Midinous news & patch notes

1.5.1.2 - Bug Fixes & QoL Changes

• Hopefully fixed Windows users' program crashing unexpectedly or not starting at all. However on Windows systems, ASIO devices will no longer be supported. I tried many-a-thing to get this to function but people continued to crash so it simply wasn't worth it. Windows audio sucks ASS...ahem, anyway.
• Reset settings wasn't even working. In fact, it would open up the welcome window! This is now fixed. Also, it used to not update whatever panel you were on when resetting settings. Now it does!
• Midinous is now supported on higher resolutions. Changes to UI resolution require a program restart. You can change your scale-up % in the Options > General pane. To accompany larger resolutions, the maximum workspace magnification level has also been increased to 400%. If something looks weird, feel free to contact me.

1.5.1.1 - Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue where points couldn't be moved. They would just get deleted and be unrecoverable even with an undo.
• Fixed an issue where MIDI stop messages would not actually stop a sequence
• Added additional error handling to isolated users crashing when PortAudio initializes. This likely won't solve your issue, but if it happens and you let me know with log.txt, I can better diagnose the issue and we can find a solution!

1.5.1.0 Changelog

• The path viewer is now updated to include spin buttons for each path which modify weight without having to edit a seperate panel. This is a QoL change.
• Paths with a weight of -1 are now considered 'Locked' paths with a default color of deep orange. This color can now be configured in the appearance settings
• ADSR controls now have time information below the sliders, allowing you to see how long each envelope is (and how long each segment is).
• Greatly improved performance on large projects with lots of Points and Paths and improved stability of all projects
• Improved performance further in general

• Fixed MacOS app appearing twice in the dock
• Fixed issues when the program closed where some exit tasks were causing the program to hang
• Fixed a bug where termination warnings were not working correctly due to some bad logic.
• Fixed a visual bug that would cause the objects on the canvas to blink away and return after a few frames.
• Recursion checking will no longer flag false positives on large projects with large path weight numbers. It's faster, too.
• The audio engine now performs much faster. You should notice a decrease in latency and an increase in audio quality, especially at higher sample rates.
• Fixed a bug that caused Notes to sometimes not play even if their probability was set to 100.
• Fixed the implementation of ASIO -- ASIO devices should now function as expected. It is unknown whether this will affect known issues on Windows 11 systems. I continue to monitor the discussion boards!
• Receive clock now accurately receives MIDI clock messages and can sync with your DAW. It will never be perfect but the latency between the two should be manageable and it should self-correct quickly upon sequence start.
• Cleared up some language in the tutorial preset to be more current with the controls and functions of MN 1.5
• Fixed issue when loading autosaves. Loading an autosave was creating an empty project. Loaded autosaves will also now have the correct document name upon loading.
• Fixed an issue with path weights of -1 not behaving as described in the manual for Sequential and Portal points. These are now correct.

1.5.0.1 Changelog

• Linux & MacOS: Fixed playback breaking after using the internal synth. The new code to create WAV files was not working on your systems and would cause the program to become non-functional: There was a missing directory
• All systems: Fixed crashes related to setting non-note point statuses (such as mute or pass)

1.5.0.0 Changelog

General

• Windows 11 ARM users: Important! Midinous auto-installs BMIDI when it is first opened but apparently Windows 11 systems built on ARM don't automatically trigger the install of the driver. If you encounter an issue where the MIDI functions don't start, you may have to install the BMIDI driver yourself through the 3rd Party Installers folder in the install directory. Go to Midinous in your Steam library, right click, go to "Manage > Browse Local Files" to find the directory. Run the BMIDI installer found there.

• Added a "Hide Labels" button to the toolbox allowing you to turn off labels if there are a lot of them, or if you simply don't want to see them

• Added better context to log messages. They will be displayed with a prefix of WARNING, ERROR, or INFO and removed the need for log_error and log_full. everything will now go into the log.txt file. The other two log files will be deleted when starting Midinous

• Feedback system has been made more robust and secure

• Save format has been changed to be actual JSON. The advantage of this is easier consumption in utilities and actual recognized JSON. The disadvantage is that save files opened in 1.5 won't be able to be opened in old versions of the program. If you wish to back up your saves, please do so before opening them in the new version.

• Options format has also changed to be actual JSON. However please note this means settings had to reset. Hopefully this will be the last time.

