REAPER | Old Versions

REAPER v7.29 - January 2, 2025
There's Always Money in the Banana Stand
Downloads:

Changes:

Actions: add actions to move edit cursor to start of next/current beat, similar to next/current measure
ARA: improve behavior when track contains media items with mixed channel counts
Batch converter: add "copy current settings to clipboard for command line use" to presets menu
Batch converter: add button to list all output files
Batch converter: add checkbox to disable all normalize/limit/fade/trim/pad settings
Batch converter: add menu items to open input or output file in Media Explorer
Batch converter: add menu items to insert converted file or replace existing source files in current project
Batch converter: allow using source file directory (but not overwriting original files) when converting media items
Batch converter: automatically resize columns to fit when resizing window
Batch converter: display "take name (media item)" in file list when converting media items
Batch converter: display channel count, sample rate, bit depth for not-yet-converted items
Batch converter: display actual converted filename if filename was automatically incremented to avoid collision
Batch converter: display output filename and path in separate columns
Batch converter: prevent adding empty media items to file list
Batch converter: ensure output paths are updated when changing other settings
Batch converter: display error if trying to convert MIDI with no FX loaded
Batch converter: fix preserving metadata when converting a media item that contains a section source
Batch converter: improve preserving source media start offset
Batch converter: reorganize window for wider aspect ratio
Batch converter: support both imploding and exploding channels (many input files to one multichannel output file, or one multichannel input file to many single-channel output files)
Batch converter: support converting selected items, all items, or only as-yet-unconverted items
Batch converter: support dragging source files within the list to reorder
Batch converter: support exploding to stereo pairs
Batch converter: support preserving source file directory structure starting at any level
Batch converter: support saving output settings with presets (note that presets are shared with render settings)
Batch converter: support preference (separate from existing render preference) to silently increment filenames to avoid overwriting
Batch converter: support trimming silence from start/end, and/or padding start/end with silence
Batch converter: when preserving metadata preferred start position and converting media items, if the source media does not contain a preferred start position, use the media item position in the project
CLAP: support reporting track name, color, other info to plugins ^.
Click source: fix click source properties dialog initializing with incorrect click pattern displayed ^.
Command line: support -noactivate on macOS/linux
Command line: support passing -close[all][:save|:nosave][:exit] to already-running REAPER instances ^.
Localization: allow localizing toolbar icon word names for menu, by using icon_words section ^.
macOS: improve some keyboard focus handling corner cases, especially with certain plug-ins
Media explorer: fix tempo-matched preview with certain files (7.26 regression) ^.
Media explorer: when tempo-matching, use tempo at project edit cursor position when starting playback and current project is stopped
Media item properties: support entering take start in source in samples, if all selected items have the same sample rate
Media items: media item properties button tooltip reports if take is phase-inverted
MIDI: use default CC curves if option enabled when recording MIDI input (7.28 regression)
MIDI editor: fix incorrect CC LFO preset file path
Paste: obey 'Automatically show affected envelopes when moving media items across tracks' when pasting items ^.
Playback: fix very unlikely but possible glitch when splitting playing items
Preferences: add option to show item properties button when take phase is inverted
Preferences: separate media item appearance and media item buttons pages
Razor edits: improve behavior when editing automation items ^.
Render: add checkbox to disable all normalize/limit/fade/trim/pad settings
Render: fix possibly incorrect rendered file when rendering with "preserve source media sample rate if possible" enabled
Render: improve handling of filename conflicts
Ruler: when grid follows metronome pattern, highlight all primary beats in ruler
Theme: fix HSV mode for gridlines on Retina ^.
Threading: increase relative priority of LV2/miscellaneous worker tasks
Transport: prevent brief display of earlier transport time when starting playback ^.
Wildcards: add preference to define wildcard pattern to use as default filename prompt when running "File: Save project as..."
Wildcards: add support for $tracknameornumber, which resolves to track name if the track has a name, otherwise track number
Wildcards: store separate lists of recent wildcard patterns per calling context (render, batch converter, etc)

REAPER v7.27 - November 1, 2024
3MTA3
Downloads:

Windows (15MB installer)

Windows x64 (15MB installer)

Windows 11 arm64ec BETA (12MB installer)

macOS Intel (20MB DMG)

macOS 64-bit Intel (22MB DMG)

macOS Universal (26MB DMG)

Linux x86_64 (12MB .tar.xz)

Linux i686 (12MB .tar.xz)

Linux armv7l (11MB .tar.xz)

Linux aarch64 (11MB .tar.xz)

Changes:

Actions: add action to dry run render project, using the most recent render settings
Actions: fix dry run render time display in actions to calculate media item loudness
CLAP: improve splash screen status display when scanning plug-ins
Click source: fix copying of samples to project path when configured and the ClickSamples folder does not yet exist
Click source: obey user-selected copy-to-project-directory option regardless of global/project setting
Envelopes: fix potential use after free when pasting envelope points and last-selected envelope no longer exists
FX browser: fix resize issues when using high DPI scaling values
Menu/toolbar editor: fix cutting multiple items near end of list
Peaks: correct LUFS graph display of fadeouts when displaying both LUFS and spectral peaks
Render: add preference to prevent render window from reopening modelessly after render finishes ^.
Render: fix normalizing to master mix when also rendering master mix (7.22 regression)
Ripple editing: fix potentially-incorrect crossfade on rippled items when trim-behind enabled
Take markers: snapping properly ignores take markers outside of item bounds ^.
VST: fix incorrect preset state-loading for UADx VST3 plug-ins (7.26 regression)
VST: improve preset menu behavior with duplicate factory and user-preset names
VST: improve support for TrackFX_GetPresetName on FX with a single program ^.
Web interface: allow adding extra HTTP headers via reaper.ini [csurf_www] header1=name:value header2= etc ^.
Windows: improve arm64ec installer (use correct modern Program Files path, label shortcuts as arm64)

REAPER v7.25 - October 14, 2024
Cow Tools
Downloads:

Windows (15MB installer)

Windows x64 (15MB installer)

Windows 11 arm64ec BETA (12MB installer)

macOS Intel (20MB DMG)

macOS 64-bit Intel (22MB DMG)

macOS Universal (26MB DMG)

Linux x86_64 (12MB .tar.xz)

Linux i686 (12MB .tar.xz)

Linux armv7l (11MB .tar.xz)

Linux aarch64 (11MB .tar.xz)

Changes:

Color theme: allow theme to define empty arrange view area and empty arrange view area vertical shading colors that are identical ^.
Envelopes: fix non-square points created on square-point-only envelopes when editing
FX: fix parameter linking being set incorrectly when adding/removing ReaEQ/ReaXcomp bands
FX: fix potential deadlock when toggling bypass and in automation-write mode
Linux: fix mouse positioning bugs with certain window managers (7.23 regression)
Media explorer: properly sort positive values in the peak or loudness column ^.
Metronome: fix skipped beats when increasing project playback rate ^.
Parameter modulation: fix keyboard support with more than 2 windows open at once ^.
Project loading: fix potential lost sends when loading with certain FX ^.
Project tabs: hide/show FX comment window when switching project tabs ^.
ReaLimit: fix rounding when using mousewheel on controls ^.
Recording: fix actions to add take marker at mouse position when mouse is over a currently-recording media item ^.
Render: add option to automatically reopen render dialog modelessly after render finishes
Render: add option to shade areas that do not contribute to LUFS-I ^.
Render: after render, if there are not too many overs, support moving edit cursor from one over to the next
Render: clicking on an already-selected rendered file in the list returns the display to "live" if still rendering ^.
Render: fix marker display with certain themes
Render: add actions to jump to first clip or loudest sample to Stats/Charts menu (for accessibility)
Render: preserve render peaks preview time selection when switching between rendered files, resizing dialog, or reopening modelessly
Render: rearrange buttons at bottom of render setup dialog for better space utilization
Render: restore vu meter peak hold values when reopening render process dialog modelessly
Render: support defining a wildcard (like $project) as the master track substitution for the $track wildcard ^.
Render: use theme colors for render statistics listview gridlines
Render: use theme marker/region lane background colors in render peaks display
Render: when adding project markers/regions from render dialog, update render display and include the new markers/regions in HTML render statistics
Render: fix possible memory leak following online render
Wildcards: warn if the user enters a wildcard character in the directory field in the render or batch converter dialogs
Windows: fix JSFX spacebar behavior (v7.23 regression) ^.

REAPER v7.23 - October 3, 2024
Cow Tools
Downloads:

Windows (15MB installer)

Windows x64 (15MB installer)

macOS Intel (20MB DMG)

macOS 64-bit Intel (22MB DMG)

macOS Universal (26MB DMG)

Linux x86_64 (12MB .tar.xz)

Linux i686 (12MB .tar.xz)

Linux armv7l (11MB .tar.xz)

Linux aarch64 (11MB .tar.xz)

Changes:

Arrange view: improve appearance of loop indicators when grid is displayed under item with certain blend modes used ^.
Automation: add preference to control which envelope is recorded to when pre-fx and post-fx envelopes are both armed
Automation: fix volume/pre-fx volume envelope interactions when recording automation via envelope panel
Automation: reset latches (if not in Latch Preview) when moving edit cursor while stopped/paused ^.
Automation: fix issues with instant/toggle edits and latch preview mode ^.
Automation: improve various FX behaviors when transitioning to touch state ^.
Automation: improve latch behavior of FX bypass automation ^.
Automation: improve take FX behavior when stopped
Automation: reduce CPU overhead when automated FX parameters have no changes
Automation: actions to clear track latches also clear take envelope latches
Automation: actions to write value to currently-writing envelopes affect take envelopes
Batch converter: fix applying fade-in/fade-out when converting mono media and applying FX
Batch converter: improve responsiveness with very large numbers of files
Batch converter: improve support for converting video media items imported from arrange ^.
CLAP: fix race conditions with bypass changes initiated by plug-in ^.
CLAP: improve behavior when reopening plugins that support resizeable UI ^.
Click source: double-click opens source properties dialog
Click source: add "use project metronome samples/frequencies" to presets menu
Click source: copy click samples when saving project with media
Custom menu editor: export menu name when writing .ReaperMenu
Custom menu editor: importing .ReaperMenu/.ReaperMenuSet are now non-destructive, can cancel or apply changes
Custom menu editor: importing .ReaperMenu allows importing from compatible contexts (ex: export as Main toolbar, import to Floating toolbar :
Custom menu editor: import menu name when importing .ReaperMenu into its original context
Custom menu editor: improve behavior when drag/dropping .ReaperMenu/.ReaperMenuSet
Envelopes: add options in Preferences/Appearance to control envelope point size scaling ^.
Extension API: add IsWindowTextField()
Extension API: add PCM_SOURCE_EXT_SET_PREVIEW_LOOPCNT, available for track preview registers
Extension API: update hwnd_info hook to allow more context for window information
Freeze: fix freeze-to-FX issues relating to bypass automation
FX: improve bypass behavior when toggling via Ctrl+B or clicking in chain list
FX: improve focus behavior on Windows when clicking Remove button ^.
FX: fix LV2, CLAP, and FX container preset display/navigation issues ^.
Grid: fix snapping/navigating to metronome grid in certain cases ^.
Grid: when using metronome grid and click multiplier, apply multiplier to swing grid
Item ruler: improve display with very short media items
Lanes: fix comping MIDI when media is not looped and pooled MIDI is disabled ^.
Lanes: ignore preference to add whole recording when auto-punching and not adding lanes ^.
Lanes: improve behavior when splitting comp areas with crossfade left or center ^.
Lanes: MIDI export ignores lanes that are not playing back
Lanes: set last clicked lane (copy/paste destination) when clicking empty space in lane header area ^.
Localization: add option to ignore langpack-defined scaling
Localization: add option to show unlocalized strings in menu items
Localization: add option to show tooltips with pre-translated text on mouseover
Localization: improve localization of docked screenset window title
LV2: improve initial sizing of some plug-ins on Linux ^.
LV2: optimized scanning of presets
Media explorer: improve behavior of zoom via scrollbar and mousewheel ^.
Metadata: avoid recursively re-encoding IXML metadata
Metadata: encode .wav INFO metadata as 8-bit ASCII (when lossless) for compatibility with Windows Explorer
Metadata: improve IXML encoding compliance
Metering: fix potential stereo RMS post-fader track meter readout inaccuracy
Metronome/click source: allow multiple simultaneous voices when playing samples
Metronome/click source: increase maximum click pattern length to 72 beats
Metronome/click source: restore 4x click multiplier
Metronome/click source: support presets for click samples/frequencies
Metronome/click source: always show editable text version of click pattern
Metronome/click source: improve realtime audio performance when loading samples
MIDI editor: add preference to avoid setting MIDI items on non-playing lanes visible
MIDI editor: fix rounding inconsistencies in action to adjust MIDI event velocity
MIDI editor: improve display of recording notes during overdub/replace recording
MIDI editor: slightly reduce sensitivity of action to adjust MIDI note velocity to be more useful for Windows mousewheel
Normalize: add preference for normalize actions to apply to all takes within a media item
Normalize: add setting to adjust mono media an additional -3dB when normalizing media items, rendering, or converting
Normalize: change action descriptions to be clearer about whether common gain is applied when using most recent settings
Normalize: consistent wording for all normalize actions and dropdowns
Normalize: fix item normalization when using item channel modes
Normalize: improve precision of action to normalize media items using common gain
Normalize: support normalizing items separately, to loudest item, or as if they were one long item
Paste: action to paste as new takes supports pasting files from explorer/finder/etc
Peaks: support displaying any two of spectrogram, spectral peaks and loudness graph at the same time
Peaks: improve appearance of loudness graph when zoomed in
Peaks: support opacity control for loudness graph
Project bay: show media from RS5k, ReaVerb, etc in source media view, support copy/move/replace media
Project tabs: improve play state indicator state during/after render ^.
Project tabs: show/hide item notes windows when switching tabs ^.
Project tabs: when a playing background project stops at end of project, do not stop playing foreground project
Razor edits: fix snapping to media item edges ^.
ReaScript: make EEL2 time_precise() return similar values to Lua versions on Linux
ReaScript: add GetSetTrackGroupMembershipEx()
ReaScript: document gfx.mouse_cap modifier key flags for all operating systems regardless of which OS the documentation is generated on
ReaScript: improve documentation for deprecated/discouraged functions
ReaScript: clarify that GetSelectedMediaItem(), CountSelectedMediaItems() are discouraged (and why)
ReaScript: [Track/Take]FX_CopyTo[Track/Take]() correctly copy automation ^.
ReaVerb: fix incorrect output with stereo impulse response, silent left channel, and very sparse right channel ^.
Recording: improve realtime performance when initializing recording
Recording: restore behavior of adding takes when auto-punching selected items, not adding lanes, and new recording adds media items ^.
Region/marker manager: importing from csv (merge with existing) leaves all existing markers/regions intact ^.
Render: add button to run actual render to file after successful dry run render
Render: add right-click menu action to reopen render peaks dialog modelessly, to allow focus to return to project
Render: after adding to the render queue, update render queue window if it is open
Render: clicking render peaks display sets edit cursor in project
Render: display cursor at mouse position when mouse is within render peaks display
Render: display multichannel, non-rectified peaks in HTML render statistics
Render: display project regions in HTML render statistics even if the region does not fall entirely within the bounds of the rendered file
Render: display short-term loudness graph by default (can be disabled) and loudness/gain reduction tooltip
Render: display timeline/ruler below render peaks display
Render: during or after rendering, update displayed filename when changing selected file in render list
Render: ensure final samples of rendered file are analyzed for render statistics
Render: fix peaks display when normalizing/limiting stems to master
Render: fix possible incorrect display of rendered file count after changing render settings ^.
Render: fix possible incorrect sample rate used when rendering with "preserve source media sample rate if possible" enabled
Render: fix render peaks display when user resizes render window to more than twice its original size
Render: fix render peaks display with very short renders
Render: fix switching peaks display by clicking in rendered file list when rendering selected tracks or media items via master
Render: improve render peaks display on retina
Render: include "show project markers" and "show project regions" checkboxes in HTML render statistics only if the rendered files overlap markers or regions
Render: increase default size of render process dialog
Render: increase resolution of loudness statistic history
Render: launch file, show in folder, media explorer buttons respect the current selection in the rendered file list
Render: move actions to jump to loudest or first clipping sample to render peaks display right-click menu
Render: move options for completed render window-closing behavior from render process window to render setup window
Render: optimize mid-render peaks drawing
Render: right-click render peaks display to insert project marker or create project region
Render: show project markers/regions in render peaks display
Render: support adding rendered files to project from render process window
Render: support changing render statistics display preferences from Preferences/Audio/Rendering
Render: support changing render statistics preferences from render dialog
Render: support creating time selection in render peaks display, on mouseup the time selection is created in the project
Render: support hiding project markers/regions in HTML render statistics
Render: support normalizing/limiting to master when rendering selected media items, using region render matrix, or any render setup that does not involve processing everything through the master track
Render: support sorting render statistics listview
Render: when rendering multiple files, support normalizing the loudest file and applying common gain adjustment to all files ^.
Render: when rendering multiple files, support normalizing as if one long file
Render: do not corrupt UTF-8 characters when truncating filename for UI controls ^.
Ruler: add actions, ruler context menu entries to set or reset project start time or start measure
Ruler: avoid displaying unnecessary fractional seconds in media item, media explorer rulers
SD2: adjust media item length after reloading media with new parameters
SD2: leave source properties dialog open after reloading media
SD2: support saving current decoding parameters as default
Take marker editor: do not apply the displayed position/length to the marker unless the user edited it ^.
Text: default to OS string rendering on macOS
Text: correct drawing of decomposed unicode glyphs in various places ^.
Tempo map: fix editing tempo at existing time signature change when editing via transport ^.
Tempo map: improve warning when editing a time signature marker would create a partial measure
Tempo map: when editing time signature change position, ignore the current time signature when calculating the new position ^.
Timecode generator: double-click opens source properties dialog
Tooltips: fix tooltip clearing on certain mouse movements in arrange
Tooltips: improve loudness tooltip when zoomed in to samples
Track groups: support up to 128 groups
Track groups: do not show full list of empty groups, limit to highest used/named group + 16
Track groups: group window shows bullet next to groups that are in-use
Transport: label show-transport actions as "transport (play/record/stop...)" in case the user doesn't know what a transport is
Video: fix issues looping items with audio length discrepancies
VST: improve performance with large numbers of automated parameters/plug-ins
VST: ignore programs for VSTs with a single program ^.
VST: improve TCP/MCP click behavior of gui-less bridged plug-ins ^.

