PC World 2008 February/PCWorld_2008-02_cd.bin/audio-video/reaper/reaper2028-install.exe/whatsnew.txt

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v2.028 - January 4 2008
  + updated copyright labels for 2008, and revised purchasing terminology
  + fix for plug-ins that capture the mouse during keyboard input (SM etc)
  + added actions to toggle selected track folder state and folder collapsed state
  + media explorer: playing loops with tempo information while playing project will start loop on measure
  + media explorer: now remembers repeat state
  + media explorer: previews now loop sample accurate, and fixed midi previews routed to audio tracks muting audio

v2.027 - January 3 2008
  + fixed docker always coming up on startup/project load
  + better mouse hit testing logic for media item fades, old style is optional
  + project markers/regions now use stable sorting
  + better reamote remote state updating (less cpu munch, fixed floating window updating)
  + added workaround for kontakt3's broken focusing: right click on VST UI button sets focus to VST UI

v2.026 - December 29 2007
  + more robust project loading (ignoring bad data before project header)
  + rewire slave mode: more accurate midi outputting
  + default option to disable source media buffering on tracks with open midi editors
  + midi editor: view notes ignoring length option (drum mode)
  + midi editor: default bindings for more options (alt+7-0)
  + midi editor: mousewheel modifiers now match that of the main window (configurable)
  + media item snapping: option for whether snapping happens at start, end, or mouse context sensitive
  + audio: separate offsets for input/output latency in prefs/recording, now specified in both ms and samples
  + midi output: higher output precision, option for old low latency mode
  + midi output: time offset, configuration dialog for each output
  + wave writer: option to include project filename in description field of BWF tags
  + files with project filename in the BWF description field now default to being opened with a new REAPER instance+source project
  + media item properties: choosing new file builds peaks, copies file to project dir when preference set
  + render dialog: option to save a copy of RPP to out_file.wav.rpp
  + added (default) prefs/media/relative edge editing option for relative edge editing
  + ctrl+alt fade dragging now adjusts fades according to edge option
  + fixed scrollbar dead area misdrawing in some instances
  + removed excess exception handling code to reduce size of installer by 90kb!
  + update: RE-fixed about box text refresh bug
  + bonus update: tweaked auto l/r snap setting to only use this mode at the left/right 15%

v2.025 - December 25 2007
  + MIDI inputs that are being synched to now automatically ignore MMC commands
  + updated record button behavior when in synched mode
  + update paused behavior when master stops (shows last incoming timecode position as current)
  + ASIO Positioning Protocol sync fixes
  + fixed loading of saved sync offsets in projects
  + more contextual help in Preferences screens
  + virtual midi keyboard now is better about sending noteons at start of recording
  + fixed some noteon during countin midi recording issues
  + added action for "tap tempo" (same as clicking the BPM label)

v2.020 - December 21 2007
  + initial contextual help in Preferences screens
  + midi recording: better automatic delay compensation
  + preliminary slave spp/clock and mtc/ltc timecode. needs testing.
  + preliminary ASIO Positioning Protocol slave synchronization (needs testing as well)
  + record button on transport now can reflect record punch mode (transport_record_loop.png, transport_record_item.png)
  + play button on transport now can reflect slave sync state (transport_play_sync.png, transport_play_sync_on.png)
  + right click on play button now shows slave sync configuration, (alt+right click to toggle sync enabled)
  + right click on record button now shows record mode options
  + actions to open timecode sync panel and toggle sync
  + transport context menu now has slave sync/record mode options
  + better transport status display (goes multiline, shows slave/bouncing status)
  + improved smpte_ltc_decoder synchronization with varying frame/samplerates
  + fixed snap to grid at any distance with grid snapping disabled behaving funny
  + fixed CPU munch/weird sounds at ends of pitch shifted items with loop source disabled
  + fixed crash in Performance Monitor on some machines
  + better audio input/output name aliasing (handles duplicate named inputs better, changing indices)
  + ReaFIR: fixed Reamote support
  + updated (smaller) Spectro build
  + update: fixed a bug in scrollbar skin reading code

