Changes in version 3.5.3

• Potentially breaking change (macOS only)
  A bug in the Midi driver used by the plugin could, in some rare cases, cause port names to be truncated. If the port name ended with a digit that coincided with the port's ordinal number in the port list, the digit was removed by the Midi driver.
  
  Example: If you had two ports named "port 1" and "port 2", and those two ports happened to be the first two ports in the port list, they would both be displayed as "port", and you could only use the first port. This is now corrected, and all ports are displayed with their correct names.
  
  If you had connected to such a truncated port name, it will now be listed as "Not found", and you need to connect to the now corrected port name.

• Fixed a problem where the plugin failed to start on systems with missing name resolution for "localhost".

• Fixed a problem where icon images for press and tap icons were not correctly displayed in the editor.

• Fixed a problem where the Control Change button crashed when loading a very old profile.

• Added an option for "send fader touch" on Mackie dials.

Changes in version 3.5.2.8

• Fixes a bug in Mackie Control where the Midi port assignment could be lost.

• A dB file for Reaper is added.

Changes in version 3.5.2

• The Control Change fader and Vpot actions have min/max values.

• The Script Sysex action can take variable references.

• The Script button now has a "key" action that sends keystrokes to the active window.

• Bug fixes, primarily for the Previous/Next Channel functionality in the Mackie Control button and dial.

Changes in version 3.5.1

• The state management for the Note On/Off action, which got somewhat mangled by the 3.5 update, is fixed.

• The Sysex Toggle button didn't send message 2. This is now fixed.

• Support for Channel Pressure messages is added to the Script button.

• Support for advanced math expressions is added to the Script button, and the documentation is updated to show available math functions.

• An option to send only MSB or LSB for bank select is added.

• The loading page is less intrusive.

• Bug fixes.

Changes in version 3.5

This is a significant update with internal code cleaning and redesign to make the plugin easier to maintain. In addition, many new features have been added.

• NRPN support is added to the buttons and dials that handle Control Change (since NRPN is CC messages). NRPN support is also added to the Script button.

• The Script button has a larger script area, which can be resized.

• Multi Midi and Multi Mackie dials now have graphical display options for "Rotate while pressed".

• The Generic Midi and the Mackie Control dials have a screen tap action that can have an associated icon displayed on the right side of the screen area (for the dial). Tapping the right side of the screen area will trigger the tap action. Tapping the left side of the screen area will trigger the press action (this was previously only triggered by tapping the icon).

• The Multi Midi and Multi Mackie dials have a screen tap action that can be triggered by tapping the top third of the item.

• The Multi Midi and Multi Mackie dials can show state icons for the press and tap actions. The state icons will be displayed for 1.5 seconds after a dial press or screen tap.

• All four dials will display the selected icons on the icon selection buttons, so it's easy to see which icons are selected.

• Mackie Control and Multi Mackie dials showing faders can indicate the mute state using the fader graphics, either by colorizing the fader handle or by using predefined mute-state graphics in the selected fader design.

• For all dials, the sections in the editor can be minimized and maximized by clicking the section header.

• When using "Rotate while pressed", it is easy to inadvertently trigger a normal "Rotate" action when you let go of the dial. To counteract this, there is now a 200 ms timer after the dial has been released, during which "Rotate" events are ignored.

• A "loading page" is displayed while the plugin is loading (visible, e.g. if you open a button/dial in the editor while the Stream Deck software starts). If the plugin crashes, this page will be displayed instead of the ordinary page. The state of the plugin is checked every time a button or dial is opened in the editor, and you may see this page flash very briefly before the correct page is loaded.

• The complete internal Midi interface (how the plugin sends and receives Midi data) is redesigned.

• Plugin operations are now much more in parallel rather than serial (multi-threading for you tech nerds out there). I don't expect this to be very noticeable, but it may make things smoother when switching profiles or when the plugin is under heavy load.

• The plugin is now solely responsible for the button states. Previously, the Stream Deck software switched the button state automatically when you pressed the button, and the plugin had to counteract it if the resulting state was wrong. This tug-of-war could sometimes make the images flash temporarily when you press the button. The Stream Deck software is now blocked from changing the button state, and the plugin can set the correct state without fighting the Stream Deck software.

