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Bitwig Sudio 5.2 Beta 8 now available (downloads-secure.bitwig.com)
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Changelog

New Features

  • Bitwig Studio v5.1 User Guide is now available in ¡Spanish! [PDF] 
  • Bitwig Studio v5.1 User Guide is now available in Korean~^^ [PDF] 

Improvements

  • Automatic handling of audio stem import: 
    • When multiple audio files are dragged into a project at once, files with identical lengths are grouped
    • Beat analysis will happen for those files together, giving all grouped files the identical Beat Markers (for stretching) and lengths
    • If non-matching files are dragging in as well, they will be analyzed individually
    • If analysis should be (re)done for any file individual, select those file(s) and use either Detect Event Tempo… (with parameter options) or Detect Event Tempo (which uses the default parameters)
  • Improved default stretch mode preferences (Dashboard > Settings > Behavior):
    • The Defaults section now includes:
      • Default Stretch Mode (replacing the previous Long and Short samples and file options)
      • Record / bounce stretch mode (was previously On record / bounce)
    • Files still import based on the Audio Preview/Import Mode setting, to either:
      • Play at Original Speed, or
      • Stretch to Project Tempo
    • Now when importing audio, holding the [ALT] key inverts the import mode
  • Various editing/selection improvements:
    • Added mappable function for Play from Left Edge of Current Editor
  • Compressor+ (Dynamics) device: Improved the device's reset behavior
  • Windows: Installer is now provided as an MSIX file 
    • Installer distinguishes between 'beta' and 'release' versions, allowing one of each to be installed 
  • macOS 14: Now support display refresh rates up to 144 Hz, and when multiple monitors are in use, each will use their own refresh rate
    • Earlier macOS versions max out at 60 Hz
  • VST3 plug-ins: Now includes note name support
  • Controller scripts for SSL UF1, iCON V1-M and iCON P1-M: Beat Display is now easier to read

#Fixes

  • Sculpt and Focus (EQ) devices: Fixed clicks when switching Color mode
  • Touchscreen: Scrollbars now get less sticky [34872]
  • Fixed crashes related to Time Selection editing of start and end objects [36193, 35763]
  • Plug-in undo: Some plug-ins were writing an undo step upon opening project [36216]
  • It is now possible to deselect tracks after making a "global" time selection in the Arranger ruler (a regression) [36140]
  • Fixed Audio Quantize function, where Amount in the dialog now has the proper effect [36207]
  • Slice to Drum Machine dialog is now big enough to show all controls, all the time [36275]
  • When adjusting parameters from a controller, sometimes the value would not always be correctly adjusted [36219]
  • Particular WAV files are no longer garbled and distorted after import [36271]
  • Library index directory can no longer grow to an enormous size (if there are symbolic links that include the index storage location) [36153]
  • Plug-ins that reported an empty vendor now work when Plug-in Hosting Mode is by Vendor [36262]
  • Fixed an audio engine crash in some cases when a sandboxed plug-in crashed [35609]
  • Various graphics fixes:
    • Windows: General frame rate & latency improvements 
    • White cursor line in Arranger no longer destroys clip names when mousing around [36264]
    • Group track headers (in both the Arranger Timeline Panel and the Mixer Panel) are less accidentally rounded
    • Browser Panel no longer loses the play (preview) button when long sample paths are shown [36062]
    • The About page (Dashboard > Help) shows the current graphics backend now
    • Windows: Fixed a crash when resizing windows on some backends [35690]
    • Windows: Fixed slow frame rate and missing graphics on some backends [36220]
    • Windows: Hardware that only supports feature-level 11_0 & 11_1 now uses Direct3D 12. Affected GPUS include:
      • NVIDIA: GTX 400-700 series
      • AMD: HD 7000, 8000, R7 200
      • Intel: HD/Iris Graphics 4000-6200
    • Windows & Linux: The OpenGL fallback for even older GPUs is now more performant
    • macOS: Maximizing a window now fills the entire screen, even with the system preference to Always Hide Menu Bar Automatically [35776]
    • Windows: A better fix for a previous fix [36119]
  • Fixed text appearance in Stretch Mode chooser for Japanese localization [32047] 
  • Certain ALS file can now be imported [36139]
  • Windows: Fixed a crash when the MIDI output buffer was full [34198]
  • Controller script for SSL UF1: Track number is now shown correctly on the two-digit display
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