v2.019 - December 17 2007
  + VST: fancier scrollbars, fixed some positioning bugs when resizing and scrolled (T,MP!)
  + fixed wrong checkbox setting when arming nonexistent envelopes (T,MP!)
  + fixed some small routing/envelope scrollbar issues (T,MP!)
  + fixed midi editor CC lane resize bug (FO,MP!)
  + JS: updated IX midi tool II, added smpte_ltc_reader
  + better default for new bands in ReaEQ
  + added grizlees great reaxcomp presets

v2.018 - December 14 2007
  + ReaMote: updated protocol to properly support play state for plug-ins
  + Added presets for reacomp, readelay, reagate, reaeq, reaverb and reaverbate
  + Added preset-autoimport support
  + ReaRoute: optional support for 32 bit floating point samples
  + ASIO: floating point output is no longer clipped
  + JS: gfx_blit, gfx_blur, gfx_blitex, png loading support
  + JS: spl(x) alternative (programatic) syntax for spl0, ...spl63
  + JS: fixed PDC on first play issues
  + JS: @serialize state support for reamote, preset saving, etc

v2.017 - December 11 2007
  + holding ctrl when importing MIDI files will force prompting to use any tempo information
    (normally files with minimal tempo information wont bug you with this)
  + fixed bug where enabling write automation would reset volume to -inf
  + tweaked IIR based resampling filters (for fast+IIR mode)
  + faster, more effective extreme resampling mode, faster best mode (for sweep tests, peak noise on these is around -140dB and -120dB respectively)
  + ReaStream: copying to reastream.dll reastream_xxx.dll allows you to set max number of channels supported (2-64)
  + js: @serialize support so JS plugins can save arbitrary data in the project
    (todo: support sending serialized data via reamote, in presets)
  + js: memory/variables arent cleared for effects with @serialize section
  + js: removed text mode chain ui for some significant size savings
  + js: added extraordinarily fun new effect, sequencer_baby
  + improved js gfxanalyzer, added gfxspectrogram, added sine_sweep (useful for testing)
  + updated some schwa and loser js plugs

v2.016 - December 7 2007
  + fixed "insert time signature measure from loop selection" for non /4 signatures
  + fx chain: fixed a possible crash bug when undoing edits
  + fx chain: fixed short labels when moving items
  + js: JS effects can now render their own UIs using code - http://reaper.fm/jsgfx.php for more info
  + js: added $xdeadbeef hex support, $'x' for ASCII codes
  + js: slider names beginning with - will not be shown in the UI (but still automatable)
  + js: each effect now has 8 million memory entries (up from 1 million)
  + js: max FFT size upgraded to 32768 (from 4096)
  + reaeq: improved phase display (no wrapping)
  + reaeq: new default band mode, deprecated old mode for compatibility
  + reaxcomp: fixed generic ui display
  + reacomp: attack and rms sizes now show an extra digit of precision
  + themeing: added tcp_mainbg[sel], [m,t]cp_folderbg[sel] images
  + sstillwell/1175: added GR meter
  + added gfxanalyzer and gfxscope as basic examples of JS GFX
  + added fft_noise_generator as a diagnostic tool (useful with gfxanalyzer)

v2.015 - December 4 2007
  + single clicking the middle area of regions no longer seeks
  + changed region clicking to be shift+doubleclick for edit
  + midi editor: better singleclick add/delete (only deletes on non-control parts of notes clicked)
  + reaxcomp: GR text display with 500ms peak hold
  + reaeq: better graph accuracy (thanks loser, rbj)
  + reaeq: option to show filter phase response
  + reapitch/readelay: "add tap/shifter" copies current tap/shifter settings
  + readelay now defaults to a musical delay length
  + save fx chain, copy/cut fx now copy midi learn bindings as well
  + internal scrollbar updates (mac porting)
  + JS: removed real-FFT support (it was somewhat broken anyway), smaller FFT implementation
  + updated: added midi_drumseq JS, fixed ReaEQ phase display

v2.014 - November 28 2007
  + midi editor: fixed bug where editing notes in hidden channels was sometimes possible
  + files with unknown extensions are attempted (as last resort) to be opened with wav/aiff reader
  + action list selects first item by default (for easier running)
  + fixed crash in vis preferences dialog when Winamp 5.5+ is installed
  + doubleclick now edits markers/time sig markers, alt click removes
  + doubleclick now edits regions, shift+doubleclick selects them, alt+click removes them
  + actions: edit/delete marker/region/tsmarker near cursor

