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BEATS 1.2.1 Released

March 6, 2011

BEATS is back with the first release of 2011. This is a minor release with the following improvements:

You can use the | character to represent bar lines in a track rhythm. This is optional, but often makes longer rhythms easier to read. You can place them anywhere you want in the rhythm; BEATS ignores them.
```
Verse:
    - bass:   |X...X...X...X...|X...X.X.X...X.X.|
    - snare:  |....X.......X...|....X.......X...|
    - hihat:  |XX.X...XXX.X...X|XX.XXX.XXX.XXX.X|
```
The “Structure” section of the song header is now called “Flow”. (You can still use “Structure” for now, but you’ll get a warning).
A pattern can contain multiple tracks that use the same sound. Previously, BEATS would pick one of those tracks as the ‘winner’, and the other tracks wouldn’t be played.
A better error message is displayed if a sound file is in an unsupported format (such as MP3), or is not even a sound file.

For installation/upgrade instructions, visit http://beatsdrummachine.com/download.

Enjoy!