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nashNET updates reViSiT Pro to
v1.3
21st December 2009
nashNET has announced the release
of version 1.3 of reViSiT Pro, making
reViSiT not only much easier to use but also much easier
to learn, without compromising the fluid user experience
already enjoyed by reViSiT's more-practiced composers.
reViSiT Pro is still available for free as part of the
reViSiT
Experiment.

reViSiT now boasts:
- Comprehensive mouse editing and data
entry: With so many features and keys
to learn, trackers can be daunting. So, in
reViSiT 1.3, you can now enter and edit your
music, using the mouse. With new widgets for
selecting pitch, instrument, volume, panning,
depth and even effects, it's easy to learn what
everything does. With a flexible new
drag-'n'-drop feature, you can directly
manipulate and arrange your music. And with the
new right-click editing menu, you don't have to
look up features in the manual and work out the
keyboard shortcut.
- Graphical representations and visual
guidelines: The tracker pattern, a big
page full of text, can also be off-putting. So,
reViSiT now includes an Info Bar ('?'), that
graphically shows what everything in the pattern
does – using a piano keyboard for pitch, visual
scales for volume and spatialisation, and visual
explanations and scales for each of the many
different effects. Choose a note or number and
see the description, as well as the current
value, which can be edited directly with the
mouse.
- New methods to discover new methods:
With new menus for editing and data entry, you
can now browse through the various musical
possibilities afforded by reViSiT. Discover not
only new features, but also new ways of
interacting – start in you own time, with the
mouse; then get into flow, using the keyboard
with the menu mnemonics (e.g. Alt or Menu, to
open the menu, then 'F', to select File); and
then step it up a gear, learning the keyboard
shortcuts, which are also shown, in the menu.
All changes in v1.3.0:
- [ADD] Info Bar ('?') - graphical
representation of data, with visual guidelines
and mouse interaction.
- [ADD] Intelligent effects browser, with
effect menu, visual guidelines and mouseable
parameter scales.
- [ADD] Command menu for both mouse users
(right-click) and keyboard novices (Menu key /
Alt), with underlined mneumonics + keyboard
shortcuts.
- [ADD] Mouse drag & drop (move/copy,overwrite/insert/mix)
(see status bar when dragging for details).
- [ADD] Auto-scroll for mouse selection and
dragging.
- [MOD] Minor changes to input handler.
- [MOD] Selected additional keys now
user-definable.
- [MOD] Shift-tab goes to 1st column, then
previous track.
- [MOD] New memory management for active
notes.
- [MOD] Channel volume now affects MIDI
volume.
- [MOD] Status bar redesigned to accommodate
info switch.
- [MOD] reViSiT ident now triggers menu.
- [FIX] Mousing beyond Channel 64 causing
crash.
- [FIX] Help bar sometimes not greyed out
losing focus.
- [FIX] Mousing over help bar heavy on CPU.
- [FIX] Delay after help bar closed, before
redisplay.
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