I am hoping this a good spot to share some issues I have discovered while kicking the tires on the latest release. To the extent it is meaningful, I have the latest build (908) and have been digging around the new software only to find some strange behavior along the way.

Before I get started, I am a big fan and advocate of the software; I simply am hoping that by highlighting the issues it will get to a place where it will shine:

1) Multiriffs. In concept, this without question is a bonus feature especially if you want control at a granular level of instrument performances. However, what I have learned is the only way in which to control severe unexpected results is to ONLY access the Multiriffs feature by highlighting your targeted number of bars and rightclicking that passage to enter the Multiriffs window. If you otherwise rightclick on the track to do so, the software goes into confusion mode and, in my case, makes all of your tracks the same and effectively erases all of the other tracks. Unless you have the presence of mind to undo the action under the File menu, you will be generating a performance with that instrument on ALL of your tracks. If you do access the Multiriffs feature via the highlighting method I described, you will be able to generate performances on your designated track. The first two to three passages go without a hitch but in my case it gets hairy when you highlight additional passages: no further generations happen and in some instances select bars go silent. (The good news in this regard is AudioEdit reveals that a sound wave was created so when you export you hear what was generated, just not within the software itself.) All of this was not a "one off" event: I have tried exploring this feature on separate music files with consistent undesirable results.

2) AudioEdit. My understanding is this is the 'replacement" function to the Bar Settings window. This makes sense given that Bar Settings will not show all of the tracks you are using after a certain number so you will have to be well versed in AudioEdit to control each tracks automation instructions if you start building Utility tracks. However, the Bar Settings window, while simple, had global usefulness. If you changed one instrument with automation instructions, it would not alter others. For example, if you add or delete bars in your song form, Bar Settings would follow in sympathy. That's over, unfortunately. If you change your song form, you now have to revisit each track in AudioEdit and reinvent the wheel as now your automation for those other tracks have remained static and in effect ignores what should otherwise be a global instruction.

Last observation: PG Music is sympathetic to users who like the old functions but there is no question that the replacement functions create conflicts with legacy ones. It feels like the user has to be careful not to use both as that will only yield more unexpected results.

I hope this is helpful and if others have found workarounds I am all ears. Otherwise, I also hope this helps PG Music with useful guidance on streamlining an otherwise useful music tool.

E.