Cockos updates REAPER to v5.03

28th September 2015 - KVR Audio News

Cockos has updated REAPER to v5.03.

Changes in v5.03:

ReaScript:
- preserve indentation when pasting in IDE.
- add preference to not clear console on ShowConsoleMsg ("").
AU: fix crash with certain plug-ins introduced in 5.02.
JSFX IDE: preserve indentation when pasting.
Performance: prevent increasing memory use when stopping under certain circumstances.

Changes in v5.02:

Actions: make solo and mute actions obey grouping.
API: add EnumerateFiles and EnumerateSubdirectories .
API: add GetProjectTimeOffset, GetMediaSourceParent, IsProjectDirty.
API: add OpenColorThemeFile, GetLastColorThemeFile, OpenMediaExplorer.
API: enable MIDI_SetEvt for channel messages .
API: enable GetSetMediaTrackInfo and related function support for P_MCP_LAYOUT and P_TCP_LAYOUT (get/set track layout names).
Audio Units: improve handling of plug-ins with variable channel counts.
Control surfaces: make mute and solo obey grouping.
Control surfaces: add MCU surface option to ignore global surface offset.
Envelopes: add action to manually edit envelope point at cursor.
FX: optimize/harden parameter automation notification code.
HMSF: correctly handle negative HMSF project offsets when parsing HMSF strings.
Items: fix weird volume knob appearance on very small media items.
JSFX IDE: detect/prompt to reload JSFX that have been modified externally.
JSFX IDE: use Ctrl+R for open import lines, fix tab insertion.
JSFX IDE: update selection/cursor when indenting block text.
Lua: support popen on OS X.
MIDI: detect and convert legacy Latin-1 encoded text events on export.
MIDI: export text events using UTF-8, Latin-1, or ASCII.
MIDI: fix Latin-1 string filtering bugs with UTF-8 codepoints U+100-U+7FF.
MIDI: convert Latin-1 text events to UTF-8 on .mid file import .
MIDI: fix truncated events in list view editor when source MIDI extends beyond enclosing media item bounds.
Preferences: fix option 'Show splash screen on startup' being ignored in certain instances.
Project settings: rename "use cursor" to "set 0:00 to cursor", make behavior closer to that of REAPER 4.x.
ReaComp: support manually editing envelope points with proper formatting .
ReaScript: fix Latin-1 vs UTF-8 character set issues in console.
ReaScript: use Ctrl+R in IDE for open EEL import lines.
ReaScript: fix tab insertion for EEL editor.
ReaScript: detect/prompt from IDE to reload scripts that have been modified externally.
ReaScript: update selection/cursor when indenting block text in IDE.
ReaScript: allow editing scripts with external editors.
ReaScript: encode HTML entities when generating ReaScript documentation.
ReaScript: sanity check Undo_BeginBlock/Undo_EndBlock and PreventUIRefresh.
Selection: fix marquee item/envelope point selection not obeying some locking options.
Selection: fix actions to select all tracks/envelope points not obeying some locking options.
SoundTouch: update to 1.9.0, allow stretch rates up to 1000x, up to 64 channels.
Time display: fix measures/beats time display when in preroll before time 0.0.
Track manager: improve selection state tracking when reordering tracks.
Track manager: fix auto-scroll when adding tracks on Windows .
Track manager: fix scroll issues with reordered columns on OS X .
Track manager: prevent flashing selection state when reordering tracks.
Track manager: support sorting by custom track color.
VCA: fix reset of master envelope when applying single-point volume envelopes to slaves.
VLC: fix native decoding to RGB/YUY2.
VoiceOver: always allow VoiceOver fader/knob changes even with new 5.0 default ignore-mousewheel setting.
VST: improve keyboard support.
VST: send VST2 note-off velocities.
VST: convert MIDI channel pressure messages to VST3 aftertouch.
VST: fix numpad keyboard issues for certain Windows VST3 .
VST: REAPER Extension API made available to VST3 plug-ins.
VST: support VST3 plugins that implicitly detect sidechains .
Windows: support more UTF-8 characters in various combo/edit boxes.

Changes in v5.01:

^5.011 (OS X 32-bit only): Fades: fixed S curve issues from 5.01 on OS X/i386 (ICC bug workaround).
Audio Units: fixed ReaMote issues.
Audio Units: fixed issues with renamed plug-ins.
Elastique: updated to v3.0.11.
Elastique: workaround for clicks when using formant preservation modes.
FX: fixed incorrect ordering when drag and dropping multiple FX to the end of a FX chain.
FX: now support parameter modulation/linking for take FX.
Item colors: fixed option to auto-color new takes .
Item labels: fixed option to draw labels over solid background with default theme .
JSFX: fixed FFT Splitter .
Live FX multiprocessing: fixed issues with muted folders and record armed children.
Localization: various fixes, new template langpack.
MIDI: fixed visual jitter when editing unlooped media item edge.
MIDI: improved editor preview behavior with anticipative FX.
MIDI: quantize note ends prevents creating 1 tick notes .
MIDI: allow sending MIDI clock without SPP/continue messages, for certain devices.
MIDI: fixed MIDI peak issues with inactive takes.
Mixer: fixed display of send indicators when 0dB volume max .
Multimonitor: fixed hand scroll behavior with arrange view spanning tracks.
Parameter modulation: MIDI/OSC learn for LFO phase.
Parameter modulation: fixed copy/paste of FX with parameter linking.
Performance: optimized channel mixing, media item fades.
Project bay: improved collapsed FX parameter display.
Render: added $namecount wildcard, to count items or regions with the same name.
Samplerate conversion: optimized sinc interpolation, especially on C2D and earlier CPUs.
Samplerate conversion: renamed good to medium, better to good, best to better, and Extreme to HQ.
Samplerate conversion: added a new Extreme HQ mode.
VST3: fixed multichannel/sidechain issues.
VST3: improved compatibility and performance.
VST3: improved keyboard support.
VST3: support plain-text parameter display for envelope point editing.
VST: allow restoring default name to plug-ins by renaming to an empty string.
WASAPI: i/o latency estimation, limited by WASAPI API.
WASAPI: loopback support.
WAV/AIFF: improved 8-bit support (9+ year old bug).
WAV: RF64 read/write support.
Windows: fixed WaveOut bug from 2011 that caused Wine problems starting in 4.76 .