What's new in RapidComposer LE 5.2.2
Apr 22, 2024
- New troubleshooting window if you start RapidComposer with CAPS LOCK on.
- User guide updated
- Fixed track 'envelope' button which was not working properly
- Fixed empty chord rules editor
New in RapidComposer LE 5.2.1 (Apr 15, 2024)
- 7-bit CC LSB values can be used from 32 to 63
- The space between tracks can be bigger, maximum 16 pixels (Settings / User Interface / Track separator height)
- The maximum frequency in the MIDI CC function generator is 8.0 (cycles per quarter note)
- Dragging phrases to percussion tracks will not transpose the phrase
- Fixed occasional black parts when inspectors are opened in separate windows
- Fixed: empty chord palette
New in RapidComposer LE 5.2.0 (Apr 8, 2024)
- 'Song View' implemented that displays the composition line by line, showing the chords and optionally the notes
- Reworked rhythm processing in the MIDI Mutator: non-destructive options added
- Melody section added to the MIDI Mutator
- Fully reworked rhythm processing under the Rhythm tab in the Phrase Inspector: many non-destructive options added in a separate inspector
- New setting: selection between "conventional notation" and "alternative notation" when showing scale degrees
- "Modify existing phrase by AI" added to Phrase Editor
- The folder track optionally shows all notes of the included tracks
- Chord builder menu added to master track chords
- Option added to save multiple selected phrases as rhythm into the rhythm browser in the Phrase Inspector
- Saving phrases/rhythm into the library is many times faster
- In the chord builder it is possible to select multiple notes by holding down the Shift or Ctrl keys when clicking
- The 'DAW view' button moved to the editing mode menu
- Keyboard shortcuts added for forward/rewind
- Keyboard shortcut added for collecting all scales for the selected chords. The scales are displayed below the master track.
- Keyboard shortcut added for opening the VST/VST3 editor for the selected track
- UI improvements when using high DPI
- Stability improvements
New in RapidComposer LE 5.1.4 (Mar 12, 2024)
- Fixed: due to server configuration changes, update checking stopped working
New in RapidComposer LE 5.1.3 (Feb 26, 2024)
- Fixed: using VST3/VST instruments for metronome works well
- Fixed: metronome did not sound during recording in the Phrase Editor
- New snap and grid settings: 3/32, 3/16, 3/8, 3/4 (existing 3/4 snap fixed)
- Small UI rendering fix when multiple buttons displayed
- [macOS] Reverted to old locking mechanism due to rare unexplained crashes
New in RapidComposer LE 5.1.2 (Feb 1, 2024)
- Fixed occasional hanging when loading another composition with plug-ins
- [macOS] Fixed text editing issues
New in RapidComposer LE 5.1.1 (Jan 24, 2024)
- Reworked and clarified prompts and a simpler syntax used for phrases when communicating with GPT models
- Improved interpretation of GPT replies
- Fixed a bug when longer phrases were used in the Idea Tool ('Add New Part' mode)
- Minor UI improvements
New in RapidComposer LE 5.1.0 (Jan 15, 2024)
- AI suggestions implemented in various places in the program. An OpenAI API key is required to use this functionality. It is possible to get suggestions for chord replacement, chord progressions, chord rules, scales, phrases, tracks, song structure...
- AI chat window added to ask music composition related questions. RapidComposer will extract and display musical suggestions from the reply, ready for inserting into the composition.
- "Bend up", "Bend up+reset" and "Bend up+release" presets added to CC browser (and used in GPT guitar solo/licks suggestions)
- Phrase Editor CC editing menu: "Insert CC browser selection"
- UI improvements in the Chord Selector, "For Chord Progression" tab
- New idea track option: "Remove used phrases from list"
- Fixed: in Digital Performer 11 the RC VST3 plug-in failed validation scan
- Phrase Editor: fixed rubber-box selection when editing note CC's
- 'AI Suggestions' chapter added to the user guide
- Stability improvements
New in RapidComposer LE 5.0.8 (Dec 27, 2023)
- Fixed when melody generators were used as ghost copies (track variations were not applied on them)
- Fixed wrong velocities when editing phrases in the inspector during loop preview
- Improved searching in the browsers; you need to press Enter to start searching
- Fixed 'save cc envelope to browser' button in the Phrase Editor
- [macOS, plug-ins] Fixed rare font size problems on retina screens
- Reworked low-level locking
New in RapidComposer LE 5.0.7 (Dec 5, 2023)
- Chord naming selector inserted in the 'properties' bar
- New MIDI import option: "Throw away redundant CC events"
- Fixed 'Save plug-in state in history' when it was turned off
- Stability improved when loading plug-ins and during undo/redo
- Fixed crash because of a race condition when selecting an instrument in the menu
New in RapidComposer LE 5.0.6 (Nov 28, 2023)
- In the Melody Editor adding a new section will select Motive 'A' by default rather than adding an empty 'rest' section
- Minor fixes in the Melody Editor
- [macOS, VST3] Fixed plug-in window resizing in Cubase
New in RapidComposer LE 5.0.5 (Nov 12, 2023)
- A VST3 plug-in initialization issue has been fixed when using Synthogy Ivory 3 VST3
- Crash fixed when saving a track template
- [macOS, AU] Fixed a 'black window' issue when re-opening the plug-in window in Logic Pro X.
New in RapidComposer LE 5.0.4 (Nov 8, 2023)
- Fixes for wrong chords displayed under the 'Scale Degrees' tab in the Chord Selector
- Fixed: when editing 'Notes To Use', octave/scale/semitone offsets did not update the values on screen
New in RapidComposer LE 5.0.3 (Oct 30, 2023)
- Memory usage optimized: loaded phrases reserve considerably less memory with less allocations
- Fixed soundfont paths when soundfonts were not located in RapidComposerV5/Soundfonts
- [Plug-ins] RapidComposer plug-in offers playback instrument selection on the MIDI Mutator page
New in RapidComposer LE 5.0.2 (Oct 23, 2023)
- A warning and a suggestion is displayed when the operations result in an empty rhythm pattern in the Rhythm Lab
- Fixed: MIDI CC's in phrase ghost copies were not updated when the CC's were edited in the original phrase
New in RapidComposer LE 5.0.0 (Oct 15, 2023)
- New flexible rhythm generator: 'Rhythm Lab' makes several old rhythm generators obsolete
- All phrase generators use 'Rhythm Lab' by default. Default settings were revised.
- New phrase generator: MIDI Transformer (full edition only). Drop a MIDI file to this phrase generator (in the inspector) to create a new phrase of similar style.
- 'DAW view' added with optimized display for working in the composition globally as in a DAW. Select and move phrases in multiple tracks, use rubberbox selection in multiple tracks, drop multi-track MIDI files, etc.
- Ghost tracks added, with 'unghost' option. Ghost tracks contain all phrases of the original track, rendered with or without the original track variations
- VST/VST3 FX plug-ins can be added to instruments. Plug-in handling was reworked internally.
- Blacklisting implemented for crashed plug-ins during scanning. Scanning options menu added.
- Variation presets implemented
- CC envelope browser added. Save and reuse your favourite envelopes
- Contributed phrases are installed too, and loaded in a few seconds
- Velocity editor added to 'Manual Editing' and a velocity bar is displayed in notes. Velocity can be directly changed when moving or resizing notes.
- Reworked/simplified phrase resizing. Shift-drag edge to scale, Ctrl-drag edge to repeat/crop. Dragging the edge means scaling for normal phrases and setting generator length for phrase generators
- Scales may contain additional notes, so the special "major set", "minor set", "major/minor set" and similar scales are properly represented
- Lots of UI improvements
- Separate folders created for each file type under Documents/RapidComposerV5: no more DB folder
- [Plug-ins] UI rendering and event handling fully reworked in the plug-ins
- [Plug-ins] It is possible to set up loop in the RC plug-in, independently of the host
- Lots of internal rework, optimizations and bug fixes
New in RapidComposer LE 4.7.3 (Jul 19, 2023)
- Fixed a deadlock when filling a VST/VST3 track with phrases
- Fixed crash when generating chords on the master track in some circumstances
- Fixed track envelopes (lack of linearity between points)
New in RapidComposer LE 4.7.2 (Jul 3, 2023)
- 'Scale step' option added to the Transpose variation, which can be automated
- Variation parameter envelopes fixes (Delay notes, Transpose, Rests...)
- Fixed function generator for envelopes to use the right vertical range
- [VST3] Fixed a bug with pitch wheel messages in the VST3 plug-in
New in RapidComposer LE 4.7.1 (Jun 20, 2023)
- New coloring option for "Color chord notes by distance from root": "Yes, all notes"
- [Plug-ins] Fixed: preview instuments were not saved
- Minor fix in the Markov generator
New in RapidComposer LE 4.7.0 (Jun 5, 2023)
- Markov model implemented in MIDI Mutator to create similar MIDI sequences from a dropped MIDI file
- Function generator added in the MIDI CC editor (in the context menu and in the Phrase Editor CC editor toolbar)
- Copying/pasting MIDI CC events is possible: "Select all", "Copy selection", "Paste to current time", "Remove selection" added to the CC menu
- MIDI CC editor rubberbox selection improvements: hold Shift to extend selection vertically to all values
- Implemented Ctrl-click and Shift-click in the MIDI CC editor for selecting CC points
- MIDI CC values can be set for multiple events at once
- Pivot chord suggestions offered
- New phrase generator: "Melody Generator v2". This works on the scales specified by the chords rather than the master track scale, and has scale tone usage options. Settings were simplified.
- Holding Ctrl during resizing notes will set all selected notes to the same length
- "Preserve Original Accents" options added to Apply Rhythm and Rhythm Mapper variations
- Enable screensaver setting added (enabled by default)
- Chord progression can be imported from MusicXML files
- More subtle colors for shading the background ('shaded' and chord notes). You need to select "Dark" or "Dark with orange" in order to use the new colors, because your existing color settings are preserved.
- "Darken by 5%" and "Lighten by 5%" menu items added for the color settings
- Fix in Idea Tool: generator presets had wrong length
- Idea Tool UI improvements and layout optimizations
- The text editing field menu can be better seen and clicked with big font sizes
- [Windows][Plug-ins] Fixed: some text editing fields were not redrawn properly during editing
- User guide updated
- Bug fixes and stability improvements
New in RapidComposer LE 4.6.3 (Apr 3, 2023)
- MIDI files can be dropped on the chords track in the Melody Editor
- Quantize variation offers applying the quantize to MIDI CC's
- When displaying rendered notes, colors can be assigned to different chord notes by their distance from root (which can be set up under Settings / User Interface)
- New view option for tracks: "Show rendered note labels"
- New setting: Display chord notes in note labels as...
- New setting: Display MIDI note in note labels
- New setting: Display octave offset in note labels
- [Plug-ins] New experimental feature: "Sync to DAW" in the Phrase Editor
- Fixed crash when adding the same CC again to a phrase (it should remove the CC instead)
New in RapidComposer LE 4.6.2 (Feb 23, 2023)
- Fixed crashing bug when all tracks were removed
- [Plug-ins] Fixed crashing bug when dropping a phrase/instrument/scale/chord in a closed and re-opened window
- [Plug-ins] Fixed hanging notes during phrase preview when selecting a phrase
New in RapidComposer LE 4.6.1 (Feb 20, 2023)
- MIDI import: imported MIDI is zoomed out when loaded
- MIDI import: MIDI CC's are displayed as events, not curves
- MIDI import: LSB of 14-bit controllers are not added to the imported MIDI CC's as a separate CC
- Fixed: 2/4 grid lines disappeared when zooming when grid was set to 2/4
- Fixed: VST3 plug-in resizing to a bigger size resulted in black areas
- Fixed a bug when auto-harmonizing many phrases at once
New in RapidComposer LE 4.6.0 (Feb 6, 2023)
- VST3 instrument plug-ins supported
- Instrument plug-in handling simplified: the 'multi-timbral plug-in' setting was removed, all plug-ins are handled equally. If you select a plug-in from the 'Loaded plug-ins' section, it will use the existing loaded plug-in instance, otherwise choosing from the menu will load a new instance.
