Added
- Sample groups: group samples of the same length, like the stems of one song, and they share one set of slices. Each slice plays every sample in the group together on one key, so you cut the song once and can still rebalance or isolate its parts per slice. Right-click a sample → Group with..., or point at a sample in the waveform and press + GROUP. Groups are saved with your project; an older INTERSECT opens it with the samples separate and the group's slices playing only the first one.
- A group shows in the waveform as one stretch with a lane per sample. Each lane has a mute (M) and, when you point at it, its name, a level slider, × to take it out of the group, and a menu. + ADD SAMPLE under the lanes adds more, up to 16.
- MIX on a group in the sample lane sets each sample's mute, level and output, so stems can go to separate tracks in your DAW. AUDIO on a group exports its mix as a WAV, and AUTO, zero-crossing snap, LAZY and Shift+click preview listen to the mix.
- A slice can play just some of the group: use the Ms inside the selected slice, or MEMBERS on the SLICE tab's bottom row. Slices with their own choice get an orange corner, and Group mix puts them back.
- STEMS has a third MODE, Group: the new stems become a group that starts with a copy of the source sample's slices (up to 16 stems). Click MODE to choose Combine, Separate or Group.
- Duplicate sample (right-click a sample) adds a copy with the same settings and a copy of its slices on new keys, so a stem can be in a group and on its own too.
- Import from URL can save FLAC as well as WAV. In SET → URL Import → Output, choose WAV 32-bit float (the default), WAV 24-bit or 16-bit, or FLAC 24-bit or 16-bit (lossless, about half the size of WAV), and a sample rate: the original, 44.1, 48 or 96 kHz, or any rate you type from 8000 to 192000 Hz.
- An AUDIO button on each sample in the sample lane, next to MIDI: drag it into your DAW or a folder to drop the sample's audio file, or click it to save a copy. REX2 loops come out as a WAV.
- REPORT AN ISSUE in SET → General opens a bug report on GitHub with your INTERSECT version, OS, plugin format and DAW already filled in. Nothing is sent until you submit it.
- Every download now includes INTERSECT's license and THIRD_PARTY_NOTICES.md, which lists the libraries and fonts INTERSECT is built with and their licenses.
Changed
- SET BPM opens a small box like the remove prompt: pick the length from a dropdown, see the BPM it gives, then press SET (or Return). CANCEL, Esc or a click outside leaves everything as it was.
- Much of INTERSECT's inside was reorganised to make it more dependable while audio plays. Loading, undo, removing samples and saving no longer hold up audio processing (the cause of the clicks, dropouts and crash fixed below). Automated tests now check this on every change; they also play notes, save and reopen projects (including ones saved by earlier versions), and every release build is checked with pluginval on Windows, macOS and Linux before it's published.
Fixed
- Two slices on the same key (or with overlapping note ranges) in the same mute group cut each other off, so only one of them played.
- Ctrl+Z (undo), Ctrl+V (paste a link) and Ctrl+F (search the file browser) did nothing on Linux.
- Slice loop points were lost when you saved a project whose sample was missing and opened it again; relinking the sample didn't bring them back.
- Loading a preset (or your DAW reloading a project) while audio was playing could crash INTERSECT.
- Loading or adding samples, undo/redo, or a stem separation finishing could cause a click or dropout while audio was playing.
- Removing a sample while audio was playing could cause a dropout, longer the bigger the kit.
- A project or preset with damaged INTERSECT data could half-load (resetting the root note and slices) without saying why. It now leaves your kit as it was and says the data is damaged.
- Saving (or a DAW autosave) at the moment of an edit could store a half-applied change.