and correctly on all platforms
>
>
> Mackie Control
>
> - QCon controller support
> - Original Mackie Control device support
> - Enable correct transmission of UTF-8 text to Mackie Control devices
>
>
> Miscellaneous
>
> - Soundcloud Export
> - Fix recording of files where the sample count exceeds the 32 bit
> limit
> - Key bindings moved into Preferences
> - Theme editor moved into Preferences
> - Key binding rationalization
> - Build system now works correctly with python3
> - Improved support for LV2 controls and presets
> - Remove several libraries previously maintained as part of the Ardour
> source tree
>
>
> New MIDI binding maps
>
> - Akai MPK61
>
>
> New MIDNAM Support
>
> - E-Mu XL-1
>
> Developers
>
> - The work on the new graphics engine was started by Carl
> Hetherington, and then later continued by Paul Davis, Robin Gareus, Ben
> Loftis, Nick Mainsbridge, David Robillard
> - Abstracting the audio I/O was initially funded by Waves Audio who
> also provided the ASIO and the initial version of CoreAudio backends. Robin
> Gareus implemented the ALSA, current CoreAudio and Dummy backends.
> - Improvements to MIDI editing were done primarily by David Robillard
> with input from Robin Gareus and Paul Davis
> - The Windows port was originally funded by Google as part of a Summer
> of Code project carried out by Tim Mayberry, and was further developed by
> John Emmas to launch Harrison's Mixbus. Subsequent work on the Windows port
> and cross-platform portability in general has continued in the hands of
> Tim, Robin Gareus, John Emmas, Paul Davis, Grygorii Zharun and Valeriy
> Khaminsky
> - Other contributors, in addition to those named above: Colin
> Fletcher, Ygvgeny Primakov, Jeremy Carter, George Krause, Todd Naugle,
> Devin Pohly, Guido Aulisi, Julien de Kozak, Michael Fisher, Sakari Bergen,
> Adrian Knoth, Hans Baier, Thomas Brand
> - Paul Davis thanks Waves Audio for financial support during the
> development of Ardour 4, and their use of Ardour as the basis for Tracks
> Live
> <http://www.waves.com/mixers-racks/tracks-live#presenting-tracks-live>.
> - The ongoing open-source development of Ardour's Windows and OS X
> releases, UI improvements, and plugin hosting were largely funded by
> Harrison Consoles. Ardour 4 will serve as the platform for Harrison's
> upcoming release of Mixbus v3.
>
>
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Congratulations and admiration for, again, an amazing improvement and
another great step forward.
Thanks to all involved.
--
C. sanchiavedraZ:
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