- Searchable lists for plug-ins, settings, keyboard shortcuts, UI colors
- Smart instrument menu displays instruments based on your usage statistics
- Drag phrase directly to a DAW from the Phrase Editor
- MIDI keypresses can be assigned to any functions as shortcuts
- [Windows][Plug-ins] Using keyboard shortcuts is possible even if the plug-in host does not support that! Select the small keyboard in the upper right corner. Deselect it to allow the host to process keypresses.
- 'Replace Selection' option added to the Idea Tool to replace the contents of the timeline selection
- Idea Tool 'generate' button is always displayed after using the Idea Tool
- Tonnetz visual improvements
- File menu: "Save composition (selection only)" added with shortcut
- Track inspector: "Duplicate track with new plug-in instance" added with shortcut
- Right-click on the structure bar will select the timeline and master track for the line, Shift-right-click will do the same for the part
- Keyboard focus border is hidden if window looses keyboard focus, and shown if window becomes keyboard focus (this is important for the plug-ins)
- [macOS] New setting: 'Disable retina screen detection'
- New setting: 'Enable mouse-wheel over track sliders' (disabled by default)
- Dozens of chord progressions added with voicing kindly contributed by Robin Bergsohn
- "Merge composition" menus fixed, and set up automatically when track names match
- User guide updated
New in RapidComposer LE 4.5.2 (Jan 22, 2023)
- New setting: 'Enable mouse-wheel over track sliders' (disabled by default)
- Timeline range selection added to the Phrase Editor and Melody Editor (Ctrl-drag on the timeline to make a selection). When there is a selection, only the selection is played back.
- In the MIDI Mutator you need to hold down Ctrl for timeline selection to be consistent with Phrase Editor and Melody Editor
- Fixed composition templates which used the old V3 file format
- Fixed scroll bar when using the Idea Tool
- Fixed a bug in MIDI Mutator when new MIDI was dropped but some operations used the previous state
- Fixed a bug in the standalone version that caused the program hanging during exiting when VST plug-ins were used
New in RapidComposer LE 4.5.1 (Dec 14, 2022)
- Slider improvements and fixes; mouse-wheel can be used over track sliders
- [macOS][Plug-ins] Fixed window size for re-opened plug-in window on retina screens
- [macOS] Cursor fixes: eraser cursor was not shown, pencil cursor had wrong color
- [Plug-ins] Fixed crash when closing and re-opening the window with the note inspector open
- Fixed: hanging notes when adding pitch bend to a note
New in RapidComposer LE 4.5.0 (Dec 5, 2022)
- Reworked MIDI CC and parameter editing with curves (exponential or S-curve) or individual events
- Reworked MIDI CC processing with improved precision (floating point values). 14-bit MIDI CC's are supported.
- Add MIDI CC's for phrases and notes (in the Phrase Editor). Controller data are attached to phrases/notes as you move them and can be saved.
- New LE features: articulations and melody generators were added to the light edition!
- [Plug-ins] The UI engine was replaced in the plug-ins. As a result retina screens are also supported in the plug-ins on macOS.
- Dozens of UI changes to improve the UI on Retina (macOS) and HiDPI (Windows) screens
- Double-clicking on the timeline selection will zoom into the selection
- Horizontal zoom on the timeline is very smooth now (in Composition, Phrase Editor, Melody Editor, MIDI Mutator)
- Instrument menu better organized in the track inspector
- Articulations included for Amadeus Symphonic Orchestra Kontakt library and the four sections of Red Room Audio Palette Kontakt library (contribution by Jose Eulogio Sanguino Payan)
- Fixed: when using default.rcCOMP for new compositions, it is not overwritten for a 'Save'
- Fixed crash when dropping a phrase on another one and selecting 'Replace Phrase'
- Fixed a rare crash during editing a phrase generator
- Bugs of MIDI recording fixed (crashes and recording offset)
- User guide updated: a new chapter added explaining MIDI CC editing
- Many stability improvements
New in RapidComposer LE 4.4.3 (Jul 18, 2022)
- New setting: Reset Phrase Editor, MIDI Mutator and Chord Rules Editor for New Composition
- New setting: Past 'History' states to store
- Fixed: VST plug-in instance issues when duplicating a track
- Fixed a 'division by zero' error in the Modern Random Rhythm generator
New in RapidComposer LE 4.4.2 (Jul 5, 2022)
- [MIDI Mutator] Recalling a MIDI Mutator preset won't disable the 'Apply Changes' button
- [MIDI Mutator] Notes are updated live when moving the chord edges
- [MIDI Mutator] Fixed internal inconsistency because of playback (e.g. 'randomize progression' did not work sometimes)
- Ctrl-up/down transpose selection by semitones in the Phrase Editor
- Fixed: editing notes during Phrase Editor loop playback are heard immediately
- Fixed: due to a compiler bug harmonization crashed in the plug-in (but not in the standalone, or on macOS!)
New in RapidComposer LE 4.4.1 (Jun 30, 2022)
- Fixed:
- VST plug-ins are properly instatiated when a composition is reloaded.
New in RapidComposer LE 4.3.4 (Apr 24, 2022)
- [macOS] New setting: Invert scrolling direction
- New setting: Load 'default.rcCOMP' for 'New Composition'.
- The piano keyboard can be removed from the tracks ('Show Keyboard' in the menu)
- 'Remove Unused Motives' added to the Melody Editor context menu
- Fixed: dragging MIDI from the plug-in to DAW during playback sometimes included wrong notes
- Fixed a crashing race condition bug
- Fixed: pop-up help stopped working after opening a pop-up menu
- [macOS] Fixed mouse coordinates when RC window dragged from retina to non-retina screen
- [macOS] Too fast scrolling on Apple Trackpad or Magic Mouse improved
New in RapidComposer LE 4.3.3 (Feb 14, 2022)
- 'Reload all articulations' menu item added to Controller menu in the track inspector
- Fixed crash when dragging a folder track
- Fixed crash during editing Strum Pattern Generator
- [macOS] Fixed UI layout issues in the demo version on retina displays
- [Plug-ins] Fixed crashing bug when using soundfonts in the plug-ins
- Various stability fixes
New in RapidComposer LE 4.3.2 (Jan 10, 2022)
- Scrolling settings (speed, acceleration, deceleration) added under Settings / User Interface
- Arpeggiator has a 'generate' button, improved 'Random' setting
- [macOS] Fixed visual issues on retina, UI optimizations for high-DPI screens
- [macOS] Fixed too fast scrolling
- [macOS] Redo is command-shift-Z by default
- Removed pop-up menu unnecessary title in Melody Editor
- Fixed: inspector windows when opened outside the main window, were always-on-top regardless of the settings
- Fixed using negative octave offset in the phrase inspector (in the allowed notes)
- Fixed a note editing bug when editing Motive Generator (wrong scale used as a reference)
- [macOS, AU] Fixed: when opening RC in a separate window, resizing the window did not work
New in RapidComposer LE 4.3.1 (Dec 30, 2021)
- [macOS] UI fixes and improvements on retina resolutions
- Redesigned scrollbars, scrollbar width setting is reset to 'Auto'
- Fixed redraw and window size issues in Chord Selector
- Fixed dragging from the Chord Selector
- [macOS] Fixed mouse cursor (it was always an arrow)
- [macOS] Fixed crash when opening menus
- Other small fixes for issues appeared in v4.3
New in RapidComposer LE 4.3.0 (Dec 13, 2021)
- New UI engine with hardware acceleration, retina display support and smooth scrolling
- [macOS] Apple M1 is natively supported
- [macOS] AU synth plug-in supports 128 MIDI channels!
- Dragging and dropping selected chords on the master track is possible
- Reworked chord rules editor toolbar
- New MIDI import setting: Import MIDI markers as chords
- New variation: Insert Connecting Notes
- New variation: Insert Connection To Next Phrase
- 'Learn' functionality in Markov Melody generator: drop a monophonic MIDI file or a phrase on the Learn button!
- Cosmetic changes on the Markov Melody UI, a missing option added
- Tolerance option added to Join Notes
- Phrase variations: 'Remove Note' variation improvements: specify number of notes/events for 'Random notes' and 'Random times'
- [Plug-ins] New playback option: 'Sync playback to host'
- Shortcuts Ctrl-Z/Cmd-Z and Ctrl-Y/Cmd-Y work in the Phrase Editor
- Chord rules are looked up for church modes and chromatic scale (when unlocked), not just for major and minor scales
- Last edited rules are saved and restored between sessions
- Lower case is used for labels
- [Plug-ins] Fixed silent or swallowed notes at the beginning of a loop for local playback: usage of 'all notes off' removed
- [macOS][Plug-ins] Crash fixed when right clicking on a phrase magnet
- [Windows] Installer updated
New in RapidComposer LE 4.2.3 (Sep 27, 2021)
- Ctrl-Drag Master Track chords as MIDI file (timeline selection, or all when there is no selection). Use Ctrl-Shift-drag for voice leading.
- Phrase variations: 'Remove' and 'Remove All' work for all selected phrases
- Phrase variations: setting a parameter works for all selected phrases
- Shortcut added for showing/hiding the browser (unassigned by default)
- [Melody Editor] Playback option added to play the chords track together with the melody
- [Melody Editor] Chords track length issues fixes (when adding/removing motives)
- [Melody Editor] Crashing issue when resizing the last chord fixed
- Fixed chord rule selection from menu when magnet was 'off'
- Fixed bug when applying Mirror Vertically on a Chord Generator
New in RapidComposer LE 4.2.2 (Jul 19, 2021)
- It is possible to regenerate the shape only or the rhythm only for phrase generators
- Markov Melody Generator UI reworked
- Phrases had incorrect length when dragging from the browser (wrong signature was used)
- Fix disappearing graphics when dragging over a zoomable scroll bar
- Instrument selection in the Percussion Generator did not update the editor (bug introduced in v4.2.0)
- Stability fixes for various undo/inspector crashes
- Fix for a crash when editing the Percussion Generator in the Idea Tool
- Enable Drawing 'Line' And 'Freehand' Phrases is among experimental settings
- [Windows] Fix for a crash during text editing (e.g. when saving a progression)
- Other bug fixes
New in RapidComposer LE 4.2.1 (Jun 21, 2021)
- Keyboard left-right arrows move notes and phrases by 'snap' setting
- Preview implemented when moving notes with the arrow keys (note editing mode)
- Fixed: Alt/Option-click to split or join notes did not work in note editing
- States are stored for 'undo' during note editing
- New MIDI Export setting: Embed 'Program Change' events in exported MIDI
- New chord suggestion: secondary dominant for the next 'I' chord
- Fixed: VSTi instruments unloaded for 'undo' if 'Save VSTi State In History' was turned off
- Fixed: invalid control number inserted to exported MIDI for some soundfonts
- [Plug-ins] Fixed: first note of the loop sometimes did not play back in some hosts
- [Plug-ins] Fixed rare crash when right-clicking on a phrase to open the inspector during playback
New in RapidComposer LE 4.2.0 (Jun 7, 2021)
- Undo/redo arrows added to main composition, History tab removed
- Past 'undo' states can be stored in RAM or on disk. The default is in RAM.
