Atom | Piano Roll 2

May 29, 2021

- Infinite undo. Edit fearlessly. - Improved channel targeting: long pressing a channel’s show/lock buttons will now toggle them exclusively, for easier channel switching. - Improved interplay between user configurations and custom styles: now always using larger fonts when the selected configuration demands them. Configurations (such as Larger Controls and Sausage Fingers) support an "includedStyle" field which always applies the specified stylesheet. In effect, you can now use "Larger Controls" with "Larger Fonts" in combination with "MIDI Channel Colors". - Added a "MIDI Note Data" example style that shows all note info, including the note’s octave, value, velocity etc. Note: When iOS notifies Atom of system-wide memory pressure, very old undo/redo history will be discarded.

May 15, 2021

*** 16 channels in one instance *** - New: Added support for multi-channel workflows. Each instance can sequence 16 channels (or “tracks” in non-MPE modes) which can be routed to any number of instruments. - New: Each channel can be individually enabled, shown/hidden, or locked/unlocked (ghosted). Multiple channels can be shown and edited at the same time! Hidden or locked (ghosted) MIDI channels don't participate in new selections, processing operations such as quantize etc. - Improved: The default multi-channel mode ("MPE") will now enable all channels by default. The newly added “Filter" mode works like MPE, but allows manual enabling/disabling of individual channels. The improved "Funnel" mode will funnel/copy all MIDI events into the selected channels and is useful for “faking MPE” with certain instruments. - Improved: All channel focus/lock operations will now automatically update note entry settings. Manually inputting notes will respect the targeted channel, shown in the top-left. All note entry settings can still be customized by long pressing the “Add” button. - Improved: The Magic Clipboard will now paste on the first "targeted" channel, shown in the top left. Long pressing the paste buttons will paste preserving the original channels, for more advanced use-cases. Tips: - You can use the "MIDI Channel Colors" theme when working with multiple channels in a single instance. - Make sure your keyboard or MIDI source emits on the right channel. Atom 2 records everything exactly as received. *** More automation and multi-take recording features *** - Exposed an 'Add Empty Pattern' parameter to complement the existing 'Duplicate Pattern' and 'Clear Pattern' parameters for external control. Map them to a Note, CC or PC message using your host’s MIDI learn features. Now you can create a new take in your recording as a persistent pattern with just a single MIDI message. - Added a more spontaneous way of arming recording on supported controllers: the global arm record button ("Capture MIDI") on the Launchpad X and Pro Mk3 will now arm/disarm the focused (visible) clips, no matter which mode the controller is in (e.g. arm the visible clip while in Note or Chord mode). The top-right logo on Launchpad controllers now will also illuminate with the color of the most recently focused (visible) clip. - Added an easier way of controlling automation endpoints: with a simple “snapback automation” setting, enabled by default and available in the advanced launch settings, automation snaps back to its home value at each loop start. This makes recording automation such as a filter sweeps or crescendo modulations a lot easier. The home value is always set to the earliest value in the sequence. *** Other new features and tweaks *** - New: A new way of switching between note entry and note selections: on the Apple Pencil 2, double tapping will switch between the two input modes. - New: Added an in-app toggle for switching dark mode on/off. - New: Added an in-app toggle for disabling animations. - New: Improved or changed various icons across the UI. - New: When “loop” is off, clips will now automatically un-launch when reaching the end marker. - Fixed: CC and aftertouch events are now properly funneled in thru mode when MPE is disabled. - Fixed: Performance improvements when working with very long clips. - Scripting: All MIDI callbacks in the scripting sandbox will now include the port info as the last argument. - Scripting: Exposed `addEmptyActivePattern`, `armScene`, `getAllFocusedClips`, `hasFocusedClips`, `getAllRecordingTracks`, `hasRecordingTracks` methods to the scripting sandbox.

May 4, 2021

- Full MPE and automation support for MIDI import/export, in addition to recording. Working directly with MIDI files will now include pitch bend, modulation, sustain and all other CC or aftertouch events. - Full MPE compatibility for Linnstrument and Continuumini hardware. - Greatly improved performance on all devices when recording MPE that generates a lot of data.

