Version 1.02

Finally, our new patch is live.

We have prepared a brief overview as a video:

Features

• set drive speeds directly
  • with a new bpm-based interface
  • the old relative approach can still be used via key shortcuts, and still applies for scratch gears
• more gear sizes / bigger stacks
  • up to 11 gears per stack
  • gears are now bigger per default
  • improved snapping
• more segmentation settings
  • up to 64th
  • also, any value can now be set (via modifier key, default LEFT-SHIFT)
  • improved snapping
• improved alter segmentation command
  • improved snapping
• improved sample browser
  • faster
  • filters
  • play / stop buttons
  • search bar
  • fold-out directories
• improved implicit gear synchronization
  • move / attach / detach / stack / unstack
  • play / pause
  • gear deadlocks
  • gear scratching

Convenience

• bpm based gear speeds
• gear__s that are created on top of a __stack now assume the next possible size
• show the actual relative gear size when a gear is resized
• automatically import save scene folders
• more zoom steps
• selecting samples from gear events is now possible
• visually indicate scratch gear activeness
• explicit drive synchronization to global clock
• better gear / event information
• use LRU speed when creating drives
• tag unavailable samples (load old scene where used samples are no longer available)
• modifier and group modifier key for various actions

Fixes

• made our file system implementation based on utf8
• frame-rate no longer drops dramatically when a sample is hovered
• a display bug concerning sample volumes no longer occurs
• specific format errors no longer occur with log entries
• ensure proper gear distances on gear creation
• avoid audio clicks in normal-speed scratch gears
• a rare graph bug that could damage the topology no longer occurs
• fix anti aliasing
• fix synchronization after scratching interaction
• fix create gear highlight targets
• fix resize gear issue
• fix rotation synchronization after scratching
• fix gear graph-related crashes
• fix issue where scratch gears would still play when stopped or deleted
• fix context menu placement after zooming / panning
• fix panning / moveTree interaction ambiguities
• fix intro not being shown due to timing issues
• fix rare crash when loading scenes due to timing issues
• fix gear highlighting in conjunction with stack-creation
• fix issues when changing to language with a different character set

Other changes

• less demanding performance profiles
• alternate sampler visualization
• avoid __audio clipping__s via floating point precision, if possible
• capture audio as .flac files
• improve overall simulation precision
• remove scratch gear configuration options
• remove default drive speed configuration option