REAPER v7.21 - August 24, 2024
Okey dokey!
Downloads:

Windows (15MB installer)

Windows x64 (15MB installer)

macOS Intel (20MB DMG)

macOS 64-bit Intel (22MB DMG)

macOS Universal (26MB DMG)

Linux x86_64 (12MB .tar.xz)

Linux i686 (12MB .tar.xz)

Linux armv7l (11MB .tar.xz)

Linux aarch64 (11MB .tar.xz)

Changes:

Actions: actions that scroll the affected track into view only scroll if the track is entirely offscreen ^.
Appearance: do not show vertical mouse indicator line when continuous scrolling is active
CLAP: improve handling of plugin request to resize GUI ^.
Click source: preserve pattern when splitting or duplicating click source items ^.
Custom menu editor: fix refresh of UI when importing ReaperMenu or ReaperMenuSet
Custom menu editor: prompt to save any unsaved changes before importing ReaperMenu/ReaperMenuSet
Freeze: correctly restore lane play state when unfreezing ^.
Lanes: add new action to move media items up to minimize lane usage, without preserving relative lane positions ^.
Lanes: fix loop recording behavior when recording into multiple tracks at once (7.20 regression) ^.
Localization: fix UTF-8 issues on Preferences / Editing behavior page ^.
LV2: fix support for plug-ins that use the urn: URI scheme ^.
LV2: fix various plug-ins (7.20 regression) ^.
MIDI: reset color when un-pooling MIDI ^.
OGG Vorbis: fix writing of files when invalid CBR bitrate is specified ^.
ReaScript: fix issue with FX_GetPresetIndex() and VSTs that have no built-in presets
Region manager: fix sorting by marker index after index has been edited ^.
Regions: improve behavior when editing region length in samples ^.
Render: ensure render window is entirely onscreen ^.
Wildcards: add $lane wildcard, supported by rendering, metadata, and batch converter ^.

REAPER v7.19 - July 23, 2024
Establishing what we do most of best and finding fewer ways of doing more of it less
Downloads:

Windows (15MB installer)

Windows x64 (15MB installer)

macOS Intel (20MB DMG)

macOS 64-bit Intel (22MB DMG)

macOS Universal (26MB DMG)

Linux x86_64 (12MB .tar.xz)

Linux i686 (12MB .tar.xz)

Linux armv7l (11MB .tar.xz)

Linux aarch64 (11MB .tar.xz)

Changes:

Actions: actions to up-rank/down-rank take under mouse will target comp areas if actively comping
Actions: add actions to move time selection/loop points start/end points to cursor (preserving length)
Actions: fix redraw of controls when clearing default-state latches in latch preview mode ^.
Actions: improve descriptions of actions to up-rank, down-rank, or cycle through rankings for take or comp area under mouse
Actions window: if showing command IDs, match command IDs when filtering
Actions window: improve behavior of Find Key window, allow window to stay open on match
Actions window: improve macOS/Linux keyboard behavior in key binding window
Appearance: optionally display vertical line at mouse position, with various snapping options
CLAP: support CLAP_RENDER_OFFLINE notifications ^.
Fixed lanes: add preference for MIDI comping to create pooled copies or not
FX browser: fix VST filesystem navigation for certain symbolic paths
Lanes: improve interactions between take ranking and comp areas
Linux: fix sweep-drag behavior in various managers
Media explorer: add option to display preview position and time selection in beats for audio files, using embedded or estimated tempo
Media explorer: clear time selection by pressing escape key while preview area is focused
Media explorer: do not display estimated tempo for file types that will ignore estimated tempo on import
Media explorer: do not recalculate beat grid when creating a time selection while tempo-matching to project
Media explorer: fix action to move column to far left on macOS
Media explorer: move setting to display preview position in fractional vs whole seconds to Show menu (from Options menu)
Media explorer: support navigating through editable metadata columns with left/right arrow keys, in addition to up/down arrow keys
Media explorer: when displaying preview ruler, playback position, or time selection in beats, use raw beat count rather than measures.beats (because there is no time signature context)
Media item edge edits: ignore preference to limit edge edits to source media for all but the item being directly edited, to prevent relative edge edits from going out of sync ^.
Media item edge edits: ignore preference to limit edge edits to source media if media item edge is already outside the source media bounds
Metronome/click: only display deprecated click sounds/shapes (for example, "sine (soft start)") in dropdown if project is loaded with deprecated settings
Metronome/click: add button to reset click frequencies to default
Metronome/click: add graphical control for editing metronome pattern
Metronome/click: support triplets, 3 over 2, 3 over 4 (click the + buttons below the pattern editor grid to set)
Metronome/click: deprecate 4x click multiplier
Metronome/click: support double-length click pattern when using double-speed metronome
Metronome/click: support up to 4 different beat types/samples
Metronome/click: add sine+square metronome sound option
Metronome/click: automatically update metronome pattern when changing time signature
Metronome/click: in new projects, primary click is higher-pitched than secondary click by default
Metronome/click: preserve metronome/rhythm pattern for tempo/time signature change points, even if the point does not have "set metronome pattern" enabled
Metronome/click: support entering click volume directly in dB
Metronome/click: when changing time signature without changing click pattern, extend the click pattern if necessary with secondary beats
Metronome/click: when editing time signature marker, default to compound metronome pattern for compound time signatures
Metronome/click: always loop source for click source items by default
Monitoring FX: improve configuration state saving after window position/visibility changes
Notation: fix inserting notes on Windows ^.
Notation: prevent crash when switching media items in notation view ^.
Notation: improve hit testing at note edges ^.
Peaks: improve drawing performance when moving items without any tempo changes
Pin connector: fix usability issues when scrollbar is visible
Preferences: move fixed lane comping preferences to new Editing Behavior / Fixed Lane Comping page
Preferences: add some basic comping help text to Preferences / Editing Behavior / Fixed Lane Comping
Razor edit: support copying locked media items and envelopes
ReaScript: add GetSetTempoTimeSigMarkerFlag()
ReaScript: GetSetEnvelopeInfo_String() can be used to get/set various envelope attributes (visible, armed, active, show in lane)
Recording: do not extend recording to span time selection when recording 2 takes that do not overlap ^.
Ruler: add "Measures.Fractions" ruler display mode
Ruler: add checkbox to project settings dialog to base ruler markings on customized project start measure
Ruler: add checkbox to time signature markers to reset measure grid ^.
Ruler: add preference to reset grid labels at start of regions
Ruler: display labels at grid reset measures if possible
Ruler: always display whole measures as 1.1, 2.1 etc (not 1.1.00, etc) when displaying beats
Ruler: internal improvements to ruler grid calculations
Ruler: add "metronome" grid display, which marks every metronome click
Ruler: when displaying samples, space labels similarly to when displaying time (space labels apart by integer seconds if possible)
Ruler: add separate option to shade arrange view vertically when ruler does not display beats
Ruler: automatically add a small amount of contrast to vertical grid shading colors, if the option to divide the arrange view vertically is enabled and the theme colors for odd/even track backgrounds are identical
Ruler: support dotted note grid lengths in grid settings dialog
Theme adjuster: improve import/export prompting
Toolbar editor: include animation flags when copying/pasting items
Toolbar editor: prevent pasting actions into contexts in which they are not compatible
VST3: simplify handling of plugins that generate MIDI events ^.
Windows: support disabling crash dump generation via unchecking option in installer

REAPER v7.17 - June 26, 2024
As before, but adjusted
Downloads:

Windows (15MB installer)

Windows x64 (15MB installer)

macOS Intel (20MB DMG)

macOS 64-bit Intel (22MB DMG)

macOS Universal (26MB DMG)

Linux x86_64 (12MB .tar.xz)

Linux i686 (12MB .tar.xz)

Linux armv7l (11MB .tar.xz)

Linux aarch64 (11MB .tar.xz)

Changes:

Actions: add actions to clear or delete takes on selected tracks based on up-ranked/down-ranked state
Actions: add actions to up-rank or down-rank take under mouse
Actions: add actions to split media items at take markers (all takes)
Actions: improve description of actions to change crossfade-on-split options
Actions: improve description of actions to move loop points to time selection, move time selection to loop points ^.
Actions: improve performance of imploding fixed lanes to takes
Actions: move/copy contents of time selection to edit cursor now obeys edit cursor/time selection preference for new cursor position
Actions: update description of MIDI editor save action
Actions: update Preferences/Project/Item Fade Defaults after running actions that change options
Actions: fix actions to crossfade media items when using free item positioning or fixed lanes ^.
Appearance: lower default value for 'hide buttons when take height is less than X pixels' preference
API: track previews report project position in absolute_time_s
AU: provide track name context info for plugins that request it
Automation: add option in Preferences/Buffering to control whether anticipative FX is used on tracks in automation write modes
Automation: add options in Preferences/Editing Behavior/Automation to unselect all envelope points in response to various clicks
Color theme: add separate take marker color for selected items
Color theme: un-deprecate theme elements for unselected marker and region text
Color theme: use previous default values as fallbacks for new marker/region theme elements if the theme does not define them ^.
Default theme: fix margins on transport selection revealed when text very large ^.
Default theme: fix theme transport background color when pure black ^.
Default theme: prevent TCP track numbers clipping ^.
Default theme: add new Default 7.0 Theme Adjuster
Editing: fix auto-crossfading media items when trim behind edits is enabled
Glue: preserve color, if all glued items have the same custom color
Glue: preserve up-ranked/down-ranked status, if all glued items have the same status
Glue: preserve take markers when gluing
JSFX: fix load of certain preset/state for various JSFX including IX/MIDI_ and Guitar/Amp Modeler
JSFX: fix UTF-8 support for parameter combo boxes on Windows
Lanes: add explicit 'Do not add lanes' menu item to Options/'New recording that overlaps existing media item' submenu
Lanes: copy source media take name to comping lane
Lanes: fix recording into lanes when multiple files are created due to file size limit preference
Lanes: ignore setting to automatically remove empty lanes when displaying only one lane ^.
Lanes: optimize drawing performance when zoomed in to a track with many lanes
Linux: improve knob appearance when using dark mode libSwell.colortheme
Localization: support localizing modifier key names
macOS: fix quirks with 'show last undo point in title bar' option
Marker/region manager: extend existing option to display only take markers in active takes that are within the visible part of the media item
Media: fix potential performance/stability issue when replacing media via drag/drop and project bay ^.
Media import: properly handle user canceling import via multiple-item or tempo-match prompts ^.
Media import: do not prompt to tempo-match video, image, or tempo-less MIDI files
Media import: do not prompt to adjust tempo if tempo is guessed and file is more than 8 measures long
Media import: when dragging in media from media explorer with suggested tempo and user asks to adjust media, do so
Media import: add preference to prompt to adjust media or project bpm if media tempo is guessed from file length
Media items: add action to delete all takes that are not up-ranked ^.
Media items: add action to import media cues as take markers
Media items: don't show locked item button when items are too small
MIDI editor: add action to set measure grid
MIDI editor: add action to toggle snap to key signature
MIDI editor: filter out events with invalid timestamps when loading ^.
MIDI editor: fix adding/editing of Port events in list editor ^.
MIDI editor: fix displaying length for multiple selected notes with mixed time signatures ^.
MIDI editor: fix latent response of actions to move CC events by pixel/grid
Mouse modifiers: add media item left-click modifiers to split items with crossfade left/right/center
Mouse modifiers: add media item mouse modifiers to split item ignoring snap
Mouse modifiers: add modifiers to split razor edits with crossfade to inside, outside, or center
Mouse modifiers: fix media item left-click actions being ignored when clicking on bottom half of item
Peaks: display loudness peaks/tooltips correctly when a media item consists of a subset of channels of a multichannel file ^.
Peaks: use new loudness peaks file format which supports per-channel loudness, previously-calculated loudness peaks may be automatically recalculated
Pin connector/channel mapping control: support mousewheel vertical scroll if the mouse is anywhere in the grid
Preferences: create new General/Undo tab for undo-related settings
Preferences: create new Appearance/Ruler/Grid tab for ruler/grid-related settings
Quantize items: fix potential crash when running action to quantize items to grid ^.
Razor edits: default actions/behaviors that split at razor edit edges crossfade to the inside by default, rather than to the right
ReaScript: support rendering multichannel media using RenderFileSection() ^.
ReaVerb: improve list scrollbar behavior
Recording: add global option for whether to record into an existing fixed lane if there is space available
Recording: all tracks, including fixed lane tracks by default, obey project overlapping recording behavior
Recording: fixed lane tracks can override project overlapping recording behavior
Recording: recording into a fixed lane track with overlapping recording behavior set to 'do not add lanes' will record into an existing lane only
Recording: respect project settings for how to handle overlapping recording when in item auto-punch record mode
Recording: fix potential rounding error when gaplessly switching files during recording ^.
Region/marker manager: display length for take markers
Region/marker manager: improve display when marker color has been manually set to the default color
Render: support multichannel media when drag/drop rendering item ^.
Render: add render setting to preserve source media sample rate if possible ^.
Render: update some render dialog controls when output file name changes
Render: when rendering multiple files at once, support writing render statistics HTML per file or combined
Retroactive MIDI recording: fix potential incorrect behavior when as multiple takes during playback
Sends: fix multichannel downmix when receiving track has fewer channels than source send ^.
Split: add global preference to crossfade left/right/center when splitting
Split: add actions to change crossfade left/right/center preference, cycle through preferences
Split: legacy actions to split (select left, force crossfade left) will ignore new global preference
Split: hide legacy actions to split (select left, force crossfade left) in actions list; existing custom actions and scripts will still work
Split: respect crossfade-left, crossfade-center, crossfade-right preference when splitting at grid, markers, or cues
Split: deselect unaffected media items after actions to split at mouse
Split: fix behavior when crossfade would extend beyond item start/end ^.
Split: add actions to split items at time selection or razor edit, crossfading to inside, outside, or center
Split: all actions to split at time selection (crossfading to inside, outside, or center) will split on razor edits, if any exist
Take markers: add actions to create or delete take marker within time selection
Take markers: avoid possible crash when editing or deleting take markers on currently-recording items
Take markers: sync comping and source lanes after deleting take marker
Take markers: sync source edits to take markers from source lane to comping lane
Take markers: reverse-sync edits to take markers from comping lane back to source lane ^.
Take markers: support copying take markers via ctrl/cmd-drag
Take markers: support editing take marker position in take marker dialog
Take markers: support length parameter for take markers
Take markers: add preference for 1-5 up-rank levels (default=3), 0-1 down-rank levels (default=1)
Take markers: when adding take markers to media items in the comping lane, update the associated media items in the source lane, as well as any other comping lane items that are synced with that source item ^.
Takes: add 'at mouse' versions of actions to delete takes based on up-rank/down-rank marks
Takes: actions to delete takes based on take ranking markers only consider visible take markers
Takes: add actions to add up-ranked/down-ranked take markers at 1 second or 2 seconds before play position, if playing back
Takes: add actions to clear up-rank/down-rank take markers
Takes: add actions to cycle through up-rank/down-rank levels
Takes: add actions to split at take markers
Takes: add actions to up-rank/down-rank take or clear rankings within time selection
Takes: add context menu for take up-rank/down-rank markers
Takes: add default arrange_takemarker cursor
Takes: move take markers context submenu, now adjacent to stretch markers context submenu
Track spacers: fix removing track spacers from mixer ^.
Undo: add option in preferences to control whether MIDI event selection creates undo points
VST3: support IPluginFactory3::setHostContext with IRunLoop support on Linux
Wildcards: support lower-casing all letters of the substitution (see wildcard help) ^.
Windows: improve behavior when unable to overwrite file with UTF-8 characters ^.

REAPER v7.16 - May 21, 2024
I would rather have questions that can't be answered than answers that can't be questioned.
Downloads:

Windows (15MB installer)

Windows x64 (15MB installer)

macOS Intel (20MB DMG)

macOS 64-bit Intel (22MB DMG)

macOS Universal (26MB DMG)

Linux x86_64 (12MB .tar.xz)

Linux i686 (12MB .tar.xz)

Linux armv7l (11MB .tar.xz)

Linux aarch64 (11MB .tar.xz)

Changes:

Actions: improve description of unknown or deprecated actions that are components of other custom actions
Audio Units: fix display of stepped parameter when minimum value is not zero ^.
Automation: add preference for automation rate and parameter modulation when interpolating between points for FX that support sample-accurate automation
Automation: preserve armed state when hiding/showing envelopes
Automation: when hiding single-point default-setting pre-FX/mute/etc track envelopes, optionally deactivate the envelope as well
Batch converter: support writing project markers/regions to rendered file when converting from media item ^.
Color theme: add theme elements for region/marker edge (selected, unselected)
Color theme: ensure that theme colors for selected listview rows are different from unselected rows ^.
Control surfaces: add option to close devices while rendering
Control surfaces: do not send feedback to open devices while rendering
Envelope manager: when ctrl+alt+clicking visible/arm/UI columns, treat as set-exclusive
Envelope manager: when setting envelope visible, auto-scroll arrange view to make it visible
FX browser: fix undocked filter combo box persistence quirk ^.
Import: when importing media with embedded tempo information into an empty project, optionally prompt to adjust project tempo to media tempo
Import: when importing media with unknown tempo, if user preference is to prompt for behavior (adjust media to project tempo or adjust project to media tempo), prompt using a best-guess tempo estimate
Lanes: when comping, copy source media take name to the comping lane copy of that media item
Localization: localize default menu names when displaying customized menus
Localization: support Frame/Measure in grid/snap window
Localization: support localization of various key names
Localization: use synonyms when searching toolbar icon names
LV2: tweak worker scheduling in order to match other hosts ^.
Media explorer: add list header context menu to move column to far left, support shift+click on column header to move to far left
Media explorer: improve resizing behavior on linux
Media explorer: label channel mapping button 'MIDI' for MIDI source media
Media explorer: support adding image metadata or deleting existing image metadata for .mp3 files
Media explorer: support retaining separate channel mapping for each file, for each channel count, for all files, or not at all (options in channel mapping window)
Media explorer: when previewing stereo file with both source channels mapped to both output channels, import media with mono channel mode and +6dB take volume ^.
Media item properties: support displaying/entering item position and length in samples
Meters: fix 'LUFS-S (readout=current)' metering mode ^.
MIDI editor: add action to insert CC at edit cursor in current lane
MIDI editor: fix quantize with manual swing settings (7.15 regression) ^.
MIDI editor: improve corner case behavior relating to right-drag marquee and context menus
Mixer: reduce CPU overhead with master track panel docked and hidden
MP3: fix importing files with long APE metadata tags ^.
Preferences: add maximum stretch marker handle size configuration
Preferences: allow resizing window, some tabs support this usefully
Project: reset master track pan width when creating new project ^.
Project: show indicator on ruler if project maximum length has been enabled
Razor edit: improve display responsiveness when zoomed in to a tiny part of a razor edit ^.
ReaComp: improve threshold automation behavior ^.
ReaControlMIDI: fix ReaScript and automation issues with Bank LSB parameter ^.
ReaScript: add preference to copy error message to console when IDE is open
ReaScript: GetUserFileNameForRead supports trailing slash in filename in order to set initial path only
ReaScript: optimize MIDI API when modifying items with open MIDI editors
ReaScript: setting I_PERFFLAGS takes immediate effect for routing hierarchy
ReaScript: skip items on hidden lanes in GetItemFromPoint() ^.
ReaScript: update FX_GetNamedConfigParm() to support querying chain_pdc_actual/chain_pdc_reporting
ReaXcomp: improve threshold automation behavior ^.
ReaXcomp: remove denormal noise from filters ^.
Recording: fix $recpass wildcard being off by one ^.
Recording: improve monitoring behavior with auto-input monitoring and loop selection auto-punch when there is no selection
Region manager: fix deleting multiple markers/regions at once ^.
Region manager: improve behavior when changing listview selection multiple times in a row ^.
Region manager: when changing selection while filter is applied, clear selection of non-visible regions unless shift or ctrl key is down ^.
Regions: support selecting regions (mirrored in region manager, affects rendering selected regions) by clicking on them in the ruler
Render: add option to preserve source start offset when rendering with media items as source
Render: apply render fade-in/fade-out properly when using 2nd pass render
Render: if option enabled to preserve metadata, preserve existing BWF metadata and ignore BWF-related .wav configuration settings ^.
Render: support $marker[001], $region[001], etc to apply offset or number of digits to marker or region number ^.
Render: when preserving metadata start offset, adjust for any take start offset ^.
Save as: when using trim media, fix incorrect handling of some reversed items ^.
Searching: treat UTF-8 punctuation and certain symbols as non-word characters
Split: fix grouping after action to split item under mouse ^.
Tempo envelope: fix positions of inserted points when pencil-drawing tempo envelope points and the envelope contains partial measures ^.
Tempo map: improve behavior when editing time signature markers (do not move items, preserve later tempo/time sig marker times)
Tempo map: support a mixed timebase which uses beats for time signature markers and time for tempo markers
Theme: fix mixer strip floating arm button ^.
Theme: properly hide mixer volume knob if clipped away
Track panels: add action to show/hide entire track control panel area ^.
Track panels: add separate actions to toggle between primary and alternate TCP widths (alternate is zero by default), or show/hide TCP area
Track panels: improve behavior of ctrl+alt record-arm button click (exclusive-sets track and any grouped tracks)
Track panels: do not send mouse clicks to window when clicking causes control under mouse cursor to change ^.
Undo: fix automatic record-arm inconsistency after undo ^.
Virtual MIDI keyboard: add checkbox to send all keyboard input to VKB
Virtual MIDI keyboard: improve evenness of key spacing
VST: fix for possibly incorrect VST3 .vstpreset export ^.
VST: fully fix support for mapping high MIDI buses to VST3 MIDI buses ^.
Windows: add preference to disable FX windows during render ^.
Windows: fix various issues when user temporary path includes non-ASCII characters
Windows: improve behavior of hidden mouse cursor when tweaking TCP/MCP send/fx knobs
Windows: improve scheduling of display updates in response to input events

REAPER v7.15 - April 17, 2024
I would rather have questions that can't be answered than answers that can't be questioned.
Downloads:

Windows (15MB installer)

Windows x64 (15MB installer)

macOS Intel (20MB DMG)

macOS 64-bit Intel (22MB DMG)

macOS Universal (26MB DMG)

Linux x86_64 (12MB .tar.xz)

Linux i686 (12MB .tar.xz)

Linux armv7l (11MB .tar.xz)

Linux aarch64 (11MB .tar.xz)

Changes:

Accessibility: improve descriptions for various FX/JSFX text edit fields
Accessibility: improve keyboard accessibility of various sliders via pageup/down, home/end
Accessibility: improve macOS VoiceOver keyboard focus behavior for sliders in FX, other windows
Actions: clarify that split actions that select the left-hand item also crossfade to the left of the split point ^.
Actions: respect global crossfade preference when running actions to split items on grid or at markers
API: extend screenset API slightly for ReaImGui
Color theme: fix labeling of odd vs even media item background color in theme tweaker ^.
FLAC: display error message when attempting to record or render to an unsupported FLAC configuration (more than 8 channels, etc)
FX: allow reordering reaper-native presets using ctrl+up/down with preset combo box focused
FX: improve pin connector dialog default size with JSFX ^.
FX: parse -inf user input in various ReaPlugs dB contexts
FX: improve ReaDelay length parameter names
Lanes: fix comp areas breaking when using multiple comping lanes ^.
macOS: fix mousewheel support in menus on Sonoma
macOS: improve FX plug-in resize behavior when switching monitors on recent macOS versions
Media Explorer: improve preserving non-overwritten .mp3 metadata when adding new metadata
Media explorer: support displaying embedded image metadata (via action or double-click on 'image' column)
Metadata: automatically set/clear default image type when setting/clearing image metadata
MIDI editor: improve appearance of measure start with swing grid enabled ^.
MIDI editor: improve behavior of actions to move notes left/right by grid when using swing or non-1.0 playrate
MIDI editor: improve keyboard navigation when using swing grid ^.
MIDI editor: improve swing grid behavior with non-1.0 playrate
MIDI editor: improve various grid/editing behaviors with 'ignore project tempo' enabled
Mixer: allow moving tracks to before, within, or after an existing spacer that is before or after the track ^.
ReaScript: do not correct reversed FX min/max parameters in SetParamNormalized ^.
ReaScript: fix GetThingFromPoint() when mouse is over track manager and track manager is displaying no tracks ^.
Regions: fix moving/copying regions with locked media items ^.
Render: support preserving existing metadata (using best efforts) when rendering master mix or tracks, not just selected media items
Splash screen: increase status granularity when scanning MIDI devices
Take markers: do not display markers that occur before the visible item start, regardless of zoom level
Theme: fix volume knob size in strip mixer
Tooltips: clear media item tooltip correctly ^.
VST: fix issues when recording automation on highly-automated plug-ins
VST: fix support for mapping high MIDI buses to VST3 MIDI buses ^.
VST: ignore feedback parameter change notifications from plugins while automating

REAPER v7.13 - April 2, 2024
Occam's REAPER
Downloads:

Windows (15MB installer)

Windows x64 (15MB installer)

macOS Intel (20MB DMG)

macOS 64-bit Intel (22MB DMG)

macOS Universal (26MB DMG)

Linux x86_64 (12MB .tar.xz)

Linux i686 (12MB .tar.xz)

Linux armv7l (11MB .tar.xz)

Linux aarch64 (11MB .tar.xz)

Changes:

API: C/C++ header allows renaming API call names ^.
Default theme: fix 150% MCP image glitch ^.
Default theme: move MCP strip index divider up 1 pixel, fix selection dot z-order
Lanes: fix applying implied fade-in/fade-out when using lane masking
Lanes: fix fade-in/fade-out/autocrossfade behavior after running actions to crop to playing media items without preserving lanes ^.
Lanes: fix behavior of action to automatically create comp areas when lanes are collapsed ^.
Lanes: fix gluing media items when using lane masking
Lanes: fix saving/restoring lane masking state in .RPP
Lanes: prevent possible bad output when using lane masking and media items have no fade-in/fade-out ^.
Lanes: update peaks after disabling lane masking ^.
Media explorer: fix inconsistency in time selection display/calculation when project has negative start offset ^.
Media items: fix display of implied fade-in/fade-out when item mix mode is 'enclosed items replace enclosing items'
Preferences: fix search focus issues with certain REAPER extensions installed
Render: fix render dialog statistics display when normalizing to common gain and not rendering master mix ^.
VST: fix support for up to 128 buses ^.

REAPER v7.12 - March 26, 2024
Occam's REAPER
Downloads:

Windows (15MB installer)

Windows x64 (15MB installer)

macOS Intel (20MB DMG)

macOS 64-bit Intel (22MB DMG)

macOS Universal (26MB DMG)

Linux x86_64 (12MB .tar.xz)

Linux i686 (12MB .tar.xz)

Linux armv7l (11MB .tar.xz)

Linux aarch64 (11MB .tar.xz)

Changes:

Accessibility: improve accessibility descriptions in Preferences/Item fade defaults
Accessibility: improve accessibility for MIDI device list
Accessibility: improve application-key menu behavior in various listviews
Actions: improve some action descriptions for last touched FX envelope
Actions: fix media item quantize action affecting unrelated items on free item positioning or fixed lane tracks ^.
ARA: report selection change to plugins when switching active takes
Automation: add preference to control whether envelopes with a single point are automatically removed when hiding ^.
CLAP: fix pin state loading for plug-ins that change their channel count on state load (e.g. FabFilter)
Default theme: make auto-hide behavior of envelopes and routing buttons similar to Default 6 theme
Default theme: mixer layout B is now a reworked strip layout
Drag and drop: allow dragging FX and routing to tracks in track manager
Freeze: exit comping when freezing a track
Freeze: treat media items on fixed lanes that do not play as if they were muted items
Grouping: increase tolerance for track edit grouping to include items that start and end within 2ms of each other
Initialization: warn on startup if configuration file cannot be written to (avoid unexpected behavior when running portable installation without directory write permission, for example)
Lanes: actions to automatically create comp areas prefer media items in higher numbered lanes rather than lower numbered lanes
Lanes: action to reset lane names will reset lanes named like 'C1' if they have no comp areas
Lanes: add actions to explicitly set (rather than toggle) recording options to add lanes, add lanes in layers, or not add lanes
Lanes: add track setting for media items on higher numbered lanes to automatically mask playback of lower lanes
Lanes: display implied crossfade when a media item is masked by the fade-in or fade-out of another media item
Lanes: do not set new lanes playing when inserting multiple media items and only one lane currently playing ^.
Lanes: fix behavior of action to comp into new empty lane when comp lane already exists
Lanes: fix crash when trying to insert more than 128 lanes
Lanes: fix pasting razor edits or media items to fixed lane tracks when comping is active ^.
Lanes: fix undo after changing comping lane ^.
Lanes: handle corner case when auto-removing lane from two lane track with no media ^.
Lanes: prevent creating comp areas that are fully enclosed by other comp areas
Lanes: respect setting to automatically comp new recording when in autopunch mode but recording does not intersect the time selection or selected items ^.
Lanes: update display after auto-punch recording with comping enabled ^.
macOS: improve peaks drawing quality in Retina mode
macOS: possible drawing performance fixes with M2/Sonoma/Metal enabled
Media explorer: add option to close window on escape key
Media explorer: support enabling, disabling, remapping individual channels for audio or MIDI
Media explorer: support manually entering time selection start/end times
Media explorer: support inserting selected portion of media into existing media item ^.
Media explorer: restore most recently used channel mapping when reloading a file that was previously previewed
Media explorer: apply preview channel playback configuration to media when inserting
Media explorer: disable reverse preview actions for MIDI (has never been supported, but display was misleading)
Media explorer: display channel count for MIDI files (may require re-reading metadata from media)
Media explorer: display preview playback position, length, time selection in beats for beat-based media (MIDI, REX)
Media explorer: display ruler on media preview
Media explorer: fix APEv2 tag after writing new metadata to .mp3 files
Media explorer: fix displaying out-of-tune indicator when pitch detection is enabled
Media explorer: improve display of MIDI markers and cues
Media explorer: improve randomness of action to randomize file list
Media items: fix occasionally not displaying take markers that are at the very start of the media item
Media items: when preference enabled to clamp media item edge edits to source media start/end, and item has multiple takes, clamp to the earliest start or latest end
Metadata: automatically set/clear default image type when setting/clearing image metadata
Metadata: remember last used metadata scheme selection when reopening REAPER
MIDI: fix inserting multitrack MIDI onto existing tracks
MIDI editor: add option to not draw CC events in non-editable contexts
MIDI editor: do not preview note when clicking/dragging piano roll with modifiers that are mapped to 'No action'
MIDI editor: do not show hidden tracks in track list
MIDI editor: ensure double-click on collapsed CC lane expands the lane ^.
MIDI editor: improve grid-line navigation on items with non-1.0 playrates ^.
Mouse modifiers: respect arrange view override when clicking within track spacer or below last track ^.
Notation editor: fix display of ties when note extends past the right edge of the screen in continuous view ^.
Peaks: add display mode to color peaks by loudness (LUFS-M or LUFS-S), or display a colored loudness graph over the media item
Peaks: add option to display tooltip with peak value and loudness, when displaying loudness peaks or when loudness peaks were previously generated and cached
Peaks: add preferences to always generate and cache info for loudness, spectral peaks even if not currently displayed
Peaks: support renaming presets for spectral, loudness, spectrogram peaks
Peaks: support loading/saving/renaming/resetting display presets from '...' dropdown menu in peaks display settings window, when displaying spectral, loudness, spectrogram peaks
Peaks: support retina drawing in peaks display settings window
Preferences: add new Editing Behavior/Automation Items page, move existing preferences there
Preferences: add new Media/Peaks Generation page
Preferences: add preference for fixed lane tracks to enable media items in higher numbered lanes masking lower numbered lanes by default
Project bay: do not report unavailable FX as idle
ReaScript: add GetSetMediaTrackInfo('C_LANESETTINGS') ^.
ReaScript: add I_MIDI_INPUT_CHANMAP/I_MIDI_CTL_CHAN/I_MIDI_TRACKSEL_FLAG to GetSetMediaTrackInfo()
ReaScript: add Lua usage example for SendMIDIMessageToHardware() ^.
ReaScript: improve default rounding of gfx.roundrect() ^.
ReaScript: improve support for newer Python versions
ReaScript: update audio status menubar text in response to GetSetProjectInfo_String with RECORD_PATH or RECORD_FORMAT ^.
Render: do not apply dither to the first rendered sample if it would otherwise be zero
Render: fix peaks display when calculating loudness of selected items via dry run render ^.
Render: fix render statistics chart for video renders ^.
Render: respect render settings to dither/noise shape stem renders
Take markers: avoid possible crash when editing or deleting take markers on currently-recording items
Toolbars: update customized toolbar buttons after actions to display various views of the routing/grouping/region matrix window ^.
Tracks: add actions to crop to playing media items (not muted, not on lanes that do not play back, not masked by other media items), or copy playing media items to new track
Transport: fix macOS retina drawing glitch with some themes ^.
Wildcards: add support for $notes wildcard, resolves to the text in the Project Settings/Notes dialog

REAPER v7.11 - February 10, 2024
Occam's REAPER
Downloads:

Windows (15MB installer)

Windows x64 (15MB installer)

macOS Intel (20MB DMG)

macOS 64-bit Intel (22MB DMG)

macOS Universal (26MB DMG)

Linux x86_64 (12MB .tar.xz)

Linux i686 (12MB .tar.xz)

Linux armv7l (11MB .tar.xz)

Linux aarch64 (11MB .tar.xz)

Changes:

API: fix get_config_var() quirks for Playtime 1.x compatibility ^.
Envelope window: fix macOS focus issue with MIDI learn ^.
Razor edit: fix some razor edit actions applying to media items outside the razor edit ^.
ReaScript: fix TakeFX_CopyToTake for containers ^.

REAPER v7.10 - February 9, 2024
Occam's REAPER
Downloads:

Windows (15MB installer)

Windows x64 (15MB installer)

macOS Intel (20MB DMG)

macOS 64-bit Intel (22MB DMG)

macOS Universal (26MB DMG)

Linux x86_64 (12MB .tar.xz)

Linux i686 (12MB .tar.xz)

Linux armv7l (11MB .tar.xz)

Linux aarch64 (11MB .tar.xz)

Changes:

Accessibility: improve state indicators for routing window mute/polarity/mono/MIDI buttons
API: fix accessing metronome, master track state via projectconfig_var_getoffs/projectconfig_var_addr
API: support get_config_var(__fx_loadstate_ctx) for VST/CLAP use, see C++ header documentation
Automation: add project setting to smooth abrupt changes (square envelope points, sharp edits) on volume/pan/width envelopes
Automation: use new project setting, if enabled, for envelope smoothing for mute envelopes
Automation: improve smoothness when looping automation items with sine or parameteric LFO
CLAP: add per-plugin option to disable offsetting automation by PDC ^.
CLAP: properly restore saved UI size of resizable plug-ins ^.
Configuration export: support saving/restoring Media Explorer metadata caches (including metadata not yet written to media files) ^.
Default 6.0 theme: add retina meter mute/unsolo/dim images ^.
Envelope manager: add dockable envelope manager to complement track/take envelope window
Envelope manager: support editing all selected tracks, selected active takes
Envelope window: redesign window using a listview to list envelopes/parameters/etc
Envelope window: add combobox for filtering active envelopes, last touched FX parameters, etc
Envelope window: filter now supports matching Arm, Visible, Active, UI, Mod, Learn
Envelope window: support setting modulation for take FX
FX browser: when assigning shortcuts and alt-main section enabled, use alt-main section ^.
Lanes: action to duplicate items to new lane does not set new lane playing ^.
Lanes: add actions to explicitly make all lanes big/small
Lanes: add actions to explicitly show one/all lanes
Lanes: preference to add whole recording when auto-punch recording into a fixed lane track applies regardless of whether comping is enabled
Lanes: preference to allow mouse edits in comping lane to expand media items in source lanes is enabled by default for users who have not previously edited the preference (or related preferences)
Lanes: track setting to record into first available lane does what it says, even if there is an earlier recording below the new recording
Lanes: add option (via Options menu or action) for razor edits on small fixed lane tracks to affect all lanes
macOS: fix Sonoma listview checkbox issue
Media explorer: fix control overlap when window is very small ^.
Media explorer: fix displaying out-of-tune indicator when pitch detection is enabled
Media explorer: handle active search properly when renaming file ^.
Media explorer: improve tempo display when previewing MIDI
Media explorer: rename copy/paste actions as 'Copy selected files' and 'Paste files' for clarity
Meters: improve mute/unsolo indicators on retina displays with various legacy themes
MIDI: allow uppercase CC in MIDI reset configuration preference ^.
MIDI: display length as both quarter notes and estimated seconds
MIDI: display metadata in source media properties dialog
MIDI: fix inserting multitrack MIDI onto existing tracks
MIDI: improve displayed length of .mid files in Media Explorer
MIDI: in source properties dialog, fix transpose setting being applied as output channel when channel filter is also applied
MIDI: prevent hanging notes when editing channel filter in media source properties dialog
MIDI: fix overlapping notes being corrected during humanization when 'automatically correct overlapping notes' is disabled ^.
Mouse modifiers: fix restoring state after using ripple edit mouse modifier ^.
Pan law: set default for new projects/tracks to hybrid taper ^.
Parameter modulation windows: add topmost pin for modulation windows
Parameter modulation windows: use modal window preference for initial position
Preferences: remove misleading 'ms' label on default media item fade-in/fade-out
Razor edit: fix deleting tiny media items ^.
ReaScript: add Menu_GetHash(), to determine if a menu/toolbar has been customized, or if the default menu/toolbar changed after the current menu/toolbar was customized
ReaScript: get_config_var_string() can now be used to query project state in addition to global state
ReaScript: improve behavior when removing selection via arrow keys
ReaScript: improve performance of MIDI_GetRecentInputEvent() ^.
Region manager: support setting tracks to render as mono, stereo, or multichannel ^.
Regions: add actions to set loop points to current, previous, or next region
Render: support displaying loudness chart after calculating track/item/media loudness via dry run render
Render: fix project name display when writing render statistics to file ^.
Snap: add checkbox in snap settings to snap media item edges to source media start/end ^.
Synonyms: improve handling of NOT ( list ) ^.
Tempo/Time signature marker: when adding or editing time signature, automatically reset metronome pattern if there is a previous time signature change in the project with the same numerator ^.
Tracks: refresh TCP after actions to select or unselect all tracks ^.
VST: default paths on new installs use system environment variables rather than absolute paths
VST: report prefetch state (for anticipative FX and pre-buffering) to FX

