Ohm Studio

Fixed a crash that would occur when clicking on the bottom chat bar

Improvement of global performance for web-related tasks

Improvement: Projects open faster.


+ Other misc fixes and enhancements

New: Audio Patterns now have handles to adjust their Fade-in, Volume and Fade-out values. Select one (or more) Audio Patterns, go to Edit mode, then click and drag a handle to edit its value, or double-click it to set it back to its default value.

Improvement: the new overhauled server architechture provides faster project loading/unloading and project "isolation" (if a project crashes or takes a long time to load, other projects should no longer be blocked or slowed down).

Improvement: the Volume parameter of Audio Patterns is now expressed in dB (rather than in %) and can now be used to boost the level of a Sample above its original value.

Improvement: Aux Racks can now be renamed and freely moved inside the Mixer view.

Improvement: mouse cursors have been updated to adopt either a Windows or a Mac "look and feel". Choose between the white (Windows) or black (Mac) cursor theme in your Display preferences.

Fix: fixed several bugs with the mouse cursor image not refreshing properly (e.g. the Eraser tool could sometimes be displayed instead of the Arrow tool)

Fix: fixed a bug that caused the status indicator of the Chat panel not to work (i.e. it was always green).

Improvement : OhmStudioGuest now transmits keyboard shortcuts to the main Ohm Studio process. Consequently, keyboard shortcuts work even when you open a plugin’s GUI.



Improvement: It is now possible to cut or reduce the size of an Audio Pattern containing fade-in/out even when the length of the fade exceeds that of the new targeted smaller-sized Pattern.



Improvement: Windows users can drag’n’drop audio or MIDI files from a VST plugin’s GUI - provided such feature is available - onto an Audio/MIDI Track in Ohm Studio. Mac users were already able to do this.



Fix: an empty Rack with freeze enabled now plays the freezed sound only instead of both freezed sound and the sound heard at its 1st input pin. Such case can happen at the end of a chain when the last Rack has only a Volume Plugin left.



Fix: If you crop the beginning of a MIDI Pattern, its Automation Points will not only follow the shift visually but also "audibly" during playback.



Fix: If you move an Audio Pattern the volume of which has been modified via the Inspector onto a Track of another Audio Track Plugin, its volume is no longer set to its initial level again.



Fix: Changing Audio- or Record Preferences during Record no longer causes Audio Engine to crash.



Fix: Contrast- and brightness values now apply automatically on startup.



Fix: You can now access elements on the farthest left of the Gear Panel with the mouse when the Chat Panel is hidden.



Fix: If Chat Panel is hidden, clicking somewhere on the Bottom Bar no longer brings it back.



Fix: You can now create a Pattern, copy it, do undo, and paste it successfully, instead of crash.



Fix: In some rare cases, a Sample's waveform would not match the sound it produced.



Fix: You can now successfully save and load presets in Oddity and Minimonsta.



Fix: On Windows, the Alt Gr key is no longer ignored.



Fix: You can now edit a note's velocity with the Pen tool in the Velocity lane, even when another element elsewhere is already selected.



Fix: Deleting one of Ohm Studio's built-in Plugin from a Rack while its GUI is still open no longer causes a Crash.

Rev. 70818
17 October 2012
Fixed crashes introduced by previous revision 70727.

Rev. 7072
12 October 2012
Note: this release introduced unwanted crashes that should be resolved by revision 70818.


NEW: Velocity Lane.
You can now increase and decrease Note velocity with vertical bars.

Toggle Velocity Lane via the Layer Menu.

Click & drag upwards/downwards to edit velocity for selected notes.


NEW: Loop ON/OFF button in the Transport Bar


Improvement: Track freely resizable.
Click & drag upwards/downwards the bottom of the Track Header. Track size is now a private parameter (i.e. per user) just as with Solo or Loop for example.


Improvement: Piano Roll freely scrollable
Use the mouse wheel or the scrollbar over the Piano Keys of the Piano Roll.


Improvement: On the Dashboard, you can now choose to perform different actions for each Project by simply left-clicking on the little white arrow on the left.


Fixed: Sometimes Ohm Studio would not respond for a long time when closing a Project and coming back to the Dashboard.

Fixed: Moving a Plugin from one Rack to another and then undoing could freeze a Project.

Fixed: Bottom bar would not sync properly.

Resizing/shrinking/moving Rack- and Track Headers is now instant (no animation).

New Feature: it is now possible to export MIDI events contained in your selected element (Pattern / Track / Plugin / Rack, or the whole project when no element is selected) from the File menu (or directy from the "right-click menu" for MIDI Patterns).

New Feature: it is now possible to bounce the output of a Rack onto a new Audio Track, for example to edit the waveform of a frozen Rack like an ordinary Audio Pattern.

Select the Rack and open the Inspector or simply right click on a Rack (either in the Mixer view or on its Rack Header) to see the Bounce to new Audio Track options.

New Feature: there's an option called Follow Selection (available in the View menu) that, when enabled, makes the Sequencing Panel and the Gear Panel automatically scroll when you select an element, so that the element (e.g. a Rack) becomes visible in both Panels.

Improvement: Notes that have their end (i.e. their MIDI note off event) outside of a Pattern are no longer muted, but will play as if the note was cut by the Pattern's ending.

Improvement: it is now possible to change the folder used to store your audio cache (i.e. the folder that stores audio files used by your Ohm Studio projects).

Select a new folder inside Ohm Studio Preference's Advanced tab.
Make sure to copy all 3 existing sub-folders (i.e. "blobs", "main" and "peaks") inside your new sample cache folder while Ohm Studio is not running.

Fixed Bug: under certain circumstances, some Audio Patterns could not be heard during playback.

Fixed Bug: the selected chatroom was sometimes not highlighted in the bottom bar.

Fixed Bug: the network activity progress bars could sometimes get stuck after uploading / downloading of audio data was complete.

Fixed Bug: in double fullscreen mode, the Chat and the Gear Panel could not be resized.

Fixed Bug: in double fullscreen mode and depending on the way your 2 displays are set up, the Preferences and Export panel could be invisible or partially visible.

Various other minor bug fixes