Channel 1.0.4

Release notes for Channel 1.0.4.

A big one: Channel can now host a plugin in every window, and a new Plugin Only mode turns any window into a tight, standalone plugin device.

Channel 1.0.4 - New

Multiple windows, independent plugins: Open as many Channel windows as you like — each one hosts its own plugin with its own audio engine, input and output device routing, channel strip, and Parameters HUD. Load ANA2 in one window and Lounge Lizard in another and play them both at once.
Per-window MIDI input: Every window's channel strip now has a MIDI port picker — choose All MIDI Ports (the previous behaviour) or a specific controller, so each window can be played from its own keyboard. Build your own modular rig: several windows, several instruments, routed wherever you like.
Plugin Only mode: A new toolbar button collapses the sidebar and channel strip and shrinks the window to the loaded plugin's exact size — a clean, minimal host for running a single plugin as a device. Great for input DSP while recording, or for routing through virtual devices like BlackHole. If the plugin resizes itself, the window follows; press the button again to restore the full workspace.

The Parameters HUD is now per-window, so each session inspects its own plugin's parameters.
Audio device and channel-strip preferences are saved by the last remaining window, so open windows never fight over your defaults.

Fixed a crash that could occur when closing a window or unloading a plugin while MIDI was flowing.
Improved stability when loading and unloading plugins during a debug session.

MIDI input: play and drive your plugin from any connected MIDI device
Settings window with MIDI device selection and a live MIDI event log
Parameter HUD listing every parameter of the loaded plugin with live values
Bookmark your plugin build folders and load any discovered VST3 or AU straight into the detail view
Live rebuild watcher: recompile in your IDE and Channel reloads the plugin automatically — in every window that has it loaded
Channel strip with input device, output device, and master fader
Output-pair routing, so you can capture Channel's output on a specific interface pair (e.g. back into Logic Pro)
Automatic updates via Sparkle