Overview

First of all the shipped version is a pre-release of the upcoming new Scope /DP environment. It has a new interface which is way more flexible than the one of the first release and supports new functionalities for your devices - like the SurfaceInterface, parameterization and the new preset list. The other key feature is that this version is fully compatible to Pulsar XTC and will allow you to adapt your existing devices to the XTC mode as well as the upcoming Pulsar 3.0. And of course we have done a lot of bug fixing to prior releases.

The new interface
The project explorer and its related windows and dialog boxes are no longer statically connected so you can arrange and even resize them freely in your workspace. Also the old symbolic buttons have been replaced by buttons which have descriptive names for their functionalities. Some of the windows were renamed so that the interface is more concise.

Furthermore we implemented a new views concept where we distinguish between Surface View and Circuit View. This is the first step towards an even more sophisticated environment for surface creation and editing. Switching to Surface View will allow you to create and edit your surface without having to deal with circuit elements in the same window.

Altogether it is much easier and more intuitive to work with the new interface. To read more about using your new Scope XTC /DP package please refere to "Using Scope /DP"

SurfaceInterface
Up to now a surface always had to be situated on the first level of a device. The new 'SurfaceInterface' allows you to handle your surfaces more flexible. A surface can now be placed anywhere inside the device. Just connect it to a 'SurfaceInterface' which functions as a control interface for the surface.
To read more about the SurfaceInterface please go to "Creating XTC Devices - Surface"

Parameterization and Preset List
The parameterization of the devices and the new preset list are related to each other. Until now when saving a project or a preset snapshots of the state of all pads of each module were saved. When you take into account that every device has several modules you can imagine that there are plenty of pads which states had to be saved with such a snapshot. The results were huge preset files and long loading times for presets and projects.

The new concept allows you to explicitly select only the important parameters to be saved in the preset list. Thus it helps to greatly reduce the size and the necessary time to load a preset or project.

Furthermore it gets easier to exchange modules of a device. Before each module was referenced by its ModuleID in the presets causing incompatibility problems with the old presets. The new preset lists only reference parameterized pads which will facilitate a lot of things. It is now even possible to share presets between similar devices with identical preset parameters.

Last but not least it this concept provides a new architecture for the external control of devices.
To read more about these new concepts please start with "Creating XTC Devices - Parameterization"

XTC compatibility
This pre-release provides you with all the tools necessary to make your devices XTC compatible. This will allow the users of your device to use this device also with VST2 compatible PC audio sequencers like Emagic's Logic and Steinberg's Cubase and Nuendo today. In the near future other native PlugInInterfaces on Mac and PC will be supported.
To read more about Pulsar XTC please go to "What is Pulsar XTC"

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