New features and changes in detail
09/09/2026 Sequoia 2026.5.1 Build 26213
Spatial Panner
[SEQD-695] Plug-in panning mode now embeds plug-in dialog into panner, including
* new parameter display
* buttons for menu functions
* button for replacing the plug-in
* bridged plug-ins are not allowed anymore
* Show “Pan:” prefix for surround panner plug-ins in FX routing dialog
[SEQD-1185] Draw mode
* Surround automation can be drawn into current range
[SEQD-1432] may use currently selected object for object surround panning
* New Timed draw mode considers velocity of drawing
Use Shift key as momentary switch for alternate draw mode
[SEQD-1185] New setting to enable draw mode one-shot mode
[SEQD-1430] The drawn-in trajectory is visualized in the Spatial panner
[SEQD-1212] Use existing pan / surround automation when linking targets or adding target routing
* if only new target contains automation, it is used / copied automatically
automation is also copied when switching from stereo to surround
* if new target and old link leader contain automation, there’s a new dialog to select which automation to use
* if new link leader is surround target and old one stereo, only X automation is used
* new curves create automation lanes (also when unlinking targets)
* unused pan automation for a linked target will be deactivated
[SEQD-1321] Don’t show center level for adm panning
[SEQD-1436] Button design updates
[SEQD-1256] Link/mute/solo can be used for multiple selected targets
Spatial panner bugfixes
[SEQD-1420] Ctrl + click multi-selection in source view didn’t work
[SEQD-1426] Plug-in mode
* Plug-in mode was affected by FX reset, copy & paste and loding of track FX presets
* Inconsistent plug-in mode state without plug-in after using mixer widgets surround pan menu
* Wrong colors for plugin display in track editor
[SEQD-1297] [SEQD-1299] [SEQD-1431] Automation issues
* Issues with preview mode for surround curves
* Several update issues with stereo and surround automation
* Unlinked targets seemingly followed automation
* After Spatial panner was opened a stereo pan automation could affect surround panning
* Improved handing for changing pan / surround parameters while in read mode (or write mode with disabled Pan filter)
* Parameter now is correctly updated in GUI and used for audio processing
* Correctly display L/R for left / right positions in stereo panorama knob value display
* Spatial Panner automation latch + overwrite mode issues
[SEQD-1241] Issues with opening and closing Spatial panner
* User defined shortcuts for opening can now also be used for closing
* Spatial panner shortcut shown in view menu
* Surround control in mixer / track editor with surround busses: Right click consistently shows downmix matrix when available, Ctrl + right click opens Spatial panner with surround busses selected as target
[SEQD-1235] Shortcuts in Spatial panner
* Added tooltips for source/target popup buttons
* Target routing active/inactive shortcut changed, now Alt +X
* Global menu shortcuts didn’t work
Linking
[SEQD-1236] Stereo panning was not transfered from non-primary stereo output
[SEQD-1236] Surround pannning was not transfered to followers when deleting primary output
[SEQD-1362] ADM objects still were linked, even if leader was using matrix or plug-in mode
Issues with Dolby 9.1.4 and 9.1.6 setups
[SEQD-1328] Change lw and rw position to reflect atmos-specific values
[SEQD-1329] Change order of wide speakers in dolby 9.1.x setups
[SEQD-1315] Even with speaker snap to lw and rw active there was audio output to other channels
[SEQD-1199] New time edit field “Duration of current CD track until pause”
[SEQD-1068] “Freeze” column to object manager added
[SEQD-1434] After an internal restart with a logged in user Sequoia doesn’t ask for credentials again
Bugfixes
HDPI issues
[SEQD-1039] Prevent visual glitches in HDPI setups when opening mixer from Spectral Cleaning
[SEQD-1027] Crossfade Editor on 2nd screen with different DPI changed marker or range marker track height in arranger - fixed some remaining issues
Plug-ins
[SEQD-1481] Because coreFX plug-in states saved in version 2026.5.0 are incompatible with other versions, they can’t be loaded anymore.
[SEQD-1281] Issues and crashes when trying to add ARA plug-in into surround bus or folder
[SEQD-933] Issues with restoring state of UADx plugins while loading project
Stereo panning issues
[SEQD-1429] Stereo pan was not displayed in peak meters and visualisation for economy tracks and economy engine (including WDM) if “Primary output only” was active (default setting)
[SEQD-1460] “Primary output only” was reset when loading stereo pan presets
[SEQD-1458] Wrong panning for post AUXes by missing linking state after legacy stereo conversion
Mixer
[SEQD-568] AUX bypass buttons were not linked with track selection
[SEQD-568] Linking several surround folders/busses/masters by track selection didn’t work
[SEQD-1327] Missing update of surround pan display after AUX bus was added in mixer
[SEQD-1427] Corrupted mixer after deleting busses or surround master
Arranger
[SEQD-889] Zooming issues when clicking in empty area below arranger
[SEQD-1294] Issues with “Create MIDI object in range” without active range
[SEQD-1261] Drag’n’drop display issues
* Fixed Clipstore drag-and-drop placement and added a clip start position line.
Automation
[SEQD-1040] Issues with AUX usage for Presonus faderport
[SEQD-1040] Issues with AUX display in preview mode
[SEQD-1212] Display all lanes command didn’t work correctly, if a lane was selected
[SEQD-1212] Inactive curves are displayed dashed again to improve their visibility
[SEQD-995] Wrong start value when copying persistent AUXes to another track
[SEQD-1231] Issues with external tools
* default passing of filename as argument didn’t work anymore
* wrong styling
[SEQD-1361] Issues with destructive wave editing mode
* Loading and drag&drop of wave files did not work with default destructive editing mode
* Crashes with loading audio files in destructive mode with Eucon/OSC active
* Normalizing of 32 bit float files was broken
ADM / Dolby Atmos
[SEQD-1313] Keyboard focus and space issues in Dolby Atmos renderer
[SEQD-1131] On/Off behavior of ADM interactivity toggles and Min/Max textboxes fixed
[SEQD-1244] Improved ADM localization for all languages
[SEQD-1365] Refresh surround visualisation on project switch
[SEQD-1441] Grid toolbar size in legacy skins (e.g. StarGray)
[SEQD-1439] Keep error messages and request dialogs above system options dialog to avoid focus issues and possible crashes
[SEQD-1341] Recent setting changes might be missing when saving settings as INZ
[SEQD-792] Video: Show/hide timestamp after toggling option
[SEQD-1259] Exporting wav + mp3 in one go into same file repeatedly didn’t update MP3 peaks
[SEQD-1419] Eucon: issues with track automation button and display
[SEQD-1368] Installer issues with audio data path
