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Changes:

• Fixed a bug dealing with OSC static tokens routing.
• The blinking activity monitors are reporting a more accurate activity.
• Better robutsness in concurrent situations.

Highlights:

• Full Snow Leopard compatibility, 64 bits executable.
• Motion Plus controller support.
• DJ Hero controller support.
• Multiple SpaceNavigator devices can now be connected at the same time.
• Wacom: it is now possible to choose in the application Preferences how the mouse pointer should be locked (or not).
• MIDI over OSC support
• Many bug fixes and enhancements that address every aspects of the application.

New Features: (compared to 2.9-RC3)

• Wiimote: Support for the DJ Hero controller.
• Copy/Paste support in the Parameters Window
• Multi-display support for the Absolute Mouse events.

Changes: (compared to 2.9-RC3)

• Wiimote: Computer Sleep/Wake-up support. When the computer is going to sleep, all the Wiimotes are disconnected. When the computer wakes up, the discovery process is launched if the Preference “Start discovery on launch” is enabled.
• App: Preset menu now disables items when the document is locked.
• App: Kyma events are only displayed if we connect a Kyma compatible device or use a file that had Kyma events.
• App: Relative Mouse events now take in account the current display where the mouse pointer is located.
• Misc: Reorganized the Samples Library.

Changes:

• App: Fixed a deadlock occurring when processing a lots of messages at a time where the application would stop the OSC input.
• App: Fixed some various crash conditions.
• App: Fixed a problem with multiple Space Navigators.
• App: Fixed a problem with integer arguments being scaled.
• App: When a message is duplicated, retain its properties (like channel and scaling for example).
• App: On Snow Leopard, fixed a problem with pop-up menus when two windows are used at the same time.

Changes:

• App: OSC Routing Editor has been updated.
• App: Fixed a crash when displaying the Keycode Manager.
• App: Fixed a problem under Snow Leopard with menu that would not be refreshed properly.
• App: Renamed Latched Combine into Latched Trigger for more consistency.
• App: In the Parameters Window, renamed MIDI tab to Inputs.
• TUIO: The TUIO protocol interpreter can now be turned on or off.
• Wiimote: Wiimote addresses are now properly restored.
• Kyma: Fixed automatic Wiimote mapping that were not set anymore.

New Features:

• App: Full Snow Leopard compatibility, 64 bits executable.
• Wiimote: initial Motion Plus support.
• SpaceNavigator: Multiple devices supported.
• Wacom: it is now possible to choose in the application Preferences how the mouse pointer should be locked (or not).
• OSC router is now much more transparent as it now handles now not only numbers but also all types of data.
• App: cool new status bar that presents useful notifications to the user.
• App: it is now possible to control the user interface with gestures : swipe left or right to switch back and forth the Scalings Page, swipe down to show the Parameters Window, swipe up to close it.
• App: the Notepad enables users to take notes inside the application.

Changes:

• Wiimote: nunchuk has now 10 bits of precision.
• Wiimote: bluetooth discovery more grafully handled to avoid kernel based problems.
• Wiimote: better error handling.
• Wiimote: more wiimotes types supported.
• Wiimote: fixed a problem where the wiimotes slot would not be properly remembered.
• TUIO: fixed a bug related to the interpretation on cursor mode.
• TUIO: fixed a problem with alive messages being erroneously duplicated.
• Kyma: added the channel velocity to kyma notes.
• Kyma: enhanced automatic hot var / osc message matching.
• Kyma: under some circumstances, Kyma Notes were not released properly resulting in a weird enveloppe ending.
• HUD: optimized drawing in quick look windows.
• HUD: quick look windows now show the values of the output min and max that were set in the scalings page.
• HUD: quick look windows now calibrate the graph’s height to the output min and max values that were set in the scalings page.
• HUD: when the windows are “kept on top”, this now affects the quick look windows as well.
• OSC: automatic back mapping of incoming OSC.
• OSC: When a osc routing has no tokens, don’t route any argument. The previous behavior was to route all the arguments.
• App: new button in the toolbar to start/pause OSC routing.
• App: when a preset is changed, quick look windows are also removed/restored.
• App: sped up application launch.
• App: lots of small refinements in the applications look & feel.
• App: event type and value menus now show helpful labels.
• App: fixed some osc routing editing problems in the parameters window.
• App: fixed a problem that would happen when opening the license document under snow leopard.
• App: allow a multiple row selection for the ‘enabled’ checkbox.
• App: row selection preserved when selecting event type menu.
• App: document is set to dirty on less occasions.
• App: fixed a menu refreshing problem when clearing out the event source.
• App: fixed a bug where event source names would not refresh if they were belonging to an action or a duplicate.
• App: Command-Shift-A is now “deselect-all”.
• App: removed all localizations and kept english only.
• App: columns widths are now properly saved.
• App: we can now monitor application crashes, but also external tools.
• App: fixed a problem where a new document would not be opened if a previously opened file was put in the trash.

