Fixed missing high dynamics in Contrabassoon - Trill (Maj-2)
Fixed failing notes when note on and note off perfectly coincide
Various NKS fixes
Fixed user presets failing to show in some modes
Discover: Fixed user manual link
Core: Fixed file location of one sample set
Added
Core: Added the technique editor feature
Core: Added Vibraphone and Crotales
Switching mode of all instances can now be done by Command-Click on the product mode switch menu
Pro/Core: Increased maximum pitch-stretch voices to 64 and allow using lower quality algorithms to save CPU usage
Version 1.1.8 - 24th April 2020
Summary
Initial public release of Core and Discover modes
Updated Pro, Core, and Discover content
Updated plugin release
Fixed
Fixed a crash when duplicating or moving the plugin in ProTools
Pro/Core: Changed the default Tightness control value for Strings to zero which makes Spiccato and Staccato attacks more responsive
Pro/Core: Fixed noise in some releases in Horns a4 - Legato
Fixed the modulation wheel slider resetting to zero on reopening the user interface and causing the I2 (Dynamics) fader to be zero'd too
Default to have timed short release turned on if a factory preset contains any relevant techniques (e.g., Marcato, Tenuto)
The technique matrix will now switch to the page than contains the main active technique even when keyswitching
Fixed an edge case in legatos where rapid notes (<15ms) notes below velocity 64 would cause incorrect void stealing
Fixed the saving and restoring of the stereo flip state which would cause some techniques to apparently flip arbitrarily
Fixed refreshing plugin instances crashing when not in an NKS host
Fixed mapped CCs in certain cases from interfering with other CCs (e.g., cc33 could get zeroed by using the modulation wheel, cc1)
Changed
The preset editor button now shows as greyed-out when not available due to replacement instruments {AUN-705}
Added
Pro: Added Bass Flute
Version 1.1.7 - 24th April 2020
Summary
Updated Pro, Core, and Discover content
Updated plugin release
Fixed
Fixed missing icon for Staccatissimo in Woodwinds {AUN-823} and Horns a4 Legato (Extended)
Fixed and edge case which could result in hanging notes when transport is stopped
Fixed intermittent failure to play previews when switching product modes
Core/Discover: Fixed the key range of the Crotales substitute instrument
Discover: Fixed the technique icon display transparency correctly when switching techniques
Fixed gaps in the product mode switch menu at certain levels of zoom
Fixed duplicate Tubular Bells preset appearing
Fixed a crash when duplicating or moving the plugin in ProTools
Discover: Fixed the size/thickness of icons for Percussion and Brass
Changed
Discover: set the default dynamics velocity mode to Compressed Velocity Low
Discover: Silence certain Pro/Core replacement techniques if they would sound significantly incorrect
Pro/Core: Changed the default Tightness control value for Strings to zero which makes Spiccato and Staccato attacks more responsive
Added
Added a feature to allow switching all instances of the plugin to a specific product mode within a session. This will only work if all instances are loaded into the same process
Added better support for NKS in Discover and Core modes
Added more logging to help diagnose rare cases of multitongue techniques not playing on initial load
Version 1.1.6 - April 16th 2020
Summary
Updated Pro, Core, and Discover content
Updated plugin release
Fixed
Pro/Core: Fixed noise in some releases in Horns a4 - Legato
Fixed the modulation wheel slider resetting to zero on reopening the user interface and causing the I2 (Dynamics) fader to be zero'd too
Discover: Fixed updating the orchestral pit user interface when using the preset previous and next button
Discover (Strings): Replace use of actual Harmonic samples with regular Long samples
Core/Discover: Fix keyboard range Display in Trill and Marcato techniques
Discover: Fix the low C sample in Flutes a3 Staccatissimo
Pro/Core: Fix potential overloading in Horns a4 - Legato and correctly label it as "Legato (Extended)" in the user interface
Pro/Core: Default to have timed short release turned on if a factory preset contains any relevant techniques (e.g., Marcato, Tenuto)
Changed
The technique matrix will now switch to the page than contains the main active technique even when keyswitching
Version 1.1.5 - 3rd April 2020
Summary
Updated Pro, Core, and Discover content
Added Bass Flute
Updated plugin release
Fixed
Core: Removed extraneous Variation control
Core: Fixed some missing icons
Discover: Removed hidden but usable Tightness controls
Fixed all stereo controls in Timpani Hits
Fixed some panning issues in Celli
Fixed loading legacy "Pro" sessions (prior to Core and Discover) into either Core or Discover. Previously these would not enable the Core/Discover mic correctly from saved sessions in, for example 1.0.0.
