REAPER v6.56 - April 25, 2022
Banjo Telemark
Downloads:

Windows (14MB installer)
Windows x64 (15MB installer)
macOS Intel (19MB DMG)
macOS 64-bit Intel (21MB DMG)
macOS Universal (25MB DMG)
Linux x86_64 (11MB .tar.xz)
Linux i686 (11MB .tar.xz)
Linux armv7l (10MB .tar.xz)
Linux aarch64 (10MB .tar.xz)

Changes:

• Media items: allow autoscroll when moving/copying items using certain customized mouse modifiers ^.
• Media items: allow copying per-take FX from locked media items
• Media items: do not allow opening, deleting, or copying to per-take FX of locked media items
• Render: fix stereo/multichannel metering (6.55 regression) ^.
• RF64: fix duplicate display of embedded cues ^.

REAPER v6.54 - April 19, 2022
Banjo Telemark
Downloads:

Windows (14MB installer)
Windows x64 (15MB installer)
macOS Intel (19MB DMG)
macOS 64-bit Intel (21MB DMG)
macOS Universal (25MB DMG)
Linux x86_64 (11MB .tar.xz)
Linux i686 (11MB .tar.xz)
Linux armv7l (10MB .tar.xz)
Linux aarch64 (10MB .tar.xz)

Changes:

• Actions: account for reverse volume grouping when running action to adjust track volume ^.
• Actions: add actions to move media items to/from hidden child track
• ARA: update API to version 2.1, with ARM support
• Audio Units: improve resizing behavior of AUv3 plug-ins
• Audio Units: fix potential AUv3 crash when plug-in outputs MIDI events on Monterey
• Audio Units: call AudioUnitUninitialize() when unloading
• Batch converter: update display immediately after removing all files
• Batch converter: fix in-place conversion for non-boot macOS volumes ^.
• Free item positioning: fix minor time selection display issue ^.
• Free item positioning: glued items inherit FIPM y-positioning
• Free item positioning: improve interaction between free item size edits and mouse modifiers (remove hardcoded behaviors of some modifier keys)
• Free item positioning: when recording in free item positioning mode, only adjust existing item y-positions if necessary
• FX: add per-FX instance and per-FX chain oversampling options (if both chain and instance are set, the higher of the two is used)
• FX: change Add-FX window pane configuration (horizontal vs vertical layout) via context menu, don't change configuration on double-clicking the divider
• FX: improve value editing and default values for wet/bypass/delta envelopes
• FX: when opening FX chain for a track that has no FX, by default show the Add-FX window rather than the empty FX chain window (option in Preferences/Plug-Ins)
• Import: add option in Preferences/Media to target the top part of a track to insert new track(s) to receive the media
• Import: on drag-import, offer to replace media source only if snapped start position of imported media is within an existing media item ^.
• Logical sorting: improve sort order of various characters in Media Explorer and other windows (underscore, hyphen, number, UTF-8, alpha) ^.
• Media buffering: update playback more promptly (bypass some media buffering) when changing item takes, mute states
• Media explorer: add action to delete file with prompting
• Media explorer: fix updating database metadata when database is not on the local filesystem
• Media items: replace "show overlapping items in lanes" option with "offset overlapping items vertically"
• Media items: add preferences for item vertical overlap percentage and opacity
• Media items: add preference for minimum height to display peaks
• Media items: change default item mix behavior to "items always mix", existing projects and user default project settings are unaffected
• Media items: don't display cursor feedback when mouse is over controls of locked items
• Media items: update mouse click prioritization to prefer opaque unselected items over transparent selected items (prevent clicking controls that are behind other items)
• Media items: improve interaction between preferences to show/hide free item positioning, show/hide media item labels at certain track heights
• Media items: locked items do not autocrossfade with unlocked items
• Media items: prevent editing take envelopes when item is locked
• Menus/Actions: update menus and actions to refer to "takes" instead of "take lanes", to avoid ambiguity
• Metadata: support WAVEEXT channel layout tag "L R C LFE Ls Rs" instead of "L R C LFE Lsd Rsd" ^.
• MIDI editor: fix editing left edge of notes, inserting new CC events, some other behaviors when editing looped item with start offset ^{. .}
• MIDI editor: fix note velocity sweep-editing when moving the mouse quickly ^.
• MIDI editor: reload custom .ReaScale function when opening a new project
• MIDI editor: restore grid type properly in quantize window when quantizing with swing ^.
• MIDI inline editor: improve action window targeting behavior ^.
• Projects: support loading multiple projects in recovery mode ^.
• Projects: master hardware outputs are saved with project default settings
• Razor edits: add click-context mouse modifiers to move areas up or down without contents
• Razor edits: improve stretch-editing automation items in ripple-edit mode ^.
• Razor edits: razor edits on free item positioning lanes snap to item tops/bottoms, do not necessarily span the entire track height
• Razor edits: add "razor edits affect all track envelopes", separate from "move envelope points with media items"
• Razor edits: fix incorrect group selection edge highlight when razor editing
• Razor edits: fix behavior when stretching right edge of razor edit with ripple edit enabled and automation items later on the track ^.
• Razor edits: fix flickering display after running action to cut selected area of items ^.
• ReaControlMIDI: increase length of sysex dump displayed in log from 1k to 8k bytes
• ReaEQ: expose global gain as an automatable parameter
• ReaInsert: do not allow processing if FX oversampling is used
• ReaScript: add GetSetMediaTrackInfo("I_FREEMODE"), deprecate GetSetMediaTrackInfo("B_FREEMODE")
• ReaScript: add GetSetMediaTrackInfo("P_RAZOREDITS_EXT"), to get/set free item positioning bounds
• ReaScript: fix GetThingFromPoint handling of hidden envelopes ^.
• ReaScript: fix reaper.AddRemoveReaScript() on Windows when script path contains forward slashes ^.
• ReaSurroundPan: fix action to set input names from sending tracks when FX pin mapping has been customized ^.
• ReaSurroundPan: improve display when configuration changes so that inactive channels/speakers are displayed in the list
• ReaSurroundPan: when inserting as take FX, increase FX output pin count to match track channel count if needed ^.
• Recording: respect option to always add takes to new recording when looping
• Recording: when preference enabled to add recorded media at each loop, defer adding media during mouse editing ^.
• Render: display graph of loudness values of rendered file in HTML statistics view
• Render: apply PDC to rendered output when master track FX is set to ignore PDC or hardware-output-PDC
• Reverse items: improve behavior of reverse items as new take with audioless video items ^.
• Super8: allow up to 500ms of RDC
• Tempo envelope: context menu action to insert point respects default point shape (linear or square, curved shapes are not allowed on tempo envelopes)
• Tempo envelope: don't snap to beats when editing points if project snap is disabled
• Tempo envelope: warn if user enters time signature numerators/denominators out of range ^.
• Theme: add theme overlay color, blend mode for muted/unsoloed/inactive or locked media items and tracks
• Track manager: display track channel count
• Tracks/media items/razor edits: many internal changes to support future media item lane functionality
• Video: fix behavior when enabling/disabling audio on all project video sources
• Windows: add additional uninstall information to system

REAPER v6.52 - March 23, 2022
Banjo Telemark
Downloads:

Windows (14MB installer)
Windows x64 (15MB installer)
macOS Intel (19MB DMG)
macOS 64-bit Intel (21MB DMG)
macOS Universal (25MB DMG)
Linux x86_64 (11MB .tar.xz)
Linux i686 (11MB .tar.xz)
Linux armv7l (10MB .tar.xz)
Linux aarch64 (10MB .tar.xz)

Changes:

• Actions window: match UK spellings of various words when searching
• Automation items: when looping in latch mode, ensure there is an automation item to record into ^.
• Batch converter: add option to force single-threaded processing
• Batch converter: fix minimum window size when Windows display scaling is used ^.
• Custom menus: fix menu after reset to default on macOS
• FLAC: update to libflac 1.3.4
• FX: fix display of ReaLearn UI on macOS
• JSFX: fix channel mapper/downmixer text alignment on non-retina macOS displays
• macOS: improve default extension behavior of save dialog on newer macOS systems ^.
• Media Explorer: add option, toolbar button to display detected pitch while previewing files
• Media Explorer: add actions, option to adjust pitch by +/- 1 cent
• Media Explorer: support toolbar/menu feedback for actions to set pitch to X semitones
• Media Explorer: shift+drag applies the previously selected pitch knob behavior (rather than always applying either continuous or semitone changes)
• Media Explorer: improve transition smoothness when adjusting preview pitch via actions
• Media Explorer: add preference to preview .RPP files
• Media Explorer: add preference to suppress auto-render of proxy when previewing .RPP files ^.
• Media Explorer: when renaming .RPP file, also rename matching .RPP-PROX file ^.
• Media Explorer: fix context menu issues when media explorer is opened via keystroke
• MIDI editor: add actions, menu items to load/unload .ReaScale files
• MIDI peaks: fix under-draw issue in continuous scrolling [twtr=1499242508328443904]
• Notation editor: action to identify chords considers all notes playing, not just notes that start at the target time position ^.
• Notation editor: allow user-provided chords (from .ReaScale files) to override default chord names ^.
• Notation editor: don't show track/measure settings menu on left-click ^.
• Notation editor: treat click on measure start area as a click on the first beat of the measure, even if there is a key signature or time signature change
• Opus: fix memory leak when writing files and resampling
• PCM: extremely minor tweaks to rounding when writing PCM in all formats
• PCM: improve LSB rounding when writing 24-bit and (17-23)/24-bit encodings of WavPack/FLAC ^.
• PCM: fix incorrect truncation when writing 16-bit WavPack files ^.
• Peaks building: display remaining file statistics rather than remaining items
• Peaks building: improve behavior when reordering tracks/items
• Peaks building: improve multiprocessing use (4 or more cores when available)
• Peaks building: optimize spectral peaks/spectrogram calculation
• Project settings: add dropdown menu to support setting/resetting project start offset and project start measure
• ReaFIR: add automatable parameter to adjust gain of EQ/threshold/noise profile curve
• ReaPlugs: show longer, more descriptive parameter names
• Render: add action to re-display statistics from most recent render in web browser
• Render: add option to display/not display RMS in render statistics
• Render: add option to automatically return to render setup window when render is finished ^.
• Render: enable "save settings" button when changing render tail setting
• Render: ensure progress bar and stats are updated after rendering very short regions
• Render: gray out add-metadata button when "embed metadata" is unchecked
• Render: greatly improve render speed when rendering many regions at once
• Render: avoid extra work relating to updating status in dock on macOS
• Text drawing: fix cropped glyphs for some fonts/italics combinations ^.
• Theming: in themes that overlap controls and track icons, draw track icons below controls
• Wildcards: support $channels wildcard in render, batch converter, and bounce
• Windows: add legacy_filebrowse=1 .ini file option to use old file browsing open/save API for accessibility purposes

REAPER v6.50 - March 3, 2022
People say nothing is impossible, but we do nothing every day
Downloads:

Windows (14MB installer)
Windows x64 (15MB installer)
macOS Intel (19MB DMG)
macOS 64-bit Intel (21MB DMG)
macOS Universal (25MB DMG)
Linux x86_64 (11MB .tar.xz)
Linux i686 (11MB .tar.xz)
Linux armv7l (10MB .tar.xz)
Linux aarch64 (10MB .tar.xz)

Changes:

• API: allow accelerators to hook keyboard for more windows including mixer, navigator, etc ^.
• Batch converter: support converting multiple files in parallel, utilizing multiple CPUs
• Batch converter: improve responsiveness and RAM usage when converting a large file list
• Batch converter: display the number of files and directories in the file list
• Batch converter: display progress bar if conversion takes more than a short time
• Batch converter: add when adding directory to file list, prompt to include subdirectories as well
• Batch converter: add option to use source subdirectory structure to create output directories
• Batch converter: add option to overwrite original files
• Batch converter: add option to suppress notification when finished
• Batch converter: add "save settings" button (does not save file list)
• Batch converter: reorganize controls to separate settings that are not included in presets
• Batch converter: include dither, noise shaping settings with presets
• Batch converter: add preset menu item to clear all converter settings
• Batch converter: add context menu actions to fit file list columns to screen, open input or output path, display input media properties
• Batch converter: after canceled conversion, convert and remove buttons offer to affect only converted/not-yet-converted files, or all files
• Batch converter: change default output file pattern to "$source-converted"
• Batch converter: delete incomplete output file on user cancel
• Batch converter: don't embed project-specific metadata
• Batch converter: preserve very long metadata correctly
• Batch converter: support $track, $tracknumber, $itemnumber wildcards, which will resolve to the project state at the time the media item was added to the file list ^.
• Batch converter: update $samplerate wildcard correctly when changing sample rate
• Batch converter: allow FX to change processing channel count via pin connector dialog or JSFX channel mapper/downmixer
• Batch converter: fix lost FX tail setting when closing/reopening dialog
• Defaults: set default master track pan mode to stereo balance for new projects
• Defaults: save/load master track pan law, pan mode with default project settings
• FX: allow JSFX channel mapper/downmixer to change monitoring FX processing channel count
• FX: improve behavior of FX drag/drop and TrackFX_CopyToTrack() etc when copying FX to a later slot on the same chain ^.
• FX: fix incorrect project save/load of parameter modulation and linking when applied to ReaPlugs (6.48 regression)
• Media: improve zoomed-in peaks performance, especially on compressed media
• Media: improve performance when using large block sizes and small media buffer settings
• Media explorer: fix peaks display build restarting when seeking with output routed to a track ^.
• Media explorer: improve seek behavior when autoplay, start-on-bar, and tempo matching are all enabled
• Media explorer: refresh display correctly after completing search ^.
• MIDI: do not remove duplicate note on/off events on import ^.
• MIDI: send note-off for active notes when seeking ^.
• MIDI: fix incorrect event duplication when exploding certain MIDI content by channel ^.
• MIDI: improve tick-to-sample rounding
• Mouse modifiers: display and group media item lower half actions similarly to media item actions in preferences dropdown
• ReaScript/JSFX: fix displaying strings containing multiple newlines in a row ^.
• Render: ensure peaks display is fully updated for each rendered region
• Render: fix enabling/disabling render loudness statistics from completed render dialog
• Undo: ensure undo point is created after running action to remove content behind items ^.
• VST: report channel index namespace context to plugins ^.
• VST: fix some misbehaving UI sizing plugins ^.

REAPER v6.48 - February 20, 2022
People say nothing is impossible, but we do nothing every day
Downloads:

Windows (14MB installer)
Windows x64 (15MB installer)
macOS Intel (19MB DMG)
macOS 64-bit Intel (21MB DMG)
macOS Universal (25MB DMG)
Linux x86_64 (11MB .tar.xz)
Linux i686 (11MB .tar.xz)
Linux armv7l (10MB .tar.xz)
Linux aarch64 (10MB .tar.xz)

Changes:

• Actions window: fix issue with SWS cycle action editor on macOS/Linux (Windows will require sws update) ^.
• Custom actions: fix adding actions to custom action via keyboard
• Custom menus: fix support for more than 32 submenus per menu
• Custom menus: fix support for more than 1024 menu items per menu
• Custom menus: in customize menus/toolbars window, leave OK button enabled even if there have been no changes ^.
• FX envelopes: copy/move envelopes correctly between instances of ReaSurroundPan with different configurations ^.
• JSFX: channel_mapper uses dropdown instead of +/- buttons to set number of channels
• Knobs: improve vertical alignment of wet/dry knobs
• macOS: disable input event throttling by default
• macOS: fix ExecProcess() handle leakage ^.
• macOS: fix knob background drawing after switching to/from dark-mode
• macOS: fix Metal issue where an occluded window would end up stale on M1/macOS 12
• Media explorer: cancel metadata edit if file list is scrolled
• Media explorer: prevent unnecessary scroll-to-left when browsing
• Media item properties: update volume/pan slider on double-click ^.
• Media item ruler: always label item start and end if possible ^.
• Media items: fix possible incorrect calculation when running action to clear and recalculate auto-stretch at project tempo changes
• Media items: fix possible stretch marker corruption when applying auto-stretch at tempo changes ^.
• Media items: recalculate auto-stretch markers when undoing tempo envelope edits ^.
• Media items: set default normalization mode to peak for new users
• OSC: send track width when in balance pan mode ^.
• Preferences: search function also searches mouseover help text
• ReaLimit: rename "link" control to "constant gain"
• ReaLimit: set default threshold and ceiling both to 0dB
• ReaScript: do not run scripts from cwd rather than reascript path ^.
• ReaScript: IDEs allow changing font name via ide_font_face= in reaper.ini
• Render: fix persistence of preference to embed XMP markers ^.
• Render: fix rendering to mp3 when sample rate is set higher than 48k ^.
• Render: support jumping to loudest sample in project after render (including dry run render)
• Takes: fix theme preference to display colored bar on active take when empty, not-displayed take lanes exist ^.
• VST: set ChannelContext channel index context correctly for track 1 ^.
• VST: fix various UI sizing quirks

REAPER v6.46 - January 19, 2022
The Gang Makes a DAW
Downloads:

Windows (14MB installer)
Windows x64 (15MB installer)
macOS Intel (19MB DMG)
macOS 64-bit Intel (21MB DMG)
macOS Universal (25MB DMG)
Linux x86_64 (11MB .tar.xz)
Linux i686 (11MB .tar.xz)
Linux armv7l (10MB .tar.xz)
Linux aarch64 (10MB .tar.xz)

Changes:

• Automation: fix potential incorrect automation when envelopes disabled outside of automation items ^.
• Batch converter: fix normalization (6.44 regression) ^.
• Batch converter: resolve item-related wildcards properly when converting a media item that originated in a different project ^.
• Control surfaces: fix OSC control of FX wet/dry knob ^.
• FX: add actions to clear delta solo for all FX on selected tracks or all FX in the project
• Import: add cancel button to multiple media item import dialog
• JSFX: fix set_pin_mapping() high-bit issue
• macOS: fix arrow key keyboard navigation issues for various windows (6.43 regression)
• macOS: fix keyboard focus after closing transport selection/bpm edit boxes
• macOS: improve appearance of routing matrix in dark mode and default theme
• Media items: fix adjusting media to tempo suggested by filename or metadata when inserting via action
• Media items: add actions to normalize items to common gain, or separately, using most recent settings
• Media items: show warning or error (depending on context) when some items could not be normalized
• Metadata: add ASWG dialogue projection level field
• Metadata: add OGG, Opus to displayed list of render formats that support Vorbis metadata
• Metronome: fix count-in issue at 180bpm 3/4 ^.
• MIDI: add actions to reload track support data (bank/program files, notation, etc) for individual MIDI items or all items in the project ^.
• MIDI editor: improve scroll behavior when adjusting zoom ^.
• MIDI editor: improve zoom to content action behavior ^.
• MIDI inline editor: improve default note view sizing
• mp3: close .reapindex files when media is set offline ^.
• ReaScript: Lua built-in print() function output is visible using DebugView on Windows ^.
• ReaScript: fix incorrect fuzzy matching in TrackFX_AddByName() etc ^.
• ReaScript: improve gfx_blit() documentation ^.
• RS5k: fix incorrect resampling at end of sample (most obvious with r8brain free)
• Theme: fix layout actions for single-character layout names ^.
• Tracks: if tracks are removed while renaming a track in TCP/MCP, close edit field
• VST: do not allow scanning root directories on macOS/linux (revert 6.44 change) ^.
• WavPack: fix incorrect truncation in 16-bit mode ^.
• Windows: fix DirectX plug-in preset menu
• Windows: fix new VST path addition on 64-bit

REAPER v6.44 - January 7, 2022
The Gang Makes a DAW
Downloads:

Windows (14MB installer)
Windows x64 (15MB installer)
macOS Intel (19MB DMG)
macOS 64-bit Intel (21MB DMG)
macOS Universal (25MB DMG)
Linux x86_64 (11MB .tar.xz)
Linux i686 (11MB .tar.xz)
Linux armv7l (10MB .tar.xz)
Linux aarch64 (10MB .tar.xz)

Changes:

• Actions: add "erase" as a default synonym for delete/clear/remove
• Actions: do not warn on program startup if too many custom actions exist (only warn when creating)
• Control surfaces: fix CSURF_EXT_SETSENDVOLUME notifications when in write mode and fader-scaled envelopes
• Custom action editor: fix entering certain characters on macOS ^.
• Glue: if format supports BWF, write start offset when exploding multichannel audio to new files ^.
• JSFX: fix memory bounds checking on aarch64/armv7l ^.
• JSFX: fix gfx_showmenu() related issues (deadlock when undo point added, possible crash when MCP embedded) ^.
• JSFX: if REAPER has an external editor configured for .jsfx, use for open in external editor button
• JSFX: improve 32-bit x86 implementation (consistent rounding with other architectures)
• JSFX: scripts can write to #dbg_desc to write debug messages visible on main plug-in UI ^.
• JSFX: show code sections in IDE right-click menu
• JSFX: show context information about built-in variables in IDE
• JSFX: do not allow export_buffer_to_project() to be called from @slider ^.
• JSFX: allow override of refresh rate using options:gfx_hz=60 etc
• JSFX: add options:gfx_idle to allow @gfx section to run when UI is closed (detectable via gfx_ext_flags having 2 set)
• JSFX: add options:gfx_idle_only to allow UI-less plug-ins to run @gfx code at idle
• Keyboard: fix various cross-platform key aliasing corner cases
• Linux: prevent closing windows via close button when a popup menu is open ^.
• macOS: add per-theme option to not use themed window colors when in dark-mode (enabled by default theme)
• macOS: improve performance of Live FX multiprocessing, especially on M1 systems
• Media explorer: improve selection behavior after navigating with arrow keys on Windows
• Media items: add option to close item notes window on enter key
• Media items: save item notes when closing item notes window via action
• Media items: add support for various loudness measurements (LUFS, etc) when normalizing media items
• Media items: when normalizing multiple items to an integrated loudness value, support either normalizing each item separately or normalizing the combined (sequential) output of all items
• Metadata: fix setting XMP marker metadata ^.
• MIDI editor: add action to insert note at edit cursor without advancing
• Pan: fix manual entry of pan values when preference is set to display pan in dB ^.
• Projects: improve behavior relating to project notes flags and loading projects in REAPER 6.38 and earlier ^.
• Projects: on new project without saved project settings, set recording/render format to 24-bit wav
• Razor edits: do not delete/cut/copy razor edits when cursor focus is on track control panels
• ReaEQ: add Parallel Band Pass filter mode ^.
• ReaScript: add CalculateNormalization function
• ReaScript: do not apply render-config changes when calling GetSetProjectInfo in get mode on rendering configuration ^.
• ReaScript: do not defer indefinitely when calling reaper.defer() with no parameters from Lua ^.
• ReaScript: properly support passing binary-safe strings to extension-registered functions ^.
• ReaSurroundPan: correct 9.1.4 speaker arrangement, add 9.1.6 ^.
• ReaSynth: fix extra sine oscillator when portamento is used ^.
• ReaSynth: fix stuck note when portamento is used in certain instances
• Render: ensure final master render peaks are displayed after normalizing
• Render: fix files left open when normalization/limiting is interrupted ^.
• Render: fix render peaks display when normalizing and negative project start time offset exists ^.
• Render: fix saving of presets with normalize enabled affecting old presets ^.
• Super8: fix recording glitches that could occur during looped project-synchronized playback ^.
• Super8: support exporting media into project via MIDI CC when UI is not open
• VST: scan %LOCALAPPDATA%\Programs\Common\VST3 on Windows
• Windows: fix listview drawing glitches when editing values and scrolling ^.
• Windows: support very long pathnames (note: for shell browsing/etc to work with these, the LongPathsEnabled registry key must be set)
• Windows: improve display responsiveness of progress bars

REAPER v6.42 - November 16, 2021
Right Click Everything
Downloads:

