CtrlrX 5.6.34 | Maintenance Update

[damiensellier]

Dear Ctrlr Users,

A new version for the CtrlrX Fork has been released: CtrlrX v5.6.34
It's now available on the CtrlrX Master and on the CtrlrX 5.6.34 Branch.

The list of updates is massive and took 6 months to go through with about 70 issue tickets to solve.

I took some time to rewrite the README.md file with all the required infos about licensing, how to install, how to compile on the different platforms and more.

The layer management has been improved drastically as well as the LUA Editor and the resources editor.

CtrlrX is now available for ProTools as AAX format which has been a nightmare to deal with.

Note that VST2 are gone and replaced by VST3 to comply with Steinberg requirements. You can still build your own VST2 alongside the deprecated VST2 sdk.

I also spent a lot of time and purchased the required certificates to provide codesigned binaries for all platforms.
You won't need to whitelist macOS plugins or APPs to use CtrlrX from now on.
Same applies to Windows .VST3 and .EXE, they've been certified by Microsoft through their Azure services.
Linux .VST3 and executable are also signed, depending on your distribution you should be able to check their GPG signature integrity.

A huge thanks to John @dnaldoog and Dominique @dobo365 , Martin @mtarenskeen , Sudara @sudara & Hedde @sgorpi for their precious help and all the users who reported bugs and issues.

Here is the list of all fixed issues for CtrlrX v5.6.34 :

CtrlrX v5.6.34 - Changelog

• NEW ProTools AAX plugin support (requires AAX SDK 2.8+ and codesigning via PACE)
• UPDATED LuaBind Drawable class. LCore.cpp, LGraphics.cpp
• UPDATED LuaBind function addChild() to valueTree class. LCore.cpp
• ADDED LuaBind function jmap(), mapToLog10(), mapFromLog10(), isWithin() to GlobalFunctions. LCore.cpp
• ADDED LuaBind Parse XML support to XmlDocument class. LCore.cpp
• UPDATED README.md Licensing terms, compilation instructions and layout improved. README.md
• FIXED Subsequent modulators with the same CC index as the first one not reacting. CtrlrManagerInstance.cpp, CtrlrMidiInputComparatorSingle.cpp, CtrlrMidiInputComparatorMulti.cpp
• UPDATED MIDI Plugin Options default settings set to 'Input from plugin host" & "Input from host to comparator". CtrlrPanel.cpp
• UPDATED MIDI Keyboard component, Octave DOWN/UP added with key assignment "x" & "z" by default. Top line colour on focus. CtrlrMidiKeyboard.cpp, CtrlrMidiKeyboard.h, CtrlrIDs.xml, CtrlrIDs.h
• UPDATED focusGained(), focusLost() to CtrlrComponent. CtrlrComponent.cpp & .h
• UPDATED Plugin Wrapper is used by CtrlrX only on WIN with Ableton Live as VST2. The "ctrlrUseEditorWrapper" property is deprecated. CtrlrProcessor.cpp & .h, CtrlrManager.cpp, CtrlrManagerInstance.cpp, CtrlrPanel.cpp
• UPDATED LuaBind InputStream class. LCore.cpp
• UPDATED Boost library v1.8.8. Source/Misc/boost/
• ADDED Visual Studio 2022 configuration. CtrlrX.jucer
• ADDED JUCE, Boost, LuaBind version infos in the About window. CtrlrAbout.cpp & .h
• REMOVED VST2.4 SDK due to licensing compliance. /Source/Misc/vst2sdk/
• NEW Support for online plugin authorization (Requires PHP & SQL Server with keygen and authentication scripts and exec). CtrlrX.jucer, LCore.cpp, LMachineIDUtilities.cpp & .h, LOnlineUnlockStatus.cpp & .h, LOnlineUnlockStatusCheck.cpp& .h, LRSAKey.cpp & .h
• UPDATED askForTextInputWindow fallback for cancel button value to -1. CtrlrLuaUtils.cpp
• UPDATED LuaMethodEditor, "Open" and "Rename" method items added to the menu. CtrlrLuaMethodEditor.cpp & .h
• UPDATED Close panel alert window buttons set to "Close" & "Cancel". CtrlrDocumentPanel.cpp
• UPDATED LnF version & ColourScheme selection method centralized to CtrlrInlineUtilitiesGUI. CtrlrInlineUtilitiesGUI.cpp & .h, .jucer, juce_LookAndFeel_V4.cpp & .h, CtrlrEditor.cpp, CtrlrButton.cpp, CtrlrToggleButton.cpp, CtrlrCombo.cpp, CtrlrGroup.cpp, CtrlrFixedImageSlider.cpp, CtrlrFixedSlider.cpp, CtrlrFixedSlider.cpp, CtrlrImageSlider.cpp, CtrlrSlider.cpp, CtrlrPanelEditor.cpp
• UPDATED Panel tab close button method with canClose(bool) for consistency. CtrlrDocumentPanel.cpp, CtrlrManager.cpp & .h
• FIXED Alert windows LnF version not following the global LnF for V3. CtrlrEditor.cpp & .h, CtrlrInlineUtilitiesGUI.cpp & .h
• ADDED Preferences "ctrlrPropertyLineImprovedLegibility" to force B&W text for property pane text entry fields. CtrlrPropertyComponent.cpp, CtrlrIDs.xml, CtrlrIDs.h
• FIXED CtrlrPanel.cpp panelVersionMajor & panelVersionMinor stored as int. CtrlrPanel.cpp
• ADDED Algorithm for Roland, E-mu, Korg, Waldorf, Lexicon, Exclusive OR, Akai, Korg, Sequential checksums. CtrlrSysexProcessor.cpp & .h CtrlrMacros.h, CtrlrPropertyComponent.cpp, CtrlrUtilities.cpp
• FIXED Resource Editor colours follow the general LnF colourScheme. CtrlrPanelResourceEditor.cpp & .h
• ADDED Resource Editor file preview thumbnail. CtrlrPanelResourceEditor.cpp & .h
• FIXED Single quote content in comboBox. CtrlrValueMap.cpp & .h
• ADDED CtrlrPanelProperties highlighted tab when active. CtrlrPanelProperties.cpp
• ADDED alertWindow warning at export when trying to overwrite an existing panel on macOS. CtrlrMac.cpp
• UPDATED Export instance alertWindows won't show up if cancelled by user. CtrlrMac.cpp, CtrlrPanelFileOperations.cpp
• UPDATED Export instance fileChooser default directory is now set to panelLastSaveDir or falls back to desktop. CtrlrMac.cpp
• FIXED CtrlrLuaMethodCodeEditorSettings Highlight colours such as Error, comments, operatiors etc. CtrlrLuaMethodCodeEditorSettings.cpp, CtrlrLuaMethodCodeTokeniserFUnctions.h
• UPDATED CtrlrLuaMethodCodeEditorSettings GUI with a better sample code preview. CtrlrLuaMethodCodeEditorSettings.cpp
• UPDATED CtrlrPropertyComponent Separated colourChooser from colour field. CtrlrPropertyComponent.cpp &.h, CtrlrIDs.xml
• UPDATED CtrlrPropertyComponent Layer selection via comboBox. CtrlrPropertyComponent.cpp & .h, CtrlrIDs.xml
• UPDATED CtrlrPropertyComponent Font size, kerning & horizontal-scale sliders replaced by drop-down selector for convenience. CtrlrPropertyComponent.cpp &.h
• FIXED CtrlrX crashing or freezing when closing while the notify bar was visible. CtrlrPanelEditor.cpp & .h
• UPDATED Utils get16bitSigned() & get16bitSigned() funtions bind to LUA. CtrlrLuaUtils.cpp & .h
• UPDATED Layer manager complete redesign for clarity and convenience. CtrlrPanelLayerList.cpp & .h, CtrlrPanelLayerListItem.cpp & .h, CtrlrPanelEditorIcon.cpp & .h
• UPDATED DEBIAN 12 and Fedora 42 build instructions. README.md
• NEW GitHub CI/CD Pamplejuce Release Workflow. Thanks to sudara & Sgorpi
• ADDED VST3 Instance export support for Linux. Thanks to John Goodland. CtrlrLinux.cpp
• ADDED ZLIB & GZIP Support with LuaBind. Thanks to John Goodland
• ADDED fromLuaString(), fromLuaStringToAscii() and MemoryBlock(int) init function to memoryBlock Class with LuaBind. Thanks to John Goodland
• ADDED Commits on GitHub by Damien Sellier are now verified to prove authenticity.
• ADDED macOS binaries and installers by Damien Sellier on the GitHub official releases pages are now codesigned.
• ADDED Windows binaries and installers by Damien Sellier on the GitHub official releases pages are now codesigned.
• ADDED LINUX binaries by Damien Sellier on the GitHub official releases pages are now codesigned.

