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Drumagog 6

Release notes

Drumagog 6.0.11

Fixed

  • Improved Remove/Keep Similar for very quiet hits

Drumagog 6.0.10

New

  • In Kit mode, hi-hats now follow open, half-open and closed playing far more accurately.
  • When a drum's GOG is outside your library, the MATCH list now opens on that drum and names the GOG.
  • In Studio One and Fender Studio Pro, Drumagog now warns you when an event is stretched, transposed or reversed. Bounce those events before adding Drumagog.
  • In ARA mode, moving the THRESHOLD line now finds exactly the hits RE-DETECT finds. When recalculating takes more than a second, a short "Recalculating hit points…" message appears.

Fixed

  • Fixed various issues with Remove Similar and Keep Similar
  • Fixed issue where hits found by lowering THRESHOLD with the song stopped stayed silent until the song played past them
  • Fixed issue where, in sessions at 88.2 kHz or higher, toms sometimes played the wrong tom's sound and open hi-hats played closed
  • Fixed issue where Pro Tools on the Mac could freeze when a Drumagog track was added or made active
  • Fixed issue where Pro Tools' Import Session Data and inactive tracks could lose or mix up Drumagog settings
  • Fixed dropouts and silence in Studio One and Fender Studio Pro when slicing events and at the start of Kit mode renders and loops
  • Fixed issue where GOGs saved from the GOG editor in 6.0.9 could fail to load with Error 454
  • Fixed issue where the GOG editor could stop previewing and saving after being reopened
  • Fixed misleading errors for GOGs with no samples, including Error 412 when importing the Drumagog 5 library
  • Fixed issue on Windows where the MATCH list only responded to the first click
  • Fixed issue where Drum mode could miss a slightly softer kick while the previous one was still ringing
  • Fixed issue where the Trigger page showed "Play to capture waveform" over silence that had already played
  • Fixed issue where "This computer can't keep up with Kit mode" appeared during exports and offline bounces
  • Fixed crashes in some Audio Unit hosts and in the standalone app at startup

Drumagog 6.0.9

New

  • In a DAW, the MIDI page's ruler now numbers bars and beats the way your DAW does, through tempo and time signature changes.
  • The Library page now has EDIT GOG and NEW GOG buttons next to its speaker button, and the name of the sample that's playing sits centered in its row.
  • In the GOG editor, saving a GOG made from one of your own audio files now asks where to save it, starting in that audio file's folder, and the drum then plays the GOG you saved.
  • In the GOG editor, the drum now plays your changes as you make them.

Fixed

  • Fixed issue where Studio One and Fender Studio Pro could crash when Drumagog's Audio Unit sent MIDI
  • Improved triggering of short clicks and metronomes in drum mode
  • Fixed issue where Kit mode could go silent for a moment when playback started in REAPER on Windows and Intel Macs
  • Fixed issue where switching to Kit mode while the song played could fire a hit on a drum that was still ringing
  • Fixed issue where Drumagog sent MIDI while "Preparing Kit mode" was showing
  • Fixed issue where moving RETRIGGER on a Kit mode page set Drum mode's THRESHOLD to 0
  • Fixed issue where Live mode's RESET button, the Tab key and the MIDI page's piano roll could change the hits in Drum mode
  • Fixed issue where loading or unloading a GOG while the song played made a click
  • Fixed issue where a MIDI clip dragged from Drumagog into the DAW landed in the wrong place on songs with tempo or time signature changes
  • Fixed issue where the MIDI page's NOTE MAP showed a different drum and different notes from the ones Drumagog sent
  • Fixed issue where the Trigger page kept showing the old drum after an undo or a preset recall in the DAW
  • Fixed issue where a drum kept playing its old GOG after an undo or a preset recall in the DAW left it empty
  • Fixed issue where clicking another drum on the Library page's map moved the Trigger page to that drum even when its GOG didn't load
  • Fixed issue where Drumagog 6 Pro played and sent MIDI in a project saved in Kit mode, instead of passing the audio through until you choose Drum or Live mode
  • Fixed issue on Windows where signing in failed with Authorization Error 7 when the Windows user name had accented or non-English letters
  • Fixed issue on Windows where GOGs, impulse responses, Morph banks and instruments could fail to load from folders with accented or non-English letters
  • Fixed issue where running Drumagog in two DAWs at once could occasionally make it lose its sign-in
  • Fixed issue where a store GOG, a Morph bank or the included library could fail to install with Error 425
  • Fixed issue where a GOG you saved could be lost if the computer lost power right after saving
  • Fixed issue where the standalone app could crash during an export when the audio device restarted, for example when headphones or a Bluetooth device were connected
  • Fixed issue where the standalone app's Kit mode export could start late
  • Fixed issue where the standalone app's Live mode export came out slightly different every time
  • Fixed issue where clicking back on the standalone app's waveform while the song played could sound a moment of the old position
  • Fixed issue where Drumagog's Audio Cache folder could grow very large
  • Fixed issue where Cubase could crash when closing a project with Drumagog on it, and where Logic could crash when quitting