- Chord rules lock have been added to all chord rules settings. When unlocked, the rule automatically changes based on the scale (default).
- Sending MIDI Machine Control events is implemented (enable under Settings / MIDI)
- New menu added when right-clicking on a master track scale/tempo/signature where scale/tempo/signature can be reviewed and edited for all levels (composition, part, line, local)
- 'Create Tone Row' setting for chromatic progression generation (experimental setting, which must be enabled under Settings / Miscellaneous)
- Double-clicking on horizontal or vertical scrollbars zooms out the view, another double-click restores the previous view
- Vertical scrollbar has magnifiers to allow zooming
- New Idea Tool track option: 'Select Phrases From List In Random Order'
- Melody Generator UI improvements: '2nd Last Note' menu added, Tonic, Step Above Tonic, Step Below Tonic added to 'Last Note' options
- 'Render Motive With Variations' added to Melody Editor menu
- 'Change Chords According To New Scale' option added to master track scale menu (Scale Inheritance) and other places
- Editing in Percussion Generator was reworked, it is snappier and more reliable
- 'Preserve Phrase Order' option added to Phrase Container, moving phrases up/down is possible
- Improved bar position editing is used in the Timeline Inspector, and in Loop Options
- Track vertical zoom is saved with the track
- [Plug-ins] RC VST3 plug-in displays input and output channel menu in Studio One
- [Plug-ins] RC VST3 plug-in offers 128 output channels (some DAWs may not handle all 128 channels)
- [Plug-ins] Fixed preview (incoming notes sent to plug-in host)
- Memory footprint reduced, memory and resource allocations optimized (lots of changes under the hood)
- Stability improvements
New in RapidComposer LE 4.1.4 (Apr 19, 2021)
- Fixed: entering a melody formula crashed in the Melody Editor 'generation settings' when the chords track was not enabled
- Fixed: pop-up help did not work in Melody Editor 'generation settings'
- Fixed: wrong font sizes were used for vertical sliders on Melody Editor 'generation settings'
- Fixed occasional issues with exported MIDI length
- [macOS] Fixed crashes when opening pop-up menus
New in RapidComposer LE 4.1.3 (Mar 22, 2021)
- Keyboard shortcuts added: 'Mute/Unmute Selected Track', 'Solo/Unsolo Selected Track' (unassigned)
- 'Undo' and 'Redo' keyboard shortcuts added to Melody Editor
- Chord help is displayed multiple times on the master track
- Fixed: split phrases at bar boundaries did not work
- Fixed MIDI import issues when 'auto-detect phrases' was not enabled
- Fixed: Track Templates browser did not display folders initially
New in RapidComposer LE 4.1.2 (Mar 4, 2021)
- New size entry for phrase generators in the phrase inspector
- Improved length display for phrases and rhythm patterns in the phrase inspector
- Fixed badly working "Preview Rhythm" button in the phrase inspector
- Fixed: preview in chord selector was always turned on
- Fixed: 'lock' should never be enabled for percussion phrases
- Fixed: in a percussion track the 'lock' button should not be displayed
New in RapidComposer LE 4.1.1 (Feb 22, 2021)
- Fixed: adding notes to a transposed phrase added the wrong notes in Note Editing mode
- Fixed: composition loaded in Note Editing mode sometimes did not display notes
- Fixes for adding notes/phrases in the composite track
- Fixed crash when 'unghosting' a phrase during playback
- Fixed phrase preview in inspector when preview with other tracks
- Fixed importing MIDI files with multiple 'note off' events for a 'note on' event
- [macOS] Fixed hanging when using the AU plug-in in Logic Pro X 10.6
New in RapidComposer LE 4.1 (Feb 8, 2021)
- Chords track added to Melody Editor
- 'Tonnetz' added to Chord Selector and master track chord options
- 'Parallels' tab added in the Chord Selector that lists all modes and chords
- Chord rules and chord progressions are included for Dorian, Lydian, Myxolydian, Phrygian, Aeolian modes, kindly contributed by Tomás San Miguel (not available in the demo version)
- MIDI files and folders can be dropped on the progression browser to save the chord progressions from the files
- Improved detecting and importing 'chords only' MIDI files
- New variation: Rhythm Mapper
- New option in Idea Tool track menu: Use Rhythms For 'Rhythm Mapper'
- Chords can be on 'beat' boundaries by default which is the denominator of the signature
- 'Lightning' button added to folder tracks in the Idea Tool which regenerates all tracks in the folder
- Improved 'Collect Scales For Selected Chords'
- Vector graphics is used for the buttons in the track header
- Idea Tool UI layout improved when used with big font sizes
- Using sliders in the track header updates the same slider in the track inspector
- Variations display help when the mouse is hovered on the name
- Fixed crash in Chord Selector when using bigger font sizes
- [Plug-ins] Fixed: settings were saved in the RapidComposer folder instead of RapidComposerV4
New in RapidComposer LE 4.03 (Dec 7, 2020)
- Fixed importing MIDI CC's in MIDI files and other MIDI import fixes
New in RapidComposer LE 4.01 (Nov 23, 2020)
- Phrase inspector shows timeline and note lengths for percussion phrases
- Idea Tool 'Replace Composition' mode sets composition scale, tempo and signature, instead of setting the same in the added part
- [Plug-ins] Fixed playback issues in the Melody Editor when soundfont was used
- Fixed playback in the phrase inspector when previewing phrase generators dropped in percussion tracks
- Fixed Idea Tool crashing randomly
- Fixed crash when clicking on the 'Phrase Container'
New in RapidComposer LE 4.0 (Nov 16, 2020)
- Redesigned user interface
- Browsers are docked on the right side, file browser added
- Melody Editor tab added for motive development, melody generation and editing
- All rhythm and phrase generators were revamped
- New rewritten VST2, VST3 and AU plugins. The plug-ins are self contained, so they do not use the main application. You can use soundfonts in the plug-in.
- The installer is improved, including installing plug-ins. The Windows installer includes 32-bit and 64-bit versions.
- Folder tracks
- Peak meters and Audio Gain slider displayed for SF2, VSTi and audio tracks
- Settings / VSTi page reworked and simplified
- New structure inspector with extended functionality
- Diatonic and chromatic mediant chords are in the Chords Suggestions
- The initial 'enter license key' screen redesigned with the possibility to start the demo version
- New variation: 'Apply Shape'. It is similar to Apply Melody but uses the new rhythm mapping
- Add selected chords to a progression rule (from the master track, the progression editor, and the browser)
- Additional bigger font sizes offered, suitable for 4K resolution
- At the first usage font size is automatically set based on the screen resolution
- Supporting special characters in directory names (cyrillic, kanji, etc)
- Color themes updated and cleaned up. New color themes: 'Dark With Orange', 'Katalin Dark'
- Dozens of other improvements and bug fixes that are impossible to list
New in RapidComposer LE 3.84 (Mar 23, 2020)
- New rhythm generator: 'Modern Rhythm Patterns' (creates rhythm used in deep house and other modern genres)
- 'Modern Random Rhythm' was replaced with a new, more flexible implementation (creates unique rhythm patterns used in deep house and other modern genres)
New in RapidComposer LE 3.84 (Mar 23, 2020)
- New rhythm generator: 'Modern Rhythm Patterns' (creates rhythm used in deep house and other modern genres)
- 'Modern Random Rhythm' was replaced with a new, more flexible implementation (creates unique rhythm patterns used in deep house and other modern genres)
New in RapidComposer LE 3.83 (Feb 24, 2020)
- Dropping folders to the phrase and rhythm browsers to import MIDI files as phrases/rhythm patterns has been implemented
- MIDI file batch conversion to scale-relative phrases is possible when you drop MIDI files on the Phrase Browser
- Filling a track with phrases reworked. Hold down Shift to use ghosts, and Ctrl to activate the magnet when filling a track. Six new keyboard shortcuts added for various phrase generators.
- Track is made empty before filling it with phrases
- New experimental phrase generator: 'Random Note Generator' which is useful for triggering patterns/keyswitches.
- It is possible to replace chords, add-remove chords, change chord lengths during the chord progression preview
- When splitting ghost phrases, they are converted to regular phrases (ghosts always inherit the original size)
- Fixed: incremental saving never overwrites existing files
- Fixed a MIDI import issue with zero-length notes
- Splitting resized/scaled phrases fixed
- [Windows] Text editing field redraw issues fixed
New in RapidComposer LE 3.82 (Oct 30, 2019)
- Inspectors do not increase their size inadvertently
- Chord buttons display chord notes in the pop-up help
- When zooming in a track, the belonging automation tracks will also fit on the screen
- Ghost copies are displayed with a less saturated color and name prefixed with 'Ghost of'
- Slash chords are handled properly when transposing chords
- [macOS] fixed problems with the pop-up menus on macOS 10.11
- Fixed UI redraw issues in the Idea Tool
- Improved Melody Generator algorithm stability (fixed a rare hanging issue)
- Two obsolete keyboard shortcuts in the settings removed ('Chord Notes+semitones' and 'Bass Note+semitones')
- An issue with ghost copies has been fixed when 'Re-rhythmize Phrase' was applied on the original phrase
- A freezing bug when ghost copies were placed in another track fixed
- Fixed a chord progression importing bug
- Fixed a crashing bug in the chord selector during chord progression editing
- Fixed a bug in the Idea Tool which caused extra processor load
New in RapidComposer LE 3.81 (Sep 24, 2019)
- 'Medium+Weak' accent option added to Probabilistic Rhythm
- Idea Tool: variations are left intact when using existing phrases if you set 'Variations:' to 'None'
- Idea Tool: tracks are not collapsed when excluded from the Idea Tool
- Bug fix: Ctrl-click toggle phrase selection did not work
- Bug fix: saving multiple phrases is possible for phrases having the same name
- Bug fix: setting variation parameters works in the Variations browser, e.g. before drag-and-drop
- Bug fix: Variations browser collapsed item states were not restored
- [macOS] Fixed crash when right-clicking on the phrase magnet button
New in RapidComposer LE 3.81 (Sep 24, 2019)
- Medium+Weak' accent option added to Probabilistic Rhythm
- Idea Tool: variations are left intact when using existing phrases if you set 'Variations:' to 'None'
- Idea Tool: tracks are not collapsed when excluded from the Idea Tool
- Bug fix: Ctrl-click toggle phrase selection did not work
- Bug fix: saving multiple phrases is possible for phrases having the same name
- Bug fix: setting variation parameters works in the Variations browser, e.g. before drag-and-drop
- Bug fix: Variations browser collapsed item states were not restored
- [macOS] Fixed crash when right-clicking on the phrase magnet button
New in RapidComposer LE 3.8 (Sep 9, 2019)
- New phrase generator: 'Modern Chord Pattern Generator' for making chord patterns used in modern styles (house, trance, dubstep, trip-hop, DnB, etc)
- New rhythm generator: 'Modern Rhythm' for making rhythm patterns used in modern styles
- New phrase generator: 'Rhythm Mapper'. You can convert any imported MIDI phrases to 'Rhythm Mapper' which lets you use another rhythm with the phrase
- New variation: 'Slice Phrase': slicing phrases randomly to get a new phrase with many options
- New variation: 'Re-rhythmize Phrase': make rhythmic variations of the same phrase
- Redesigned master track with chord coloring and preview
- More intuitive way of handling master track clicks: quick suggestions and other helpers are displayed on demand
- For multiple chord selection 'edit' and 'dice' icons appear at the top which lets you edit or regenerate the chords
- New option when dropping a phrase/rhythm on another phrase: 'Convert To Rhythm Mapper And Apply Rhythm'
- New option in the rhythm generator menu: 'Set Up New Rhythm To Match The Note Count': the program automatically finds rhythm generator settings that create the same number of notes as in the currently edited phrase.
