AudioMulch Interactive Music Studio

0.9b1 Release Notes

31/1/2000 AudioMulch 0.9b1 Release Notes

Version 0.9b1 is the first public release of AudioMulch which includes automation functionality. Automation provides a graphical interface for sequencing contraption parameter and preset changes over time. See the "Getting Started With Automation" topic in the "User Reference" section of the help file for an introduction to using automation.

The current automation implementation has the following shortcomings which will be addressed in subsequent releases:

  • It is not yet possible to record automation changes from a live performance, only to edit them using the graphical user interface.
  • A small number of contraption parameters are not yet automatable, these parameters include SDelay delay times and granulator MaxGrains. One way around this is to store the desired settings in presets, and to automate the presets.
  • The automation view does not currently scroll to follow the playback position during playback.
  • There is no way to select a segment of the automation sequence and loop it.
  • The track mute parameters in the Drums contraption are represented as "track enable" on the Drums property editor, but as "track mutes" in the automation display, hence the displayed values are inverted between these two views.
Also new in this release is a "Notes" window which allows you to add annotations to AudioMulch documents. The Notes window can be accessed from the View menu.

If you encounter any bugs in this version please let me know about them and I will fix them as soon as possible.

If you're interested in what changed between version 0.8b2 to 0.8b3 then click here to read the 0.8b3 release notes

Thanks to all the beta testers who have submitted bug reports over the last few months, unfortnately due to time constraints I have not yet addressed these. Most bugs will be fixed for the next release (0.9b2).

Ross Bencina

Merlijn

 

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