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Wotja Changelog

What's new in Wotja 20.5.3

Jun 1, 2020
  • FIXED: Issue where auto-renewed Subscriptions weren't picked-up from the App Store (we hope it is now truly fixed - please let us know if it isn't!)
  • IMPROVED: Wotja Pro LE iOS Subscriptions now work with a (new, and different) Wotja Pro LE macOS version; this new version shares the same App ID and In-App Subscriptions as the iOS version!
  • In a week or so we will be removing from sale *this version* of Wotja Pro LE for macOS (this is to give you time to transition to the new app); its In-App Subscriptions are removed from sale immediately meaning they will just lapse at their renewal date but feel free to cancel them if you prefer to.
  • We are grandfathering the price of *existing* iOS "Pro LX" Subscriptions until Jan 1st 2021, meaning if you also had a macOS "Pro LX" Subscription you will be able to save quite a bit the remainder of this year and it will cost you less next year, too (we would of course love it if you could get a Super-fan Subscription to make up the difference, but you don't have to).
  • The new dual "Pro LX" Subscription price is, at least until Jan 1st 2021, the same as the old macOS Subscription price, so if you only used the macOS version it will cost you the same as before.
  • FIXED: The LE/LX button text didn't auto-update when In-App Subscription status was detected as changed.

New in Wotja 20.5.2 (May 24, 2020)

  • FIXED: Recent issue with In-App Subscriptions where they were not being restored correctly (sorry!).

New in Wotja 20.5.1 (May 17, 2020)

  • CHANGED: The In-App Subscription previously referred to as "S" or "Pro S" is now referred to as "LX" (there is NO change to capability however, it works just as before); this is to make the Feature Set In-App Subscription clearer.
  • IMPROVED: Removed the "Info" button from the Wotja Pro Settings screens and moved the items to a new "Info" section in the General segment; this makes it easier to find the version number and some help links.
  • FIXED: If the locale was set to Japanese or Chinese the lyric engine was in some cases being prevented from generating cut-up text.
  • IMPROVED: A number of alert messages and localisations.

New in Wotja 20.5.0 (May 13, 2020)

  • CHANGED: The free version of Wotja is now called "Wotja Pro LE". It may have a new icon and name, but everything works exactly as it did before including the Subscription options. We made the change to better reflect that, until unlocked, it is really a 'Lite' version of a 'Pro' creativity tool. To complement this change in emphasis we've created a new free player app called "Wotja Go" which has no timeout. It contains 6 Flow Schemes and a couple of Albums but has no editing capabilities - check it out!
  • CHANGED: To accommodate the name change above the title of the free version shows as "Wotja Pro" and the Feature Set button now shows "S" instead of "Pro S", "20" instead of "Pro 20" and "LE" instead of "Lite".
  • IMPROVED: Replaced the Toolbox button above the FX column with a "grid" button; it has a pop-up menu that makes it easier A) to access Cell Actions, B) to change between 1 cell/1 column/4 column grid views (was previously done via the Action menu) and C) to show/hide Generator Editor panel option (moved from the Voice Cell pop-up menu).
  • IMPROVED: When a cell is selected for second time, rather than showing template browser, we instead show a pop-up menu with all relevant Cell Actions in it.
  • IMPROVED: Wotja Script editor - enabled syntax highlighting for all keywords in ECMAScript 5.1 (e.g. "const")
  • IMPROVED: Playlist/Flow Players - mix/scheme names no longer truncated on smaller mobile devices.
  • IMPROVED: Labels/filenames should now be easier to read.
  • FIXED: Issue related to strange font display on HighSierra macOS.
  • FIXED: Changed "Fixed Pattern" to "Pattern" and "Repeat Bar" to "Repeat" in the "Add Generator of Type" menu.
  • FIXED: Rare crash with Following voices.
  • OTHER: Many other minor fixes and improvements.

New in Wotja 20.4.6 (May 4, 2020)

  • IMPROVED: The Cell Playing Indicator will now display as grey, rather than green (or the cell lock colour), when a track is muted or muted or by virtue of another track(s) being soloed.
  • IMPROVED: In the Record tab the Refresh button has be replaced with an Action button that includes options for Refresh and Help & More.
  • IMPROVED: The Randomization screen in Settings has been tidied up a bit; the "Auto Boxes" group is now at the bottom and the Screensaver Palette/Graphic/Text settings have been moved to the "General/Mix" group; the Ramp Up/Down and Duration Min/Max settings have been likewise moved and they now also apply to a new auto mix.
  • FIXED: Labelling of items on RHS of Scale Rules/Harmony Rules in Scale/Harmony Rule Editor.
  • FIXED: Renamed "Phyrgian" to "Phrygian" in Scale Rule Editor “Add” button.

New in Wotja 20.4.4 (Apr 27, 2020)

  • IMPROVED: Terminology related to names/naming related to Generators of type "Pattern", Pattern types, Pattern List and related menu options; "sub-patterns" are now called "patterns" too - it should all feel a lot clearer now.
  • IMPROVED: Pattern List Editor now has a Delete menu item, more clearly named menu options and a new pattern "1 Bar - Whole Note (B)".

New in Wotja 20.4.3 (Apr 20, 2020)

  • FIXED: Issue related to routing of MIDI data to Wotja's virtual MIDI Track ports (which are numbered 1 through 12).

New in Wotja 20.4.2 (Apr 17, 2020)

  • FIXED: Issue introduced in 20.4.1 that prevented Wotja starting on High Sierra (macOS 10.13.6) and Sierra (macOS 10.12.6) - sorry!