Changed
Removed Two-Handed controls
Improved initial loading times
Discover: Remove all except the "Starred" filter tags from the top set of tags in the Preset Browser
Discover: Fix some minor user interface/experience issues
Added
Pro: Added Bass Flute techniques except Legato
Discover: Added per-key information for Untuned Percussion Hits
Version 1.1.4 - 23rd March 2020
Summary
Updated Pro, Core, and Discover content
Updated plugin release
Fixed
Discover: Fixed info text for the I2 (expression)
Discover: Fixed info text for the knob to refer only to reverb
Discover: Fixed info text for techniques to remove the reference to being able to edit the techniques
Fixed reference to "Tubular Bells" where in some cases the 'b' was lower case
Fixed being able to switch product modes when there is no preset loaded
Fixed the product mode behaviour when there is only one available product mode
Fixed the retaining of the mixer state (levels and enablement) when moving from either Discover or Core to Pro
Fixed a number of missing technique icons and technique names
Fixed the text colour of some pop-up menus in various product modes
Discover: Fixed the naming of the three percussion presets to be more descriptive
Discover: Fixed the Tuba and Bass Trombones a2 note range and distortion on the lowest key
Fixed some Error No. 1 report which were due to mismatching meta data in the config files
Changed
The preset editor button now shows as greyed-out when not available due to replacement instruments, rather than hiding it completely
Version 1.1.3 - 12th March 2020
Summary
Updated Pro, Core, and Discover content
Updated plugin release
Fixed
Fixed going down a level (e.g., from Pro to Core) causing the correct techniques to load but no sound
Discover: fixed unusual behaviour when clicking and dragging near the centre of the reverb knob
Fixed loading Pro and loading more than the Mix 1 signal, then when going down a version (to Core or Discover), there was no sound
Fixed displaying the correct presets for the product mode
Discover: Fixed the text colour in the about page
Filter tags in the preset browser are now omitted if those tags are not linked to any presets in the currently active product mode
Core and Discover: Fixed preview playback from within the preset browser
Discover: the selected instrument section in the orchestral pit now updates correctly
Changed
Replacement instruments in discover now show the experimental (flask) icon in the centre of the orchestral pit
Instrument family names are displayed in the left corner for Pro and Core
Instrument names that are replacements are prefixed with a tilde ("~") to indicate these are approximations (e.g., Bass Clarinet in Pro switched to Core, which doesn't have Bass Clarinet)
Technique names that are replacements are prefixed with a tilde ("~") to indicate these are approximations (e.g., Legatos in Pro switched to Discover, which doesn't have legato but simply plays longs limited to monophonic playback)
Core: The preset editor is hidden as a Pro-only feature
Hide the preset editor when the loaded techniques contain percussion replacements from Discover and omit these techniques from the list within the preset editor itself
Each product mode has its own default preset setting depending on the currently active product mode (but the factory default in each case is "Strings: Violins 1")
Discover: Changed the contrast of the preset highlight in the preset browser
Hide the page controls in the technique matrices when there is only a single page
Version 1.1.2 - 9th March 2020
Summary
Updated Pro, Core, and Discover content
Updated plugin release
Fixed
Pro/Core: Fixed an edge case in legatos where rapid notes (<15ms) notes below velocity 64 would cause incorrect void stealing
Fixed the saving and restoring of the stereo flip state which would cause some techniques to apparently flip arbitrarily
Fixed voice signal routing when after switching between product modes
Discover: Fixed being able to click to select percussion techniques and add temporarily over verbose technique names
Changed
Moved product mode selector onto the top bar and changed the menu contents to be human-readable
Removed unnecessary menu items from the overflow menu (...)
Discover: Disable shift click on multiple techniques but allow a session saved in Pro or Core that was saved with multiple active techniques to be loaded correctly in Discover
Version 1.1.1 - 4th March 2020
Summary
Updated Core and Discover content
Fixed
Fixed samples failing to play in Core and Discover due to a typo in the mic IDs - MER-2005
Fixed reverb in Core and Discover (although moot due to no samples playing anyway)
Changed
Updated some technique info - MER-2001
Updated keyswitches in Discover presets to use keys starting at low C (note 0) rather than matching the techniques' keyswitches in Core and Pro
Version 1.1.0 - 3rd March 2020
Summary
Updated plugin release
Initial Internal Core and Discover release
Version 1.0.9 - 21st January 2020
Summary
Updated plugin release
Fixed
Tune dial displaying incorrectly initially, introduced in Version 1.0.8
Version 1.0.8 - 19th December 2019
Summary
Updated plugin release
Minor update to all content
Fixed
Prevent buttons and menu widgets from stealing keypress from the host
Improved Spiccato and Staccato timing in some techniques
Fixed releases in Woodwind: Contrabassoon Legato
Fixed some odd behaviour in Percussion: Triangle Rolls using low values of the Dynamics control
Changed
Avoid allocating memory for timestretching in multitongue techniques if tempo sync is turned off in the additional technique options
Version 1.0.7 - 19th November 2019
Summary
Updated plugin release
Fixed
Fixes issue where some Windows 10 users were experiencing errors on initial launch of plugin
Fixed rare cases of audio corruption under heavy load when setting the stream buffer size to certain values
Version 1.0.6 - 19th November 2019
Summary
Updated plugin release
Changed
Improved memory usage by closing file references no longer needed
Version 1.0.5 - 13th November 2019
Summary
Updated plugin release
Fixed
Fixed crash in Pro Tools when duplicating a track containing the plugin
Fixed correct UI colouring when recalling a User preset as a default preset
Changed
Improved performance of disk streaming
Version 1.0.4 - 8th November 2019
Summary
Updated plugin release
Added
Added a setting to disable the use of memory-mapped files for samples streams, defaulting to off on Windows and on macOS. Enabling memory mapping can improve I/O speeds from disk, this will increase virtual memory usage from RAM
Prioritisation of streams for samples being preloaded
Version 1.0.3 - 25th October 2019
Summary
Updated plugin release - minor optimisation on initialisation
Version 1.0.2 - 25th October 2019
Summary
Updated plugin release
Woodwind: updates NKS presets
Fixed
Fixed an issue with parsing JSON on older CPUs
Fixed a very rare crashing case on Windows when scanning for patches and presets
Fixed an issue where presets where being marked as modified on load
Fixed a potential crash when loading a large amount of previews and quitting the plugin
Woodwinds:
Corrected the NKS keyswitches on Flutes and Piccolos