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RML Labs Latest Release Notes CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE ENTIRE LATEST RELEASE NOTES FOR SAC SAC - Software Audio ConsoleCurrent Release Notes Enhancements * When exiting the program on a remote with an active TCP/IP connection, the shutdown process now skips the save session prompt, allowing a quick and clean exit without disturbing the host and other remotes. * Cleaner display switching between SAC and SAWStudio. * A new option has been added to the Options Menu called Auto Save/Recall Shutdown Session. This option will auto save the current session settings to a background Shutdown.mxs file located in the SAC\Mix folder. When you restart the program, this file will be recalled resetting all mixer settings. Note the session name will reflect that you are inside the shutdown session file, not the original session file which may have been opened at the time. The original file was never overwritten unless you chose to manually save it before you exited the program. After activating this option, save the preferences. * A new option has been added to the Options Menu called Background Auto Save Delay Time. This option allows you to set a delay time from 0 to 300 secs which will auto save the current session settings to a background AutoSave.mxs file located in the SAC\Mix folder. The option is turned off if the value is set to zero. The File menu now includes an option to open this AutoSave session file at any time. Note the session name will reflect that you are inside the autosave session file, not the original session file which may have been opened at the time. The original file was never overwritten unless you chose to manually save it before you exited the program. After activating this option, save the preferences. * A new option has been added to the File Menu called Open Last Auto Save Session. This option allows you to open the last AutoSave session file if one exists from the activated automatic background save option. Note the session name will reflect that you are inside the autosave session file, not the original session file which may have been opened at the time. The original file was never overwritten unless you chose to manually save it before you exited the program. * Added a trap for closing the program from the taskbar while the engine is still live, and added a display msg reminder that the engine is live to all program exit options. * The Full Mixer labels now display in upper and lower case rather than forced upper case characters. * Added popup fader option to the Dynamics gate and compressor threshold controls. Click and hold in the readout zones for these controls to popup the fader. * A new option has been added to the Options Menu called Color Setup. This option allows you to set Mixer Channel Label Colors as well as the Mixer Hot Channel color (which was moved from the Mixer Menu). This option pops up a dialog listing 16 label colors and the hot channel color. Clicking in any one of the color squares pops up the Windows Color Picker dialog. You may change any of the colors and then click OK to exit and save the new color selections. If you click CANCEL, no changes will be applied. When color data has been altered a SAC_CustomColor.dat file is created in the main SAC folder. When using remotes, the color set of the Host machine will be sent to each remote when first connecting, so that session color information matches on each remote. When the remote disconnects, the original remote color set is restored. * A new option has been added to the popup Chan Store/Recall Menu called Set Channel Label Color. This option allows you to select one of the 16 label outline colors for this channel or no label color. If this channel is one of a group of selected channels, then all selected channels will be affected. The default behavior sets this chan color for all mixers. If you press the Alt-Key when activating the menu choice, only the current mixer will be affected. This data saves with mix sessions, mix templates and with scenes. On scene recalls with active label properties, the chan label color will change with the label text. You might set a group of vocals to one color and horns to another… etc. Or you may find it useful to just set the first vocal chan to a color and then the first horn chan to a different color to visually mark and separate the groups without flooding the label area with colors. * Changed code to darken the small mixer label font. This does depend on what default fonts are installed on the system. * Activated the Shades option on the File Menu. Those creating shades for SAC should name them SAC_xxxxxx.shd to distinguish them from SAWStudio shades. The xxxxxx being the shade name. The name of a loaded shade will be displayed next to the Shade Open menu option. * Added an enhanced chan disable switch display which now draws a red X in the mixer chan number display zones at the top of each mixer view. * Added support for the 3M MicroTouch 10 finger touch screen. Now you can grab multiple faders at once onscreen with your fingers. I recommend you set the Touchscreen mode in the Mixer Menu to avoid faders snapping to your finger position. You must install the MT7 drivers and select Legacy Mode when asked. I also recommend you then use the driver calibration tool to calibrate the touch screen and also set the double-click area to about 50% of the slider bar. Some useful gestures built into the SAC MT7 driver support to learn and practice are: Right-Click… done by tapping two fingers held very close together in a short single tap movement. The finger to the left is the actual right-click screen point, so you can use this as the actual tap position as if you right-clicked with a mouse pointer at that specific screen position. There is only a single tap, but both fingers must hit the screen at the same time. Right-Hold… done by creating the right-click two finger gesture, but keeping the fingers in contact with the screen… the left finger is the important touch position. This can then be used for vertical scrolling the Zoom Mixer window, by sliding the finger up or down in the same manner as when using the mouse. Only the left finger needs be held on the screen