REAPER 6.74 (32-bit)

What's new in this version:

Razor edits:
- add action to enclose media items in separate razor edit areas for each selected media item, rather than a single razor edit enclosing all selected media items
- add mouse modifiers to move razor edits without contents horizontally/vertically/on one axis only
- add option to move edit cursor on razor edit change
- fix adjusting media item length when using timebase beats (position only)
- fix envelope cut/paste (6.72 regression)
- fix some behaviors when pasting razor edit areas to master track
- fix action to move razor edit areas up/down/forward/back without contents for master track
- fix restoring master track razor edits on project load
- fix undo for razor edits on master track envelopes
- handle master track in action to move nearest razor edit edge to cursor
- improve behavior when "overlap and crossfade media when finalizing razor edits" enabled
- only copy fade-in/fade-out if the start/end of the media item is included in the razor edit
- prevent moving razor edit areas to tempo envelope when using mouse modifier to move razor edit area ignoring envelope type
- support cut/copy/paste on project play rate envelope

JSFX:
- add mem_multiply_sum(), mem_insert_shuffle(), get_host_placement()
- improve gfx_getchar() to return discrete unicode values when available
- extend slider_automate() to allow for touch recording
- if 'tags: instrument' is present in header, treat as an instrument
- improve manual editing of envelope points for parameters that have named values
- per-sample and per-automated-block performance optimizations
- support log/exp-scaled sliders for controls, specify :log or :log=offset after step size
- support polynomial-scaled fader scaling, default is square, specify :sqr for x^2 or :sqr=3 after step size
- support up to 256 sliders per FX, longer parameter names, very long lines
- throttle calls to gfx_showmenu() to prevent accidental annoyance
- support EEL2 preprocessing
- update Super8, channel mixer to use preprocessor

IDEs:
- improve international keyboard support
- improve home-key behavior (thanks Giorgos Vougioukas)
- fix inconsistency in column indicators, improve behavior of Ctrl+End (thanks Giorgos Vougioukas)
- improve autocomplete behavior when using EEL2 namespaces
- improve behavior of panes and undo/redo
- smarter selection of suggested items on initial mousemove
- suggest list does not respond to mouse movement when inactive
- fix loss of X position when scrolling vertically in some instances

Accessibility:
- improve descriptions of ReaEQ/ReaPitch/ReaDelay enabled buttons
- improve ordering of controls in GetUserInputs() API
- set description for FX active (bypass) checkbox
- improve keyboard navigation/screen reader behavior for sends in track routing menu
- improve screen reader behavior for hardware output list in track routing menu
- add higher-contrast default I-Beam (time selection) cursor

Media explorer:
- add action to calculate peak volume for all media (will skip files that have already been calculated)
- do not allow shortcuts panel to be resized to exactly zero
- fix action to open file in explorer with certain paths
- fix button appearance on Linux when using DPI scaling
- improve handling of RfxChain and FX preset files
- support editing metadata via right-click menu for .mid files

Render:
- display render statistics as list view in render progress window
- improve tab order around output format configuration
- support $takemarker(name) and $takemarker(name)[separator] wildcards
- swap order of close and back buttons after successful render
- update dialog when changing render region selection
- support wildcard case conversion for Unicode Latin Supplemental and Latin Extended-A accented characters

VST:
- add compatibility setting to pass channel silence flags to VST3 plug-ins
- detect VST2 shell plug-in synth status using same logic as non-shell plug-ins
- improve multiprocessing performance with UADx plug-ins
- re-map automation by parameter ID if parameters change due to restartComponent

Actions:
- add action to play/stop (move edit cursor on stop)
- respect group-disable setting in action to duplicate items
- improve description of action to glue items to match menu description

Actions window:
- add join/heal, during/while as default synonyms
- update toggle states in response to actions
- when sorting by command ID, sort by identifier string

Audio Units:
- fixed bridged plug-in parameter unit names and tail time change detection
- respond to kAudioUnitProperty_ParameterList to update parameter list at plug-in request
- support custom string displays for parameters

