10-bit Colour Output!
A 10-bit colour pipeline is used more and more on stages for live events, especially ones that are also live-streamed, and it's becoming a requirement in broadcast and virtual productions.
There are a lot of variables involved to make sure your entire pipeline from laptop to screen is actually 10-bit. Content, codecs, composition, cables, connectors, configuration — all these C's need to line up to get nice colours on screen.
Be sure to check out our 10-bit support article to help find the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow.
Faster Composition Loading (again)In the past couple of releases we have improved loading compositions with a lot of layers, groups and clips. And in this version we're dialing this up to 11. One of our beta testers has a big composition that took 8 minutes to load and this is now just 1 minute with 7.24. Nice!
Faster MIDI ProcessingBig compositions often require a lot of MIDI to be processed too, this is now also much improved. The interface will not lag anymore when processing a lot of MIDI data from and to controllers or Wire patches.
CRT Effect
).This effect is completely made in Wire, so you can fork it, look under the hood to see how it's made, and patch your own variations.
While we're on the subject of effects: the Strokes effect now has an image input, so you can stroke your visuals with your own brushes instead of only the built-in ones.
Show Composition Loading, Saving & Closing State
Do you really need more than 40 layers and 900+ columns!?
We've made loading and unloading compositions quite a bit faster in the past few updates, but it can still take a while sometimes — there's just a lot of clips to load.
With this update, you can now see in the title bar that Arena is busy while opening, saving and closing compositions.
Updated macOS App Icons
Can we now complain about the liquid glass UI design of iOS 26 and macOS Tahoe? It's a neat trick, but way too glossy and distracting in our humble opinion.
MIDI & OSC Monitor Stop & Resume
Now, you can pause the monitor for a bit to inspect messages without new ones flooding in.
REST API UpdatesThanks to REST API power user Allen, we're continually making updates. You can now:
- Load compositions
- Open multiple clips
- Check if files can actually be opened
- Add multiple columns to a composition in one call
Capture ImprovementsThanks to our new team member Marcel, we can now put a lot more energy into improving capture device support in Arena and Avenue.
We've updated to NDI version 6.1.1 and Blackmagic version 12.1
All capture devices are now capable of inputting and outputting 10-bit colour depth.
Let us know what your favourite capture devices are — we might be able to support more popular choices in the future!
Wire Patch Navigator
Use it to quickly pan and zoom in and out of your giant spaghetti patches.
We're looking at you here, Chris.
Notes Panel in Wire
Texture Preview on Mouse Hover of Outlet
They're only the size of a stamp, but very useful for quick previews.
Insert Node After & Before Current NodeWhen an inlet or outlet is wired up to multiple other nodes, it used to be a bit of work to insert a node and reconnect all the cords. Not anymore!
You can now right-click an inlet or outlet and choose Insert… to quickly add a new node and rewire all the connections automatically.
Node Image in Search Popup
Kaleidoscope and Gaussian NodesEvery old-school VJ needs a kaleidoscope, and now Wire has one!
Also new in this release is the Gaussian node — it's used in the new CRT effect, so check it out.
Cylindrical and Spherical Nodes
Stable SortThe Sort node now supports stable sorting, which means if two values are the same, their original order is preserved.
↯ Stride
The Texture from Data node has gotten an update and now supports two-dimensional textures by setting a stride value. These function more or less as columns for the generated texture and will give you a lot more possibilities when using the Texture from Data node.
Arena & Avenue 7.24.0 Fix List
#23928 Crash disabling REST API without network connection
#23993 Arena crash when taking multiple snapshots
#20428 Hang on deck switch with capture sources
#23884 MapperGuru Wire patch crashes Arena
#21626 Stop and save recordings when Arena gets closed
#13309 Changing clip transport is not undoable
#16532 Variable font only shows one of the styles
#17011 Undoing font change doesn't restore style properly
#22824 Elgato Facecam not showing high FPS options on Windows
#17902 Piano and Invert overlap with CC shortcuts in Button mode
#23177 Shortcut set to 14-bit mode, then to Button, should show Piano and Invert options
#19529 Envelope fold state not remembered
#20235 Composition tempo gets rounded when entered manually
#23017 Don't move a column by grabbing the play/stop button
#23156 Always show deck list button
#23174 MP4 file with PCM audio doesn't play the audio in Arena and Alley
#23437 Better Effect & Source descriptions
#22462 Alley plays image sequences too fast
Wire 7.24.0 Fix List
#23401 Wire crash loading corrupt video file
#24008 Bypass inlet for Video Sampler node
#22073 Remove Resource option in Resource panel
#17533 Delay node doesn't accept Event to set its delay time
#19487 Bag node cannot be instantiated
#21568 Join node should keep its type when adding connections
#23226 Add Stride inlet to Texture From Data node
#23255 Text Render node doesn't update with empty string in collection
#23134 Sort Node Does Not Maintain Consistent Index Order
#22863 Wire example patches layout overhaul