once the two finger right-click gesture is recognized. Left-Flick… done by a single finger touch and a quick flick motion to the left with the finger dragging on the screen. This can be used in the mixer views to page flip the current mixer to lower chan numbers. For instance… if 8 Z-Mixer chans are visible and the start chan is currently chan 9, this gesture would flip the view to start on chan 1. Right-Flick… done by a single finger touch and a quick flick motion to the right with the finger dragging on the screen. This can be used in the mixer views to page flip the current mixer to higher chan numbers. For instance… if 8 Z-Mixer chans are visible and the start chan is currently chan 1, this gesture would flip the view to start on chan 9. * Added new options on the Options Menu called Touch Device Setup, 3M MicroTouch Resolution, 3M MicroTouch X-Offset, and 3M MicroTouch Y-Offset. These options allow you to specify the resolution you have set for the 3M MicroTouch screen, and the X and Y offset values in case the screen is set as a secondary monitor in a left/right or up/down position. These options all save with the preferences. * Extended user rights for setting the Solo Bus Master Level to FOH, MON-FOH and MON status. * Added a new item on the Mixer Menu called Dither. This option will add a 1 bit random dither noise pattern to the output device buffers. Unfortunately, the newer Behringer ADA8000 units (since Dec 2009… Date Code 0912) have changed the audio codec chip to a new Cirrus Logic chip. This chip has become popular in other devices as well. This chip is supposed to be of higher quality than the previous codec, but has a default Auto Mute behavior which mutes the DAC side of the chip when it sees a series of 8192 zero data buffers. The chip then un-mutes when it sees new data with non-zero values. Unfortunately, the un-muting can behave in a random fashion and actually ramp up in a slow manner like a slow timed release gate… sometimes taking 3-6 secs to open up completely depending on the audio material. The chip can be programmed to disable this so called feature, unfortunately the Behringer units do not do this at this time (currently July 2010). This behavior causes the initial attack of playback material, or solo material to be lost for a random amount of time. Any audio software that starts and stops playback will miss the first audio attacks. The dither option can be activated in SAC to keep the chip active at all times, fixing this otherwise annoying behavior. Unfortunately, there is no current method for fixing this behavior within SAWStudio, the Media Player, I-Tunes player, or any other audio program that starts and stops playback. Hopefully Behringer will address this issue, and hopefully other hardware products using this chip will properly disable this behavior. If you have newer ADA8000 units that exhibit this missing data behavior on startup or on the solo bus, activate the Dither option and save the preferences. * Group and Latch data is now remote aware. Groups and Latches set on the host will now be transmitted to the remotes and vice versa. * Remotes of any user status can now save and open their own preference files. * The install now includes some basic mix templates to make it easy to start a new session and assign chan sources in groups of 8 chans. When starting a new session, just use one of the basic mix templates found in the SAC\Mix folder. Eq Plugin Version 3.2 * Added a new option to the Options menu called Clear Preferences, which clears the preference file and resets the plugin to its default behavior. Echo Plugin Version 3.2 * Added a new option to the Options menu called Clear Preferences, which clears the preference file and resets the plugin to its default behavior. Bug Fixes * Fixed code to properly display the Main TitleBar Text filename whenever the network titlebar info is altered. * Fixed code that was causing a slowdown on remotes when recalling scenes with fade times and active label options selected in the scene properties. * Export Mix Data From SAWStudio thru the SACLink now correctly updates the Wide Mixer and Exploded Mixer views if they are visible on the current SAC workspace. * Fixed code to properly display titlebar caption text in Message Boxes. * Fixed code to keep the current mixer window active after resetting the default value within one of the popup fader controls. * Fixed Monitor Solo Fx Processing to extend buffer processing for a short time after the solo is disengaged to allow for meter decay on plugins with active meters. * Fixed code to ignore old mute latch data from earlier version sessions and only respond to mute latch information when the current mixer is FOH or MON 1. * Fixed code to properly update Full Mixer input source display bars on remotes when input sources are changed via scene recalls. * Modified code to attempt to detect and reset socket buffers if the network data gets garbled for any reason, in an attempt to keep the host free from GUI lockups caused by a trashed network. * Fixed code to stop midi controllers with chan select from chasing the onscreen hotchan when the hardware navigation link is off. * Fixed code to stop redundant midi controller bank data from being sent to a hardware controller every time the onscreen hotchan is changed if the controller does not need to chase. * Fixed code to force FX Plugins to properly chase when switching mixers. * Fixed code to properly activate a key chan on a Levelizer patched in the Pst Fdr patch point while the engine is live. * Modified code to handle higher performance Counter Frequencies that are now starting to appear on the newer i5 and i7 motherboards. All Performance Counter math is now handled completely in 64 bit math variables. This assures the accuracy of the CPU load percentage readout on these newer faster motherboards. Eq Plugin Version 3.2 * Fixed code to stabilize patching the plugin from remotes and scene changes. Also made changes to keep the processing thread from being blocked during preset and paramset loads. * Fixed code to stop host paramset corruption when canceling a load preset operation on a remote. Echo Plugin Version 3.2 * Fixed code to stabilize patching the plugin from remotes and scene changes. Also