jim
10-09-2009, 11:06 PM
Lots o tweaks and fixes, and a couple very cool new features. Be sure to check the release notes for all the details. More fixes coming soon, so don't fret if a bug you reported isn't fixed yet.
http://www.five12.com/Numerology-2.2b2.dmg
Numerology 2.2b2 Release Notes:
MonoNote Pitch Glide:
This feature allows you to easily add controlled pitch bends to a monophonic melody. There are three parameters involved. First, on the same sequencer row as velocity is the "Pitch Glide" param, which specifies what portion of a step will be bent. The portion bent is always the latter portion of the note, and the direction and amount of bend are always targeted toward the following note. The default value for Pitch Glide is 0.5, or 1/2 of the note.
There are two more important parameters located in the advanced settings panel of the MonoNote, you can view them by clicking on the little triangle button in the lower-left corner of the module. The first parameter, "Glide Mode" allows you to turn pitch glide on or off, or set it to auto, which is the default. In auto mode, only notes with a gate time of "Tie" are bent.
The last parameter is "Bend Range", which tells the module how large a bend it can make. This value needs to correspond to the bend range parameters on your synthesizer. Larger ranges are better, as they allow the bend to extend over a wider range. The default is 12, for 12 semitones of bend up or down. Most MIDI synthesizers have a default bend range of only 2 semitones, so you should always check that setting on your synth and update as necessary.
Speech Synthesis:
- On the AudioSample module, direct access to OS X's speech syntheiszer. Click "speak", enter some text, pick a voice, click OK. You text will be synthesized, stored in an .aiff file the in the media folder for your project, and loaded into the AudioSample module as a new sample. To play directly what was synthesized, just hit the play button on the module. Or set your start, loop start, & loop end points and play it with a sequencer. All voices are synthesized at 22 Khz, so the tuning on the module is automatically set to -12 semitones to accomodate that. There is one known bug: sometimes when you "speak" a new clip, the the new sample will not load completely, or will not load at all. The workaround is to either manually load the sample, or to re-speak the sample.
MIDI Learn:
- MIDI Assignments (i.e. what you get when you do MIDI Learn) are now properly saved and loaded with exported modules.
MIDI Learn: Reflection:
- This build has provisional support to "reflect" Learned MIDI CC's back to MIDI controllers. If you are interested in testing this feature, email me directly : jim at five12 dot com.
Chord Sequencer:
- You can now modulate & MIDI assign all the major sequencing params (degree, type, family, inversion, spacing, octave)
- The "Pitch Out" port has been renamed "Interval Out" and outputs the interval/degree of the current step of the sequence.
Drum Seq:
- Random Jump is now available (in the 'timing' row) as a sequence-able parameter.
All Note Sequencers:
- Now have a "Bg Stripe Pattern" parameter in their "advanced settings" panels. This allows you to change the background pattern to groupings other than "in 4". Note that this is a parameter, so it can change for each stack preset. I'll be adding this to the CV Seq and Gate Seq soon.
All Sequencers:
- Fixed a bug where the Start Step and End Step controls would not respond to MIDI Learn
MonoNote AU:
- Numerology no longer loads the AudioUnit version of the MonoNote, which causes conflicts due to the way Cocoa handles class names.
Misc Fixes & Updates:
- Fixed a bug where the contextual (right-click) menu would not always work properly.
- Fixed a bug where sequencers would not behave properly when in direction mode "Alt1" and start step and end step are set the same.
- The MonoNote's "Pitch Out" port has been renamed "Interval Out" to more correctly indicate what it outputs (intervals, not absolute pitches).
- Fixed a bug in the behavior of the "Gate Out" ports of all Note Sequencers when the transport is not running.
http://www.five12.com/Numerology-2.2b2.dmg
Numerology 2.2b2 Release Notes:
MonoNote Pitch Glide:
This feature allows you to easily add controlled pitch bends to a monophonic melody. There are three parameters involved. First, on the same sequencer row as velocity is the "Pitch Glide" param, which specifies what portion of a step will be bent. The portion bent is always the latter portion of the note, and the direction and amount of bend are always targeted toward the following note. The default value for Pitch Glide is 0.5, or 1/2 of the note.
There are two more important parameters located in the advanced settings panel of the MonoNote, you can view them by clicking on the little triangle button in the lower-left corner of the module. The first parameter, "Glide Mode" allows you to turn pitch glide on or off, or set it to auto, which is the default. In auto mode, only notes with a gate time of "Tie" are bent.
The last parameter is "Bend Range", which tells the module how large a bend it can make. This value needs to correspond to the bend range parameters on your synthesizer. Larger ranges are better, as they allow the bend to extend over a wider range. The default is 12, for 12 semitones of bend up or down. Most MIDI synthesizers have a default bend range of only 2 semitones, so you should always check that setting on your synth and update as necessary.
Speech Synthesis:
- On the AudioSample module, direct access to OS X's speech syntheiszer. Click "speak", enter some text, pick a voice, click OK. You text will be synthesized, stored in an .aiff file the in the media folder for your project, and loaded into the AudioSample module as a new sample. To play directly what was synthesized, just hit the play button on the module. Or set your start, loop start, & loop end points and play it with a sequencer. All voices are synthesized at 22 Khz, so the tuning on the module is automatically set to -12 semitones to accomodate that. There is one known bug: sometimes when you "speak" a new clip, the the new sample will not load completely, or will not load at all. The workaround is to either manually load the sample, or to re-speak the sample.
MIDI Learn:
- MIDI Assignments (i.e. what you get when you do MIDI Learn) are now properly saved and loaded with exported modules.
MIDI Learn: Reflection:
- This build has provisional support to "reflect" Learned MIDI CC's back to MIDI controllers. If you are interested in testing this feature, email me directly : jim at five12 dot com.
Chord Sequencer:
- You can now modulate & MIDI assign all the major sequencing params (degree, type, family, inversion, spacing, octave)
- The "Pitch Out" port has been renamed "Interval Out" and outputs the interval/degree of the current step of the sequence.
Drum Seq:
- Random Jump is now available (in the 'timing' row) as a sequence-able parameter.
All Note Sequencers:
- Now have a "Bg Stripe Pattern" parameter in their "advanced settings" panels. This allows you to change the background pattern to groupings other than "in 4". Note that this is a parameter, so it can change for each stack preset. I'll be adding this to the CV Seq and Gate Seq soon.
All Sequencers:
- Fixed a bug where the Start Step and End Step controls would not respond to MIDI Learn
MonoNote AU:
- Numerology no longer loads the AudioUnit version of the MonoNote, which causes conflicts due to the way Cocoa handles class names.
Misc Fixes & Updates:
- Fixed a bug where the contextual (right-click) menu would not always work properly.
- Fixed a bug where sequencers would not behave properly when in direction mode "Alt1" and start step and end step are set the same.
- The MonoNote's "Pitch Out" port has been renamed "Interval Out" to more correctly indicate what it outputs (intervals, not absolute pitches).
- Fixed a bug in the behavior of the "Gate Out" ports of all Note Sequencers when the transport is not running.