What’s new.

The Musio plugin (AU, VST3, AAX), the standalone, Musio Connect and Musio Studio are now 2.0.25 on Mac, Windows and Linux. Your sound library, settings and sessions are kept.

Everything new since 2.0.16.

Score

• View > Show Score (Cmd+Shift+N), or the Score button next to Piano Roll, shows your song as notation in its own window: the full score (in C or transposed) or any player's part. Choose One Page, Two Pages (side by side, as on a conductor's stand) or Scroll (one long line of music). Fit shows whole pages. The score updates as you edit, follows the playhead and turns to the next page as the music reaches it, and clicking a bar plays from there.
• Clean Up (on by default) writes what your notes mean rather than their exact MIDI timing: notes on the beat grid, staccato for short notes, rolls for fast repeated notes, dynamics as marks and hairpins (a hairpin only for a gradual change), slurs over legato phrases, clef changes, 8va/15ma, and the key of each section. Scores are written without a key signature, with every accidental shown.
• Rhythms are written as they're played: triplets and quarter-note triplets, fast runs such as a harp sweep as tuplets (sextuplets, quintuplets, septuplets and more), 32nd-note fills, grace notes, rolled chords on keyboards and harp with an arpeggio line, and a second voice when one line moves under or over a held note.
• Parts follow film-session conventions: transposed (Clarinet in Bb, Horns in F), multi-bar rests, rehearsal marks and bar numbers, courtesy accidentals, page turns where the player rests, and cues before an entrance after a long rest.
• Notation also handles choirs (sections, the tenor clef, sung vowels), drum kits on a five-line staff, two voices on a staff, piano and harp hands, a2/a3, div. and unis., and the piano's sustain pedal.
• Clean page layout: nothing on the page touches. Accidentals line up in columns, articulations, slurs, text, dynamics and pedal marks are placed around everything else, and staves sit as close as they can without colliding.
• Export to MusicXML and PDF (the score, one part or every part). File > Import MIDI or MusicXML... reads scores in, gives each part a Musio sound, and plays marked staccato, pizzicato, tremolo, con sordino and similar markings with the sound's own articulations.

Writing and recording

• Step Record: Transport > Step Record (Shift+R) enters notes one step at a time from a MIDI keyboard or your computer's keys. Keys held together make a chord. 2-7 set the note length (numbered as in Sibelius and Dorico), . makes it dotted and / a triplet, Right Arrow adds a rest, Left Arrow goes back, Return ties, Delete removes the step before, and Option+1-9 picks the track's articulations. Esc stops. You can step-record from the Score window too.
• Piano Roll: draw velocity and controller lanes freehand (Shift draws a straight ramp, Shift-Option a curve), Cmd-drag in a lane to select points or notes and scale, tilt or move them, and in Draw mode click-drag on empty space to draw a note as long as you drag.
• Hits: Bars to This Hit. Right-click a hit, choose how many bars come before it and in which meter, and Studio sets the tempo that lands the hit on the downbeat right after those bars, showing the BPM before you set it.

Tracks and mixing

• Folders that work as buses: a folder of tracks has its own fader, pan, effects, mute and solo, and folds to a single row. Drag a folder by its header to move it with all its tracks. New songs put each instrument family in its own folder; songs you've already made play exactly as before.
• Duplicate Track copies a track with its sound, mics, effects, sends, clips and notes.
• Select several tracks at once (Shift-click a range, Cmd-click to add or remove) to move their faders and pans together, mute, solo, arm, delete, duplicate or drag them. Arming several instrument tracks records your playing into each of them in one take.
• Plugin effects: with Musio Complete, use your own AU and VST3 effects from other makers on tracks, buses and the master. They follow your sign-in to Musio Connect. Without Complete, they're shown locked with a link to learn more.
• When you reach for something that comes with Musio Complete, such as a sound's Get button, a card shows what you'd get: the sound's collection art, its name and a preview you can play, everything Musio Complete unlocks, and how many of Musio's instruments you already have.
• Tracks: a stand-in whose real instrument you own shows a check mark, and other stand-ins show a lock.
• The add button in Tracks now says Add.

Shortcuts and navigation

• Your own keyboard shortcuts in Settings > Shortcuts (or File > Keyboard Shortcuts...). Menus and tooltips show your keys.
• Keys like: set Studio's keys to those of Logic Pro, Pro Tools, Cubase, Ableton Live, FL Studio or Digital Performer, or keep Musio Studio's. Keys you set yourself stay on top, and Undo brings back what you had. The first time a new install opens, Studio asks once whether you're coming from another DAW.
• , and . move back and forward a bar, Option-, and Option-. four bars, Home and End go to the start and end, and Shift-Z fits the whole song (or the clip in the Piano Roll).
• Option-Left and Option-Right (Left and Right in the Video window) move one frame of the video.
• The main window's keys (play, stop, record, moving by bars, save, undo and playing notes) work while the Score or Video window is in front.