Drumagog 6.0.8

New

  • On Apple silicon Macs, Kit mode now uses far less CPU on Macs whose graphics can run it.
  • Drumagog now has a mono output on mono tracks in every DAW and format, as Drumagog 5 did.
  • On the Trigger page, press A to add a hit at the playback cursor, as + does, so you can tap hits in as you listen.
  • Right-click the THRESHOLD line or its label to lock it, so it can't be dragged by accident and clicks reach the hits near it.
  • A hit you add by hand now takes the level of the audio where you add it.
  • A GOG with three room channels now shows a Direct row for the close mic.
  • The Library page now opens on the GOG the selected drum is playing.
  • Any file BROWSE lists, WAV and other samples included, can now be a favorite, and PLACES starts with Favorites.
  • The THRESHOLD and DETAIL labels now let you see the waveform and hits under them.
  • The MIDI page's grid lines are brighter.

Fixed

  • Fixed issue where a large sample library added in Settings could freeze the DAW while Drumagog scanned it
  • Fixed issue where Pro Tools could stop responding after a drum instrument with several outputs was loaded inside Drumagog
  • Fixed issue where the DAW could freeze for a moment when a Drumagog in Kit mode was reset or removed
  • Fixed issue where Drum mode missed or moved hits when the DAW played faster or slower than normal speed
  • Fixed issues with bounce mode
  • Fixed issue where a reopened Kit mode project played its room channels louder than before it was saved
  • Fixed issue where Kit mode's room faders didn't show the levels properly
  • Fixed issue where Undo after switching between Kit and Drum mode changed the other mode's settings
  • Fixed issue where samples dropped on the GOG editor were not added
  • Fixed issue where the Trigger page's controls became slow on a long project with many hand edits
  • Fixed issue where editing hits or changing a hosted instrument didn't let you save the project in your DAW
  • Fixed issue where opening Drumagog's window created an undo step in REAPER
  • Fixed issue where a hosted instrument's window stayed open after Drumagog's window closed
  • Fixed issue on Windows where signing in failed on some company networks
  • Fixed issue where a GOG with a very long name couldn't be imported (error 413)

Drumagog 6.0.7

New

  • With AUTO on, the tom ranges now fit the toms in your song. Each tom plays its own sound and sends its own MIDI note, however the kit is tuned.
  • Each tom row and each hi-hat row can now play a GOG of its own. Pick one from the row's menu, or drag a GOG or one of its sounds onto the row from the sample list.
  • You can now choose which drum any tom or hi-hat hit plays. Select the hit and click the drum name beside its sample, or drag its note to another row on the MIDI page.
  • You can now select several hits at once and remove them or change their velocity together.
  • Fixed various GUI issues with displaying samples in kit mode
  • The Library page now shows which GOG is loaded.
  • BROWSE now has a search box on the Trigger page, and typing in the Library page's search filters BROWSE too.
  • The sample list on the Trigger page now scrolls smoothly with the mouse wheel.
  • RE-DETECT now keeps the changes you made to each hit.
  • On Windows, Kit mode now uses far less CPU on computers whose graphics card can run it.
  • Improved Kit mode CPU usage while your DAW is stopped
  • Improved Drum and Live mode CPU usage

