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REAPER 7.53: Pigs on the Minor Seventh

Actions
add action to bring all project FX online one at a time
fix extra MIDI events possibly being added at end of item when applying track FX as new take with MIDI output
add action to open 'choose project' prompt (allows opening multiple projects at once)
add actions to set all project take fx online or offline based on whether the take is active or not
show splash screen when closing projects via action
Import
add action to insert all media items in directory
add setting and preference to create folder tracks for imported directories
recursively import files from subdirectories when dragging a directory into REAPER
warn/verify when importing more than 1000 files at once
ignore .txt files when drag/dropped into arrange view with other media
MIDI editor
add option to draw CCs as gray
add option to hide CCs in secondary contexts
add preference for opacity of secondary editable contexts, extend opacity configuration range for inactive items
show note names from tracks that MIDI is routed to, if any
Project load
add checkbox to load project with FX online, then bring FX online one at a time
add FX offline/online options to import RPP dialog
display loading progress in splash screen
improve loading speed of projects that have many per-take FX
Spectral edits
add actions to bypass/solo/delete selected spectral edits, reset/adjust gain of edit
add new preferences page to configure defaults for new spectral edits
control+clicking an edit allows multi-selection of edits
faster drawing updates when modifying edits
improve selection behavior, deselect spectral edits in other items when selecting, etc
Automation items
add project setting to choose whether 'Beats (position only)' timebase changes length of automation items (on by default, matching behavior of 7.49 and earlier)
fix start offset when changing effective timebase
Fades
clear LPF fade, reset fade curvature when performing various editing actions •
improve behavior of 'move crossfade' mouse modifier when editing non-crossfade •
Media explorer
set default fade-in/fade-out to 20ms
support either fade-in or fade-out (or both/neither) for preview audio (replaces option to crossfade)
Media import
don't prompt to match empty project tempo to media if the project tempo is already set to the media tempo
simplify tempo-match preferences
Mouse modifiers
add ripple options for edge edits (only affects editing right edges)
modifier to adjust item edge without changing fade only applies to pre-existing fades •
Peaks
draw first sample of peaks over left border of containing media item
fix errors where the first sample of media file may get skipped (7.39 regression) •
Project bay
properly handle dragging items into 'add new track' area of project
support creating folder tracks from project bay folders
REX
fix potential error when importing as beat slices and source tempo is lower than project tempo •
when importing as beat slices from media explorer with time selection set, import slices if they start within the time selection, and do not truncate the end of the slices
Searching/filtering
better handle case folding of UTF-8 codepoints up to U+800 •
improve synonym case folding support for localized synonyms
Spectrogram
add high resolution spectrogram view (when sufficiently zoomed-in, zoom threshold is configurable in preferences)
add mousewheel/MIDI CC/OSC assignable actions to adjust brightness/contrast/curve/frequency curve
fix slightly-incorrect display (skipping one very high frequency bin)
Toolbars
prevent overly-large images from resizing toolbar editor too large
allow larger toolbar images (7.50 change partially reverted) •
Undo
allow longer undo messages •
support longer track names/etc for FX, envelope context messages
Auto-crossfades
fix manually edited crossfades being reset when deleting unrelated media items •
Color theme
add theme elements for LPF fade color and blend mode
Control surfaces
add Console1 support
Debug
add project load time report, accessible via 'projload_report' in debug console
Default theme
update send level meter images slightly
FX
add preference to control whether pin mappings are loaded when loading FX presets •
JSFX
fix showing JSFX pathname when inserting via action/script on Windows •
Paths
increase maximum length of VST/LV2/CLAP plug-in path lists to 64k
Portable installs
fix issue in new 7.50 feature where VSTs would be rescanned even if skip requested by user
Project backups
add option to auto-save unsaved projects, will also save at exit and be available (if configured) when re-launching REAPER
Project settings
add project setting (advanced tab) to always load project with FX offline, or bring FX online one at a time
Render
fix brickwall limiting to master mix when also rendering master mix and normalizing to master mix •
Shutdown
improve shutdown process (display splash screen while unloading project), better compatibility with some plug-ins/control surfaces
API
add StartPreviewFade(), to immediately fade preview audio in or out