PlugData v0.6.0

[timothyschoen]

IMPORTANT: This version is not compatible with DAW saves from v0.5.3. If you're using a recent Actions tab build, you should be fine. Hopefully the last time that happens. But if you have DAW projects you want to keep:

• Save all opened PlugData plugins to Pd patches
• Remove PlugData from those projects
• Upgrade PlugData
• Re-add PlugData

For Linux users, I'd recommend using the OBS packages, or the AUR package on Arch.
OBS packages (maintained by @KottV): https://software.opensuse.org//download.html?project=home%3Aplugdata&package=plugdata
AUR packages (maintained by @aik2mlj): https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/plugdata-git

Thanks to @JoshuaACNewman, @ludnny, @kreth608 and @QuevasMz for sponsoring the development of PlugData!

This version includes many improvements, most importantly:

• Updated to ELSE-rc3, which includes new band-limited oscillators, [numbox~] and more! Now also includes the [sfont~] object, and the Live Electronics Tutorial.
• Built-in oversampling to reduce aliasing in patches with distortion or non-bandlimited synthesis. You can enable this by clicking "1x" in the statusbar.
• Installers for Windows and Mac to make the installation process faster
• Externals work in the standalone on Windows now!
• Smart-patching: Shift is the magic key
  • Create multiple connections at once with the shift key + multiple selection.
  • Create multiple connections in a row with the shift key + single object.
  • Drop an object into a connection by dragging it over a connection while holding shift

Other changes:

• Fixed copy/paste activity bug
• Added implementation for [text define] object
• PlugData's Deken implementation is now much faster, and gives instant results while typing.
• Print messages are correctly concatenated
• Fixed glitches when dragging an object close to the edge of the canvas
• Faster startup time
• GraphOnParent improvements:
  • Can show name of graph
  • Can click through an empty graph, like in pd-vanilla
• [nbx] and [floatatom] Improvements:
  • Selection state works more like pd-vanilla and Max
  • Use up/down keys to increment/decrement when selected
  • Better performance
  • Fixed [nbx] size issues
  • Better dragging behaviour
• Fixed bug causing subpatcher helpfiles not being found
• Allow clicking on suggestions
• Middle-mouse pan
• Fixed various size and position inconsistencies for GUI object
• Messages now automatically open editor when created
• Can now use both delete and backspace to delete objects
• Fixed font bugs on Windows
• Fixed various problems with the [listbox] object
• Can now optionally use "else/" prefix when referring to ELSE objects
• Fixed various Windows related crashes
• Fixed bugs related to array object
• Many more bugfixes!!

Thanks to @kreth608, @60-hz, @offthesky, @Omar-Misa, @mantsar, @JoshuaACNewman, @Nek, for contributing and reporting a lot of these bugs. Sorry If I forgot anyone!

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This discussion was created from the release PlugData v0.6.0.

[enchilada404]

Externals work in the standalone on Windows now! 😋👍🤘