New in Ethno Instrument 2.0.1 (May 12, 2010)
- Key Range display:
- When an instrument preset is loaded, the Loop settings area now displays the preset’s key range. In the example below, the Harmonium mute preset is loaded.
- Other changes
- Improvements, optimizations, and refinements can be found in the following areas:
- Tuning: user tuning and mapping presets.
- Performance: compatibility improvements on Snow Leopard; improvements to streaming.
- Expanded instrument and loop content:
- The Ethno 2 sound library has been greatly expanded and now includes 21 GB of instruments, loops, and phrases. For full details on all sounds, please see chapter 8,“Instruments”
- Unlimited parts:
- You can now have an unlimited number of parts in a single instance of Ethno Instrument.
- MIDI Mute:
- Each part has a MIDI Mute button; when enabled, it temporarily disables MIDI input to the part. This operates independently from the audio mute button.
- Persistent browser:
- When the browser is open, the Parts List now remains available. Sounds from the browser will be loaded into the currently selected part in the Parts List. This enables you to quickly load sounds into multiple parts without having to close or reopen the browser after each one.
- Preset searching:
- In addition to browsing sounds by type and geographic location, you can now search in the browser to quickly find presets.
- In the browser, click Search Instruments or Search Loops to access the browser’s search engine. Type in the desired text, and the browser immediately lists all instrument or loop presets with that text in their names.
- Microtunal tuning and scales:
- Ethno version 2 opens the door to the world of authentic microtonal tuning.
- Keyswitch (KS) presets:
- Presets with the letters KS at the end of their name offer keyswitch layers, just like Expert Mode keyswitching. However, these keyswitches are “built in” to the preset and do not require Expert mode programming on your part.