Windows (13MB installer)
Windows x64 (14MB installer)
macOS Intel (18MB DMG)
macOS 64-bit Intel (20MB DMG)
macOS 64-bit Intel (15MB DMG, notarized for Catalina)
macOS ARM64 (12MB DMG)
Linux x86_64 (11MB .tar.xz)
Linux i686 (11MB .tar.xz)
Linux armv7l (9MB .tar.xz)
Linux aarch64 (10MB .tar.xz)

Changes:

• Config export: encode .zip files with UTF-8 filename encoding for third party unzippers ^.
• Media explorer: display .RPP start tempo rather than project tempo setting ^.
• MusicXML export: improve encoding of .mxl with UTF-8 filenames
• Notation editor: avoid vertical scrolling when inserting note via action ^.
• Project settingss: fix project notes edit box on macOS ^.
• Video: support loading FFmpeg/VLC on Windows when path contains UTF-8 characters

REAPER v6.40 - October 30, 2021
Fully Fungible
Downloads:

Windows (13MB installer)
Windows x64 (14MB installer)
macOS Intel (18MB DMG)
macOS 64-bit Intel (20MB DMG)
macOS 64-bit Intel (15MB DMG, notarized for Catalina)
macOS ARM64 (12MB DMG)
Linux x86_64 (11MB .tar.xz)
Linux i686 (11MB .tar.xz)
Linux armv7l (9MB .tar.xz)
Linux aarch64 (10MB .tar.xz)

Changes:

• Metronome: avoid possible crash when adjusting metronome settings with empty take lanes in the project

REAPER v6.38 - October 17, 2021
Engruntling users since 2005
Downloads:

Windows (13MB installer)
Windows x64 (14MB installer)
macOS Intel (18MB DMG)
macOS 64-bit Intel (20MB DMG)
macOS 64-bit Intel (15MB DMG, notarized for Catalina)
macOS ARM64 (12MB DMG)
Linux x86_64 (11MB .tar.xz)
Linux i686 (11MB .tar.xz)
Linux armv7l (9MB .tar.xz)
Linux aarch64 (10MB .tar.xz)

Changes:

• Loudness Meter: add options for writing automation inverted and selecting single output value
• macOS: improve textfield behavior with certain key mappings in menu items ^.
• Media explorer: separate multichannel peaks display by one pixel
• ReaComp/ReaGate: perform extra validation on multichannel mode configuration state
• ReaEQ: fix UI update issues when loading presets on Windows
• ReaEQ: update graph display when resizing and analysis is disabled ^.
• ReaScript: fix potential crash when hit testing over TCP mono button ^.
• ReaScript: fix TakeFX_GetParamFromIdent ^.
• ReaScript: hit test functions now detect master.tcp.mono etc
• ReaVerb: fix incorrect processing on very sparse non-mono signals (e.g. click sources) ^.
• ReaVerb: fix reverb generator crash with zero-width (6.37 regression) ^.
• ReaXcomp: fix UI update issues when loading presets on Windows
• Render: localize "dry run" text
• Theme: add mcp_fxembed scalar to WALTER ^.

REAPER v6.36 - September 3, 2021
Sometimes science is more art than science
Downloads:

Windows (13MB installer)
Windows x64 (14MB installer)
macOS Intel (18MB DMG)
macOS 64-bit Intel (20MB DMG)
macOS 64-bit Intel (15MB DMG, notarized for Catalina)
macOS ARM64 (12MB DMG)
Linux x86_64 (11MB .tar.xz)
Linux i686 (11MB .tar.xz)
Linux armv7l (9MB .tar.xz)
Linux aarch64 (10MB .tar.xz)

Changes:

• Actions list: improve the naming of various selection related actions
• Actions list: add deselect,unselect to list of action name synonyms
• Actions list: match synonyms when next to various non-alphanumeric characters
• API: allow plug-in audio hooks to read/modify incoming MIDI messages from the current block
• API: add GetThingFromPoint() which can return WALTER elements
• API: add read-only track property to read position of WALTER elements, e.g. P_UI_RECT:tcp.mute
• Freeze: add option in preferences/rendering to generate muted silent items from muted source items ^.
• FX browser: add menu item to duplicate JSFX
• FX browser: add option to always search all FX when using search field ^.
• Linux: safer plug-in X11 window destruction
• macOS: improve default focus of various windows
• MIDI: don't allow setting MIDI note-on velocity to zero in event properties dialog
• Peaks: label slider "display zoom" in peaks settings window to match action names
• Preferences: enable apply button when toggling 'allow space key to be used for navigation' setting ^.
• Render: automatically filter control characters from filenames on render targets ^.
• Tracks: option to disable track metering affects only selected tracks
• Video: fix rendering at framerates lower than 1/video_cache_size ^.
• Video: update media item labels when loading user presets on a take-FX video processor ^.
• VST: improve VST3 handling of 0x90-encoded note-offs ^.
• VST: detect changes to window size on Linux bridged VST2
• VST: fix UI idle processing for bridged VST2 on Linux
• VST: prevent calling effEditClose twice on Windows and macOS bridged VST2 plug-ins ^.

REAPER v6.34 - August 7, 2021
Backstory!
Downloads:

Windows (13MB installer)
Windows x64 (14MB installer)
macOS Intel (18MB DMG)
macOS 64-bit Intel (20MB DMG)
macOS 64-bit Intel (15MB DMG, notarized for Catalina)
macOS ARM64 (12MB DMG)
Linux x86_64 (11MB .tar.xz)
Linux i686 (11MB .tar.xz)
Linux armv7l (9MB .tar.xz)
Linux aarch64 (10MB .tar.xz)

Changes:

• Automation: improve behavior when using freehand draw and snapping to grid ^.
• FX: improve default window position saving behavior ^.
• LV2: fix incorrect event timestamps when passing control messages from UI to plug-in
• Master VU: clear loudness meter when clearing peaks, even for background projects
• Master VU: faster loudness meter response when preference enabled to reset meters on play/seek ^.
• Metadata: add "Parts" category
• Metadata: support embedding ID3:TPOS field
• Peaks: add action to reset project peaks gain
• Peaks: rename actions to adjust peaks display zoom (rather than peaks view gain)
• Peaks: separate peaks display slightly for multiple channels
• Preferences: fix persistence of IDE editor doubleclick option ^.
• Project files: default to using quotes for all filenames to improve legacy script compatibility ^.
• Razor edit: improve paste behavior when pasting across projects with different tempo maps ^.
• Razor edit: improve marker/region behavior when using ripple-all ^.
• Razor edit: improve undo behavior when editing FX parameter envelopes ^.
• ReaScript: add I_LASTY/I_LASTH for GetSetMediaItemTakeInfo
• ReaScript: fix sticking gfx_getchar('/') etc on Windows ^.
• Render: add options to disable calculating loudness statistics
• VST3: fix RealGuitar on Win64 ^.
• VST3: fix incorrect parameter setting in response to MIDI CCs (fixes Reason 11 issues) ^.
• Wave writing: fix corrupt output when writing large Wave64 files with metadata
• Wave writing: improve reading/writing of Wave64 metadata
• Wave writing: support writing INFO metadata scheme to RF64 files

REAPER v6.32 - July 9, 2021
Good news, everyone!
Downloads:

Windows (13MB installer)
Windows x64 (14MB installer)
macOS Intel (18MB DMG)
macOS 64-bit Intel (20MB DMG)
macOS 64-bit Intel (15MB DMG, notarized for Catalina)
macOS ARM64 (12MB DMG)
Linux x86_64 (11MB .tar.xz)
Linux i686 (11MB .tar.xz)
Linux armv7l (9MB .tar.xz)
Linux aarch64 (10MB .tar.xz)

Changes:

• Batch converter: allow multichannel FX processing when using more than 4 channels ^.
• Envelopes: fix FX automation envelope defaults when moving media items ^.
• Loudness meter: add parameter to control whether output loudness values are written as automation
• Loudness meter: add parameter to control internal meter update rate
• Master meter: when set to mono, display identical RMS stereo loudness on the right meter channel ^.
• Render: disregard setting to save copy of project before rendering when dry-run rendering
• Super8: fix stereo export in certain instances ^.
• Wildcards: improve help for $marker(name) and $region(name) wildcards
• Windows: fix VST3 loading from paths with UTF-8 characters (6.30 regression) ^.

REAPER v6.30 - July 3, 2021
Good news, everyone!
Downloads:

Windows (13MB installer)
Windows x64 (14MB installer)
macOS Intel (18MB DMG)
macOS 64-bit Intel (20MB DMG)
macOS 64-bit Intel (15MB DMG, notarized for Catalina)
macOS ARM64 (12MB DMG)
Linux x86_64 (11MB .tar.xz)
Linux i686 (11MB .tar.xz)
Linux armv7l (9MB .tar.xz)
Linux aarch64 (10MB .tar.xz)

Changes:

• Actions: add actions to calculate loudness of selected items/tracks/selection via dry-run render
• Actions: do not modify collapsed state of selected non-folder tracks when cycling through collapsed state for folder tracks
• API: fix deadlock with MIDI_GetAllEvts() and buffer too small ^.
• Automation items: add preference to pool/unpool automation items when split due to media item edit or razor edit
• Automation items: filter out duplicate points on load ^.
• Automation items: fix hang/slowness when adjusting very large automation items ^.
• Batch converter: support normalizing to target peak or loudness level when converting
• Consolidate: support wildcards in consolidated file name
• Envelopes: fix incorrect minuscule gain at unity on fader-scaled volume envelopes ^.
• Envelopes: fix unexpected behavior when moving multiple sets of envelope points with no transition time between selected and unselected points ^.
• FX: improve AU:/VST: prefix removal for shortened FX names ^.
• FX: improve reporting of play state/position when using "stop playback at end of loop if repeat is disabled" ^.
• IDE: ctrl+doubleclick on function name jumps to function, normal doubleclick selects function name
• JSFX: plugins can now detect if embedded in TCP/MCP via built-in variable gfx_ext_flags
• JSFX: add loudness meter plugin (supports true peak, RMS, LRA, LUFS-M, LUFS-S, LUFS-I)
• JSFX: export_buffer_to_project() can take a planar_pitch parameter to allow exporting planar multichannel content
• JSFX: plugin can dynamically show/hide sliders via new slider_show() function
• JSFX: optimize x86_64 (now supporting SSE), aarch64, armv7l code generation
• LV2: fix multichannel non-default pin mapping state on project load ^.
• macOS: improve appearance of fade menu items when using dark mode ^.
• macOS: improve JSFX, Video Processor and EEL2 ReaScript performance when running under Rosetta2 on M1-powered macs
• Master metering: support LUFS-M, LUFS-S, LUFS-I, LRA loudness metering in mixer and/or track control panel
• Master metering: apply loudness display gain but not display offset to loudness readout numbers
• Master metering: improve mixer meter RMS/loudness readout appearance contrast
• Master metering: support oversampled peak metering (true peak)
• Media explorer: fix formatting of absolute paths from tree browser on linux/macOS
• Meters: more informative tooltips
• MIDI: fix duplicate CC values being sent at the start of linear/bezier curves
• MIDI: fix editing event properties from list editor with filter applied ^.
• Project bay: improve drag-drop preview and cursor behavior
• Project bay: improve handling of MIDI items and tempo changes (existing retained items will have to be re-retained to include QN information) ^.
• Razor edit: fix context menu inconsistency when razor edit mouse modifiers are remapped ^.
• Razor edit: fix positioning of initial transition envelope point ^.
• ReaScript: add GetEnvelopeInfo_Value(I_SEND_IDX) and GetEnvelopeInfo_Value(P_DESTTRACK)
• ReaScript: add GetSetMediaTrackInfo(B_SOLO_DEFEAT) and GetSetMediaTrackInfo(B_AUTO_RECARM)
• ReaScript: add GetSetProjectInfo_String(RENDER_STATS) to retrieve statistics for the most recently rendered files
• ReaScript: add GetSetProjectInfo_String(RENDER_METADATA) to retrieve list of all defined project metadata identifiers ^.
• ReaScript: add GetSetProjectInfo_String(RENDER_NORMALIZE) and GetSetProjectInfo_String(RENDER_NORMALIZE_TARGET)
• ReaScript: support running a caller-specified action before returning render statistics (see API help for details)
• ReaTune: enable embedded TCP/MCP view for tuner
• Render: support normalizing rendered files (except video) to target peak, true peak, or loudness (RMS or LUFS)
• Render: allow rendering to primary/secondary of the same type (e.g. wav 16-bit and 24-bit, $bitdepth recommended in wildcard)
• Render: apply dither/noise shaping to secondary render format if enabled and format supports
• Render: calculate and display peak, true peak (when enabled), clips/overs, RMS, LUFS, LRA (loudness range) for each rendered file
• Render: draw peaks on first pass of 2nd pass render
• Render: ignore preference to auto-close render dialog if normalizing or dry-run rendering
• Render: optionally mark clips/overs (samples over +0dbFS) in render peaks display
• Render: show first actual file used when rendering to multiple files that are autodisambiguated
• Render: show percentage complete in render processing dialog
• Render: support dry run rendering (everything is processed as normal, but no output files are written)
• Render: support normalizing rendered stems to master mix peak or loudness
• Render: support substituting user-provided string for master $track wildcard
• Render queue: add button to cancel all remaining renders ^.
• Super8: allow controlling loop length, synchronization mode via automatable parameters
• Super8: fix cell alignment ^.
• Super8: fix off-by-one-sample error in first-pass recording
• Super8: add per-channel length-division setting
• Super8: when adding loops to project, export linked channels as stereo file
• System: update zlib to 1.12.11 and libpng to 1.6.37
• Tracks: prevent tiny volume change on initial track fader click ^.
• Undo: fix state adding when inserting new MIDI or empty items via action/menu item (6.24 regression) ^.
• Video: add option to choose which monitor is used for fullscreen display
• VST3: support bridging/firewalling of VST3 plug-ins
• VST3: add IPlugInterfaceSupport, for plugins to request compatibility features
• VST3: add IMidiLearn interface support
• VST3: avoid threading conflicts when processing expression and keyswitch information
• VST3: internal threading changes to MIDI controller and program change handling
• VST3: require bundle/module/dll entry-points to match Cubase/VST3 spec
• Windows: improve installer behavior when choosing Portable checkbox after editing installation path ^.

