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Beam for Live

1.1.1​

October 3, 2020

Improvements​

  • We moved the Monitor to a separate window. Find it in the 'Window' menu item, or press CMD-3.
  • The Showsync Control Surface will be installed to the User Library when running Live 10.1.13 or later.

1.1.0​

June 4, 2020

New features​

Fixture Editor​

Beam 1.1.0 introduces a new Fixture Editor, allowing you to easily edit and create new fixture files. You can find the Fixture Editor in the Window menu item.

Beam File Extensions​

Beam patches are now saved with the sbp extension. Fixtures have the sbf extension. Double-clicking these files in Finder now opens them in Beam immediately. Existing JSON files are still fully compatible.

Network support​

Like Videosync, Beam can run on a different computer and connect to your Ableton Live set over a network. Simply open the Preferences and enter the IP address of the computer that runs Ableton Live.

Other​

  • Improvements for handling the white channel in RGBW fixtures.
  • When adding a fixture to a patch, all already existing tags are visible in the tag chooser.

Fixes​

  • HTP merge mode would not always return the highest value.
  • High End Studio Color 575: merge colors using the weighted average merge mode.
  • Unknown modulations are handled as additive merge modes.
  • Slots are supported for sixteen-bit attributes.