New in Wotja 20.4.1 (Apr 15, 2020)

  • NEW: All new graphical Pattern Editor for note patterns makes it MUCH easier now to use patterns of all types (Both [B], Rhythm [R], Fixed Frequency [F] and Sequence [S]), plus...
  • Allows the Generator’s TTM (Text to Music) melody pattern (if available) to be imported into the Pattern Editor for editing.
  • Without leaving the editor, allows a Generator to be forced to create a new Cut-up (this generates a new melody if the Text to Music Cut-up Rule is correctly configured).
  • You can still edit text pattern strings if you want to, too!
  • IMPROVED: Pattern Editor list:
  • Renamed "Presets" to "Sub Patterns".
  • Each item now has a big "Edit" button - press to show the editor for that Sub-Pattern.
  • Text strings identified as "Both", "Forced Frequency", "Rhythm only", "Sequence" making it easier to understand what they all are.
  • Many other improvements.
  • IMPROVED: TTM Text Editor has new menu options to:
  • Export the generated melody to the clipboard as a Sub-Pattern.
  • Set the Patterns parameter directly from the editor.
  • FIXED: Playlist screen issues where the Player toolbar went missing and when returning to Playlist from Mix Overrides it would return to Full Screen instead.

New in Wotja 20.3.7 (Mar 25, 2020)

  • FIXED: Enabled MIDI Clock sending
  • IMPROVED: When in Full screen display we don't highlight when the mouse moves over the display area
  • IMPROVED: In Text Mode, removed an extra blank line at the end of Text exported via the Action Menu in "Cut-Up & Edit"
  • FIXED: Typo "Empty Mix (Cup-Up Text)" is now "Empty Mix (Cut-Up Text)"
  • CHANGED: In Mix Rules "Use Section Text" is now "Use Saved Text"
  • CHANGED: In Text Mode "Edit & Cut-Up" is now "Cut-Up & Edit"

New in Wotja 20.3.6 (Mar 18, 2020)

  • NEW: Action menu item "All Saved Text to Clipboard" in the Text tab
  • IMPROVED: Better text positioning and sizing in relation to the Wotja Watermark in Full Screen display
  • IMPROVED: Smoothness of text fading when auto-changing displayed text
  • IMPROVED: Action menu items in the Text tab now refer to "Text" instead of "Cut-up"
  • FIXED: Rare crash soon after closing/discarding a mix

New in Wotja 20.3.5 (Mar 12, 2020)

  • NEW: Options for Full Screen display have been added to the Flow player and Playlist player Action menus.
  • FIXED: Removed an unwanted line at the top of the screen that was visible in Full Screen display.
  • FIXED: Removed an unwanted outer border when in Full Screen display.

New in Wotja 20.3.4 (Mar 10, 2020)

  • IMPROVED: For those interested in creating videos we've added several “Full Window” items to the Display tab Action menu and added several "Resize content area" menu items to the Window menu.
  • IMPROVED: In the General segment in Settings there is a new toggle "Show Watermark" (Default: On); this can be toggled only in the Pro Feature Set.
  • IMPROVED: Renamed "Mix" tab to "Music" to make it clearer what this tab is about.
  • FIXED: When adding to a Cell one of the BP00 Drum Templates the pattern strings were incorrectly being set to "100 B 240 1".
  • IMPROVED: Removed unnecessary single-pixel border around outer app window.

New in Wotja 20.3.3 (Mar 6, 2020)

  • IMPROVED: When the "Auto Pan Background Image" toggle in Settings is set to "Off" we now display the background image as aspect filled (i.e. with no extra size added for drift padding).
  • FIXED: If the Recording tab was left while a "mixdown" recording was in progress the progress bar could remain on screen.
  • FIXED: When a recording was made of a mix that had full stop characters then file information was removed from the mix recording name.
  • FIXED: An issue where some document names might have been localized unexpectedly.

New in Wotja 20.3.2 (Feb 29, 2020)

  • FIXED: Video recording issue where the text didn't change if using sequentially displayed saved text sections (oops!).
  • CHANGED: "Icon" renamed to “Screensaver” in Randomization Schemes.
  • CHANGED: Removed duplicate "About" menu item from "Help" menu.
  • INFO: See https://intermorphic.com/wotja/releases for the big list of changes that arrived in 20.3.0/1.

New in Wotja 20.3.1 (Feb 27, 2020)

  • FIXED: Direct editing of LFO/Oscillator frequency via Edit.

New in Wotja 20.3.0 (Feb 26, 2020)

