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) ^.