beta 3 -> beta 4 changelog

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Dennis DeSantis
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beta 3 -> beta 4 changelog

Post by Dennis DeSantis » Mon Sep 28, 2009 12:55 pm

Known issues:

- Documentation is currently only in English.
- Under certain conditions, loading broken media files will cause Live to appear to be frozen for up to two minutes.


Please note that the Lessons, Reference Manual and Info Texts are also in beta. In addition to reporting bugs about the software, please report any documentation bugs (missing or incorrect feature explanations, typos, etc.)


Changes in Live

Numerous changes to factory Max devices

A Live Pack containing Lessons, tutorial Sets and example Max devices is now installed

Corrected (reversed) the 'is_collapsed' property of the Track.View object

The live_set properties 'clip_trigger_quantization' and 'midi_recording_quantization' are now handled as int rather than objects

Some improvements to handling of time signature changes

Browser updates now occur less frequently

Mappings can now be deleted

Fixed crash when Macro mapping

Better undo text

Scroll wheel support for Max devices

Clipboard commands and Select All now work for Max devices

Fixed crash when no Library was selected

Fixed crash when closing a Live Set with an edited Max device

Status bar now updates when selecting parameters during key assignment

Fixed crash when choosing "Manage Device File" on a Max device prior to saving

Added icon for .amxd files and set Live as their default application (MacOS)



Changes in Max

pattrstorage: 'setall' now excludes locked slots

pattrstorage: 'getslotlist' now outputs an empty list if there are no slots

Fix for threading issues with Jitter related to the use of metro and keyboard presses

The device width, when opened in the editor, can now be sized with the mouse (after it has initially been set via Set Device Width command)

Fixed tempo and bar count output in Live

live.grid: constraint message works back again

live.grid: reset the step values when they are out of range in non matrixmode

Fixed crash on closing patcher created with "New from Template"

midiin object now continues to work after opening device in editor and then closing device

live.step: zoom_fit, zoom_in, zoom_out messages

live.step: outputs zoom notifications whenever the zoom values change

ITM now properly updates intervals specified in bars/beats/units when the time signature changes (if they have non-zero value for bars)

live.step: getpitch, getvelocity, getduration, getextra1 and getextra2 messages to extract information from the target sequence

live.step: new pitch, velocity, duration, extra1 and extra2 message to set the values of each data type directly (first argument is the first index)

Double click on Max device view in Live device chain, when device is open in editor with preview mode on, will activate device window in editor

Max devices on the Mac now redraw during Live drags and while the menu bar is held down

live.step: mouseover outputs the duration in ticks

live.step displays the correct duration in the ruler according to the interval

live.toggle and live.text can grab the focus again in assignment

live.step: step message sets the proper duration

live.grid: redraws properly after receiving a list

live.step sends a changed message when edited with mouse

phasor~: fixed lock mode when IO and sig vs were not equal

Eliminated "back to live" command from Max device patcher window toolbar

midiin object now continues to work in editor after saving a Max device

live.arrows: roundish appearance to fit the Live standards

append and prepend message properly update the object in high priority

jsui_textbutton.js looks nice on SnowLeopard

textbutton can now display integer/floating points values as well as symbols

saw~ no longer crashes when only the sync outlet is connected

pattrstorage: 'setall' now excludes locked slots

pattrstorage: 'getslotlist' now outputs an empty list if there are no slots

itable: bordercolor is properly displayed when bgcolor's alpha is set to 0

round: works properly with lists, and messages

Extensions that are the same file type as the default type (such as .maxhelp) can be chosen via a pop-up menu

inlet and outlet objects no longer cause crashes upon viewing assistance if the "comment" attribute contains more than 512 characters

zl: fix for list truncation when the list begins with a symbol and the list is the same size as the maximum limit for list length

filebrowser: the preview pane now correctly displays the full path of all files when there are multiples of the same file in the searchpath

filebrowser: the reveal-in-finder button no correctly locates all files when there are multiples of the same file in the searchpath

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