Metro prerelease 6.3.5 now available

[Jerm]

Upgrades from 6.2 are (for now) 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 6.3.5.

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 has OS 9 support removed.

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: 6.3.5
• New: Full Mac Intel processor support.
• New: Mighty mouse support allows horizontal scrolling with the mouse wheel.
• New: Vastly improved remote-control event support. Support for RC output events. A preset fully supporting Frontier Design's Tranzport included. The persist option allows the current setting to persist over document loads and Metro restarts. These features will be more fully documented on our web site soon.
• New: Drastically improved MIDI scrubbing.
• New: The Jukebox plays back faster and more file types correctly including 32 bit wave files.
• New: Files of type .wav and .bndl are now recognized by their extensions if their file type is not set correctly.
• New: Cosmetic changes to the drums editor dialog.
• New: Holding the option-key down while selecting device option in the digital audio dialog erases the current stream names so that the original device names can be restored to factory settings.
• New: Better VST support including support for VST 2.4.
• New: A new option allows effects plug-in's editors to be placed in a compositing window.
• New: Removed outdated styles, appearance, grey, etc.
• New: Text justification is handled correctly when justification is selected for text items in the notation window.
• New: The internal metronome has been changed to use native Mach-O format.
• New: Better error messages when a plug-in fails to load.
• New: An option to specify the MIDI input source of an audio and MIDI track. This is a kind of track that sends both MIDI and Audio to its insert plug-in.
• New: An option to turn off the audio input source of an audio and MIDI track.
• New: A new option added to the output assign menu allows a new Metro output to be created before being assigned to a track.
• New: Dragging the tempo ruler in the transports rounds the BPM to a whole number.
• New: The return and fast forward buttons in the transport now move all edit windows when not playing.
• New: Trim outputs to tracks menu item. This option rearranges in section, track order and also removes all unused outputs from the Metro document.
• New: Option for sending tempo changes to plug-ins early. This makes it possible for AudioUnit plug-ins like Stylus RMX to work correctly with multiple tempo changes. This is selectable for each plug-in by right-clicking or ctrl-clicking on the plug-in in the plug-ins window.

• Fixed: A possible crash could have occurred when closing one of the program names dialogs.
• Fixed: A possible crash could have occurred when clearing a plug-in.
• Fixed: Softsynth outputs MIDI volumes are now correctly unaffected by changes to master volume. In previous versions the MIDI and audio volume of softsynths were both being changed when the master volume was changed.
• Fixed: Text using auto-replacement fields such as #D for date, now center and work properly in the notation window.
• Fixed: The quality slider in the mixdown dialog was not being handled or remembered properly.
• Fixed: It was possible that a recently loaded plug-ins audio output would not be assigned to the default audio stream.
• Fixed: The splash screen does not come up blank any more.
• Fixed: An error message displays when the jukebox does not have a valid Metro output selected.
• Fixed: Improved software audio through.
• Fixed: VST ranges for parameters in the automation view were sometimes incorrect.
• Fixed: Latencies now include individual audio stream latency as well as device latency.
• Fixed: Audio devices input and output sample rates are set correctly now. This may have caused problems with certain USB audio devices.
• Fixed: Default audio stream names provided by audio devices drivers were being processed incorrectly.
• Fixed: Help tags were being displayed incorrectly in some cases.
• Fixed: Improvements and bug fixes related to effect automation.
• Fixed: Sometimes the sound font name would not appear immediately after it was selected in the effects window.
• Fixed: Miscellaneous cosmetic changes.
• Fixed: Changing tracks in the graphic editor would not always update the current selection properly.
• Fixed: Many notation problems since converting to the carbon event model have been addressed including double-clicking to open items and selecting fonts.
• Fixed: Video recording functionality is working correctly again.
• Fixed: Video transitions and effects are working correctly again.
• Fixed: Changing a softsynth track's port to original:audio port works correctly now.
• Fixed: Certain plug-in version numbers are parsed correctly in the plug-ins window.
• Fixed: Better support for bank names in .ins files that have more than 31 characters.
• Fixed: It was possible that the aux buss outputs would be changed inadvertently by visiting the 'modify output and busses' dialog.
• Fixed: The windows menu is updated properly after a plug-in is cleared.
• Fixed: Setting the PPQ or dragging bar lines was recently broken. This has been corrected.
• Fixed: A dragged MIDI file no longer overwrites existing track names.
• Fixed: Improved support for subsections, soft-synths and tempo changes.
• Fixed: Transport's float setting was not being saved properly in preferences and when in non-floating mode would activate inappropriately.
• Fixed: All notes would incorrectly be selected when the Graphic editor window was deactivated.

[Jerm]

Prereleases of Metro LX and Metro SE version 6.3.5 will follow (hopefully) within the next few days...

[Scoot]

If you're on an intel mac, do PPC plugins work inside metro.....as rosetta maybe or is it like the difference between OS9 and OSX?

[Jerm]

If you're on an intel mac, do PPC plugins work inside metro.....as rosetta maybe or is it like the difference between OS9 and OSX?

No. The only time PPC plug-ins will work on an Intel Mac is if you run Metro under Rosetta.

[Scoot]

• New: A new option allows effects plug-in's editors to be placed in a compositing window.

How does this work? Tiger only?

if not.....

Tick the option in the plugins window to allow composite on a few plugins and perhaps allow resize as well.....

Drag a few across to the effects window (like AUDynamics and AUGraphicEQ that have 'edit' options)

Click edit on both in the effects window and they appear in seperate windows???

[Jerm]

I am not sure what you mean. I think perhaps you misunderstand. A compositing window is just a new way of drawing in OS X. Some say you get better performance in a compositing window.

[Scoot]

oops.........thought compositing would put all the effect edit windows into one window and you could scroll down them to access them rather than having them seperately all over the screen.


Nice installer BTW.

[Industro]

Thanks Jerm for fixing the .bndl file type issue (and all the other enhancements and bug fixes). That .bndl fix really helps those of us who work with sound engineers and producers accross the country and must rely on FTP-ing our files back and fourth!

And, now that Metro is Universal, I'm one-step closer to upgrading to a DuoCore. Now, if only Adobe would catch up, I can make the transition without interrupting my workflow!

Thanks Jerm for your continued support and dedication to customer satisfaction!

-Dan-

[Jerm]

Nice installer BTW.

Oh yeah, I forgot to add that...

• New: Completely new installer makes installing very simple and we now use .zip compression instead of .sit.

[Scoot]

And, now that Metro is Universal, I'm one-step closer to upgrading to a DuoCore.

Is Metro the first big Audio app to go dual binary?
I haven't heard of another.

(if the information is released to sites like Macintouch on early Friday, it might be retained over the weekend on the main page. )

[Jerm]

Logic and Garage band are UB's (Universal Binaries).

[cornutt]

Logic and Garage band are UB's (Universal Binaries).

So it's the first one from anyone other than Apple...

[Jerm]

Metro LX prerelease version 6.3.5 is now available from our downloads page.

[Jerm]

Oh yeah, also Metro 6.3.5 has been reposted due to a bug that could affect the display when using various VST effects. So anyone who downloaded it before the this message should re-download it. Sorry for any inconvenience.

[Scoot]

Oh yeah, also Metro 6.3.5 has been reposted due to a bug that could affect the display when using various VST effects.

I actually blamed it on the plugins as I couldn't get it to repeat consistantly. Sorry about the bug.

Mine was happening adding a few plugs and removing the first in the effects window.