Hi Everyone,

I'm pleased to deliver a major new version of reViSiT (v0.87) with many new features! Many thanks to those who have provided feedback over the last few weeks (especially Esa). However, before we get into the nitty gritty, I just want to announce that reViSiT and I will be attending Assembly '05 in Helsinki (28^th to 31^st of July) - so if you want to talk about reViSiT one-2-one with the developer, now's your chance (I'll be based just inside the entrance to the Oldskool area). Anyway, what's new...?

·      Advanced Sync Support. reViSiT's sync algorithm has been significantly improved, so as to support variable length patterns, pattern breaks (Cxx) and pattern loops (SBx). A ?playlist' or pattern rows is pre-computed during editing, so that there is nothing extra to do for playback, and host synchronisation is perfectly accurate and instantaneous.

·      Pattern Options. Pressing Ctrl-F2 in the pattern editor will now take you to the Pattern Options dialog, where you can change settings for minor and major row highlights and pattern length, for the current pattern.

·      Ableton Live and Magix Samplitude support. reViSiT now includes workarounds for the bugs in both these programs that prevented reViSiT's use in-sync with the host (sometimes causing crashes). With these two additions to the supported list, reViSiT now supports all VST hosts (that I have been made aware of, at least).

·      A New Interface Look. reViSiT's interface has been given a total make-over, and now boasts a sleeker, friendlier look. Nonetheless, it still works in the same tried and tested way as before.

·          New keyboard commands and keyboard reference. There are many new keyboard commands. Also, the online FAQ (http://www.nashnet.co.uk/english/revisit/faq.htm) now has a list of keyboard commands supported in v0.87.

·      And MUCH, MUCH more. reViSiT v0.87 has many, many more additions and changes, too numerous to list here. You are strongly recommended to see the readme.txt or associated release notes for full details.

The next stop is instrument model completion for v0.88, and then onto improved module and sample file support for v0.89.

If you download reViSiT, you are requested to provide feedback on your experiences using the online forum.

If you have already applied to the Alpha programme, you will have an email containing the details of the download. If you haven't applied, go to http://www.nashnet.co.uk/english/revisit/download.htm and sign up for the download.

If anyone has any questions, feel free to pose them on the forum - or to me directly by email, via revisit@nashnet.co.uk. For more information, see the reViSiT website @ http://revisit.nashnet.co.uk.

Enjoy!

All the best,
Chris