v2.013 - November 27ish 2007
  + preliminary basic MMC response
  + reatune: more efficent update mechanism (T,MP!)
  + master track automation mode reset on new project
  + option to treat scroll messages from certain laptop touchpads into mousewheel messages
  + options to prevent media buffering and anticipative FX per track
  + uad synchronous mode now can work with anticipative FX enabled, but be sure to set any tracks with UAD
    (or tracks they are routed to) to prevent anticipative FX
  + new action: "Set selected item end to cursor"
  + new action: "Set selected items length to source media length"

v2.012 - November 23 2007
  + moved project pitch shift settings to audio settings tab
  + project time offset setting, project measure offset setting
  + midi clock+spp output now uses quarter notes rather than beats (for better timesignature compatibility)
  + midi CCs assigned to actions will now prioritize any active midi editor over the main action
  + fixed some behaviors of "move edit cursor to start of loop selection" option
  + rewire: faster init of rewire apps (less gui flicker too)
  + take imploding: fixed possible use-after-free bug when imploding MIDI items (T,MP!)
  + better updating of fx list titles when resizing (T,MP!)
  + cleaned up some fx list bypass/offline controls (T,MP!)
  + mpeg decoder: better frame synchronization for invalid bitstreams
  + ReaFIR: improved undo state saving (T,MP!)
  + Internal audio sink configuration and reamote cleanups to endianness for mac/ppc compatibility
  + Added new dummy audio device in preferences so you can run purely MIDI or purely network instances of REAPER
  + VST: better 64 bit setting for v2.4 VSTs
  + VST: plug-in configurations are now always stored in little endian (regardless of the native endianness)
  + VST: can now find plug-ins using different extensions (i.e. if the project specifies file.vst, file.dll is used on windows)
  + ReaTune: updated to support new project time offsets
  + Spectro: updated to support new project time offsets
  + update: fixed excessive midi device cache invalidating

v2.011 - November 13 2007
  + revised peak cache date logic for better dealing with odd daylight savings time changes
  + fixed a typo in mid file loading that added extra all notes off
  + midi editor transport buttons now use advanced themed images (T,MP!)
  + fx chain: better fold button positioning (T,MP!)
  + routing dialogs: fixed an old combo box focus issue (T,MP!)
  + VST: 2.4 "VSTPluginMain" loading support
  + mac port stuff
  + Updated spectro build, new schwa JS FX
  + update: fixed assignable MIDI actions for midi editor

v2.010 - November 3 2007
  + added help/show action list (mapped to ? by default)
  + fixed editing tooltips on fully buffered drawing modes
  + options in Prefs/Appearance to disable tooltips
  + Added new JS, fft-delay (which allows delay/feedback for different frequencies)
  + added FX dialog header folding button
  + fixed folder soloed in "dont show peaks for muted tracks" mode
  + better smaller resized display of left pane in FX chain window
  + project setting in render dialog for realtime limiting
  + better track FX tooltips (shortened fx name)

v2.009 - October 29 2007
  + fixed some peak caching bugs (performance improvements)
  + improved zoomed in waveform display precision
  + midi editor velocity editing fixes (relating to 0 velocity)
  + disk buffering now makes better use of buffer sizes
  + made some internal track item locking safer
  + more reliable startup project samplerate changing
  + improved audio hardware error messages
  + updated: fixed item position quantize action

v2.008 - October 27 2007
  + disabled autoscroll when alt+dragging items
  + updated disk read modes, synchronous now does more buffering and can perform decently
  + default asynchronous disk read buffer size adjustments for higher track counts
  + do not run muted tracks now only applies to muted tracks, not unsoloed tracks
  + fixed a no-peak-item display bug when zoomed out
  + changed default source material buffer size to 1200ms
  + media buffering memory is now reduced when stopped
  + ASIO: better samplerate switching (should be more compatible we hope)
  + VST/DX: inf/NaN removal when denorm prevention is enabled
  + VST: host controls now resize properly
  + VST: better FX floating window sizing
  + VST: multiple VSTs in different directories with the same filename are now ignored
  + VST: faster startup scanning (especially when you had filename collisions before)
  + JS: automatic inf/NaN prevention
  + Spectro: improved memory usage and fixed rare heap bug
  + update: fixed mp3 peak generation

