G-Stomper Studio ( + VA-Beast / Rhythm ) upgraded to .4

Have been for a little bit on the Beta and this new version does feel very nice and did not think that it was going to make as much difference as it did. There is a whole lot of improvements to make everything go smoother, for me am grateful for the full midi integration of the synthesizer! But like implied above the biggest improvement is a general lift of the whole user experience and G-Stomper is now something you should try if you didn't or if you tried it and did not like it before. As there is a fully functional demo (no save) and then there is one of the best drum machines / drum groove boxes that is complete with save and so on which not only useful but if you like it you already are ready for the same workflow as in G-Stomper Studio and VA-Beast.

Here is the update information:

G-Stomper Studio 4.0 Release Notes:

• New redesigned Graphical User Interface
  Complete new graphical design.
  Zillions of UI optimizations and bug fixes.
• New overall file handling
  All File Dialogs have been replaced by a new File Browser, which allows you to organize all your user files in folder structures.
• New User Sample integration
  Usersamples don’t need to be imported anymore, you can load every supported sample directly from the file system.
• New SoundSet implementation
  You can now choose, what exactly you want to have saved with a soundset (Samples, Sampler Presets, VA-Beast Presets, FX1-3, Master).
• New custom initial Pattern
  Save you own init pattern to be used in every case when a new initial pattern is created.
  Simply save your desired init pattern with the name ‘-init-’.
• New optimized Export Process + Post Processing
  Generally the Export Process has been re-organized.
  Furthermore you get a new ‘Post Processing’ option in the Export Format Dialog, where you can choose Normalize the exported audio to -0dB (max volume).
• New Sampler Note Grid Edit mode
  The Sampler Note Grid follows now the same logic as the Poly Grid. You can select particular Notes and note-shift or invert them.
• Optimization in the Mixer logic
  The mixer channel volumes have been separated from the Sampler-/Synth internal Levels.
  So if you now automate the Level on a Sampler Track, you can still change its overall volume using the mixer channel.
  Furthermore the mixer channels got new internal amplifier modules, so that the audible result is exactly the same for Sampler and VA-Beast Tracks.
  Logically, the Sampler-/Synth internal Level is applied on each Voice separately at the very first moment when the sound is generated
  while the Mixer Channel Volume is applied to Sampler-/Synth internal Mixdown right before it gets routed to the FX chain.
• New Mixer Volume Link Mode (Mixer view)
  We all know this situation when you want to make a particular track louder, but it is at max volume already.
  The only ‘proper’ way to achieve this is to lower all other channel volumes, which usually results in messing the mix up.
  Not any longer… , you can now link the mixer channel volumes to raise or lower all channels at once while keeping the relation of volumes between the channels (long press the ‘VOL’ button to enable/disable).
  When enabled, you can move any Volume Fader you want and all others follow while keeping the mix intact.
  Try it, you’ll definitely love that feature.
• Improved Roll feature (main Drum Machine)
  You can now enable the Roll feature to be ‘Accent Aware’ (long press the ‘ROLL’ button to enable/disable).
  When enabled, the Roll uses the regular Accent amount to adjust the Loudness of the particular Roll Triggers.
  The first Roll trigger is at max volume (accentuated) while the last Roll trigger is at the min (most reduced) volume.
  All Roll triggers in between (in case of Roll 3x/4x) are calculated to transit smoothly from max to min accentuation.
  The Accent amount can be set as usual with the Accent Fader (in accent mode on the main Drum Machine).
• Improved Fill-in algorithm (main Drum Machine)
  The Fill-in feature manipulates now Triggers and Accents (accents are only audible if an accent amount is set), while keeping the groove intact (e.g. it never places 2 accents in sequence).
  This makes the generated Fill-ins to sound much more natural, be sure to give it a try.
  The Accent amount can be set as usual with the Accent Fader (in accent mode on the main Drum Machine).
• Full MIDI support for the VA-Beast Synth
  Check out the MIDI Documentation for further details.
• Updated Documentation

Very special thanks to:
JYNXY for creating 3 brilliant tracks for the Promo Videos
Ron for the flood of ideas, including Fill-In algorithm, Roll internal Accent, Export Normalization, Mixer Improvement, and more..
The guys from Voger Design for creating and realizing a mindblowing graphical concept
Damien for his help with the OpenSL integration
All members of the G-Stomper BETA Community for their help during the beta tests