CLAP:
- fix default path list on Windows
- support text_to_value to improve manual editing of envelope point parameters

Filtering:
- fix matching of accented characters at start of search filter
- support matching Unicode Latin Extended-A characters when searching for unaccented characters

Freeze:
- when freezing, preserve MIDI-only receives
- when freezing to mono/stereo, preserve audio sidechain receives

FX chain window:
- add menu item to cut FX including automation
- improve list focus behavior when renaming instance

LV2:
- do not unload plug-in bundles on macOS or Linux
- fix potential crash on macOS UI destruction
- improve manual editing of envelope points for parameters that are named enums

macOS:
- fix ampersand drawing in tooltips
- improve compatibility of 'Open source file' mouse modifier dragging

Media items:
- always account for media item label drawn above item when calculating vertical offset for overlapping items
- fix potentially-dropped MIDI events at end of item

Mouse modifiers:
- fix potential crash when deleting track via user-assigned action from media item click/razor edit click
- fix support for binding actions with small ID numbers to click/doubleclick contexts

Notation editor:
- fix UI quirks when the piano roll is set to project synchronized time base
- improve layout when resizing, make limits affected by size

Preferences:
- add setting in Preferences/Seeking to seek playback when clicking on media items
- fix searching when starting from a preferences page that is added by an extension

ReaScript:
- add EEL2 mem_multiply_sum(), mem_insert_shuffle()
- extend gfx.getchar() to return discrete unicode values when available
- support EEL2 preprocessing

Recording:
- fix $recpass000 wildcard when used in the middle of the filename
- fix potential extra count-in measure being added with round-to-measure checked
- improve behavior with MIDI replace recording mode

Timestretch:
- add new ReaReaRea mode that uses randomized overlapped windows and project resampling mode
- improve ordering of modes menu

Track grouping:
- items on edit-grouped tracks follow mouse-click take selection changes
- prevent grouping razor edits on master track

Track manager:
- fix visibility of collapsed child tracks when filtering
- fix gridline display when hiding columns on Windows

Video:
- add get_host_placement()
- support EEL2 preprocessing

Virtual MIDI keyboard:
- fix entering center note via keyboard
- improve keyboard navigation
- remove space from note names

Windows:
- improve ASIO channel defaults, remember channel configuration per device
- do not allow setting default ASCII keybindings to global, require manual remap first

Defaults:
- change snap-to-nearby-media-items to by default only snap to items on the same track as the current item

Dynamic split:
- respect track edit grouping when splitting grouped items

Envelope point editor:
- fix disappearing shapes after editing tempo/mute envelopes

Group manager:
- fix redundant refreshes

Grouping:
- reset automatic track grouping to default when creating new project

Localization:
- improve support for various loudness-related displays

Media item properties:
- improve start-in-source display in certain stretch marker scenarios

Menu/toolbar editor:
- increase width of listview columns

MIDI:
- when trimming items due to split, chase CC/pitch/etc

MIDI list editor:
- fix mousewheel action bindings

Mixer:
- add Cut menu items to FX context menu

Paste:
- improve behavior when pasting .RfxChain/.fxb/.vstpreset files into track or item context

Project load:
- always show details of unrecognized project tokens

ReaEQ:
- correct label for band bandwidth parameter

Routing matrix:
- improve record input selection indication on multichannel record inputs

Routing matrix/track wiring:
- show if signal is present on audio/MIDI inputs

Routing window:
- display track parent name in routing dialog title

Tooltips:
- prevent tooltips from occuring when window is inactive

Track grouping manager:
- fix Unicode characters in group names on Windows

Undo:
- consolidate undo points when inserting multiple FX via action

API:
- add midi editor play cursor preview override API for PlayTime
- avoid performance issues due to old SWS versions flooding with calls to RefreshToolbar()
- SetMouseModifier(ctx,-1,-1) will reset all modifiers to default for that context; SetMouseModifier(-1,-1,-1) will reset all modifiers to default for all contexts
- add GetInputActivityLevel()
- add support for audio control signal x2/y2 parameters in FX_GetNamedConfigParm()