LibreArp 2.5

Please see the installation guide for instructions.

Changes in 2.5

NEW Selection duplication: Using Ctrl+B and Ctrl+Shift+B, it is now possible to duplicate selected notes
- Without Shift, new notes are placed after the selection; with Shift, they are placed before the selection
NEW Pattern offset: Using the new Record offset button, you can set the starting position of the pattern relative to the song.
- Arm the button by a click, set the starting position in the host DAW and start playback. The pattern will be offset to start at that starting position.
NEW Manual time signature: You may now set the time signature visualized by the Pattern Editor manually, for better usability in hosts that do not properly report the time signature to their plugins.
IMPROVE For consistency, the note bar (left to the pattern grid) now reacts to mouse scrolling and middle clicking similarly to the beat bar (above the pattern grid).
IMPROVE Section titles have been introduced to the Behaviour tab for to improve clarity
IMPROVE The default and minimum editor size is now 800x600 to accommodate for new controls on the Behaviour tab
FIX The first note now gets transposed correctly into negative octaves, instead of being one extra octave lower

Changes in 2.4

NEW Note panel: A panel to the left of the pattern editor visualizing octaves and note numbers
IMPROVE Added scroll and zoom smoothing
IMPROVE Extended pattern editor tooltips
- They now describe the function of modifiers (Alt, Ctrl, Shift)
FIX The grid and other elements in the pattern editor is now drawn more precisely relative to the notes
FIX When zooming, scroll now remains in position relative to content
FIX Snap is now a menu that only allows safe values
FIX Chord size now correctly reads “Auto” when set to zero

Changes in 2.3

NEW Smart octaves: When the input chord spans multiple octaves, transposition is done by that number of octaves
- Guarantees that a higher LibreArp note will always be higher in the output MIDI
- On by default in new instances; off by default in existing ones
NEW The loop can now be resized and moved from the beat bar above the note grid
NEW Added a Swing parameter that staggers the pattern in real time
NEW Added a Chord size parameter that makes the plugin use a fixed number of input notes
- If the actual number of input notes is greater than the chord size, they are selected according to the new Note selection mode parameter.
NEW Added a Bypass parameter for DAWs that do not have a built-in bypass function
FIX The plugin no longer crashes when the user clicks Cancel in the preset chooser dialog

Changes in 2.2

NEW The loop is now a freely movable region
- The loop is allowed to start at an arbitrary time point
- Notes can now exist outside the loop region - they are disabled if that is the case
NEW Selection can now be stretched using the new green time selection borders
- Useful for quick pattern rescaling, creation of triplets, quintuplets and more
NEW Behaviour modes for when the host is not playing a track (Silence, Passthrough, Pattern)
- Default is Passthrough
NEW The pattern editor now provides some basic tooltips when hovering different elements
IMPROVE Note highlight is now hidden when the mouse cursor leaves the editor
IMPROVE (Windows) LibreArp.vst3 is now supplied in an archive with the recommended directory structure pre-created
FIX Output notes are no longer held indefinitely when the MIDI Input Channel is changed while playing
FIX Fixed editor unresponsiveness during playback
FIX Drag action type is now properly recognized when the mouse button is released
- Fixes unwanted notes created by clicking right after releasing the mouse button without movement
FIX (LV2) The editor is resizeable again using the reintroduced resizer corner

Changes in 2.1

NEW Added a setting for GUI scale
IMPROVE The plugin now remembers the velocity of the last edited note
IMPROVE Changed the slogan on the About tab to match the one on the website and on GitLab
IMPROVE (Linux) LibreArp.so is now supplied in an archive with the required directory structure pre-created
FIX Fixed a pretty serious memory leak in handling Pattern editor’s drag actions
FIX Renoise now correctly accepts our MIDI output

Changes in 2.0

NEW A new look-and-feel (based on a mock-up by Marek Jędrzejewski)
NEW Notes can now be added/removed from selection using Ctrl + Shift + Left click
NEW Visualization of octaves
- Notes can now be moved by an octave using Ctrl + Up/Down
NEW Visualization of bars
NEW Behaviour screen for local settings (MIDI in/out channels, octaves transposition, input velocity etc.)
NEW Pattern preset saving/loading
NEW Notes now have a settable velocity
- Change using Alt + Scroll Up/Down when hovering over them (also works on selections)
- Alt + Middle click to reset
NEW The plugin is now able to automatically check for updates via its GitHub page (opt-in)
IMPROVE Performance improvements
IMPROVE Plugin is now marked as an instrument for better compatibility with some hosts
IMPROVE Non-note MIDI data now gets passed through the plugin
IMPROVE Input velocity is now taken into account when playing the arpeggio
- This may be changed in the Behaviour screen
FIX About box text is no longer mangled under Windows
FIX Fix a crash that happens when editing patterns during playback
FIX Fix a crash caused by invalid MIDI note data
FIX Fix some potential race-conditions of the GUI and audio processing threads
FIX Disable unused JUCE web browser module
- This was causing some hosts to fail to scan the plugin
FIX The pattern editor no longer scrolls awkwardly when editing notes
UNDER-THE-HOOD Updated to JUCE 6
UNDER-THE-HOOD Builds are now pure CMake (allows for automated builds)
UNDER-THE-HOOD Added standalone version for debugging purposes

Important note: For licensing and technical reasons, the plugin no longer supports VST2. The VST3 version is incompatible with older versions of the plugin and cannot be simply dropped-in in the older versions’ stead.

LibreArp

A pattern-based arpeggio generator plugin