REAPER v3.78 - August 2, 2011
 
Downloads:

Windows (4.9MB installer)
Windows x64 (5.4MB installer)
OS X Intel (7.9MB DMG)
OS X PPC (5.9MB DMG)
OS X 64-bit Intel (9.2MB DMG) beta

Changes:

• FX: fixed zipper noises in wet/dry control
• FX: send all keyboard input to plug-in setting now works on OSX
• Inline MIDI editor: fixed OSX64 support and possibly improved Win64
• MIDI: fix for looped MIDI noteoffs, specifically fixing http://forum.cockos.com/project.php?issueid=3293
• OSX: fixed perf meter position restore on startup
• OSX Lion: fixed GUI for some Apple AUs
• ReaFIR: filter small input values to prevent denormal munch
• Virtual MIDI keyboard: fix for crash on some platforms

REAPER v3.76 - April 25, 2011
 
Downloads:

Windows (4.9MB installer)
Windows x64 (5.4MB installer)
OS X Intel (7.9MB DMG)
OS X PPC (5.9MB DMG)
OS X 64-bit Intel (9.2MB DMG) beta

Changes:

• Actions: nudge track volume actions now are capable of writing automation
• Editing: actions that remove areas of the project not removing certain items that start/end near selection
• Graphic glitch fix for items at extreme zoom levels
• MIDI Editor: avoid deadlock when step sequencing using realtime MIDI inputs
• mp3dec: fixed length calculation on files with truncated final frame
• Nudge pan action can now write automation
• OSX: MIDI hardware I/O improvements
• Playback: fixed anticipative FX RAM/CPU/playback issue when starting playback past end of project
• ReaNINJAM: improved chat interface, especially on OS X
• Recording: option to put timestamp at start of recorded filenames
• Rendering: improvements to online render (lowered RT CPU use)
• Split/trim items: correctly remove silence (when configured) before last item in split
• Toolbars: fixed default icon images for floating toolbars
• Toolbars: fixed positioning of context menus for floating toolbars
• VST: other getOutputLatency() accuracy improvements on playback start
• VST: when project measure offset is less than 1, ignore it

REAPER v3.74 - December 24, 2010
Tending to the Holidays
Downloads:

Windows (4.9MB installer)
Windows x64 (5.4MB installer)
OS X Intel (7.9MB DMG)
OS X PPC (5.9MB DMG)
OS X 64-bit Intel (9.2MB DMG) beta

Changes:

• API: fixed support for modifying very short items via certain API functions
• Actions: fixed loop length halve/double actions
• Master track: channel count now reset on new project, able to save in project defaults
• MIDI recording: prevent dropped notes in MIDI replace record mode
• MIDI editor bank/program select: don't sort program banks alphabetically
• Mixer: fx parameter scroll button positioning fixes
• Nudge/set: fixed bug when duplicating grouped items
• Project templates: default project template is now stored with relative path in .ini (for config import/export, portable installs)
• ReaControlMIDI: fixed manual text entry of pitch and pan values
• Track locking: fixed unlocking of track not adding undo state
• VST: more handling for VSTs that resize themselves
• VST: fixed window sizing bug causing some FX to open in a too-small window
• OSX: Better performance when updating arrange view while bringing media online
• Stability: various small potential memory corruption fixes (thanks, nitpicker!)
• WINE support: properly detect newer versions of WINE

REAPER v3.72 - October 19, 2010
Oh, Apples
Downloads:

Windows (4.9MB installer)
Windows x64 (5.4MB installer)
OS X Intel (7.9MB DMG)
OS X PPC (5.9MB DMG)
OS X 64-bit Intel (9.2MB DMG) beta

Changes:

• API/ReaScript: added SetMediaItemPosition/Length, with the option to suppress screen redraw
• API/ReaScript: better portability between Windows and Mac (strip Windows newlines)
• API/ReaScript: API functions for item/marker setting should now perform better on OSX
• Armed actions: show special cursor and tooltip only when clicking will trigger the action
• Armed actions: do not cancel armed action on undo
• Feedback routing: fixed stopped monitoring with feedback
• Feedback routing: decreased memory/CPU use
• MIDI recording: fixed some overlapping note issues with replace and overdub recording modes
• MIDI editor: moving CCs/events now updates pre-quantized positions
• MIDI editor: reduced memory use when opening/closing many editors
• MIDI editor: fixed memory leak when reusing MIDI editor and switching between MIDI items
• MIDI editor: fixed stuck velocity display on reopening some MIDI editors
• Media items: disabled "copy loop of selected area" action for MIDI items
• Media items: recalculate autocrossfades for beat-based media items when changing time signature
• Media items: allow copying loop of selected area when the time selection includes the item end
• OGG support: improved stability/playback of corrupted OGG files (libvorbis 1.3.1 bug)
• Performance: Reduced thread locking when recalculating item information
• Shift+click time selection: on now obeys edit cursor moving preferences
• Shift+click item selection: now use range of clicks rather than range of items
• Shift+click item selection: no longer unselects other items (hold ctrl in addition for this)
• Shift+click item selection: respects option to select all grouped items
• Stability: Improved MIDI note previewing threadsafety
• VST: better resize notification support

REAPER v3.69 - September 20, 2010
Hello, maintenance.
Downloads:

Windows (4.9MB installer)
Windows x64 (5.4MB installer)
OS X Intel (7.9MB DMG)
OS X PPC (5.9MB DMG)
OS X 64-bit Intel (9.2MB DMG) beta

Changes:

• Media item labels: option to show/hide text label based on item height
• Media item buttons: option to show/hide buttons based on item height
• Nudge/set: pass space bar through from nudge dialog to main window
• OSX: avoid blinking cursor and tooltip when holding down a modifier key
• OSX: fixed VST-shell project loading on PPC
• OSX: fixed drawing issues (primarily related to docked media explorer)
• Parameter modulation: fixed problem when using latent plugins
• Project: safer writing of long lines to project file/undo memory
• Themes: background stretching fixes

REAPER v3.672 - August 29, 2010
Prepare to fast forward
Downloads:

Windows (4.9MB installer)
Windows x64 (5.4MB installer)
OS X Intel (7.9MB DMG)
OS X PPC (5.9MB DMG)
OS X 64-bit Intel (9.2MB DMG) beta

Changes:

• MIDI editor: smoother editing for swing grid handles
• MIDI editor: snap pitch/pan CC bars to center [demo]
• MIDI editor: don't create extra undo point when moving/copying events
• MIDI editor: fixed advancing cursor when step recording with swing grid enabled
• MIDI editor: fixed crash when double-clicking collapsed CC lane
• MIDI editor: fixed paste preserving position in measure in first partial measure of a media item
• MIDI editor: new theme color for octave grid line [demo]
• MIDI editor: update display immediately after event list context menu action
• MIDI editor: when a single CC event is dragged, display the actual event time/value in the lower right
• FX: adding FX via quick-add menu floats the FX window (if the user preference is to show the FX window at all)
• FX: double click a floating FX title bar to return the FX to the chain window [demo]
• FX: double-click empty space in the FX chain list (under the current inserted FX) to open the FX browser
• FX: fixed potential flood of FX automation messages
• FX: optionally show the current track FX in the FX button context menu, click to float/unfloat individual FX [demo]
• FX: when adding an FX chain, auto-float each FX window if the preference is set [demo]
• OSX: fixed a graphic glitch when updating track I/O window
• OSX: fixed drawing behavior when tabbing through tracks to rename
• OSX: fixed plug-in pin connector dialog not showing [+] button
• OSX: fixed tiny font and odd alignment in track IO dialog, MIDI CC lanes
• OSX: fixed too-large font on track meters
• Video/FFmpeg: better audio seek mechanism
• Video/FFmpeg: fixed duration on broken MPEG-1 files
• Video/QuickTime: added sample accurate seek when using Quicktime decoder
• Video/Windows: added EVR output for Vista+ machines (improved video display when using Aero)
• Video/Windows: fixed hang when using REAPER over RDP
• Video: better peaks display when zoomed in on videos that use compressed audio
• Action: scroll view vertically (midi CC): prevent scrolling offscreen
• Action: split items at timeline grid affects offscreen items properly
• Action: toggle mute for track sends or receives 1-8
• API: export Help_Set function (show help text in the area below the track panels)
• AU: fixed occasional noise blast from plugins that can't handle anticipative processing (AUPeakLimiter)
• AU: better support for multi-output AUs (thanks, VSL)
• Cues: fixed drawing of extra cues on unlooped items that are longer than the underlying media source
• Envelopes: pan envelope lane slider direction is consistent in trim/read vs write modes [demo]
• External editors: when passing a region to Sound Forge, round to the nearest sample
• Grid: fixed actions to split at grid, move cursor left/right to nearest grid position
• Grouped items: more consistent behavior when editing grouped item edges
• Help: when modifier keys are down, show what action is about to occur when editing items and envelope points
• Item crossfades: shift+alt drag moves the crossfade and stretches both items [demo]
• Marquee: shift overrides snap when selecting items and time together [demo]
• Media explorer: options for default action (insert media, preview media, do nothing)
• Parameter modulation: smoother audio control signal modulation with very short attack/release
• Playback: fixed play cursor positioning when starting near end of project/loop
• Preferences: moved volume/pan fader range settings to Appearance/VU Meters and Faders
• Preferences: preference to suppress splitting all items at the edit cursor if nothing is selected
• Project parsing: less heap use when parsing projects (faster loading of large projects)
• ReaEQ: Cockos VST extension support for manually editing envelope points [demo]
• Render: added minimize button to minimize REAPER during renders
• Render: fixed rendered items sometimes being one sample too short with certain sample rate/buffer size settings
• s/SVN/Git/: new revision IDs in about box
• Takes: actions to rotate take lanes forward or backward for selected items [demo]
• Takes: copy/preserve take FX when new recording splits an existing media item (obeys preference to copy take FX on split)
• Takes: internal changes to take processing
• Theme support: background images with yellow lines (outer-areas) now properly supported for track name, vol, pan labels, etc
• Theme support: better detection of theme changes (faster)
• Theme support: button images can now have pink lines for stretching
• Tooltips: action to toggle on/off tooltips for media items and envelopes [demo]
• Tooltips: multi-line tooltips for envelopes, items, item fades
• Tooltips: multi-line tooltips for track IO, ENV, FX buttons [demo]
• Undo/Save: safer behavior when loading media item state
• Undo: don't create extra undo point when control+drag copying media items
• VST: ensure "show VST folders" option is persistent
• VST: when VST folders enabled and VST names disabled, don't show path twice in FX button right-click menu
• Windows: fix for waveOut latency going off after many hours

REAPER v3.66 - August 4, 2010
Leaps and Heaps
Downloads:

Windows (4.9MB installer)
Windows x64 (5.4MB installer)
OS X Intel (7.9MB DMG)
OS X PPC (5.9MB DMG)
OS X 64-bit Intel (9.2MB DMG) beta

Changes:

• MIDI editor: action to reverse events also reverses CC, works in event list view
• MIDI editor: actions that target a CC lane will target the top lane if no CC lane has focus
• MIDI editor: advance edit cursor correctly after paste preserving position in measure
• MIDI editor: better blink cursor appearance
• MIDI editor: clicking to the left of a CC lane will set focus to that lane without deselecting notes/CC
• MIDI editor: fixed CC events on one channel erasing events on other channels when moving CC with notes
• MIDI editor: fixed splitting notes in looped MIDI items
• MIDI editor: fixed step input actions when inserting X semitones below the current note
• MIDI editor: immediately refresh event list when correcting overlapping notes/CC
• MIDI editor: option to disable single-click selecting CC events
• MIDI editor: paste preserving position in measure will not paste duplicates
• MIDI editor: quantize, humanize, event properties, and filter windows stay on top of the editor
• MIDI editor: swing grid support
• MIDI editor: swing grid strength is set/edited by dragging handles on the upbeat grid lines [demo]
• MIDI editor: text box for manual entry of swing strength
• MIDI editor: when correcting overlapping notes, also correct CC events at the same time/channel
• MIDI editor: when correcting overlapping notes/CC, always preserve the selected note/CC
• MIDI quantize: actions to quantize note position, or position and end, to grid
• MIDI quantize: added actions and options to quantize notes only, or all events
• MIDI quantize: added bypass checkbox to quantize dialog
• MIDI quantize: checkbox to fix overlaps on commit
• MIDI quantize: notes will move with grid changes if quantize dialog is open when changing grid or swing [demo] [demo]
• MIDI quantize: overhauled quantize dialog
• MIDI quantize: when quantize grid is set to editor grid, quantize swing setting is linked to editor swing
• MIDI: fixed MIDI notes sometimes not being played when coinciding exactly with a time signature change
• Custom colors: action to reset random color generator (also resets default.palette if it exists)
• Custom colors: if default.reapalette file exists, use those colors instead of random colors
• Custom colors: default.reapalette (resource dir): text file of R G B values, one color per line
• Custom colors: organized default custom color menu entries
• Custom colors: preference for media item background tint strength, for selected/unselected media items [demo]
• Custom colors: preference to automatically color any recording pass that adds takes to existing items [demo]
• Custom colors: support for setting all takes created in the same recording pass to a custom color [demo]
• Custom colors: support for setting custom colors per-take
• API: allow extensions and ReaScript to get/set take custom colors, recording pass ID
• Automation: higher recording speed for FX parameter automation
• Automation: refresh track volume/pan sliders when deleting a track envelope in read/write modes
• Color theme: added themeable colored bars to optionally display on selected items, active takes [demo]
• Color theme: added themeable colors for MIDI note/CC text colors (light and dark)
• Custom menu editor: action list automatically switches to the correct section when changing menus
• Envelopes: drawing optimizations when zoomed out
• External sync: option to only use external sync on playback or recording, or both
• Master VU: fixed inaccurate RMS meter calculation with some window/audio buffer sizes
• Media items: draw media source end notch slightly differently for unlooped items [demo]
• Nudge/set: checkbox to preserve relative item positioning in set mode [demo]
• OSX: better text field coloring
• OSX: fixed 2GB+ file peakfile generation/reading
• OSX: fixed a few graphical glitches relating to docked windows
• OSX: selecting default system devices now allows differing input/outputs
• Preferences: new tab for path settings (default render path, default recording path, alternate peak cache path)
• ReaControlMIDI: fixed reading .ins files that contain trailing blank lines
• ReaGate: checkbox to invert gate output (when loud, duck wet signal vs dry) [demo]
• Recording: organized options for behavior when recording over existing items
• Recording: recording over existing items can split the old items and add takes, create new items, or trim existing items [demo]
• Recording: ensure that loop recording creates correct length files when "add new files on loop" enabled
• Recording: fix for loop recording sometimes being slightly off the loop edges
• Recording: new preference to discard incomplete first/last takes if at least one full loop was recorded [demo]
• Scrollbars: improved zoom button sizing
• Takes: action to activate take under mouse, mapped to "Y" by default (for "yes")
• Takes: media item drawing optimizations
• Takes: media items can be locked to the active take (to prevent mouse clicks from switching takes) [demo]
• Takes: preference to link or unlink all takes when editing start offset (slip editing) [demo]
• Toolbar: refresh custom toolbars after linking/unlinking loop points and time selection via preferences
• Tracks: "Options/Show overlapping items in lanes" creates as many lanes as necessary [demo]
• Tracks: when showing items in lanes, items whose audio will mask other items are drawn in a higher lane [demo]
• Tracks: automatically remove tracks created by accidentally moving an item down too far [demo]
• Tracks: added preference to remove or retain tracks created by moving an item below the last track and back
• Transport menu: fixed checkmarks on submenu items (such as external sync, etc)
• Video: preliminary support for flip/rotate of video (video source properties) [demo]
• VST: inform plugins if transport repeat is enabled
• Windows: better audio device closing behavior when minimizing REAPER and stopped