• Global settings (e.g., midi port info for Mackie buttons) are stored "somewhere" by the Stream Deck software, but this storage is deleted when you uninstall the plugin. The plugin stores a backup copy of the global settings as a file not to lose data if you uninstall/reinstall the plugin. This file was created in the Documents/Trevliga Spel folder, which some Mac users meant was the wrong location for such a file. For Mac, this file is now moved to the Application Support folder. For Windows, the file is still in the Trevliga Spel folder.

• Packages (e.g., the Stream Deck SDK) are updated to the latest versions.

• Bug fixes.

Changes in versions 3.3.1 - 3.3.2

• Bug fixes for the "Selected Channel" buttons that didn't work in version 3.3.0.

Changes in version 3.3.0

• A new design for the Multi Midi and Multi Mackie dial actions where the items are defined in tabs instead of section dropdowns.

• Variable step size for dial actions. Instead of defining a fixed step size, you can now set step size=0, giving a behavior where you make minor adjustments if you turn the dial slowly and accelerated adjustments if you turn the dial fast.

• A fix to bypass the problems caused by V6.1 of the Stream Deck software.

• Bug fixes.

Changes in version 3.2.0

• A new Mackie Control dial action.

• A new Multi Mackie dial action where you can have up to four Mackie Control actions on one dial.

• Some new options for indicating the selected item in dial multi actions.

• Some new and changed fader designs.

• Bug fixes.

Version 3.1.0

• Buttons

  • The Script button {state:x} action can now reference a variable for the state.

  • Some bug fixes for the Script button and for the Mackie Control button.

• Dials

  • A new Multi Midi action where you can have up to four Generic Midi actions on one dial.

  • Titles can be used.

  • Texts can be colorized.

  • The Generic Midi dial can use translation files for display values.

  • The Generic Midi dial can have an endless dial sending different commands on clockwise/counterclockwise movements.

  • Bug fixes.

Version 3.0.0

Stream Deck + support.

The multi-event and variables script features are no longer "experimental"; I have not received any feedback that causes things to change.

Version 2.8.2

• Same as 2.8.1, but fixes a problem with the midi channel in single-event (init) commands, caused by the fix in 2.8.1 🙁

Version 2.8.1

• Same as 2.8.0 with some bug fixes:

  • The channel number in actions in multi-event commands was treated wrong. This is now corrected, so the channel numbers in multi-event commands are treated the same way as in single-event commands.

  • The execution of (init) commands is slightly delayed (200ms) to allow all buttons to initialize before the (init) commands are run. This is done to get the expected behavior on buttons with commands triggered by variable value changes made by (init) commands.

Version 2.8.0

• Changes to the Script button:

  • Multi-event commands.

  • Custom Variables.

  • Event reference variables.

  • Midi commands sent from Stream Deck buttons can trigger script commands. This is a potential "breaking change"; if your scripts require not to be triggered by midi commands sent from Stream Deck, please see the (config) event on the Multi-event commands page for how to revert to the behavior of the previous version.

  • Script errors found during a rudimentary syntax check are displayed in the editor.

• Bug fixes.

Please consider the new multi-event and variables script features "experimental"; things may change based on your feedback.

Version 2.7.0.1

• Same as 2.7.0 with a minor fix for fader buttons when using Stream Deck V6.

Version 2.7.0

• In the Mackie Control action Selected Channel options, there are now options to move the selected channel up or down.

• The Mackie Control action can now show the Mode/assignment display.

• The Script action can now show time information, including song position, frame rate and bpm.

• The Script button can have #value# references in the Note/Control/Program field in actions, referencing the received Note/Control/Program.

• Bug fixes.

The "Fader Banks. Channel Left/Right" Mackie Control buttons haven't worked in Cubase/Nuendo, and the layout file for Cubase/Nuendo is changed to fix this. If you use a custom copy of the Cubase/Nuendo layout file, you must apply the same fix; please see the bundled layout file.

Version 2.6.0.6

• Fixes a bug in version 2.6.0 that, in rare situations, could cause the plugin to crash and become unusable.

Version 2.6.0

• The Mackie Control action can now act as up to eight separate Mackie Control devices.

• If Midi ports disappear/appear (e.g., USB-connected ports), the plugin now correctly reconnects when a port reappears.

