Metro 6.3.2.1 pre-release

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Upgrades from 6.2 are free. All new purchases include access to this version. There is an upgrade price of $34.99 to upgrade any flavor of Metro from 6.x to 6.3.x.

Download it here:
http://www.sagantech.biz/downloads

IMPORTANT: The official system requirements have changed as of 6.1.

IMPORTANT: Metro Documents written with this version will NOT be readable in any version prior to Metro/Metro SE version 6.3.2.

IMPORTANT: This pre-release (Metro and Metro SE) still works under OS 9 but we are no longer providing Tech support for OS 9. This will most likely be the last OS 9 release as it is getting increasingly harder to support OS 9.

IMPORTANT: This is a pre-release, meaning it has some bug fixes (and possibly features) that were deemed important enough to be released before it could be rigorously tested.

We want our software to be bug free. If you find any bugs please report them here.

The following list includes changes to Metro, Metro SE and Metro LX. Some changes may not be applicable to specific products.

New to this version:
• New: All MIDI tracks can now be routed to accept input from a particular MIDI input controller (keyboard).
• New: Multi-MIDI thru allows all MIDI record-enabled tracks to be routed from their input to their output. Automatic MIDI thru must be enabled for this feature to take effect.
• New: Metro now listens for AudioUnits that change their Factory-Presets.
• New: Effect are now supported when placed on the ReWire Aux buss.
• New: The jukebox will now correctly plays back high bit sizes and sample rates within SE and LX.
• New: Support for dragging samples of stereo audio files from either the left or right channel.
• New: A new dialog option for finding program names (Full Version Only). This allows you to easily search for a particular sound in your MIDI or soft-synth name library.
• New: The cue button is highlighted when loop recording.
• New: If many Core Audio overloads are detected, Metro brings up a dialog allowing you to immediate increase the audio buffer packet size.
• New: Muted Movie tracks do not play.
• New: Recent files under OS X show long file names.
• New: Changing parameters related to record looping in the Play Record Setup dialog will automatically enable the record loop setting in the transport.

• Fixed: Software audio thru was usually introducing noise at the end of every playback buffer.
• Fixed: Soft-synth compatibility improvements including better support for when the Synful orchestra plug-in is placed on an aux buss.
• Fixed: Group Normalize was not working properly on 32 bit audio files.
• Fixed: Master volume automation was not being chased properly. This could result in the wrong volume being set for MIDI or soft synths if Master Volume Automation was in use.
• Fixed: Many improvements in regard to Quicktime Movie support including eliminating a potential crash when using undo.
• Fixed: Miscellaneous minor cosmetic issues.
• Fixed: Notes are no longer eaten during the end of count-off.
• Fixed: Problem related to saving grooves for use with Groove Quantize.
• Fixed: A couple of problems when honoring core MIDI time stamps. Including offset errors when counting off and record looping.
• Fixed: Problem whereby sys-ex could be recorded even if Record Criteria had it disabled.
• Fixed: Better Core MIDI compatibility.
• Fixed: More robust loop recording compatibility. Multi-take record looping improvements when audio is being recorded.
• Fixed: A problem introduced in Tiger whereby Audio files would not import unless they were created with Metro.
• Fixed: More accurate support for 'wait for note' when doing audio recording. Because of technical issues there is still a gap of one audio-buffer-packet after a note is pressed.
• Fixed: Version numbers are more accurately printed in the plug-in window.
• Fixed: Better support for plug-ins that cannot be found when a Metro document is opened.
• Fixed: Minor problems related to changed ports and the change ports dialog.
• Fixed: A problem whereby changing the PPQ setting in MIDI setup did not always work properly.
• Fixed: A problem with the internal Metronome.

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6.3.2.1 was pre-released today. It has some minor changes which include:

• Fixed a problem introduced in 6.3.2 that would, under certain conditions, cause a crash when record-enabling MIDI tracks under OS X systems prior to 10.3.
• Fixed a problem that was causing AudioUnit plug-ins to report an incorrect latency.
• New: in the effects window, if you right click on a plug-in there is a new option 'get info' that currently only reports the plug-ins latency.