v2.007 - October 23 2007
  + midi editor quantize now has optional realtime preview
  + swing control in midi editor quantize and input quantize
  + quantize boxes now have a slider for strength control
  + MIDI Input Quantize config box is now "Track Record Configuration"
  + per-track record format override (in new track record configuration dialog)
  + added action for recording settings of last touched track
  + save as box can set the output file type in "trim" mode
  + separately configurable project format for apply fx/open copy etc
  + fixed post-fx sends on loop with pdc'd plugins on the sending track (i.e. Addictive Drums)
  + stability and performance improvements when rapidly seeking/changing loop state
  + ReaDelay: fixed preset switching bug
  + ReaVocode: added modulation dryness setting

v2.006 - October 21 2007
  + fixed normalize gain detection bug on certain content, faster normalizing
  + reduced duplicate notes when looping certain midi items
  + changed alt+drag item (slip edit) behavior, added option for old behavior
  + using alt+drag to move an items contents prevents wrapping loop point if loop disabled

v2.005 - October 20 2007
  + holding shift on startup now prevents loading of last project
  + holding ctrl+shift on startup prevents loading of any default template project
  + holding ctrl+shift on loading projects prompts to offline all fx
  + midi: fixed reading of certain midi events that have negative offsets
  + midi: better smpte midi handling, you can now set (in midi item properties) for midi files to ignore project time signatures
  + midi: fixed internal midi sink accuracy
  + midi: imported .mid files now have a minimum 1 QN length
  + midi editor: optimizations and cleanups
  + reasamplomatic5000: better noteon timing
  + theming: added colortheme items for more control over item peaks/backgrounds
  + VST: safer ui switching for some plugs that dont properly delete their windows (i.e. oatmeal)

v2.004 - October 19 2007
  + editing: better alt+drag edge behaviors for snap offsets and fade lengths
  + automation: envelope auto adding/arming is now on by default
  + automation: new envelopes now default to armed
  + midi: per-track nondestructive midi input quantize options
  + midi: improved varispeed recording of midi items
  + midi: fixed items at non-1.0 rates when used with tempo maps
  + midi editor: quantize is now nondestructive (new actions for unquantize and freeze quantization)
  + midi editor: snap fixes (inserting notes among other instances)
  + midi editor: better handling of duplicate/overlapping notes
  + midi editor: action: remove duplicate notes
  + midi editor: action: set note ends to start of next note
  + midi editor: action: quantize selected events using last setting
  + media explorer: preview stops if hidden
  + VST: extraneous effIdle for plugins that dont request it
  + RADAR compatibility: support for the new 3.40 firmware map.txt
  + ReaDelay: a flexible n-tap delay
  + ReaVoice: a MIDI controlled multi pitch shifter
  + ReaVocode: a modulating vocoder

v2.003 - October 15 2007
  + default option to scale peaks by pre-fx vol/pan envelopes (useful for fine editing)
  + option for interpolated sample-level waveforms
  + fixed midi editor actions for setting grid divisions
  + fixed track selection when certain control surfaces are enabled
  + changed shift+click track selection to match the behavior of windows
  + bigclock sizing updates, performance and refreshing fixes
  + fixed key action for "delete selected envelope points"
  + bundled an special edition of Schwa's Spectro plug-in
  + fixed peaks on wine (wine devs: fix CreateFile's error state with OPEN_ALWAYS)
  + MIDI editor: note properties now go to 127

v2.002 - October 13 2007
  + audio worker thread priority now defaults to "highest"
  + added prefs/media/midi page
  + option for MIDI octave offset, changed default, use "2" for old behavior
  + better looking faster-drawn peaks
  + ReaEQ and ReaTune now use octave offset option
  + ReaSamplomatic5000: note display option (for range)
  + ReaSamplomatic5000: new mode for forcing semitone shifts (for easier configuration)
  + ReaSamplomatic5000: sending of VST note names for MIDI editor
  + moved JS configuration page into plug-ins page
  + peak file generation: better end-of-file mip flushing
  + fixed clipped wave item peaks misdrawing at certain zoom levels
  + fixed extra peakfile generation on preview of media
  + Till's JS FX (in 2.0)
  + New Loser JS FX