Fixes

• Reverb: Bypass works. A bypassed Reverb lets the sound through as it came instead of playing its room, and its tail fades out without a click. A muted track with a Reverb is now silent.
• Stop lets the pedals up: stopping releases every track's sustain, sostenuto and hold pedal, so notes no longer keep ringing after Stop.
• Importing MIDI picks better sounds: "Contrabass", "Double Bass" and similar names get string basses, Cello a solo cello, Tuba a solo tuba, and choir parts choir sounds.
• Tracks, Piano Roll and Mix are sharp at every Interface Size, including Automatic on many 1080p screens.
• Video plays smoothly on computers without graphics acceleration (Linux and Windows).
• Mac: after jumping to a new spot in a video, the right frame shows.
• Mac and Linux: Studio no longer leaves finished FFmpeg and FFprobe processes behind.
• Linux: signing in through musio.com finishes, and the Video window and plugin windows stay in front of Studio.

The Musio plugin (AU, VST3, AAX), the standalone, Musio Connect and Musio Studio are now 2.0.24 on Mac, Windows and Linux. Your sound library, settings and sessions are kept.

Everything new since 2.0.6.

Mixing and mastering in Studio

• Limiter for the master, with loudness metering. It sits last on the master and keeps everything under its ceiling, peaks between samples included, without pumping or distorting. Styles: Transparent, Punchy and Loud, with presets such as Catch Peaks and Broadcast Safe. Its editor shows what goes out and, in red, what was taken off, with the song's short-term and integrated loudness and true peak.
• The same limiter replaces the old safety limiter in every song. It no longer clicks when it catches a peak, and exports now match playback at any buffer size. Songs that never reached the old limiter sound exactly as before.
• Exported songs report their loudness, for example "Exported Song.wav: -14.2 LUFS, -1.0 dBTP".
• Compressor for any track, bus or the master. Styles: Clean, Smooth, Punch and Glue, with Threshold, Ratio, Attack, Release (Auto avoids pumping), Gain (Auto keeps it about as loud), Mix, Knee and Sidechain. Drag its curve to set the threshold and ratio. Ten presets, from Gentle Leveling to Mix Glue and Drum Bus.
• De-esser that tames "s" sounds the same on a quiet line as a loud one and leaves breaths alone. Modes: Highs, Band and Whole, and Listen to hear only what it reacts to.
• The Compressor and De-esser add no delay, so they work on a track being recorded.
• Mastering for the master. Pick where the song is going (Streaming -14 LUFS, Apple Music -16 LUFS, TV -24 LUFS, or Loud -10 LUFS for trailers and games) and press Measure: it sets the gain to reach the target, and says so when getting louder would flatten the peaks. Warmth, Air and Glue add gentle polish.
• The Limiter, Compressor, De-esser and Mastering editors show only the sound that's really playing, scrolling in from the right, and go still when playback stops.
• Mix: the song's reverb and each effect bus now show what comes back on their meters (they stayed empty before).

Scoring to picture

• A song can have a video and a timecode. The video plays in its own window, showing the frame that goes with what you hear, whether stopped, scrubbed or playing. It can float over Studio, go full screen, show the timecode on the picture, and show the picture early for a screen that shows it late.
• Every film and TV frame rate: 23.976, 24, 25, 29.97 (drop-frame or not), 30, 47.952, 48, 50, 59.94 (drop-frame or not) and 60. The timecode track of QuickTime and MP4 files is read, and a video without one has the timecode burned into its picture read off a few frames.
• The video's sound comes in on an audio track of its own, locked to the picture through tempo and timecode changes.
• A video lane under the ruler shows the video's pictures. The ruler and the player bar show timecode, and Go To takes one. Use File > Import Video..., View > Show Video, or drop a movie on Tracks.
• Video your computer can't play itself (ProRes on Windows, DNxHD/DNxHR, MXF, MKV, AVI, and any video on Linux) plays through FFmpeg if you have it installed. Studio doesn't come with FFmpeg.
• Hits, streamers and punches: press H (Transport > Add Hit) to drop a hit on the frame you're hearing; hits stay on their frames whatever the tempo does. In the video window a streamer sweeps into each hit and a punch flashes on it. Tempo for the Hits suggests tempos that put your hits on beats.
• Snap to Frames puts clips and notes on the picture's frames, and the arrow keys nudge notes by one frame.
• MIDI Timecode: Transport > Send MIDI Timecode To sends the song's clock to a MIDI output; Transport > Follow MIDI Timecode lets Studio follow another device's timecode.
• Exports for picture: a song with a timecode exports WAVs (the song and stems) that say where they start (Broadcast WAV), so Pro Tools and other DAWs place them at that timecode. Export Video with Music makes the song's video with the song as its sound, in sync (a QuickTime movie on the Mac, an MP4 on Windows), and can burn in the timecode, the bar and beat, and the song's name.