  • NEW FEATURE: "Use Section Text" (Default: Off) checkbox in Mix Rules that allows Wotja to sequentially display text from a mix's Saved Text sections; perfect for mixes where you want to convey meaning to aid reflection e.g. poetry, micro-stories, messages etc.
  • NEW FEATURE: "Text Display Duration/Range" and "Display Fade In/Out" sliders in Settings to control fade in/out of text.
  • NEW FEATURE: "Auto Pan Background Image" (Default: On) checkbox in Settings to allow background images to auto-pan when a mix plays (Mix Display tab, Mix Boxes etc.).
  • NEW FEATURE: Video recordings now include animation, text fading and auto-panning - great for sharing.
  • NEW FEATURE: A "Video Recording Size" option in Settings (NB: Recordings featuring a background image do take a *long time* to create).
  • IMPROVED: Settings screen now split into into 3 segments (General / Audio MIDI+ / Randomization).
  • IMPROVED: Tapping the Pattern editing text field now takes you to a full screen editor; new lines are removed automatically when you press "OK".
  • IMPROVED: An audio recording is no longer left behind when you make a video recording.
  • IMPROVED: When browsing for a background image in the Display tab we no longer shrink the selected image (this can make mix sizes much larger; if you want smaller mixes reduce the size of the image before adding to your mix).
  • IMPROVED: Saved Text Section and Controller/Junction table views now makes it clear which row is highlighted.
  • FIXED: Note clustering for TTM voices when auto-changing text and TTM Repeats is set to 1 and "Improvise after Tune" is off.
  • FIXED: Apply correct Cut-up Rule when using "Edit Text" button.
  • FIXED: When exporting from Flow to Box, do not display ".wotjalist" in the alert.
  • FIXED: Potential crash on closing mix immediately after making a video recording.
  • FIXED: Potential crash on closing mix while video recording running.
  • FIXED: Issue where tapping the action button in the Text main segment always added a new Saved Text section if there were no Sections.
  • FIXED: Delete the focused Controller/Junction item.
  • CHANGED: Renamed "Cut-Up" tab to "Text" and in the Text screen changed "Create" to "Edit & Cut-Up".
  • CHANGED: Mix Rule "Automatic Cut-up Change" to "Automatic Text Change".
  • CHANGED: Removed the option to "Create Video" from the audio recording pop-up menus.
  • CHANGED: Other minor changes.

New in Wotja 20.2.3 (Feb 11, 2020)

  • FIXED: Templates from "BP20 Drones 1" Template Pak had stopped playing correctly in mixes (sorry!); no change to mixes is required and we've updated this and 2 older Drone paks to use Scale / Harmony Rule names of "Drone"
  • FIXED: Inter-cell external MIDI event timing issue
  • FIXED: Duplication of MIDI events sent to MIDI device
  • FIXED: Controller modulating Scale of Amplifier was wrongly having a side-effect on Pan
  • IMPROVED: Display Language selection (Settings > Info > Display Language > System/English/Chinese/Japanese) is now saved across sessions
  • IMPROVED: Preview of a Template List item is now indicated with a green tint
  • IMPROVED: Added Action menu item "Edit Full Screen" in FX Network Editor screen
  • IMPROVED: Add New > "Cut-Up Text (Empty Mix)" reworded to "Empty Mix (Cut-Up Text)" and now opens in the Mix screen
  • FIXED: Could not open a .noatikl file outside of the Wotja Folder
  • FIXED: Crash in "Add New > Mix (from Clipboard)" where nothing suitable was found in the Clipboard
  • FIXED: Occasional crashes in "Add New > Mix" and when previewing in Template List
  • IMPROVED: New popup message when there are insufficient free MIDI channels available to permit addition of a Generator or to allow Cell Merge or Replace (e.g. from Template browser, Clipboard etc.)
  • IMPROVED: Rule names are now case sensitive
  • IMPROVED: Thinner scrollbar!

New in Wotja 20.2.2 (Feb 5, 2020)

  • NEW: Implemented Wotja URL ('WJURL') opening

New in Wotja 20.2.1 (Feb 5, 2020)

  • NEW: Under-the-hood support for application/vnd.koan MIME Type allows easy sharing of Wotja mix files when .wotja file extension changed to .skd (see: https://intermorphic.com/wotja/how-to-share)
  • NEW: Support for importing legacy SSEYO Koan SKD files
  • NEW: MIDI Setting toggles to enable/disable MIDI Start/Stop Events ('Send Start/Stop Events') and enable/disable MIDI Controller Events ('Send Controller Events')
  • FIXED: MIDI events no longer sent to MIDI devices when making a recording
  • FIXED: Bug in ‘F’ pattern handling; duration of 0 should have played the ‘root’ note, but was treated incorrectly as a rest
  • FIXED: Issues with Following voices and Chording Strategy Semitone Shift
  • FIXED: Crash when using Video animation overlay in some cases
  • FIXED: Restored two missing EMod sliders in DSynth unit editor
  • IMPROVED: Auto-open file after 'Add New' action or if shared file is loaded in Wotja
  • IMPROVED: If Sleep Timer setting is changed whist Wotja is play playing the stop and restart play
  • IMPROVED: Preview of a recording is now indicated with a green tint
  • IMPROVED: Stop preview in Recording screen when user leaves the Recording tab, changes the Segment control at the top or presses the 'Record' button
  • IMPROVED: Stop a mix playing if Preview pressed in Recordings
  • IMPROVED: Reduced width of scrollbar and reduced Parameter Group font size
  • IMPROVED: More default rules added
  • IMPROVED: Added Cell Cookbook/Change Root Randomly At Start.wotjascript
  • IMPROVED: For better text wrapping in Cells and Templates list “_” chars are on-screen replaced with a space
  • IMPROVED: ISE Network Editor Unit pop-up menu 'Delete' and 'Reset' renamed to 'Delete Unit' and 'Clear Network' and these have been added to the Action Menu

New in Wotja 20.1.5 (Jan 28, 2020)

  • FIXED: Potential crash when using a “blob” overlay to indicate UI interaction e.g. for videos (i.e. when Settings > Interaction Colour for Videos was set to a colour)
  • FIXED: Incorrect font could be displayed in tab bars in Document screen or pop-up messsages
  • IMPROVED: Text now wraps on spaces in file names (in Document screen) and in Template names (in Content Cells)
  • FIXED: When using custom User Templates in a mix all settings are now saved to the mix meaning that the mix will now work correctly even if the templates are no longer present (this is a further improvement on the changes added in 20.1.4)

New in Wotja 20.1.4 (Jan 24, 2020)

