## Audio Nodes & Technique Publishing

### Apr 6, 2026

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### v2.15.68–v2.15.87

Audio arrives as a full citizen on the canvas. FAUNA chat is roughly 3× faster to first token, and more.

📦 **New**

- **Audio** **Nodes** — a dedicated audio node with waveform playback, voice selector, ElevenLabs text-to-speech and speech-to-text, Gemini audio inputs, and automatic routing that picks the right model for music, speech, or sound effects. Perfect for narration, sound design, and podcast-style workflows.

- **Layer** **Editor** **Rewrite** — new stencil masking, shapes, text rotation, multi-select resize/rotate, drag-to-adjust numeric inputs (hold and drag any number field), and a proper empty state.

- **Technique** **Picker** **in** **Add-Node** **Menu** — search techniques with hover-preview thumbnails right from the canvas.

- **Cmd** **+** **\** — Keyboard shortcut to toggle all canvas toolbars to maximize your workspace.

- **Batch** **grouping** **in** **generation** **history** — variants from the same batch are grouped and highlighted together in the carousel.

🧠 **Improved**

- **FAUNA** **chat** — roughly 3× faster to first token

- **Long** **FAUNA** **sessions** — now compact automatically, so conversations stay responsive over time.