Playing

• Clean Repeated Notes: a fast note on the same key as the one before it is now heard. Whatever still rings of a key's last note fades out over 50 ms as the key plays again, as a player stops a note to play the next. On in new songs; songs saved before play as they did, and you can turn it on in Transport, next to Delay Compensation. The Musio plugin in your own DAW sounds as before.

Fixes

• Studio on Windows: video shows the frame it's stopped on, plays smoothly through FFmpeg, and an MP4's sound is placed correctly (it could come about 124 ms early).
• Studio in Japanese, Korean and Chinese on Windows: the menu bar, tick boxes and audio settings lists are drawn in the language's font and are no longer garbled.
• New texts in all seven languages.

Linux (2.0.17)

• The arrow pointer no longer disappears on Wayland desktops (such as Hyprland and GNOME) in Studio, Connect and the standalone.
• Studio and the plugin find Musio Connect when it was installed just for you (in ~/.local/opt/Musio) as well as in /opt/Musio, so Studio no longer needs Connect to be opened by hand first.
• If a track's sound goes bad, Studio silences and resets just that track instead of cracking and going silent, and Studio's log names the track. If the audio device stops after an error, Studio starts it again, and dropouts are noted in the log.

The Musio plugin (AU, VST3, AAX), the standalone, Musio Connect and Musio Studio are now 2.0.16 on Mac and Windows, and 2.0.17 on Linux. Your sound library, settings and sessions are kept.

• Connect: Update Instruments in Instances. Each open plugin and standalone instance shows how many of its rack's instruments have a newer version. A button under the list updates every such instance at once after you confirm, as each instance's own Update All does (settings are kept). The button only appears when something needs updating.
• Studio: Delay Compensation follows keyswitches drawn in the Piano Roll. A note after a drawn keyswitch starts early by the time of the articulation that keyswitch switches to, just as a recorded take's notes do. Songs with Delay Compensation off play as before.
• Mac installer: the last page offers "Launch Musio Studio" when Musio Studio was installed, as the Windows installer does; otherwise it offers "Launch Musio Standalone" as before.
• Studio: the "Free sounds" / "Musio Complete" badge on Home's Made with Musio cards follows what musio.com says each demo needs. Opening a demo still goes by what your account owns.
• The Musio plugin (AU, VST3, AAX), the standalone, Musio Connect and Musio Studio are now 2.0.6. Your sound library, settings and sessions are kept.

• Studio: Delay Compensation — notes start early by the time their sound takes to be heard, so notes on the grid sound on it. A song's switch is in Transport next to Count-in; songs saved before it play as they did (off); new songs start on.
• Studio: Delay Compensation times are measured for every installed sound's articulations (1,895); what isn't measured uses a typical time for its kind.
• Studio: Night Crossing and other built-in demo music are gone. A first start opens Home with an empty song; templates start with only their sounds (no starting parts).
• The Musio plugin (AU, VST3, AAX), the standalone, Musio Connect and Musio Studio are now 2.0.5. Your sound library, settings and sessions are kept.
• Voice commands and agents (MCP) stay off until you turn them on in Musio Studio's Settings.

• New: Musio Studio, an app for writing music with Musio's instruments (tracks, piano roll, mixer and the sound library).
• Mac, Windows and, new, Linux (standalone and VST3).
• The Musio plugin (AU, VST3, AAX), the standalone and Musio Connect are now 2.0.4. Your sound library, settings and sessions are kept.
• Voice commands and agents (MCP) are off until you turn them on in Musio Studio's Settings.