  • FIXED: Allow mixes to work where a Cell's underlying Template has been deleted or is no longer available (for example, a user saved Template [.noatikl file]); All Cells include all Template data, edited/amended as relevant, and Cells with missing Templates no longer appear as empty or display a Red bar but instead the Cell Info File Path field has ” (MISSING)” appended to the end; NB: Cells with missing WAV/MIDI files still display a Red bar
  • IMPROVED: Display of text for Mix content cells and IME Voice cells where the
  • Text was always single line and was scaled to fit (and so could be unreadable) is now multi-line, word-wrapped on spaces, centered and scaled to fit
  • IMPROVED: Display of text on small screens better as the IME parameter group name is now multiline so the whole name is visible, and Synth/MIDI/FX cells have better text sizing
  • CHANGED: Documentation link #player-box changed to #player-playlist
  • IMPROVED: File Path display in Cell Info:
  • Always shows full file path, rather than just "-" for files without "parent" folder
  • If the file path has a complex parent path that we think represents e.g. the iCloud folder
  • Or the Wotja Folder, then we replace all of that with “[Wotja]/”
  • If the app thinks the content is from a Pak, it prefixes the path with "[Pak]/"

New in Wotja 20.1.3 (Jan 20, 2020)

  • FIXED: Potential crash when the Record button was pressed and you entered Recordings screen with mix still playing (sorry, this bug was introduced in the last update)
  • IMPROVED: Some things in Intermorphic Wotja Script (IWS) have been renamed:
  • In Scripts you should now use the "Generator" object type name rather than the previous "Voice" nomenclature (though "Voice" is still supported)
  • IMPROVED: The following changes are auto-applied to any old scripts:
  • Replace "Voice" with "Generator" in scripts
  • Replace "Piece" with "Cell" in scripts
  • IMPROVED: Function renaming and other changes:
  • Refer to the IWS User Guide

New in Wotja 20.1.0 (Jan 14, 2020)

  • FIXED: Documentation links in Flow and Box players
  • IMPROVED: The Dice button in Mix panel/ISE Network editor and the RS save buttons are greyed when there is no active 'Pro S' subscription
  • IMPROVED: A number of menu items are now appended with “Requires IAP” when there is no active ‘Pro S’ subscription

New in Wotja 20.0.2 (Jan 10, 2020)

  • NEW: Settings toggle “Templates: Auto-Change Patterns” (Default is ON) for those who specifically want to use *their own* B/F melodic patterns in templates but *not* have them be randomised when the template is added to a mix
  • FIXED: C0/C1 Subscriptions - LU button/screen text now the correct way round
  • FIXED: Sleep Timer button status now updating correctly
  • FIXED: R patterns were incorrectly randomized when adding templates
  • FIXED: IME User Guide link
  • IMPROVED: Pattern randomization when adding templates to a mix

New in Wotja 20.0.0 (Jan 3, 2020)

  • LOTS OF NEW GOODNESS ARRIVES IN V20 (Yay!). Here is a selection (see our website for full list)
  • New IME 20 Feature: The V20 Wotja 'Pro' Feature Sets ('Pro S' and 'Pro 20') have no auto-timeout, this being a MAJOR change from V19 with its 8 hour auto-timeout; it means that Wotja with a 'Pro' Feature Set will now play either until you stop it or until a sleep timer kicks in - making it ideal as a background music generator for Personal or Commercial Live Use (see below)
  • New IME 20 Feature: A new Text-to-Music (TTM) 'Generator Type' makes it much easier to use TTM (it used to be a subset of the Patterns Type)
  • New IME 20 Feature: A new 'Cut-up Rule' parameter for TTM Generator with values of: Custom … (as current behaviour), Cut-Up: Line# = Track# (used in new automatic mixes), Cut-up: All lines, Cut-Up: Line# 1, Cut-Up: Line# 2 etc.
  • New IME 20 Feature: The new 'Cut-up Rule' parameter allows the text used for TTM to be linked to the (line numbered) cut-up in the Cup-Up screen, making TTM much easier to use - one tap of the Cut-up Create button can be used to auto-change the TTM text used for multiple TTM generators meaning that you can enjoy TTM without manual text editing (you can still do that if you really want to!)
  • New IME 20 Feature: When an automatic mix is created or when any Template is manually added to the mix from the Templates list then any B Patterns in such Templates used in the mix are now randomized with note pitches generated to fit the defined Pitch Range (see the 'Using Templates with Patterns' section in our website Recording Rights & Copyright FAQ)
  • New ISE 20 Feature: Improved use of Random in LFO and Osc units makes it possible to create much better drones
  • New ITE 20 Feature: New Mix Rule Group "Automatic New Cut-Up" containing new "At Mix Start" and "Change After Seconds" toggles and new slider parameter "Seconds Between" and "Seconds Between Range" making it fast/easy to create a new text cut-up in any screen, also allowing a mix to auto-generate new melodies as it plays
  • New ITE 20 Feature: Many new Cut-up rules added to help with the new TTM capability above
  • New ITE 20 Feature: Cut-up and Automatic New Cut-up settings are now included in Randomization Schemes
  • New Templates: New 'BP20 Drones 1' pak featuring 21 gorgeous drones (some utilising the change to Random in LFO units)
  • New Sound Presets: New Drone Sounds Presets coming from the above pak
  • New Randomization Schemes: These take advantage of the new content and capabilities above
  • New and Improved: Updates to 'TTM1 Players' and 'TTM1 Players 2' plus new templates added to the latter
  • Improved: Better looking and more polished UI with many changes focused on improving ease of use
  • Improved: Access to Mix recording is now much easier to find having been moved to the bottom tab bar
  • Improved: 'Voices' are now referred to as 'Generators' to better reflect what they are - MIDI note generators
  • Improved: File sorting options for the User segment of the Documents screen
  • Improved: Action Menu options in the Template screen making to make it easier to select/deselect paks and templates
  • Improved: Alphabetical sorting for Saved Files in Template list
  • Improved: Sleep timer can now also be used with mixes
  • Better Business Model: Commercial Live Use is now licensed via C0 [new], C1 [a rename of the old Personal Long Play tier], C2 [a rename of the old Biz 1 Long Play tier] and C3 [new] Subscription tiers; as before, these easy to cancel Subscriptions can also be used as a 'tip jar' mechanism and we truly appreciate any fans who are generous enough to do that!
  • If anything is not working right then please do get in touch via our Help Page 'Contact Us' options.
  • P.S. If you enjoy this release (and more will come during 2020), then please do leave a positive review and rating - we will love you for it! Tim and Pete