REAPER v3.63 - June 20, 2010
Go[al].
Downloads:

Windows (4.9MB installer)
Windows x64 (5.4MB installer)
OS X Intel (7.9MB DMG)
OS X PPC (5.9MB DMG)
OS X 64-bit Intel (9.2MB DMG) beta

Changes:

• VST: bridged plug-in automation improvements, especially with plug-ins that dominate main thread
• VST: fixed deadlock on certain bridged plug-ins on Windows

REAPER v3.61 - June 18, 2010
Go[al].
Downloads:

Windows (4.9MB installer)
Windows x64 (5.4MB installer)
OS X Intel (7.9MB DMG)
OS X PPC (5.9MB DMG)
OS X 64-bit Intel (9.2MB DMG) beta

Changes:

• Action: duplicate selected items, duplicate selected area of selected items
• API: export ApplyNudge function
• Envelope lanes: display envelope value in envelope lane control panel
• Envelope lanes: more consistent behavior of slider in trim/read mode
• Envelope lanes: respect user preference to not arm envelopes automatically when adding
• Envelopes: enable visual feedback from hidden envelopes by default
• Envelopes: user preference to enable writing automation to hidden envelopes
• Envelopes: more consistent behavior of action to add 4 envelope points at time selection
• Envelopes: preference for double-click to edit the envelope point (vs adding or resetting a point)
• Menus: fullscreen mode and always-on-top moved from Options to View menu
• MIDI editor: action to set or insert CC event at mouse (double-click)
• Nudge: window opens on startup if it was open when REAPER was last closed
• Nudge: account for take play rate when snapping contents to grid
• OSX: Audio Units: PDC fixed
• OSX: graphics optimizations and drawing glitch fixes
• Scrollbars: drawing improvements when UI scaling or Windows scrollbar scaling is used
• Timestretch: low quality windowed mode quality fixes
• VST: fixed automation recording with certain plug-ins

REAPER v3.52 - May 19, 2010
no one has a head
Downloads:

Windows (4.9MB installer)
Windows x64 (5.4MB installer)
OS X Intel (7.9MB DMG)
OS X PPC (5.9MB DMG)
OS X 64-bit Intel (9.2MB DMG) beta

Changes:

• Action dialog: when switching action sections, enable running actions in the new section if possible
• Action: move items to time selection, stretched and looped to fit
• Action: render all queued renders
• ^Added Quick Start Guide (PDF): accessible via Help/Documentation menu
• Bridging/firewalling: fixed PPC bridging on OSX 10.4/10.5
• Bridging/firewalling: fixed a bug where bridging would sometimes be disabled
• Create measure from time selection: better behavior with existing tempo markers
• Docker: better track resize behavior when showing/hiding/resizing docker
• Drag and drop: fixes for various plug-in related crashes (Maschine and others)
• Dynamic split: use preferences/editing behavior/tab-to-transient sensitivity, for consistency
• Envelopes: when adding volume/pan envelopes, don't create point at cursor (consistent with other envelopes)
• Grid settings: more consistent display of grid sizes (notes, not beats)
• Media explorer: action list and custom shortcut support
• Media explorer: actions for play, stop, pause, rewind, fast forward, play from last seek position
• Media explorer: actions to play previous media (for A/B comparison), browse up/down the list of files
• Media explorer: context menu item to insert media at time selection, stretched and/or looped to fit
• Media explorer: display media embedded tempo, if any
• Media explorer: leave peaks preview active until Media Explorer is closed
• Media explorer: media can be previewed/inserted at project tempo if it is suitable length in beats/bars
• Media explorer: media with embedded tempo (REX/ACID) can be inserted at either project tempo or source tempo
• Media explorer: mousewheel adjusts peaks gain (vertical zoom)
• Media explorer: option to always display waveform peaks even if autoplay is disabled (note this creates .reapeaks files)
• Media explorer: option to display preview position in tenths of seconds
• Media explorer: option to preview/insert media tempo matched 1x, 1/2x, 2x
• Media explorer: pause button
• Media explorer: peaks preview can be dragged into project to insert media
• Media explorer: restart tempo-matched preview playback if project tempo changes
• Media explorer: support for looping media that is 1/2 bar long
• Media explorer: support for Windows shortcuts (browse folder shortcuts, preview media shortcuts)
• Media with embedded tempo: import behavior preference to use project tempo or source tempo
• MIDI devices: improved action to reset all devices
• MIDI editor: more precise note/grid drawing when in "source beats" view mode
• MIDI items: handle multiple takes properly when resizing unlooped MIDI items
• Missing file searching: logic for how to pick missing file, whether to autoclose and search other missing files
• Missing file searching: support for reaper-media-searchpaths.txt with SEARCH lines to specify additional paths
• Missing file searching: full paths now autoscan all fixed disks for matching path (Windows only)
• Mixer: better fxparm/fx/send resize behavior, can now use ctrl+shift to modify all tracks dividers absolutely
• Mixer: can now hide the master track from the mixer
• Mixer: fixed some visual issues in panflip mode
• Optimizations: improved CPU use when moving track faders, zooming, writing envelopes
• OSX: fixed potential crash when dragging media from Finder after closing REAPER's Media Explorer
• OSX: fixed some internal Cocoa issues
• Pitch shift: set default mode to elastique 2.1 Pro for new users
• Pitch shift: note, existing users can change default mode via File/Project Settings, save as default
• ReaSamplomatic5000: apply attack/release to playback, not start/end of looped samples
• Recording: can now set tracks to record simultaneously to primary path and invisibly/backup to secondary path
• Regions: support for copying regions immediately to the left of the original
• REX: all-slice items can now set tail mode in source properties
• REX: draw peaks properly in all-slice mode when there is silence between slices
• REX: option to chop all slice tails will remove tails rather than muting them on playback
• Snap to grid: avoid certain types of rounding error
• Tempo markers: do not insert a new marker on top of an existing one
• Theme support: configurable tcp_folderindent (22 is default)
• Time selection: set edit/play cursor when time selection changes via alt+marquee (if user wants)
• Tooltips: more descriptive tooltips on track labels, number, sends, FX
• Track panels: better FX parameter positioning when meter disabled
• Video: FFmpeg: added 16/24/32bps audio PCM modes to AVI/MOV/MKV export formats
• Video: FFmpeg: added MJPEG and DV video codecs to AVI export format
• Video: FFmpeg: added support for large filesizes
• Video: FFmpeg: added unicode support for file renders
• Video: FFmpeg: bundled basic LGPL/free FFmpeg for better basic playback support
• Video: FFmpeg: fixed/optimized video seeking
• Video: FFmpeg: fixed video rendering issues
• Video: FFmpeg: renderer codec list will now only list available codecs from the installed FFmpeg librairies
• Video: LCF support (LICE Capture Format)
• VST: option to disable saving VST bank is now per-VST rather than global (right-click in FX browser)
• WAV: option to embed project tempo (ACID chunk) in rendered files, if project has a single tempo
• x64: fixed video on systems without correct VC2005 runtimes installed

