A new Beta update is available.

https://beta.audiotool.com/

Key Features

VST Bridge The new VST Bridge brings generic VST3 plugin support to Studio. You can finally bring your favourite third-party plugins into your Audiotool projects.

Micro Tuning You can now change the base frequency of the project and create different tunings for devices. This opens up alternative tuning systems and fine-tuning across your setup.

Cable Colours You can now change the colours of your cables to help with visually navigating the routing in Studio. Especially useful in larger patches where signal flow can get hard to follow at a glance.

Step-Range Copy/Paste (Machiniste & Patterns) Pattern copy/paste behaviour has been improved, and you can now copy and paste pattern pages (step-ranges) with full shortcut support. Faster pattern building, less repetitive clicking.

Mixer Improvements The mixer now has a horizontal scrollbar for projects with many channels. Strips can be renamed by double-clicking the header, grouped and un-grouped via the context menu, and multi-select has been improved so most actions can be applied to a selection of strips rather than just one. Bouncing also works across multiple selected strips now.

Audio Engine

• Updated engine and Booster to version 0.5.8, and VST Bridge to version 1.1.0
• Pulverisateur: Fixed envelope initialization bug (decay loop)
• Bassline: Fixed crash when pattern length is 0
• Heisenberg: Fixed filter initialization bug, Pitch Envelope loop toggle
• Beatbox 8 & 9: Fixed various sound issues
• Rasselbock: Fixed order of effects being applied to the sound
• Space: Amp Envelope loop toggle not having an effect on the sound when initialized
• Running synth voices now react properly to tempo changes
• Re-worked note playback modes to match carbon more faithfully
• Fixed most stuck-note problems
• Fixed inaudible delay aux
• Fixed very short MIDI notes not reaching instruments
• Booster on macOS: opening the app from browser or system links is more reliable

UI Updates

• Mixer: Added ability to rename strips by double-clicking the header
• Mixer: Added group/un-group actions to the context menu
• Mixer & Stagebox: Improved multi-select behaviour, most actions can now be applied to a selection of strips rather than just one
• Mixer & Stagebox: Added missing Ctrl+A shortcut
• Mixer strip bounce: Now allows selection of multiple strips
• Grooves: Impact control remapped to 0–100 range for more intuitive use
• Heisenberg: Reintroduced Poly Legato mode and renamed playback modes
• Added more ways to upload samples via dedicated button in library and audio-track context menu
• Added options to the 'Download'/'Render' dialog, change file name and choose between rendering just the loop or the full project
• When changing presets on a device, device name now automatically updates to the preset name
• Improved cable contrast during cue mode
• Improved hit-areas for controls on Beatbox 8, Beatbox 9, Bassline and Machiniste
• Improved track header layout
• 'Starting View' dialog made less annoying, now defaults to 'Pick Sounds & Compose' if no selection is made
• Improved collaboration stability and performance
• Various performance optimizations

UI Bug Fixes

• Library: Fixed occasional crashes from sample preview
• Library: Fixed 'Favorite' button not working for samples and not appearing in the preset callout
• Timeline: Fixed occasional crashing due to re-ordering of tracks
• Timeline: Fixed crash from copy-dragging regions from one track to another
• Timeline: Fixed crash from using 'Join and Flatten' on automation regions with points on the edges
• Timeline: Fixed inverted 'Mute' context menu option for regions
• Timeline: Fixed region overlap handling
• Timeline: Fixed tempo automation being incorrectly disabled during track export
• Timeline: Fixed transport snap position not being rounded correctly
• Audio Merger/Splitter: Added missing automation context menu items for mix position, fixed inverted blend-mode toggle
• Automation: Fixed bypass controls on several devices being recorded as continuous rather than discrete
• Beatbox 8 & 9: Remapped drum MIDI interpretation so regions moved between Gakki, Beatbox 8 and Beatbox 9 play correctly
• Centroid: Fixed missing tooltip values on empty channel label fields
• Desktop: Fixed devices not reappearing after being dragged outside of the desktop bounds
• Heisenberg, Gravity, Pulverisateur & Space: Fixed incorrect labels around envelopes and LFOs
• Heisenberg: Fixed crash resulting from invalid envelope time values
• Machiniste: Fixed modulation depth for a step not resetting when a step is de-activated, fixed textures of the page selection buttons
• Note Editor: Fixed context menu not opening
• Quantum: Fixed flipped band bypass button
• Recording: Fixed unwanted automation tracks being created when applying a preset
• Recording: Fixed unwanted pattern tracks being created when collab partner changes device patterns
• Space: Fixed envelope graphic bug
• Waveshaper: Added missing 'oversampling' control, fixed on/off switches not behaving correctly when automated
• Various texture fixes on devices still rocking the old designs
• Various small fixes to device control tooltips and value mapping

Keep testing in new projects. Let us know what still needs work. You can find the Feedbackform here: https://tally.so/r/mD87Pp.

Client just hit 1700 followers and is celebrating with a community remix challenge.

Use at least two elements from the provided material (reese, pad, melody, or BG synth) and build your own version of the track. You can create additional sounds in other DAWs if you like, but the remix should still be built and published on Audiotool. Collabs are welcome with up to two partners.

Any genre goes, and your track should be at least one minute long. Make sure remix is enabled so the host can check the project draft.

Deadline: July 21

Prizes and more info: CLIENT'S 1700 FOLLOWER REMIX COMPETITION

For stems, updates, and discussion, join the Discord: https://discord.gg/ghstwave