Fixed

  • Fixed issue where every tom row played the same sound after switching a saved project to Kit mode
  • Fixed issue where Kit mode's ride lane loaded a crash
  • Fixed issue where the kick could be heard as a tom in Kit mode
  • Fixed issue where a hi-hat GOG's stomp or pedal sound played for normal hits
  • Fixed issue where a drum could go silent after a quick switch between modes
  • Fixed issue where the wrong GOG could play after loading a preset, an undo or a Compare
  • Fixed issue where a double-click in the sample list loaded the GOG twice
  • Fixed issue where the match percentages were missing after reopening a project
  • Fixed issue in Studio One and Fender Studio Pro where Drumagog used as an Event FX played only the original audio
  • Fixed issue where Pro Tools ran slowly while Drumagog's window was open
  • Fixed issue where the first GOG you picked could be replaced by the one Drumagog loads on its own
  • Fixed issue where some toms, such as every tom in Live mode, played a sound that none of the tom rows showed
  • Fixed issue where the DAW could freeze when the last Drumagog closed
  • Fixed a rare crash when closing a project in an ARA host
  • Fixed issue on Windows where each Drumagog reserved far more memory than it used
  • Fixed issue where Drumagog's virtual MIDI port appeared briefly while it was switched off
  • Fixed a crash on Mac when an instrument with many outputs, such as EZdrummer, was loaded inside Drumagog
  • Fixed a crash on Mac when Superior Drummer 3's window was open inside Drumagog
  • The GOG editor now pairs room samples with their close-mic samples for many more sample libraries, by reading the labels in their file names.

Drumagog 6.0.6

  • Improved Kit mode CPU usage

Drumagog 6.0.5

New

  • Community: share your GOGs with other Drumagog users and get the GOGs they share, free to use in your music. Open it from the LIBRARY page.
  • Share a single GOG, or a whole folder of samples, where each sample becomes its own GOG.
  • Turn on the Community button on the similarity map to see every community GOG next to your own.
  • Add more than one sample library folder in Settings, including folders on other drives.
  • Import as many GOGs as you like at once, with a progress bar and a STOP button. Imported folders keep their subfolders.
  • In Cubase and Nuendo, Drumagog now opens in its wide layout in the lower zone when used as an ARA extension.

Fixed

  • Fixed issue in Cubase and Nuendo where Drumagog as an ARA extension played the replaced drums out of sync, and Kit mode didn't separate the drums
  • Fixed issue where toms still played only one sound in Kit mode, and in Drum mode after the first play-through
  • Hi-hat hits now keep their own open and closed sounds on every play-through
  • Fixed issue where a GOG built from samples captured in your session played back quieter than the original track with Level Match on
  • Fixed a crash in the GOG editor when saving a GOG with an empty dynamic group
  • Fixed a crash in Logic when closing a project with Drumagog's window open
  • Fixed a rare crash when a GOG was loaded while the computer was low on memory

Drumagog 6.0.4

  • Fixed issue on Windows with importing samples or saving an edited GOG
  • Fixed issue on Windows where folders and GOGs with accented letters in their names couldn't be imported
  • Fixed issue in Samplitude and Sequoia where adding Drumagog as an ARA plug-in silenced the other tracks
  • Fixed issue in Pro Tools where rendering a Drumagog clip gave back the original audio
  • Fixed issue in Pro Tools where saving a session while it was still loading could lose Drumagog's settings
  • Fixed issue where every tom played the same sound with a GOG that has several tom sounds.
  • Loading a hi-hat GOG or turning on AUTO now puts its sounds in order from closed to open
  • The Remove, Add and Show Alignment buttons are now icons instead of text

Drumagog 6.0.3

  • Added ARA support in Pro Tools
  • Added support for macOS 10.13 and 10.14 on Intel Macs
  • Fixed issue where removing a hit you added didn't show the red X
  • Fixed issue where pressing Enter could toggle the last button you clicked in Drumagog instead of reaching the DAW
  • Fixed a crash in Logic when closing the Drumagog window with a menu open

Drumagog 6.0.2

  • Fixed issue in Kit mode with editing notes
  • Fixed issue with the draggable midi clip
  • Fixed mute / solo issue in Kit mode
  • Fixed issue with the velocity offset sliders on the MIDI page
  • Fixed sync issue with the playback cursor
  • Fixed a crash when hosting some instrument plug-ins inside Drumagog
  • Fixed various GUI issues

Drumagog 6.0.1

Initial release.