May 2, 2021

*** MPE and automation *** - Added support for MPE recording. All new clips will have MPE enabled by default, no configuration required! - Added support for pitch bend, modulation, sustain, and “black box” automation recording. Each pattern has its own dedicated automation group, which includes all event lanes. - Added “Multi-Channel” support: each note, in each pattern, in each clip, can have its own dedicated MIDI channel. Each clip can be configured to output in “filter” or “funnel” mode. - Recording will honor the MIDI channels for incoming MIDI events. - Note entry will honor the MIDI channel and velocity settings specified in the new “Advanced Add” panel. - Included a “MIDI Channel Colors” style: enable it to colorize notes based on their individual channels. Note: To turn on MPE for clips created in previous versions, enable “MPE” and “tick all” channels from the Output toolbar. *** New features *** - MIDI import is now non-destructive: all other patterns, settings, and history will be preserved in the current clip, and only new patterns will be added for each lane in the MIDI file. Each pattern has its own grid, time signature, bar count and loop makers. - Scales can be fuzzy-filtered. Search for scales by their name, mode, or notes. Bad spelling works too. - Patterns can now also be switched with CC values. Map patterns to a rotary encoder (knob) on your controller, in any host. *** Tweaks and fixes *** - Added: Playhead position will now be remembered in the history stack. Useful when undoing step-input. - Added: All the non-destructive processes now have toggles for snapping the effect strength. - Added: Configurations now include preferred styles. E.g. setting "Larger Controls" will now apply the appropriate fonts by default (but still overridable). - Added: Logs will include messages about which ports are disconnected. - Fixed an unintuitive off-by-one situation when launching patterns with velocity. - Fixed an issue where recording wouldn't work as expected with MIDI generated from audio units which sometimes never off'ed notes (e.g. Autony). - Fixed an issue where the "paste at playhead" button for the first snippet wasn't tappable. - Fixed an issue where the UI remain stuck in a perpetual loading state. - Fixed an issue where the UI would freeze for a second when refocusing, if patterns were frequently switched while the view was in the background. - Improved: The total memory usage is now down to ~90mb per 512 instances. - Improved: MIDI files with incorrect file extensions can now also be imported.

April 22, 2021

*** Overhauled Patterns *** - You can now use just a single instance to build all of your clips on a single track. - Added the ability to switch patterns using notes, CCs, PCs and even velocity, on any channel. Playback uses immediate-gate mode. - Added switch with legato for patterns. Switching between patterns will now let the notes naturally ring, so the changes aren’t abrupt. - Decoupled pattern editing from playback: patterns can now be edited while other patterns are playing. - Added 'Focus' and 'Play' buttons beside each pattern thumbnail. *** Drambo integration *** - The most advanced modular sequencer befriends the most advanced modular host. - Atom patterns will now follow Drambo patterns, synced to quantum. - Clips will now auto-launch when instantiated in Drambo. *** New features *** - MIDI export will now export all patterns on separate channels. - Implemented crop to loop, crop to notes and crop to selection. - Added 16 new scales: all Modal Hexatonic variants (6 modes), Hirajoshi (5 modes) and Kumoi (5 modes). Give Hirajoshi a try, it’s awesome. - Added “Auto Swing Duration” in the swing processing toolbar. When on, swing timing strength will automatically set swing durations. - Made the tempo slider snap in increments of 0.05 when dragging. Adjustments are in 0.01 increments when tapping. - Made the tempo parameter go down to 0 (it was 0.5 minimum previously). - The “Play pattern" parameter, as well as the "Clear active"/ "Duplicate active" pattern parameters, now all work with Launchpad controllers even when the instance itself isn't focused (visible). *** UI tweaks *** - Bars now alternate their background color in the grid. - The focused pattern number is now displayed above the keyboard. The playing pattern number is now shown in the Clip button. - The grid and time panels are now persisted; this allows changing snap and grid settings during note entry. - Scales, Layers, Clipboard and Pattern controls will now always stay in view when scrolling. - Double tapping a pattern thumbnail will now select all notes in that pattern. - Increased the touch area for the note resize grabbies. - Relocated the Listen button to the bottom-left. - Changed the long-press indicator style for buttons with hidden menus. - Fixed playhead position not updating with undo/redo. - Fixed playhead position not visually seeking forward with step input. - Many layout improvements, especially for iPhone when used in vertical mode.