• Removed the "Toolbox" label as I felt this was redundant, and it allowed for more room for controls

Fixes

• Fixed Insen and Two-semitone Tritone scales having incorrect intervals

• Fixed scale and beat division selector data not loading when opening documents

• Fixed email feedback system not working

• Fixed being able to set the group number buttons, effectively overwriting the ability to change Point Type when Place Mode is active

• Fixed LED input color mixing and display. LEDs' colors can now be configured separately from the input color and everything will be mixed at the end of the chain

• Fixed a crash related to having a CC point that was a start point and a muted point at the same time

• Fixed a crash related to an internal object race condition. This wasn't clear to the user but has been fixed.

• Fixed an issue where traveler injection wasn't working while the sequence was playing

• Fixed an issue where the clipboard would be filled with nothing if no points were selected. Now it will preserve the last copy group

• Fixed an issue where the logic network was not resetting once the sequece stopped. Functionality has also been added to reset the logic network while the sequence is stopped.

• Fixed an issue where the Probability logic for Note Points wasn't working properly

• Fixed an issue where probability wasn't showing up in the tooltip when hovering over a Note Point

• Fixed an issue where window focus would break the tool selection until another tool was selected

• Fixed a visual inconsistency with the size of the tooltip window when hovering over Points

Big Changes

• Localization! Thanks to the generous community of users around the globe, Midinous is now partially translated into the following languages: Arabic German English Finnish French Greek Italian Korean Dutch Polish Portuguese Russian Slovakian Spanish Swedish Turkish Ukrainian Don't see your language above or does something look off? Join the localization team through the Official Midinous Discord Server and help to localize Midinous! As I receive help from localizers, more elements of the UI will be supported with the available languages.

  Note: Some elements of the UI might look strange while translated. I tried my best to accommodate the difference in size of text elements but your experience may vary.

New Stuff

• Internal synth changes!

  Synth settings have moved to their own tab in the options area

  Each synth voice (by channel) now has a polyphony of 16, instead of there only being 16 total voices. This is to better represent the changes below

  New wave shapes! 'Wavetables' are sets of data read in to make complex wave shapes. The selection of additional wavetables available currently are:

  FM Bass Blancmange Weierstrass Elliptical Catenary

• Wavetable data files '.wtd' are an internal format of floating point values between -1 and 1 over a single period of a wave shape. These can be found in the new 'data/wavetables' folder in the install directory. I have written a custom script to make .wtd formatted files, which you can use to replace the available wavetable shapes in the program, and replace the provided "User 1" and "User 2" waveshapes. You can find that script here

  I also took the liberty to convert all of the existing wave shapes to wavetables as well, and this has led to a much faster audio engine because the program doesn't have to do as much math to render out a wave (no calculation of each sample of a wave)!

• New basic linear envelope features for the internal synth

  Control Attack, Decay, Sustain, and Release (ADSR) values for each of the 16 internal voices

  Attack: How fast the synth will rise in volume once a Point activates

  Decay: How fast the synth will lower to the sustain volume

  Sustain: At what volume the synth will hold until Release

  Release: How fast the synth will lower in volume to 0 after the Sustain period

• Added rudimentary control for mouse buttons, allowing you to change which mouse button is used for panning (for example). These options were moved to the Bindings tab in the options area

• New objects! Switch, Counter, and Terminator

  Gates, or Logic Gates, are now their own placeable type and no longer includes LEDs

  LEDs now are their own placeable type rather than being a type that needs to be configured through the Logic interface

  Switches flip between on and off when hit with a logic 'High' signal. They will only toggle again when the input goes 'Low' after being 'High'.

  Counters have a specified number property and send a logic 'High' signal pulse when hit with that number of logic signals. They will only count up when the input goes 'Low' after being 'High'

  Terminators will allow only a certain number of travelers to pass through them before stopping the passage of travelers altogether (can be configured to 0 to always do this). A terminator with a 0 value functions the same way as a muted Point at the end of a chain.

  Note: Counters and Switches are exclusive to the logic network while terminators are exclusive to the traveler (signal) network.

• Audio Buffer: Any audio played during a sequence when "Internal Synth" is on will now save to a .wav file in the save_WAV folder found in the user directory. Much like the save_MIDI directory, only the last 5 plays of any sequence (by name) will be kept. The maximum size of the file is 1GB, giving you about 3 hours of recording time @ 44.1kHz sample rate. The audio files are 16 bit mono PCM wav, and the sample rate is dependent on what audio device you have selected in the options menu.

Well, here we are. Midinous' features are now complete. It's pretty incredible that, after 4 years, people are still enjoying the software and offering useful feedback to make it better. I'm extremely grateful to everyone for buying Midinous; you're the reason I'm able to support myself. Since Midinous is now feature-complete, I will completely focus on making Midinous as stable as possible on the systems I'm currently supporting so that Midinous will be stalwart into the future. Maintenance and bug fixes won't stop and all future updates will come to you for free.

