Metro prerelease 6.3.5.1 now available

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Upgrades from 6.2 are, for the time being, 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: 6.3.5.1

• New: Support for externally syncing devices via MIDI clock that do not support 'Song Position'. This option has been added to the MIDI Setup dialog. If a section is played back starting from a non-measure boundary external MIDI clocks will not be sent until the following measure.

• Fixed: A problem with plug-ins of the wrong type being loaded. This could occur for VST plug-ins only in very rare circumstances.
• Fixed: A problem whereby the installer would leave the files 'installer_resources, 'welcome.rtf' and 'license.rtf' on the root of the hard drive. These files can safely be deleted.
• Fixed: A bug that could affect the display when using various VST effects or could cause a crash.
• Fixed: A bug that could cause a soft-synth plug-in to become inexplicably silent.
• Fixed: When sending external MIDI sync, the first tempo could be a bit slow.

New to previous version 6.3.5:

• New: Full Mac Intel processor support.
• New: Installer that simplifies installation and the use of .zip compression instead of .sit.
• 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 are documented here.
• 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.

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Preliminary documentation for the new Remote Control feature set can be found here.