DirectWave

DirectWave 1.4.3 has been released today. It can be downloaded from www.image-line.com or from your user account page (for registered users).

The installer includes both the FL Studio and VSTi versions.

These are the changes since version 1.4.1...

new features
- updated import dll
- now uses modeless downloader window
- click on empty area in scrollbar(s) to go to that position
- set max polyphony to 256
- added browser preview volume knob
- added "home" button to go back to the content library
- shortened browser path that's shown (when it's in the content library path)
- added option to copy imported dwp and (temp) samples to the content library
- re-arranged config dialog
- now shows "monolithic format" warning if an external bank is imported without reference to wave files
- now searches its own library folder for missing samples as well
- the user can now choose between demo and player mode, to try all features before buying
- allow link and move drag&drop operations, not just copy
- FL version now stores samples in zipped flp file, if total recall is off
- FL version now shows selected program's name as the "short name" for the channel
- FL version now asks FL to find missing samples
- FL version: added popup menu for automatable parameters

bug fixes
- overwrite existing wave files when sampling a vst (but only .wav files)
- make sure the samplerate is sent to the plugin before processing a vst plugin
- DW no longer steals keyboard focus, except for edit controls
- loading a DWB file now tries to load a sample from file if it's not in the DWB
- DWB files now save a reference to the file instead of the sample data when total recall is off
- fixed acm import - sample length wasn't adjusted after conversion (was sometimes less than predicted)
- fixed mouse position inaccuracy for pitch bend and mod sliders (multi tab)
- prevent crash when previewing samples in some cases
- time stretch knobs are now also automatable
- fixed crash when showing long program names in progress
- fixed stack corruption around filename buffer when loading downloader dll
- fixed crash when cancelling "Browse" window in browser
- fixed loading wave files by absolute filename
- avoid "no disk in drive" error message when loading samples
- fixed event handling for hosted VST plugin, it used a fixed size event buffer
- fixed browser update after using "Browse" button
- fixed PeekMessage loop on dll unload, to prevent crash in Podium