April 15, 2021

- Enabled iOS 13 compatibility for Launchpad controllers. - Added nonuplets, undecuplets and tredecuplets for quantization, swing, and general editing, in addition to triplets, quintuplets and septuplets. - Added 39 new scales, grouped by their main mode, and including all of their corresponding modal flavors, for a total of 74. All scales are sorted with music theory in mind and ordered by their respective modal brightness, from “bright or happy” to “dark or sad”. The new scales include Double Harmonic, Persian, Neapolitan Minor, Neapolitan Major, Flamenco, Enigmatic, Octatonic Whole-Half Diminished & Half-Whole Diminished, Major Hexatonic & Minor Hexatonic, Whole Tone, Augmented & Six-Tone Symmetric, Prometheus and Tritone scales. - Added Program Change clip triggers, available in the advanced launch settings. - Added auto-routing support for the Akai MPK Mini 3 controller, which also serves as a simple example hardware script for adding your own custom routing. - Added `receiveCC`, `receivePitchBend` and `receiveProgramChange`, in addition to `receivePolyphonicAftertouch` and `receiveChannelAftertouch`, to the scripting sandbox. - Fixed an issue where controller scripts in would sometimes connect to the same ports twice. - Added a “Disabled Animations” configuration that reduces motion. - Added a “Reload UI” button for quickly reloading the configurations and styles. - Revamped configs, styles and scripts menus, now with icons, sorting and helpful tips for getting the most out of user extensions. - Now preventing accidental dismissal of the manual view when tapping on the background. - Now presenting doorhanger menus modally, disabling input for the background. - Better performance when opening various menus like Scales. - Fixed sliders also scrolling containers, and "Process" toolbars appearing incorrectly on narrow screens (e.g. on iPhone in vertical mode) - Layers now sorted by track. - Default quantize toolbar strength now depends on the top-level quantize button.

April 4, 2021

- A user manual is now available. Find it in an instance's app menu. - Tapping will now preview notes on the piano roll vertical keyboard. - Powerful new swing controls: apply negative swing, nudge the timings or control the durations. - Drag and drop not just MIDI, but also scripts, styles or configurations onto your clips, and they will immediately apply to your session. Want to try out a different skin? Or bring your controller to life? Just drag and drop. Easily import and use code that others wrote! - Scripts now support message logging. A new directory called "Logs" is created in your Atom folder containing log files. Devices, input and output ports are automatically logged for convenience. Use `console.log(...)` to log a custom message from your script. - Controller scripts specifying an input and output port can now use either the short name or the longer label for port identification. - Added new ways of visualizing velocity: with colors, opacity, bar positioning or thickness, or the numerical value itself. - Added new ways of visualizing pitch: octave colors, highlighting in and out of scale notes and others. - Added a plethora of additional example styles to get you inspired. - Fixed an issue where certain controllers (like the Lauchkey Mini) would emit high-pitched sounds when manually routed. - MIDI clock is now passed-through with Novation controllers when routed through clips. - CC messages are now passed-through when routed through clips. - Mutation panel controls are now reset to default after baking non-destructive processing operations. - The velocity offset slider is now more accurate.

March 27, 2021

- Full support for Apple Pencil, and greatly improved input responsiveness overall. - Added a new advanced launch setting: "Choke Mode". - Added on-screen track choking with the Launch buttons in AUM. Turn your AUM session into a mini on-screen Launchpad. - Track choking and clip exclusivity via MIDI or parameters is available with the custom "Choke Mode" settings. - Added the ability to arm record multiple clips at the same time from Launchpad X and Launchpad Pro Mk3 controllers. Enter "Record Arm" mode and tap on the pads you want to arm. - More layout configurations and more font themes. Combine “Larger Controls” with “Larger Fonts”, or “Sausage Fingers” with “Sausage Fonts”, or mix and match.

March 21, 2021

- MIDI files will now automatically set the clip length, time signature, and adjust the loop markers when imported. - Multi-channel MIDI files will include all lanes as separate Patterns when imported. - Drag and drop import from other apps. Open Files side by side, and drag MIDI files onto Atom instances. - New style: "Larger Fonts". - New Pattern controls: “Select Notes”. - Added basic support for the "Quantize" function on the Launchpad Pro Mk3. - Added support for the “Clear” and “Duplicate” functions on the Launchpad Pro Mk3 when the instance is visible. - Exposed AU parameters and scripting hooks for clearing patterns, duplicating patterns, and toggling recording quantization. - Broadened the types of operations remembered on the history stack when applying non-destructive processing. - Improved handling of overlapping notes with applied swing for monophonic synths. - Improved discoverability and added helpful tips for the advanced configuration panels (available with a long-press). - Better performance when using many instances or importing very large clips.

March 15, 2021

- Support for the Launchpad Pro Mk3 controller. - A "Sausage Fingers" mode, for people who want bigger UI elements. - A "Roboto" font based theme, for people who want larger and more legible text. - New pattern controls: "Add Default", "Add Empty", "Add duplicate", "Reset Pattern", "Delete Notes". - Help messages using non-destructive processing operations. - Better track cloning support in AUM, cloned tracks now also show up in Layers. - Better iCloud support, also preventing a crash when iCloud is disabled. - Support for simultaneous touch and mouse input. Using both touch and mouse input together will cause instability in 2.0, update to 2.0.1 when it hits to avoid any issues!