Now I have to give you the less-than-good news: Apple has continually been a roadblock in my development and I have found it harder and harder to keep up with the changing landscape. At some point in the near future Apple will stop supporting OpenGL (the graphics back-end for Midinous) and replace support for their technology called Metal. At that time, I will no longer be able to support Midinous on MacOS. So, I've made the decision to discontinue support for future MacOS systems. I won't be buying another Apple machine to develop on. I'll support Midinous as long as I'm able with the Mac system I currently have. Updates are so much easier to push for Linux and Windows systems and the development tax I incur working with Apple machines drives me crazy. That's one of the reasons this update is so big, a final gift to Mac folks because there really won't be any new features after this for any system. At any rate, I wanted to let everyone know my plans now so that it wasn't a surprise when Apple makes their moves towards Metal.

I think Midinous is in a great place right now -- the beta has been running just fine and I've received a lot of good feedback so I thought it was time to "flip the switch" and give you the gift of Midinous 1.5! My life has been pretty chaotic in the past year or so, which is the reason updates have been so slow. However, the code base is so vastly different than last update that things just kept getting added and the update kept getting bigger.

The manual has yet to be updated. Lots of things have changed and I figured it was more important to get the content out before I got the guide up-to-date. But it will be updated soon!

If you have issues or questions please join the Discord where you can ask away. I also read the Steam discussions and answer emails.

As always, never stop creating. - Jae ♥

Thanks to everyone who has supported and voted for Midinous during the 2024 MIDI Innovation Awards (MIA), it's a winner!

1.2.1.0 Patch Changelog

• Manual has been updated to 1.2.1.0 - If you can't access the manual in the program, you can reach it here, or on Discord: https://github.com/Nornec/Midinous-Issues
• LEDs now pulse with light when hit with a pulse from the logic network. It wasn't really clear whether they were being activated even though they were, just activating/deactivating ridiculously fast. Now they'll light up briefly when hit with a momentary logic pulse.
• The logic indicator on non-logic Points will now flash as a pulse as well. As with the LEDs activating on the logic network, its behavior was not clear enough.
• The "Copy Properties" button at the top of the properties pane now sets the default values for new points as well as its normal function (putting data into a buffer for use in pasting to other points). Simply hit the button on the desired Point whose properties you want to be the default for new Points of that type.
• The EULA has been changed to be less restrictive, and the demo EULA now matches the main application EULA. Major changes: you can't sell content packs with project files for Midinous, but whatever composition or MIDI file you make with the data from Midinous is your IP and is explicitly not the property of Midinous or I. I also explicitly state that you're free to use this on any computers you own without restriction.
• Grid points representing quarter notes at 1x zoom now have a different size than other points when zooming in. This is to help alignment when zoomed in far. Zoom out functionality has not been changed.

• MacOS: Mac didn't get the last update. This will update you fully.
• Patched a bug with how Midinous processes external clock. It now works as it did, by only starting and stopping when it detects the associated transport message. I have not yet figured out the best way to calculate external clock received. For now, set the Midinous project tempo to your host's tempo before pressing play.
• Fixed a crash that happened when there was no point with ID 0 placed
• Fixed a crash that would sometimes happen when there were no previous Points in a chain of Points
• Fixed a crash related to copying points while the sequence was active
• Fixed a crash related to untitled/unsaved projects being open and worked on for too long
• Fixed an issue where autosaves for untitled projects didn't have any data
• That pesky camera bug (where it would set the camera to the minimum coordinates possible (in the billions!) should hopefully be fixed now. Deleting the settings file and restarting Midinous seemed to fix this for most folks before this update.
• Fixed a bug that didn't allow you to set the same key for the control/command modifiers as the regular keys. It would set the other control to "none"
• Fixed a graphical issue with the width of tooltips when hovering over points with relative values

To Vote:

1.2.0.1 Patch Changelog

• Fixed a bug where default opacity for tooltips was divided by 100. If you don't see tooltips, they're probably on but their opacity is really low. Change that in the options menu. Any new users or upgraders shouldn't have this issue.
• Fixed a graphical bug with CC points where, when not at 1x zoom, the graphic would be off-center and look strange
• Fixed an issue where some people's camera was being set to, effectively, the virtual bounds of the program and it was breaking canvas functions. If the program detects your camera is at a wild position, it will set it to the origin (0,0) instead
• Fixed an issue with number entry in some value fields. It was behaving unexpectedly
• Fixed an issue where CC value swapping was swapping param number with end amount instead of param amount with end amount.
• Fixed an issue where path positions weren't displaying correctly on associated buttons in the path viewer

Hello!

