We are pleased to announce the imminent release of Hit’n’Mix Infinity 4.7, featuring the following enhancements and bug fixes:

RipScripts

• Can now create toolbars below the Hit’n’Mix menu bar
• Can now add custom menus to the Hit’n’Mix menu bar
• Instrument Palette:
  • Renamed Sound Palette 
  • Now implemented as a permanent toolbar, auto-loaded at startup
  • Simplified and moved optional parameters to Audioshop and Note Editor for context-based display
  • Audition playback no longer sometimes warbled and new pitches not automatically generated
  • Removed from the RipScript menu as now permanently running as core component of Hit’n’Mix
• Audioshop:
  • Draw Sound tool:
    • Much more responsive
    • Add sounds by clicking and dragging to right, and then dragging to left to shorten
    • Added Original Pitch and Whole Sound options
  • Join tool more flexible, joining notes further apart
  • Simplified and now implemented as a permanent toolbar, auto-loaded at startup
  • Added Edit Unpitched tool for copying/pasting/deleting/duplicating/removing noise from high resolution selected regions of audio
  • On all tools it is now possible to click to set playhead/cursor
  • Shortcut keys 0-9 and Shift+1 now assigned to Audioshop tools
  • Separate mouse cursor for each tool to identify current tool more easily
  • Removed from the RipScript menu as now permanently running as core component of Hit’n’Mix
  • Buttons to open/close other RipScripts like mappers, the Note Editor and Noise Removal added contextually to different tool option toolbars
  • When right-clicking, an Audioshop menu now appears rather than the old-style toolbar for localised setting of tool
• Note Editor:
  • Much faster editing and rendering
  • Improved playback with cursor and Stop button added
  • Added grid markings and time references
  • Double-clicking note no longer runs the Note Editor as couldn’t be consistent over all editing modes. Note Editor now has a button on the Move/Resize tool’s options bar
  • Mousewheel support added for quick scrolling through time
• Added Panning Mapper which supersedes and replaces the previous stereo sweep RipScripts
• Export removed from RipScript menu as available from the File menu
• Chord Creator:
  • Improved workflow
  • More responsive
• Tempo Info now a toolbar
• Info Window RipScript template now Info Toolbar
• Various cosmetic improvements
• Tidied up RipScript menus and submenus structure

Editing

• It is now possible to zoom out to show the entire rip. The rip notes are shown in a simplified form when zoomed out a certain amount for a clearer presentation
• It is now possible to duplicate note and time selections using Edit>Duplicate (Ctrl/Cmd+D)
• It is now possible to use Edit>Revert To Original to return the rip to its original unedited state. Note this is only possible on rips created with Hit’n’Mix 4.7.0 onwards
• Deleting lots of notes now much faster
• Left side of keyboard is now a grip for moving pitch range displayed up/down when zoomed in
• Master BPM now displayed with current rip name in top-right corner
• Dragging barlines now snap to high amplitude potential beat points
• Auto-saving disabled. Now Hit’n’Mix asks the user whether to save
• Notes shown thicker when zoom in on pitch
• Windows: When zooming in/out time region no longer flickers
• Edit>Loop Selection (L) added to menu
• Edit>Assign Layer now has shortcut A
• Improved snapping of unpitched sound to beat markers when selecting
• Higher resolution display of unpitched sound, with no banding
• Shift+clicking rips in RipList now no longer deselects ones in the opposite direction to the current anchor
• More undos, and limits undos if low on disk space

Instruments/Layers

• Instrument Panel renamed Layer Panel and instruments referred to as layers
• Multiple Solos now supported
• Master volume now adjustable
• dB shown for level adjustments
• Level slider less sensitive
• Removed Edit>Unset Instrument as not very useful
• Unset instruments now Unassigned layers
• Added Assign Layer to layer menu
• When add new layer, the currently selected notes/unpitched sound is automatically assigned to it
• Removed unused instruments/layers from list so easier to add own, and less cluttered

Playback

• Playback line displayed where notes non-existent or low in amplitude
• Looped playback now plays within the loop, even if cursor currently outside it
• Looped playback now plays from the cursor if within the loop
• Now always auto-plays new selections even within loop markers

Ripping

• Tempo and beat detection much improved. Pre 4.7.0 files automatically reprocessed when loaded (can be undone)
• 24-bit and 32-bit PCM WAV files now supported (previously only Float supported)
• Now opens WAV files containing incorrect information about amount of data
• Fixed issue where unpitched sound was not assigned correctly during single instrument rips
• Improved Ripper Options descriptions
• Closing the Ripper window now cancels the ripping within the Hit’n’Mix RipList panel
• Hit’n’Mix now asks whether to rip at full speed or in the background the first time ripping is selected

Bug Fixes

• Many bug fixes affecting all areas of operation

Hit’n’Mix Infinity 4.7 is a free update for existing owners. New to Hit’n’Mix Infinity? Get a free, 1-month trial HERE.