REAPER v3.5 - May 1, 2010
[solo] defeat is not the worst of failures
Downloads:

Windows (4.4MB installer)
Windows x64 (4.9MB installer)
OS X Intel (7.4MB DMG)
OS X PPC (5.3MB DMG)
OS X 64-bit Intel (8.5MB DMG) beta

Changes:

• Action: fully unload unloaded VSTs (useful if preferences/VST/fully unload VSTs is disabled)
• Action: fixed potential crash when manually resetting MIDI devices
• Action: toggle show/hide all floating windows except floating toolbar
• Action: crop to time selection handles MIDI and other beat-based media properly
• Action: insert multiple new tracks allows entry of any reasonable number
• Actions dialog: better support for finding by gestures and mouse hwheel
• Color theme: use tcp_solodefeat_on, mcp_solodefeat_on button images if they exist
• Import: added option (prefs/media) to not autoname tracks when importing media
• Media item crossfades: fixed slow shift+drag of crossfades in one direction when zoomed out
• MIDI editor: better handling of horizontal zoom when edit cursor is not onscreen
• MIDI editor: fixed list editor broken event deletion (since 3.4)
• MIDI editor: more accurate drawing of MIDI events when dragging right to left
• MIDI editor: properly export events that occur on the last sample of the media item
• MIDI editor: support for Device Name and Song Select messages
• MP3: encode audio that has peaks higher than +0dB without clamping
• Multiproject: no stop of background recording projects when stopping current and sync option set
• OSX: fullscreen is now by default set to Cmd+F11 rather than (non-working in stock OS X) F11
• ReaXComp: properly recall which band is soloed when loading projects
• ReWire: slave support for projects with tempo maps
• ReWire: better behavior when authenticating for ReWire device install on OS X
• ReWire: better slave synchronization with various other hosts
• ReWire: per-project slave settings for tempo map, loop point handling, buffer block offset
• ReWire: slave can automatically build tempo map as master plays back
• ^Solo defeat: set tracks to always play even if other tracks are soloed
• Trim behind items: fixed possible hang when editing left edge of multiple selected items
• Video: added "mp4" and "m4v" filetypes to the video decoder plugin
• Video: added setting to disable FFmpeg decoding
• Video: the "FFmpeg" subfolder will now be scanned for FFmpeg DLLs in both the program and user folders
• Video: added support for FFmpeg rendering into FFV1 and Huffyuv lossless video codecs
• Video: fixes for certain files with FFmpeg (including 24 bit audio)
• VST: plug-ins that are not fully unloaded are still unloaded at exit (fixes Yellow Tools plugins)
• WAV: when reading files that are growing, autodetect length changes

REAPER v3.45 - April 24, 2010
Prefect from now on
Downloads:

Windows (4.4MB installer)
Windows x64 (4.9MB installer)
OS X Intel (7.4MB DMG)
OS X PPC (5.3MB DMG)
OS X 64-bit Intel (8.3MB DMG) beta

Changes:

• Added actions: added show REAPER resource path in explorer/finder (in options menu)
• Added actions: reset all MIDI devices (brings OSX missing MIDI devices back to life)
• Added actions: remove fadein/fadeout for selected items
• Added actions: enable/disable default media item fadein/fadeout
• Added actions: snap selected media items to nearest snap point left/right/either
• Added actions: move selected envelope points left/right a little bit or by grid, up/down a little bit
• Actions: support for (Windows) logo key / (OSX) control key for shortcuts
• Actions: creating chromatic MIDI from selected items now respects tempo changes
• Actions: item nudging (up/down/left/right) actions now affect envelope points if an envelope is focused
• Actions: Update main window immediately following actions when non-lazy updates enabled
• API: Added track FX window showing/hiding APIs
• Cursors: item fadein/fadeout cursor is easier to see, new xfade_move cursor for crossfade shift+drag
• Dual trim: editing a shared edge between selected items also edits other selected item pairs
• Envelopes: do not change envelope point selection when opening context menu
• Envelopes: do not focus envelopes on many operations (such as moving env pts from track to track)
• Envelopes: fixed envelope state changing on y-move of media items
• Envelopes: fix for hard-to-edit envelope point when snapping to many small media items on the track
• Envelopes: user option to double-click to add points to take envelopes
• Envelopes: avoid creating duplicate envelope points when moving items
• Free item positioning mode: preserve auto-crossfades when automatically repositioning items
• Free item positioning mode: preserve existing item arrangement when recording new items
• FX: last touched parameter is updated only on mouse move, not controller move
• Help menu: pdf/chm files can now be read from REAPER appdata Docs/ folder (or exe path on Windows)
• Item and waveform drawing: draw items more consistently opaque when their audio masks other items
• JS: fixed time_adjustment flipping stereo channels
• JS: removed configuration for JS path -- always uses common (installed) resource path
• Media explorer: fixed end of loop glitch on preview of certain items
• Media explorer: smoother preview looping when starting preview on the bar
• Media item fades: alt+click deletes fadein/fadeout
• Media item fades: shift+drag moves entire crossfade region regardless of auto-crossfade setting
• Media item fades: shift+right click a crossfade to change the fade shape of both sides at once
• MIDI editor: reduce flicker when marquee selecting in piano roll
• MIDI editor: reduce flicker when changing selection in event list
• MIDI editor: fixed CPU hang on some builds when scrolling to C-1
• MIDI editor: mousewheel/relative controller actions to adjust selected event times or values
• MIDI editor: shift+mousewheel (reassignable) adjusts selected event values (piano roll or event list)
• MIDI editor: shift+horizontal mousewheel (magic mouse) (reassignable) adjusts selected event times
• MIDI editor: update CC lane usage indicator immediately when adding or deleting in CC lane
• OGG/Vorbis: updated to libogg-1.2.0, libvorbis-1.3.1
• OSX: support for passing all keyboard input to plug-in, for Carbon-based plug-ins
• OSX: removed excess processing on startup when switching between architectures (intel/ppc/64)
• OSX: fixed themed play cursor drawing bugs
• OSX: themed cursor support, cleanups to cursors to match Windows
• OSX: changing modifier keys without moving the mouse updates cursor immediately
• OSX: 64-bit VST UI support
• OSX: safer closing of VST configurations when unloading (force autorelease)
• OSX: fixed AU cocoa views for some plug-ins
• OSX: avoid trying to use PPC bridging if rosetta is not installed
• OSX: fixed underscore entry in JS editor
• OSX: fixed ReaMote bridge support
• OSX: screensets save/restore the docker height
• Peaks: show preview peaks on items currently being recorded and inserted in project/other projects
• Peaks: better logic for building when using multiple projects and recording
• Presets: now stored in appdata/presets by default (old preset- filenames still work in their existing paths)
• Recording: project secondary path, can set per track option to use secondary path
• ReaControlMIDI: added UTF8 support for UI
• ReaScript: fixed Python support on OSX (broken in 3.4)
• Resampling: internal cleanups, freeing of unused memory when changing modes
• REX: faster peaks display
• REX: can now change tempo in all-slices mode via source properties
• SoundTouch: fixed processing of single sample blocks (fixes media explorer loop glitch when tempo matching)
• Splash: better behavior when relaunching while splash is still open
• Splash: show splash screen in taskbar when launching
• Themes: zipped theme image support, ReaperThemeZip support (for combination of theme + images)
• Themes: default themes are now included in the new format for faster installs/USB copies/first runs
• Trim behind items: option to always trim behind active items when editing (prevent overlaps)
• Trim behind items: option to always trim behind new items when recording (prevent splitting/takes)
• Trim behind items: options can be changed via Options menu or actions (can be placed on toolbar)
• Trim behind items: editing option applies when pasting, importing, drag/dropping media
• Video: improved stopped behavior, scrub behavior
• Video: native FFmpeg support if installed
• VST: do not unload plug-in code from RAM, unless new option for old behavior is set
• VST: fix for broken plug-ins that send NULL VstEvents
• Windows: better Windows 7/Vista UAC support for user customizable content (JS, ColorThemes, etc)
• Windows: faster display updating on some actions
• Windows: installer installs start menu/desktop icons to all users rather than current user
• Windows: installer file type registrations separate for x64 and x86
• Windows: user-editable content (themes, JS, etc) are now installed to user profile directory automatically
• Windows: file reading: if a file cannot be read because it is being written, try to open anyway