What this means:

• Midinous needs to be in different languages to remain accessible to as many folks as possible
• With a limited budget, I need your help

How It'll Work

• Official documentation
• Tooltip text
• Menu items
• Error messages (and logs)

What I Can Offer You

The Current Team

• Spanish
• German

1.2.0.0 Changelog

• Manual has been updated to 1.2.0.0 - If you can't access the manual in the program, you can reach it here, or on Discord: https://github.com/Nornec/Midinous-Issues
• As of this update and future updates (not retroactive), the Steam DRM has been removed and the demo version is now a different program. You should now be able to launch Midinous without having Steam open. However, if you want to keep receiving automatic updates, I recommend opening Steam occasionally to keep the program up to date.
• Windows: Changed the way Midinous behaves if BMIDI is not available (BMIDI is the MIDI backend required to run Midinous). BMIDI will automatically try to install, or reinstall, when the program starts if there is an issue detecting or starting BMIDI on the system. On some systems, there may be a small delay as the system waits for BMIDI to become available or reinstall. This is normal.
• The demo is now a separate download from the main software meaning there is no reason to check whether the product is owned once it's purchased.
• Due to the settings changes, the settings file must be recreated. Apologies for the inconvenience! The code has gone through such a massive revision that it's effectively a new code base.

• Fixed Logic timing so that logic evaluates before any MIDI events are sent or points are triggered (more info below)
• Fixed an issue with relative values and portal points. Portal points should behave like sequential points with regards to relative values.
• The easter egg switch was off and I forgot to add the option to turn it on/off in the options menu :facepalm: Well, at least people weren't stuck with it on -- ok, NOW email me when you think you found them all :) Enable easter eggs in the options menu
• Fixed a bug where changing the travel order in the list during play shuffled all of the order positions -- the travel order menu will show the current next path (highlighted in the next path color) but the default order until changed (if you decide to change it during a sequence, it will show the order as it will be when the sequence stops)
• Fixed a bug where point placement and snapping was behaving oddly if points were not in a quadrant where x or y coordinates weren't positive.
• Fixed a bug where choosing the sine waveform wasn't actually a sine wave. The sine wave calculation was wrong and it ended up looking like a ramp wave and being louder even at quieter volumes
• Fixed a bug where path directionality and signal mode indicators in the property pane weren't updating properly when changing them using quick actions
• Fixed a bug where some options settings weren't properly displaying their correct value
• Fixed performance issues with drawing traveler trails
• Fixed performance for sequences with lots of straight paths off screen
• Made grid snapping and quantization more accurate
• Fixed texture bleed at certain camera positions/zoom levels
• Performance improvements to the traveler code
• Performance improvements to the path drawing code
• Performance improvements to the selection box drawing code (fixed some graphical glitches in doing so)

• Logic Overhaul!
  • Logic signals from non-logic points are all now momentary, but are represented with a small flash along the logic path when a trigger travels along them. This will invariably change the way current sequences behave, so please read over the logic changes here carefully, and refer to the manual, to make sure any of your patches will work the same way in 1.2.0.0.
  • To support new and future logic changes, an indicator is on a point now, if connected to a logic path, to show its input state (high or low)
  • Logic paths can now be hidden via a toggle button in the toolbox, but hovering over a point will always show its logic connections.
• Camera changes!
  • Zoom now allows you to place points more granularly. Zoom in more and you have access to an even more precise grid! Zoom out more and the grid becomes less fine. Currently, you can zoom in 8X and zoom out to 1/8X. Grid points will appear or disappear depending on your zoom level
  • Zoom now has an indicator above the zoom slider to help you determine what zoom level you're at. If the grid lines are off, it would have been very hard to tell at what zoom level you're placing points.
  • Global magnification has been added since zooming no longer affects the size of points. This can be changed in the options menu. Global magnification only affects the size of objects on the grid and does not affect sequence speed or how it behaves. It is purely an aesthetic and accessibility feature.
  • Zooming now acts linearly, so zooming in and out is the same speed in either direction.
  • Zoom to cursor: If you've played some RTS games such as Supreme Commander, when you zoom in and out, it's relative to your cursor. Midinous now has this behavior! You can toggle this on or off in the options menu

