Sensomusic Updates Usine 5

The main 5.25 update is described as probably the most important update since the v5.0 release so those changes are listed below first. It contains important improvements.

Improvements:

• Aiff sound files compatible.
• Zero crossing is active now in the sampler during the recording process, if the option is activated.
• Better audio quality and synchro in the Grain Generator module.
• New on/off parameter in the send bus module.
• MIDI-learn is now allowed on all the buttons of the navigation bar in IB mode.
• Better size adjustment when moving/resizing controls.
• New browser/Add-ons design.
• New protect mode as hidden string.
• Better Audio to MIDI (pitch tracker) sub-patch.
• New Active Line Number module, to get the selected line in the grid.
• New navigation bar design (IB mode).
• New MIDI Expand voices MIDI Tool script.
• New Math/Bit Operators OR, AND, XOR, NOT, SHL, SHR available as scripts.
• New improved Random Law Generator sub-patch.
• New options in the global IB “maximize if ON (Grid & IB)” and “maximize if ON (IB only)”.
• Usine graphic engine is globally twice faster.
• Scripts take less memory.
• Audio protection in the Filter module to prevent instability.
• New target parameter in the mouse module.
• New SET_LAYOUT instruction in the IML.
• New FaderColor Module.
• In the Sequenced Pianoroll, we can now scroll the cursor position.
• Array’s input in the XPpad module.
• The internal help form has a Minimize button.
• Set array parameter in the random module.
• Inverse Y axis option in the layout of XYPad.
• Various design improvements.
• Array’s input in the Draw Objects module.
• Up to 128 objects in the Draw Objects module.
• New layout option to draw connections between objects in the Draw Objects module.
• Parameter type ptPointerBitMap, ptPointer, ptLed added in scripts.
• Array’s parameters are saved automatically in scripts except if SetDontNeedSave is called.
• New 1-X and X+1 math modules.
• New window parameter in the grain sampler module.
• The Delay module sounds better.
• New Compile&Init and Compile&Reload menus for scripts.
• Few new IML instructions: PAUSE, CREATE_UID, GET_CAPTION.
• VST Randomizor template added.
• DrawTrajectory user module has been updated (thanks to Martin Fleurent).

Fixed bugs:

• The Drag & Drop doesn’t work in the sequencer.
• Various Drag & Drop issues in grid mode.
• Several important bugs in the VST Randomizor script.
• Hard bug when updating VST parameter’s list.
• The SetVariableString doesn’t work properly in scripts.
• Various bugs in the random data module.
• Various glitches issues in the VST version.
• Problems storing MIDI-learn’s after copy/past of a sub-patch.
• Problems with negative numbers in the RandomData module.
• The 'edit layout’ function is sometime tricky…
• Various graphic refresh problems when the ASIO driver is down.
• Small refresh issue in the preset panel on recall.
• Sometime MIDI/Key learns aren’t properly stored in the patch.
• Often, the MIDI setup is lost…
• The MIDI Sequencer duplicates MIDI Events in bar mode.
• Various conductor issues with copy/past bank.
• Refresh problem when a VST window is reduced as a thumbnail.

Comments:

• The scale parameter of Faders/Knobs is no longer in the layout settings but is now in the module settings (as it use to be in the V4).
• The color selector is now opened with a double click instead of single click.
• MIDI/key learns can be lost from previous Usine versions.

Changes since v5.17

Usine 5.25f:

• General: [usine] direct add-ons download reintroduced for gold members.
• Fixed bugs: [conductor] hard memory crash can occur on Paste Bank command.

Usine 5.25e fixed bugs:

• [sequencer] sometime the first notes of a MIDI file are not played definitively solved.
• [VST version] “no SPlib dll feature was found in the waterfall procedure” during scanning of VST folder.

Usine 5.25d fixed bugs:

• [global Synchro] sometime the first notes of a sequence are not played when the Auto Restart option is enabled.
• [conductor] sometime the last line can’t be recalled.
• [conductor] the paste bank command doesn’t work.
• [sequencer] the SendAllNotesOff sent at the beginning of a patch can cause troubles.

Usine 5.25c fixed bugs:

• [sequencer] sometime the first notes of a MIDI file are not played.
• [VST version] bad sample rate initialization.

Usine 5.25:

• See above.

Usine 5.20b:

• Fixed bug: Color inversion in the RGB Color user module.

Usine 5.20:

Improvements:

• New demo examples.
• New tab in the browser to get a direct access to add-ons.
• New caption in master insert patches.
• More templates, especially in an empty area.
• New 'params’ inlet/outlet in the VST module to get/set all the VST at once, with array’s.
• 'Open selector’ in the color selector module to open the color window.
• New 'target’ parameter in the preset module.
• New 'target’ parameter in the send mouse message.
• New help system: if the favourite language page doesn’t exist, the English one is displayed by default.
• New find files strategy in LoadPatch and LoadWorkspace modules.
• MIDI learn is now enabled for all controls whatever their location.
• Extended VST parameter’s concept to retrieve the param’s real displayed value.
• ON/OFF values in the Toggle module.

Fixed bugs:

• Refresh problem in the array module.
• Refresh problem in the piano roll after a preset recall.
• Hard VST bug when on initialization the BLOC size is not equal to 128.
• Draw Panel module is always repainted.
• Repeated scans in the browser can freeze Usine.
• INPUT_QUERY in scripts can freeze Usine.