For those of you who don’t know, Usine is a piece of audio software designed for live and/or studio use. It was created to be a flexible software solution for spontaneous electronic music creation, including live sampling, effect processing, and sound design. Usine provides the user with the ability to host VSTs, process and route audio and midi, and design personalized virtual control interfaces.
It uses a modular environment, meaning that you can build your personal live audio control setup exactly as you want by connecting modules within a patch, much like Reaktor, or Max.
Improvements
- Aiff sound files compatible
Zero crossing is active now in the sampler during the recording process, if the option is activated.
Better audio quality and synchro in the Grain Generator module
New on/off parameter in the send bus module
Midi-learn is now allowed on all the buttons of the navigation bar in IB mode
Better size adjustment when moving/resizing controls.
New browser/Add-ons design
New protect mode as hidden string
Better Audio to Midi (pitch tracker) sub-patch
New Active Line Number module, to get the selected line in the grid
New navigation bar design (IB mode)
New Midi Expand voices Midi Tool script
New Math/Bit Operators OR, AND, XOR, NOT, SHL, SHR available as scripts
New improved Random Law Generator sub-patch
New options in the global IB “maximize if ON (Grid & IB)” and “maximize if ON (IB only)”
Usine graphic engine is globally twice faster.
Scripts take less memory
Audio protection in the Filter module to prevent instability
New target parameter in the mouse module
New SET_LAYOUT instruction in the IML
New FaderColor Module.
In the Sequenced Pianoroll, we can now scroll the cursor position.
Array’s input in the XPpad module
The internal help form has a Minimize button
Set array parameter in the random module
Inverse Y axis option in the layout of XYPad
Various design improvements
Array’s input in the Draw Objects module
Up to 128 objects in the Draw Objects module
New layout option to draw connexions between objects in the Draw Objects module
Parameter type ptPointerBitMap, ptPointer, ptLed added in scripts
Array’s parameters are saved automatically in scripts except if SetDontNeedSave is called
New 1-X and X+1 math modules
New window parameter in the grain sampler module
The Delay module sounds better.
New Compile&Init and Compile&Reload menus for scripts
Few new IML instructions: PAUSE, CREATE_UID, GET_CAPTION
VST Randomizor template added
DrawTrajectory user module has been updated (thanks to Martin Fleurent)
Fixed Bugs
- The Drag & Drop doesn’t work in the sequencer
Various Drag & Drop issues in grid mode
Several important bugs in the VSTRandomizor script
Hard bug when updating VST parameter’s list
The SetVariableString doesn’t work properly in scripts.
Various bugs in the random data module
Various glitches issues in the VST version
Problems storing Midi-learn’s after copy/past of a sub-patch.
Problems with negative numbers in the RandomData module
The ‘edit layout’ function is sometime tricky…
Various graphic refresh problems when the ASIO driver is down
Small refresh issue in the preset panel on recall
Sometime Midi/Key learns aren’t properly stored in the patch
Often, the Midi setup is lost…
The Midi Sequencer diplicates Midi Events in bar mode
Various conductor issues with copy/past bank
Refresh problem when a VST window is reduced as a thumbnail
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