• Added a center point to help with orientation on the main canvas. This was added to help prevent disorientation for folks with vision issues. It's just a little bigger than all other grid points.
• Added an option to allow points to snap to the nearest visible grid point first instead of moving relatively. This has no effect if more than one point is selected. Toggle this in the options menu.
• Added a button to flip the start and end values of a CC point when slew mode is enabled
• You can now nudge selected points around with the arrow keys! Because nudging uses the arrow keys, the default camera controls default to no bind. You can set these back if you wish. I did not find many users were using the arrows to move the camera, so I thought this was a good redirect. But the controls for camera movement haven't disappeared.
• Changes in tempo now apply in real-time to the playing sequence to every traveler in play. Use your mousewheel when over the tempo spin button to see travelers move forward or back on their path. No more screwing up sequences when changing the tempo of a project!
• Tooltips: Proper tooltips now appear for controls and for points after a short delay. This data is no longer in the status pane. Configure tooltip delay timing, opacity percentage (with 0 being invisible/off and 100 being opaque), or whether the tooltips show up at all, in the options menu. Each type of tooltip can be enabled/disabled (for Points as well as UI elements)
• Changed the way paths snap to points (visual change only) when the path mode is set to "Straight". Paths will no longer snap directly to the corners of points and will only snap to the 12 visible "snap points" around a canvas object. This was an aesthetic choice based on the graphical representation of a point and does not affect the way a sequence behaves.

Happy 2024!

2024 Roadmap

• Logic timing changes: I have an idea for a new paradigm with the way events propagate on the canvas. Right now a sequence follows a "Traveler -> Point -> Player" paradigm. Or in other words, the sequence is playing, a traveler reaches a point, then the Point will create what's called a "Player" in my code will play whatever MIDI event it has determined. The point also creates the next traveler at that time. So the sequence continues. However I want this to be Traveler -> Actor -> Traveler & Point -> Player. The difference here is that whatever needs to "Act" at a certain time in the sequence can be modulated. This would mean Logic can truly be evaluated before any Players are created. This would mean something like the following would be true: https://clan.cloudflare.steamstatic.com/images/41091454/468d994de10616013d4a76f47668b35910e38a40.png If Point A and Point C send off a traveler at the same time and Point B is a logic point (or logic sequence) and Point D's intended purpose is to play an event, when B and D are activated at the same time, the logic sequence B would accurately turn off, or mute, D. The way it currently is coded, this is unpredictable, as many people pointed out to me and things cannot be lined up because logic evaluates interspersed with points.
• True tooltips! The bottom bar will no longer be showing information about the control or the point you're hovering over. This will be useful as you can see information from a high level view. Point information and types, path weights, logic information, and more. This comes with a total refactor of the window system so that new windows can be created with ease in the future if needed.
• External sync with MIDI Clock. It's something I have wanted for a long time and this will allow Midinous to feel more complete to me. I certainly hope to get to this within the year.
• Sequence Shuffle. I had a dream last night about how this could work, and I think it's needed.
• Humanize, for when you don't want your sequences to be so rigid
• Seasonal decorations. Who doesn't like season changes to dynamically alter their play experience? Just some fun spice to make Midinous more inviting.
• Steam Achievements. Yes.
• A new point type: Terminator -- A terminator will allow only a certain number of travelers through before deactivating for a set amount of time (or permanently). A terminator could also be configured to randomly *not* allow travelers through. A terminator could be configured like any other MIDI-based point (Portal, Random, Sequential, etc)
• Sub-patching. This would allow certain sequences to be copied from a custom "toolbox" menu which can have presets. This could be especially useful when setting up a large logic sequence (like a computer)
• Minimap. You could zip zoom around your sequences instead of having to figure out where you left off.
• Automatic audio export. Like the automatic MIDI output generated when you run a sequence, if you have audio playing, perhaps you could record your sound with some kind of ring buffer? Midinous does act as a simple synthesizer and you can make it do some really interesting things if you get creative. I would be nice to record these directly instead of having to do it with a 3rd party program.

1.1.7.0 Changelog - Fixes & New Things

• Manual has been updated to 1.1.7.0 - If you can't access the manual in the program, you can reach it here, or on Discord: https://github.com/Nornec/Midinous-Issues
• A new MIDI port (Midinous Thru Port) will now take the input from whatever MIDI device you are using and send it out on this port. So if you are using a keyboard, the keyboard's MIDI will be mirrored on this port.
• Added a point ID indicator to the Properties Pane
• Tempo changes now correctly reflect traveler time in the program. Additionally, this changed logic means that moving points around in the program now also immediately updates all travelers along that path's time to live, meaning live editing is now even more accurate! I'm still working on how Midinous can sync externally to clock messages with tempo and not just transport controls. Expect this in a future update.
• Logs have moved and will now be saved in /log -- This is now the same relative location across all platforms.
• Updated the EULA -- you may have to read then re-accept when you launch the next time, but only once.
• As always, if you encounter issues with 1.1.7.0, roll back to a previous version until things are fixed. If you encounter bugs, please let me know!
• The Feedback form now sends an email directly to [email protected], the same email address you are always welcome to send feedback to the manual way too! I always love to hear your thoughts on the program.