made changes to keep the processing thread from being blocked during preset and paramset loads. * Fixed code to stop host paramset corruption when canceling a load preset operation on a remote. Current Release Notes Enhancements * Doubled the size of the network communication buffers to help allow certain VST plugins to properly send and receive parameter sets between the host and remotes. * Enhanced scene label recall to follow the current labeling scheme of adding any input or return chan FOH label change to all monitor mixers automatically without the extra need to select each mixer chan in a partial chan group. * Enhanced code to allow remotes to now be exited with the File/Exit menu or titlebar X button without having to first disconnect from the host and without interfering with the host operation. * Added a new option to the Scenes View options menu called Rename Current Scene. This option allows you to rename an existing scene and it will handle the details in the background by copying the scene file to a new one with the new name and altering the name in the listbox. This method allows other sessions linked to the old scene file to still operate correctly. You must save and update the session to retain the scene listbox changes and the new scene file links. * Enahnced the Scene Properties Dialog to clear all selected partial channels when closing. Bug Fixes * Fixed code to restore ontop windows properly when switching apps using the SACLink. This maintains correct operation of popup faders, Touch Panel view and plugin windows. * Fixed code to allow ESC-Key to properly cancel the Keyboard Mixer window when first activating it with the M-Key. * Fixed code to allow a remote to shutdown from the TaskBar Close command without stopping the host engine. * Fixed code to assign the proper mixer on host when patching plugins from remotes. Previous versions placed every host plugin patched from a remote on Mixer 0. Eq Plugin Version 3.1 * Fixed code to properly initialize Lo and Hi Cut Filters while the engine is live from scene recalls that patch or alter Eq Plugin settings. Current Release Notes Enhancements * Added a new window to the View Menu called Touch Panel. This floating window gives access to important keyboard functions when using a touch screen or tablet type laptop which covers the keyboard. The functions can also be used with a mouse if desired. The window position and an auto display option may be saved with the preferences file. ŮÚ×Ř These icons function as the Arrow keys on the keyboard, and couple with the use of the modifier options next to them. 7 This icon opens a virtual keyboard for typing in labels and filenames. 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 These numbers function as the number keys across the top of the keyboard and can be used to switch monitor mixers quickly. ESC This icon functions as the Escape key. ˙ This icon forces the taskbar and Windows Start Menu to the top if they are hidden. The Start Menu will close after a few seconds, leaving the taskbar available to jump to other programs. CTRL Lite This icon can be clicked to engage Ctrl-Mode. The lite will flash and as long as it is flashing, all mouse or touch actions will act as if the Ctrl-Key is depressed. Some functions may automatically disengage this mode when completed. Otherwise, clicking again on this icon will clear it and stop the flashing. This may be used in combination with the Shft and Alt Mode lites. Right-Clicking anywhere in the Touch Panel view will disengage all active modifier modes. SHFT Lite This icon can be clicked to engage Shft-Mode. The lite will flash and as long as it is flashing, all mouse or touch actions will act as if the Shft-Key is depressed. Some functions may automatically disengage this mode when completed. Otherwise, clicking again on this icon will clear it and stop the flashing. This may be used in combination with the Ctrl and Alt Mode lites. Right-Clicking anywhere in the Touch Panel view will disengage all active modifier modes. ALT Lite This icon can be clicked to engage Alt-Mode. The lite will flash and as long as it is flashing, all mouse or touch actions will act as if the Alt-Key is depressed. Some functions may automatically disengage this mode when completed. Otherwise, clicking again on this icon will clear it and stop the flashing. This may be used in combination with the Ctrl and Shft Mode lites. Right-Clicking anywhere in the Touch Panel view will disengage all active modifier modes. F1 - F12 These icons function like the F-Keys and can be used to switch F-Key WorkSpace views. Coupled with the SHFT modifier, F-Key views can be created.
* Added another method which can set mixer variable controls to their default setting. Pressing the Ctrl-Key when grabbing and releasing a variable control will set the control to its default value. This new method can be done easily with the Touch Panel on a tablet laptop which covers the keyboard. Bug Fixes * Fixed code to properly update the FX Solo Patch window titlebar text color when overlapping windows are removed and when active windows are changed. * Fixed code to stop crashes when using a touchscreen and grabbing the faders at the zero position. * Fixed code that could cause Fx Plugin corruption on the host when removing and re-arranging Fx Plugins on the remotes. * Fixed code to properly store and recall FX Plugin settings when using the Store / Recall options from the remotes. * Fixed code to properly save FX Plugin settings when adjusting plugins from remotes with plugins not visiblly displayed on the host. * Fixed code to properly disengage all active solos when clicking any engaged solo switch while pressing the Ctrl-Key. * The SAC Remote program will now display SAC-REMOTE on the taskbar icon when running. * Fixed code to stop crashes when keying from SAC channels in the Levelizer plugin under certain setup conditions. Eq Plugin Version 3.0 * Fixed code to properly Save and Restore all plugin settings from remotes regardless of where and how the settings are altered. Echo Plugin Version 3.1 * Fixed code to properly Save and Restore all plugin settings from remotes regardless of where and how the settings are altered.
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