We are pleased to announce the availability of Ardour 5.10. This is primarily a bug-fix release, with several important fixes for recent selection/cut/copy/paste regressions along with fixes for many long standing issues large and small.
This release also sees the arrival of VCA slave automation, along with improvements in overall VCA master/slave behaviour. There are also significant extensions to Ardour's OSC support.
General Fixes and Improvements
- (Time) Range selection and copy/cut/paste now works again.
- Selection and copy/cut/paste for automation tracks now works again.
- Extend list of reserved track/port names (including translated versions of "Click").
- Fix another case where potentially illegal track/port names were not checked correctly.
- Context click on
[Marker] > loop rangeshould set loop range. - Tweak/fix splash screen management.
- Update writable status of a Save-as copy of a Session.
- Add note name parser to convert to midi note number.
- VST parameter names can now be up to 128 characters long.
- Remember the state (shown/hidden, attached/detached) of the Monitor section.
- Ardour's own custom buttons now correctly reflect the initial state of the action they control.
- Stop crash after deleting a group.
- Fix double "Tape" in Record Mode drop down when adding new track.
- Support note name editing in midi list editor.
- Fix out-of-bounds waveform image rendering.
- Set Display Name for OSX/macOS.
- Fix libhid compile with /recent/ libc (GNU_SOURCE).
- Fix failure to laod old tempo maps.
- Use correct variable in BasicUI::jump_by_seconds.
- Tempo sections with a BBT start XML node are never ramped.
- Sort tempo map after legacy sections have been assigned a pulse.
- Include ParameterDescriptor in read-only control output.
- Implement basic AU parameter-printing.
- Pretty print control-outputs in generic-UI.
- Always create a deep copy of MIDI regions when copying playlists.
- Use correct names when setting MidiTrack properties.
- Use correct property name in generic MIDI surface.
- Allow export presets for 176.4KHz.
- When creating a new session after working on one, the "Cancel" button should be a quit button.
- Duplicate routes start off unsoloed to avoid issues related to upstream / downstream buses.
- If actively recording, prevent interaction between mouse and audio clock widget(s).
- Remove "Close" button from import-dialog (prefer WM close button).
- Import Dialog now behaves now other dialogs/windows when using Escape.
- Add route dialog now has "Add" and "Add and Close" buttons. "Add" keeps dialog open so user can add multiple templates.
- Fix recording-region graphics when using count-in.
- Fix reversed logic in legacy tempo secton detection.
- Tempo lines display subdivisions correctly over a tempo change.
- Fix crash when showing plugin-UI in safe-mode.
- Fix DSP in a-EQ, when parameters change very slowly.
- Fix playhead behaviour when synced to JACK tranport.
- When dragging notes, keep the note length correct even if tempo changes across the drag.
- a-EQ: Tweak knob layout to be less confusing.
- Make Import the default action in the Import Dialog.
- Restore the state of the autoplay button in the import dialog.
- Consistent "cancel/close" button position on the left.
<h2>Lua</h2>
<ul>
<li>Add a file-chooser LuaDialog Widget.</li>
<li>Update LuaDialog example script to include File/Folder selection.</li>
<li>Add Lua bindings for VCAs and VCAManager.</li>
</ul>
<h2>VCA & Automation</h2>
<ul>
<li>Do not crash when removing a VCA master.</li>
<li>Fix relative grouped + VCA slaved gain.</li>
<li>Fix Monitor Group override.</li>
<li>Allow group gain sharing + VCA again.</li>
<li>Remember subgroup-bus.</li>
</ul>
<h2>OSC Support and Control</h2>
<ul>
<li>Add Automation control to OSC.</li>
<li>Faders can select automation mode.</li>
<li>Frame work to add automation for more controls</li>
<li>Add Touch message for faders.</li>
<li>Add fake timeout based touch.</li>
<li>GUI settings take effect on first incoming message.</li>
<li>Catch case of surface sending fader move before touch.</li>
<li>Add optional paging to sends in select.</li>
<li>Add option to send /reply instead of #reply (OSC1.0 compat).</li>
<li>Select channel plugin support with paging.</li>
<li>Allow set_surface and settings GUI to set send and plugin page sizes.</li>
</ul>
<h2>Control Surfaces</h2>
<ul>
<li>Improve all control surfaces' handling of track/bus selection changes.</li>
<li>Midi map for Alesis QX25.</li>
<li>Update FaderPort8: new possible controllable parameters.</li>
<li>Mackie Control: Momentarily light buttons when they are
used to trigger a defined action. (This is mainly for F-keys)</li>
<li>Mackie Control: If a button is not assigned an action, it
will not light, hopefully indicating to the user that it is unmapped).</li>
<li>Mackie Control: F-keys are reserved only for user-defined actions; no need for explicit handling.</li>
<li>Mackie Control: configuration panel should display the profile name when any button action is changed.</li>
<li>Mackie Control: Assign some F-keys for default user profile.</li>
<li>Mackie Control map the well-known EQ knobs more explicitly, not heuristically.</li>
<li>Mackie Control: Fix issue with strip "select" buttons that stayed stuck on.</li>
</ul>
<h2>Translation Updates</h2>
<ul>
<li>German (Edgar Aichinger).</li>
<li>Russian (Alexander Prokoudine).</li>
</ul>
<h2>Contributors</h2>
<p>
Ben Loftis,
Damien Zammit,
Daniel Sheeler,
Johannes Mueller,
John Emmas,
Len Ovens,
Nick Mainsbridge,
Nils Geisweiller,
Paul Davis,
Robin Gareus,
Tim Mayberry
</p>