9.5.1b1 Release Notes
Improvements and feature changes:
The Python framework has been updated to support Python 2.7.
Improved the time required to slice an audio sample to a Drum Rack.
Updated fonts and added a number of special characters.
The Live 8 Legacy Mode in Operator has been renamed to something more meaningful.
Performance improvements in waveform rendering.
Slicing visualization improvements and other minor cosmetic tweaks for Simpler and Sampler.
While samples are offline or still decoding, Slice to Drum Rack and Slice to new Midi Track from Simpler are disabled.
Bugfixes:
Live might become unresponsive on OSX if no Max application can be found. Furthermore, Live would not find Max 7 on its own on Windows.
Tracks created by dragging and dropping a rack or rack preset will now correctly be assigned with a new track color.
Fixes a crash which might happen in conjunction with Complex / Pro modes.
Live could hang at launch while displaying the splash screen on Windows 10
The modulation destinations for the new legacy filters in Sinmpler and Operator are now hidden and updated correctly when upgrading a device.
Improved the CPU performance of Complex and Pro when playing back short loops. Note that while clip loops are limited to at least 1/16 note in length, simpler loops can be as small as 50 samples.
Live would crash when cropping samples in Sampler.
Live could hang when loading sets referencing Max devices, if these were saved with Max 6.1.7 or earlier.
Changes for Push:
The color mapping for Push 2's step sequencers has been improved, to better reflect different velocity ranges.
Scales mode can now act as a momentary toggle if held.
When simpler is in 64 pad slicing mode, the touch strip can work as Pitch Bend or Modulation Wheel.
It is now possible to load and hotswap samples in audio tracks.
It is now possible to toggle the Global Record button via Push by holding Shift and pressing the Session Record button.
Sample names are now displayed in the browser while hotswapping.
Introduced a short delay before showing the tempo/swing message when touching the encoders, to reduce the amount of notifications.
When zoomed out on a long sample, it is now possible to see an indication of the existing slices on the Push display.
Push would keep showing the loop selector in sequencer mode after deleting a Clip.
After converting an audio clip to a Simpler from Push, device mode will be selected automatically.
When converting between Simpler and Sampler, Push 2 would lose device selection.
The display could get stuck showing in User mode. Additionally, it is now possible to momentarily enter user mode by holding the respective button.
Mute and Solo would not work if the currently selected track were outside the Session Ring
When loading a sample from the browser, Simpler's "Mode" always would "Classic" on Push display regardless of the default for "dropping samples on Device View".
The arrow keys would stop working in the browser after switching between note and session mode while using the Push browser.
Selecting a scene in Live would cause Clip selection from Push not to work anymore.