- Chord color schemes can be edited
- User interface engine reworked internally. Rendering on macOS is several times faster.
- Bug fixes
New in RapidComposer LE 3.71 (Jun 18, 2019)
- Recents' menus fixed
- Fixed a small bug in chord detection which gives much smarter results without the bug...
- Fixed crash when selecting the harmonization algorithm in the Idea Tool
- Fixed: checkbox was not handled in the Idea Tool variations list
- Fixed: when generators are added to the Idea Tool, the preferred length is used
- Fixed: double-click on MIDI controller slider in the Track Inspector did not set its value
- macOS] fixed crash when clicking on a 'resizing mode' button in the phrase inspector
New in RapidComposer LE 3.7 (Jun 3, 2019)
- New variation: 'Apply Melody' adjusts phrase notes to follow a melody phrase.
- New variation: 'Extract Notes' extracts important notes from a phrase, ignores all other notes
- 'Negative harmony' added to the chord substitutions
- Chord detection re-implemented from scratch and improved with user options on the MIDI Import page
- Phrase detection in imported MIDI files re-implemented from scratch.
- 'Church Modes' added to scale detection options on the MIDI Import page
- Exporting phrases as MIDI files is possible by Alt-dragging multiple phrases in the Phrase Browser. The chord, scale and tempo at the current playback position will be used.
- You can drop MIDI files directly on the Phrase Browser. The old 'Convert MIDI Files To Phrases' functionality was removed.
- You can drop MIDI files directly on the Rhythm Browser to save the rhythm pattern from the MIDI file
- Phrase/rhythm dragging was reworked. Alt-dragging will drag both the rhythm and the phrase at the same time. When dropping it on an existing phrase, a menu will open with options like 'Replace Phrase', 'Apply Rhythm', 'Apply Melody', 'Replace Generator Rhythm'
- Save a phrase by Alt-dragging a phrase and dropping it on a folder in the Phrase Browser. The same works for saving rhythms.
- Shortcut changed: Alt+drag (Option+drag on macOS) initiates dragging the original phrase and rhythm, Alt+Shift+drag (Option+Shift+drag on macOS) drags the rendered phrase and rhythm
- List item expanding/collapsing reworked. You can expand/collapse all child items by Ctrl-click
- New 'expand all' button for browsers, icons replaced by vector graphics
- Double-click on a track will zoom in the track, another double-click will restore its size
- Enter custom phrase order in the Idea Tool
- Idea Tool UI improvements
- New Idea Tool option: 'Bind Phrases And Variations' (enabled by default)
- New Idea Tool option: 'Select Variations From List In Random Order' (disabled by default)
- New Idea Tool option: 'Apply Variations In Order' (enabled by default)
- New Idea Tool option: 'Use Rhythms For 'Apply Rhythm'' (disabled by default)
- Shortcut 'W' not just hides but also restores all open browsers and inspectors so it works as a toggle switch
- Workflow improvements: dropping a phrase or chord progression sets the time position and places the dropped item in the clipboard so you can start pasting multiple phrases/progressions immediately.
- Rearrange tracks by dragging them
- Drag top ribbon to rearrange lines/parts
- New shortcut: Toggle Between Composition View And Last Part/Line (and another one with playback option)
- Edit slider value by double-clicking on the slider
- Hover color can be customized for the editing modes menu
- Holding down Shift during moving phrases will temporarily set the snap to be 32th note
- 'Near To Middle Scale Note in Note Range' option added to Melody Generator
- Playback position is moved to the beginning when playback stops at the end
- Incremental save: increase the number in the filename (Ctrl-Alt-S by default)
- Fixed window size issues when maximizing the window
- Many other bug fixes
New in RapidComposer LE 3.66 (Mar 22, 2019)
- A crashing bug fixed when right clicking on the structure bar
- [macOS VST] 'Bring RapidComposer To Top' button works well, UI fixes
- Fixed: displaying lines/parts with various signatures was incorrect
- Improved handling of zero-length notes during MIDI drag and drop
New in RapidComposer LE 3.65 (Feb 11, 2019)
- Added 'Remove All' button for variation and MIDI controller lists
- New setting: 'Prefer 7th to 6th Chords During Chord Detection'
- 'Persist name' and 'Auto-increment' options added to the 'Save Phrase To Library' dialog
- Holding down the Shift key during moving chord boundaries will use the Snap setting for chords
- Fixed previewing chord progressions when using MIDI preview instrument
- Fixed minor issues in the chord palette when coloring by chord suggestions
- Fixed disappearing phrase at negative position when generating master track progression
- Fixed an issue with rhythm editing e.g. for chord generator
- Fixed crash when pressing 'G' before opening the master track inspector
- [VST] fixed time signature handling
New in RapidComposer LE 3.64 (Jan 24, 2019)
- New setting: 'Display 2-Note Chords In Chord Selector'
- In Euclidean Rhythm 'Note Count' replaced 'Density'
- It is possible to name the instrument when saving the VSTi state
- Several fixes for VST preview instruments and using multitimbral plug-ins
- Revamped item properties UI in the browsers
- Preview instrument menus extended with bass and rhythm preview
- Shortcut added to deselect timeline selection
- Fixed when VSTi was used for metronome (VSTi state properly saved)
- Fixed Ctrl-click in the circle of fifth (chord selector) to replace the scale
New in RapidComposer LE 3.63 (Jan 16, 2019)
- CPU SSSE3 support is not required for this version
- Fixed: some longer chord names like Cmaj7sus2 were not displayed correctly
- Fixed Melody Generator behaviour in Idea Tool
- Fixed: missing notes at MIDI Import
- Fixed race condition when reloading phrases
- Fixed: bass preview VST instrument state was not loaded
New in RapidComposer LE 3.62 (Jan 7, 2019)
- Faster and better quality font rendering, improved typography. As a result the UI became snappier and more esthetic.
- Auto-Apply option added in the phrase inspector
- Displaying passing chords in Quick Suggestions
- New setting: 'Default Master Track Height'
- New settings: UI and chord fonts, text styles for chord names
- New variation: 'Show/Hide Non-existent Chord Notes'
- Typing numbers instead of roman numerals (e.g. 3m as IIIm) is possible when entering chords from the computer keyboard
- Phrase preview is stopped in the phrase inspector when playback starts
- Fixed a crashing bug when dropping chord progressions
- Fixed: 'generate' button disappeared for master track in the idea tool in v3.6
- [macOS] Fixed a crash during quitting when browser windows were open
New in RapidComposer LE 3.61 (Dec 14, 2018)
- 'Convert To Phrase Generator' includes 'Piano Chord Pattern Generator' and 'Strum Pattern Generator'
- Fixed: when dropping MIDI with the Ctrl key held down, the dropped MIDI was deleted
- Fixed: phrase preview is turned off when selecting another phrase or loading another composition
- Fixed: chord progressions could not be selected in the list in the Idea Tool
- Fixed: fixed occasional hanging when dropping MIDI into the composition
- [macOS] fixed hanging when loading VSTi plug-ins
New in RapidComposer LE 3.6 (Dec 3, 2018)
- New phrase generator: Piano Chord Pattern Generator
- New phrase generator: Strum Pattern Generator (and editor)
- Chord Voicing Editor below the master track: editing/splitting/gluing/previewing chords has never been easier!
- New rhythm processing options: Rotate, Humanize, Accents, Dotted Notes
- Phrases may have their own assigned chord and scale
- Slash/bass notes are displayed in the Quick Suggestion pop-up and Chord Palette
- Scales displayed that include all chord notes in the 'Enter Chord From MIDI Keyboard' window
- Collect Scales For Selected Chords' added in master track inspector
- UI cleanup in Schillinger's Interference, triplet durations added
- Reworked phrase inspector UI (tabs added, rhythm processing options are collapsable)
- 'Recents' and 'Templates' menus were reworked
- MIDI Import page can be reset, new vector graphics buttons added
- New option for Chord Generator to include the bass note in different octaves
- New setting: 'Show 'History' For Phrases' (disabled by default)
- New setting: 'Maximum Chord Font Size On Master Track'
- New setting: 'Update Chord Slash Note When Voicing Is Set' (enabled by default)
- New setting: 'Enable 'lock to scale' for all added phrases'
- New setting: 'Number Of Past States Stored' in undo history
- Bug fixes and stability improvements
New in RapidComposer LE 3.52 (Sep 10, 2018)
- Entering scale names is possible together with the chord in the format '(G minor) Cm'.
- Keyboard shortcut for starting recording added
- Phrase Editor automatically uses the tempo of the edited phrase
- New setting: Open Inspectors In Separate Window
- New setting: Keep Inspector Windows Always On Top
- Phrase Editor metronome UI cleanup
- Improved usage with two monitors
- Bass note added to the Percussion Generator menu
- Fixed MIDI markers when dragging phrases
- Fixed non-working shortcuts Ctrl-Q and F10 (Open Chord Selector)
- Fixed: Solo'ing a track does not turn off the metronome anymore
- Fixed mouse click detection issues in the idea tool and fixed track vertical scrolling using the mouse wheel
- Fixed: 'Apply Changes To Phrase In Library' did not work when 'Persist Name' was enabled or when editing rhythm patterns
- Fixed: in the idea tool the length was ignored in the 3rd workflow (Generate Idea Then Harmonize...)
- Fixed: 'Rotate Notes' in tracks relocated the rendered absolute note
- Fixed: notes on the piano keyboard were sometimes displayed with the wrong font size
- Fixed: transition from idea tool to note editing created empty phrases
- Fix for a hanging bug when dropping MIDI from EZKeys used as a VST plug-in
- Fixed crash when a track with multitimbral VST plug-in was duplicated or pasted
- Percussion Generator Manual Editing rhythm was cleared after regeneration
- Many other small fixes and internal improvements
New in RapidComposer LE 3.51 (Jun 25, 2018)
- New MIDI Export option: Set 'Note Off' Velocity To Zero
- Shortcut added for saving selected phrases
- Fixed an issue in undo history handling: when removing all earlier versions, not all files were deleted
- Fixed: duplicating a line or part did not duplicate the phrases in note editing mode
- Fixed: it is possible to use Undo after dropping a chord progression on the master track
- Fixed two issues with phrase generator preview
- Fixed: sometimes notes jumped to C-1 during editing
- Fixed bug when converting slash chords from/to universal notation
New in RapidComposer LE 3.50 (Jun 5, 2018)
- Percussion phrase generator (full edition only)
- Timeline and playback position added to phrase preview
- Loop option added to phrase preview
- Browser buttons cleaned upRemove unused buttons to reduce the clutter.
- Forward and backward transport controls added
- New options when changing the time signature: 'Resize Chords For The New Time Signature' and 'Keep Line Lengths'
- You can add chord tensions to voicingsThis way you can use a 7th note in a phrase even if the chord is a simple triad
- Fixed 'Rootless 9th' voicing which now works as you expectNew voicing added: 'Always Root-3rd-5th-7th' which adds a 7th to triads and removes 9th/11th/13th from more complex chords.
