Colugo Blockhead v0.44.1 Alpha WiN MacOSX

This new DAW is unlike many others you may have seen on the market - BlockHead is a work-in-progress experimental audio production program intended for music making and sound design. It's got some unique features, innovative modes of interaction and it records everything you do! Alpha builds of Blockhead are available for Windows, macOS and Linux.

Update Notes v0.44.1 Alpha

Update: Added "Enable smooth transitions for newly created blocks" option to the project settings panel.
Update: The block creation buttons that previously appeared on the borders of a brushed block area have now been moved to under the search box.
Update: Added new block creation search terms to QuickFind: "macro", "manipulator", "meta", "receive", "send", "start", "tempo".
Update: "View" settings page was renamed to "UI".
Update: "Default to fractional tempo guides" option added to UI settings.
Update: It should no longer be possible to accidentally close the quickfind widget by clicking in the gaps in between the buttons.
Update: Added an indicator lamp for MIDI input events.
Update: Added back the file browser context menu which was removed many builds ago.
Update: Improved the "block focus" behavior so that the block no longer zooms or pans off the screen.
Update: Useless "Raw" button from the default Godot color picker widget is now hidden.
Update: Improved across-the-board c++ exception handling (bugs will manifest more often now as error messages instead of outright crashes.)
Bugfix: Crash when a meta block or tempo guide is right-clicked.
Bugfix: Crash on right-click->"add manipulator" if the parameter uses delegate manipulation (An example of this is the "Reverse" toggle.)
Bugfix: Possible hang or crash on exit if the project contains a send block.
Bugfix: Various crashes when using the "reinterpret file bytes" operation.
Bugfix: [Linux]: "Failed to open layout entry" when trying to save the project.
Bugfix: Editing a manipulator doesn't trigger its target blocks to update until you jiggle its position.
Bugfix: Unreferenced and unnamed blocks are not auto-deleted in some cases.
Bugfix: "Processor error" when creating a new Receive block.
Bugfix: Send/receive blocks don't actually work at all.
Bugfix: Envelope editor mouse input breaks if the block is left-sliced and also stretched/squashed.
Bugfix: Workspace map is hidden behind lanes when the view is scrolled vertically.
Bugfix: Choke envelopes not respected during bouncing.
Bugfix: Selecting a delegate manipulation parameter using the manipulator target picker would add the wrong manipulator target.
Bugfix: Workspace/track exporting doesn't work.
Bugfix: Bounce operations don't work correctly with baked effect blocks.
Bugfix: Rack plugin state is not correctly recalled from the project file when loading an existing project.
Bugfix: Loopback buffer settings can't be edited.
Bugfix: Input buffer "Gain" and "Threshold" sliders are missing.
Bugfix: Manipulator target blocks can't be selected using the target selector if they are not situated on an expanded lane and likewise for Receive source send blocks.
Bugfix: Some block visual elements stick to the left edge of the workspace when blocks scroll off the left side.
Bugfix: Choke editor is all janky and broken in various ways.
Bugfix: Track color picker button can't be clicked if the track height is too small.
Bugfix: Expanding a lane overrides its user-configured height.
Bugfix: Several visual issues with the parameter->right click->"add manipulator" widget
Bugfix: Removed that one-pixel gap under the header of dialog boxes.
Bugfix: Myriad of bugs during project loading.
Bugfix: Various performance regressions were also fixed.



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