REAPER v6.28 - April 22, 2021
Do not trust people. They are capable of greatness.
Downloads:

Windows (13MB installer)
Windows x64 (13MB installer)
macOS Intel (18MB DMG)
macOS 64-bit Intel (19MB DMG)
macOS 64-bit Intel (15MB DMG, notarized for Catalina)
macOS ARM64 (12MB DMG)
Linux x86_64 (10MB .tar.xz)
Linux i686 (10MB .tar.xz)
Linux armv7l (9MB .tar.xz)
Linux aarch64 (9MB .tar.xz)

Changes:

• Accessibility: improve behavior of spacebar in actions list and managers with spacebar-navigation option set
• API: ListView_GetItemText() supports owner-data listviews on non-win32 ^.
• FX: allow JS/Channel Mapper-Downmixer to be renamed ^.
• FX: fix mapping track channels above 32 using the FX pin connector dialog ^.
• FX: avoid zombie bridge processes in various corner cases
• macOS: improve behavior when scanning VST plug-ins that present modal UI
• Marker/region manager: fix undesired periodic marker deselection
• Marker/region manager: improve selection behavior when removing markers/regions
• Marker/region manager: move edit cursor when seeking during playback
• Media explorer: fix tempo sync when inserting media on new track ^.
• Media explorer: improve readability of embedded cues
• MIDI: enforce some reasonable maximum MIDI message and per-block list sizes (128MB and 256MB initially)
• MIDI: fix unlikely but possible incorrect handling of PDC+MIDI
• Razor edit: properly handle moving and pasting areas that contain MIDI items when project timebase is set to "time" ^.
• Razor edit: restrict selected area to 0.001 rather than 0.01 seconds
• Render: fix display of render vu meters with panned mono media ^.
• Track manager: fix keyboard navigation quirks on macOS with mirrored selection enabled

REAPER v6.26 - March 29, 2021
I am declaring Martian Law!
Downloads:

Windows (14MB installer)
Windows x64 (13MB installer)
macOS Intel (18MB DMG)
macOS 64-bit Intel (19MB DMG)
macOS 64-bit Intel (15MB DMG, notarized for Catalina)
macOS ARM64 (12MB DMG)
Linux x86_64 (10MB .tar.xz)
Linux i686 (10MB .tar.xz)
Linux armv7l (9MB .tar.xz)
Linux aarch64 (9MB .tar.xz)

Changes:

• Actions: action to insert or extend MIDI item does not skip existing looped MIDI items ^.
• Arrange: prevent possible overdraw with selected track cursor bracket and blinking cursor ^.
• Dither: use prvhash for rng/tpdf generation (courtesy Aleksey Vaneev)
• Edit cursor: display slightly subtler bracket on last selected track
• Envelopes: fix editing automation item edge point using envelope point editor dialog [twtr=1367910774371401731]
• Glue: actions glue within razor edit areas if they exist
• Glue: default glue action splits items and glues only within time selection, if all selected items intersect the time selection
• Glue: former default glue action is renamed "expanding to time selection if any", custom actions and scripts that use it are unaffected
• JSFX: add output polarity setting for Liteon/nonlinear ^.
• JSFX: autoexpand soft knee fix from sstillwell
• JSFX: update 1175 compressor and various others to fix overcompression, add deprecated blown capacitor mode to preserve old behavior
• JSFX: add improved SRC gain correction mode for guitar/amp-model and guitar/amp-model-dual
• macOS: add NSMicrophoneUsageDescription to improve audio input support on Big Sur
• macOS: main window fullscreen button activates REAPER-native fullscreen rather than OS fullscreen
• macOS: workaround Big Sur MIDISend() bug where 250 or more events at the same timestamp crashes
• Media items: adjust snap offset when copying selected part of media item ^.
• Media items: preserve relative snap offset when copying media items ^.
• Metadata: support displaying multiple iXML or xmp metadata keys in media source properties dialog ^.
• Metadata: support embedding images when rendering FLAC files
• MIDI: suppress unnecessary prompt on importing MIDI files ^.
• MIDI: fix issues when launching rename note action via enter key
• MIDI: improve MIDI editor focus behavior when closing various text editing fields
• Mute automation: fix potential hang with empty automation item ^.
• Razor edit: action to crossfade items at time selection acts on razor edits if they exist
• Razor edit: add action to move nearest razor edit edge to edit cursor
• Razor edit: add mouse modifiers to remove area from razor edit selection
• Razor edit: auto-scroll vertically when editing razor edit top/bottom edge
• Razor edit: fix stretching automation items across tempo changes when razor edit area does not match automation item length ^.
• Razor edit: mouse modifer to split items at razor edit edges selects media items and removes the razor edit area
• Razor edit: respect preference to update video playback position when editing audio items ^.
• Razor edit: update display after running action to enclose media items ^.
• API: add ResolveRenderPattern, to resolve a wildcard pattern into a list of target filenames
• ReaScript: update Track_GetPeakInfo()/Track_GetPeakHoldDB() to support master track RMS, update documentation
• ReaSurround: update track channels only when increasing plugin speaker count, not when changing plugin input channel count or decreasing speaker count
• ReaVerb: add new SRC-normalization mode which should be more consistent for some impulses and samplerate combinations ^.
• Region/Marker Manager: support exporting take markers, but not importing ^.
• Render dialog: add support for rendering razor edit areas
• Video processors: do not warn when loading empty video processor preset ^.
• Video processors: fix preset name preservation behavior
• Video processors: make preset list consistent with other FX types (user presets first)
• Video processors: support preset navigation API ^.
• VST: improve bridged plug-in floating window behavior on macOS
• VST: improve floating window behavior of bridged VST plug-ins

REAPER v6.24 - March 2, 2021
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Downloads:

Windows (12MB installer)
Windows x64 (14MB installer)
macOS Intel (18MB DMG)
macOS 64-bit Intel (19MB DMG)
macOS 64-bit Intel (15MB DMG, notarized for Catalina)
macOS ARM64 (12MB DMG)
Linux x86_64 (10MB .tar.xz)
Linux i686 (10MB .tar.xz)
Linux armv7l (9MB .tar.xz)
Linux aarch64 (9MB .tar.xz)

Changes:

• Accessibility: improve labels for FX preset menu and edit comment buttons
• Accessibility: add textual fade descriptions to menus via accessibility APIs
• AIFF: support in24/42ni AIFC encoding
• Arrange view: display bracket over last selected track, to indicate where pasted content will go
• Envelopes: add "remove envelope" menu item to envelope control panel context menu
• Envelopes: fix automation potentially lost when moving media items across tracks that do not have a matching FX envelope ^.
• Envelopes: fix automation items potentially left behind when moving media items across tracks
• Envelopes: improve snapping behavior for Audio Unit enum parameters
• Envelopes: support aliasing FX parameter from envelope control panel context menu
• FX: add LV2 plug-in support
• FX: add option to hide FX comment field in chain view
• FX: support mousewheel processing for embedded FX if they have focus
• FX: fix undo/redo display issues for FX comments
• FX: limit generic UI vertical size to better fit on screen
• FX: improve embedded FX update frequency when mouse-editing
• FX: improve handling of embedded TCP/MCP controls for non-automatable parameters
• FX: improve keyboard behavior with Waves StudioRack
• FX: improve performance when automating parameters with the generic VST/AU GUI is open
• FX: prevent creating envelopes for non-automatable parameters
• JSFX: fix bugs in IX/MIDI_KeyMap, MIDI_Variant, and MIDI_DuplicateFilter ^{. .}
• JSFX: improve denormal filtering on win32 to match win64/other OSes
• JSFX: reduce memory use
• Linux: rename JSFX ix/ subdirectory to IX/ ^.
• Linux: support JSFX/Video Processors/EEL2 ReaScripts with SELinux heap-execution-prevention
• Loop sections: fix media item loop section mouse modifiers interaction with reversed media ^.
• macOS: improve Big Sur compatibility by forcing various windows to use Metal
• macOS: improve resolution of docker icon progress display during render
• macOS: fix launching Audio MIDI Setup on Big Sur
• macOS: fix video output flicker on recent macOS versions
• macOS: fix possible crash in menu editor on 10.14 ^.
• Media explorer: action to insert media into active sample player looks for more recently active ReaSamplomatic5000 instance ^.
• Media explorer: don't automatically re-scan empty files
• Media explorer: don't re-scan database files that contain no metadata ^.
• Mixer: fix issues with themes that have very large master.mcp.size set ^.
• Mute automation: fix automating active mute envelope from controller ^.
• Razor edit: add Razor Edit feature, to draw, move, copy, and transform selected areas of media and automation
• Razor edit: support moving/copying envelope areas based on envelope type or envelope lane via mouse modifiers
• Razor edit: when "move envelope points with items" enabled, hidden envelopes are included in area selections
• Razor edit: actions to insert MIDI item, empty item, click source use razor edit areas if they exist
• Razor edit: add option to always trim content behind razor edits
• Razor edit: add preference to stretch audio media items by either adding stretch markers or splitting
• Razor edit: display move guides when editing
• Razor edit: auto-crossfade media items at the edge of the razor edit area ^.
• Razor edit: support displaying overlapping media items in lanes
• Razor edit: when auto-creating FX parameter envelopes, initialize with the current parameter value ^.
• Razor edit: add basic API support
• Razor edit: add settings to snap razor edits to media items and automation items
• ReaScript: allow EEL2 scripts to call third-party API functions without using extension_api()
• ReaScript: improve EEL2 extension_api() parameter count checking
• ReaScript: reduce memory use of EEL2 scripts
• ReaScript: fix IDE watch refresh when variable name changes ^.
• ReaScript: support gfx_setcursor() during capture/without mousemove ^.
• ReaScript: F1 in IDE gives context-sensitive help if possible
• ReaScript: optimize Lua calls to plug-in API registered functions
• ReaScript: add support for querying envelope GUID using GetSetEnvelopeInfo_String
• ReaScript: GetTrackEnvelopeByChunkName will also find envelopes by GUID
• Retina/HiDPI: improve knob appearance in ReaSamplomatic5000
• Routing diagram: fix pin display issues with 64 channel tracks
• ReaSamplomatic5000: support increasing max voices via controller/automation when UI is closed
• Theme: add cursor_seltrack.png image to customize selected track cursor bracket
• Theme: add theme color for selected track background
• Video: fix possible deadlock when rendering video ^.
• VST3: support third-party embeddable UIs via new IReaperUIEmbedInterface interface
• Windows: 32-bit build is now compiled with VS2005/ICC
• Windows: add experimental asynchronous unbuffered disk write mode
• Windows: ignore hidden/system directories when scanning VST paths

