Demo versions will be available Tuesday, September 15th.
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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 6.4.3.
We want our software to be bug free. If you find any bugs please report them here.
New to this version: 6.4.8
- • Optional native support for .caf files. The user can decide to use .aif or .caf as the native supported audio file format. .caf has the advantages of not being limited to a 2 GB file size and data recovery, in the unlikely event of a crash. It has the disadvantage of not being supported by certain Apple applications even though it is an Apple file format.
• The mixdown dialog, when 'to track' is selected, now brings up the export dialog allowing the user to select a final mixdown file type and more. This allows direct mixdown to .mp3 or .aif for example.
• Preference option allows the user to decide if the tracks and graphic editor windows keep tracks in sync or not.
• The 'don't show audio glitch dialog' setting is permanent and can be set in the preferences dialog.
• Support more zooms. The user can now zoom out much further in the graphic editor to get an overview of large audio files for example.
• Support for vertical grids when in notes mode of the graphic editor.
• Global warnings in the graphic editor display: "8 Bit audio","Sample rate converting" and "Track Frozen".
• Keyboard equivalents for Fade and Cross Fade.
• Jukebox window live resizes.
• Filenames are now automatically copied to audio region names.
• Stereo Vu's in the mixer window.
• A plug-in contextual menu item option to 'retain editor on close' prevents Submersible Drumcore 3 from crashing when its window is closed.
• Options for selecting colors in the Jukebox window's contextual menu allow the user to customize the look and also view song titles from great distances.
• Jukebox option for 'highlight now playing'.
• If a newer version is available it will be shown in the about dialog.
• Arpeggiator additions include a new set input key range button, and a diatonic switch that replaces the 'diatonic chords' method so that diatonic support is available within all arpeggiator methods.
• Dragging MIDI files (or MIDI regions) to the keyboard window to extract arpeggiator settings now possible.
• When a plug-in cannot be found, its name is now included, if possible, in the error message.
• Startup time is drastically reduced for users with long lists of plug-ins as plug-ins are now scanned on a separate thread.
• Clicking on the 'No.' header in the jukebox window when a file list is already shuffled reverses the order of the shuffled list.
• Option to sleep computer after jukebox finishes. Good for using Metro as a sleep timer without wasting power all night.
- • Copying and pasting plug-ins from an aux buss would sometimes create extraneous instances of plug-ins.
• After using the Jukebox plug-ins may not be automatically re-activated until regular playback.
• Keyboard window would not close with command-W if Transports was in front of it.
• Metronome was unnecessarily sample converting in some cases.
• Using the arrow keys to shift automation data now works for automation data on aux busses.
• Restore outputs could have caused a crash.
• Non-existent track names no longer are written to MIDI files with the name "Untitled".
• Canceling a save could have caused the undo history to be purged.
• Using the continuous data dialog to modify data on an aux buss would not have an immediate effect (playback would need to be restarted).
• Using the continuous data dialog to modify data on an aux buss is now undoable.
• Better drawing of the graphic editor when zooming out.
• Better performance during mixdown.
• Scroll horizontally with a mouse wheel no longer conflicts with playback scrolling.
• Vertical mouse wheel scrolling now works correctly when hovering over the graphic editor track's title bar.
• The default MIDI continuous controller display is now 1 (modulation) and not 0 (bank change).
• in some rare cases track views would mysteriously change.
• Extending the selection by using the shift + '[' or shift + ']' in the graphic editor did not work if there were aftertouch data in the track.
• WAV files would not import properly in some instances.
• Unplugged audio devices are now remembered until a new audio device is selected. This is in case the device comes back online.
• The glitch dialog could come up at an inopportune time that could cause Metro to be in a situation where the only option was a force-quit.
• Erratic playback was occurring after punch out in some cases.
• Import audio was failing in some rare cases.
• Batch converting files using the 'convert via quicktime' option would fail in some cases.
• Long plug-in names were wrapping strangely in the loading plug-in progress dialog.
• Plug-ins in the plug-ins window are now resorted, if necessary, when their number of instantiations changes.
• Default to midi view if audio is off when a plug-in that supports both audio and MIDI is instantiated on a track.
• Vastly improved consistency and performance when switching from cue to playback with audio tracks.
• Vastly improved consistency and performance when doing realtime audio edits.
• Problems with 8 bit audio have been addressed.
• Standard MIDI device names.
• Improved arpeggiator algorithms when not in auto sync mode.
• In some cases Metro would let the user record at a sample rate or bit size that was incompatible with the current track.
• The selected track could change if a record error occurred.
• Pasting audio automation would fail in certain cases if multiple sample rates were in use.
• The jukebox would report certain WAV files as all being 'untitled' instead of displaying their file names.
• It is now possible to start the jukebox playing in the middle of MP3 or other file formats.
• When the jukebox stops playing files are closed so that external drives can be ejected.
• Erroneous error message could popup if an audio devices was changed, the input was out of range but then resolved.
• The scale tempo setting in the scale time dialog is now remembered.
• The graphic editor pitch bend display would display incorrectly under certain circumstances, more commonly when zoomed in.
• After dropping audio, the current play position and other setting would be unnecessarily reset.
• After an audio device input select port is detected out of range, the default input selection is now reset, reducing the number of error messages presented.
• Metronome instantiations are no longer recorded or reflected in the plug-ins window.
• Possible crash when dragging a side-chained plug-in to an aux buss.
• The duplicate command moves the selection more accurately.
• Once a track's bar length is set, minor edits to the track will not reset it.
• Automation could only be recorded on a remote control mapped effect parameter if the parameter was assigned to the first plug-in in a plug-in chain.
• Using the '[' or ']' keys could cause a hang in the graphic editor if there were MIDI data on the track but no notes.
• Expanding track loops that contained data past the end of the track could cause some strange anomalies.
• Remote Control presets were updated to support the new MIDI naming conventions.