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Supposedly a woman laboured on that day too, but still, thanks
Tim and I actually had to work through the entire Christmas week; but at least we both had a half-day off on the 26th
... and are now spending the rest of the year back on documentation.
It all came down to circumstances beyond our control - but we've got there in the end!
All's well that ends well.
Pete
Oh wow, fantastic news!
This means preorders will not be available, correct?
Yeah. Sorry about that! We'll still have special early-bird pricing however.
All will become clear in (checks calendar...) just over 3 days!
Pete
Or sooner, depending on when Tim writes that Blog post!
Alright straight to the action!
Thanks 🙏
I know you’re not going to get a rest anytime soon, but I hope bug fixing is not too excessive.
Wotja 23 looks to be very solid, which is great news for us of course. I think we're going to find 2023 much easier in that regard!
Wotja 22 was a particularly tough technical challenge, as we added support for AUv3 and VST3 hosting. But it was so worth all the effort (and we're really grateful for all the support we had in getting it stable earlier in the year).
Best wishes, Pete
A fun fact is that we've been working on the new features for Wotja 23 for at least 6 months now.
With Wotja 24, we're going to have an even longer run-up.
I hope we can keep on making each annual Wotja release as feature-packed and interesting as possible!
Pete
Oh - if you've not yet seen the "What's New?" list for Wotja 23, here it is!
https://wotja.com/guide/#whatsnew
As always, it's a labour of love!
Pete
@impete how well do you think W23 will run on my old iPhone 8 Plus? Gonna buy W23 anyway, but just curious 🤨
I think it is fine! I've got an iPhone 12, but @imtim is still using his trusty iPhone 8! He's planning on getting an iPhone 15 next year however
Best wishes, Pete
So looking forward to this @impete
Always a highlight to see new editions at the start of the year. All the best in 2023.
Thank you very much!
Pete
love wotja, looking forward to the update
Here’s a taste of what’s in store.
This is the new sample player doing some of its things
It’s using a single sample of John Cage reading from his journal. The sample is about 20 seconds total.
There are several instances of the sample player working here. They loop but they aren’t synchronised so we’re jumping in and out of the sample at random. I’ll explain this in more detail in a later video.
The melodic elements are also using some of the new filter models introduced in v 23
V 23 is taking the sonic world of Wotja to places it’s never been possible to go before.
It’s been an absolute blast working on this. Can’t wait to hear what happens next.
If you are as bewitched by the cadence of Cage’s voice as I am, dive in here
https://ubu.com/sound/cage_diary.html
I’ve just published 3 new videos that walk through some of the new features in Wotja 23
Hope they help a bit!
Should say, it’s better to watch then on YouTube because you can jump around the sections there
Hey @impete I vaguely remember I had problems migrating some of the stuff I'd created in Wotja 21 over to Wotja 22, but can't remember the exact details.
If you're working on docs over the next few days, do you think you could cover migration from 22 to 23?
Thanks in advance mate - I look forward every year to see what new stuff you guys have come up with, and 23 looks pretty interesting
Hi!
I don't think you'll see any problems, though as we note here:
https://wotja.com/guide/#whatsnew
"IMPORTANT: Wotja 23 saves files to a new format that cannot be opened in Wotja 22. This is because of support required for its new features. Do not save any earlier Wotja files in Wotja 23 unless you intend to move to Wotja 23 or you back them up first!"
I hope you like Wotja 23
Best wishes, Pete
Never mind. Please delete this message.
It’s live!!
It is
@imtim will hopefully explain the transition from two app versions - "Free" and "Pro" - to just one version called Wotja 23.
He won't be able to do that, however, until we find out from Apple why they wouldn't approved our planned Wotja 23 Pro for iOS (they'd actually approved the macOS version!).
I can but speculate that Apple just didn't want us to have 2 different "flavours" of Wotja in the app store for iOS. Which is a shame, as our customers / fans understood why we did this.
Anyhow, the "Pro" one-off unlock IAP for Wotja 23 is "functionally" equivalent to the Wotja Pro app, and means nobody needs to use Subscriptions if they don't want to.
So hopefully we can all get our head around just having one version of Wotja 23, and get on with enjoying it
Best wishes to all, Pete
NB if you've not yet seen them, do please watch Mark Harrop's amazing demo/tutorial videos earlier in this thread!
Pete
Is the €41,99 Pro unlock the 'early bird' price???
Hi Pierre, yes, this is down to how Apple set their pricing for Euros from our USD base price - something we have no control over.
I've just double-checked with @imtim , and we have set the Early Bird price at $34.99 USD (which is approx 30% off the regular price of $49.99 USD) and that is set by Apple in Euros as 41,99 € (which is compared to regular price of 59,99 €).
Best wishes, Pete