0.9b9 Patch 1 Release Notes
22/03/2002 AudioMulch 0.9b9 Patch 1 Release Notes
The full installer for AudioMulch version 0.9b9 patch 1 is now available from the download page. If you have already installed AudioMulch 0.9b9 please read the section below which describes how to patch existing installations. AudioMulch version 0.9b9 patch 1 will expire on June 22nd 2002.
AudioMulch version 0.9b9 patch 1 introduces support for VST 2 plugins and includes fixes for a number of commonly encountered bugs. Further Details are provided below.
Patching existing installations of version 0.9b9Patch 1 has already been applied to AudioMulch version 0.9b9p1 which has been available from the download page at audiomulch.com since March 22nd 2002. If you have downloaded AudioMulch 0.9b9 from another source, and it displays an expiry message at startup, it is most likely an unpatched version of 0.9b9. Registered users can determine whether their copy of AudioMulch 0.9b9 has been patched by launching AudioMulch and selecting About AudioMulch from the Help menu. Patched versions display the following version information:
AudioMulch
Interactive Music Studio Version 0.9b9 patch 1
To apply the patch to an existing install of AudioMulch 0.9b9, first download the patch utility (1.1Mb) by clicking on one of the links below. Once the patch utility has been downloaded, open it and follow the on-screen instructions.
Download locations for the patch utility:
- (locations removed, no longer available)
Preliminary support for VST 2 plugins has been implemented in this release, allowing AudioMulch to host VST 2 plugins capable of acting as virtual MIDI instruments and/or synchronising to AudioMulch's clock. As AudioMulch doesn't currently provide any MIDI sequencing functionality VST instruments must be controlled by an external MIDI keyboard or sequencer.
AudioMulch currently uses the same windows MIDI device for MIDI parameter modulation and VSTi MIDI input. This device can be selected on the MIDI & Sync tab of the Settings dialog.
AudioMulch allows each VSTi contraption to receive data from a single MIDI channel or from all MIDI channels. The MIDI receive channel can be set for each VSTi contraption by clicking on its icon in the Parameter Modulation dialog. You can display the Parameter modulation dialog by selecting its menu item from the Control menu, or from the pop-up menu displayed when right-clicking on a contraption editor's title bar.
MIDI controllers must be enabled for MIDI data to be received by VSTi contraptions. This can be achieved either using the MIDI controllers button on the toolbar or by using the Enable MIDI Controllers menu item in the Control menu.
As this is the first release of AudioMulch to support VST 2 instruments it is expected that there may be compatibility issues with some plugins. If any incompatibilities are encountered please send a full description of the problem including a url for the effected plugin(s).
Developers may be interested in technical information about AudioMulch's VST 2 support available here.
Bugs FixedThe following bugs have been fixed in AudioMulch 0.9b9 patch 1:
- Fixed bug causing "assertion failed: _state == IsIdle..." when right-clicking in an automation channel while editing a breakpoint
- Fixed bug where the Delete key would not delete text in the Notes window
- Fixed bug which caused a "Cannot open clipboard" error to appear when pasting text into the Notes window
- Fixed problem with there being no way to enter registration details into an expired version
- Fixed bug which caused a "File not found" error when trying to change the VST plugin directory if the currently selected VST plugin directory didn't exist
- Fixed bug which caused newly pasted contraptions to not be selected in the patcher
- Fixed a likely cause of cascading Access Violation error messages when the current document contained VST plugins and a new document was created, an existing document was opened, or when exiting the program
- Fixed bug in the Soundfile open dialog preview function which would cause previewed soundfiles to be extremely distorted
- Fixed bug in SoundIn and FilePlayer which would cause 22k sound files to stop playback half way through the file
- Fixed bug which would cause the windows desktop to redraw every time an automation channel panel was added or removed
- Made automation channel panel reordering undoable which should fix some (but not all) bugs in the automation undo system
- Implemented a workaround for bugs that cause multiple automation channel panels to be created for the same parameter: the workaround is to save and reload the document which should remove the duplicate panels
If you encounter bugs in AudioMulch please report them and they will be fixed.
As always, many thanks to the users who reported bugs in the previous version of AudioMulch. Special thanks to Martin Fay, Frederic Vanmol, René G. Ceballos and David Viens for their kind assistance with VST 2 implementation issues.
You can review the release notes for AudioMulch version 0.9b9 here.
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