• Fixed an edge case where loops might 'click'
• Updated some in-app urls to support new musio.com configuration

• Improved memory management: instruments now use less RAM
• Closing/disabling musio instances within a host is now much faster
• Musio no longer causes some host processes to stay alive on exit
• Removed m+ icon from Musio+ collections

• Auto-determined keyswitch ranges are now permitted outside of the standard 88-key range
• Auto-determined keyswitch ranges are chosen more predictably
• Fixed an issue that prevented built-in effects from being processed in standalone mode
• Fixed a stability issue caused by loading 0-byte sample files

• The keyswitch range can now be changed via the instrument panel
• A preferred default keyswitch range can be set in Musio Connect
• Fixed an issue that could cause downloads to time-out when attempting to download multiple instruments at a time
• Fixed an issue that caused VU meters to show momentary activity when first loading an instrument
• Fixed an issue that could prevent the catalog from updating in certain situations
• Fixed an issue that caused the request-trial button to show an incorrect state

• Time-limited collection trials can now be activated directly in Musio
• Fixed an issue that could cause errors in non-realtime bounces in Pro Tools and other DAWs
• Fixed an issue that could display an incorrect collection trial status
• Fixed a catalog updating issue that could prevent Musio from making valid trial requests

• Fixed a bug that caused mic position outputs to route to the wrong output when loading older projects
• Mic positions that are routed to a non-default output now respect slot-level controls (mute/solo etc.) when opened in standalone mode

• Uninstalling instruments is now significantly faster
• Added additional error logging

• Fixed an issue that could cause all instruments to show as Unauthorized

• The on-screen keyboard can now show an extended range, and will show key descriptions on mouse-over (will require instrument updates)
• Keyswitch instruments now show the keyswitch name when hovering over the on-screen keyboard
• Added support for a new SKU-based authentication method
• Improved the visual experience of the catalog toolbar
• The catalog browser can now be updated in real time, and shows information about its publication date
• The catalog browser now indicates which collections/instruments are authorized for the current user
• The catalog browser can now be filtered to show authorized collections only
• Added developer information to the collection detail view
• Fixed an issue that could cause a mic-position warning icon to show even if no load errors occurred
• Fixed a case where the download-all button would incorrectly show as enabled in some cases
• Fixed an issue that could create artifacts in the first few seconds of an offline bounce
• Improved the speed at which Musio is able to process audio after loading samples, resulting in faster load times (particularly in larger sessions)
• Updated tutorial slides
• Improved Musio Connect's compatibility with screen readers/narrators
• Added support for collecting application version statistics
• Improved an error message that occurs when Musio receives an invalid response to an instrument download request

• Fixed an issue that could prevent instruments from being uninstalled in some cases
• User's custom downloads directory is no longer ignored
• Relaxed some permissions settings when installing instruments
• Improved the available disk-space check when installing instruments

• Fixed an issue that could cause instruments to output silence unexpectedly
• Fixed a small bug that could prevent some gain values from being calculated correctly

• MIDI control change assignments can now be made via MIDI learn
• Added an option to specify the default catalog view
• Reorganized some Musio Connect settings under more appropriate headings
• Fixed a crash that could occur when starting Musio Connect or resuming a download
• Fixed an issue that caused Musio Connect to forget the 'Mic Positions To Download by Default' setting on some machines
• Fixed a bug that could cause an instrument's Studio Mix mic position to appear active despite being inactive
• Fixed a bug that could show the incorrect install size for mic-position instruments
• Fixed a minor engine bug related to changing sample-rate or offline rendering
• Minor audio streaming improvements
• Updated the Terms of Service

• Fixed an issue that caused Musio Connect to forget the 'Mic Positions To Download by Default' setting on some machines
• Fixed a bug that could cause an instrument's Studio Mix mic position to appear active despite being inactive

• Added support for instruments with multiple mic positions
• Added a button that allows the user to update all instruments loaded in the rack
• Inverted the display of effect bypass toggle switches so that they better match other activation-style controls
• All knobs and sliders now respond to ctrl/cmd+click (snap to default) and shift+click (fine adjustment mode)
• Improved how Musio data is stored on the user's machine
• Moved catalog and asset files to a public, shared directory
• Empty user folders leftover from previous versions are removed automatically
• Improved performance in voice DSP calculations
• Improved the scaling of mic-position volume faders
• Improved the catalog UI - instrument version and mic position info has been consolidated into an updated version menu
• Explore is now the default catalog view
• Added a dB readout to mic-position volume faders
• Removed the window resize limit for Musio (plugin and standalone)
• Removed the restriction that forced an instrument's default mic position to always be downloaded
• Fixed an issue where an instrument could get stuck "Verifying Files"
• Fixed an issue that could prevent some instruments from loading properly
• Fixed an issue that could cause Musio Connect to take a long time to open, especially with many instruments installed
• Fixed an issue that could cause instruments to exhibit duplicate mic positions
• Fixed an issue that caused an incorrect gain-scaling curve to be applied to mic position sliders
• Fixed an issue that could prevent some older instruments from generating sound
• Fixed a bug that could prevent mic position channel settings from being saved/loaded to host data or .musio file
• Fixed a bug that could generate mic position error messages even if no error occurred
• Fixed some subtle bugs that could occur when sorting/selecting instruments in Musio Connect
• Fixed a bug that could prevent an instrument's default mic position from being downloaded
• Fixed a bug that prevented the user from being able to retry a failed instrument download
• Fixed a bug that could prevent some non mic-position instruments from loading samples
• Updated AAX SDK
• Updated Musio Terms and Conditions of Use
• Updated first-launch tutorial slides
• Fixed some minor UI bugs