v2.001 - October 12 2007
  + Much faster waveform display drawing
  + Preferences: added option in Appearance to allow tweaking of how the main view is buffered (track=default, fully, or unbuffered)
  + Corrected labels on registration box
  + Mixer: autoscroll of view on drag and drop of sends/fx
  + Control Surfaces: MCU XT support, "flip mode" of the main MCU is now shared with any extenders
  + Control Surfaces: now follow mouse clicking in tracks (if mixer/scroll view when track selected is set)
  + Control Surfaces: better partial HUI support
  + VST: better compatibility with plug-ins that require effIdle

v2.0 - October 10 2007
  + New pitch/timestretch modes: elastique Pro, Efficient, and SOLOIST
  + Nicer looking default theme by WhiteTie (old still available via classic)
  + New extended mixer views (FX inserts, sends, etc), with uber-drag and drop editing
  + Performance improvements in many areas, including support for multiprocessing with UAD-1
  + New ReaPitch pitch shifter plug-in, ReaTune now can use advance pitch shifter modes
  + MIDI editor and playback improvements, MID file tempo map importing
  + Tempo/time signature change improvements
  + New automation options to make adding large amounts of automation easier
  + Improved plug-in compatibility, JS enhancements (including full PDC for JS effects!)
  + Tons of small fixes, refinements, and enhancements