- Setting line length is possible directly in the master track inspector
- MIDI drag and drop improvement: dragging MIDI from Reaper works now (non-existent file in drag data properly handled)
- Dragging single phrases as MIDI: Ctrl-Alt-Shift-drag phrases (multiple phrases work too!)
- Dropping a MIDI file over the track header will replace the track contents
- Chord note parameters in the editor have been renamed to Root, 3rd, 5th, etc.
- 'Export Chords As Text' added
- An option was added to disable transposition for absolute notes in the note editor (e.gfor key-switch notes)
- Voicing menu reworked: all options shown
- Use maximum 8 phrases in the Idea Tool
- 'Maximum Note Height In Editor' can be further increased
- Font sizes extended, bigger fonts can be selected for 4K displays
- Transport button size increased when using bigger fonts, and lots of small cosmetic changes when using big font sizes
- Optimizations in the UI layout engine under the hood
- Minor fixes in using chord lengths
- Bug fixes and stability improvements
New in RapidComposer LE 3.45 (Apr 17, 2018)
- Value entry and editing reworked. By right clicking and dragging you can increase/decrease the values faster (horizontally) or slower (vertical dragging)
- 'Dark' and 'Desert' UI themes added. 'Dark' became the default theme for new installations.
- Yamaha XG drum maps added
- Hiding less used settings in the Phrase Inspector and other user interface improvements
- 'Shared rhythms' became an experimental feature and is disabled by default
- Sorting in browsers is case insensitive
- Chord analysis in MIDI import is more reliable
- Improvements when MIDI program change is sent to VST plug-ins
- Fixed: timeline is updated for signature changes
- Fix dragging problem when dragging phrase generator presets from the browser immediately after saving it
- [macOS] Issues with loading the RC VST plug-in to Digital Performer 9 fixed
- Other bug fixes and stability improvements
New in RapidComposer LE 3.44 (Feb 12, 2018)
- The standard Ctrl+drag is used for copying phrases and notes instead of Alt+drag. You can drag the rhythm of a phrase by Alt+drag.
- Mouse wheel works for horizontal timeline scrolling and zoom (+Ctrl)
- The position and size of Structure Inspector is restored
- MIDI and audio export directories are remembered
- Order of modes was changed to Ionian, Dorian, Phrygian, Lydian, Mixolydian, Aeolian, Locrian
- Finding closest match for chords when changing scales was fully reworked and works well with any chords
- "Find Closest Match For Chords On The New Scale" added to scale selector
- Chord rules can be assigned anywhere not just globally to the composition
- Master track inspector UI cleanup
- An option was added to disable transposition for absolute notes in the note editor (e.g. for key-switch notes)
- Notes have a scale step and semitone offset independently, instead of only one kind of offset
- It is possible to multiply or divide all chord lengths in a chord progression by 2 or 3
- Right/left arrow keys on master track correctly move Quick Suggestions to next/previous chord
- Optimizations in the UI layout engine under the hood
- Fixed: display was reset to flats in the circle of fifths
- Fixed a redraw issue when the Quick Suggestion popup was drawn multiple times
- Fixed an issue with scrolling with the mouse wheel
- [Windows] Fixed: dragging when the mouse buttons were swapped (right as the primary button)
- Fixed a crashing bug during editing phrases
- Fixed phrase paste error when 'allow pasting between two RapidComposer applications' was enabled (file open error)
- When using 'chord from composition' as the chord preview, the transposition is also applied to the preview chord
- Fixed a bug when copying the timeline selection
- Fix for a crashing bug when too many chord boxes were created in a line
- Fixed crash when Phrase Morpher was dragged over the workspace
- Fixed: voicing lost when scale changed in Master Track inpector with "Find Closest Match..." enabled
- Fixed: voicing was not restored when saved in a chord progression
- Fixed: previous voicing was applied to newly selected chord during progression editing
- Fixed: minor issues in chord progression preview
- Fixed velocities when a phrase was used for chord preview
- Minor fixes in using chord lengths
- Fixed a crashing bug when loading a composition that includes a reference to a previously deleted sound file
- Fixed a bug that prevented setting chords when composition was created with empty master track
- Fix incorrect chord preview settings when program was quit after clicking on 'For Preview' in the Chord Selector
- Fixed MIDI import (running status improperly handled)
New in RapidComposer LE 3.43 (Jan 3, 2018)
- Fixed muting percussion phrases
- Fixed minor issues when using acoustic guitar voicing
- Fixed: note properties were not updated for Ctrl-A or Ctrl-D
- Fixed: opening instrument properties crashed in VST mode
- Fixed crashing when dragging items in the structure inspector
- [Windows] Executable is built using higher optimization, so it will feel snappier
New in RapidComposer LE 3.42 (Dec 27, 2017)
- Fixed a crashing bug introduced in v3.41 when clicking in Quick Suggestions
- [VST] Click sounds when releasing keys in 'Chord Selector' and 'MIDI Keyboard' fixed
- Fixed issues with pressing Ctrl-A immediately after switching to Note Editing mode
- 'Triad' is used instead of the incorrect term 'Tritone'
- Phrase envelope is properly saved, 'undo' works after changes
New in RapidComposer LE 3.41 (Dec 21, 2017)
- Clicking behaviour improved on the master track; issues fixed when MIDI or computer keyboard was displayed
- 'Lock to Scale' option works with voicing specified for phrase
- Changing the chord in Quick Suggestions adds a history entry, so undo is possible
- Fixed: timeline selection was ignored when dragging MIDI to a DAW
- Fixed occasional hanging notes during chord preview
- Fixed crashing caused by race condition in the Chord Selector
- Fixed issue when phrase generators may have created out-of-scale notes after transposing all scales and chords by a few semitones in the master track inspector
- Fix for a small issue with MIDI Echo variation
- Phrase preview properly uses note articulations
- MIDI input handling reworked
- Removed unnecessary error message about index file opening
New in RapidComposer LE 3.4 (Dec 11, 2017)
- New phrase generator: Ostinato Generator
- Chord voicing can be set for master track chords, tracks or phrases.
- chord voicing presets included (several drop voicings, rootless, root/3rd/5th In Melody, etc). You can create new voicing presets.
- Chord voicing editor integrated into Quick Suggestions and Chord Selector
- New phrase generator: Markov Melody Generator (it can be enabled in the settings under "Experimental Stuff")
- New variation: "Velocity Range" : assign velocities to downbeats, on and off beats, 8ths and 16ths with randomness if needed
- New variation: "Accents 4ths/8ths/16ths" : set 4ths, 8ths and 16ths note accents, useful for percussion
- Muting phrases is possible
- New setting: "Base Octave" : set the displayed name of MIDI note 60 (C3, C4 or C5)
- New setting: "Convert drum notes when changing drum map". It is off by default.
- New setting: "Quick Suggestions Placement". You can open the chord suggestion on the right side of the chord box
- New Setting: "When Playback Stops Jump To Playback Start Position"
- Phrase drag&drop improvements: phrases are shown inside the tracks during dragging them
- MIDI files can be dropped to rhythm drop targets (where previously only rhythm patterns and phrases could be dropped)
- Chords may have lengths in progressions. Chord lengths can be edited in the Chord Selector.
- Drag-and-drop of chord progressions improved: you can drop one to a certain position on the master track
- Circle of fifths improvement: Major/Minor Rings view option, and optional Chord Builder display
- Chord Progression browser offers {length} and {namewithlength} synthesized data for chord progressions.
- Loop mode implemented for chord progression preview
- Visual feedback and pop-up explanation when dragging phrases or rhythm patterns over phrases
- The currently played chord is highlighted during chord progression preview
- Chord naming improved for chords not in the library (e.g. "R-2-b3-5-b7")
- Custom phrase loading is several times faster than before
- Toggling note selection in the Phrase Editor is now Ctrl-click instead of Shift-click
- Alt-clicking over the master track (to split or join chords) does not open Quick Suggestions
- It is possible to use slashes in group and phrase names, e.g. "3/4"
- 'Extension' was removed from the Chord Generator - specify voicing for the phrase instead
- Bug fixes and stability improvements
New in RapidComposer LE 3.31 (Oct 17, 2017)
- Key-switch articulations send a 'Note Off' event after 'Note On'
- Dragging the rubberbox selection at the left and right sides will scroll the track horizontally
- Loop mode implemented for chord progression preview
- The currently played chord is highlighted during chord progression preview
- Toggling note selection in the Phrase Editor is now Ctrl-click instead of Shift-click
- It is possible to select out-of-scale chords on Circle Of Fifths
- "Invert vertical scrolling direction" works over the tracks, not just over the keyboard
- Phrase selection is possible by clicking on its name
- Fixed: phrase drop position was imprecise by a few pixels
- Fixed: when the track was muted, phrase preview cannot be started more than once
- Fixed: editing notes during playback in the phrase editor reset 'note on' velocities
- Fix for missing notes when importing MIDI files in other than Phrase Editing mode
- Fix for a possible crash when changing the custom phrases or rhythms location while loading them
- Fixes in chord progression preview
- [VST] Fix for muted notes when tempo changes in host during playback
- [Windows] Fix for garbled audio when the FL Studio ASIO driver was used
New in RapidComposer LE 3.3 (Sep 4, 2017)
- Redesigned chord palette, Chord Builder and Circle of Fifths added
- New, improved progression editor built into the Chord Selector, "Progression Editor" tab was removed
- The chord progression generator can use borrowed chords for more interesting progressions
- New configurable 'Quick Suggestions' pop-up that offers chord suggestions, borrowed chords, chord substitutions, displays chords on scale and chord builder
- Improved workflow when editing master track chords. It is easy to enter chords from computer or MIDI keyboard
- 'Circle OF Fifths' available for master track chords
- Built-in Quick Start Tutorial
- Improved audio file support: 16/24/32 bit signed/unsigned PCM or single precision floating point (mono or stereo) WAV/AIFF files can be loaded without limitation for the sampling rate
- Double-click on an audio track will let you quickly import an audio file
- MIDI file drag and drop improvements: drop files on master track, hold Ctrl to insert chord-relative phrases, trimming empty bars
- One-click phrase preview can be activated at the top of the phrase browser ('play' icon)
- Assign colors to parts and lines in the structure inspector
- Chords displayed in the structure inspector
- Structure inspector workflow improvements: add/remove/duplicate buttons are shown after adding or removing, no need to click again
- Merge Compositions
- Notes may have two articulations assigned
- New variation: "Make Monophonic" that removes polyphonic notes and shortens notes to avoid overlapping
- New option for "Convert To Relative Form": "Set Notes To Nearest Scale/Chord Note"
- New setting: "Send VST Editor Keystrokes To RapidComposer"
- New setting: "Make VST Editors Always On Top"
- The preferred MIDI controllers and variations are added to imported MIDI tracks
- 'Transpose' can be added to newly created tracks with optional slider in track header
- New 'Octave Transpose' slider in 'Transpose'
- 'Swing' improvements: negative values are possible, offset is specified in percent instead of an absolute duration
- Settings / Preview offers chord preview octave and 'note on' velocity settings
- Option to invert the piano roll vertical scroll direction in Settings
- 'Split Notes On Grid' and 'Split Notes On Playback Position' added to Phrase Editor
- Many other small improvements and bug fixes
New in RapidComposer LE 3.23 (May 22, 2017)
- Fix velocity problems when editing/moving notes in the Phrase Editor during playback
- Improvements in audio rendering (much faster wake-up of the rendering thread and faster rendering)
- Fix crashing issue when scanning for VST plug-ins
- Pressing the preview buttons multiple times should not start the preview for each click
New in RapidComposer LE 3.22 (Apr 5, 2017)
- Improvements and fixes for drum phrase editing
- The preferred MIDI controllers and variations are added to imported MIDI tracks
- Fixed MIDI import bug when type 0 files without a track name created too many tracks
- Fixed rhythm selection for phrase generators in the idea tool
- Fixed: file selector panel did not open for "Add VSTi" when the initial path was non-existent
New in RapidComposer LE 3.21 (Mar 22, 2017)
- Fixed phrase length when phrases added to the Idea Tool
- Idea Tool phrase and rhythm list workflow improvements when adding/dropping/removing items
- Selecting multiple items is possible in the Phrase Container list
- Fixed a rare crash in Random Melody Generator
- Fixed transposition of scale-note-only phrases
- Note repetition can be set to 0-100% in Melody Generator
- Fix for a file saving bug when clicking on "Save Composition" for a new composition.