• Fixed a bug that would cause Musio Connect to auto-terminate too early
• Fixed a big that could cause silence in output after a long runtime

• Fixed a bug that could cause some reverb settings to change unexpectedly

• Fixed an issue that caused unnecessary undo points to be created in some hosts.
• Adjusted some font sizes.

• Fixed an issue that could cause Musio Connect to crash on startup (Windows)
• Fixed a UI bug that could occur on the download panel, when reconnecting to Musio Connect
• Improved the user experience in situations where content authorization needs to be refreshed
• Improved reliability of HTTP connections

• Added an automatic retry to instrument (samples) downloads

• Added a Repair-all menu command to Musio Connect
• Huge improvement to stability and performance when restoring a connection to Musio Connect
• Fixed a crash that could occur when connecting to Musio Connect
• Fixed a crash that could occur when exiting Musio Connect while instruments are downloading
• Fixed a case where Musio would prevent the host process from fully terminating (this fix addresses the issue in some, but not all hosts)

• Improved overall performance by reducing main-thread CPU usage
• Fixed multiple real-time and offline audio rendering issues
• Musio Connect and Standalone can now generate crash dumps on Windows
• Misc. UI fixes

• Fixed multiple real-time and offline audio rendering issues

• Added articulation support to script-engine.
• Fixed a bug that could stall offline bounces.
• Fixed a bug that could cause sample load requests to be dropped.

• Improved the process by which instrument definition files are validated.
• Logs now include user's current Musio Connect settings.
• Removed the full-screen option from Musio Connect on macOS.

• The instrument-version menu now shows release notes for each version
• Fixed an issue where the plugin window size would not be saved in some hosts
• Fixed an issue where a failed instrument install could appear as though it installed correctly
• Improved sample-streaming performance
• Improved instrument loading speed when loading from hard-disk drives
• Misc. fixes relating to shared file/folder permissions

• Reduced the overhead incurred by maintaining the inter-process connection, potentially improving connection reliability in some situations.
• Fixed an issue that could prevent instruments from being installed.
• Improved logging when encountering errors during instrument uninstall.
• Misc. logging fixes.

• Reduced CPU load when starting Musio Connect.
• Improved error message logging.
• Musio installer now automatically adds/removes .mwc exception to Microsoft Defender (Windows).
• Fixed an issue that caused Musio Connect to crash when viewing the Instances page.
• Added further UI performance optimizations to Musio Connect.

• The enter key no longer triggers certain UI buttons
• When adding an instrument to an empty rack, it is now automatically selected
• The disable-reverb user option now engages the reverb bypass instead of turning down the wet value
• Fixed a potential crash that could occur when closing a Musio instance
• Improved the display of some Musio Connect settings controls
• Improved general Musio and Musio Connect performance and efficiency

• Added an option to download an entire collection at once
• Added the ability to pause/resume/stop an individual download via Musio Connect
• Improved efficiency and UI responsiveness when downloading many instruments
• Improved the look and functionality of Musio's Downloads page
• Instrument downloads started via the "load" button are now prioritized
• Fixed an issue that caused some instrument downloads to fail
• Improved error messages that display when mousing-over an instrument slot that failed to load
• Restored support for MacOS 10.14 (Mojave)
• Misc. UI fixes
• Improved UI performance when downloading many instruments

• Users can now choose an octave number to use for displaying middle C. This affects the on-screen keyboard as well as keyswitch labeling.
• It's now possible to pause/resume/cancel all active downloads directly from Musio Connect.
• Enabled plugin window resizing in Vienna Ensemble Pro.
• The Catalog' Explore button is now positioned more prominently.
• Fixed a potential crash when removing instruments with active voices.
• Fixed some issues that could occur when using an instrument slot's version-swapping feature.
• Updated tutorial images.
• Fixed a bug that caused the catalog scroll area height to be calculated incorrectly under certain conditions.