REAPER v3.35 - March 3, 2010
OSXy
Downloads:

Windows (4.4MB installer)
Windows x64 (4.9MB installer)
OS X Intel (7MB DMG) beta
OS X PPC (5MB DMG) beta
OS X 64-bit Intel (8MB DMG) alpha

Changes:

• Action: dock/undock currently focused window
• Action: move cursor to start/end of all selected items
• Action: added reversed versions of mousewheel/CC actions for zoom and scroll
• Auto crossfades: fixed fades incorrectly created on item deletion
• Filename generation: now tries up to 10,000 times to find an unused file number
• FX add window: returned to forward slashes for paths for JS, VST, chains (changed in 3.21)
• LAME support: simplified configuration settings
• MIDI editor: action to correct overlapping notes, avoid creating overlaps when humanizing
• MIDI editor: easier to select diamond/triangle notes at the edge of the MIDI item
• MIDI editor: fix for occasional disappearing CC events when moving notes
• Mousewheel: horizontal mousewheel support (including OSX magic mouse)
• OSX: fixed bug where dragging project from titlebar to new tab caused crashing
• OSX: improved text rendering/measuring, better fallback support, 64 bit OS support
• OSX: respect preference to select track when clicking faders or track control panel buttons
• OSX: fixed tcp window reordering with hidden tracks for efficiency and odd behaviors
• OSX: fixed bin/cue rendering on PPC
• OSX: better initial positioning of popup windows
• OSX: magic mouse multitouch swipe can be mapped using the action system
• OSX: preference to use opt+drag to copy items, command+drag to slip content
• OSX: show render progress in system dock
• OSX: fixed plugin wet/dry knob display going to zero when switching to generic plugin UI
• OSX: command+H hides REAPER
• OSX: JS editor keyboard usability enhancements, drawing cleanups
• OSX AU: fixed Apple DLSMusicDevice
• OSX AU: ignore extra output busses that are labeled as unused, or if the plugin is marked buggy
• Parameter modulation window: updated UI to expand as needed
• Parameter linking: link parameters of FX to other parameters in chain
• Preferences window: remembers its last position
• Project load: improved resolving file names for missing media
• ReaSamplomatic5000: clicking the activity light triggers samples
• ReaSamplomatic5000: fixes to pitch and all notes off handling in certain modes
• ReaSamplomatic5000: doubleclicking MIDI note slider chooses last seen note on current channel
• Save as: trim/convert now handles looped items with start offsets correctly
• Transport/big clock: better icons when using large window frames
• Video: fixed imported video length being rounded down on Windows
• Windows: New Vista+ file dialog for open project (coming soon, others)
• x64: fixed errors relating to browse for directory dialog
• x64: now requires libmp3lame.dll or lame_enc64.dll (old x64 lame_enc.dll was broken)

REAPER v3.301 - February 13, 2010
It's a magic number
Downloads:

Windows (4.4MB installer)
Windows x64 (4.9MB installer)
OS X Intel (7MB DMG) beta
OS X PPC (5MB DMG) beta

Changes:

• 3.301: FX browser: initalize VST path tree collapsed, preserve tree state after rescanning VSTs
• 3.301: OSX: allow plugins that do not export a description field to pass scan
• 3.301: OSX: fix for system specific crash on exit
• 3.301: Windows: user preference to terminate immediately on detecting buggy or malicious plugins

REAPER v3.22 - January 30, 2010
Unsecretly awesome
Downloads:

Windows (4.3MB installer)
Windows x64 (4.8MB installer)
OS X Intel (7MB DMG) beta
OS X PPC (5MB DMG) beta

Changes:

• Fix for crash in some take related actions
• Grouping: project setting for selection to follow grouping (right-click group button on toolbar)
• Import: prompt for behavior on first import of REX or multichannel MIDI
• Media items: optimized item memory use
• MIDI: allow sending all-notes-off from plugins and MIDI items
• OSX: better keyboard behavior in key assignment window
• Project load: faster filename resolving/caching, better handling of missing files
• ReaSamplOmatic: avoid artifacts when looping very short samples
• REX: fixed possible loop glitch, buggy peaks drawing when importing as a single looped item
• REX: properly save/load imported looped item tempo
• Save as: save with trim now looks for overlapping regions and does not save duplicates
• Sends: MIDI CC actions to set/adjust selected track send volume/pan
• Tempo: MIDI CC actions to set/adjust tempo (coarse and fine)
• Undo: better memory limit targetting (even if it means fewer undo points kept)

REAPER v3.2 - January 12, 2010
OS X love for a new decade
Downloads:

Windows (4.2MB installer)
Windows x64 (4.7MB installer)
OS X Intel (6.8MB DMG) beta
OS X PPC (4.9MB DMG) beta

Changes:

• Actions: FX last touched parameter: show TCP knob, envelope, param mod, MIDI learn, or alias
• Autoload last project: does not load last project if it crashed on last load
• Envelopes: fixed random crash when adding many points via pencil mode
• FX: tempo-synced plugins account for project play rate
• FX: Undo/redo on floating FX windows no longer restores window position
• Item edge editing: update edge edit/timestretch cursor while editing
• Screensets: save/restore extended mixer details with track views
• MIDI editor: restore secondary sources on multiproject switches
• Misc: fixed erratic ntdll crash when scrolling the arrange view
• Missing media prompt: search button
• ReaComp: smooth changes in wet/dry, automakeup gain
• ReaDelay: smooth changes in tap volume/pan, wet/dry
• ReaEQ: smooth frequency, gain, bandwidth changes (sweepable filters)
• ReaPlugs: denormal management improvements
• ReaXcomp: smooth changes in gain, band frequency/threshold/ratio/gain
• ReaXcomp: fancier ratio indicator
• ReaVerb: OSX deconvolution support
• ReaXcomp/ReaComp: RMS optimizations
• ReaScript: GetSetChunkState chunk length limit increased to 1MB
• ReaScript: added GetUserFileNameForRead
• OSX: better CoreAudio samplerate setting (should not override bit depth, too)
• OSX: huge performance improvements (denormal management, alignment fixes)
• Save as: separate trim/convert options
• Scrub: avoid runaway scrub when using arrow key navigation
• Tab to transient: stop at media item start when tabbing backwards through transients
• Tweaks to missing filename resolving (always resolve relative filenames to full)
• VST/AU: record automation from closed plugins that have internal MIDI control
• Windows: added readahead buffer for live CD playback in Media Explorer

REAPER v3.16 - December 22, 2009
It's Santastic!
Downloads:

Windows (4.2MB installer)
Windows x64 (4.7MB installer)
OS X Intel (6.8MB DMG) beta
OS X PPC (4.9MB DMG) beta

Changes:

• Actions: increase/decrease tempo various amounts
• Arrange: clicking below tracks follows mouse preference for track selection
• API: TrackFX_FormatParamValue works for current values on most VSTs
• API: track receives are now stored in order
• Batch file converter: fixed list flickering during conversions
• Batch file converter: options to force channels, rate, resample mode
• Batch file converter: safer threading on media opening
• Batch file converter: support sidechaining when using FX
• Color themes: classic (1.x) theme support improvements
• Cursors: themeable cursors on Windows (soon for OSX)
• Dual trim/timestretch: allow editing left, right, or dual edges regardless of selection
• Elastique Pro: updated to v2.11, added Synchronized modes
• Explode by channel: handle custom media item take playback rates
• Explode by channel: use project file format setting for exploded media items
• FIPM: item y-position/height adjustments affect all selected items regardless of visibility
• FX automation: better handling of very sharp envelope changes
• MIDI editor: action to split notes on grid
• MIDI editor: better behaviors when editing notes while quantize/humanize dialog open
• MIDI editor: customizable toolbar, armable actions
• MIDI editor: better behavior when resizing notes to loop start/end
• MIDI editor: more consistent shift+click note selection behavior
• MIDI export: more descriptive error message on failure
• OSX: better handling of queued repeated-key events
• OSX: default file menu is now the same as Windows (minus Quit)
• OSX: fixed issue with dragdrop of fx and autoclose fx window option enabled
• OSX: improved redraw of many composited plug-in windows
• OSX: virtual keyboard fixes for held keys repeating note hits
• ReaControlMIDI: always send bank select message when program changes
• ReWire: opening panels on project load is deferred until load completed
• TCP: clicking below all TCPs unselects all tracks
• Toolbar: preferences to prevent scaling buttons up and/or down
• Toolbar: support for separators
• Toolbar: themeable armed toolbar button color
• Toolbar icon picker: better resize/scrollbar behavior
• Version check: made notification dialog bigger
• WavPack: updated to 4.60.1

REAPER v3.14159 - December 5, 2009
Pi: it's not just for thanksgiving anymore
Downloads:

Windows (4.2MB installer)
Windows x64 (4.7MB installer)
OS X Intel (6.8MB DMG) beta
OS X PPC (4.9MB DMG) beta

Changes:

• Automation: adjustable bezier tension for envelope points (alt+drag segment, or edit point value)
• Automation: envelope segments are automatically switched to bezier when editing tension
• Automation: add a point anywhere in envelope lane, or only on the envelope segment, by preference
• Automation: fixed action to insert envelope point in take envelopes
• Automation: FX envelopes are adjusted for PDC (can be overridden per plugin instance)
• Automation: switching from trim to read on simple vol/pan envelopes applies trim setting if pref set
• Automation: lower CPU use when using mute automation in read/write modes and control surfaces
• Batch converter: fixed filelist flickering bug when converting files
• CD import: uses current project settings for output audio format, matching extension
• Crossfades: show special cursor when shift+dragging crossfades
• Dual trim: edit shared media item edges regardless of selection (by preference)
• Dual timestretch: show special cursor when alt+dragging shared edges
• Envelopes: fixes for GUI drawing errors when greatly zoomed in
• Explode by channel: use item size/offset rather than source size
• Installer: Changed "CD Burning" item to "CD Ripping/Burning"
• Installer: changed icon to REAPER icon from generic installer
• Media item properties: option to override auto-crossfades (set automatically when importing REX)
• Media explorer: better display of preview on items without peaks
• Split: when splitting past the end of an unlooped item, create an empty take rather than looping
• VST: chunkless VSTs now get program name saved/restored (FabFilter plug-ins etc)
• VST: update current program name on audioMasterUpdateDisplay
• WAV: fix for reading WAV files larger than 4GB
• Windows: handle more types of keyboard input when set to send all keyboard input to plug-in
• Windows: Fixed cleartype issue on timeline font in default 3.0 theme

REAPER v3.141 - November 16, 2009
Smaller, faster, more productive.
Downloads:

Windows (4.1MB installer)
Windows x64 (4.7MB installer)
OS X Intel (6.8MB DMG) beta
OS X PPC (4.9MB DMG) beta

Changes:

• Action: toggle selected tracks between touch and trim/read modes (for non-motorized control surfaces)
• Anticipative FX is no longer by default disabled during rendering
• Batch converter: added right-click context menu, modeless configuration
• Custom menu: fixed Actions menu occasionally declining to be customized
• Fixed mislabeled undo/redo menu items in certain instances
• Image loading: theme images optimized for faster load (startup) time, and smaller installer
• Installer: reduced installer size on all platforms
• Media explorer: fixed import of multitrack MIDI files when importing to empty project
• MIDI editor: fixed bug when extending a looped item leftwards in the editor
• MIDI editor: avoid skipping over CC data when drawing edits quickly
• MIDI editor: actions to explicitly mute and unmute notes (in addition to existing toggle)
• MIDI editor: middle button hand-scroll
• Peaks: fixed rebuilding peaks for selected items
• Project markers: fixed transport jump-to-marker list not being refreshed
• Preferences: added new Envelopes tab, option for how to handle volume/pan trim when adding envelopes
• ReWire: per-instance options to control whether slaves can change tempo, loop region
• Scrollbars: drawing fixes
• Toolbar: merged toolbar and menu customize interfaces, no limit on custom toolbar buttons
• Toolbar: customizable tabbed floating toolbar (separate from main toolbar)
• Toolbar: added 72 more custom toolbar images
• Toolbar: optional user text over blank toolbar icon
• Toolbar: armed actions can be run by clicking anywhere in the arrange view (not just on a media item)
• Video: added support for video files that contain no video track
• Video: better audio sync on OSX
• Video: dont show video from stopped background projects
• Video: fixed possible hang on Windows multi-monitor setups
• Video: fixed incorrect frame display issues (rounding errors after manually moving the edit cursor)
• Video: added a preference panel to select video colorspaces
• x64: fixed bugs in recording and rendering format selection/configuration windows

REAPER v3.13 - October 20, 2009
50 ways to... upgrade your REAPER
Downloads:

Windows (4.3MB installer)
Windows x64 (4.9MB installer)
OS X Intel (7.2MB DMG) beta
OS X PPC (5.3MB DMG) beta

Changes:

• Action: insert multiple tracks
• API: added functions: AddProjectMarker, DeleteProjectMarker
• Automation: new volume/pan envelopes display the current track fader value
• Crossfades: fixed auto-crossfade when control+drag copying items
• FLAC: fixed multichannel read support
• FX chains: automatically increase track channel count when loading FX chains that use more channels
• Glue: special fade handling when gluing multiple items starting or ending at the same time
• Mixer: consistent scroll behavior regardless of number of tracks, autoscroll to newly added tracks
• Master: no reset of master mono/stereo setting after automatically muting on overload
• Media items: button to display item properties, by default shown only when the item is resampled
• Media explorer: configurable default-handling of project files, better context menus
• Media explorer: filter fixes
• Menus: most commonly used menus can be customized (add/remove actions, submenus, rename menu items)
• Menus: menu customizations can be imported/exported to file
• MIDI editor: user preference to flash keyboard notes on track input note-on
• MIDI editor: setting to snap note ends to grid when snap enabled
• MIDI editor: fixed snapping bug when following project beats and grid is 1/4 note triplets
• MIDI editor: better keyboard handling in text fields
• Mousewheel: fixed control+mousewheel for fine slider moves in parameter modulation and send windows
• Mute/solo: setting via right-click follows selection/grouping unless overridden with shift key
• OSX: preliminary media explorer
• OSX: fixes for file browse dialog with certain paths
• OSX: vast keyboard system fixes and improvements
• OSX: fixed main window actions working in undocked transports
• OSX: disk reading does not use F_NOCACHE on remote filesystems
• OSX: virtual MIDI keyboard fixes
• OSX: fixes to mixer autoscrolling
• OSX: midi list editor supports in-list editing
• OSX: fixed visual glitch with docker
• Peak building: optimizations (50-150% faster on .wav files in our tests)
• Peaks: when using alternate peak path, put peaks in numbered subdirectories for better performance
• Peaks: low quality preview peaks during building are now are more consistent with finished peaks
• Peaks: aborted peak generation removes partial (invalid) peak files
• Project load: replacing files with different types will scan for the same file type for other missing files
• Project/template load: current working directory defaults to project/template path
• ReaScript: added GetTrackState, expanded html help, set undo point after script executes
• ReaScript: capture Python compile-time and run-time error messages for display
• ReaScript: fixed get/set of integer-type track, item, or take parameters
• Take names: automatically focus take name field when displaying item properties
• TCP: Drag and drop routing now autoscrolls
• TCP/Mixer: autoscroll to tracks selected via action or control surface
• Track icons: optionally set all tracks to the same width when any track icons are used
• Undo system: greatly reduced memory use when loading undo history from file
• VST: fix for bridged/firewalled plug-ins with track controls visible
• VST: added MIDI output mode to merge output with input (for groove players, arpeggiators, etc)
• VST extensions: support for effString2Parameter (mostly for readable manual editing of envelope points)
• VST MIDI: fixed hanging note bug from synthedit and possibly other plugins that generate MIDI
• Windows: drag and drop of files out of REAPER now better supports unicode characters
• Windows: try to prevent bad plugins from quitting REAPER
• x64: ReWire support (master/mixer only)