New Features:

• New Wiimote driver. Supports Nunchuk, Classic Controller, Balance Boards, Guitar Hero World Tour Guitar and Drums, and Guitar Hero 3 Guitar.
• Flexible Wiimote LED control (includes a sample document in the Sample Patches folder)
• You can now change the scalings for each individual messages. Just click the page curl icon on the top right to edit the input and output min / max ranges.
• Key Combo Import / Export (click on the gear icon in the Key Combo tab view), with sample Key Combo sets in the Sample Patches folder.
• New ‘Jump to Preset’ events. Allows you to dynamically jump to a preset from an OSC control, instead of just Next/Previous Preset.
• MIDI Clock support (on input only)
• New ‘Global Velocity’ event that allows for velocity control on MIDI Notes with fixed pitch.
• New ‘Variable’ event that enables building of composite OSC messages.
• New ‘Timed Log’ event that logs events to the console only once in every seconds.
• New Kyma driver
• License file can now be installed with a double-click.

Changes:

• Changed how Wiimotes discovery is restarted. Now OSCulator should not stop searching as long as the user has not manually stopped the discovery process.
• A small lock icon is now displayed in the title bar when the document is locked
• Better Wacom Bamboo support
• GM Control Changes names are now added to the MIDI CC list (can be disabled with an Advanced Preference)
• MIDI Note names now match Live and Logic naming.
• Advanced preference for enabling MIDI Note logging (useful for OSC developers).
• Advanced preference for disabling repetitions when using Key Combos or Keycode events.
• Fixed a bug where an invalid DNS configuration would hang OSCulator startup.
• Bugs fixes in general and specifically lots of bug fixes for Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger

• Changes:
  • Due to a building error, the Perfect Pairing extension was not compatible with computers running on PowerPC processors.
  • The “Enable Perfect Pairing” button in the Preferences was non-functional. Fixed.
  • Fixed a problem affecting files created with an older version.
  • Fixed a problem affecting some Wiimote that would connect but not send any data.
  • If the Perfect Pairing installation or deinstallation is cancelled, the corresponding checkbox would become in a corrupted state.
• Known Problems:
  • The application could hang forever at startup (this problem is due to incorrect DNS settings, check your network settings in the Network Preferences Pane)
  • OSC Route Editor does not work properly on Mac OS X 10.4
  • Some WiiFit Balance Board are still not working properly
  • Some of the newest Wiimotes will have some difficulties to connect
  • MRMR support is buggy
  • Bamboo Wacom tablets are not properly recognized
  • MIDI Notes name in OSCulator are not the same than in Ableton Live or other sequencers
  • MIDI Notes with Params using Index are not working properly

• TouchOSC users, please upgrade to latest version (1.2) for smooth integration with OSCulator..
• In order to get all the functions for the Wacom tablet to work, please upgrade your driver to version 6.1.
• TouchOSC and OSCemote users are invited to follow this tutorial to learn how to connect their iPhone and iPod to Ableton Live and receive data back.

• Some samples have been added. If you are using automatic updates, you are welcomed to download them from here.

• New Features:

  • Wacom tablet support You can use several Wacom tablets at the same time, several pointer devices, touch strips and express keys.
  • MIDI Input support Each opened OSCulator document create a virtual MIDI input named “OSCulator In (XYZW)” where XYZW is the OSC port in use. Only control change messages are supposed right now.
  • iPhone TouchOSC, OSCemote: Automatic redirection of MIDI input messages to controls assigned with the same MIDI control change. This allows for fast configuration of bi-directional communication with OSC software when OSCulator acts as a OSC/MIDI bridge.
  • Default OSC host: gives the ability to route OSC to a default host, and change this host without having to reconfigure everything.