REAPER v7.09 - January 17, 2024
Bland Ballad Band
Downloads:

Windows (15MB installer)

Windows x64 (15MB installer)

macOS Intel (20MB DMG)

macOS 64-bit Intel (22MB DMG)

macOS Universal (26MB DMG)

Linux x86_64 (12MB .tar.xz)

Linux i686 (12MB .tar.xz)

Linux armv7l (11MB .tar.xz)

Linux aarch64 (11MB .tar.xz)

Changes:

Envelopes: restore looping automation item sine/parameteric LFO behavior (revert 7.08 change) ^.
FX: improve preset navigation behavior when both user and default presets exist with the same name ^.
Glue: fix crash when gluing empty items (7.08 regression) ^.
Input FX: fix potential crash with record arm disabled and input FX UI open (7.0 regression)
JSFX: report correct initial samplerate in @init when ext_noinit is used ^.
Jump to time: if primary ruler display is samples, parse user-entered 8-digit number as samples rather than timecode ^.
Lanes: fix pasting razor edits on grouped tracks ^.
Lanes: set target lane for insert/paste when preference disabled to set target track when clicking in arrange view, and user clicks on the current target track
Lanes: when naming/renaming lanes, support applying name to all lanes and/or replacing '#' with lane number
MIDI editor: in track list, hide MIDI media items on hidden tracks when selecting other MIDI items ^.
Razor edits: fix undo after applying razor edit to envelope ^.
Razor edits: fix undo of region/marker edits when deleting with ripple-all enabled ^.
Recording: support $recnumber and $recnumber[N] wildcards, resolve to 1 for the first recorded file with the same name, 2 for the second, etc
Region manager: set undo point after setting region render channels
Track manager: allow searching for tracks by name in collapsed folders ^.
Video: fix reverse and section playback (7.08 regression) ^.

REAPER v7.08 - January 9, 2024
Bland Ballad Band
Downloads:

Windows (15MB installer)

Windows x64 (15MB installer)

macOS Intel (20MB DMG)

macOS 64-bit Intel (22MB DMG)

macOS Universal (26MB DMG)

Linux x86_64 (12MB .tar.xz)

Linux i686 (12MB .tar.xz)

Linux armv7l (11MB .tar.xz)

Linux aarch64 (11MB .tar.xz)

Changes:

Actions window: ignore case/UTF-8 accents when sorting by description ^.
ARA: fix potential crash when loading old projects (does not affect Melodyne) ^.
FX: option to not run on muted tracks also affects record-armed tracks
FX: update container-mapped TCP parameters in response to internal modulation
JSFX: fix locrian scale definition in Effects/IX ^.
Lanes: actions to move items up/down by lane respect project auto-crossfade setting ^.
Lanes: action to move comp area up/down for selected items skips lanes with no media ^.
Lanes: add setting (on mouse modifiers preferences page) for media item edits in comping lane to affect media item edges in source lane (clamped to source media start/end)
Lanes: exit fixed lanes when edits move all items to one lane on track with hidden lanes
Lanes: improve MIDI editor behavior with certain combinations of preferences on fixed lane tracks ^.
Linux: fix multiline vertical alignment in message boxes
Localization: use localized strings when filtering in theme tweaker ^.
Media items: fix preference to display overlapping media items as opaque ^.
Menus: remove some redundant razor edit / envelope point menu entries ^.
Metadata: add option to attempt to preserve source file metadata when rendering media items ^.
Metadata: preserve metadata when gluing media items if all glued items share the same source file
Metadata: preserve source media metadata when applying FX, rendering as new take, etc
Metronome: minor dialog appearance adjustments for metronome, click source properties
MIDI: add actions to set selected MIDI items to ignore project tempo ^.
MIDI: add action to set MIDI media items to follow project tempo changes (undoing any previous setting to ignore project tempo)
MIDI: display minor key signature metadata correctly in Media Explorer ^.
MIDI editor: add CC shape preferences to MIDI CC lane context menu ^.
MIDI editor: do not display note edges beyond the edge of the media item in notation view ^.
Mouse maps: fix click-type display order when names are localized
Normalize: add option to only normalize files that are too quiet when rendering or batch-converting
Peaks building: add options to change peak building order, disable parallel building
Peaks building: build active takes before building inactive takes
Project bay: add selection mirroring and auto-scroll support for FX and FX parameters tabs
Project bay: allow disabling grouping of similar media items
Project bay: improve naming of FX with aliased names/video processors
Project bay: show containers, FX in containers in FX view
Project bay: show fade in/out size for very small fades
Project bay: support expanding/collapsing groups via left/right keys
Project bay: update FX parameter names when parameters change
Razor edits: fix editing multiple envelopes at once using multiple razor edits and automation items ^.
ReaScript/JSFX: optimize mouse hit testing for gfx_getchar(65536), add 65537 mode to skip hit testing ^.
ReaScript: add GetSetMediaItemInfo("C_ALLLANESPLAY")
ReaScript: allow setting a negative take marker offset via SetTakeMarker() ^.
ReaScript: document more GetSetMediaItemTakeInfo() attributes
ReaScript: fix return value of MIDIEditor_GetSetting_int() ^.
Region manager: fix adding selected tracks to render matrix ^.
Regions: improve behavior when moving regions with tempo changes ^.
Retroactive MIDI record: use correct offset when inserting all available events and first event was recorded during playback
Ruler: do not move edit cursor when right-clicking marker lane ^.
Stretch markers: add option in preferences/item fade defaults to control default stretch marker fade size
Stretch markers: fix playback issues with a fade size of 0ms
Stretch markers: fix quality issues with ramped rates near 1.0 ^. ^.
Take FX: fix issues with batch converter and glue/render actions when PDC and project playrate are both in use
Take FX: fix sample-accurate automation accuracy when using take start offset and project playrate
Tempo envelope: when inserting empty space, ensure tempo remains the same at the start of the moved content ^.
Toolbars: fix tooltips when using text icon and "use as tooltip" disabled ^.
Tracks: handle clicks on volume, pan, width label as if they were clicks on track control panel background ^.
Tracks: add preference to set target track for insert/paste when clicking in arrange view ^.
Undo: improve memory tracking over 4GB
UTF-8: various logical sortings correctly handle various accented characters ^.
Video: lower CPU use with very large numbers of video items in project ^.
Video: support video processors within FX containers
Virtual MIDI keyboard: show arrow-key checkbox at smaller widths ^.
VST: fix macOS/Linux keyboard message sending issues
Windows: use new EV authenticode certificate

REAPER v7.07 - December 12, 2023
Bland Ballad Band
Downloads:

Windows (15MB installer)

Windows x64 (15MB installer)

macOS Intel (20MB DMG)

macOS 64-bit Intel (22MB DMG)

macOS Universal (26MB DMG)

Linux x86_64 (12MB .tar.xz)

Linux i686 (12MB .tar.xz)

Linux armv7l (11MB .tar.xz)

Linux aarch64 (11MB .tar.xz)

Changes:

Actions: add action to move edit cursor to left edge of visible arrange view or MIDI piano roll
Actions: add action to toggle preference to limit media item edge edits to source media content
Actions: improve logic of GR/LUFS metering toggle actions when tracks have mixed states
Actions window: reset/copy actions in alternate sections also reset/copy global override states
Automation items: improve edge point shapes and loopability for sine and parametric LFO types ^.
API: allow plug-ins to register default-global keyboard assignments via gaccel_global or gaccel_globaltext
ARA: improve retaining edits through undo/redo
CLAP: prevent misbehavior when preference enabled to flush FX on loop ^.
Default theme: layout updates
Display: improve cursor paste location indicator on free item positioning and fixed lane tracks ^.
Dynamic split: add action to immediately dynamic split items based on most recent settings
Editing: add preference to limit edge/crossfade edits to source media content for unlooped media items (checkbox in mouse modifiers preferences)
Empty items: improve performance with 'stretch to fit' and large amounts of text
FX: preserve parameter linking if applicable when copying/pasting FX
FX containers: fix loss of pin names and parameter mappings when pasting FX ^.
FX containers: fix behavior of single-FX-chain mode when moving FX out of container
FX containers: fix various action support for FX in containers ^.
FX containers: preserve mappings, parameter links, envelopes etc when moving FX to/from containers
Lanes: improve behavior when lanes contain multiple copies of the same source media with different take envelopes ^.
Lanes: click unsynced media item button to copy edits to a new source lane (existing behavior)
Lanes: ctrl/cmd+click (or right-click) unsynced media item button to copy media items back to original source lane
Lanes: alt/opt+click (or right-click) unsynced media item button to discard edits and replace with source lane media
Lanes: improve behavior when comping looped media items with per-take automation ^.
Lanes: action to comp into a new copy of lane automatically copies edited media items to new lane and re-comps
Lanes: action to minimize lane usage respects track edit grouping
Lanes: add action, menu item, mouse modifier to refresh out-of-sync comp areas
Lanes: add actions to exit fixed lane view, show only one lane, set small lanes, or set big lanes for all fixed lane tracks in the project
Lanes: add action to remove empty comp areas
Lanes: add selected-tracks versions of actions to delete comp areas, delete empty comp areas, delete comp areas including media
Lanes: add support for copying all edited media items back to source lanes, or discarding all media item edits and replacing from source lanes
Lanes: comping button on a razor edit in the comping lane containing no items will choose a suitable source lane rather than creating an empty lane
Lanes: delete unsynced comp areas before running action to minimize lane usage
Lanes: fix behavior of action to select item under mouse when lanes are collapsed ^.
Lanes: fix comping into a new copy of lane with MIDI media ^.
Lanes: fix re-syncing multiple media items when some items have source media in the lane immediately below and some do not
Lanes: fix some edge cases where comp areas un-sync when edges barely overlap ^.
Lanes: respect track grouping when running action from unsynced comp area right-click menu ^.
Lanes: support "Add comp area at time selection" when right-clicking existing comp area on track showing only one lane
Lanes: support comping media items with "auto-stretch at tempo changes" enabled ^.
Linux: add drag/drop preview ^.
Linux: improve support for ini files which are symlinks ^.
macOS: improve system memory use/free statistics in performance meter
Markers/Regions: support importing markers with negative time positions ^.
Metadata: clarify that MPEG 7.1C channel layout is equivalent to SMPTE 7.1
Metadata: correct descriptions of MPEG 7.1 channel layout metadata
Metadata: improve descriptions of channel layout metadata ^.
MIDI editor: account for media item left/right trim when sizing to fit contents
MIDI editor: display lane information in track list
MIDI editor: display media item position in track list if multiple media items share the same name
MIDI editor: display MIDI take names in Contents submenu
MIDI editor: do not list media items in non-visible, non-playing lanes in MIDI editor track list
MIDI editor: fix tooltip for "CC selection follows note selection" button ^.
MIDI editor: sort media items in track list by lane
MIDI editor: when editor follows track selection, follow lane selection as well
MIDI editor: when switching active MIDI source, ensure the source is visible in the editor
Normalization: retain separate target values for peak vs loudness normalization in various dialogs
Preferences: improve help text for "automatically color" settings in Preferences / Appearance / Peaks/Waveforms
Razor edits: add action to select media items within razor edit areas
ReaScript: action to open ReaScript documentation defaults to Lua view
ReaScript: add support for GetSetMediaTrackInfo("P_LANENAME:n")
ReaScript: fix TakeFX_Show container support ^.
ReaScript: GetSetMediaItemInfo("C_LANEPLAYS") returns -1 if media item is on a non-visible, non-playing lane on a non-fixed-lane track
ReaScript: GetSetMediaItemInfo("I_FIXEDLANE") always returns 0 for non-fixed-lane tracks
ReaScript: support GetSetMediaItemTakeInfo("I_TAKEFX_NCH"), to get/set the number of take FX channels ^.
ReaSurroundPan: add 7.1 non-SMPTE channel layout ^.
ReaSurroundPan: support up to 128 inputs
Regions: improve description of menu item to set loop points to region ^.
Render: respect source track render channel request when rendering via master ^.
Toolbars: restore support for customizing both icon and tooltip
Toolbars: restore previous tooltip behavior for various actions
Tracks: always change track selection when clicking lane buttons, unless modifier keys are down
Tracks: fix moving tracks above spacers when the spacer is above the first track in the project ^.
Tracks: when preference enabled to change track selection when clicking track controls, ignore modifier keys when processing track selection
WALTER: support setting/clearing custom controls via wildcards e.g. 'clear tcp.custom.*' or 'clear tcp.*'
Windows: use new authenticode certificate

REAPER v7.06 - November 27, 2023
Several People Are Typing
Downloads:

Windows (15MB installer)

Windows x64 (15MB installer)

macOS Intel (20MB DMG)

macOS 64-bit Intel (22MB DMG)

macOS Universal (26MB DMG)

Linux x86_64 (12MB .tar.xz)

Linux i686 (12MB .tar.xz)

Linux armv7l (11MB .tar.xz)