New in RapidComposer LE 3.2 (Mar 13, 2017)
- Drum maps can be used for percussion tracks
- Font size settings: it is possible to change the font size for the UI
- Phrase Editor improvements (scrollable, zoomable editor with playback position)
- New phrase generator: "Random Melody Generator"
- New rhythm generator: "Smooth Rhythm"
- "Count In" added (found in Timeline Inspector). Setting 1 bar or 2 bars count is possible
- New phrase action: "Repeat Phrase Until The End Of Line/Part/Composition" with ghost option and shortcut
- New phrase action: "Insert 'Phrase Container' With Browser Selection" with shortcut possibility
- New phrase action: "Duplicate Phrases To Unmuted Tracks" (shortcut 'D')
- New master track action: "Paste Chords (Overwrite)": paste master track chords but do not add space to the composition.
- New master track action: "Swap Chords" (with shortcut possibility)
- New timeline action : "Paste (Overwrite)" : paste timeline section in overwrite mode, do not add space to the composition.
- New file export option: "Export Tracks To Individual MIDI Files"
- New setting: "Auto-Zoom During Phrase Dragging" (disabled by default)
- New setting: "Highlight Middle C Note"
- New VST playback setting: "Start Playback From The Current Position Instead Of The Host Position"
- [Windows] Portable usage is possible
- [Windows] Relative paths can be used with Locations.
- Moving the selected region on the timeline during loop playback works as expected
- Chords as MIDI markers saved in the exported MIDI file in a different way to be more compatible with DAWs
- Soundfonts with 24-bit samples can be loaded
- 2 new UI themes in the style of Windows 10 and Mac OS X
- Shift+double-clicking or Alt+Shift-clicking on the master track for splitting/joining chords will use the following chord for the new chord
- [Windows] WASAPI problems fixed; both shared and exclusive mode should work now
- [OS X}[VST] fix for a crashing bug
- Many bug fixes
New in RapidComposer LE 3.13 (Jan 5, 2017)
- Fixed: "Active Track (Chord+Bass)" could not be chosen from the chord preview menu
- Fixed: Changing chord naming for the master track does not transpose phrases
- Fixed: The downloaded extra phrases were not sorted into subdirectories as in earlier versions
- [VST] Chord preview did not work without a track selection, and other issues
- [VST] Problems with Local Sequencer fixed
- [VST] Fixes for non-sounding notes at the beginning when host provides strange sample offsets
New in RapidComposer LE 3.12 (Nov 14, 2016)
- Fixed: soundfonts added by the user became silent in v3.1 (data folder migration issue)
- Fixed: VST plug-in could not find the standalone executable (data folder migration issue)
New in RapidComposer LE 3.11 (Nov 10, 2016)
- MIDI Import: chord detection improved
- MIDI Import: errors in MIDI files (overlapped and zero-length notes) handled gracefully during import
- Fixed crash that occured during startup under some circumstances
- Fixed regression (rendering problems when using 'Join Notes' in a track)
New in RapidComposer LE 3.1 (Nov 2, 2016)
- MIDI Import: display detected scale, live chords preview, file and selected tracks info, 'Trim Silence' option
- MIDI Import: Channel 10 handling option (join, split), better instrument selection, redesigned UI
- MIDI Import: phrase detection: the midi events are automatically grouped in phrases. Similar and same note groups are recognized.
- MIDI Import: improved "Import MIDI Into Current Composition".
- Track templates added. Save complete tracks and restore them from the Track browser.
- Track mute/solo logic changed, allowing you to select multiple tracks as solo. Solo and mute states are independent (solo overriding mute)
- [Windows] WASAPI audio support (shared and exclusive mode)
- Added "Convert To Phrase Generator" in the phrase inspector
- Master track chords can be transposed by semitones (found in the master track inspector)
- New phrase generator: 'Rest' to be used in the Idea Tool
- New variation: "Rotate Notes"
- New variation: "Remove Short Notes"
- 'Sustain Notes' option added in 'Apply Rhythm' variation
- 'Truncate Phrase' option added to 'Delay Notes'
- 'Fill' and 'Velocity For Filled Notes' options added to 'Arpeggiator'
- 'Mute Original Notes' option added in 'Add Interval' variation
- Group entry has a menu with recent groups
- New shortcut: "Preview Edited Phrase With Unmuted Tracks"
- New shortcut: "Stop Playback/Jump To Playback Start Position" (Shift+Enter by default)
- Default track view options can be set in the preferences
- Midi file name is displayed for dropped midi file instead of "midi"
- "Rescan Midi Devices" button added under Settings / MIDI
- 9 new phrase arrangements added in Idea Tool (for 3 and 4 used phrases)
- 48 new interesting "5 in 16 pulses" clave patterns in the Rhythm browser
- Improved 'Join Notes' when applied on a phrase; it works as expected
- New setting to use UTF-8 sharp and flat characters (enabled by default)
- New setting: "Export Chords As MIDI Markers" (when exporting MIDI files)
- You are asked to save or discard the edited phrase, if you set "Always Confirm Discarding Edited Phrase" (disabled by default)
- Ctrl+Shift+click can be used on the Master track to select a chord box even if clicked on the chord name
- It is possible to open composition files (.rcCOMP) by doubleclicking on them (both on OS X and Windows)
- The "GeneralUser GS" soundfont is distributed with RapidComposer.
- [Windows] RapidComposerV3 folder is moved to /Users//Documents.
- [VST] When enabling 'Use Host Tempo' the RC VST plug-in will follow the host tempo changes
- Lots of bug fixes and stability improvements
New in RapidComposer LE 3.04 (Nov 2, 2016)
- Fixed the issue when EZkeys/EZdrummer had no sound when the composition was reloaded
New in RapidComposer LE 3.03 (Nov 2, 2016)
- Fixed division by zero crash when there was no valid audio interface set
- Better error handling when setting up audio. Alert windows appear over the application window rather than behind it...
- Text editing issue fixed which appeared in v3.01. Second Enter press was ignored.
- Fixed: pop-up help did not appear after some time
New in RapidComposer LE 3.02 (Nov 2, 2016)
- "Deactivate License" button added under Support
- All issues with the timeline resize handle were fixed. Better visibility when scrolling to the rightmost position.
- Sometimes chords with an octave '5' appeared in generated progressions. This is fixed.
- Possible crash in melody generator fixed
New in RapidComposer LE 3.01 (Nov 2, 2016)
- Ctrl-Alt-O (Windows) or command-option-O (OS X) or Alt/option+click on "Open Composition..." will skip loading the VST plug-ins
- Added 'group' entry in the Save Phrase dialog
- 'Expression' can be used for velocity scaling. Its value goes from 0 to 200% which means the velocity values can be multiplied by 2
- Fixed hanging during dropping a rhythm pattern to 'Apply Rhythm'
- Fixed a bug when saving custom phrases
New in RapidComposer LE 3.0 (Nov 2, 2016)
- The whole user interface was reworked
- Standard cut/copy/paste/delete/duplicate... operations work on the 4 keyboard focus areas (track list, composition, timeline, master track)
- Customizing all colors is possible, import/export UI themes
- Customizing keyboard shortcuts, import/export shortcuts, export them as html, or open in browser
- The newly rewritten Idea Tool is more flexible, logical and easier to use than before and is part of the main composition workspace
- Standard cut/copy/paste/delete operations work in the phrase editor
- Various note transformations through shortcuts and more note coloring options in the phrase editor
- More note coloring options
- New rhythm browser
- Rhythm can be dragged from one phrase to the other, or from the rhythm browser to phrases
- Improved rhythm editing, add rests, alter note lengths
- New variation: "Apply Rhythm". You can slice notes of an existing phrase using a rhythm pattern.
- New rhythm generator: "Euclidean Rhythm"
- New phrase generator: "Arpeggiator"
- Improved stability
- Dozens of other improvements
New in RapidComposer LE 2.9 (Jun 17, 2015)
- Harmonization of melody using two different algorithms.
- Brand new VST plug-in which communicates with the application through a bridge
- The new note inspector lets you conveniently edit the properties of multiple notes, with several transformations on selected notes
- Improved rhythm editing
- New variation: 'Simplify Phrase' to make the rhythm simpler of any phrase
- New variation: 'Adjust Note Lengths v2' for fine control of note lengths, even with envelopes
- New variation: 'Add Chord Notes' which is similar to 'Add Interval' but adds only chord notes
- New variation: 'Extract Rhythm'
- Ghost copies can be moved to other tracks. This opens new possibilities in the program.
- It is possible to specify the length of the rhythm to allow rhythmic repetitions for longer phrases.
- 'Join Notes' has a new option to inhibit joining notes at chord boundaries
- 'Add Interval' offers interval of 'second'
- New note mappings: 'Bass note+semitones' and 'Bass note+scale steps'
- The application can send certain keystrokes to the VST host in VST bridge mode (see Settings / Miscellaneous)
- It is possible to use 'Render Phrase With Variations' on absolute phrases.
- Octave is not shown in chord names on the master track when using roman numeral notation
- Chord inversion is displayed on the master track using less space to improve readability
- New phrase generator preview button to play back all other tracks with the phrase
- 'Apply' button is enabled when you edit a phrase from the phrase inspector
- 'Add To Clipboard' button added in the phrase editor
- Dragging the piano keyboard vertically and zooming (Ctrl-drag) works in the Phrase Editor and Phrase Inspector
- The master track inspector opens when you right-click on the master track header
- Pressing Shift during moving or resizing notes will ignore the snap setting
- The Idea Tool has a new setting to leave existing track configuration untouched.\tThis means the instruments, variations and MIDI controllers will not be overwritten by the Idea Tool.
- Note lengths are not expressed in beats anymore. Quarter note (1/4) is used as a 'beat'.
- [VST] fix a crashing bug during MIDI import
- Bug fix: the state of some VST plug-ins were not saved in the history (program change was not always detected)
- Bug fix: a MIDI file importing problem when tracks with the same name and channel were treated as one track fixed
- Bug fix: sometimes the window became very wide when the application started
- Other fixes and increased stability
New in RapidComposer LE 2.84 (Mar 2, 2015)
- Faster application startup: custom phrases are loaded asynchronously
- Sending and receiving MIDI Start/Stop/Continue and Song Position Pointer can be enabled separately
- [Windows] Installation from Windows standard user account fixed.