New in Wotja 19.10.1 (Oct 25, 2019)

  • FIXED: An issue where closing a mix file from Recordings could cause a crash
  • FIXED: A rare issue where stopping a mix could cause a crash
  • IMPROVED: Wotja Script stability

New in Wotja 19.10.0 (Oct 21, 2019)

  • FIXED: Crash seen when closing the app having used the Template Previewer
  • FIXED: Crash that could occur when scrolling quickly through the Documents screen

New in Wotja 19.9.0 (Sep 6, 2019)

  • Fixed: Rare crash related to the video touch/click overlay that could happen even if it was not turned on in Settings
  • Fixed: More bugs

New in Wotja 19.8.0 (Aug 19, 2019)

  • IMPROVED: 'Free Mode' - It took us a while, but we finally figured out how we could change it to allow *10 minutes* of mix editing play time (massively up from the previous 1 minute timeout!) and a full 10 mins of Flow/Album play time; the upshot is that many who use Free Mode may now no longer see a Timeout pop-up - Yay!
  • IMPROVED: Allow direct opening of Wotja files from Finder (Wotja needs to be installed of course!)
  • IMPROVED: In TTM Cell, make the default action “Random Words” (was: Shuffle Words)
  • IMPROVED: Added option to set Video Blob Colour to either None, Red, Green, Blue
  • FIXED: The app could crash when previewing an item and adding it to a cell
  • FIXED: More bugs and improved stability

New in Wotja 19.7.8 (Jul 16, 2019)

  • FIXED: Documents screen User segment sort order for A-Z and Z-A is now case insensitive
  • FIXED: Yet more bugs squashed

New in Wotja 19.7.3 (Jul 1, 2019)

  • Bug fixes

New in Wotja 19.7.0 (Jun 20, 2019)

  • This is a bug fix release and also heralds the first release of our Wotja Go 19 app for Apple TV (see below).
  • Fixed: Removed duplicate "Default" Randomization Scheme
  • Fixed: Mix Voice Root parameter wasn't being correctly saved to mix file
  • Fixed: Various other minor bugs
  • Wotja Go 19 for Apple TV:
  • What it is: An easy to use Wotja player app with a custom UI for the Apple TV
  • How to get it: Purchase the iOS version and you also get the tvOS version (and vice-versa)
  • More info: See the Apple TV App Store or our website

New in Wotja 19.6.0 (Jun 4, 2019)

  • NEW FEATURE: For those wanting to create videos of Wotja operation there is a new Settings screen option to enable/disable a “blob” overlay. This blob helps make UI interactions clearer. The setting is called “Highlight Touch/Click events to help with Video creation” and is disabled by default. When it is on the UI will be a little slower to update.
  • IMPROVED: UI now displays a visible change when selecting buttons, including document items, Mix Cells and some other useful elements
  • IMPROVED: Desktop UI displays a mouse over highlight for most of the above items
  • FIXED: A small number of rare crashes

New in Wotja 19.5.0 (Apr 30, 2019)

  • Stability Release: Wotja is a complex system and we’ve recently been moving forward at quite a pace with adding new features. We’ve spent the past month focused solely on tracking-down and fixing crashes and bugs, which is why we are calling 19.5.x a ‘stability release’. We hope you enjoy this update.

New in Wotja 19.4.3 (Apr 19, 2019)

  • FIXED: We fixed a hard to reproduce crash that occasionally occurred on stopping playback (we finally found it!)

New in Wotja 19.4.1 (Apr 14, 2019)

  • FIXED: We fixed a crasher that could sometimes happen if a mix was closed when it was playing

New in Wotja 19.4.0 (Apr 7, 2019)

  • NEW/IMPROVED: Extended range of Scale Rule, to two octaves
  • NEW/IMPROVED: Extended range of Harmony Rule, to two octaves
  • NEW/IMPROVED: Extended range of Next Note Rule, to two octaves
  • NEW/IMPROVED: Allow Rule element values to be entered via element double-tap, or element right-click
  • IMPROVED: Confirmatory alert displayed when turning off the “Use ISE for Sounds & FX” in Settings
  • IMPROVED: ISE Network editor layout in Landscape view on phones
  • FIXED: Rule cells were not flashing properly in all circumstances
  • FIXED: Changing the Rule slider value, or envelope value by drawing, did not apply to the file until the file was reloaded
  • FIXED: Possible audio glitch when applying modulation/vibrato in the tone generator
  • CHANGED: "User" is now the default segment in Documents for all apps
  • CHANGED: Modified Rule element caption text to allow it to be readable even on narrow screens
  • OTHER: A few minor bug fixes

New in Wotja 19.3.2 (Apr 4, 2019)

  • Fixed: Crash on launching FX network editor (sorry!)
  • Other: Fixed a couple of other bugs, too

