So far the one new thing that catched my attention is a new module called Pitch Shifter.
My father being on a visit for some days there has been limited time to play with this new module but the little I tried has shown me that this is truly a great addition. Just scratched the surface and got some very interesting sounds made. It is an effect module so that means you can combine any type of sound generator to it in any combinations and because it has basic granular manipulations built in it allows for exciting sound sculpting in a way that is liberating being a separate effects module and not a Synthesizer module.
We will see what users make of this and the other additions.
The other additions so far (there normally comes one or two surprises before official release)
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- new module - Pitch Shifter;
- shortcut configuration (key redefinition) window has been added to the Main Menu -> Preferences -> Interface;
- customizable curve of the values has been added to MultiCtl module;
- MIDI Octave Offset option has been added to the MIDI Preferences;
- avconv (libav) support on systems without ffmpeg;
- PR (Set note period) command has been renamed to SP (Set pitch);
- main menu has been divided into two separate menus: the Main Menu (left side) and the Pattern Menu (right side);
- Play (F9) shortcut has been changed to Play/Stop;
- new keyboard shortcut: F10 - play from beginning;
- new simple song examples: crossfader;
- new song examples: Twistboy - Translucent, unspoken_words;
- bugs fixed.
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Link to Beta version for PC/Linux/OSX:
http://warmplace.ru/forum/viewtopic.php?f=16&t=3263