REAPER v6.22 - February 4, 2021
I dreamed I was an innkeeper in this crazy little town in Vermont.
Downloads:

Windows (12MB installer)
Windows x64 (14MB installer)
macOS Intel (18MB DMG)
macOS 64-bit Intel (19MB DMG)
macOS 64-bit Intel (15MB DMG, notarized for Catalina)
macOS ARM64 (12MB DMG)
Linux x86_64 (10MB .tar.xz)
Linux i686 (10MB .tar.xz)
Linux armv7l (9MB .tar.xz)
Linux aarch64 (9MB .tar.xz)

Changes:

• Audio units: improve envelope tooltips for enum parameters
• FX: fix PDC mode resetting on undo of automation edits ^.
• FX: import of .rpl automatically disambiguates duplicate preset names within the .rpl file
• Jump dialog: fix jumping to times greater than one hour when ruler is not in H:M:S:F ^.
• Media explorer: fix preview length when dragging selected part of media item into REAPER ^.
• Media explorer: improve behavior when browsing folders with option disabled to auto-expand directory tree [2399243]
• MIDI export: improve accuracy when exporting gradual tempo changes
• ReaScript: fix return value for FX_GetParameterStepSizes() on Audio Units
• Render: support $region(name) wildcard when rendering via region matrix ^.
• Render: add preference in preferences/audio/rendering to control automatic closing of the render window
• Save live output: improve behavior when not in 'record only while stopped' mode
• Video: improve section/reverse behavior when previewing in the media explorer
• Video: improve seek behavior when previewing in the media explorer
• Windows: change default worker thread behavior to reduce excessive CPU use on many-core systems
• Windows: fix tooltip behavior on windows that are pinned topmost

REAPER v6.20 - January 20, 2021
I dreamed I was an innkeeper in this crazy little town in Vermont.
Downloads:

Windows (12MB installer)
Windows x64 (14MB installer)
macOS Intel (18MB DMG)
macOS 64-bit Intel (19MB DMG)
macOS 64-bit Intel (15MB DMG, notarized for Catalina)
macOS ARM64 (12MB DMG)
Linux x86_64 (10MB .tar.xz)
Linux i686 (10MB .tar.xz)
Linux armv7l (9MB .tar.xz)
Linux aarch64 (9MB .tar.xz)

Changes:

• Actions: add actions to render stems on 2nd pass
• Actions: add action to set horizontal zoom to default project setting
• Actions: fix action to select take under mouse when empty take lanes are not visible ^.
• Actions: fix capitalization of ReaScript, ReaEQ, etc in action descriptions
• Automation items: fix potential crash when splitting automation item under mouse cursor ^.
• Batch converter: add option to preserve original file metadata when possible
• Envelope panels: fix redraw glitch when TCP is wider than arrange view
• Envelope panels: fix lag in display of value text
• Freeze: disable track playback offset when freezing, re-enable when unfreezing ^.
• FX: faster preset listing/saving/loading with large preset counts/sizes
• FX: fix JSFX/AU pin map loading when FX pin count is larger than track channel count
• FX: FX chains can be set to compensate delay per-FX (REAPER 6.19 or earlier), per-chain, or not at all
• FX: master FX chain can be set to compensate delay at the hardware-send level for improved performance
• FX browser: improve selection behavior when renaming FX
• IDE: autosuggest text (function names, variable names) while typing
• IDE: add Ctrl+R for replace (after find), Ctrl+Return to insert line after current, Ctrl+J to jump to line number
• IDE: support searching backwards via Ctrl+Shift+G or Shift+F3
• IDE: double-clicking a user function name jumps to the function definition
• IDE: improve search function, up/down changes search modes (substring, word, token)
• IDE: reduce flicker in watch lists
• IDE: show viewable line range in status line
• IDE: add preference for watch window update interval
• IDE: remember watch-enabled state
• JSFX: add bit meter
• JSFX: change IDE behavior to use Ctrl+Shift+R to open an import line (vs Ctrl+R which is now used for search/replace)
• macOS: improve listview appearance on Big Sur
• macOS: Catalina/Big Sur builds are now built with the latest Apple toolchain
• macOS: update table column alignment properly for multi-tab list controls (project bay, etc)
• Media explorer: action to open arrange view media in media explorer respects autoplay preference
• Media explorer: add action to calculate peak volume for media files
• Media explorer: add action to preview random file
• Media explorer: add action to re-read metadata from media files
• Media explorer: add action to reverse preview playback
• Media explorer: add options to normalize preview volume and/or normalize volume when inserting media
• Media explorer: add track number column (not displayed by default)
• Media explorer: after deleting files, select the next file
• Media explorer: apply volume, pitch, rate adjustments properly when inserting multiple files at once
• Media explorer: clean up shortcut view after reordering shortcuts
• Media explorer: clear search cache when renaming files or when new files are added
• Media explorer: display arrow cursor over preview scrollbars on Windows
• Media explorer: display length, sample rate, audio channels for video media
• Media explorer: don't re-initialize column order when the a new REAPER release changes the number of defined columns
• Media explorer: don't search bit depth/bitrate/length metadata (you can sort those columns though)
• Media explorer: remove actions to delete folders without recycling or confirming
• Media explorer: fix action to play previously played media (A/B test)
• Media explorer: fix context menu action to browse to folder for search results or database entry
• Media explorer: fix customized column order on macos
• Media explorer: fix displayed length/bit depth for some non-standard .wav files
• Media explorer: fix possible crash when removing a track/project that is being used for preview
• Media explorer: if option enabled, don't auto-play when initiating drag of unselected file ^.
• Media explorer: improve accessibility of context menus via application-key
• Media explorer: improve column sorting for length and bits columns
• Media explorer: improve context menu organization and consistency
• Media explorer: map reverse/forward preview playback to shift+leftarrow/shift+rightarrow by default
• Media explorer: more accurate sample drawing when highly zoomed in
• Media explorer: preserve custom column order when docking/undocking media explorer
• Media explorer: prevent writing multiple ID3 tags to .wav files
• Media explorer: respect preferences to apply preview volume/pitch/rate when inserting into reaper via drag or action
• Media explorer: restore selection after renaming file ^.
• Media explorer: optionally select enclosing folder in shortcut list when browsing
• Media explorer: show filenames that will be removed when prompting to confirm deletion
• Media explorer: tempo adjust (approximately) visual preview length of media when dragging from media explorer
• Media explorer: improve behavior of various media format previews going to multichannel tracks ^.
• Media items: don't reset manual fades when editing item contents with auto-crossfade enabled ^.
• Media items: fix actions to move items up/down one lane ^.
• Media items: fix potential crash when replacing media source for multiple items with empty items in the project ^.
• Metadata: add preset support
• Metadata: fix decoding very large BWF start offset values ^.
• MIDI: fix pre-FX fader-scaled volume envelopes transforming MIDI incorrectly
• MIDI: preserve MIDI port messages when importing MIDI to multiple tracks
• MIDI: support RIFF-based MIDI files ^.
• MIDI editor: add undo state when editing MIDI event properties
• MIDI editor: fix display of linear tempo changes ^.
• MIDI editor: fix event list delete button ^.
• MIDI editor: support inserting and editing port messages, though REAPER doesn't do anything with those messages
• MIDI export: improve exporting linear tempo changes ^.
• MIDI recording: don't extend existing MIDI items past the start of a following MIDI item ^.
• MIDI recording: fix behavior where existing MIDI item will not be extended if recording begins, but nothing is actually recorded, before the item start position
• MIDI recording: in overdub/replace mode, don't extend existing MIDI items until MIDI has actually been recorded on the track
• Mouse modifiers: add modifier to move item loop section contents respecting snap
• MP3: encode chapter tags in timeline order ^.
• Project bay: fix FX developer display when using multi-out VSTs
• Project bay: fix undo point when dragging from FX tab to project
• ReaDelay: display formatted parameter value in REAPER envelope edit dialog
• ReaScript: EnumerateFiles()/EnumerateSubDirectories() allow manual cache invalidation ^.
• ReaScript: fix EnumerateFiles()/EnumerateSubDirectories() cache bug ^.
• ReaScript: GetFocusedFX()/GetFocusedFX2() support monitoring FX
• ReaScript: Lua gmem_attach() returns previous global memory segment name ^.
• Render: add support for 2nd pass render
• Render: adjust 2nd pass render for resampler latency ^.
• Ruler: when displaying time, always show X:XX.XXX even if the last X is zero
• Scrub: add actions to temporarily enable looped-segment scrubbing
• Super8: fix recording bug when in project/playback sync mode and gate was left enabled
• Timecode: format as HH:MM:SS:FF rather than H:MM:SS:FF everywhere (timeline, transport, wildcards, etc)
• Timecode: when timeline is in H:M:S:F format, interpret user-entered H.M.S.F as H:M:S:F
• Track panel: show bypassed indication for embedded FX, shift+click header to toggle bypass
• Undo: add undo point including filename when using save-as to save to a new project file
• Undo: display the undo point corresponding with the last save in undo history
• Video: do not show intermediate frames when seeking playback long distances
• Video: do not show intermediate frames when stopped and repositioning cursor, unless rapidly repositioning cursor
• Video: fix playing early frames when looping
• Video: fix possible parameter automation display flicker while stopped
• Video: fix timing glitch at playback start ^.
• Video: improve playback behavior immediately following small backwards seek
• Video: add optional project settings to have video affected by solo of other tracks, mute of parent tracks
• Video: add project setting to control where in the frame automation is evaluated ^.
• Video: spectrogram synthesis preset bugfixes
• VST: improve plug-in scanning status messages
• VST: add option to not scan for new/updated plug-ins on startup
• VST: preferences window lists skipped plug-ins and allows manual re-scan
• VST: reduce display update frequency when scanning filesystem
• VST: fix IContextMenu compatibility issue
• WAV: fix importing embedded transients as transient markers ^.
• WAV: import embedded cues properly for certain files ^.
• WAV: list embedded cues in media source properties dialog
• Wildcards: add $marker(name) and $region(name) wildcards, for example $marker(ISRC) will resolve to "1234" if there is a project marker named "ISRC=1234" within the rendered time range
• Wildcards: format timecode as HH.MM.SS.FF rather than H-MM-SS-FF (saved settings in existing projects are not affected)
• Wildcards: make help text more consistent for start/end/length wildcards (sorry, localizers)
• Windows: allow longer search strings in Media Explorer ^.
• Windows: installed executables are now signed

REAPER v6.18 - December 1, 2020
Feature Ratchet 3: The Latchinating
Downloads:

Windows (12MB installer)
Windows x64 (13MB installer)
macOS Intel (18MB DMG)
macOS 64-bit Intel (20MB DMG)
macOS 64-bit Intel (20MB DMG, notarized for Catalina)
macOS ARM64 (12MB DMG)
Linux x86_64 (11MB .tar.xz)
Linux i686 (11MB .tar.xz)
Linux armv7l (9MB .tar.xz)
Linux aarch64 (9MB .tar.xz)

Changes:

• Media explorer: add option to not apply preview pitch/rate to inserted media item ^.
• Media explorer: fix UTF-8 support for search field on Windows ^.
• Media explorer: fix potential failure editing .ogg file metadata ^.
• Media explorer: allow editing metadata of multi-stream .ogg files
• ReaScript: improve documentation for GetAppVersion and GetOS
• VST: avoid scanning recursive symlinks
• VST: improve startup scanning user interface, allow cancel of long scans