• Bug fixes.

Version 2.5.1

• A new Script action {nextpress:x} that enables synchronization between incoming midi messages and key presses.

• Control Change Cycle buttons with glide settings can now be paused/restarted during a glide.

• In translation files, a new parameter, glidetime, can be used instead of glideuptime and glidedowntime when the same timing is applied in both directions.

Version 2.5.0

• A new Script button.

• When using Bank Select in the Program Change action, you can now define both Coarse and Fine bank values.

• A new generic "dB scale" showing percentage. (thanks Joerg)

• Bug fixes.

version 2.4.0

• Changes to the Mackie Control action:

  • The VU meter for a channel is reset if no VU information is received for 250 ms.

• Changes to the Program Change action:

  • Program Change messages can include Bank selection.

  • Cycle buttons can have superimposed direction indicators.

  • Cycle buttons can switch direction when double pressed, long-held, or not at all.

• Changes to the Control Change action:

  • Cycle buttons can switch direction when double pressed, long-held, or not at all.

  • Cycle buttons can glide/fade between values instead of jumping directly to the new value.

  • Cycle buttons can have superimposed direction indicators.

  • The button type Scrub Wheel is added. Essentially the same thing as the V-Pot, but it is endless.

  • The V-Pot button can display the Midi value.

  • Dual byte commands can be sent, e.g., the commands CC0+CC32 for bank select.

• Bug fixes

version 2.3.0

• Mackie Control fader buttons can now show real-time VU meters.

• V-pot buttons can be configured to change direction when double-pressed, and an indication of direction can be displayed on the button.

• Bug fixes

version 2.2.0.1

• Same as 2.2.0, but with a bug fix for the Control Change Push button that had stopped reacting to incoming midi commands. :-(

version 2.2.0

• The Control Change action now has a V-pot button type.

• Changes to the Mackie Control action:

  • It now has an alternate selection of button graphics (same as the CC action, a modification required by the higher resolution in the CC action).

  • The Scrub wheel button is fixed.

  • It now handles the case where the daw sends a Note Off message (instead of the expected Note On with velocity 0) to switch a button off.

version 2.1.0.1

• Same as 2.1.0, but built to run correctly on older macOS versions, a problem caused by an automatic update of my development environment :-(

version 2.1.0

• Significantly better performance when many buttons change state at the same time.

• The Note On/Off action can now play "chords" with an unlimited number of notes.

• The Control Change action configured as a cycle button could inadvertently change direction if pressed multiple times quickly; this is now fixed.

• Stability and performance improvements.

• Bug fixes.

Please note that profiles exported with version 2.1.0 are not backward compatible and cannot be imported in an earlier version of the plugin.

version 2.0.9

• Better state management for the Control Change action when used in a Multi-Action button.

• Custom files for dB value display on fader buttons (Mackie Control and Control Change); if you have a daw that is not listed in the dB value dropdown, you can add a file that tells the plugin how to handle received midi values from that daw and transform them to dB values.

version 2.0.8

• The Control Change action can show fader graphics in the same way as the Mackie Control action.

• The wrong midi commands were sent for "Fader touch" in the Mackie Control action; this is fixed.

• Some bug fixes

version 2.0.7

Check the Youtube video explaining the update.

• The Note On/Off action can read Cubase/Nuendo Expression Maps and Logic Pro Articulation Sets.

• A fix for the Mackie Control action that sometimes failed to show custom fader images on macOS.

• A fix for the Mackie Control action where the fader for the selected channel didn't react if a button for the "real" channel was pressed on Stream Deck.

• A fix for the Mackie Control action that failed if put in a Multi Action.

version 2.0.6

Check the Youtube video explaining the update.

• Fader buttons can display a new set of "mixer-like" faders as well as custom fader images.

• Fader buttons can be "linked" so that one button shows the lower half of the fader and the other the upper half.

• Channel buttons can be assigned to the selected track in addition to tracks 1-8.

• Channel buttons can display track name.

• Transport buttons changed to better sync state with the connected daw.

• Better state management when switching profiles/folders.

• V-Pot state images can be saved in sprite files, and full images are supported (in addition to the LED state images where only the part for at led position in the lit state is present).

