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Captain Plugins
8.0.0.10287 – Captain Plugins (Mac)
Released on 2/12/26
New
- Apply chord progressions only to selected notes or beat ranges
- Apply rhythm changes and quantize only within the selected range
- Add chords on individual beats, including gaps smaller than one measure
- Automatically extend newly added chords to fully fill available gaps
- Automatically extend chords to prevent gaps when creating, deleting, or moving
- Moving the last note to the right now extends the final chord
- Split notes directly from the canvas selection
- Split control added alongside duplicate and humanize, and wherever delete appears
- Skip redundant progressions when a single selected chord already matches
- Improved progression results when applying to very small beat ranges
- Apply only the selected portion of generated progressions
- Clicking a chord selects its full range
- Clicking empty space selects the closest chord
- Allow selecting notes beyond canvas bounds
- Allow chord controls to be used while in velocity view
- Clicking a chord opens its controls in the top navigation
- Restore always-loop behavior for the Beat plugin
- Sound design button opens Serum when Serum is selected
Improvements
- Smoother and more accurate playhead syncing, including better pause and cursor behavior
- Eliminated unexpected canvas jumps during chord edits, duplication, playback changes, and end-of-song adjustments
- Smarter grid snapping and duplication behavior based on zoom level
- Duplicated notes now land exactly at the end of the original selection
- Improved note insertion and boundary handling across complex edits
- More reliable rhythm updates, including proper clearing and mid-canvas handling
- Eliminated overlapping notes across copying, extending, and rhythm changes
- Smarter chord copying and extension without unnecessary regeneration
- Preserve original notes if no new notes are generated
- Automatically remove empty chords left behind during editing
- Improved chord repositioning when dragging notes into empty space
- Correct chord boundary updates and cursor behavior after resizing
- Refined chord splitting behavior with automatic visibility handling
- Cleaner canvas controls with improved positioning and reduced overlap
- Improved picker visibility and instruments panel layout
- Faster response when using Serum and Serum 2
- Improved plugin window sizing and resizing behavior in FL Studio
- Simplified chords view by hiding unused editing features
- Improved stability when reopening or reloading plugins
Fixes
- Fixed chord splitting edge cases when dragging notes
- Fixed multiple undo requirement when resizing or moving chords
- Fixed flashing highlight of incorrect chord during note movement
- Fixed chords not following notes during sideways moves with pitch changes
- Fixed additional edge case when moving notes into empty space with pitch changes
- Fixed selection range persisting or failing to clear after duplication
- Fixed incorrect chord selection behavior in Magic controls
- Fixed selection being ignored when showing progression title
- Fixed overlapping notes remaining after rhythm changes
- Fixed insertion logic not recognizing one-beat gaps
- Fixed crash during rapid editing between mouse events
- Fixed rhythm behavior when no chords are present
- Fixed incorrect note start position adjustments
- Fixed incorrect chord chosen when copying
- Fixed incorrect behavior when splitting empty chords
- Fixed canvas control overlap and cursor reset issues
- Fixed incorrect chord boundary redraw after resize
- Fixed FL Studio AU compatibility issues
- Fixed FL Studio 2025 VST3 compatibility issues
- Fixed plugin window resizing behavior in FL Studio
- Fixed scrolling inconsistencies when stopping playback
7.4.1.10110 – Captain Epic (Mac)
Released on 7/11/25
Features & Improvements
- Canvas centers vertically on launch
- Octave is retained when changing rhythm
- No longer auto-centering notes unless necessary
- Improved “+” button preview behavior
Fixes
- Fixed issue where Deep as first instance loses notes when adding chords
- Fixed issue with custom rhythm in left sidebar not reflecting footer
7.4.0.10090 – Captain Epic (Mac)
Released on 7/03/25
Features & Improvements
- If Deep style slice is modified by user, it shouldn’t follow Chords
- No longer pre-selecting first item in progression and style picker
- Captain Play now captures the recording in its entirety, instead of just the part played within the loop brace
- Added left and right buttons to the progression and rhythm pickers on the left sidebar
- Progression picker now cycles within the bank when using arrow pickers
- Now calculating the progression from what’s on canvas for that label, and avoiding label repetition
- No longer giving an audio preview if adding the same chord
- Added a minimum length to audio previews where the note is at least a 1/8th note
- Made the whole screen in the tutorial clickable, instead of just the “Next” button
Fixes
- Fixed MIDI keyboard UI being clipped on open in Captain Play
- Fixed an issue with rhythm selector sometimes being blank
- Fixed ghost notes not being cleared after deleting the flavor
- Fixed an issue with rhythm picker arrows clipping a long rhythm name
- Fixed Captain Play top containers being broken
- Fixed garbled rhythm pane dropdown in Chords Lite
- Fixed an issue with adding 3rd-party plugins for output not working
- Fixed some crashes