New in Wotja 19.3.1 (Mar 30, 2019)

  • Fixed: Occasional crash when in Flow or Album player and changing track (sorry!)
  • Other: Fixed a couple of other potential rare crashers

New in Wotja 19.3.0 (Mar 25, 2019)

  • New Feature: Flow segment in the Documents screen with buttons for each included/user Randomisation Scheme, makes it a lot quicker and easier to select a Scheme.
  • Improved: Updated Randomization Scheme "TTM Multi Melodies".
  • Fixed: Crash seen when asked to discard changes - could happen a few seconds later.
  • Other: Various minor changes, improvements and fixes

New in Wotja 19.2.1 (Mar 18, 2019)

  • Fixed: Back button could become inoperative when doing a mixdown recording
  • Fixed: Handling of program change and aftertouch events when processing MIDI files
  • Fixed: Potential crash on stopping mix recordings
  • Fixed: Various localization issues
  • Fixed: Several other bugs were squashed

New in Wotja 19.2.0 (Mar 5, 2019)

  • Big new feature for advanced users: Wotja Script:
  • All versions of Wotja now include an in-built Wotja Scripting engine based on ECMAScript (also known as JavaScript); it is inspired by, but is much more powerful than, the Noatikl scripting engine
  • For apps that include support for Mix Editing there is a new Wotja Script Editor (Piece Scripts: Rules Panel > Scripting; Voice Scripts: Generator Editing Panel > Voice > Scripting); the editor supports syntax-colored code editing and a console window at the bottom lets you capture logs from your scripts
  • Wotja Scripts can be included in templates and mixes; the IME engine event trigger scripts (start, bar change, stop, composed note, MIDI event etc.) allow control over the majority of IME properties for Piece, Voice and Rules as well as the setting of ISE Sound and FX Networks from the wide range of build-in presets
  • Every Content Cell (Piece) can have Wotja Script and every Voice within a Content Cell can have Wotja Script; we've added many "Cookbook" examples to get you started!
  • Other things:
  • New Feature: You can now import a Wotja or Noatikl file from the clipboard to create a new mix using the Document screen 'Add New' button (all) or the 'File > New' Menu (desktop)
  • Improved: "Randomisation Presets" are now called "Randomisation Schemes"; “Music Mix (Automatic)” is now Mix (Automatic)”; "Export Wotja to Clipboard" is now "Export Mix to Clipboard"; "Export Wotja with Image" is now "Export Mix with Image"
  • UI Improvement: Check boxes now filled with Green, rather than with Blue
  • • "Free Mode" Improvement: Mix Editing mode now allows exporting to clipboard of both Mixes and ISE Sound Networks
  • Fixed: Mix Editing mode > Action menu > Export Wotja to clipboard no longer causes a crash
  • Fixed: Mixdown recordings now made correctly when using Audio Block size of 2048
  • Fixed: Other bug fixes

New in Wotja 19.1.0 (Feb 21, 2019)

  • New Feature: 'Macro Oscillator 1' unit, a port of the popular open-source sound generator from Mutable Instruments; this is a very powerful Tone Generator unit addition to the ISE and significantly increases its sonic capabilities
  • New Feature: The free versions now allow saving/export of mixes and allow the making of up to 30 second audio/video mixdown recordings (e.g. for easy sharing on social media), a massive increase in the functionality available for FREE
  • New Feature: The above change means that Wotja has now also become, in effect, a FREE cut-up text editor for creative writing, e.g. for lyrics, haiku, poems etc. Cool!
  • New Feature(s): The ISE Network Editors (Sound, FX) both now include a dice button which allows, from two new Randomization Preset settings (Random Presets - Synth Presets and FX Presets), a Sound or FX preset to be chosen at random (if those are toggled on)
  • New Included Content: New Macro Oscillator 1 sound presets (MO1-Leads), new TTM templates for use with sound presets (TTM1 Players 2) and a new Randomization Preset that uses those plus FX presets (TTM Default 2)
  • New Feature: 'Auto Play on Document Open' toggle in Settings > General that allows mixes to auto-play or not on loading
  • Improved: Desktop app now includes option to quit/exit without saving
  • Improved: Mixdown recording lengths can now be specified in seconds or bars
  • Improved: App stability & many further UI improvements
  • Fixed: Squashed yet more bugs

New in Wotja 19.0.9 (Jan 11, 2019)

  • New Feature: Added a segment control to the Documents screen for easy selection of 'User' Files or 'Built-In' Albums and consequently removed the top left Album button; both segments include the Flow button
  • Improved: App stability and further UI improvements
  • Fixed: A number of other bugs and localisation issues

New in Wotja 19.0.7 (Jan 3, 2019)

  • This update fixes a number of small bugs that we noticed after submitting the first V19 releases.