Linux aarch64 (11MB .tar.xz)

Changes:

Accessibility: add control descriptions for video encoder configuration
Accessibility: add descriptions for various search-related fields
Accessibility: add option in Preferences/Plug-ins to include descriptions of parallel/bypass/offline state in FX names
Accessibility: improve Media Explorer accessibility descriptions
ARA: improve handling of unlooped media with negative start-in-source offset ^.
Automation items: fix glue/delete preserve points for some cases with very small AIs
Automation items: fix incorrect values when gluing AIs with small overlaps
Automation items: improve sizing of label area ^.
Automation items: add per-FX-envelope option to control how overlapping AIs are combined
Automation items: fix envelope context menu when right-clicking near overlapping AIs ^.
Auto save: do not process auto-save during mouse edits
Comp areas: do not switch source lane when right-clicking to open context menu
Comping: fix comping looped source media
Comping: improve behavior when inserting empty space or copying regions ^.
Comping: ensure comp areas are synced on every undo point and project save
Comping: support resetting comp area to a different source lane when right-clicking on media item re-sync button
Comping: when media is selected on both the source lane and comping lane, do not move comp area when slip-editing ^.
CPU metering: add option to view use as percentage of core (e.g. 4.0%c)
CPU metering: make readouts more consistent, use dynamic precision depending on values
Dynamic split: add modes to add stretch markers to items rather than replace
FX: improve take FX position reporting to plug-ins (including ARA) when using PDC ^.
FX: fix automation quirks with non-1.0 project playrate on plug-ins following PDC (v7 regression)
FX: fix quirks moving/copying single FX when single-FX chain mode is enabled ^.
FX: improve drag/drop FX chain selection behavior when chain is not visible ^.
FX: improve wording/checked-state indicators for bypass/offline menu items
FX: show indicator for first FX in parallel group
FX containers: always report tweaked plug-in context for last-tweaked parameter even when parameter is mapped ^.
FX containers: auto-expand container on mouseover drag in chain
FX containers: fix bypass automation of items in containers
FX containers: fix wet and delta solo automation for containers within containers
FX containers: fix undo-related issues with automation
FX containers: fix issues with bypass/wet/delta envelopes when adding additional parameters
FX containers: improve display in TCP/MCP FX context menu ^.
FX containers: improve JSFX default sizing ^.
IDEs: do not go to edit cursor when saving ^.
JSFX: ensure JSFX name cache is generated if needed on startup ^.
JSFX: fix stereo pair autodetection for auto-routing build ^.
Keyboard: improve Windows/macOS cross-import keyboard support for US keyboards ^.
Lanes: action to reset lane names will reset lanes named like 'C1' if they have no comp areas
Lanes: fix crash when trying to insert more than 128 lanes
Lanes: fix drag/drop with certain lane counts ^.
Lanes: fix editing vertical edge of razor edit on fixed lane tracks
Lanes: fix moving comp areas to lower-numbered lanes via razor edit ^.
Lanes: fix play cursor drawing glitch in certain situations ^.
Lanes: fix possible mouse click miss when track is greatly zoomed in ^.
Lanes: fix undo after changing comping lane ^.
Lanes: fix undo potentially resetting overlapping recording preference ^.
Lanes: fix resetting lane height when moving items across tracks in certain situations ^.
Lanes: if recording exceeds maximum number of lanes (currently 128), place recording in last lane
Lanes: ignore items in hidden lanes in various navigation and other actions ^.
Lanes: improve action to move items up to minimize lane usage
Lanes: improve behavior when auto-punch recording and setting enabled to record into first available lane ^.
Lanes: improve shift+click media item selection behavior ^.
Lanes: improve visibility of unsynced media item button in default theme
Lanes: recalculate auto-crossfades after actions to move items up/down by lanes
Lanes: when preference enabled to vertically offset overlapping items, items respect original lane order if track formerly displayed fixed lanes
Linux: use case-insensitive searching when finding JSFX by filename ^.
Localization: support Container and Video processor names in FX browser
Media explorer: allow inserting into active sample player when RS5k is in a container
Media explorer: fix setting option to normalize preview volume to -12LU from action window ^.
Media explorer: obey preference to not move edit cursor when inserting media
Metadata: Double-clicking 'description' field opens multi-line editor by default (note that right-click on any value field also opens multi-line editor)
MIDI editor: add actions to open/switch to MIDI toolbars 9-16 ^.
MIDI editor: fix step sequencer for VKB input and MIDI inputs with high IDs ^.
Mouse modifiers: fix assigning 'add items to selection' to media item left-click ^.
Preferences: always open mouse modifier preferences to the most recently viewed context
Project: preserve settings when loading projects saved before v7.0 with 'New recording that overlaps existing media items / Creates new media items' enabled ^.
Project bay: fix extra display tag info on video processors
ReaComp: improve peak metering accuracy ^.
ReaScript: add focused, last_touched, chain_sel, parent_container, container_item.X, container_map.add.fxid.parmid, container_map.get.fxid.parmid attributes for Track/TakeFX_GetNamedConfigParm
ReaScript: fix backwards compatibility in group membership flags ^.
ReaScript: GetFXEnvelope automatically updates UI in response to creation
ReaScript: GetFXEnvelope will no longer return envelope contexts for FX parameters that have modulation but no envelope ^.
ReaScript: GetFXEnvelope/TakeFX_GetEnvelope auto-map parameters to parent container if necessary ^.
ReaScript: GetTouchedOrFocusedFX returns obviously-invalid values when returning failure ^.
ReaScript: improve behavior of deprecated GetLastTouchedFX() when FX in container was last touched and parameter was mapped
ReaScript: improve FX-type prefix matching of TrackFX_AddByName et al ^.
ReaScript: TrackFX_CopyFXToTrack/etc select moved/copied FX in chain when chain is not visible ^.
ReaScript: update envcp when toggling parameter modulation via API ^.
ReaXcomp: fix potential deadlock when adding band ^.
Recording: actions to mark last recording pass as favorite or for deletion will mark the current recording if there is no previous recording pass
Recording: action to mark last take as favorite or for deletion affects only currently-recording looped items, not previously recorded items
Recording: improve consistency of action to add take marker to currently-recording media item ^.
Recording: improve handling of user deleting or reordering tracks while recording ^.
Recording: improve reliability of action to quick-add take marker while recording in MIDI overdub mode
Regions: recalculate region display overlap after undo ^.
Text filtering: support Unicode combining accent when matching strings ^.
Track panels: improve FX parameter multi-row size calculation
Track panels: improve retina/hidpi drawing of lane controls for non-hidpi-aware themes ^.
Track panels: fix display glitch when reactivating project tab and TCP is narrow ^.
Video: add action to toggle fullscreen
Video: allow dshow_depr to be enabled explicitly for extensions other than wmv/wma/avi/asf ^.
Video: ignore m4a files when using option to use video from background projects
VST: add preference to disable out-of-process plug-in scanning (for developer use when debugging plug-ins, not recommended for end users)

REAPER v7.05 - November 12, 2023
Several People Are Typing
Downloads:

Windows (15MB installer)

Windows x64 (15MB installer)

macOS Intel (20MB DMG)

macOS 64-bit Intel (22MB DMG)

macOS Universal (26MB DMG)

Linux x86_64 (12MB .tar.xz)

Linux i686 (12MB .tar.xz)

Linux armv7l (11MB .tar.xz)

Linux aarch64 (11MB .tar.xz)

Changes:

Comping: fix items in source lanes occasionally displaying as grouped
FX containers: reduce stack use for nested containers
Lanes: fix lane delete actions

REAPER v7.03 - November 7, 2023
Several People Are Typing
Downloads:

Windows (15MB installer)

Windows x64 (15MB installer)

macOS Intel (20MB DMG)

macOS 64-bit Intel (22MB DMG)

macOS Universal (26MB DMG)

Linux x86_64 (12MB .tar.xz)

Linux i686 (12MB .tar.xz)

Linux armv7l (11MB .tar.xz)

Linux aarch64 (11MB .tar.xz)

Changes:

Comp areas: actions to move comp areas up/down re-selects items after running
Comp areas: actions to move comp areas up/down skips lanes that only have source media within the comp area fadein/fadeout
Comp areas: actions to move comp areas up/down re-comps items if they are not already in sync
Comp areas: fix glitch when rapidly dragging comp area from right to left ^.
Comp areas: improve handling of unlooped media items that are longer than the media source ^.
Comp areas: when deleting comp areas and media, avoid leaving tiny pieces behind
Comping: actions to toggle comping set the track to fixed lanes, create a comping lane if the track has never had one; otherwise re-enable most recently used comping lane
Comping: action to delete comp areas and re-comp ignores crossfades ^.
Comping: action to delete media within comp areas and re-comp skips lanes with no media
Comping: allow setting source lane by right-clicking comp area
Comping: improve behavior when comp areas contain multiple copies of the same media ^.
Comping: when moving comp areas up/down via buttons or actions, skip empty source lanes
Comping: when re-enabling comping, handle edits in the comping lane that were made while comping was disabled ^.
Envelopes: improve organization of context menu
Envelopes: remove redundant 'Tension:' from mouseover tooltips
Envelopes: mouseover tooltip on overlapping automation items displays both current and combined item values
FX: actions to apply first track or take fx also bypass all take or track fx, whichever FX chain is not being rendered ^.
FX containers: fix parameter modulation issues in certain instances ^.
FX containers: fix possible incorrect undo state when recording new automation ^.
FX containers: improve accessibility for nested containers by allowing left/right arrows in chain list to navigate up/down hierarchy
Keyboard sections: avoid incorrect menu modifiers being generated when editing alternate sections
Keyboard sections: fix temporary override behavior with modifier keys ^.
Keyboard sections: improve behavior and default mapping of ESC when copying main action assignments
Lanes: actions to delete comp areas have no effect if comping is disabled
Lanes: action to reset lane names preserves comp lane identifiers, but resets comp lane numbers
Lanes: add actions to explicitly show or hide fixed lane buttons
Lanes: add action to delete source media within comp areas and re-comp for selected tracks
Lanes: add menu item, action to delete all lanes except for the clicked lane
Lanes: add preference to show/play only one lane by default
Lanes: display lane collapse button when track is tall enough, regardless of user setting for empty space at bottom of track ^.
Lanes: display media item re-sync buttons when lanes are collapsed ^.
Lanes: fix behavior of toggle action to set track to fixed lanes when multiple tracks are selected with mixed states
Lanes: fix crash when right-clicking comp lane that has no comp areas ^.
Lanes: fix lane size changing when moving media items out of and back into fixed lane tracks ^.
Lanes: fix occasionally pasting razor edits into the incorrect lanes ^.
Lanes: fix pencil-drawing media items on tracks with hidden lanes when multiple lanes are playing
Lanes: fix recording overlapping media on tracks that were formerly set to fixed lanes
Lanes: recording behaviors are equivalent for a track that has never had lanes vs a track that was formerly in fixed lane view
Lanes: when disabling fixed lanes, only retain hidden lane information if there are hidden media items or items on multiple lanes ^.
Lanes: when reordering lanes, only affect other selected tracks with the same number of lanes ^.
Lanes: when showing/playing only one lane, ignore actions that would result in no lanes or multiple lanes playing
License import: improve wording and explanation of old license keys
macOS: fix toolbar switching actions for various toolbars ^.
Marquee: clear envelope selection if envelope is selected and marquee is largely outside of envelope ^.
Menus: fix 'move to folder' menu items after customizing menu ^.
MIDI editor: fix displaying time/value in the correct place ^.
MIDI editor: when setting enabled, set channel for new events on mouseup rather than mousedown ^.
Navigator: do not display items in hidden lanes ^.
Paste: allow pasting media items onto a specific lane when pasting items on multiple tracks ^.
Preferences: fix disabling backup preferences
Preferences: fix setting configuration of default item fade length
Razor edits: display vertical guidelines when creating razor edit areas
Razor edits: improve horizontal guidelines when editing on free item positioning or fixed lane tracks
ReaScript: gfx.getchar(65536) returns additional flag if mouse click would hit window ^.
ReaScript: add set_action_options() for Lua/EEL2 which allows customizing behavior when re-running an already-running script
ReaScript: fix get_action_context() for alternate keyboard sections ^.
ReaScript: MIDIEditor_GetTake/EnumTakes() will return NULL rather than take in an invalid item ^.
ReaScript: optimize CountSelectedMediaItems/GetSelectedMediaItem
ReaScript: simplify script exported from mouse modifiers preferences
ReaScript: support setting script toggle state via set_action_options()
ReaScript: improve IDE suggestion mouse/mousewheel/scroll behavior
ReaScript: improve IDE help auto-navigate on F1 for some functions
Recording: add recording option to add overlapping media items in layers, replicating v6 recording option 'Add media items'
Track reordering: add more options in Preferences/Editing Behavior/Mouse to control folder creation via drag/drop
Track spacers: action to insert spacer after tracks skips hidden folder children ^.
Video: support VLC 3.0.19+
WALTER: fix loading custom images from subdirectories in certain themes ^.
Wildcards: $hour12 resolves 12:xx as 12 rather than 00 ^.

