Thanks to all the feedback from Manhattan's playtesters and community. Following your help and extensive in-house testing (using four computers and five different OSSes), v2.0 Beta 4 brings significant improvements for Mac and Windows, including VST support on Mac, M1 optimisation, a new host sync algorithm, and several GUI tweaks.
Failing the appearance of any significant gremlins, I hope to promote this version to the main Early Access Steam release. The development effort will then switch to adding additional features, including Unity integration, multiple patterns, and custom instruments/samples.
Thank you for your support - be sure to stay tuned, leave a review, and like/subscribe to the YouTube channel!
General:
- Better mouse support for GUI widgets (mouse capture for sliders, etc.)
- Refreshed help documentation (Tutorials 1-5, Live Control, Workshops...).
- New intelligent host sync algorithm that fills the gaps in data supplied by the DAW.
- New help welcome/start-up screen (to be further expanded).
- Preliminary Unity/API integration (not yet documented - to be further expanded).
- Numerous miscellaneous GUI tweaks.
Mac:
- NEW! VST plugin support for Mac, including support for Cubase and Nuendo.
- Mac standalone app now also uses the VST backend by default - avoids perennial AudioUnit installation issues, add/improves compatibility with Mojave and Catalina.
- Helpers for VST/AU plugin installation (see File menu in the App).
- M1 audio performance optimisation.
- Extensive graphics testing and optimisation for Mojave, Catalina, Big Sur, and Monterey, across Intel (MBP 2013/16) and M1/Rosetta (MBP 2022) to tackle "behind the scenes" macOS changes that cripple non-M1 graphics performance.
Performance on Retina displays is now very good on M1, plus Intel until Monterey - in the latter case, this update improves performance somewhat, but you might consider disabling retina (Get Info > Run at Low Resolution) - please feedback your experiences!
OS Intel M1 Rosetta Mojave (10.14) Excellent - - Catalina (10.15) Very Good - - Big Sur (11) Very Good Very Good OK Monterey (12) OK Very Good OK
Windows:
- Redesigned Windows help subsystem, based on Chrome-based API, instead of IE/ActiveX.
- Significantly improved (seamless) integration for Live Control, workshops (crowd-driven music), etc.
- Fixed character/font rendering issues on non-Western localisations (untested - please let me know).
