Zrythm v2.0.0-alpha.6 Released
Zrythm v2.0.0-alpha.6 has been released! Highlights are MIDI and audio file import, and better sizing of mixer and track controls.
This is an alpha release intended for testing and feedback. Many features are still missing or incomplete.
What’s new
File import:
- MIDI files can be imported as tracks with one clip per MIDI track on its own lane, and into clip launcher slots (#5197)
- Audio and MIDI files can be dragged onto the timeline: files land at the snapped position in the hovered lane, multi-file drops stack clips in consecutive lanes, and drops below the tracklist create one track per file (#5325)
- A new “Import File…” item in the File menu and the tracklist header opens a dialog filtered to importable files
- File dialogs are now native on GNU/Linux through the XDG desktop portal
Recording feedback & design:
- The playhead turns red while recording, and the record button and a status bar indicator blink while recording is active
- Recording and error states use separate red palette colors that meet contrast requirements in both dark & light themes
- The mixer strip and track headers group their controls at a compact size: solo, mute, record and listen sit together, and the mono, phase and monitor control backgrounds appear only when one of them is active
Notable fixes:
- Undo and redo no longer leave clips invisible when their lane was trimmed away after becoming empty; lanes emptied by clip removals collapse back to a single trailing empty lane (#5325)
- LV2 plugins no longer leak resources they schedule for release through the worker extension when destroyed
- LV2 plugins scan correctly in packaged macOS and Windows builds, and startup now verifies the installation and reports fatal errors in a dialog
A new --verify-installation command line option checks the installation layout and exits.
Downloads
Source tarballs with GPG signatures are available at zrythm.org/releases.
Prebuilt installers are available on the GitHub release page, including Windows on ARM (ARM64EC) builds, built on a Surface Pro device provided to us by Microsoft.
Building from source
See the build instructions in the README.
Reporting issues
Please report bugs here.
Thanks
The project is currently funded through NGI0 Commons Fund, a fund established by NLnet with financial support from the European Commission’s Next Generation Internet program.
If you’d like to support Zrythm’s development, consider purchasing a plan from zrythm.org or donating.