• The catalog view has been improved in order to provide a better user experience.
• The search box has been moved into a static toolbar within the catalog view.
• Moved the catalog's back button to the catalog toolbar.
• The collection view header has been redesigned to be more streamlined.
• It's now possible to filter the catalog to show downloaded items only. This filter is global within a single Musio instance, and will apply wherever possible.
• It's now possible to navigate to the Instrument view and back without losing your position in the catalog.
• It's now possible to jump directly to a collection from the rack by clicking on the collection title on an instrument slot.
• Updated tutorial images.
• Added gzip support for catalog downloads.
• Musio Standalone's audio-settings dialog now matches Musio Connect's colour-scheme.
• Improved speed and efficiency when opening a new instance of Musio.
• Improved discoverability of Musio Connect on Mac.
• Improved reliability of asset (images and audio previews) downloads.
• Fixed a catalog update issue that prevented outdated items from being removed properly.
• Fixed an issue that could result in misleading instrument download error messages.
• Fixed a crash that could occur when referencing a non-existent instrument slot.
• Fixed some networking issues that could prevent Musio Connect from communicating with the web service.
• Fixed an issue that resulted in empty log files being written to disk.
• Fixed an issue that prevented Musio instances from remembering the last-viewed catalog tab.
• Fixed an issue that prevented instruments from loading during file integrity checks.
• Fixed an issue that prevented instrument controls from being recalled correctly if saved with a value of 0.
• Updated some third-party libraries.
• Misc. UI fixes and performance improvements.

• General performance improvements
• Fixed multiple stability issues across a variety of hosts and operating systems
• Fixed an issue that prevented some assets from downloading completely

• Updated collection card visuals in the catalog UI.
• Improved look and behaviour of the instrument slot's close button and other elements.
• Moved Musio's downloads button/page to the main tabbed catalog area.
• Improved speed of opening Musio Connect.
• Improved behaviour of UI scaling on smaller screens

• HOTFIX: fixed issue where UI scaling could be below 100% on some displays
• Added an option to Musio Connect for scaling the UI (applies to plugin, standalone, and Musio Connect).
• Improved user experience when running Musio when no catalog is available.
• Fixed an issue that caused a load-error icon to briefly show on an instrument slot while the instrument was installing.
• Fixed a potential crash that could occur while downloading catalog assets.
• Fixed an issue that prevented some catalog images from downloading.
• Fixed a crash that could occur while computing an instrument's dynamic crossfade.
• Misc. minor fixes and efficiency improvements.
• Improved speed of catalog asset downloads.
• Fixed an issue that could prevent sample and instrument databases from being updated.
• Fixed an issue that caused unintended audio to be included in offline renders.
• Fixed an issue where the new-version indicator on the instrument version menu would not get updated in some cases.
• Fixed an issue that caused controls on the instrument panel to become unresponsive when swapping an instrument via a slot's version menu.
• Crash logs included in Mac feedback submissions now also include DAW crash logs when possible.
• Fixed an issue that prevented saving.
• Removed a misleading error that would display when opening Musio with no catalog and no loaded instruments.

• Added an option to Musio Connect for scaling the UI (applies to plugin, standalone, and Musio Connect).
• Improved user experience when running Musio when no catalog is available.
• Fixed an issue that caused a load-error icon to briefly show on an instrument slot while the instrument was installing.
• Fixed a potential crash that could occur while downloading catalog assets.
• Fixed an issue that prevented some catalog images from downloading.
• Fixed a crash that could occur while computing an instrument's dynamic crossfade.
• Misc. minor fixes and efficiency improvements.
• Improved speed of catalog asset downloads.
• Fixed an issue that could prevent sample and instrument databases from being updated.
• Fixed an issue that caused unintended audio to be included in offline renders.
• Fixed an issue where the new-version indicator on the instrument version menu would not get updated in some cases.
• Fixed an issue that caused controls on the instrument panel to become unresponsive when swapping an instrument via a slot's version menu.
• Crash logs included in Mac feedback submissions now also include DAW crash logs when possible.
• Fixed an issue that prevented saving.
• Removed a misleading error that would display when opening Musio with no catalog and no loaded instruments.

• The catalog can now be viewed while assets (images, previews) continue to download in the background.
• Fixed an issue where the selected rack slot would not be preserved when removing instruments from the rack.
• Fixed an issue that prevented inactive slots from being selectable via the mouse.

