Composer & Sequencing

• The "Part Targets" feature has been removed. This simplifies the concept without loosing anything essential. For it is still possible to set a separate MIDI channel per part. You can even use separate MIDI channels per event.

• Improved Track/Part MIDI channel management:

  • Tracks and parts now evaluate the target channel apart from the target module.

  • Sub-tracks can overwrite the MIDI channel of the main track.

  • Parts take the MIDI channel of the track, if any, else they can have their own MIDI channel.

  • Events take the MIDI channel of the sequence part, if any, else they can have their own MIDI channel.

• Composer has a + button with feature-rich Add New Instrument Track / Add New Audio Track / Add New Track options.

• Composer and Sequence Editor have an integrated grid panel.

• Extra preset grid: "MIDI Clock".

• New way for editing audio, sequence and envelope parts using floating windows.

• New way to draw parts and to indicate selected parts and unique/shared sequence parts.

• New: Envelope Parts.

• New Focused Target Module Panel always shows the module that is played by the MIDI keyboard.

• The Part Property Panel is moved below composer.

• Audio Parts now have a gain-pan-fadin-fadout play parameter.

• Sequence Parts now have a key+vel play parameter.

• Improved Mute/Solo behaviour for tracks.

• Fine-tuned context menu for track mute.

• Fine-tuned the algorithm to define the destination track when recording a new part.

• Greatly improved the Audio Recording Options panel.

• In the sequence editor, when moving the loop-end locator, you get a set of nice options how the new loop should be filled.

• When drawing line curves in the Event Graph Editor, now the used value resolution is 1024 instead of 128, but with a min of 10 ms between value.

• Improved the "Modify Time/Length/Value 1/Value 2/..." sequence functions.

• Fixed: "Thin Out" sequence function reported a wrong number of deleted events.

• Sequence functions sub-menu is more optimized to the context resulting in a cleaner, less bloated sub-menu.

• Sequence editor: When drawing new notes, they're monitored while you draw. (preferencable).

Extended Drag-Drop Features

• Reworked Drag-Drop sub-system opens many options. For example: Drag drop a module on a track = Set Track Target.

• You can drag-drop modules with [Ctrl] to copy them.

• Drag-drop module on the "+" track button = create new track for that module.

• You can drag-drop modules and parameters on (envelope) parts.

• You can drag-drop a module onto the Focused Target Module Panel to explicitly play that module from MIDI input.

Multi-Session

• Open and play multiple sessions at the same time.

• Cut-copy-paste and drag-drop parts and modules from one session to another.

• Undo/Redo works per session.

User Interface

• Racks and modules can now be colored. The colors are used by the tracks and parts targeting the module. This makes a visual link between the composition and the sounds/effects.

• Improved behaviour when doing "Reset Graphic Resources": Also all module editors now properly reset themselves.

• String valuators: double-click = select all, cfr standard behaviour in most software.

• When showing the source file path of audio files, relative and absolute paths are shown, if different.

• Tab key has been freed from hard-coded behaviour. So it's freely usable as a shortcut key. (Control + Tab still is reserved for stepping thru the open windows though).

• Right-click anywhere on a rack to popup the context menu.

• Knobs and sliders now step to more default values on Alt+click.

• Meta parameter editor: Minimum and Maximum values now use the effective parameter values.

• Modulation cable property panels are non-modal floating windows.

• Modulation cable property panels now use knobs with clear value displays.

• When selecting an output for a rack, all relevant inputs are shown, not only racks and output interfaces.

• You can directly drop a.Mux file onto a rack slot.

• Alert popups: You can use the first char of the options. But as "Cancel" can be done by by [Esc], it will not eat the [C] from any other option starting with a C. (and so "Close Without Save" can be done via [C] ;)).

• Improved shortcut handling.

• The Session Modular Area window includes the session name.

• Improved font system.

• Font icons better match the accompanying text and color.

• Rack slots also show the module icon.

• Individual rack slots can get the GUI focus and this can process shortcuts.

• Optimized and beautified module editors.

• FolderBrowser shows big icons.

• More skinning options for the audio level meter.

• Fine-tuned editing of musical positions in bars.beats.ticks, frames, seconds,...

• Fine-tuned editing of parameter values.

• Right-click Play button -> "Panic" function for quick access when needed. As a note: The Panic function is also shortcuttable of course.

• Clicking Play while the audio engine is not running now gives a friendly alert with the option to go to the Audio Setup.

• [Alt]-click on slots, modules or cables = toggle mute.

• When loading a patch, sample or waveform from outside the library, you can now simply step to the previous/next patch, sample or waveform in that folder.

• Oscillators: You can drag-drop a wave file onto the display.

• When activating a synth editor, then the MIDI focus also is auto switched to this synth.

• VST plug-in manager: multi selection possible => easier grouping.

Others

• Imports MP3 files as samples.

• "Save Session As" now uses a new method: MuSessions are saved in a separate folder so that the Audio subfolder becomes more private per session. This will make it more easy to bundle a MuSession into a zip.

• New options to to manage the audio/sample files within the session's audio folder.

• Rack Sends popup menu now also include 'Copy As Parameter Event'.

• Improved VST engine.

• Tuned new VST naming algorithm: MuLab prefers to use the VST patch name rather than the VST plug-in name, if relevant.

• MuLab now supports opening sessions via the command line.

• Fixed: When saving a session in some parent folder of the library folder, then there could be a file reference problem when loading the session on another system.

• New "Save As 'New' Session" function.

• Inline Sample Browser: You can step thru the samples in a folder while the music is playing and using the selected sample. For example: choose a snare drum sample while the drum pattern is playing it.

• New type session menu.

• New MidiSetup preference "MidiOutputMicroTimeCompensation".

• Fixed: When your computer was up and running for many days without restart, then there could be some practical problems.

• Fixed: Possible denormalizations bug.

• Fine-tuned management of sequenced sustain pedal events.

• And many many other micro improvements, too many and too detailed to list them all.

MU.LAB is a software application that transforms your computer into a real music studio. It does not overwhelm you with a complex feature set, in which you can get lost. On the contrary, MU.LAB is a user-friendly yet rock-solid musical tool designed to create, fine-tune and play Your Music.

MU.LAB's core feature set:

Audio Recording & Playback.

• MIDI Recording & Playback.

• Flexible Composition & Sequence Editing.

• Supports Audio and MIDI VST Plugins.

• ReWire Master.

• Powerful Audio and MIDI Plugin Routing (up to 100% modular if you want).

• Integrated high quality synths, samplers and effects.

• High quality Audio Engine.

• Sample Accurate Sequencing.

• Can work from a USB memory stick.

MU.LAB comes in 2 flavors: MU.LAB Free and MU.LAB Unlimited.

MU.LAB Free (which is free to everyone) has a 6 track limit, can only mixdown in 16-Bit and only supports 1 mono out for ReWired devices.

MU.LAB Unlimited can do unlimited tracks, can also mixdown in 32-Bit for more extensive musical productions, and supports all available audio outputs for ReWired devices.