REAPER v6.16 - November 23, 2020
Feature Ratchet
Downloads:

Windows (12MB installer)
Windows x64 (13MB installer)
macOS Intel (18MB DMG)
macOS 64-bit Intel (20MB DMG)
macOS 64-bit Intel (20MB DMG, notarized for Catalina)
macOS ARM64 (12MB DMG)
Linux x86_64 (11MB .tar.xz)
Linux i686 (11MB .tar.xz)
Linux armv7l (9MB .tar.xz)
Linux aarch64 (9MB .tar.xz)

Changes:

• Anticipative FX: fix excessive buffering when feedback loop w/ PDC present but feedback is disabled
• Dynamic split: support ripple editing when removing silence
• FX: improve display issues when FX resized and chain is displayed on right side of view
• Linux: improve splash screen update frequency
• macOS: update to ICC 18.5
• Media: display all supported metadata in source properties dialog
• Media: when matching tempo for preview or import, use any suitable metadata, if it matches the beat length of the media ^.
• Media explorer: display metadata in filesystem folder view
• Media explorer: automatically populate metadata for media files that are visible in the browser list
• Media explorer: support editing metadata in-place in the list
• Media explorer: support editing media file metadata in filesystem folder view
• Media explorer: support writing edited metadata to media files
• Media explorer: support marking media files as favorites, option to group favorites at the top
• Media explorer: add playback rate control
• Media explorer: remove option to use Windows Explorer for browsing
• Media explorer: update databases after moving or renaming files
• Media explorer: actions to insert on a new track create a new track after the last touched track
• Media explorer: add actions to go to shortcuts
• Media explorer: add action to rescan all databases
• Media explorer: add action to collapse all folders
• Media explorer: add action to create subfolder
• Media explorer: add action to delete files immediately (no confirmation/trash/recycle)
• Media explorer: add action to insert media into sample player on new or last touched track
• Media explorer: add action to open selected file in explorer/finder
• Media explorer: add action to randomize file list
• Media explorer: add option for search string to persist when browsing to new folder or database
• Media explorer: add option for vertical layout
• Media explorer: add option to hide file extension when file type column is displayed
• Media explorer: add option to hide folders in file list
• Media explorer: add option to hide path dropdown box
• Media explorer: add option to try to open non-media files
• Media explorer: add various display zoom actions
• Media explorer: add option to auto-stop when initiating file drag
• Media explorer: automatically update filesystem folder view when folder contents change
• Media explorer: clear preview playback when changing selection in browser
• Media explorer: column sort preferences persist between REAPER sessions
• Media explorer: confirm before deleting database
• Media explorer: display embedded transients in preview
• Media explorer: display mp3, flac, ogg, opus chapter markers in preview and optionally arrange view
• Media explorer: double-click preview display to select region between slices, cues, chapters
• Media explorer: faster metadata reading for various file types
• Media explorer: fix handling of shortcuts/paths with odd paths ending in space, etc ^.
• Media explorer: improve macOS retina drawing of peaks
• Media explorer: insert media on most recently selected track, not first selected track, consistent with copy/paste
• Media explorer: insert new shortcuts or databases immediately following the currently selected shortcut
• Media explorer: more efficient duplicate prevention with gigantic databases
• Media explorer: move pitch knob options to pitch knob context menu
• Media explorer: on startup, add any previously unreachable databases back into shortcut list
• Media explorer: transpose MIDI directly when adjusting pitch
• Media explorer: save recent search strings
• Media explorer: set focus to arrange view after dragging samples from media explorer
• Media explorer: show all controls at all widths
• Media explorer: show database name in path dropdown rather than "XX.ReaperFileList"
• Media explorer: show file type and reaper document icon for automation items
• Media explorer: support assigning shortcuts to actions to rescan database
• Media explorer: support browsing to folder enclosing file in database or search results ^.
• Media explorer: support copy/pasting files in or out of media explorer
• Media explorer: support customizable floating toolbar
• Media explorer: support customizing menus
• Media explorer: support dragging files into folders, real paths, or databases
• Media explorer: support keyboard shortcuts for all "Media: insert into project" and "Media: Insert into selected media items" actions
• Media explorer: support moving files to trash/recycle bin
• Media explorer: add options to display leading path, full path, or no path
• Media explorer: support renaming files
• Media explorer: support renaming folders in tree view
• Media explorer: support render-drag of file section outside of REAPER on mac
• Media explorer: use tree view for shortcut list
• Media explorer: when editing metadata in-place, up/down arrows navigate to previous/next file
• Media items: add action to open selected item source media in explorer/finder
• Project metadata: add "all schemes" section, to add/edit metadata for multiple schemes at once
• Project metadata: support XMP, APEv2, IFF, REX metadata
• Project metadata: support special REAPER tag, for display/searching in media explorer
• Project metadata: support embedding ID3 tag in .wav files
• Project metadata: add category column to metadata dialog
• Project metadata: add option to always write title, date, and time fields when rendering
• Project metadata: add $date wildcard
• Project metadata: support user-defined metadata fields in schemes that support it
• Project metadata: save/restore column widths
• Project metadata: fix ID3 image metadata saving with project ^.
• Project metadata: write INFO metadata as the last chunk in a .wav file so Windows Explorer will see it ^.
• NINJAM: lower network latency in voice chat mode
• ReaSamplOmatic5000: when dragging files from media explorer, automatically adjust start/end, volume, and pitch
• Region manager: fix sorting by marker/region index ^.
• Theme adjuster: add action to open theme adjuster, default to Default_6.0 adjuster for old themes
• Theme adjuster: support global/color configuration for all themes
• Theme adjuster: option to show sends list in TCP (separate from FX)
• Tooltips: fix reset of topmost pins on Windows when showing tooltip ^.
• VST: fix compatibility with a mixture of Waves VST3 shell plug-ins installed
• VST: do not apply Windows multimonitor DPI changes across monitors until mouse released
• VST: use separate process when scanning plug-ins, allow terminating hung plug-ins during scan
• VST: improve resize behavior for various VST3
• VST: re-scan button in preferences shows list of plug-ins which failed to scan, allow forcing a rescan of each plug-in
• Windows: fix resolution of shortcuts that point to non-ascii filenames

REAPER v6.14 - September 21, 2020
Black Lives Matter
Downloads:

Windows (12MB installer)
Windows x64 (13MB installer)
OS X Intel (18MB DMG)
OS X 64-bit Intel (20MB DMG)
OS X 64-bit Intel (20MB DMG, notarized for Catalina)
Linux x86_64 (11MB .tar.xz)
Linux i686 (11MB .tar.xz)
Linux armv7l (9MB .tar.xz)
Linux aarch64 (9MB .tar.xz)

Changes:

• About box: improve UI for license key import
• Accessibility: fix keyboard navigation in empty FX chain
• Accessibility: support enter key in actions window shortcut key binding list
• Accessibility: improve render window tab order
• Actions: fix behavior of actions to cut/delete items within time selection with ripple edit enabled
• ARA: improve behavior when copying multiple items with different edits that share the same source media ^.
• Arrange: allow showing both or neither of item volume handle/knob
• Audio devices: prevent deadlock when changing sample rate of some audio devices ^.
• Fades: allow disabling default fade-in/fade-out lengths for imported media items
• FX: update parameter display in TCP/MCP when changed by plug-in from audio thread
• Grid/snap dialog: apply grid snap length setting instantly rather than when window is closed
• Help: fix mouse modifier help HTML display ^.
• Import: prevent crash after importing multichannel item to multiple tracks
• JSFX: allow image/gfx window dimensions up to 8192 pixels
• macOS: fix keyboard focus when closing track name edit window
• macOS: fix listview column ordering issue when adding columns e.g. in actions window
• Menu customization: optimize changing menus when actions window is open ^.
• MIDI hardware: support forcing control messages from different devices to different channels
• MIDI editor: fix updating CC lane labels when changing lane via action ^.
• Mixer: add option to group FX parameters with FX
• Mixer: improve cursor feedback when drag/dropping FX
• Mixer: add option to group sends with/before/after FX
• ReaScript: allow image/gfx window dimensions up to 8192 pixels
• Region/marker manager: add take marker support
• Region/marker manager: add preference to list markers, regions, and take markers grouped together or separately
• Render: fix project render metadata being unintentionally deleted ^.
• Theme: add new tcp_fxparm_fx_norm/byp/off background images
• Theme: use scrollbars instead of scroll buttons for FX/sends/FX parameters
• Theme: extend tcp.fxparm.margin to support 7th field of FX-insert alignment, 8th field inter-column gap
• Track panels: fix visual issues with certain track color settings ^.
• Track panels: support movable divider between FX parameters and embedded FX
• Track panels: optionally show FX and sends in track panels
• Tracks: support any even channel count between 2 and 64

REAPER v6.12c - June 15, 2020
Black Lives Matter
Downloads:

Windows (12MB installer)
Windows x64 (13MB installer)
OS X Intel (18MB DMG)
OS X 64-bit Intel (20MB DMG)
OS X 64-bit Intel (20MB DMG, notarized for Catalina)
Linux x86_64 (11MB .tar.xz)
Linux i686 (11MB .tar.xz)
Linux armv7l (9MB .tar.xz)
Linux aarch64 (9MB .tar.xz)

Changes:

• Actions: fix action to scroll view vertically one page ^.
• Audio Units: do not show duplicates for plug-ins that register as both an effect and instrument
• Automation items: only copy time-selected area if edit begins within the time selection ^.
• Automation items: prevent potential hang when editing trim via envelope control panel ^.
• Custom actions: editor is now modeless and can be opened for multiple custom actions at once
• Custom actions: improve accessibility of editor (Control+Up/Down to reorder custom action list, Enter to add to list, etc) ^.
• Custom menu/toolbar editor: allow inserting multiple actions at once
• Copy/paste: add actions to paste items ignoring hidden tracks (wysiwyg), which is the default behavior since 6.11 ^.
• Copy/paste/delete: context-sensitive cut/copy/paste/delete commands will affect selected media items if track control panel area was last clicked but no tracks are selected
• Envelopes: fix display glitch in certain instances with asymmetrical envelope display ^.
• FX browser: minor reorganization of controls
• FX browser: add context menu items to add FX to selected active takes, selected tracks
• FX browser: add option to hide FX type prefixes in folders and filtered views ^.
• FX browser: add options to hide FX when duplicate FX of a preferred type is present
• FX browser: allow reordering of user-folders via drag/drop or Ctrl+Up/Down
• FX browser: allow dragging multiple plug-ins to empty TCP/MCP areas to create tracks
• FX browser: show confirmation prompt when adding more than 9 plug-ins at once
• FX browser: fix display of ReWire and FX chains in quick add menu folders
• FX browser: replace existing FX when alt+dragging from FX browser to an existing FX instance
• FX browser: increase maximum folders/VST folder counts
• FX browser: remove developer names from items when redundant with the folder name
• Freeze/render stems: fix behavior when rendering multiple items on the same track with the same item name ^.
• Grid: prevent "adjust grid by.." actions from setting grid to unreasonable values ^.
• Groups: add actions to select groups 33-64 ^.
• Groups: modernize nomenclature
• Internals: restore logical-sort in reaper-menu.ini ^.
• Item solo: improve item solo action behaviors, add new actions/API to access
• JSFX: atomic_*() now work across different JSFX instances e.g. on gmem ^.
• Linux: fix missing checkbox icons in FX chain etc ^.
• Localization: fix localizing render wildcard help dialog
• macOS: allow NSAppTransportSecurity NSExceptionDomains for localhost/HTTP for some plug-ins
• macOS: improve support for js_ReaScriptAPI extension drawing with Metal ^.
• MIDI: improve item start offset behavior when recording and preserve PDC monitoring enabled ^.
• Media explorer: fix option to toggle searching by custom database tag
• Metadata: fix writing CART TagText field
• Metronome: support longer pattern entry on Windows ^.
• Metronome: increase size of metronome pattern entry fields to show up to 32 beats
• NINJAM: fix import timing issue with certain bpm/bpi changes
• NINJAM: improve accessibility descriptions of mute/solo buttons in ReaNINJAM
• Playback: fix playback to end of lengthened project when adjusting item rate/position/length via action, media item properties, or API
• Preferences: fix incorrect reset of track default crossfade options
• Project bay: improve velocity scaling display for MIDI items ^.
• Project bay: minor reorganization of controls
• Project bay: support Ctrl+A in filter field to select all text
• RS5k: small reorganization of controls
• RS5k: add Portamento setting
• RS5k: allow loop to be enabled when ignoring note-offs
• RS5k: improve UI for editing loop start offset/fades
• RS5k: right clicking activity light sends note-offs
• RS5k: use a fixed-size ADSR view when using a looping sample
• RS5k: allow easier setting of long attack/release settings when using short looped media
• ReaEQ: fix processing artifact when automating parameters away from a non-automatically-bypassed state ^.
• ReaEQ: reduce CPU use
• ReaScript: add PromptForAction()
• ReaScript: fix temporary playback issue when reconfiguring send via SetTrackSendInfo_Value(I_SRCCHAN)
• ReaScript: update Track/TakeFX_AddByName() to allow inserting FXADD:, allow inserting FX at position in chain
• ReaSynth: add Portamento setting
• ReaVerbate: reduce CPU use
• Render: enable Apply button after editing render target directory ^.
• Render: resolve $region wildcard correctly when using region render matrix with multiple regions with the same start/end times ^.
• Ripple editing: allow moving media items across tracks with ripple editing enabled and items near top/bottom of project
• Routing: fix issues relating to detection of feedback in routing ^.
• Snap: do not snap time/loop selections to edit cursor/time selection if it would make a zero-length selection
• Toolbars: apply global color tweaks to toolbar buttons after state change ^.
• Video: add 'Combine: grid of videos' preset ^.
• Video: improve 'Apply track FX only where track has video items' preset to allow clearing if no items
• WavPack: support dual-mono optimization
• WavPack: support embedding APEv2 tags when rendering
• WavPack: display WavPack metadata in source properties dialog
• Windows: fix GDI object leak when closing media item properties