• Fixed a crash when trying to save a file with a '?' in it. '?' will now be converted to '_' if entered in the filename.
• Fixed a crash when trying to copy or paste properties without a point being selected. Oops!
• Fixed the issue of WAY too many autosaves being made. There should only ever be 12, not 12 per project!
• The Logic Point color picker is now just like the other color pickers in the program. However this may break some saves. You will have to reconfigure the color to come from the point itself instead of the "Send Color" special color option. In my opinion this is much clearer to the user where colors are coming from.
• Fixed an issue where using MIDI input at the same time as the note and octave selector in Point properties would not be setting properties correctly
• Fixed an issue when copying and pasting points and properties -- color values would not carry over.
• Fixed an annoyance with text input into spin buttons. The field will now accept both a '0' and a '.' as the first character typed.
• Fixed an issue where you couldn't pan to groups using the mouse
• Fixed bug causing the program to crash when using negative weights on random points. Now, when random points have paths leaving it which have a weight of -1, it correctly reflects the manual: these paths are not chosen.
• Fixed a graphical inconsistency with the manual, where paths coming from Random points with a weight of -1 were not listed as disabled but the manual said they would be.
• Fixed a bug where the feedback form short text field was not getting set properly in certain theme situations

• Theme chooser! Use the theme chooser from the appearance options menu and choose a theme to open, or save your current one. I have included a few themes for you to pick from. My favorite one is "crypt"! You cannot modify the 'default' theme, but you can save a new version of it if you wish. If you have lost or need access to the original supplied themes, they are in the Midinous install directory under user/themes
• Separate autosave area: To reach your autosaves now, in the event of a crash, in the Open dialog, press the "Autosaves" button next to "Presets". They'll no longer clutter up the projects list.
• There is now a set pallette of preset colors you can choose from in the various color pickers in the program! The last row of 10 colors are the colors that you've set for your UI and the various elements in the program. Change these by changing your appearance settings.
• Added some easter eggs. Email me if you think you found them all :)

• Fixed a crash when trying to save a file with a '?' in it. '?' will now be converted to '_' if entered in the filename.
• Fixed a crash when trying to copy or paste properties without a point being selected. Oops!
• Fixed the issue of WAY too many autosaves being made. There should only ever be 12, not 12 per project!
• The Logic Point color picker is now just like the other color pickers in the program. However this may break some saves. You will have to reconfigure the color to come from the point itself instead of the "Send Color" special color option. In my opinion this is much clearer to the user where colors are coming from.
• Fixed an issue where using MIDI input at the same time as the note and octave selector in Point properties would not be setting properties correctly
• Fixed an issue when copying and pasting points and properties -- color values would not carry over.
• Fixed an annoyance with text input into spin buttons. The field will now accept both a '0' and a '.' as the first character typed.

• A new MIDI port (Midinous Thru Port) will now take the input from whatever MIDI device you are using and send it out on this port. So if you are using a keyboard, the keyboard's MIDI will be mirrored on this port.
• Theme chooser! Open the theme chooser from the appearance options menu and choose a theme to open, or save your current one. I have included a few themes for you to pick from.
• Separate autosave area: To reach your autosaves now, in the event of a crash, in the Open dialog, press the "Autosaves" button next to "Presets"
• There is now a set palette of preset colors you can choose from in the various color pickers in the program

1.1.6.8 Changelog - Fixes

• Manual has been updated to 1.1.6.8 - If you can't access the manual in the program, you can reach it here, or on Discord: https://github.com/Nornec/Midinous-Issues

