- MIDI controller editors now appear in the track editor itself instead of in a separate window.
- Disabled ("grayed out") items now show a tooltip explaining why they're disabled. This happens when the mouse is moved over the control.
- The Song menu's Save option now saves all tracks (ie. MIDI and .aem files) as well. The Save All option is removed.
- The Song menu's Save As option is removed. The new song versions feature provides a better way to have multiple versions of a song since they include MIDI and .aem files.
- The Songlist Bar now features a Play All button which can be turned off to avoid going to the next song inadvertently.
- Main window remembers position/size and whether it's maximized or not.
- The Autodetect Keyboard feature now automatically detects you're recording two tracks using two MIDI keyboards and will let you do so without you having to turn it off.
- There are now three types of MIDI quantization: "Full", "Keep Note Off" and "Keep Duration". It defaults to "Keep Note Off", which has the advantage of not destroying all musical expression (compared to the old "full" method).
- A "expand/collapse" button appears in the top-right corner of a mixer section. Rightclicking it offers more powerful options like "Expand related sections only" which appears on tracks and groups. It expands all sections contributing to the sound of the current one and collapses all other sections.
- "Song Notes" are now called "Some Comments". Track file menu's no longer have the Notes option, track notes in existing song file will appear in the Song menu's Comments window.
- Several things have been optimized in version 5:
* Audio engine is more efficient on multiple core computers.
* Streaming audio tracks from disk is more efficient.
* Track sidechaining, as introduced in version 4.3, is more efficient. (Pro Plus edition)
* Graphics optimizations.
* MIDI undo history uses less memory.
* The Songlist Properties window no longer opens all songs in order to examine them.
- Some names have changes:
* "Synths" are now called "MIDI Instruments"
* "MIDI Out Port" is now called "External MIDI Instrument"
* "Song Notes" is now "Song Comments"
* "Tape Type Monitoring" is now "Soft Monitoring"
* Mixer section "Presets" are now "Templates"
* Note "Length" is now "Duration"
V5 preview #16: Some random snippets
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NystagmusE
Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!
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The MIDI quantization was the number one change I was hoping for.
http://www.musicnotables.co.uk/images/p ... ecards.jpg ( A thank you note
)The MIDI quantization was the number one change I was hoping for.
