Ardour

6.3.0

6.3.0

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Ardour 6.3 is now available. This is mostly a maintenance release, but the new Loudness Analysis feature will be very useful to some users. The usual steady drip-drip of bug fixes continues

New Features:

• Loudness Analyzer & Normalizer (see Preferences > Mixer > Master). Calculates the Loudness (LUFS) of the session (or a range selection), and add a gain-stage to the master-bus to normalize the loudness according to various standards. There's also an additional "Conformity Check" for many common distribution targets (YouTube, SoundCloud etc. etc.). Thanks to Ardour/Mixbus user BachStudies for the nerdsniping encouragement and design ideas for this feature
• AVX-optimized metering code for Linux
• Neon-optimized metering code for ARM platforms
• Double-click on track header (in Editor view) expands and contracts track height
• Inactive tracks (in Editor view) now only show the track name, to emphasize their inactive state
• Compile-time option to use SoundTouch for vocal time stretching (this is not currently enabled for ardour.org builds)

Improvements:

• Foldback busses now default to pre-fader position, as intended
• Added full GUI for setting foldback bus position to pre/post fader
• Allow name and path column in editor source list to be manually resizable
• Nudge forward and backward key bindings now work in the editor
• Engaging loop play while rolling with no audio tracks now works
• Dramatically speed up MIDI file loading by removing the seconds/time API from libsmf. An example "black MIDI" file with 24,134 tempo changes now takes 5 seconds instead of 5 minutes to load
• Slider controller (used in many places in the GUI) now accepts dB when it controls gain, rather than a simple numerical gain coefficient
• Do not auto-save when importing video
• Fix audible amplitude modulation in de-click fade
• If Ardour is the JACK Transport time master, it now supplies the bar start tick data
• Ardour's custom knob in the GUI now shows when it is insensitive to user-interaction
• Do not include VST parameters marked as non-automatable in list of automatable parameters
• Prompt user for name when doring Range or Region bounces
• Add capture-for and channel count columns to the editor Source list
• Allow editing the name field in the editor Source list to tbe edited
• When consolidating a range of MIDI data, the new region should fill the range, not stop at the end of the existing MIDI content
• Add a take-ID to bounced regions, so that multitrack bounces can be sorted/recognized in a list

Bug Fixes:

• Auto-play when locating to session start is now honored (again)
• No more (small) delay when starting to record while already rolling
• Various fixes related to auto-connecting track outputs, particularly MIDI tracks
• AudioUnits: do not call render callback for disconnected busses (fixes various 3rd party plugins)
• Ensure audio engine is active when doing plugin scans, since some 3rd party plugins try to access it (indirectly)
• Windows version now set HiDPI settings (may fix font aliasing issues on that platform)
• Fixed crash when removing master bus output channels
• MIDI capture alignment fixed
• Fix crashes when editing automation points
• Fix occasional deadlock at session close
• Fix occasional issues with mute button visibility in Master bus mixer strip

Control Surfaces:

• New MIDI binding map for AKAI MPK249
• New MIDI binding map for Arturia Minilab Mk II

Browser-based (WebSockets + Javascript):

• Many improvements in stability, usability and what is represented in the browser control surface

OSC:

• Panner type can be set (within the limits derived from I/O configuration)
• Panner type feedback added
• Automation control for pan and trim gain added
• Toggle-roll can be used to pause or return to start, as expected
• Bug fixes

Lua Scripts:

• Lua bounce script improved
• Lua meter point script fixed
• Lua access to Transport State machine provided
• Improvements to "List Plugins" script, which is now automatically loaded at startup

Included Plugins:

• Polyphony count for a-fluid (SF2 player) increased
• Add crossfade and A/B plugins

Translation Updates:

• German
• Italian
• French