• Likely fixed a crash related to deleting points while sequences were in progress
• Hopefully fixed an issue where some users, after shutting down Midinous, would have either Steam or Midinous unable to fully say the program was terminated. I promise this was not malicious method to inflate play time (I don't even keep those metrics) and I apologize to anyone who had issues with this.
• Fixed a text input bug on the Probability of Note Points
• Autosaves will now trigger even when the document hasn't been saved yet for the first time.
• Fixed Relative Pass buttons disabling completely when multiple points were selected (and then not being able to be used at all after that)
• Fixed a bug related to copying properties from one Point to another (specifically with Note Point probability/Force Scale and CC Point Slew Mode/Slew Amount)
• Fixed a bug where quick playing would add states to the undo/redo stack
• Fixed a bug rendering Midinous unusable if an audio device suddenly becomes unavailable during operation. There was code to disable audio, but not to re-enable it. Thank you to the person who emailed me about this -- I was previously unaware.
• Fixed an issue where logic output from points was either swapping or not activating properly when triggered
• Fixed a bug where multiple travelers would exit a Point from the start without any other prompts.
• Removed "Midinous Port" and "Midinous Clock Port" from the available devices to pick from for MIDI input.
• Fixed an annoyance where the feedback box would remove all your input if you clicked away before sending. This now preserved until you hit "Submit".
• Fixed some graphical artifacts which were happening with Players and Travelers. This drawing should be smoother now.
• Fixed the BUF logic gate not acting like an OR

• Made it so device selection (if they still are connected and the audio setup is similar (no changing device IDs)) will carry through sessions. This should help some users who were having issues with device exclusivity.
• Added default keybinding for copying/pasting properties on points -- C and V respectively (these can be rebound). These are the same bindings as the Ctrl/Cmd modifier keys but can be used without said modifier for points.

1.1.6.5 Changelog - Fixes and Features

• Fixed bug causing control groups to not display correctly when copying and pasting points which have groups
• Fixed some controls not stopping when using a control/command modifier with the same binding. Ctrl+N and N (for snapping mode) for example.
• Fixed a bug causing appearance settings not to load properly in certain situations (startup, when using reset settings, etc.). Your pretty color selections should load on startup now!
• Fixed a bug where the feedback menu would say "Feedback Submitted", but there was really no guarantee that this was working as intended.
• Fixed a UI quirk where Relative Pass fields couldn't be set unless a value was present in the relative area, which was counter intuitive, as the value was then meaningless.
• Made all times (in logs and file names) more human-readable. Single digits will now be extrapolated so they can line up nice and neatly.
• Fixed a crash that would sometimes happen when undoing or redoing and a spin button was selected. This tried to undo text that didn't exist.
• Fixed a crash when trying to open empty projects
• If for whatever reason the new version does not work for you, you can revert to the old version using the Betas properties. Look for 1.1.6.0.

• Manual has been updated to 1.1.6.5 - If you can't access the manual in the program, you can reach it here, or on Discord: https://github.com/Nornec/Midinous-Issues
• Please take some time to read through the manual -- there are new pages describing the new features and some clarification on existing features.
• New Precise Clock mode in options menu -- WARNING: This is a very resource intensive mode, but it does ensure that clock, events, and timing are extremely precise. Expect a performance hike of about 20%. The CPU that this mode will consume is low priority, so if other programs need it, it should drop down naturally. Because of the performance hike, this option will not be saved between sessions.
• Triplet grid: Enable this with the "Triplet Grid" button in the Toolbox. This will give you access to triplets below the current grid size! Snapping works just like before using the triplet grid but now you can put in those tasty fills. While the triplet grid is active, the normal grid will be hidden. When both grids were on screen it was really hard to look at, so only one will be visible at a time.
• MIDI Input! Select an input device from the Options menu. Send a note/cc to Midinous to automatically set the selected point to that value. If you have a note point selected and press a key, that point will take the value (including velocity, if using a pressure sensitive device) of whatever you play.
• Basic syncing to external gear/software: Please note that this is experimental and does NOT use either clock messages or MIDI sync, so you may experience drift. It simply starts the sequence if the program receives a MIDI Start message. Similarly, the sequence will stop if it receives a MIDI stop message. Enable this from the toolbox. Midinous will receive data on "Midinous Clock Port".
• Note probability option! Note points now have a field in the properties pane that controls the chance that a particular note will play. The default is 100% (displayed as 100).
• Added the following items to "startup" settings: Primary Values and Channel point display
• Added the following option in General Settings: Incoming MIDI channel changes point properties (some keyboards and controllers only work off of one channel. This setting is to prevent overwriting channel data on a point when not wanted)
• The program will now autosave the curent document every 5 minutes; these autosaves will appear in the normal saves folder. The program will keep the last hour of work for you and back up the current document every time it autosaves. Remember you can always get to your backups in the "backup" directory, next to your saves. Backups are created every time you save. Hopefully, in the unlikely event that Midinous should crash, you will not have lost much work.
• When Midinous starts a sequence, it will now generate a corresponding MIDI file for that sequence! A new folder save_MIDI can be found in your user directory. Midinous will keep the latest five generated MIDI files for you.

