Strokes - Audio Workstation

November 17, 2023

This version should run on iOS 12 or later. - Standalone app correctly sends MIDI clock. Receiving is best done with a host. - Audio setup page displays correctly - When a sampler isn't selected, don't show the load a sample button on performance page - Fix MIDI CC page display - Tutorial / manual buttons now display correctly on info page

November 2, 2023

Microtonality / Alternate tunings - Import a 7 or 12 note scala file - Edit the tuning from within the app, save a copy under a new name - Imported scalas are saved in the plugin/app, so you can optionally delete your .scl files once imported - When you load a project, the tuning you were using for that project will be loaded up - The last tuning you use is carried over next time you open the app/plugin. So if you like a scl file you can set it and forget it There's an interesting discussion on tuning here -> https://cdm.link/2022/03/ableton-releases-free-microtuner-but-tuning-is-more-than-spaces-between-12-semitones/ 8 new synth engines ported from Plaits v1.2 - Classic waveshapes with filter - Phase distortion and modulation - 3 x 6-operator FM synth with 32 presets - Wave terrain synthesis - String machine - Chiptune Matrix / Weights randomizers Hit the "i" button to find these. Use a fader to morph between the value in the pattern, and the random value. So you can dial in a touch of random, or roll the dice. When you close the info view your changes are stored in the pattern. Other changes - 3 new themes/skins - Mute / Solo / Inv are all accessible from the performance page - You can edit the modulation sources for each voice from the performance page (use the samples dropdown to display this) - You can edit the tuning from the performance page (FX dropdown) - Replaced one of the demo projects - Lower the reverb/delay levels for a default pattern

September 18, 2023

- Delay & Reverb send levels have been tweaked, your projects will sound more spacey as a result. You can offset this by reducing the FX return levels or by tweaking the send levels - Remove polarity text labels and replace with SVG icons - Dragging root notes / note selects now saves correctly - Fixed palindrome seq occasionally getting stuck on first/last steps of sequence - Add a limiter to each individual voice - Improved sample handling for legacy project files

August 25, 2023

Video manual - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZUa8ZmeONjE This update adds a new Performance View - this page provides a high level overview of your jam where you can smoothly interpolate (or crossfade) between patterns, sounds and project files. That means your entire backcatalogue of Strokes projects can be performed as a live set as you drift between projects and patterns without ever stopping the clock. This isn't an audio crossfade, its a parameter crossfade. So as you move the crossfaders the underlying sound and sequencing engines morph into new forms - you'll uncover a whole new set of sounds lurking in the void between your patterns. Also new: - Samplers upgraded. Each has 5 sub-samplers enabling you to use different samples per pattern. If a slot is empty when switching pattern, it auto-fills with the current sample. - Bus saturator & glue compressor and main stereo outs - Hit the channel label on the voices page to copy settings between patterns/voices - Sync button added to accent section. After hitting sync, when the accent reaches the end of it's loop all the grid channels will realign/reset to 0 - Keyboard modal for note selects and root notes only appears on a tap (600ms hold) - Kit/pattern separation is deprecated. Patterns now contain all necessary data making patterns interchangeable between project files

May 25, 2023

- Improved the quality of the amplitude envelopes. They now function as an AD rather than ADSR. What this means is that the entire attack & decay stages will play on each note event. If another note trigger occurs during the attack stage, it won't reset to the beginning of the attack. If a note trigger occurs during the decay phase, it'll reset to the start of the decay stage. This results in better sound quality and less clicks. - Load a sample button now asks for confirmation if you have a sample already loaded - When changing from euclidean to step mode, copy the euclidean rhythm to step mode if steps are blank. - Fixed an issue where setting decay high and adding modulation would destroy all the synth voices. - Tutorial overlay play button displays at correct resolution. - Keyboard modals display current note / root note. - Change naming of voice modulation params for Matrix.

April 26, 2023

V3.11 - Strokes is now a multi output VST3/AU/AUV3, each voice (synth or sampler) can be routed to an individual audio channel for further processing & recording. - Added a built in tutorial to help you create your first rhythm, melody and pattern variation. Access this on the info “i” menu. - Hovering over / tapping a parameter on the sequencer page will display the parameter’s name in the header. - Weights delays are now sample accurate. - Matrix sequencer only advances a single step when on ⅛ or ¼ clock rates. - Fix sync when looping in Cubase & Studio One. - Fix AU/VST3 project export. - Fix an issue where outgoing MIDI notes would get stuck at slow bpms / clock rates.

March 31, 2023

This update adds 16 internal synth engines derived from Mutable Instruments' Plaits. (© 2016, Emilie Gillet) This allows each of the 8 voices to function as a sampler, or a full featured synthesizer. More additions - Pitch sequencing and a quantizer per channel - Fully customisable modulation matrix, any modulation source can connect to any sound parameter - Bit crushing & sample rate reduction added to sampler, as well as start/loop point modulation - Panning & fine tune - Improved stability & performance

January 31, 2023

Join our community discord -> https://discord.gg/KQcSGJjw - Fixed sample saving/loading when running as AUv3

January 24, 2023

Join our community discord -> https://discord.gg/KQcSGJjw - Fixed crash when clicking outside filechooser bounds - Show scope - Filename is displayed correctly after switching from sampler view->sequencer view->sampler view

January 21, 2023

Join our community discord -> https://discord.gg/KQcSGJjw Fix sample loading when running as AUv3