• Some bug fixes and performance enhancements.

version 2.0.5

• The Note On/Off action can have real articulation names for selection in the Key dropdown.

• The Program Change and Control Change actions can have customized dropdown contents for programs and commands.

• The Mackie Control action can show db value for faders in selected DAWs.

version 2.0.4

• A new feature in the Note On/Off action where you can define the Note Off velocity.

• The settings in a translation file in the Note On/Off action were not applied immediately when a file was selected, it is now fixed.

version 2.0.3

• A problem where the plugin crashed when loading "old" Note On/Off actions is fixed.

version 2.0.2

• Extensive logging when Mackie Control midi ports are missing is fixed.

version 2.0.1

• Bug fixes, mainly for the Mackie Control action.

• New Mackie layouts for Studio One and Logic Pro.

version 2.0.0

• The plugin is now available for both Mac and Windows.

• A new action for Mackie Control.

• A new action for Midi Show Control.

• The Control Change action have a new feature where you can decide how received values affect the button state.

• Numerous changes in the Note On/Off action:

  • The action is now a 2-state action which gives the possibility to add a specific icon for the On state.

  • Latch buttons will in addition to sending note off messages for the previously used latch button also visibly reset it to the Off state.

  • Latch and Toggle buttons can display state based on incoming midi messages without the need for a translation file.

• The possibility to enable extended logging is now exposed in the button editor (as a global setting affecting all plugin buttons).

• Some bug fixes and minor design changes in the editor.

Consider the new actions and the Mac version as beta versions.
Please report if you find any problems with them.

version 1.8.6

• Translation files can be configured to handle send and receive separately, e.g. you can have a button that always sends the same value when pressed but that display different texts/images based on incoming midi messages.

• The Program Change action can monitor Midi In and display state (text or image) based on incoming midi messages.

• The Note On/Off action can monitor Midi In and display state (text or image) based on incoming midi messages.

• The Note On/Off action can play chords.

• The Note On/Off action have a new Latch button type - similar to a Push button but will send a Note Off for the previously used Latch button before sending its own Note On.

• Better welcoming information for new users of the plugin.

• Some bug fixes.

version 1.7.1

• The SysEx action is extended with toggle functionality.

• A Midi action placed in a Multi Action or Multi Action Switch could fail. This is now corrected but Midi actions in Multis have some limitations - please see the Multi Actions section for more details.

version 1.7.0

• SysEx action added.

version 1.6.1

• Version 1.6.0 failed to connect to the Midi out port if you had only Note On/Off actions in your profile. This is now fixed.

version 1.6.0

• Fader buttons can be configured to display text information of your choice on the button (instead of simple Midi values).

• A new button type: Cycle button. Cycle through separate midi values defined in a translation file. The button type is available for Control Change and Program Change actions.

• Fader and Cycle buttons can display unique images for every midi value (instead of just two images below/above the On value) when using a translation file.

• Please see the documentation on Translation files for more info.

• At computer startup, Stream Deck could be started before the Midi channels were available in the computer and the connection to the Midi channels failed. The plugin now retries the Midi channel connections and automatically connects when the channels are available.

• Some minor performance enhancements are made and a minor memory leak is fixed.

version 1.5.3

• Performance enhancements - the initialization of a button is now about 10 times as fast as in previous version.

• Fader buttons can now be used as step buttons where the value is changed a single step for each button press. To accomplish this the functionality of the fader button i slightly changed in comparison to previous release:

  • In previous release the first action was to wait the Interval time, then send the first data.

  • In this release the first action is to wait the First delay time, then send the first data. If you set the First delay time to 0 (as is the default) the first action will in fact be to send the first data, which is a change compared to the previous release. If you want exactly the same behavior as in the previous release, please set First delay to the same value as Interval

  • Please see the Control Change section for more details.

• Program Change dropdown selection now send the program change command directly on selection, i.e. when you select a value in the Program dropdown you can immediately verify that the correct action is taken.

• Some changes are made to the Control Change state logic in order to be more consistent when a bidirectional configuration is used with a daw/midi device that send state (i.e. the button state should more accurately correspond to the state in the daw/midi device controlled by the button).

• Multiple Control Change buttons controlling the same function are now better synchronized and maintain the same state even if they are located in different profiles or folders.

version 1.4

• First public release.