Reaper updated to 6.57

[Larry Shelby]

https://www.reaper.fm/download.php

REAPER 6.57: Big Pasta

Changelog items below may include • links to more information.

Timestretch

add new Rrreeaaa (polyphase synthesis) stretching mode, useful for artistic stretches

Video

support native decoding and rendering of .wma, .wmv, and mpeg-4 audio/video via Windows Media Foundation

support embedding FLAC audio in WMF-encoded MP4/M4V (Windows 10 and later)

improve performance when using video-only or audio-only media

support encoding audio-only or video-only files with ffmpeg

update Grid of Videos preset

deprecate DirectShow video decode mode, must be manually re-enabled in preferences

Media items

actions to activate previous/next/etc take do not affect locked media items

allow opening and editing per-take FX on locked media items, but not alt/opt+click to delete all FX

allow vertical autoscroll when moving/copying items using certain customized mouse modifiers •

fix take marker display with certain zoom settings •

improve interaction between item height preferences when using free item positioning •

Razor edits

fix editing bug when razor edit contains MIDI items in project with timebase time and partial measures •

simplify display of pre-edited razor edit areas •

add mouse modifiers to move areas disabling or temporarily enabling ripple edit

fix mouse-position-dependent snapping •

Render

fix issues with peaks and dither when channel counts are conformed by output (e.g. multichannel forced to stereo by CD or DDP render)

respect option to add rendered files to project when preference enabled to return to render settings window after render •

support rendering to mp3 (as primary or secondary output) when processing at sample rates higher than 48k

when rendering selected regions, if no regions are selected, render all regions

improve error message details

Appearance

add separate preferences for drawing labels above media items, and hiding media item labels, at specific media item heights

do not draw media item labels above the item if the item would be smaller than the label

FX

zero out PDC-compensated FX delay samples •

show combined oversample rate in chain view when both chain and instance oversampling are used

macOS

add gen_vol*_dark and gen_pan*_dark theme elements for macOS dark mode •

fix horizontal mouse drag on mixer send controls •

MIDI editor

improve behavior of mouse modifier to delete all touched notes when moving the mouse quickly

support loading raw sysex from file in sysex edit window

use fixed-width font for sysex edit window

Performance

reduce realtime CPU use when repositioning edit cursor with playback stopped •

improve recovery from media buffering underruns when using heavy per-item processing

Recent projects

add option to display customized project title (set in Project Settings/Notes) in recent projects menu and prompt •

add option to display either file part or full path in list

Drag and drop

improve preview display when dragging to insert-new-track area •

Drawing

improve drawing performance with thousands of very small items (6.54 performance regression) •

FX browser

allow removing LV2-created categories •

lv2

support URL encoded filesystem specifications •

Media explorer

do not try to copy directories via drag/drop •

Notation editor

improve positioning of accidentals in chords •

Opus

ensure all samples are flushed to file when rendering at sample rates other than 48k

Peaks

fix various sample-level view glitches •

Preferences

include more information/help in video decoder details window

ReaScript

increase precision of razor edit start/end position as returned by GetSetMediaTrackInfo("P_RAZOREDITS") •

Theme

add theme elements for inactive takes, applied separately from elements for muted/not-soloed tracks/items

Undo

improve undo behavior for actions/scripts that did not previously set the correct undo flags

VST3

clear all parameter info on kParamTitlesChanged •

WALTER

allow specifying mcp.extmixer and master.mcp.extmixer to front command

[Filbin]

7 hours ago, cclarry said:

add new Rrreeaaa (polyphase synthesis) stretching mode, useful for artistic stretches

This is cool. Not for your bread and butter time stretching but great for creating long, musical, ambient beds. Click the video below, and skip to 10:09 to learn more about it: