Hi Everyone,

The update many have been waiting for - the completion of the instrument models. As such, reViSIT v0.89 is the last major checkpoint before beta testing, featuring as it does...

• New Note Actions (NNA's)
  With NNA's, you can control what happens to the original note when it is replaced by a new one. Previously, all notes were abruptly cut, but now you can have it: cut, continue, fade out, or follow the prescribed envelope release curve. As IT2 users will testify, it makes a huge difference - and can make tracking quality music much easier.
• Duplicate Check Types (DCT's) and Actions (DA's)
  Duplicate Checks are another way for new notes to affect previous ones. In combination with NNA's, it allows you to limit the number of notes played on a channel, with a specific pitch, instrument or sample. For example, you could have an guitar instrument made of 6 samples representing the 6 guitar strings. A Fade or Off NNA will allow the string to continue vibrating after another is ?plucked'. Then, you could set up a DCT on sample, so that only one note can be played on each string (sample) at a time.
• Volume Fadeout
  Replace the abrupt "Note Cut" (^^^) with a smoother fade out of the instrument, triggered by a new note or the "Note Off" (===) event.
• Pitch Envelope
  Complimenting the Volume and Panning envelopes of the last release, I believe I've managed to approximate the IT2 pitch envelope behaviour.
• Lots of other minor additions, changes and fixes
  Check the Release Notes or readme.txt for a complete list of updates, including Block Swap and other new keyboard shortcuts.

Please report back with any comments, queries or problems you might have.

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

Incredibly good. Looks like the MIDI effect bugs are squashed, and this week I'll do further testing to make sure. Since I'm using ReViSiT mostly as a MIDI device, I'll end up putting it through its paces and let you know anything else that isn't working or might be newly broken.

I'll be patiently awaiting Mapped mode, in the meantime. Keep rocking!

I believe IT2 allowed you to set MIDI channel 17, which meant that the a MIDI channel would be equal to the tracker channel (channel mod 16, at least), rather than that predefined in the instrument.

Chris