https://tooomm.github.io/github-release-stats/?username=damiensellier&repository=CtrlrX

Full Changelog: damiensellier/CtrlrX@5.6.33...v5.6.34

If you want to report an issue : https://github.com/damiensellier/CtrlrX/issues

Enjoy!

Damien

RELEASE PAGE : https://github.com/damiensellier/CtrlrX/releases/tag/v5.6.34

Installers :
CtrlrX-5.6.34-Linux.zip
CtrlrX-5.6.34-macOS.pkg
CtrlrX-5.6.34-Windows.exe

ProTools AAX plugins :
CtrlrX-5.6.34.aaxplugin.macOS.zip
windows version coming soon

[oldgearguy]

I installed this on a Mac (Sequoia 15.7.1) and brought up a panel. The panel comes up, but there are no resources associated with it (all backgrounds, graphics, etc). Also, when I try to go and add the resources, I cannot see the normally hidden directories and files where I could go for them.

EDIT - I solved it by going into the directory tree of Library/Preferences/Ctrlr/8.REFs.U9CyUC and copying the files from there to the CtrlrX.8.REFs.U9CyUC directory

[damiensellier]

Excellent, this is what I would have suggested.
In the next ctrlrx version, I'll update the code to search for both resource locations paths:
Library/Preferences/Ctrlr/
Library/Preferences/CtrlrX/

Issue : damiensellier#189

[dobo365]

I'm actualy not sure if this is a good idea...
I also faced the same issue then simply copied all my resources from the old Ctrlr folder to the new CtrlrX one.
So, this is really not a big deal and we can document that somewhere for the CtrlrX newbies.
If there are things missing in comparison to 5.3.201, we can add/correct.

You want to keep CtrlrX compatible with Ctrlr. Fine
But Ctrlr is abandonware and all new users have to use CtrlrX.
What will you do if you have the same image name but different size in Ctrlr and CtrlrX? Will you put the prio on Ctrlr or CtrlrX?
When you add a new resource, will you put it in both folders or only in the CtrlrX one?
When you create a new panel, I guess it will only be CtrlrX but then if I use Ctrlr (why would I do that?) I will face the same issue in an opposite way.

I personaly feel that this could create a mess.
I'm busy to switch to CtrlrX for all my panels and with all the changes we did, I'm not planning to use 5.3.201 anymore.
So, my proposal is to just look forward and to secure that CtrlrX can be continued by other people when you Damien feels the time to leave it.

[oldgearguy]

I don't mind abandoning Ctrlr myself; just wanted to point out the issue. A simple "hey - moving from Ctrlr, do this" note would be sufficient for most folks at this point.