REAPER v7.02 - October 25, 2023
Several People Are Typing
Downloads:

Windows (15MB installer)

Windows x64 (15MB installer)

macOS Intel (20MB DMG)

macOS 64-bit Intel (22MB DMG)

macOS Universal (26MB DMG)

Linux x86_64 (12MB .tar.xz)

Linux i686 (12MB .tar.xz)

Linux armv7l (11MB .tar.xz)

Linux aarch64 (11MB .tar.xz)

Changes:

Actions: fix behavior of action to paste at mouse position when mouse is over track spacer ^.
Accessibility: fix API issue with MIDI editor last_clicked_cc_lane
Color theme: rename 'Inactive take overlay color/mode' to 'Inactive take/lane overlay color/mode' to clarify that these elements affect inactive fixed lanes (lanes that are not playing)
Comp areas: fix action to create comp area at mouse when track is not selected ^.
Comp areas: fix behavior when deleting edge between two adjacent comp areas ^.
Comp areas: fix left-click mouse modifiers to set loop points to comp area ^.
Comp areas: fix resync button display when track is small or unsynced items are overlapping
Comp areas: handle re-comping media items that are fully faded in or faded out ^.
Comp areas: respect project item locking when editing comp areas
Comp areas: respect track grouping when re-syncing media items ^.
Comp areas: when resyncing all edited media items, consolidate overlapping items
Comp areas: when resyncing individual media items, do not resync overlapping items
Comping: update comp areas after replacing media ^.
FX: fix crash when single-FX-chain mode enabled and dragging FX from chain to nowhere ^.
Grouping: improve behavior of dual edge editing when media items are grouped ^.
JSFX: add options: prealloc=* or prealloc=size, useful if a plug-in wants to force memory to be allocated at compile-time
JSFX: fix bug with top channel in channel_mapper ^.
JSFX: improve watch window filtering, allowing both REAPER filter logic plus expressions such as refs=1 or value>1 etc
JSFX: do not set image dirty when using gfx_measurestr/etc
Lanes: add lane collapse button right-click menu item to disable/re-enable fixed lanes
Lanes: add track setting to show/hide lane buttons (right-click or alt-click lane collapse button)
Lanes: allow clicking above or below lane button to initiate dragging/reordering lanes without changing lane play state ^.
Lanes: display razor edit comp area control differently when clicking would re-sync rather than comping
Lanes: enable option to record into first available lane even when layering lanes ^.
Lanes: handle section/reversed media properly when comping ^.
Lanes: improve display of lane names in lane button menu
Lanes: improve display of overlapping media items when a fixed lane track is taken out of fixed lane view ^.
Lanes: improve lane area display and mouse interaction with non-100% layouts
Lanes: improve shift+click selection behavior on fixed lane tracks
Lanes: respect setting to record into the first available lane when recording multiple loops into an empty track ^.
Lanes: when 'record into first available lane' is enabled, skip comping lanes if any
Lanes: when disabling comping, handle special case where a 2nd empty lane is displayed and autoremove lanes is enabled ^.
Lanes: when showing only one lane, support switching to any other lane via lane button right-click menu
macOS: fix file extension when exporting mouse modifiers as ReaScript
macOS: fix Sonoma routing window combo box bugs ^.
Media items: actions to set item colors also clear any per-take colors ^.
Media items: display tiny items on collapsed folder tracks when item selection indicator is enabled
Media items: hide item selection indicator when track height is small
Metadata: do not discard currently-being-edited metadata when the user clicks away ^.
MIDI: fix export timing issues ^.
MIDI: increase retroactive recording history size from 128KB to 1MB
MIDI: when option enabled to set channel for new events when clicking a note, ensure the new channel passes the MIDI filter ^.
MIDI editor: fix inconsistent text colors of CC lane description
MIDI hardware: better support user-generated reaper-midihw.ini files with whitespace around equal signs ^.
Mixer: fix embed FX layout bugs ^.
Preferences: fix changing media item background/peaks display color when theme does not override ^.
Preferences: support setting track lane buttons hidden by default
Razor edits: support relative snap ^.
Razor edits: if snapping to grid at any distance, also snap to the original, unsnapped position
Razor edits: remove razor edit areas when hiding envelopes ^.
ReaComp: fix reset of RMS size via doubleclick ^.
ReaLimit: fix 1-pixel incorrect drawing error on odd embedded-UI widths
ReaScript: fix GetSetMediaTrackInfo("C_LANEPLAYS:N") when setting value ^.
ReaScript: fix setting media item bottom half mouse modifiers from API
ReaScript: GetThingFromPoint() returns 'spacer_N' for spacer before track N
ReaScript: do not set image dirty when using gfx.measurestr/etc
ReaScript: fix gfx.circle rounding ^.
Super8: improve performance when starting recording on multiple channels simultaneously
Super8: use new prealloc feature for improved initial realtime performance
Theme: inline editor and item hidpi fixes, MCP indenting fixes
Toolbars: add preference to disable all toolbar animations
Track panels: refresh when setting/changing MIDI hardware outputs in various contexts ^.
Track reordering: improve folder behavior when dragging over a track that has envelopes visible
Track reordering: make folder-creation drag/drop behavior closer to that of 6.81
Tracks: if inserting a track at the end of the project and the last track is a folder with hidden collapsed children, add the track outside the folder
Track spacers: fix various behaviors when spacer size is customized
Track spacers: improve behavior when manually adjusting height of track that is displaying big lanes and track spacer height has been customized to a large value ^.
Virtual MIDI Keyboard: show all available keyboard assignments ^.
Windows: fix RAM use metering on Windows 11 ^.

REAPER v7.01 - October 19, 2023
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Downloads:

Windows (15MB installer)

Windows x64 (15MB installer)

macOS Intel (20MB DMG)

macOS 64-bit Intel (22MB DMG)

macOS Universal (26MB DMG)

Linux x86_64 (12MB .tar.xz)

Linux i686 (12MB .tar.xz)

Linux armv7l (11MB .tar.xz)

Linux aarch64 (11MB .tar.xz)

Changes:

Actions: report toolbar button feedback for deprecated mouse modifier actions ^.
Comp areas: fix some potential undo glitches ^.
Comp areas: improve behavior when copying regions that contain comp areas
FX containers: do not migrate modulation/linking to parent when pasting/moving FX ^.
Grid: respect 'measure' grid setting when splitting item on grid, moving cursor by grid, etc ^.
JSFX: fix performance issue with gain reduction scope resized very small ^.
JSFX: hide loudness meter maximum value display when meter is tiny ^.
Lanes: display comping button on razor edits in fixed lane tracks even if there is only one lane
Lanes: do not display comping button on razor edits when fixed lanes have been hidden
Lanes: improve behavior when moving/copying items between tracks with collapsed lanes ^.
macOS: fix default theme font
Parameter modulation: fix parameter linking when copying FX to tracks with existing FX ^.
Paste: fix pasting multiple media items into empty project with setting enabled to paste into separate tracks
ReaScript: correct GetMediaTrackInfo() parameter from "I_LANESCOLLAPSED" to "C_LANESCOLLAPSED" ^.
ReaScript: fix setting of FX param.X.plink.effect
ReaSurroundPan: optimize initialization process
Super8: fix possible audio errors when recording very long loops
Theme: fix squashed record arm buttons
Track groups: split items on grouped tracks if most of the item is within the bounds of the selected item ^. ^.
Track panels: correct multichannel input label/tooltip ^.
Track panels: fix hidpi text size for lane labels and TCP embedded FX labels ^.
Track templates: warn if FX are offline on import ^.
Video: fix video processor editor mousewheel issue on macOS
Visual spacers: improve behavior when adjusting track height and visual spacer height has been set to a high value ^.
Visual spacers: prevent envelope lane height affecting spacer size when spacer size has been customized to a large value
VST: fix undo point addition for some plug-ins when changing parameters via TCP controls/API ^.

REAPER v7.0 - October 16, 2023
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Downloads:

Windows (15MB installer)

Windows x64 (15MB installer)

macOS Intel (20MB DMG)

macOS 64-bit Intel (22MB DMG)

macOS Universal (26MB DMG)

Linux x86_64 (12MB .tar.xz)

Linux i686 (12MB .tar.xz)

Linux armv7l (11MB .tar.xz)

Linux aarch64 (11MB .tar.xz)

Changes:

Actions: add action to color all takes that share the same source media with the same color
Actions: add action to select all media items that use the same source media
Actions: add action to paste tracks/items at mouse position
Actions: prevent healing an unlooped item with a copy of itself ^.
Actions: actions to move items up/down/top/bottom will act on razor edit areas, if any exist
Actions: add actions to apply first track or take FX to items (can be used to render ARA FX)
Actions Window: hide actions like 'set default mouse modifier for [context] to [action]' from actions list, instead use ReaScript SetMouseModifier('context_name', keycombo, 'action_name'), deprecated actions will still work though
Actions Window: add meta-actions to allow running (some) actions in background project tab contexts
Actions Window: allow setting a parameter value for keys bound to MIDI CC/mousewheel actions
Actions Window: show custom action toggle state as enabled/disabled if all component actions that report a toggle state are enabled/disabled ^.
Actions Window: store descriptive comments about shortcuts in ReaperKeyMap/reaper-kb.ini
Actions Window: add 'Options' button to action window
Actions Window: add menu items to import, export, reset, clear keyboard shortcuts for the current section
API/ReaScript: support ShowConsoleMsg() from multiple threads
API/ReaScript: add actions to toggle console window visiblity, clear console window; console window log persists when closing/reopening window
API/ReaScript: add CleanItemLanes(), to recalculate fixed lane arrangement and remove unused lanes at bottom of track after moving or editing media items
API/ReaScript: add FX_GetNamedConfigParm(container_count) for getting number of FX in container
API/ReaScript: TrackFX_/TakeFX_ APIs can access container and sub-container FX via documented addressing scheme
API/ReaScript: preserve FXID when cutting/pasting FX, saving/loading RfxChain
API/ReaScript: add EnumInstalledFX()
API/ReaScript: add GetTouchedOrFocusedFX(), support addressing FX containers, deprecate GetFocusedFX2() and GetLastTouchedFX()
API/ReaScript: add MIDIEditorFlagsForTrack(), to get/set pitchwheel range and snap settings
API/ReaScript: add set/getNamedConfigParm container_map.add, param.X.container_map.*
API/ReaScript: add support for GetSetMediaTrackInfo() I_NUMFIXEDLANES, I_LANESCOLLAPSED, C_LANEPLAYS, I_SPACER
API/ReaScript: add support for GetSetMediaItemInfo() I_FIXEDLANE, B_FIXEDLANE_HIDDEN
API/ReaScript: much faster API validation for takes and envelopes ^.
API/ReaScript: fix gfx.drawstr() on multiline content drawing with negative Y offset ^.
API/ReaScript: GetTrackFromPoint() also returns the fixed lane under the mouse, if applicable
API/ReaScript: gfx.setcursor() can specify named theme cursors without specifying numeric ID
API/ReaScript: support using full (unlocalized) action description in Get/SetMouseModifier(), example: SetMouseModifier('Media item left drag', 0, 'Move item')
API/ReaScript: update from Lua 5.3.5 to Lua 5.4.6 (may affect existing ReaScripts) ^.
API/ReaScript: update TakeFX/TrackFX_Get/SetPinMappings() to support more than 64 mappings
API/ReaScript: add GetSetTrackGroupMembership() support for MEDIA_EDIT_LEAD, MEDIA_EDIT_FOLLOW
ARA: support pooling edits by source media, so edits can automatically affect all media items that share the same source media
ARA: support pooling or not pooling ARA edits by default (old projects will always load with edits unpooled)
ARA: pooled edits will not be preserved when loading a project created with REAPER 7+ into an older version of REAPER (the old version will show a 'project token not recognized: ARAMOD' warning)
ARA: display pooled edit button for media items that share ARA edits (similar to pooled MIDI behavior)
ARA: list analyzed media files and pooled/unpooled count in FX + menu
ARA: add actions to select media items with pooled ARA edits, remove items from edit pool, return items to edit pool
ARA: improve stability of ARA edits when editing media items (splits, copies, cut/paste, etc)
ARA: fix possible hang when ARA plugin analyzes media with negative start-in-source offset
Audio: support up to 128 channels per track, 128 channels of I/O per plug-in
Audio: allow mapping ReaRoute/loopback devices as regular channels
Backups: add configuration for path to auto-save unsaved projects
Backups: default to saving up to 50 timestamped projects in Backups directory for new users
Backups: optionally save timestamped backup projects to Backups directory, auto-saved projects to AutoSaves directory
Backups: optionally keep last X copies or X unique days of copies of timestamped backups
Batch Converter: allow user-entered file extension if it is compatible with the format (.m4v for .mp4, etc)
Batch Converter: correct extension handling when option enabled to overwrite source files
CLAP Plugins: automatically scan reaper_resource_path/UserPlugins/FX for .clap plug-ins
CLAP Plugins: fix recording automation in touch mode ^.
Click Source: fix glitch at start of playback with take FX that use PDC ^.
Color Theme: new Default 7.0 theme
Color Theme: add preference/theme element for small themed indicator on selected media items
Color Theme: add theme elements for various fixed lane display features (buttons, text, etc)
Defaults: display media item volume knob, FX button, mute button by default
Defaults: enable preference to record media, copy imported media to project media directory by default
Defaults: MIDI editor defaults to one editor per project
Defaults: default to OpenGL for video output
Defaults: video media defaults to low-resolution audio peaks, for improved responsiveness
Defaults: disable automatic fadein/fadeout for imported media by default
Defaults: disable 'right-click deletes notes' MIDI editor preference by default
Defaults: mouse-drag on crossfade intersection moves the split point left/right by default, rather than adjusting fade curves
Defaults: use project peaks directory by default
Defaults: ReaComp defaults to 4:1 compression ratio
Defaults: ReaEQ adds default HPF band 5 (disabled by default)
Defaults: ReaEQ changes default bandwidth for low/high shelf
Defaults: built-in sliders respond to mouse click anywhere in the slider window, not just within the thumb image ^.
Dynamic Split: properly handle leading/trailing pad when splitting grouped tracks ^.
FX: support processing multiple plug-ins in parallel
FX: support FX containers, sub-chains of FX with configurable input/output/processing channel sizes, configurable parameter mappings
FX: Containers support configurable channel feedback
FX: Containers support internal modulation of parameters, using parent modulation/automation as baseline for any container-local modulation
FX: flush plug-in buffers when bypassing VST or CLAP plugins
FX: always run track/track FX while playback is stopped, if the UI is visible ^.
FX: always run input FX if the UI is visible
FX: optionally run FX when muted if the UI is visible
FX: fix many last-touched-parameter actions to work with per-take, input FX
FX: show more descriptive names for track/take channels in pin connector dialog
FX: support parameter modulation for input FX, monitor FX
FX Oversampling: add preference to auto-disable oversampling for record arm-affected tracks
FX Oversampling: avoid subsample delays in signal when delay compensating ^.
FX Oversampling: fix slight errors in passthrough MIDI timing when using per-instance oversampling and latency compensation
FX Oversampling: improve accuracy of timing information passed to plug-ins when using chain oversampling
FX Sidechain: allow drag/drop sidechain creation to FX in containers, floating windows
FX Sidechain: when creating sidechain via drag/drop to FX, always add/route to new track channels, reconfigure pin mappings for sidechain if FX has 4 inputs
Grouping: add option (enabled by default) for track media item grouping to affect only items that start and end at the same time (rather than any enclosed media item)
Grouping: improve behavior when splitting media items on grouped tracks ^.
JSFX: add ext_gr_meter to support reporting gain reduction to the host (set to non-positive values in @init and @block)
JSFX: make output metering pre-wet/dry/delta-solo
JSFX: support plug-in defined compile-time configuration parameters
JSFX/ReaScript/Video: % (modulus) operator supports 64-bit values on arm64 ^.
Keyboard: add multiple alternate main keyboard sections, add actions to switch between them persistently or momentarily
Lanes/Comping: support fixed-lane tracks, to arrange media items in fixed lanes
Lanes/Comping: support setting individual lanes to play back or not play back
Lanes/Comping: support automatically recording overlapping media to separate lanes, either layered (multiple lanes play back at once) or not (only the last recorded lane plays back)
Lanes/Comping: v6 option for overlapping recording to create new media items is replaced by option to add lanes; playback behavior is identical to v6
Lanes/Comping: support minimizing, maximizing, or collapsing track lanes
Lanes/Comping: support adding lanes by dragging media to a hashed 'parking area', automatically removing empty lanes
Lanes/Comping: support naming individual lanes, resizing lane name area
Lanes/Comping: support reordering fixed lanes by dragging lane buttons up/down
Lanes/Comping: support targeting a specific lane or free item position when pasting media items and razor edits
Lanes/Comping: add many actions to support editing, manipulating, playing back, comping, and coloring items in fixed lanes
Lanes/Comping: add mouse modifier contexts for fixed lane header buttons, fixed lane comp areas (including click/double-click contexts)
Lanes/Comping: add many theme elements for fixed lane and comp area display
Lanes/Comping: support recording into specific lanes or new lanes
Lanes/Comping: add actions to explode items in lanes to tracks, implode items on tracks to lanes, optionally creating comp areas
Lanes/Comping: existing actions to switch active take (T/shift-T by default) will switch the comp area under the mouse up or down as well
Lanes/Comping: add import option to add multiple media on fixed lanes on a single track
Lanes/Comping: tracks that are grouped for media/razor edits are also grouped for lane actions and edits
Lanes/Comping: when exiting fixed lane view, lanes that are not playing are hidden; hidden lanes are restored when re-entering fixed lane view
Lanes/Comping: create a comping lane by double-clicking or right-clicking the lane button, or clicking the comping button on a razor edit, or using arrange view mouse modifiers
Lanes/Comping: while comping, mouse-drag in source lanes to create comp areas; comped media is copied to the comping lane
Lanes/Comping: comp areas create editable copies of source media
Lanes/Comping: mouse modifiers for comp areas include behaviors to change comp area source lane, limit comp areas to media item edges, move media items along with comp areas, attach comp area edges to adjacent comp area edges, create time selection including pre-roll/post-roll for previewing
Lanes/Comping: while comping, edits to media item edges/fades/crossfades in comping lane will also affect comp areas (comp areas fades/crossfades can be individually edited this way)
Lanes/Comping: while comping, edits that cause comping-lane media to go out of sync with source-lane media will display a re-comp button on the comping lane media
Lanes/Comping: clicking re-comp button will copy edited media to a new source lane, to use as an alternative edit along with existing source media
Lanes/Comping: optionally support editing source media while comping (edits immediately affect the comping lane)
Lanes/Comping: add options to automatically create comp areas for new recording while comping
Lanes/Comping: ensure that new recording is in the same lane for all grouped tracks ^.
Lanes/Comping: when recording with time selection auto-punch into a new lane, optionally add the entire new recording, but comp only within the time selection ^.
License: display license valid-through version in About/Purchase window
Loopback: add audio loopback support (Preferences/Audio) for up to 256 channels
Loopback: when recording from loopback MIDI/audio channels, do not compensate audio device latency
macOS: improve menu item modifier descriptions for various menus
macOS: optionally display last user-run action in REAPER title bar
Media Items: allow mouse editing take markers by clicking anywhere within the text, as well as on the marker itself
Media Items: avoid snapping to a grid point that is in a different direction from the mouse move
Media Items: do not autoscroll when adjusting media item contents ^.
Media Items: improve interactions between auto-crossfade project setting and crossfade preferences when trimming content behind media item edits
Media Items: limit overlap and crossfade when splitting at time selection or razor edit ^.
Media Items: improve multiple selection behavior when editing crossfade or shared media item edges ^.
Media Items: limit crossfade edits consistently when moving left or right ^.
Media Items: show tooltip when hovering over pooled MIDI button
Media Items: store fade-in/fade-out length with greater precision in project files
Media Items: support healing items even if one or both contains empty takes
Media Items: support healing splits even if items do not have the same active take lane
Media Items: when option enabled to offset overlapping media items vertically, arrange media items that start at the same time in the order they were created ^.
Metadata: support multi-line render metadata (right-click value cell to open multi-line editor) ^.
Metadata: support unsynchronized lyrics metadata via ID3 and VORBIS tags
Metadata: cancel metadata edit entry box when user scrolls metadata list
Metadata: attempt to parse XMP markers for terse display in media source properties dialog
Meters: add per-track option to display gain reduction from VST or JSFX plug-ins that report gain reduction to the host
Meters: add gain reduction metering preferences in Appearance/Track Control Panels
MIDI: support up to 128 MIDI buses per track
MIDI: add action to send explicit note-off messages for every channel/pitch combination to every MIDI output and plugin
MIDI: improve MIDI device preferences pane
MIDI: do not automatically re-color MIDI media items when doing pooled copy
MIDI Devices: support up to 128 input/output devices
MIDI Devices: add ability to create multiple native MIDI loopback devices (single audio block delay)
MIDI Devices: allow ignoring devices to prevent them from using up device ID space
MIDI Devices: add per-device option to not warn when unable to open device
MIDI Editor: add option for editor selection to follow track selection in arrange view
MIDI Editor: add option to set the channel for new events when selecting a single note or CC event (improves MPE editing support)
MIDI Editor: support vertical zoom/scroll in CC lanes
MIDI Editor: support pitchwheel lane semitone range, snap-to-semitone
MIDI Editor: improve support for renaming CC lanes
MIDI Editor: add option to prevent mouse edits of single CC events from moving past other CC events
MIDI Editor: add preference to display empty space at top/bottom of CC lanes
MIDI Editor: display time/value in CC lanes
MIDI Editor: improve options to allow/disallow CC curve shapes in sustain, bank, LSB lanes
MIDI Editor: fix deselecting CC events when clicking lane outside envelope, when preference enabled to draw/edit immediately on mouse click
MIDI Editor: if 'show only events that pass filter' disabled, allow setting any channel for new events ^.
MIDI Editor: remove snap-to-center for mouse edits in CC lanes (double-click a value to center it)
MIDI Editor: when switching active MIDI item, adjust vertical scroll if all notes would be offscreen
MIDI Editor: when using one editor per project or per track, reopen editor at the same screen location for all MIDI items that share the editor
MIDI Quantize: automatically quantize media content start position to PPQ when quantizing MIDI ^.
MIDI Quantize: reset quantization for unselected notes when switching from 'all notes' to 'selected notes' in quantize dialog
MIDI Quantize: when creating new items, always snap media item position to PPQ ^.
MIDI Quantize: improve behavior of no-chase playback modes to handle media items with non-quantized starting positions ^.
Mouse Modifiers: add multiple arrange view mouse modifier override sections, to define new behaviors when left-mouse-dragging in arrange view
Mouse Modifiers: set override A to marquee selection behaviors, override B to razor edit behaviors, override C to comping behaviors, override D to time selection behaviors by default (all are fully customizable though)
Mouse Modifiers: add actions, toolbar buttons to activate/momentarily activate/toggle/clear mouse modifier overrides
Mouse Modifiers: add menu action to export modifiers for the current context as a ReaScript ^.
Mouse Modifiers: support user-defined custom toolbar button tooltip for arrange view override contexts
Multiproject: if =REF markers specified in both projects, use as a manual synchronization point
Multiproject: use project time offsets to synchronize video and playback between project tabs
Pitch Shift/Timestretch: add multi-mono and multi-stereo options for applicable algorithms
Pitch Shift/Timestretch: support more than 48 channels with Elastique ^.
Preferences: add new Envelope Colors preferences page, support custom envelope colors based on envelope name
Preferences: add new Project/Backups preferences page
Preferences: add new Item Fade Defaults, Item Loop Defaults preferences pages
Preferences: add new ARA preferences page
Preferences: add new Scrub/Jog preferences page
Preferences: add new Zoom/Scroll preferences page
Preferences: add button to Preferences/Project to open project settings dialog
Preferences: add preference for envelope lane height as a percentage of track height, when zooming vertically (default 50%)
Preferences: add preference for adjusting scrub/jog volume gain
Preferences: add preferences for default fixed lane track configuration (big/small lanes, etc)
Preferences: add preferences for crossfade behavior for various contexts (splitting, reording, etc)
Preferences: add preferences for track meter display defaults
Preferences: remember last selected mouse modifier context when closing/restarting REAPER
Project: changing autocrossfade or overlapping-recording options also sets default setting for new projects
Project: use HMSF if set as a secondary project time unit
Project: show play/record indicators for background tabs
Project: add actions to reorder project tabs, actions to switch to specific or previously-selected tabs
Raw PCM Media: add button to source properties to reload media after editing .rsrc sidecar file
Razor Edit: copy selected part of fade-in/fade-out if any part of the fade is included in the razor edit
Recording: display loop counter during recording
Recording: optionally apply autocrossfade when new recording overlaps existing items and adding takes ^.
Recording: optionally apply autocrossfade when loop-punch recording and adding takes ^.
Recording: fix aligning takes when recording pass starts in the middle of a looped section ^.
Recording: when loop recording, do not split recorded media even if a full loop pass was not recorded
Render: inform user when saved render format is not available
Render: fix persistence of preference to embed XMP markers ^.
Render: respect preference to close render window when done, even when normalizing (but leave the window open when dry run rendering regardless of the preference)
Render: support forcing mono/stereo/multichannel render for master mix via region render matrix
Render: support rendering raw PCM (.sd2), including sidecar definition file
Render: support marker/region wildcards consisting of separated name=value pairs using $marker(name)[separator] and $region(name)[separator] (see wildcard help)
RX2: fix memory leak when exploding items
Samplerate Conversion: update r8brain-free to v6.3
Super8: support 1-48 channels (default 8)
Takes: add actions to mark previous recording pass for deletion, delete takes that are marked for deletion
Takes: avoid potential crash when editing take markers and media item source file is not available
Tempo/Time Signature: inserting time at start of project uses initial tempo marker rather than project tempo setting ^.
Tempo/Time Signature: if project timebase for tempo/time signature envelope is set to beats, action to insert time will preserve existing tempo/time signature changes ^.
Toolbars: support optional animation or blinking for toolbar buttons
Toolbars: animate ripple-edit, mouse modifier override toolbar buttons by default
Toolbars: support up to 32 main toolbars, 16 MIDI toolbars
Track Folders: add preference to hide tracks in a folder when the folder is fully collapsed
Track Folders: add option for track folder collapse button to cycle child track heights between various combinations of normal-sized, small, collapsed, and hidden
Track Folders: add action to show/hide children of selected folder tracks
Track Folders: consistently refer to collapsed folders as 'collapsed' rather than 'compacted'
Track Folders: add actions, menu items to move tracks to new or existing folder track
Track Folders: gray out folder tracks in track context menu if all selected tracks are already within that folder
Track Folders: when inserting tracks after a folder whose children are all hidden, insert after children
Track Spacers: add support for customizable spacers between tracks
Track Spacers: display track spacers in mixer when mixer tracks are displayed in the same order as TCP
Track Spacers: when multiple contiguous tracks are selected, spacers will be added at the start and end of the set
Track Spacers: support moving/copying track spacers with mouse, dragging tracks to before/after/within spacers
Transport: add support for Measures.Beats as secondary time unit ^.
Transport: when parsing user-input time, always treat 8-digit numbers as hhmmssff
Video: add option to disable video per-media-item
Video: optionally display video from background projects if current project lacks video ^.
Video: support project setting for YUV preview/conversion gamut: BT.601 (previous versions), BT.709, BT.2020
Video: add preference to use standard (accessible) OS editing controls for video code
WALTER: themes can create custom controls by using 'custom tcp.custom.xyz [label] [action ID] [accessibility description] [button_image_name]' in layouts
WALTER: custom controls can be text fields or buttons, may support .font, .color, .margin
WALTER: add various scalars/elements/images
WALTER: add warnings, enable via 'warnings all' or 'warnings pedantic' line (only supported when loading a non-zipped theme)
Web Control Surface: reduce web server latency
Windows: do not try to style-match tab-child windows ^.
Windows: update manifest to declare UAC configuration and compatibility for new Windows 8+ features (improves support for some plug-ins)
Zoom/Scroll: consistently support small control device moves, such as from a trackpad or trackball
Zoom/Scroll: map shift+alt+mousewheel to 'scroll vertically one page' by default
Zoom/Scroll: rename actions to scroll horizontally/vertically to match behavior (scrolling forward vs reversed)
Zoom/Scroll: do not change envelope height when resizing tracks via mouse drag
Zoom/Scroll: support vertical scroll step as percentage of track height or percentage of arrange view height
Zoom/Scroll: add actions to toggle track zoom height to default; cycle track zoom height between minimum, default, and maximum
Zoom/Scroll: add actions to toggle or cycle track zoom to maximum, even if maximum is not 100% of arrange view height
Zoom/Scroll: if maximum vertical zoom preference is 100% or less, keep the focused track entirely onscreen while zooming
Zoom/Scroll: if track height is greater than screen height, mousewheel scroll on TCP scrolls by screen height
Zoom/Scroll: allow mouse-centered vertical zoom to target the interior of a track