REAPER v3.11 - September 20, 2009
Automation drawing, plug-in firewalling, lots of other goodness
Downloads:

Windows (4.3MB installer)
Windows x64 (4.9MB installer)
OS X Intel (7.2MB DMG) beta
OS X PPC (5.3MB DMG) beta

Changes:

• Automation: freehand envelope drawing (ctrl+drag by default, optionally ctrl+alt+drag)
• Multiproject: support for playing background projects with current, option to sync start times
• Take: realtime reverse take
• Toolbar: arm a custom toolbar button by right-clicking, click an item in the arrange view to run it
• VST: configurable bridging/firewalling on x64 and x86 (prefs/VST, per VST option in FX browser)
• Action: crossfade any overlapping selected items
• Action: toggle master track and tempo envelope visibility together
• Action window: allow removal of multiple key bindings at once
• ASIO: fixed compatibility with Zoom R16 (and possibly other devices)
• Automation: envelope data reduction during recording is now on by default
• Automation: add a point anywhere in an envelope lane by clicking
• Automation: envelope lanes now respect locking
• CD burning: better gapless CD image generation, more accurate marker/region track generation
• CD burning: allow recording multiple copies from single render, better error messages
• Cleaner display of track information on routing/fx/envelope windows/tooltips/etc
• Editing: fixed shift+click for multiple selection in arrange view
• Editing: do not allow track envelopes to move vertically when ripple edit is enabled
• Fades: option to disable autofades/autocrossfades for MIDI items
• FX autobuild routing: clearer indication that cancelling autobuild will still load the FX
• FX chains: loading FX chains will search the path of the .rfxchain for media files (for reasamplomatic/reaverb)
• FX window: UTF-8 support for preset/program combo boxes
• Help: useful information (info or context sensitive help) displayed below TCP section
• JS: fixed a bug causing potential crashes when parameters automated
• JS: new slider() function to get a slider by index (values 1..64)
• License keys: updated text for non-commercial to be more accurate (personal/small business)
• Loop recording: fixes for rounding errors causing items to be slightly too long
• MCU: better support for emulated surfaces that do not notify touch state
• Media explorer: menu options to enable RPP preview, disable tempo sync
• MIDI editor: velocity lane editing affects only selected notes if there is a selection visible
• MIDI editor: show MIDI track input on piano keys
• MIDI editor: less eager to show empty space to the left of the MIDI item
• MIDI editor: fixed drawing controller data over existing data on another channel
• MIDI editor: actions to move to previous/next lyric
• MIDI editor: fixed blinking cursor reappearing when offscreen
• MIDI: in-project MIDI preview should now interrupt audio less
• Mixer: improved extended mixer FX context menu layout
• OSX: fixed low latency MIDI output mode
• OSX: fixed menu key binding labels
• OSX: fixed MIDI note name editing
• OSX: AU compatibility improvements
• OSX: fixed key assigning special keys in actions window
• OSX: fixed keyboard navigation in file open/save dialogs
• OSX: holding shift during startup now prevents REAPER from loading last project (like on Win32)
• OSX: fixed routing dialog scroll issues on 10.4
• Pan: allow settings as low as +1/-1% with control+drag
• Peak building now handles multiple projects nicely
• Pencil mode: obey loop preference when drawing empty MIDI item
• Project settings: project media browse dialog better deals with relative paths
• ReaSamplomatic5000: ability to fully buffer smaller audio samples (better performance)
• ReaSamplomatic5000: removed pan automation zipper noises
• ReaSamplomatic5000: volume/rate/etc automation now affects playing samples
• ReaSamplomatic5000: parameter for MIDI pitch bend amount (default is 2 semitones, can do up to 12)
• ReaSamplomatic5000: safer thread-source management
• ReaSamplomatic5000: notify undo state when sample changed
• ReaVerb: less RAM use during file loading
• Safer memory management in undo, ReaVerb, and other areas
• Snap: relative snap support
• Snap: when grid-snap settings follow visible grid, do not snap if grid is not visible
• Selection: faster selection of multiple tracks in some cases where other windows are open
• Take: fixes/improvements to loop section
• TCP: Fixed track VU meter glitch
• TCP/mixer: mousewheel support on FX knobs and sends
• Tempo markers: manual edit of position defaults to timeline units (bars.beats, min:sec, etc)
• Undo: fixed multiproject undo system bugs
• Undo window: safer destroy on exit
• User preference: default track height in new projects, set to medium (was small) by default
• Virtual MIDI keyboard: arrow keys can be passed through to main window
• VST: per instance option to disable PDC
• VST: safer preset changes with some buggy plugins
• Windows Vista/7: validate ini file path before using (to ensure that it is writeable)
• Windows: fixed some issues with long strings in text boxes

REAPER v3.103 - August 27, 2009
Morsels of goodness
Downloads:

Windows (4.3MB installer)
Windows x64 (4.7MB installer)
OS X Intel (7.2MB DMG) beta
OS X PPC (5.3MB DMG) beta

Changes:

• x64 version: experimental 32-bit VST bridging support
• MIDI list editor: fixed possible duplicate event creation when filter on
• Render: disabled opening project from shell during render
• MIDI list editor: fixed inline editing of pitch values
• VST: better audioMasterGetOutputLatency reporting when stopped
• VST: reverted 3.1 optimization that seemed to cause problems with a few plug-ins
• VST: special case for Fretted Synth

REAPER v3.101 - August 14, 2009
Better, stronger, faster, part II.
Downloads:

Windows (4.3MB installer)
Windows x64 (4.7MB installer)
OS X Intel (7.2MB DMG) beta
OS X PPC (5.3MB DMG) beta

Changes:

• Fixed high CPU use on zoomed-in recording items
• Fixed grid line drawing of 1/3 beats

REAPER v3.06 - July 20, 2009
Automation for the People
Downloads:

Windows (4.3MB installer)
Windows x64 (4.7MB installer)
OS X Intel (7.2MB DMG) beta
OS X PPC (5.3MB DMG) beta

Changes:

• Updated: 7/20/2009 10:40PST to rev 7759 (automation ripple bugfix)
• Automation: drag, copy and paste automation with items, within or across tracks
• Automation: improvements when "add envelope points when moving items" enabled (right-click env toolbar button)
• Automation: recording does not write redundant points (more efficient)
• Automation: improvements when "reduce envelope point data when recording automation" enabled
• Automation: FX envelope control panel buttons stay lit if parameter modulation or MIDI learn is active
• Automation: alt+click deletes an envelope point
• Automation: fixed send automation control panel display when writing or overriding automation
• Audio: audio device channel remapping/aliasing support, separate configuration for each audio device
• Recording: pre-roll monitors track media, action to toggle recording pre-roll
• Render: rendering stems supports writing project markers as cues
• Project: no prompt to save, or display project settings, when loading an existing project in a new tab
• Project: track auto-naming no longer skips leading numbers
• Preferences: more configurable track record parameters
• Performance: better RAM/CPU behavior with accidental feedback routing
• FX: cache undo states for plugins with slow save/load operations
• FX: fixed undo point creation when plugin shown in FX chain window
• FX: fixed memory leak when loading undo states for some VSTs
• FX: fixed parameter modulation save/load/undo problems
• FX: save parameter modulation with track templates/chains/paste
• FX: show total track PDC in FX button tooltip
• FX: performance meter shows PDC by track
• FX: fixed track/mixer FX param knob rotation range
• FX: fixed EastWest Play (and possibly other plugins) not showing GUI correctly
• FX: all IK plugins blacklisted from precise loop buffer handling (glitching at loop end is preferable to crashing)
• FX: UAD plugins are set offline after render (fixes rendering at different block size)
• ReaEQ: update settings on "reset band to +0 dB" context menu action
• MIDI: undo/redo no longer sends note-off to all tracks
• MIDI: fixed import of .mid files with trailing non-note events exactly on the beat
• MIDI: glue now supports text events
• MIDI inline editor: fixed inserting notes at mouse cursor, not advancing main edit cursor
• MIDI editor: action to invert current selection
• MIDI editor: fixed moving multiple notes in looped items via keyboard actions
• MIDI editor: fixed bug when adding sysex manually
• MIDI editor: text events are now pooled across items and copied with items
• MIDI editor: fixed initialization of lane combo boxes
• JS: many optimizations for JS that do MIDI only (no @sample code, or in_pin/out_pin:none)
• JS: midi_transpose works on notes that are sustaining when you move the sliders
• JS: support for longer line lengths for slider definitions
• JS: better support for locales that use , instead of . for decimal
• JS: update dropdown boxes on sliderchange call
• JS: fixed gfx_drawchar/gfx_drawnumber() not forcing screen update
• Actions: select any track 1-99 (ctrl: extend, shift: contiguous, alt: invert)
• Actions: set loop points to selected items
• GUI: user preference for drawing pretty filled automation envelopes
• GUI: optional/themeable editing guide lines when moving items
• GUI: shift + middle mouse button does hand-scroll (and user preferences for it)
• GUI: docker/project tabs show feedback when clicking close-tab buttons
• GUI: option to show solid edge on loop selection and/or time selection
• GUI: optimized screen drawing to reduce potential overdraws
• GUI: separate user preferences for antialiased peaks/waveforms vs. antialiased fades/envelopes
• GUI: fixed drawing crossfades when overlapping items are shown in lanes
• GUI: track meters hold peaks as low as -150 dB
• OSX: toolbar can be customized
• OSX: VST/AU with carbon views now hide properly when docked

REAPER v3.04 - June 19, 2009
Fixes and enhancements.
Downloads:

Windows (4.3MB installer)
Windows x64 (4.7MB installer)
OS X Intel (7.2MB DMG) beta
OS X PPC (5.3MB DMG) beta

Changes:

• Joystick MIDI improvements (modeless config, submodes, etc)
• Allow ctrl+drag copy of selected areas of items even with very small selections
• Actions: split selected items at project markers, split selected items at grid
• Action: remove content behind selected items (shift-X by default)
• Crossfade selected items action allows time selection that is completely within both items
• Fixed bug with render dialogs render master not being restored from configuration
• ReaDelay: fixed label of delay length (from QN to 8N)
• Fixed some bugs relating to Unicode conversions when getting long UI strings
• OSX: fixed sending 1 and 2 byte messages to MIDI hardware
• Ctrl+drag (pencil mode) creates empty MIDI item if no item is selected
• SiF meters now show actual signal
• Batch rendering will no longer show save prompt/project properties if preference set
• MIDI editor: fixed sorting and mouse hit testing of overlapping notes
• MIDI editor: Undo/redo of certain actions from within editor updates cached note names
• MIDI editor: fixed scroll issues with last clicked note selection
• MIDI editor: notes are not created when dragging vertically
• MIDI editor: action to cycle through multiple items loaded in one editor (alt+N by default)
• MIDI editor: better paste edit cursor behavior with looped items
• Menu bar shows recording format, device settings, optionally free disk space including time
• Normalize as much as +120dB (up from +36dB)
• Allow resizing tracks in folder compact (not supercompact) mode
• Toolbar icons show current state for many global toggle actions
• Fixed relative filename item paste issues (when option to use relative files before fully qualified path is set)
• Disabling record arm for tracks now sends all notes off
• New JS: adpcm_simulator
• Fixed project load splash screen leak
• Better track vertical resize behaviors with varying arrange view sizes
• Fixed open performance meter causing crashes in certain instances
• VST: Support for plug-ins with Unicode filenames
• VST: UAD plug-ins always get constant blocksizes (so that they can loop without extra latency)
• VST: extra UAD mutexing on opening of UI

REAPER v3.02 - June 6, 2009
The steady stream of goodness continues.
Downloads:

Windows (4.4MB installer)
Windows x64 (4.7MB installer)
OS X Intel (7.2MB DMG) beta
OS X PPC (5.3MB DMG) beta

Changes:

• Fixes to APE, OGG, and MP3 writing in certain consolidate instances
• Fixed consolidate having issue with certain content/output sinks
• Fixed Unicode file support for DirectShow video files (avi/mpg/etc)
• Fixed CoreAudio aggregate/multi-buffer audio bug
• JS: threaded memory manager fixes (for when starting playback with graphic JSs loaded)
• Fixed bug sending events at end of MIDI file in certain instances
• More useful dialog message when unable to encode MP3
• OSX: improved GUI compatibility for some plugins
• OSX graphics tweaks
• MIDI editor: major performance improvement when editing small MIDI items in large projects
• Quick FX add menu when clicking FX slots on the extended mixer
• Windows: Low-level change to external MIDI output handling
• MIDI output timing, CPU, bandwidth, consistency, and stability improvements
• Global envelope menu selection to show/hide all track envelopes in project
• Tweaks to control surface plug-in since midi output is nicely threaded on Windows

REAPER v3.0 - May 22, 2009
A HUGE upgrade!
Downloads:

Windows (4.4MB installer)
Windows x64 (4.7MB installer)
OS X Intel (7.2MB DMG) beta
OS X PPC (5.3MB DMG) beta

Changes:

• Automation lanes
• Nested track folders
• Multiple tabbed projects
• Multichannel (greater than stereo) media support, including MOGG
• FX parameter controls on track and mixer control panels
• Customize toolbar icons and actions
• Programmable MIDI joystick/game controller support
• Inline MIDI editing
• Edit multiple MIDI items in one editor
• Sync MIDI editor to arrange view, including looped items
• Export project MIDI, with tempo map support
• MIDI event filter
• Track MIDI controls (manage bank/program changes, sysex, automate CC)
• MIDI hardware timing improvements
• Full sysex support
• All-native graphics rendering engine (better appearance and performance)
• Memory use improvements
• Soft controller takeover, including FX parameters
• MORE! Too much to list here!