the big list:
  + added elastique Pro, Efficient, and SOLOIST as pitch shifter/time stretcher options
  + action: new actions to toggle/clear/set individual lock modes
  + action: actions to set take by index (1-9) active
  + action: "Take/Paste as takes in selected items"
  + action: "render items to new take" (which is like apply fx but without fx)
  + action: action to toggle item "preserve pitch when changing playrate"
  + automation: added option prefs/editing/"Automatically add/arm envelopes when tweaking parameters in write modes"
  + automation: autoadding vol/pan/playspeed envelopes autoresets trims to unity
  + automation: mute envelopes for tracks/sends (no UI integration for automation recording yet)
  + automation: fixed vol/pan/playspeed tooltips when in automation modes
  + compatibility: perf meter: fixed incorrect ram usage on w2k
  + compatibility: fixed a win2k text drawing gdi corruption issue
  + compatibility: fixed a win2k media explorer refreshing bug
  + compatibility: vertical zooming now flickery in WINE (since WINEs WM_SETREDRAW breaks things -- WINE developers, contact us)
  + defaults: made Take Lane viewing on by default
  + display: fixed bug with changing screen resolutions
  + editing: fixed cutting items in ripple all mode
  + editing: split items at loop selection selects only items in selection (not unsplit previously selected items)
  + editing: apply fx to new take now works on empty items
  + editing: better zoom from scrollbar when zoom set to center on mouse cursor
  + editing: enabled zoom out to see more than a few hours
  + editing: better envelope behavior in item moving and ripple editing
  + editing: fixed bug with slip editing items fudging automation
  + editing: shifting/nudging loop selection works better with time signatures
  + editing: main track view sub-pixel accuracy improvements
  + editing: ctrl+dragging loop selections when item left/right locked now works
  + editing: force selection to beat lengths now supports multiple time signatures
  + editing: new item lock modes (item edges, controls)
  + editing: better drag and drop file positioning in certain instances
  + fx: comment window is now modeless
  + fx: added vertical scrollbar to comment window
  + fx: you can now rename instances of effects to better describe their application
  + fx: action to build multichannel routing for the output of multichannel VSTis
  + fx: action to build 16 channels of midi routing for the current track
  + fx: vsts that have latency and send MIDI now can send ahead of time
  + fx: updated VST samplerate change calls for buggy plug-ins
  + fx: special case code for simulanalog VST plugins (aggressive denormal prevention)
  + fx: fixed alt+drag fx moving bugs
  + fx: fixed plug-in config window close order on quit (good for EmuX)
  + fx: better denormalization prevention methods used throughout
  + fx: faster offlining of plug-ins with large state data
  + fx: startup project loading now initializes audio device before loading plug-ins
  + fx: modifiers when drag and drop adding fx (shift=dont bring up config, ctrl=toggle floating of config)
  + fx: floating fx windows remember their positions when closed
  + fx: less showing of fx chain when "auto-float new fx" is on
  + FX: added JS: utility/bufsave, which lets you route feedback in fx chains easily
  + FX: added JS: utility/time_adjustment which allows delay/predelaying signal
  + FX: added JS: autopeakfilter for fun autowah type effects
  + FX: added some new loser JS fx
  + FX: JS PDC support for effects (pdc_bot_ch, pdc_top_ch, pdc_midi and pdc_delay to specify sample delay)
  + FX: JS shared memory (gmem[]) is now shared across all JS instances in reaper
  + FX: added JS play_state, play_position, and beat_position variables
  + FX: safer window class registration/unregistration in many Rea* fx
  + FX: reacomp/reaxcomp performance improvements
  + FX: better offscreen window checking for ReaNINJAM
  + FX: ReaTune now uses REAPERs pitch shift algorithms (elastique soloist is great for this)
  + FX: ReaTune added "click reduction" mode for SoundTouch and possibly other modes
  + FX: ReaTune manual mode ruler, mousewheel support
  + FX: ReaTune subdivision mode (to update at higher frequencies with larger window sizes)
  + FX: ReaPitch, new multi voice pitch shifter
  + FX: ReaEQ and ReaXComp now update undo states on add/remove of bands
  + installer: now allows selection of pitch shifters to install
  + keyboard: better handling of keystrokes when mouse captured
  + master track: can now have more than 2 channels
  + master track: can now control source channels/phase/volume/pan/etc of each hardware output independently
  + master track: better RMS metering, lots of RMS display options
  + master track: better pdc with anticipative rendering
  + master track: master fx chain no longer defaults to bypassed
  + master track: made solo/mute click modifiers not affect master mute/solo
  + master track: right click marquee works in master track (for envelopes etc)
  + master track: fixed undo with no master hardware outs sometimes adding in a default output
  + media explorer: added "Insert as takes in selected items"
  + media item properties: "choose new file" automatically updates take names
  + meters: better event light for record output (midi) mode
  + meters: updated track metering rounding to better pass synthetic tests
  + meters: better track meter clip indicator hit testing
  + meters: better metering for record output (midi) mode
  + metronome: better metronome countin for tempo changes
  + midi: MID file import can now import tempo maps
  + midi: better looking and faster midi peak drawing
  + midi: midi items are now treated as ticks/Quarter Note, except for items in old projects (which are still ticks/beat)
  + midi: fixed open copy of items sometimes dropping notes
  + midi: better sorting of noteoffs and allnoteoff messages
  + midi: reduced excess sending off allnoteoff loop markers
  + midi: fixed splitting items on notes producing 0 length notes
  + midi: fixed bug in fadein for midi items
  + midi: fixed extraneous notes at end of some items
  + midi editor: can now reflect project time signature changes
