Zrythm v2.0.0-alpha.7 has been released! Highlights: editor functions that transform MIDI notes, audio clips and automation, a reworked startup window, and new track and clip colors.
This is an alpha release intended for testing and feedback. Many features are still missing or incomplete.
What’s new
Editor functions:
- The Functions menu in the clip editors transforms the current selection in one undo step (#5328)
- MIDI functions: Crescendo, Flam, Flip Horizontal/Vertical, Legato, Portato, Staccato and Strum
- Audio functions are non-destructive: Invert Polarity, Reverse, Normalize Peak/RMS and curved Fade In/Out are added to a transform stack you can bypass, reorder, remove or bake
- Automation functions: Flip Horizontal/Vertical and Flatten
- Functions with parameters open a dialog and remember the values you used last
Startup window:
- The project selector opens immediately while plugins scan in the background
- Recent projects show when they were last saved, with clear and remove actions
- Creating a project uses a labeled form for the name, location and template
- A warning appears when no audio device could be opened (#5324)
Colors:
- Tracks get a default color from their type and show it as a thin strip in the tracklist and mixer
- A color picker in the track inspector and the new Color… arranger menu sets track and clip colors, with a custom color and a reset to the default
- Notes, waveforms and automation curves use a deeper, more saturated shade; chord, scale, tempo and time-signature objects use a tinted background; markers are drawn as pennants; muted clips turn gray
Audio storage:
- Project audio is stored in blocks, and identical audio is kept once
- Recording is written to disk as it arrives, and backups and Save As copy only the referenced audio
- Important: projects saved with alpha.6 or earlier use the old audio pool format and do not load in alpha.7. Back them up if you need to open them later.
Notable fixes:
- An idle project no longer uses a full CPU core
- Systems without an audio input device can now play back with output-only audio
- Dragging a plugin into a track during a background scan no longer crashes
- The new-project location field uses and remembers the folder you choose
- GNU/Linux AppImages are now also built for aarch64, with the architecture in the file name
Downloads
Source tarballs with GPG signatures are available at zrythm.org/releases.
Prebuilt installers are available on the GitHub release page, including for the first time GNU/Linux AppImages for aarch64.
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.