• Changes:

  • Optimized the Wiimote driver for faster connect times, and much more precise vibration control.
  • Bonjour services are more protected against crashes.
  • Fixed some memory leaks.
  • Fixed Event values sorting in menus.
  • When changing an item in the Event Type menu, if a Event Value with the same name exists, select it without resetting the Type menu.
  • corrected a problem in Parameters window of MIDI note pitch bounds not being updated when the button OK was pressed right after an edit.
  • The Message column is now better sorted.
  • Fixed Keystrokes click repetition rate not being properly updated.
  • Fixed Mouse double click time not being properly updated.

• New Features:

  • Wii Balance Board initial support %red%(press the RED sync button in the battery compartment).
  • TUIO protocol interpretation for better ease of use with OSCulator.
  • MRMR protocol specific support.

• Changes:

  • Guitar Hero Wiimote extension is now working as expected.
  • Fixed a crash condition under Mac OS X 10.4.
  • Fixed Raw IR method that could cause a crash under rare conditions.
  • optimized line deletion in Main window when a lot of osc messages are present.
  • fixed a potential crash or memory leak under Mac OS X 10.4.
  • fixed the display of the Wiimote slot ID menu in the Wiimote drawer for English, Italian and Spanish languages.
  • fixed a bug where users of Mac OS X Tiger could crash when another application is launched.
  • fixed the menu behaviour in the Value column of the main window
  • fixed a potential error when launching the SpaceNavigator and prevented this operation on system that don’t have the drivers installed.
  • fixed a menu problem in the OSC route editor
  • corrected some minor localization issues
  • fixed some windows so they remember their last positions as expected
  • fixed a bug in MIDI pitch bend emulation
  • fixed a bug in Note Params values updating
  • Corrected a bug where the “OSCulator Out” virtual MIDI port would not show before a MIDI message is sent.
  • Optimized Wiimote settings by enabling or disabling hardware sensors. This has the consequence of saving a bit precious battery time.
  • Mac OS X 10.4 only:
    • fixed a crash condition when a document is closed while OSC data is received
    • found a workaround for a crash condition related to a system bug in user interface.
    • fixed a bug where some documents could not be opened.
    • fixed a bug where some actions could not be deleted.

• New Features:

  • French, Italian and Spanish translations
  • added the possibility to generate a single MIDI note
  • added a simple event logger system (use Console.app to see results)
  • preset management system (also preset changing from osc, and wiimote led follows preset #)
  • OSC routing editor: forge custom messages or change incoming OSC messages with a graphical editor
  • added support for two virtual HID joysticks
  • input lock: avoid to make any changes to the document when the lock is on
  • added preliminary support for the TUIO protocol
  • rewrote event triggering system
  • start and stop Wiimote discovery using OSC messages (send [@/osculator/discovery/start@] and [@/osculator/discovery/stop@])
  • wii guitar hero controller preliminary support
  • added the ability to edit multiple lines at once
  • added the ability to “split” an input in two (from 0 to 0.5 and 0.5 to 1) in order to get two events from that range from 0 to 1. for example, you can use it with a joystick and assign an event for both directions of an axis.
  • added the ability to “demux” a message based on the value of an argument (useful for TUIO protocol and Iannix software)

• Changes:

  • upgraded max count of connected Wiimotes to 8
  • added smoothing to Raw IR
  • added double and triple clicks to mouse events
  • simplified keyboard combo creation (now you just have to strike the combo)
  • fixed crashing when receiving TUIO protocol messages
  • corrected a problem with MIDI aftertouch when producing notes
  • corrected a problem with MIDI notes repeating even if option is not set
  • added the possibility to generate polyphonic MIDI notes from a single OSC address space based on an Index
  • corrected some bugs in mouse output
  • corrected a bug in wiimotes slot change
  • enhanced Kyma/Capybara driver
  • updated Sparkle to version 1.5
  • optimized performance

• Known problems:

  • Under Mac OS X Tiger (10.4), OSCulator could crash due to a problem in memory deallocation. This problem is under investigation.