Hi everyone and happy spring time (for those in the northern hemisphere)!
First, the big news, there’s a new build with some very cool new features. I’ve done a fun physics-based animation that shows you where the clips will move to as you drag them around. You can now also drag effects around to reposition them (and they have their own slightly different physics animation system).
Timeline audio has been improved and now has a waveform visualisation. (This was not easy to get working efficiently!) It’s now much easier to import sound and sync it to your tempo.
I’m making it available to everyone who has ever had a subscription, and you can download them here :
As you can see from the attached change log, there are numerous other changes and improvements.
Please test this build thoroughly and let me know any bugs you find - No weirdness is too small to report!
Pricing/Tiers update
Thank you all so much for your very helpful feedback, I really appreciate it. The changes have been very popular, so I will be going ahead within the next month. Anyone currently on the Hobbyist level will get an email to let them know when they will get upgraded to the new Pro 4 tier.
It will be exactly as outlined in my previous post with one minor change - the new Pro 4 tier will get 1 machine available instead of 2 (for now at least).
One to One - these sessions worked really well so I will be continuing them. Book here for the next sessions on Thursday - Pro and Unlimited users only please.
As ever thanks for your ongoing support, and I hope you enjoy the new builds.
Seb
Version : 0.9.6
Build date : 21 Apr 2025
New features :
- Clip Deck and Effects
- new fancy physics/animations as you drag clips around
- preview of their target location before you drop
- press ESC to cancel drag
- Effects!
- Drag to move, fancy physics/animations
- Option/Alt drag to copy
- Delete (right click menu or drag them off the clip deck)
- press ESC to cancel drag
- new fancy physics/animations as you drag clips around
- Timeline
- Waveform renderer for sound objects!
- Overlaid bar / beat lines so easier to get in time
- Snap to end of audio track
- Easier workflow for inserting sound objects
- Waveform renderer for sound objects!
- File menu now has
- Reset to default project
- Reset to default clip deck
- Reset to default effects
- Clear all effects
- Selective import - Can now import Laser Settings, Clipdeck, Effects, Timeline or DMX from a project file
- Timeline / project import now searches for audio files within the same folder and subfolders as the imported file
- 3D view
- Can change size in 3D Visualiser settings panel
- Double click 3D view to reset camera
Minor improvements :
- Tidied up Tempo window
- Fixed handle colours in Output view (went black in 0.9.5!)
- Shortcut keys -
- CMD J - 3D Visualiser settings panel
- CMD K - Laser controller assignment panel
- CMD L - Laser settings panel
- CMD E - open clip editor
- Timeline
- transport bar clean up, now resizes without overlapping objects
- Hide transport bar buttons when timeline inactive, and make ENABLE button bigger
- Disable block editing when timeline inactive
- Timeline now smoothly redrawn when resizing app window
- Take over from timeline now auto selects live tempo
- Better default snapping options
- Temporary removal of video block - will still work if your timeline already has one but you can no longer add new videos. Playback was glitchy, needs full rework
- Audio selector in app settings, removed irrelevant channel options from dropdown
- Loads default sound interface on first run
- Improved bars / beats / quaver / frame display on timeline, clip editor and tempo panel
- Reset laser settings now also resets the canvas
- Clips / Effects now have separate sub menus
- Clip deck
- Scrolls to new clips on load / append
- Left most scroll limited so at least one clip always in view
- Clips are selected when released if not already selected
- Minor button redesign - colours when deactivated
- Clip editor
- timing now corrected, previously would use last zone timing if zone delay was on
- UI panel now repositioned on open under icons on left
- 3D option automatically selected on new nodes if any other nodes are 3D
- Redesigned Pattern Grid, Pattern Circular, Mirror, and Colour node icons
- New default SVG sequence for Creator Anim node
- SVG sequence now properly centred
- All SVG content is now simplified / optimised on load
- Text Creator node
- Better default options, changed default font
- Better font selection dropdown
- Added information about how to add fonts, with a button that opens the font folder
- Shapes now simplified on load (much faster)
- Font simplification can be adjusted with resolution setting
- Mouse wheel no longer affects 3D, OUTPUT or CANVAS view while in Clip editor
- 3D view - better rendering of dim beams (uses float colour)
- Confirmation pop up now disappears before doing stuff
- DMX zones now properly cleared on project import
Issues fixed :
- Delete all clips would sometimes leave ghost clips in memory, fixed now
- Fixed crash if preset didn’t exist (usually when opening 3D visualiser settings panel)
Known issues :
- Presets (3D visualiser, laser settings etc) are not always properly stored when a project is loaded.