• Minimum resolution reduced to 1280x600 to fit some very small screens. I don't intend to reduce this any further. If you have resolution issues, try checking your DPI scaling settings in your OS, especially if your screen's resolution is higher than 1280x600
• Added option to enable welcome window on startup
• Added Triplet grid button to the toolbox
• Added MIDI Input selection to the options general tab
• Added probability option for note points to the properties pane
• Shifted value selectors to be right-aligned, this makes more sense and just looks better
• Renamed "Send MIDI Clock" to "Send Clock"
• Added "External Clock" to the toolbox under "Send Clock"
• Logic points that send color will now give that send color to the path exiting it
• Added additional options to General and On Startup
• Added Precise Clock mode toggle to options menu
• Moved the Control Groups pane to the bottom right near the Zoom controls

1.1.6.0 Changelog - Documentation Update

• Fixed crash in demo version related to attemping to place more points than possible in one go.
• Fixed broken or missing tooltips on all controls. They should display correctly and give accurate information now.
• Clarified an error message when an audio device conflict is encountered. Choosing another one from the options menu is generally all that is needed, but the error message made it seem like audio wasn't going to work at all.
• Fixed issue where traveler injection would only inject one traveler on the first available selected object. It now sends a traveler on each selected object.

• Now included with your installation is a PDF which contains a full documentation of the program (as of this version). You can get to it by clicking the 'Help' button on the top bar of the screen. Note for Steam Deck users, this button won't do anything in Game Mode, you'll have to get to it in Desktop Mode.
• Added button to the main UI to reach the Help PDF in one click -- there is a button with "Help" on the top bar.
• Updated Linux version MIDI backend library, adding some stability and fixing some internal errors. Should be transparent to users

1.1.5.6 Changelog

• Fixed crash related to copying properties from Note points to other types of points
• Fixed crash related to attempting to open a web browser from the program using the "About" button in the main menu. There were some unhandled exceptions happening in these methods. I caught them, so if they don't work, your program will not suddenly close on you.
• Enabled the copying and pasting of properties from CC and Logic points to other points of that type. Note: If you copy properties from a note point (for example), those properties will only paste to points of the the note type. This goes for all types of points.
• Removed the broken code for copying patches from the game folder to the user folder. This just wasn't working and I'm sorry for folks whom were promised patches. They are there.

• Instead, Now you can view these patches with the "Presets" button in the "Open" dialog in the main menu. These presets can't be saved to the presets folder, but they can be opened, viewed, and saved as something new in the user folder.
• Added option to delete patches from the "Open" dialog. If you had presets copy here in the past, it might be a good idea to clean these up.
• Added button to take you directly to the user folder from the main menu. This is where you can find logs, saves, and settings. The new button is called "Local Files".

• Nornec - Simplicity
• Nornec - 1.0.2 Demo
• Nornec - Site Demo
• Nornec - Ambient Sessions 1

1.1.5.5 Changelog

• Fixed crash on startup for several Windows users who had at least one ASIO device configured on their system
• Fixed crash when quantizing points which were currently in play and off the grid
• Fixed an issue where patches weren't getting copied over when the version changed. If you didn't see them before, you should now.
• Made the day of the year more readable in log files. Now should read month.year instead of day/365
• Added additional debug information to the log_error.txt file, giving some insight as to why some errors may be occuring and how to fix them
• Added the "All Basic Functions" project where you can view how most point-related actions are tested.
• Fixed an issue related to settings not getting overwritten because the version text was "not a number". This was due to some missing quotes.
• Added what system is running to the log files in the startup header
• Change the BMIDI port timeout from 15 seconds to 30 seconds to give the program a little more time in setup. On Windows, if the program doesn't start up after 30 seconds, it is likely that BMIDI has to be re-installed. Find the installer in the "3rd Party Installers" folder in your install directory.
• Upgraded project to .NET 7 to provide more stability and longevity to updates

1.1.5.4 Changelog

• Fixed travelers disappearing if more than 500 were created in a sequence. They will now start to recycle, but only 500 will be visible at a time due to performance reasons. This won't affect the current points that are playing, however.
• Slight performance increase when lots of travelers are on screen. If you're still having performance problems, try disabling traveler effects in the options menu.
• Fixed an issue on Linux where sequences would hang up. This was due to the audio stream time struct returning 0, so everything would sit as if no time was passing. Now, an alternative timer is used if the time struct gives the audio callback function a 0.

1.1.5.3 Changelog

• Fixed additional race conditions and possible traveler overflow bugs, preventing memory leaks.

1.1.5.2 Changelog

• Fixed audio race conditions, hopefully preventing collection issues causing the program to crash