REAPER 7.29 (32-bit)

What's new in this version:

Batch converter:
- add "copy current settings to clipboard for command line use" to presets menu
- add button to list all output files
- add checkbox to disable all normalize/limit/fade/trim/pad settings
- add menu items to open input or output file in Media Explorer
- add menu items to insert converted file or replace existing source files in current project
- allow using source file directory (but not overwriting original files) when converting media items
- automatically resize columns to fit when resizing window
- display "take name (media item)" in file list when converting media items
- display channel count, sample rate, bit depth for not-yet-converted items
- display actual converted filename if filename was automatically incremented to avoid collision
- display output filename and path in separate columns
- prevent adding empty media items to file list
- ensure output paths are updated when changing other settings
- display error if trying to convert MIDI with no FX loaded
- fix preserving metadata when converting a media item that contains a section source
- improve preserving source media start offset
- reorganize window for wider aspect ratio
- support both imploding and exploding channels (many input files to one multichannel output file, or one multichannel input file to many single-channel output files)
- support converting selected items, all items, or only as-yet-unconverted items
- support dragging source files within the list to reorder
- support exploding to stereo pairs
- support preserving source file directory structure starting at any level
- support saving output settings with presets (note that presets are shared with render settings)
- support preference (separate from existing render preference) to silently increment filenames to avoid overwriting
- support trimming silence from start/end, and/or padding start/end with silence
- when preserving metadata preferred start position and converting media items, if the source media does not contain a preferred start position, use the media item position in the project

Command line:
- support -noactivate on macOS/linux
- support passing -close[all][:save|:nosave][:exit] to already-running REAPER instances

Media explorer:
- fix tempo-matched preview with certain files (7.26 regression)
- when tempo-matching, use tempo at project edit cursor position when starting playback and current project is stopped

Preferences:
- add option to show item properties button when take phase is inverted
- separate media item appearance and media item buttons pages

Render:
- add checkbox to disable all normalize/limit/fade/trim/pad settings
- fix possibly incorrect rendered file when rendering with "preserve source media sample rate if possible" enabled
- improve handling of filename conflicts

Wildcards:
- add preference to define wildcard pattern to use as default filename prompt when running "File: Save project as..."
- add support for $tracknameornumber, which resolves to track name if the track has a name, otherwise track number
- store separate lists of recent wildcard patterns per calling context (render, batch converter, etc)

Actions:
- add actions to move edit cursor to start of next/current beat, similar to next/current measure

ARA:
- improve behavior when track contains media items with mixed channel counts

CLAP:
- support reporting track name, color, other info to plugins

Click source:
- fix click source properties dialog initializing with incorrect click pattern displayed

Localization:
- allow localizing toolbar icon word names for menu, by using icon_words section

macOS:
- improve some keyboard focus handling corner cases, especially with certain plug-ins

Media item properties:
- support entering take start in source in samples, if all selected items have the same sample rate

Media items:
- media item properties button tooltip reports if take is phase-inverted

MIDI:
- use default CC curves if option enabled when recording MIDI input (7.28 regression)

MIDI editor:
- fix incorrect CC LFO preset file path

Paste:
- obey 'Automatically show affected envelopes when moving media items across tracks' when pasting items

Playback:
- fix very unlikely but possible glitch when splitting playing items

Razor edits:
- improve behavior when editing automation items

Ruler:
- when grid follows metronome pattern, highlight all primary beats in ruler

Theme:
- fix HSV mode for gridlines on Retina

Threading:
- increase relative priority of LV2/miscellaneous worker tasks

Transport:
- prevent brief display of earlier transport time when starting playback