• Fixed a potential crash that could occur while updating the catalog
• Fixed an issue that could cause the articulation grid to display with unnecessary scrollbars
• Improved error message when attempting to install an instrument with insufficient disk space
• Windows installer's clean install option no longer resets the user's samples location
• Fixed an issue that prevented Mac users from being able to click an articulation button to activate an articulation
• Removed some extraneous logging from Lua scripts
• In-app feedback submissions on Mac now include more detailed crash logs (if available)

• Fixed an issue that caused some engine values to load incorrectly when opening inside a host
• Fixed an issue that could cause some instruments to show incorrect key colours
• Improved stability of all database operations
• Fixed a potential crash that could occur if Musio Connect is closed immediately after it starts
• Updated licenses

• Added support for instruments with key-switching articulations
• Improved instrument and sample loading
• Fixed an issue that could prevent instruments from loading with the correct engine parameters

• Improved reliability of database operations
• Fixed labeling of middle C (C4) on the on-screen keyboard
• Misc. stability improvements

• Improved performance across many areas
• Reduced memory used by instruments
• Misc. usability fixes
• Fixed an issue that prevented the effect bypass button from working properly

• Added 'app-update' badge and download option to main plugin menu
• Fixed potential crash when loading & closing large DAW sessions
• Misc. UI/UX fixes

• Improved layout of the collection detail header view
• Improved messaging when attempting to migrate samples under certain situations
• Fixed an issue that could cause downloads to get stuck in the Queued state
• Fixed an issue where downloads would fail after a network connection is restored

• Added a new dedicated tab/panel for displaying instrument controls
• Removed controls area from the instrument slot
• Added support for additional reverb controls
• Added support for effect-bypass switches
• Musio Connect's tray/menu icon is now enabled by default; if you previous had this disabled and wish to keep it disabled, you can turn it off via Musio Connect's settings page
• Fixed an issue that could prevent some percent-based instrument parameters from initializing correctly
• Added a user option to automatically display the Instrument tab when an instrument slot is clicked
• Increased the size of collection tiles in the catalog
• Misc. UI tweaks
• Misc. stability improvements

• Minor catalog parsing modifications in preparation for future UI changes

Improvements

• Reverb can now be disabled globally (for newly added instruments)
• Improved performance when not using built-in reverb

• Fixed an issue where Musio could lose its connection to Musio Connect under heavy load

Improvements

• Installing instruments (once downloaded) is now faster

Bug Fixes

• Fixed multiple issues that could cause Musio > Musio Connect connections to drop or fail to initiate, especially on machines with a large number of instruments installed
• Fixed some maintenance routines that could potentially cause Musio Connect to crash
• Misc. UI fixes

Improvements

• Switched the hotkey used to show the download size of all instruments from alt to shift, and fixed an issue that prevented it from working in plugin builds
• Individual instruments in the Explore section of the catalog now display a collection title
• Added more robust error-checking for certain legato instruments
• Improved logging of Musio > Musio Connect inter-process connections
• Improved overall performance on system with a large number of instruments installed

Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue that caused an incorrect alignment of collection cards in the catalog view
• Fixed an issue that could prevent Musio settings from being saved properly on some systems
• Fixed an issue where auto-incrementing a slot's MIDI channel past 16 would default to All
• Fixed an issue where attempting to play an instrument with missing samples could result in a crash
• Fixed a crash caused by auto-incrementing a slot's output channel

Known issues

• On some systems with hundreds of instruments installed, Musio may become unresponsive and lose its connection to Musio Connect, or fail to make an initial connection. The cause has been identified and a fix is underway

• Musio's inter-app communication code has been re-written to provide a faster and more reliable connection between Musio Connect and all Musio instances
• Updated app Icons
• Fixed an issue where Musio's outputs would be mislabeled in Digital Performer
• Misc. UI fixes and updates

• Fixed an issue where Musio would crash when showing the Bluetooth MIDI dialog
• Collection previews will now stop when navigating the catalog
• Improved how Musio Connect attempts to detect instrument installation errors
• Huge improvement to the speed at which Musio downloads all catalog assets
• Added realistic limits to Musio's window size, and added a menu option to reset the window size
• Fixed an issue where some legato instruments wouldn't loop properly
• Fixed a crash that could occur on certain legato patches
• Added additional fixes to handle issues with some some legacy legato instruments

• Updated catalog format - the catalog is now able to display a curated assortment of collections and instruments
• The curated section of the catalog is now displayed under the "Explore" tab, while the full catalog is displayed under the "Catalog" tab
• Added some animations to various parts of the catalog UI
• Improved UI resizing behavior, particularly on larger displays
• Multiple efficiency and optimization improvements
• Misc. UI fixes
• Fixed a bug where opening a session could load without the sample-location/ResourceResolver correctly set
• Fixed an issue where duplicating tracks would crash certain DAWs
• Fixed an occasional bug where standalone exported an empty .musio file
• Fixed a bug where loading the Musio UI would trigger CC1/Pitchbend signals affecting instrument state