  + midi editor: grid/quantize are now fractions of whole notes, not of beats
  + midi editor: separate colortheme settings in prefs (including for piano keys etc)
  + midi editor: fixed bugs with play cursor and looped midi items
  + midi editor: better vertical scrollbar
  + midi editor: better focusing when opening/activating and switching modes
  + midi editor: internal cleanups, improved ctrl+select behavior
  + midi editor: pass through to main window keyboard action
  + midi editor: updates to list editor play cursor, better list editor sorting
  + midi editor: list editor note properties sets focus depending on which column the mouse was on
  + midi editor: better focusing when opening/activating and switching modes
  + midi editor: moving notes now uses both absolute and relative snapping
  + mixer: optional FX and Send views (configurable via the mixer menu)
  + mixer: more settings are now stored in the project
  + mixer: options are now assignable actions
  + mixer: new FX/send views are themeable (mcp_fxlist_norm/byp/off/empty, mcp_master_fxlist_  too)
  + mixer: (theme images): mcp_sendlist_knob.png, mcp_sendlist_meter.png, mcp_*list_arrows.png
  + mixer: fixed incorrect minimum height on nonstandard display DPIs
  + Monkeys Audio: fix for Unicode files, fixes for offline support
  + Monkeys Audio: fixed mem leak, fixed 24 bit stereo mode, optimizations
  + Monkeys Audio: now uses asynchronous disk reads if set
  + option: options to not show peaks for muted tracks/items, or non-selected tracks
  + option: added working set configuration in prefs/general/advanced
  + performance: portions of REAPER are now compiled with the Intel C++ compiler
  + performance: faster zoomed-in peaks display
  + performance: fixed muted folder tracks still running fx
  + performance: updated on-stop behavior to keep audio thread locked for less time
  + performance: UAD synchronous fx multiprocessing support
  + performance: improved anticipative fx processing on looped playback
  + performance: renamed fx renderahead "anticipative FX processing"
  + performance: added new "Synchronous multiprocessing" option, which allows
    multiprocessing on input monitoring, better UAD multiprocessing, etc
  + performance: per-item pitch shifters are now freed when they are no longer needed or media set offline
  + performance: fixed silence-at-end-of-rendering issue with asynchronous writes enabled
  + performance: more robust asynchronous disk writes
  + performance: fixed SMP rendering glitches
  + performance: fixed cpu munch when stopping at end of project
  + performance: mono items pitch shifted are now processed in mono (big speedup)
  + performance: reduced cpu use of empty tracks
  + perf meter: graph shows cur/avg, range, action to reset graph
  + project directory cleanup: now defaults to sending items to recycle bin rather than deleting
  + reamote: possible fix for Nebula plugins
  + reamote: fixed crash when invalid data received on certain message types
  + reamote: fixed support for larger config packets
  + routing: fixed labelling on hardware outs after adding routing
  + routing: renamed send type "Post-FX" to "Post-FX (V1 deprecated)", added a new, better "Post-FX" mode
  + routing: fixed i/o windows open when adjusting/removing routing bugs
  + routing: better rearoute labelling all around when audio device closed
  + screensets: added keyboard shortcut column and button to edit shortcuts
  + screensets: autosave wont save anymore when switching to same screenset
  + screensets: added auto saving option
  + screensets: fixed docker issues
  + screensets: added mixer flags saving
  + screensets: added last focused window state saving
  + tempo map: overhaul: simple tempo changes no longer force a new measure
  + tempo map: improved tempo editing behavior when editing tempo changes and time sig changes
  + tempo map: lengths calculated across timesig markers now use the time signature at the start to determine measure length
  + tempo map: more accurate tempo envelope saving/restoring
  + tempo map: small fades are no longer adjusted by tempo changes
  + theming: faster drawing, faster mouseover updating
  + theming: background for faders, window backgrounds, name backgrounds, etc support pink line for unstretch areas
  + theming: docker is now independently colorthemeable
  + theming: new default colortheme (by WhiteTie!)
  + theming: support for when path to theme dir changes on diff systems
  + theming: advanced faders can have zero line set
  + theming: configurable fonts for track panels / volpan labels etc
  + theming: track_fxempty_h and track_fxempty_v
  + theming: window drawing improvements (less screen corruption issues)
  + theming: fixed stopped resize of transport drawing issues
  + theming: fixed some playspeed automation refresh issues
  + theming: fixed some dark custom color issues with advanced themes
  + theming: better background image edge scaling when compressed to small spaces
  + theming: classic theme color tweaks (for mcp send/fx list)
  + theming: bg tinting for track labels in advanced themes
  + ui: most modal dialog boxes now restore window focus on close
  + ui: added option for gap between items on adjacent tracks (defaults to 4px)
  + ui: fixed non-fancy peaks display on muted items/inactive takes
  + ui: better envelope spacing (small gap between envelopes)
  + ui: better item loop indicator drawing
  + ui: fixed edge loop indicators on some items
  + ui: fixed zero line drawing issue on items
  + ui: fixed peaks display at end of heavily looped items at certain zoom levels
  + ui: better record mode display for midi overdub modes
  + ui: fader ctrl+precision modes hide mouse cursor
  + ui: better spacing for transport status state
  + ui: better volume fader ganging at extremes
  + ui: grid/snap boxes will now correctly display smaller fractions
  + fixed some tiny PCM-floating point import/export precision issues
  + better external midi editor support (fixes, open copy in external editor creates .mid file)
  + faster dB unit conversion throughout
  + demo song: updated mix
  + new about screen

v1.0-v1.888 - August 2006 - August 2007
  See: http://www.reaper.fm/whatsnew-1x.txt

v0.x - December 2005 - July 2006
  See: http://www.reaper.fm/whatsnew-0x.txt