What’s New in REAPER 5.25 – 5.28

Jon catches up on the changes and features added in versions 5.25, 5.26, 5.27 and the latest 5.28 updates.

v5.25 – September 20 2016
+ Actions: support importing/exporting OSC bindings to ReaperKeyMap files
+ FX: increase channel count as needed on copy/paste of FX, FX chains
+ FX: increase channel count as needed on drag and drop FX to item take FX
+ FX: store comments in FX chains, copy/paste
+ JSFX: add fft_real/ifft_real
+ JSFX: fix used-channel detection for MIDI-only processors
+ JSFX: update many stock plug-ins to define their I/O
+ MIDI: add option to export project markers as either MIDI cue or MIDI marker event type
+ MIDI: support export of tempo/time signature information to type 0 MIDI files
+ ReaSurround: allow adjusting speaker parameters en masse using ctrl+alt+slider

v5.26 – October 5 2016
+ FX: increase media item take channel count when inserting multichannel FX on multichannel track
+ MusicXML: support importing/exporting multi-layer music
+ Notation: add action to select all notes in staff

v5.27 – October 20 2016
+ Comps: clear all comp/group names when creating new project
+ Comps: improve handling of comp names with undo and cut/paste
+ Comps: respect grouping when loading comp or moving active comp to top lane
+ Comps: preserve comps when splitting items
+ Comps: various bugfixes
+ FX: add menu item to copy FX with automation, bound to ctrl+alt+C
+ FX: support drag and drop copy with automation via shift+ctrl+drag FX
+ FX: add Copy/Paste to mixer FX context menu
+ Notation: support PDF export
+ Take lanes: include selected+grouped takes when switching takes via lane

v5.28 – November 7 2016
+ Actions: fix soft takeover reset action
+ Actions: improve soft takeover behavior for various actions
+ FX: improve parameter learn soft takeover behavior
+ Actions: automatically convert various key bindings between Windows and macOS encodings
+ Actions: add actions to toggle or set MIDI input quantize amount for all tracks, selected tracks, or last touched track
+ Automation: drag+drop take envelope targets take lane under mouse cursor rather than active take
+ Automation: support drag+drop of take envelope button to items on same track
+ FX: copy/move all track FX via drag and drop of track/mixer FX button
+ macOS: preserve top position of FX chains when switching FX
+ MIDI editor: add actions to quantize note positions to specific divisions
+ MIDI editor: add actions to select CC events under selected notes
+ Virtual MIDI keyboard: allow text field input even when using send all input to keyboard

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