• Instruments can now make use of amp-envelope performables to control Attack, Decay, Sustain, etc.
• Instruments can now make use of filter performables to control cutoff, resonance, etc.
• When downloading instruments, Musio will skip downloading the instrument's samples if they are already installed
• Installing/uninstalling instruments is now much faster
• Added a shutdown prompt to Musio Connect when attempting to exit with active background tasks
• Fixed an issue where downloads would sometimes not show in the plugin's downloads panel
• Fixed an issue where loading a 2nd copy of an instrument in a single instance could cause a crash
• Fixed an issue where VU meters would hold their signal level when muted
• Fixed an issue where a slot would appear loaded even if it was not installed
• Fixed multiple instrument slot UI bugs
• Fixed an issue where loading a large session would cause Musio Connect to hide itself if it was open in the foreground
• Fixed some minor bugs relating to instrument downloads
• Misc. UI tweaks/fixes
• Various performance and stability improvements
• Instrument controls can now be grouped and displayed under different tabs/categories
• Fixed an issue that caused instrument controls to display in reverse order
• Connect's settings page will now ask to confirm changes before navigating away
• Fixed a bug where the instrument rack would appear empty on Apple M1 machines
• Added a clear button to the catalog search field
• Fixed multiple issues that caused the instrument controls area to not draw correctly
• Fixed an issue where the browser collection-grid would not show all collections until the window was resized

• Improved handing for cases where Musio can't load a .musio file (or host data) saved by newer versions
• Musio standalone now prompts on exit if there are unsaved changes
• Fixed an issue that prevented a host from asking the user to save the session when the user has unsaved changes
• Fixed an issue that caused clicks/pops to sound during instrument preview playback
• Fixed an issue where a samples directory located on an external drive could prevent instruments from installing correctly
• Fixed an issue that prevented the instrument rack from being fully cleared before loading a .musio file
• Fixed an issue that caused Musio to load .musio files in the wrong slot order

• Musio now supports multiple audio outputs (plugin only)
• Added an option to Musio Connect to allow new instrument slots to automatically increment their assigned audio output bus
• fixed bug where Musio Plugin in ProTools wouldn't find Musio Connect
• Catalog searching now presents a unified listing of Collections and Instruments

• GUI optimization
• Fixed bug where Musio would save its host data incorrectly

• Fixed an issue that could cause audio previews to sound distorted.
• Fixed multiple issues that could cause Musio to crash when displaying the catalog.
• Fixed an issue that could cause Musio Connect to crash when sorting instruments by size.
• Downloads are now displayed per-instance; Each copy of Musio will only show downloads initiated by that instance.
• Big improvement to Musio Connect's start-up time when lots of instruments are installed.
• Misc. UI fixes.

• Fixed an issue that could cause an instance to hang while connecting to Musio Connect
• Fixed an issue that could cause Musio to crash when showing a large number of instrument controls
• Misc. UI performance optimizations

• Musio now supports instruments with multiple release versions. The version number on an instrument slot or catalog row can be clicked to reveal a version menu. An instrument displayed in the catalog will always represent its latest available version.
• Musio is now available as an AAX plugin, for both Mac and Windows.

• Musio Connect can now be set to run only when needed. Turning this option on will cause Musio Connect to run only while Musio instances are connected or background tasks are running.
• Simplified the hiding/showing/exiting behavior of Musio Connect.
• Reduced the timeout before auto launching Musio Connect.
• Audio previews no longer pop when stopping or transitioning to another preview.
• Audio previews no longer play at a wrong pitch when the host's sample rate changes.
• The volume level of audio previews can now be set in Musio Connect.
• The Catalog Browser can now display custom sections at the top of the catalog.
• Musio can now be used by additional OS users on MacOS.
• Fixed an issue where instruments would fail to load when a user's subscription was close to its renewal date.
• Fixed a bug where MIDI continuous-controller inputs would produce extra events.
• Fixed an engine issue that caused some note-off events to create stuck notes.

• Checking for app updates in Musio Connect now shows a detailed update summary
• Downloading of app updates is now more streamlined
• Added better forward compatibility checks for instruments that require a new app or engine version
• Instrument load errors are now displayed on the instrument slot
• Added more descriptive info to Musio's connection popup
• Fixed an issue that prevented the user from retrying a failed download
• Fixed an issue that caused the feedback confirmation dialog to display on all Musio instances
• Fixed an issue that caused Musio to think it had crashed if it was running while the use restarted or shutdown the OS
• Misc. UI fixed and tweaks
• Fixed an issue where MIDI CC messages could create extra events and reduce performance

• Fixed an issue where GUI elements would overlap during a catalog update
• Multiple CCs can now be assigned to a single performable parameter
• Fixed an issue where the catalog could display in the wrong sort order
• Fixed a critical bug that caused re-ordered instrument slots to display the wrong status/parameter info

• Fixed bug in audio file processing