New in Wotja 19.0.1 (Jan 3, 2019)

  • 'Flow' mode for a succession of freshly generated mixes
  • Powerful 'Randomization Presets' to make it quick & easy to change the feel of automatic mixes (Flow, Albums etc.)
  • Improved harmonisation in the IME 19 music engine
  • BP4 Backings pak & reworked TTM 1
  • Many UI & usability improvements
  • 10 minute music play time for Albums in 'Free' tier!
  • New apps & tiers

New in Wotja 5.12.5 (Dec 6, 2018)

  • Minor bug fixes

New in Wotja 5.12.4 (Sep 28, 2018)

  • Improved:
  • Gen Bars / Gen Range params in the Mix Mode Rules Panel can now be set to 1000 (up from 100) to allow generative cells to play for longer; the slider now usefully shows the duration for the current tempo
  • Improved levels for some of the ISE FX Presets
  • Auto-albums are given the name of the first mix, rather than "Untitled"
  • Changed
  • Auto-Album and Playlist creation/editing capabilities in 'Free Mode'
  • Fixed:
  • An issue where tap, tap, hold on a Voice button could cause multiple popups
  • ISE help links now go to the right place
  • Pak duplicates were being shown with a _zip append in Template list
  • Protected against a number of possible application crashes
  • Squashed more bugs

New in Wotja 5.12.0 (Sep 10, 2018)

  • Improved:
  • Sliders now allow editing of the actual slider value, rather than an in internal magic value
  • Slider values for Amp units now show as dB
  • Most sliders now include a default option in pop-up menu
  • Better slider padding
  • App now better optimized for when running in background or with screen lock on
  • Fixed:
  • Some mix thumbnails did not correctly show the Generator Network
  • Added a store icon to the Documents screen to make it easier to find the In-App Store
  • Squashed more bugs

New in Wotja 5.11.0 (Aug 11, 2018)

  • New:
  • To make it easier to change sounds/FX used in a mix we've added a 'Presets' button in the ISE Network Editor. This opens a Preset selector screen where you can select sound and FX presets (there are lots to choose from) and also save ones you have created or edited; it's easy to change the level of a preset, too; just change the level of the amp unit at the end of it
  • Improved:
  • Modified to enumerate all named MIDI devices (i.e. not just “Core MIDI”); you will now see all listed separately, e.g. IAC ports etc.
  • Settings: renamed “Devices” to “Output Devices” and “Input Devices”
  • Revised section header text colour in dark mode for better contrast
  • Added Tuning Mode option to Settings (useful for external modular synths)
  • Fixed:
  • Removed potential sending of unnecessary cluster of Note Off events at app start, as this seems to resolve problems with some 3rd party MIDI devices which could crash
  • DSynth Osc 1 and 2 Decay level sliders did not work properly
  • Intermittent crash while editing junction inputs/parameters
  • Issue where display didn’t update properly when deleting the last unit
  • Other bug fixes

New in Wotja 5.10.0 (Aug 4, 2018)

  • New:
  • ISE Editor Panel in the ISE Network Editor makes it easier/faster to change ISE unit settings as there is less drill-down involved (if you want full screen ISE unit editing just tap/hold on unit and select "Edit Full Screen")
  • Improved:
  • Changing of TTM parameters/text no longer requires a mix restart to be applied meaning TTM is a lot more fun to play and experiment with!
  • Reduced the table height of parameters so more of them can be seen on screen at the same time, meaning less scrolling
  • When going into a Wavetable unit the selected patch is now centred making it easy to see what patch is selected
  • The size of toolbars has been reduced in landscape operation making it much easier to use Wotja X on phones in landscape mode
  • The font has been changed to improve the feel of the UI
  • Many other UI improvements
  • Fixed:
  • Issue when using content in a mix from Saved Files; some content could not be found when sharing between iOS and macOS versions
  • Missing content now again shows red in a cell and also now shows the name of the file (to see the name of the file look in the Rules Mode and Path field)
  • Issue when saving files in macOS version when file extension hidden (.wotja files could show as .wotjabox files)
  • Performance improvements
  • Other bug fixes

New in Wotja 5.9.0 (Jul 15, 2018)

  • New:
  • By popular demand we've added a dark mode for the UI (Settings : User Interface : Colour Scheme: Light/Dark)
  • Improved:
  • Mix Mode Network view "Voices" button repurposed as "IME Edit" button making it easier to show/hide the IME panel and perform actions on Voices
  • Show/hide the IME panel option removed from Settings screen and now shown at bottom of IME Edit button pop up menu
  • In portrait mode the optional IME Editor panel in the Mix Mode Network view now shows full width at the bottom
  • Better highlighting of the selected Voice in Mix Mode Network view
  • Tap/hold on a Voice button now shows the pop up menus
  • Tapping a parameter group heading on the RHS of the Voice Editor now scrolls to that group heading on LHS
  • Moved more often used MIDI Out settings above MIDI Input (Settings : Mix)
  • Layout of some UI elements
  • Wording of Free Mode pop-up timeout message
  • Fixed:
  • Templates not previously available in Free Mode were showing greyed even though available; now showing black
  • "Random Words" setting in Text to Music Editor now correctly uses the Settings > TTM Words values
  • Occasional crash when rotating screen in envelope, rule, pattern pop-up editor screens
  • Occasional FX editor crash
  • Older Generative MIDI templates (e.g. IM2 GenDrums) had stopped working
  • Sundry bug fixes

New in Wotja 5.8.0 (Jul 9, 2018)

  • New:
  • An optional editor panel in the Mix Mode Network view that allows in-screen editing of a Voice's IME parameters (to show/hide the panel see Settings - Mix - 'Show IME Parameter panel')
  • Free Mode now allows use of *ALL* included templates (to counterbalance that big increase in functionality we've changed the Music Play Time Timeout to be 1 minute)
  • Fixed:
  • Squashed a few more bugs

New in Wotja 5.7.6 (Jul 4, 2018)

  • FIXED: problem with editing of FX networks.

New in Wotja 5.7.5 (Jul 3, 2018)

  • FIXED: problem in the template browse screen, if you had a Long Play subscription enabled.
  • FIXED: problem where when selecting the next track in Playlist/Albums , this could stop the album/playlist from playing; if this happened, you had to close the album and re-open it, in order to get playing again.

New in Wotja 5.7.4 (Jul 2, 2018)

  • Bug fix update:
  • FIXED: Hanging note issue when using Wotja MIDI Out Track-related Virtual MIDI ports
  • IMPROVED: Settings > Blank Cell % was 35 but is now set to 0 as it was confusing to see empty tracks when creating automatic mixes (if you have an older device that struggles to play mixes, simply lower the Tracks setting in Settings > Mix)
  • Other bug fixes and stability improvements

New in Wotja 5.7.0 (Jun 27, 2018)

  • IMPROVED: If a voice or track is muted Wotja no longer passes-through MIDI note on events (Note: Wotja continues to send note off events, to prevent risk of hanging notes)
  • IMPROVED: Patch list control faster and easier to use
  • IMPROVED: D000-D026 entries added to the Patch list control (useful for working with beats, MIDI and external synth app)
  • IMPROVED: If the 'ISE for Sounds & FX' checkbox in Wotja Settings is disabled then Synth/FX buttons are now greyed out
  • FIXED: When a Voice is muted the voice button is greyed out consistently
  • FIXED: Voice rule change updates displayed consistently in parameter view
  • Other bug fixes and stability improvements

New in Wotja 5.6.1 (Jun 7, 2018)

  • Bug fix update.

New in Wotja 5.6.0 (May 25, 2018)

  • Major update for MIDI lovers! We've added support for two new MIDI Input options/features so that Wotja can now sync to e.g. a DAW:
  • NEW: MIDI Transport Control (AKA MIDI Machine Control – MMC)
  • NEW: MIDI Clock Sync
  • FIXED: Was incorrectly displaying/setting Gen Bars Range in Rules segment
  • FIXED: Was incorrectly displaying infinity symbol for both Repeats and Repeats Range in Rules segment
  • CHANGED: Renamed “MIDI Input” > “MIDI Input” to “MIDI Input” > “Devices”
  • CHANGED: Renamed “MIDI Output” > “MIDI Output” to “MIDI Output” > “Devices”
  • CHANGED: Cut-Up Export to Clipboard now includes “Made with #Wotja. https://wotja.com"
  • CHANGED: Links to video tutorials to https://www.youtube.com/intermorphic

New in Wotja 5.5.2 (May 17, 2018)

  • Bug fixes.

New in Wotja 5.5.1 (May 16, 2018)

  • Fixed: Restored missing “Use Default Rules” menu item in Cut-up Mode Rules menu
  • Improved: Mix Mode now displays the document name in the title bar
  • Improved: Tap/click the Mix Mode title bar text now changes the Right Side Panel to show the Mix Tempo/Root Rules
  • Improved: Text editing is greatly improved in Cut-Up "Edit" and other text editing screens/controls
  • Improved: Cut-up Mode Edit screen now has a top Right Cancel button
  • Improved: Cut-up Mode Edit text toggle replaced with button
  • Other bug fixes

New in Wotja 5.5.0 (May 6, 2018)

  • Wotja X can now export videos making it quick and easy to share stereo recordings of your creations to the world! The still image used in the video reflects what is shown in your Display mode screen.
  • Changes:
  • New: Video export segment in Mixdown & Recordings screen where you can make video recordings of a mix (Open Mix > Mix Mode > Action button > Mixdown & Recordings > Video segment > bottom Record button) [Feature requires active 'Unlocked' subscription]
  • New: Export an existing audio recording as a video where it uses imagery from the Display mode of the currently open mix (Open Mix > Mix Mode > Action button > Mixdown & Recordings > Audio segment > Tool icon > Create Video) [Feature requires active 'Unlocked' subscription]
  • Fixed: Font sizing calculations for multi-line text in Display mode (which occasionally caused word-wrapping)
  • Other bug fixes

New in Wotja 5.4.0 (Apr 29, 2018)

  • Wotja X is also now a powerful Cut-up Text generator. The Cut-up Technique is very useful for Creative Writing, e.g. for coming up with novel ideas for song lyrics, haikus, poetry etc.
  • Changes:
  • New: Added Cut-Up button (and all associated Cut-Up sub-screens)
  • New: Added menu items for Create New > Cut-up Text, Playlist and Music Mix (manual)
  • New: Added 'Built-In' Albums (Calm, Relax, Demos etc.) via new button / pop-up on Documents screen.
  • New: Added Settings override option for Max Bars recording
  • Fixed: Pattern screen layout issues
  • Fixed: Mixer crash on re-applying sticky cell randomize
  • Fixed: Envelope slider labels missing text
  • Fixed: Envelope issue, where you could toggle from basic to advanced, but not back the other way (without first closing the envelope editor)
  • Fixed: Rules editor - swapped images for Copy/Paste buttons

New in Wotja 5.3.1 (Apr 17, 2018)

  • Bug fix release.

New in Wotja 5.3.0 (Apr 11, 2018)

  • This is a MAJOR update for Wotja X. It now includes:
  • ALL the Intermorphic Music Engine (IME) editors and Intermorphic Sound Engine (ISE) editors that are in Wotja
  • Mix and Display screens that are in Wotja
  • All the main menu items that are in Wotja, e.g. Mixdown recording (with some minor exceptions)
  • Support for MIDI Out/In
  • Long Play tiers of 1 month (1 week tiers are no longer available; the change is to keep it simple with all subscription tiers having the same period)
  • Note: Cut-Up text editing, playlist creation and a couple of other small things are yet to come …

New in Wotja 5.2.12 (Mar 18, 2018)

  • Bug fixes.

New in Wotja 5.2.11 (Mar 15, 2018)

  • Wotja X now remembers the last selected Settings segment
  • Added Close, Save, Save As shortcuts to the File Menu
  • Bug & stability fixes