REAPER v6.10 - May 9, 2020
The Gone-Away World
Downloads:

Windows (12MB installer)
Windows x64 (13MB installer)
OS X Intel (18MB DMG)
OS X 64-bit Intel (20MB DMG)
OS X 64-bit Intel (20MB DMG, notarized for Catalina)
Linux x86_64 (11MB .tar.xz)
Linux i686 (11MB .tar.xz)
Linux armv7l (9MB .tar.xz)
Linux aarch64 (9MB .tar.xz)

Changes:

• ARA: preserve edits when user applies timing changes to media or imports as MIDI
• ARA: preserve edits after undoing some types of split actions
• Automation: fix performance issues with envelope points that are more than 2 billion samples apart
• Automation: fix possible crash when envelope panel hidden during capture ^.
• JSFX: Super8: fix vclick: off mode
• JSFX: add midi_note_sanitizer
• JSFX: midi_logger: show note-ons as slightly green, note-offs as slightly red, add noteon/off analysis mode (sequential or grouped-by-note)
• JSFX: improve Windows gfx_getchar() behavior for ctrl/alt+various keys ^.
• JSFX: update Add-FX displayed effect name when saving plugin in editor
• Knobs: re-show mouse cursor if UI element is destroyed while being edited
• Linux: allow listview column reordering in Project Bay, Media Explorer, etc
• macOS: fix track routing window changing monitors when adding send
• macOS: improve keyboard navigation in various windows
• MIDI: add option to display notation text in piano roll ^.
• MIDI: improve appearance of note text that extends beyond the end of the not
• MIDI: adjust for global midi octave display offset in parameter modulation menu
• MIDI: revert v6.09 problematic changes to overdub/replace recording with input quantization
• MIDI: send note-offs when changing project tempo during playback
• MIDI: send note-offs when duplicating active take
• Media explorer: fix inconsistency between media explorer tempo match and project import tempo match ^.
• Media explorer: parse year correctly from ID3v2.4 tag
• Media explorer: support BPM and key metadata in ID3 tags
• Media offline: update arrange view when using actions to force media offline
• Metadata: save/load metadata with project
• Metadata: support wildcards in metadata fields
• Metadata: support embedding BWF data in WAV (if provided, metadata overrides render format options)
• Metadata: support embedding BWF data in FLAC via iXML
• Metadata: support embedding vorbis tags in FLAC, OGG, OPUS, including chapter tags
• Metadata: support embedding ISRC in WAV via bext/axml
• Metadata: support embedding ID3 tags in MP3, including chapter tags and album image
• Metadata: support embedding INFO and CART data in WAV
• Metadata: support reading BWF timecode from iXML data in FLAC files ^.
• Project bay: display values in fades column if any fade is present
• Project bay: improve fade column sorting
• Project: save project author as entered in project settings/notes dialog
• Project: save metronome click shape in default project settings ^.
• ReaScript: use case-insensitive sorting for Lua function list menu
• ReaScript: add support for getting/setting project render metadata
• ReaScript: add RENDER_TARGETS, to retrieve the list of files that would be written given current project render settings
• ReaScript: improve Windows gfx.getchar() behavior for ctrl/alt+various keys ^.
• Recording: improve loopable section creation logic with time selection auto-punch recording ^.
• Render: add option to skip rendering files that are likely silent ^.
• Render: embed stretch markers/transient guides properly when rendering looped media
• Render: fix potential crash when rendering stems and target file cannot be opened
• Render: support embedding take markers as cues in wav files
• Snap: snap project markers and regions following settings for snapping cursor
• Snap: improve unsnapped movement of ruler markers/region edges
• Snap: snap media items to take markers respecting preference to snap to other media items within X tracks
• Snap: snap cursor/time selection/markers/regions to take markers only if preference is enabled to snap to media items
• Startup: when startup script is used, preserve undo history but allow the user to immediately load another project without prompting to save
• Take markers: improve label vertical positioning with mono channel mode on stereo media
• Take markers: allow more lanes of take markers, especially on non-audio takes ^.
• Take markers: avoid potential crash when media item source file is not available
• Take markers: do not show take markers for previous recording passes
• Take markers: fix adding take markers in various audio recording modes
• Take markers: support adding take markers to empty items
• VST: fix sending macOS command vs control modifier keys to VST3 plugins
• VST: fix sending panic all-notes-off to VST3 instruments
• VST: improve MIDI output bus handling when plug-in does not send events
• VST: when starting playback within one sample of the measure start, tell the plugin it is exactly the measure start ^.
• Video: fix video playback for media that was previously forced offline ^.
• Video: fix possible crash when removing reversed video item
• WAV: display CART data in media source properties
• Wildcards: add $author wildcard for recording, rendering, file conversion
• Wildcards: add $marker wildcard for render/batch converter (name or number of first marker in rendered timeline)
• Wildcards: support $format wildcard properly when using secondary render format
• Windows: improve Preferences focus handling of Device tab ^.

REAPER v6.08 - April 3, 2020
Baked by Electricity
Downloads:

Windows (12MB installer)
Windows x64 (13MB installer)
OS X Intel (18MB DMG)
OS X 64-bit Intel (20MB DMG)
OS X 64-bit Intel (20MB DMG, notarized for Catalina)
Linux x86_64 (11MB .tar.xz)
Linux i686 (11MB .tar.xz)
Linux armv7l (9MB .tar.xz)
Linux aarch64 (9MB .tar.xz)

Changes:

• ARA: more improvements to preventing lost data when doing complex edits ^.
• Actions: add action to clear tempo envelope
• JSFX: add sequencer_megababy extended recording options via MIDI trigger parameter
• MIDI: avoid retriggering notes when recording past the end of an unlooped MIDI item
• MIDI: prevent double event playback in certain overdub situations
• Media explorer: optionally apply preview volume when inserting media item
• NINJAM import: allow setting output format when importing session
• NINJAM import: create a chat track with chat messages in empty item notes
• Pan: add option to limit taper to linear shape above +3dB pan law ^.
• ReaNINJAM: add Sync button, with options to start REAPER playback at interval start, set project tempo/loop interval
• ReaNINJAM: improve behavior when in private server lobbies
• ReaNINJAM: improve appearance on macOS/Linux
• ReaNINJAM: fix possible incorrect monitoring when server has limited local channels
• ReaNINJAM: include chat messages in clipsort.log for posterity/import
• Render: fix potential crash when rendering stems and target file cannot be opened ^.

REAPER v6.06 - March 28, 2020
Baked by Electricity
Downloads:

Windows (12MB installer)
Windows x64 (13MB installer)
OS X Intel (18MB DMG)
OS X 64-bit Intel (20MB DMG)
OS X 64-bit Intel (20MB DMG, notarized for Catalina)
Linux x86_64 (11MB .tar.xz)
Linux i686 (11MB .tar.xz)
Linux armv7l (9MB .tar.xz)
Linux aarch64 (9MB .tar.xz)

Changes:

• Actions: enabling auto-scroll view during playback will auto-scroll to playback cursor if necessary
• Actions: rename 'go to cursor' to 'go to edit cursor' for clarity
• Actions: rename 'go to play position' to 'go to play cursor/position'
• File copying: when making byte-for-byte copy of media, preserve file modification time ^.
• macOS: add prefs/general/advanced options to disable mousewheel/swipe/move throttling
• macOS: fix open-file window options on Catalina ^.
• MIDI editor: prevent potential error when loading MIDI note names from file ^.
• MIDI: properly display program names in arrange view for looped MIDI items
• Projects: always refresh Track/Region/Marker Manager, Project Bay, etc when switching projects
• ReaControlMIDI: fix loading of .ins files
• ReaNINJAM: allow resize of connection window
• ReaNINJAM: allow resize of interval position meter
• ReaNINJAM: expose accessibility descriptions for mute/solo/volume/pan controls
• ReaNINJAM: fix possible crash with truncated Vorbis streams
• ReaNINJAM: local channel metering is now pre-fader (pre-pan pre-mute)
• ReaNINJAM: reorganize local channel panel
• ReaNINJAM: show connect/disconnect button on top left of main window
• ReaNINJAM: add preference to disable flash beat counter every 16 beats
• ReaScript: fix return values of various Set...Value APIs ^.
• ReaVerb: regenerate impulse on the fly during slider movements, mousewheel ^.
• ReaVerbate: fix reset of dampening filter
• Ruler: mouse-modifier for copying regions without copying contents (Ctrl+Alt/Cmd+Opt) ^.
• Track manager: notify control surfaces when changing selection
• Track name editing: improve behavior when scrolling/zooming track panels ^.
• Transport: fix jump to marker menu when the first region precedes the first marker
• Windows: disable main window when using various file-browse windows, avoids silly Windows drag/drop behavior
• Windows: improve appearance consistency of various file browsing windows
• Windows: prevent drag/drop into main window when window is disabled/modal window is open

REAPER v6.04 - Feburary 21, 2020
By Grabthar's Hammer... What An Update
Downloads:

Windows (12MB installer)
Windows x64 (13MB installer)
OS X Intel (18MB DMG)
OS X 64-bit Intel (20MB DMG)
OS X 64-bit Intel (20MB DMG, notarized for Catalina)
Linux x86_64 (11MB .tar.xz)
Linux i686 (11MB .tar.xz)
Linux armv7l (9MB .tar.xz)
Linux aarch64 (9MB .tar.xz)

Changes:

• ARA: support media with different sample rates for ARA plugins like VocAlign
• Automation items: add sine shape, tilt parameter
• Control surfaces: preserve MCU/MCP mode across sessions (csurf section, mcu_mcp key)
• Custom actions: add options to define when custom action toolbar buttons and menu items are displayed as enabled ^.
• Envelopes: add actions to move active envelope fader, or selected envelope points, up or down a tiny bit
• Envelopes: turn off track/send mute button when creating new mute envelope while muted, so it's not double-muted
• JSFX: fix possible crash from concurrent random() calls
• macOS: disable formatting in various text fields
• macOS: faster listview updates
• macOS: show open-project options on recent macOS versions by default
• MIDI editor: add UI scaling support
• MIDI editor: add basic CC LFO dialog
• MIDI editor: add option to allow CC shape in bank and LSB lanes (CC0, CC32-63)
• MIDI editor: display non-standard CC values in event list view ^.
• MIDI editor: prevent multiple events at the same time position when creating saw LFO ^.
• MIDI editor: respect default CC curve shape preference when inserting new event via action
• MIDI editor: support entering note name directly in event properties dialog ^.
• MIDI inline editor: DPI-scale CC lane resizers
• Media items: fix erratic snap when source loop length is less than snap division ^.
• Media items: inform user when auto-stretch timebase cannot be applied due to existing gradual tempo map ^.
• Media items: when enabled, trim behind duplicated media items immediately after duplicating ^.
• Mouse modifiers: add modifier to adjust loop section start/end by dragging media item contents
• Mouse modifiers: add modifiers to adjust loop section length by dragging loop divider notch or item edges
• Mouse modifiers: add modifier to draw selected media item, looping the visible or time-selected section
• Performance meter: shorten text strings when very narrow
• Project bay: display source offset, tempo, time signature for source media if applicable
• Projects: store arrange view Y-scroll position in project
• ReaNINJAM: improve status display/visual click
• ReaScript: improve support for touch messages when using OscLocalMessageToHost() ^.
• ReaTune: allow detection on very low pitches G-1..A0 with large window size
• ReaTune: optionally limit output note range in automatic tuning mode
• Render: display more accurate remaining render time when using region render matrix ^.
• Render: force rendered sample rate to be compatible with stem file output format
• Retina/HiDPI: generic FX UI font sizing improvements
• Retina/HiDPI: track routing window font sizing improvements
• Theme: omit IDE colors from theme element finder ^.
• VST: fix VST3 .vstpreset loading
• VST: fix interaction between automation items and VST3 parameters in certain cases ^.
• VST: fix support for VST3 plugins that output MIDI via LegacyMIDICCOutEvent
• VST: notify VST3 plug-ins of display DPI
• Windows: improve font antialiasing size threshold on HiDPI
• Windows: store TCP, FX browser, FX chain, media explorer pane sizes independent of DPI
• Windows: add experimental Multimonitorv2 HiDPI awareness mode
• Windows: improve checkbox appearance in various theme-colored windows

REAPER v6.02 - December 16, 2019
The Aristocrats!
Downloads:

Windows (12MB installer)
Windows x64 (13MB installer)
OS X Intel (18MB DMG)
OS X 64-bit Intel (20MB DMG)
OS X 64-bit Intel (20MB DMG, notarized for Catalina)
Linux x86_64 (11MB .tar.xz)
Linux i686 (11MB .tar.xz)
Linux armv7l (9MB .tar.xz)
Linux aarch64 (9MB .tar.xz)

Changes:

• ARA: add per-plugin menu item to force reanalysis of media (for example, after using external editor)
• FX: switch active plug-in before showing context menu when right clicking in FX chain ^.
• FX: improve automated parameter behavior when moving items with FX automation across tracks ^.
• MIDI editor: do not reset velocity for new notes when editing in velocity lane, only when editing velocity on note directly or using reset mouse modifier ^.
• MIDI editor: optimize CC lane drawing performance
• MIDI editor: fix default CC shape not persisting when reopening REAPER
• MIDI editor: fix first inserted CC event ignoring default curve shape in some situations ^.
• MIDI editor: fix option to show note names on notes not persisting when reopening REAPER ^.
• MIDI editor: fix right-click and double-click behavior in inline MIDI editor
• MIDI editor: fix inline editor CC lane display when also showing media item lane in normal MIDI editor
• MIDI editor: only draw filled CC envelope for the active channel in the active media item
• MIDI editor: prevent flicker when scrolling editor in synced view mode ^.
• MIDI editor: refresh open editors after changing default MIDI note colormap
• MIDI editor: remove support for per-media-item note colormaps
• MIDI editor: support marquee selection even if modifier key is released before mouse ^.
• MIDI editor: sync timebase to arrange view without re-centering ^.
• MIDI editor: improve text display of project markers/regions ^.
• MIDI editor: when modifying CC lanes, update any inline editors
• macOS: add experimental option to support dark mode on 10.14+ (in preferences/general/advanced)
• Media items: optimize display of text notes in media items ^.
• Mixer: fix incorrect track number being displayed in certain instances ^.
• ReaSamplomatic5k: improve voice-reuse logic in certain voice-starved situations (old mode used on existing projects, additional hidden VST parameter)
• ReaScript: add MARKER_GUID:X to get the unique identifier of a project marker or region ^.
• ReaScript: remove support for deprecated/unused MIDI support file types
• Retina/HiDPI: add hidpi images for generic UI sliders, track send sliders
• Retina/HiDPI: improve marker/region display
• Retina/HiDPI: improve transport buttons in media explorer/MIDI editor/etc
• Retina/HiDPI: improve MIDI editor track list display
• Retina/HiDPI: improve diamond/triangle note appearance in MIDI editor
• Retina/HiDPI: improve inline MIDI editor display
• Tempo map: further improve behavior of actions to insert measure from loop selection ^.
• Theme: Theme Adjuster supports ctrl+Z for undo
• Theme: add new mono button image
• Theme: add 5.0 toolbar images to 5.0 theme
• Theme: add additional hidpi/retina images
• Toolbars: improve close button/topmost pin positioning when floating
• Toolbars: improve appearance/brightness of built-in buttons
• Toolbars: allow resizing toolbar when frameless and very small
• Tooltips: prevent stale tooltips from persisting when switching active windows
• Tracks: disable playback offset by default (disabled is equivalent to enabled with zero offset)
• Undo: improve FX parameter behavior when undoing the addition of envelopes/parameter modulation/LFO ^.
• VST: add support for VST3 plugins that output MIDI CC data, via LegacyMIDICCOutEvent
• VST: replace input audio rather than summing for VST3 instruments that have sidechain input but no main input ^.
• VST: add Windows HiDPI compatibility setting that affects floating plug-in UIs
• Web interface: avoid UI hangs when unable to resolve rc.reaper.fm
• Windows: fix topmost pin bugs, auto-lower pinned windows while modal window is present
• Windows: option to ignore alt-key presses affects FX chains, FX browser, Video, Media Explorer windows
• Windows: improve Windows IAccessible support for STATE_SYSTEM_FOCUSED

REAPER v6.0 - December 3, 2019
The Aristocrats!
Downloads:

Windows (11MB installer)
Windows x64 (13MB installer)
OS X Intel (17MB DMG)
OS X 64-bit Intel (19MB DMG)
OS X 64-bit Intel (19MB DMG, notarized for Catalina)
Linux x86_64 (11MB .tar.xz)
Linux i686 (11MB .tar.xz)
Linux armv7l (9MB .tar.xz)
Linux aarch64 (9MB .tar.xz)

Changes:

• Defaults: enable Live FX multiprocessing by default
• Defaults: enable track record monitoring on new tracks by default
• Defaults: set volume envelopes to fader scaling by default
• Dynamic split: add preset support
• Dynamic split: overhaul and improvements to algorithm and gate handling
• Dynamic split: retain settings after canceling the window
• FX: allow embedding some plug-in UIs into track and mixer control panels
• FX: support embedding UIs for ReaEQ, ReaXComp, ReaComp, ReaSurround, and graphical JSFX
• FX: add preference to display FX list on right side of FX chain window
• FX: add preference to display add/delete buttons above list in FX chain window
• Import: handle WAV and AIFF (Apple Loops) files containing transient information similarly to REX files
• MIDI editor: display and edit CC/velocity as dots and lines, CCs as linear and curved envelopes, similar to track envelopes
• MIDI editor: add note-type buttons to default toolbar
• MIDI editor: add option to display note length in velocity lane
• MIDI editor: add option to move bank/program change events with notes
• MIDI editor: add preference to automatically reduce CC events when drawing
• MIDI editor: combine note properties and event properties into one modeless dialog
• MIDI editor: add mouse modifiers to reset CC/velocity to default values
• MIDI editor: make default CC event and CC lane mouse modifiers more like default envelope behaviors
• MIDI editor: repopulate raw MIDI data display window when switching active media item
• Main window: support positioning track control panels on right side of arrange
• Media import: properly adjust length of imported media with embedded tempo when crossing project tempo changes
• Media import: support adjusting media based on tempo suggested by filename
• Media items: add new "Beats (auto-stretch at tempo changes)" timebase
• Media items: add action to add stretch markers at project tempo changes
• Media items: add action to recalculate automatic stretch markers at project tempo changes
• Media items: add action to convert embedded source media transient information to transient guides
• Media items: optionally create transient guides on import for media with embedded transient information
• Media items: support calculating playback rate from user-supplied tempo or length in beats
• Media items: when copy/pasting items with stretch markers, preserve the original play rate
• Menus: very lightly refresh main file/edit/view/insert menus
• Modal windows: remember window positions (configurable option in preferences/general/advanced to tweak behavior)
• Mouse modifiers: add double-click behaviors to reset CC value, curvature, edit properties
• Mouse modifiers: add preference to draw/edit CC events immediately on mouse click
• Multiprocessing: auto-detect up to 128 threads
• Multiprocessing: increase anticipative FX hard limit to 128 threads, live FX hard limit to 64 threads
• Multiprocessing: remove old 4.x scheduler mode, non-event synchronization modes
• Notation editor: support customized staff and note context menus
• Performance: improve performance and reduce system resource consumption with large track counts
• Performance: add option in disk settings to periodically close excess open files
• Performance: add option to read peaks files under a certain size completely to RAM (to reduce open file count)
• REX: add option to ignore all embedded slice and tempo information
• ReaFIR: add context menu mode configuration
• ReaScript: add MIDI_GetCCShape, MIDI_SetCCShape
• ReaScript: add support for CC shapes to MIDI_Get(Set)AllEvts
• ReaScript: add support for setting track playback offset value and attributes
• ReaScript: add support for user-defined note and track notation data that is not displayed
• ReaScript: fix setting MIDI meta-messages via API
• ReaScript: add reduce_open_files() utility function for users running up against open file handle limitations
• Render: include all options in "options and format" render presets
• Render: optionally embed transient information into WAV or AIFF files
• Render: support embedding tempo into AIFF files
• Render: support rendering only selected regions in an existing region render matrix ^.
• Render: when enabled, embed exact tempo of rendered item/time
• Resampling: added SSE2-optimized sinc calculation (from Theo Niessink)
• Resampling: optimize and greatly improve quality of resampling for conversion between common rates
• Routing: add track wiring view
• Theming: new Default 6.0 theme with theme adjuster script allowing for extensive customization of the new default theme
• Theming: layout DPI translation for HiDPI/Retina displays
• Theming: apply main window size area theme element only on mouseover
• Theming: improve theme rendering appearance when using custom UI scaling
• Theming: apply advanced preference UI scaling changes immediately
• Theming: replace tcp.dragdropchild with tcp.dragdropinfo [indent_sibling_track indent_child_track]
• Theming: add additional 8 WALTER font slots
• Theming: add support for midi_score_colormap, in addition to midi_note_colormap
• Toolbars: actions to switch last focused toolbar will default to switching main toolbar
• Toolbars: improve HiDPI/Retina support (toolbar_icons/ can have 150/ and 200/ subdirs)
• Tracks: support positive or negative playback time offset without affecting PDC
• Tracks: add action to bypass track playback offset
• Tracks: add user preference for max MIDI playback speed to catch up to negative track playback offset
• VST3: support plugins that export MIDI note names
• Windows: HiDPI awareness and display improvements (auto-rescale more UI when running HiDPI aware)
• Windows: improve appearance of docker, ReaPlugs, and other windows when resizing
• macOS: Retina display arrange, ruler, MIDI editor, etc
• macOS: use Metal display output on 10.11+ for various windows
• macOS: add options in Preferences/General/Advanced to disable Retina support, disable Retina for non-Retina theme elements
• macOS: support REX files on macOS Catalina
• macOS: work around appearance issues when user forces dark mode rendering for app (requires Metal to be enabled) ^.