- Fixed crash when using the 'Auto' scale
- Fixed occasional crash during phrase preview
- Various minor bug fixes
New in RapidComposer LE 2.83 (Feb 6, 2015)
- MIDI rendering bug fixed during loop playback
- MIDI export handles overlapping notes correctly when beginning at the same time
- .rcUI extension is added automatically when saving UI themes
- When filling a track with phrases, the default length for generators is used
- It is not possible to fill a track with Phrase Morpher anymore
- Fixed wrong colors when 'Color: By Common Notes' was used in palette
- New color scheme for 'Color: By Common Notes'
- Bug fix for the chord buttons displaying '...' in the phrase preview
New in RapidComposer LE 2.82 (Jan 26, 2015)
- Faster Undo/Redo when VST plug-ins used; VST states are not restored unnecessarily
- 'Collapse All' button added in the Variations browser
- New setting: Remember browser positions and sizes (disabled by default)
- Import MIDI continuous controllers from MIDI files
- 'Loading composition...' is displayed during loading a composition and loading VST plug-ins, which may take seconds
- MIDI controllers are reset when playback is starting (Reset All Controllers + reset pan and volume)
- Browser filter button colors can be set in the preferences and are part of the UI theme
- Fixed timeline selection by Shift-dragging which selected beats beyond the end of line
- Fixed 'Remove First Beat' and 'Insert One Beat Before First' in phrase editor
- Bug fix: when a chord progression was dropped on the timeline sometimes the previously selected progression was used
- Bug fix: Undo sometimes created unwanted VSTi plug-in instances
- Bug fix: compositions containing 'Line' generator were not loaded
- Bug fix: loading an idea preset made phrases and variations appear multiple times
- Bug fix: note velocity values were reset sometimes during loop playback
- Various other optimizations and bug fixes
New in RapidComposer LE 2.81 (Jan 7, 2015)
- Fix for a crashing bug during chord progression preview
New in RapidComposer LE 2.8 (Jan 7, 2015)
- Brand new redesigned phrase/instrument/scale/chord/chord progression browsers with advanced searching, filtering, tagging, grouping, sorting, displaying capabilities, using conditional expressions when needed. Use the 'right click' to preview or add tags
- It is possible to arrange custom phrases in hierarchical directories
- Removing a phrase is non-destructive (a dot is inserted in front of the filename which will be ignored)
- Assign tags to multiple instruments, phrases. It is also possible to display and filter by tags
- Very precise MIDI sequencer used automatically when all tracks are MIDI
- MIDI only usage is possible without setting an audio interface
- [VST] An internal sequencer is added. It is possible to choose between local transport or host transport
- [VST] The internal logic was reworked. As a result the plug-in will work better (especially looping) in some hosts
- Each track has its own midi output device, allowing virtually unlimited number of midi outputs
- MIDI drag-and-drop is possible directly on a track or in the phrase editor
- Holding down the Ctrl key when dropping a phrase from the browser over a phrase in the composition will extract the rhythm from the source phrase which is then applied to the target phrase
- It is possible to specify key-switch velocity for articulations
- New note shape preference offers note graphical rendering with narrowing end
- 16th note triplet added to the available snap and grid options
- Collapse All' button is added to browsers
- Exporting tracks as individual WAV/AIFF files
- Split Phrases At Bar Boundaries' added to Timeline inspector
- New scale type: Auto (scale is assigned automatically based on the chord)
- Fixed note articulations
- Other bug fixes
New in RapidComposer LE 2.73 (Sep 16, 2014)
- Melody Generator handles scale changes inside the phrase
- New option in melody generator to use scale+chord notes (even if chord has notes that are outside the scale)
- New preference: "Allow transposition in guitar tracks"
- New preference: "Open VST plug-in editor window after it was loaded"
- Fix a bug when the phrases were not recalculated when the chord changed in the chord suggestion pop-up
- Bass Generator fixed (connecting notes were transposed unnecessarily)
- Chord suggestion popup does not close for an inside click, only closed when you click outside
- MIDI program change is not inserted into MIDI clips for VST/SF2 tracks, and for MIDI tracks using the 'No Patch Change' preset
- Issues with gluing phrases in a guitar track fixed
- [OS X][VST] due to a software build issue logging was enabled, making the plug-in irresponsive
New in RapidComposer LE 2.72 (Sep 16, 2014)
- New variation: Delay Notes. You can apply +/- delay to tracks by using it.
- 'All Notes Off' is not sent to VST plug-ins or MIDI instruments anymore. Instead individual 'Note Off' messages are sent to avoid hanging notes.
- Bug fix: the last composition was not loaded when it should have to
- [VST] fix for looping issues in the VST plug-in
- 'Add Interval' used the wrong interval when added to a track
- Fix crash in Idea Tool when using 8-bar long phrases in a smaller composition
- The soundfont playback is forced to use the same sample rate as the audio device
- Bug fix: Ghost phrases should not display and handle 'phrase local history'
- [VST] Bug fix: double clicking on "VST Output" on the instruments page crashed the host
New in RapidComposer LE 2.71 (Aug 14, 2014)
- [VST] bug fix: crash when unloading the VST plug-in fixed. This also occured when some DAWs scanned the VST folder to read information from plug-ins.
New in RapidComposer LE 2.7 (Aug 11, 2014)
- Chord suggestions (left click on a chord)
- It is easier to input chords using the MIDI keyboard or by entering text
- Phrase local history implemented: save and recall previous states of phrase generation
- The scale, tempo and signature properties are displayed on the master track and editable with a single click\tRight/secondary click on the master track allows you to add or remove scale/tempo/signature.
- Chord progression rules editing
- Chord progression generation based on probability rules
- About 260 new chord progressions for major and minor scales used in pop music (registered version only)
- It is possible to set the initial length of the inserted phrase generators
- New phrase variation: 'Spread Out Chord Notes' to make a fuller sound from any phrase
- 4 new schemes are added to the Chord Generator to spread out chord notes in octaves
- Chord names fixed in traditional notation
- Fixes in chord palette to remember window size
- Bug fix: crashing issues when enabling "Start With Empty Master Track" fixed
- Bug fix: freezing when saving composition for the first time eliminated
- Bug fix: MIDI export and MIDI drag and drop from the VST plug-in to the host did not work well
- Bug fix: chord preview did not work well in the VST plug-in
- Other bug fixes
New in RapidComposer LE 2.64 (May 15, 2014)
- Strumming variation reworked to offer more options
- New variation: 'Add Interval' with polyphony option
- 'Join Notes' has an option for not joining notes at line boundaries
- Probabilistic Rhythm offers more divisions: 2,3,4,6,8 beats
- Fix Phrase Morpher that sometimes created very high notes
- Grid is displayed for MIDI controllers and other continuous parameters
- Soundfont memory handling optimized
- 'Auto Save&Open Last Edited Composition' became two separate settings
- Bug fix: browser and inspector colour preferences were not saved and restored
- Bug fix: possible crash during quitting the program eliminated
- Bug fix: MIDI files without tempo were not imported at all
- Bug fix: occasional hanging when changing instrument in the track inspector eliminated
- [VST][OS X] crash fixed when the VST plug-in did not populate the ~/Documents/RapidComposerV2 folder when the standalone version was not run before
- [VST] Bug fix: soundfont preview could have incorrect pitch because of sample rate mismatch between RC and the DAW
- [VST] Bug fix: preview works again
- [VST] Bug fix: when the plug-in instance was deleted and instantiated again, clicking on the chord palette crashed
New in RapidComposer LE 2.63 (May 15, 2014)
- [VST] Serious bug when restoring the VST plug-in state fixed
- Bug fix for selecting a timeline range
New in RapidComposer LE 2.62 (May 15, 2014)
- Fix for a freezing issue with new locks introduced in v2.6 (affects only Windows XP users).
New in RapidComposer LE 2.61 (May 15, 2014)
- Drag-and-drop stopped working in the program. Fixed.
New in RapidComposer LE 2.6 (May 15, 2014)
- Idea Tool is usable in the VST plug-in (in full edition)
- New phrase generator: Strings Staccato Generator with Density setting
- New phrase generator: Piano Run Generator with several techniques
- New phrase generator: Dyads Run
- New variation: Mirror Vertically (melodic inversion)
- Two new phrase properties added: 'Mask Beginning' and 'Time Offset'
- Dragging the left edge of a phrase masks notes at the beginning
- Shift-dragging a phrase changes the time offset of the phrase events
- Sending and receiving MIDI Start/Stop/Continue and sending MIDI Clock messages implemented
- 'Velocity' added to variations so that you have full control over note on velocities
- Unghost phrases
- Timeline range selection changed: use Shift-drag and Shift-click for selection/deselection
- Fill track with phrases can use the timeline range
- [OS X] Virtual MIDI Output created that you can select as source in your DAW
- During note editing the note name is displayed next to the mouse pointer
- 'Persist Name' and 'Auto Increment' added to the phrase editor to improve workflow
- An optional name field is added to 'Save Selected Phrases' which is auto-incremented if it contains a number.
- Progress information is displayed when saving phrases, loading and analysing MIDI files
- MIDI drag-and-drop improvements: drag selected range on the timeline or active part/line only
- UI improvements on the VST settings page, "Scan For Plug-ins" implemented
- 'Triplet' and 'Eighth Note Triplet' snap and grid is available in rhythm 'Manual Editing'
- 'Split Phrases At Chord Boundaries' in timeline inspector (Keyboard shortcut: '|')
- Batch conversion of MIDI files to phrases
- Adjustable Popup Help Delay in the preferences
- 'New composition' default settings can be specified in the preferences
- It is possible to disable soundfont rendering in the RC VST plug-in
- [OS X] UI rendering improvements to decrease processor usage during playback
- [OS X] Foundation classes and VST plug-in handling reworked to increase stability
- New keyboard shortcut for 'Select All Phrases In Current Track': Ctrl-A
- New keyboard shortcut for 'Regenerate All Selected Generators' : Ctrl-G
- New keyboard shortcut for 'Select Nth Track' : Alt-1..9
- Fix for a bug when splitting phrases that had 'scale' as the resizing mode
- Fix window resizing issue when in full screen mode
- Built-in sequencer was made very precise
- Latency issues with loop playback were fixed
- Occasional muted notes during playback of a humanized track fixed
- Chord palette does not reset its settings and window size when new chord selected
- Empty beats are not removed when saving a phrase in the Phrase Editor
- General MIDI Controller set was not added to imported MIDI tracks when set in the preferences.
- MIDI controllers are named from the controller set when a composition is loaded
- Fix for a possible chord progression library corruption in the Idea Tool
- Fix for various problems during MIDI import
- [Windows] MIDI drag and drop improvements (with StudioOne)
- [OS X] Fix for a crashing menu handling bug
New in RapidComposer LE 2.55 (Jan 21, 2014)
- It is possible to resize phrases by dragging the left edge
- Group name can be specified when saving phrases from the inspector
- Zoom tracks vertically by Ctrl-drag or click-and-hold in the track header
- Settings like loop/region/zoom/scrollbar positions saved with the composition
- Besides double-click you can also use Alt-click to split/join chords
- Browsers and inspectors can be placed on top when clicked inside
- Loading custom MIDI instruments/presets is possible
- Phrase preview shows note accents/velocities by shading the notes
- Ghost phrases did not render the expressions properly
- Fix for the KORG M1 VSTi plug-in crash
- Fix Schillinger's Interference: 'No Event' did not work well
- [VST] Looping fixed when using Sonar
- Under the hood: program initialization reworked
New in RapidComposer LE 2.54 (Dec 27, 2013)
- MIDI Import fixes and improvements
- Bug fix: rearranging lines and parts using drag-and-drop in the structure inspector did not move the phrases
- [VST] New setting to make the VST window 'always on top'. On Windows it is also possible to embed the user interface in the host window.
- [VST] The previous composition is never loaded during startup, only the state that the host stored
- [VST] Sending All Notes Off to the host was revamped which fixes hanging notes and other issues
- Pressing STOP the second time will not jump vertically to the first track
- Bug fix: fixed an issue when copying-pasting multiple phrases including ghost phrases
- Bug fix: 'muted' state was not saved properly for variations
New in RapidComposer LE 2.53 (Dec 6, 2013)
- Variations can be muted
- 'Collapsed' state preserved in the variation list when adding or deleting variations
- Rests variation uses 1/8th beat increments
- Chord Magnet can be applied for lines, parts or the whole composition
- Pressing 'W' closes all open browser and inspector windows
- Save Composition (or pressing 'S') provides visual feedback about the success of the save operation
- Confirmation window opened when deleting phrases
- New Master Track inspector button: 'Open Chords in Progression Editor'
- Bug Fix: importing MIDI files that began with a 'note off' or 'note on with 0 velocity' crashed the program
- Bug Fix: various issues with VSTi plug-ins used in the Idea Tool fixed
- Bug Fix: possible crash when saving a long chord progression fixed (using 'Save Selected Chords As Progression')
- Bug Fix: due to an internal reference issue composition sometimes could not be loaded
- Bug Fix: the preview instrument menu in the phrase and progression browser is updated when new tracks added
- Bug Fix: history was not saved sometimes
New in RapidComposer LE 2.52 (Nov 30, 2013)
- Bug Fix: using 'Save Selected Chords As Progression' crashed
New in RapidComposer LE 2.51 (Nov 28, 2013)
- New variations: 'Rests' and 'Adjust Note Lengths'
- Snap allows until 1/256 beat
- Click&hold zoom implemented on the timeline: hold the mouse button for a short time without moving the mouse to zoom
- Bug Fix: playback played the previous timeline region even when it was turned off
- Bug Fix: 'Regenerate All Selected Generators' crashed when using ghosts
- Bug Fix: visual anomalies when new item added in browser windows fixed
- Bug Fix: [Win] ASIO compatibility with some soundcards improved
New in RapidComposer LE 2.5 (Nov 21, 2013)
- New phrase generator specialized for making melodies: Melody Generator (not found in LE version)
- New rhythm generator: Bass Rhythm to create interesting rhythm patterns for bass
- Custom phrases are saved in separate files. A phrase is written to file immediately when added to the browser.
- Directory can be specified to store custom phrases in (Settings/Directories tab)
- Chord palette reworked, bugs fixed, flats and sharps correctly displayed
- Metronome added and redesigned UI in phrase editor
- UI improvements on the MIDI Import panel
- Composition templates supported, several templates provided
- Note editing: 'Move Notes To New Phrase' in context pop-up menu
- Add composition to history with comments (shortcut: K). It is easy to look up an earlier state.
- [VST] stability improvements (Reaper does not crash at exit)
- New keyboard shortcuts added for filling tracks with phrases and some shortcuts changed
- Various fixes and improvements in the structure editor. Rearrange parts and lines by drag and drop.
- Snap/Grid: Bar option
- New phrase transpose mode: Octave
- Shortcuts '1' to '9' to start editing lines 1 to 9, Ctrl-'1' to Ctrl-'9' edits parts 1 to 9
- Shortcut 'Insert' inserts one beat at the timeline position, Ctrl-'Insert' inserts one bar
- Shortcut '\' splits selected phrases at the timeline position
- Resizing the generator phrases (dragging the right edge) works again
- Specifying manual rhythm works in the idea tool
- Exported MIDI sometimes included the metronome track. This is fixed.
- The rhythm was not saved in the phrase browser for custom phrases that used "Manual Editing"
- Scale preview fixed in the scale browser
- Possible crash at MIDI import fixed (for corrupted MIDI files, or files containing unexpected data). MIDI import stability improved.
- New editing setting to reset transposition when phrase is added by doubleclicking
- Small size soundfonts added
- Chord progression preview will use the right scale for major and minor scale formulas (in progression browser and progression editor)
- Dozens of other smaller improvements and fixes
New in RapidComposer LE 2.21 (Aug 26, 2013)
- User interface rendering optimized
- Automatic update checking implemented
- It is possible to add bank select messages to MIDI instruments (by manually editing an .rcINST file)
- Fixed the crash when using 'Add Imported Tracks To Current Composition'
- Fixed an issue with MIDI import that could cause the program to hang or crash
- Fixed the crash when the MIDI keyboard sent a message to the chord palette which was opened in the phrase editor.
- [VSTi] Window sizing problems with VST plug-in fixed
- Other bug fixes
New in RapidComposer LE 2.2 (Jul 1, 2013)
- It is possible to cut and join notes simply with a doubleclick inside the note
- [Win] ASIO channel selection implemented
- [VSTi] race condition eliminated which fixes crashes with Nexus and results better stability with plug-ins
- Editing ghost copies is disabled in note editing mode
- Modal alert windows removed during start-up
- Various fixes to increase stability
New in RapidComposer LE 2.1 (Jun 3, 2013)
- Global and per-track phrase envelopes which phrases may automatically follow
- 4 algorithms offered for absolute-to-relative note conversion. Now you can work with scale-relative notes only, without depending on chord notes in the phrase.
- AI improvements in chord detection when importing MIDI files
- New master track option: magnet. Chords are automatically transposed and inverted for better voice leading
- Magnet option is implemented for phrases. When enabled the phrase will be automatically transposed to minimize note distance between the previous and current phrase or from the phrase envelope (choose from 2 algorithms)
- The Idea Tool is prepared to use the new voice leading improvements to produce musically more useful results
- 'Recents' menu added for opening compositions and importing MIDI files
- Absoluterelative conversion is easier than ever by pressing keys '0' to '4'
- 3 new view options for the piano roll
- Inspectors and browser panels can be resized by dragging the right bottom corner
- Mouse wheel works over the workspace to scroll and zoom
- New 'Support' panel
- Cosmetic UI changes
- Bug fix for highlighting the wrong buttons in the chord palette
- Additional bug fixes
New in RapidComposer LE 2.06 (May 10, 2013)
- it is possible to resize the timeline (add/remove beats to the line being edited) by dragging the right edge of the timeline
- you can change the key of an existing composition (e.g. from C major to D minor) with chord harmonization if you check 'Harmonize Chords to Match Scale' in the master track inspector
- fixed a bug which inhibited loading an idea in the Idea Tool
- [Win] ASIO improvements
New in RapidComposer LE 2.05 (May 10, 2013)
- [Win] VST plug-in sent unneeded All Notes Off messages to host (FL Studio) when rendering varying frames per buffer
- Regenerate all selected generators' button added in phrase inspector
- problems with 'Remove Region' fixed
- Divide Phrase' issue fixed when a resized phrase was divided
New in RapidComposer LE 2.04 (May 10, 2013)
- importing audio is possible and more convenient in the phrase inspector than in the track inspector
- inspector fade in/out time can be set in the settings
- new option in Idea Tool: selection of chord progression for the specified scale
- fixed scale note shading on the piano roll
- fixed an issue when after phrase editing the phrase was not updated in the composition
- Ableton Live! called the VST plug-in 'close' function without calling 'open' first. This is handled gracefully now.
- Win64] windows x64 version will download the x64 update instead of the x86 file
- note parameters are fixed in sample phrases #9,#10,#11
- other stability fixes
New in RapidComposer LE 2.03 (May 10, 2013)
- fixed possible crash for an operation after an undo
- a bug with 'Render Phrase With Variations' fixed
- rendering problem on the mixer panel fixed
- other fixes to improve stability e.g. when phrase or tracks deleted
New in RapidComposer LE 2.02 (May 10, 2013)
- fixes for user interface stability issues
New in RapidComposer LE 2.01 (May 10, 2013)
- fixed a bug in MIDI Import where chords were not detected properly
New in RapidComposer LE 2.0 (May 10, 2013)
- redesigned user interface
- improved workflow
- chords and progressions can be based on scale degrees, several chord notations offered
- cut/copy/paste works for phrases
- simpler structure editor
- MIDI drag and drop tracks or composition to DAWs
- improved Idea Tool: generate a new composition for pressing a key
- better reliability - the new recovery feature will recover your composition if the program or a plug-in crashes
- lots of other minor features
New in RapidComposer LE 1.93 (Jul 3, 2012)
- x64 version of Windows standalone and VST plug-in
- Snap and grid: Triplet added
- Quantize added in Phrase Editor
- Save phrase to database directly from context popup
- SPACE starts/stops playback, Enter jumps back to start
- Fixed possible crash in Idea Tool when the Edit button was clicked
- Fixed bugs with 'Render Phrase With Variations' (note on velocity and editing in Phrase Editor)
- Various bug fixes to increase stability (e.g. for unassigned chords, editing Line Generator)
New in RapidComposer LE 1.91 (Jul 3, 2012)
- Fixed a bug in demo mode when history files were sometimes written to the root directory
- 'Align To Beats' and 'Detect And Adjust Interval' work again in the phrase editor
- Underlying chord notes can be edited only by holding down Ctrl-Shift to avoid accidental dragging during editing
- Activation through the internet was removed, simple keycode is used for software protection
- Documentation updated
New in RapidComposer LE 1.9 (Jul 3, 2012)
- Improved drag and drop experience; phrases/chords/scales are rendered into a small image that is shown during dragging
- New preference: it is possible to disable selecting phrases from multiple tracks
- New preference: using flats instead of sharps in chord names
- A status window is displayed during loading a composition as the initialization of some VSTi plug-ins may take long
- Scrollwheel works over lists and sliders
- Bug fix: crash during resizing the window fixed
New in RapidComposer LE 1.83 (Jul 3, 2012)
- Fixed a bug that was introduced in v1.82: text fields and sliders stopped working
New in RapidComposer LE 1.82 (Jan 23, 2012)
- [VST] Improved VST editor behaviour; when the RapidComposer window is closed, the original VST editor view (that has "Bring RapidComposer To Top") is not closed or removed.
- [VST] When the RapidComposer window was minimized, the "Bring RapidComposer To Top" did not work. This is fixed.
- [VST] Better error checking when the host loads RapidComposer VST
New in RapidComposer LE 1.7 (May 31, 2011)
- This update adds line drawing on the piano roll. Notes are inserted and aligned smartly with several snap and filtering options. Many new chord progressions added, and now the chord progressions are sorted by their complexity. There were improvements in the harmonization menu, and a few sample phrases were added.
New in RapidComposer LE 1.6 (May 4, 2011)
- With new ways of chord selection, the rewritten progression editor with chord suggestions, harmonization improvements, new variations, RapidComposer is more complete and solid than ever.
- The UI offers clever and unique ways of displaying overlapped notes.
- Several bugs were fixed.
New in RapidComposer LE 1.5 (Jan 24, 2011)
- With this major update the editing workflow has been improved and several new piano roll view options were implemented. Changing chord notes visually is now possible while phrases and notes are updated realtime. You won't find this in any other DAW. Another unique feature is that you can store the state of a VSTi plug-in as an instrument that you can use later, even for plug-ins that do not expose their presets. With about a dozen other new features, grab this release while it's hot!
New in RapidComposer LE 1.44 (Dec 8, 2010)
- Not just bug fixes but also new features can be found in this minor update.
New in RapidComposer LE 1.4 (Nov 26, 2010)
- The latest major update with fully customizable user interface, and rewritten VSTi plug-in handling that fixes all stability problems and made VSTi support rock solid! Other changes: improved loop playback and recording, tap tempo, fractional tempo can be specified for any structural unit, ASIO configuration improvements.