Synchron Harp Player - Version History

v1.3.763 - October 23rd, 2024

Fixed

• Crash when opening Surround version
• Slow preset changes
• Windows: Vienna Helper tool opened in Command Line
• Cubase on Windows: Slow GUI closing / crash when closing the session when GUI was open

v 1.3.740 - October 14th, 2024

Fixed

• Ocasional crash after loading an empty (!) preset
• macOS: Ableton Live VST2 - Hang when loading a preset.

Improved:

• Digital Performer: Player reacts now to ALLSOUNDSOFF controller message

v1.3.657 - August 7th, 2024

Fixed:

• Possible crash when loading large Vienna Ensemble Pro projects
• Envelope causing clicks after triggering a large amount of voices
• FL Studio: Sustain pedal hanging
• FL Studio: Mixdown hang

v1.3.630 - July 18, 2024

Fixed:

• Harp volume too quiet on medium and low dynamics

v1.3.610 - July 2nd, 2024

Added

• Multicore processing

Fixed

• Possible crash when accessing a preset in a corrupted volume
• Audio bursts when using compressor, expander or limiter DSP modules

v1.3.471 - March 1st, 2024

Fixed

• High CPU load of algorithmic reverb
• High CPU load of room reverb FX DSP module
• High CPU load of velocity crossfade
• Delay DSP module would occasionally cause distorted signals
• Flickering numerical value of Velocity Controller
• Crash when setting the pedals to an unknown scale
• Opening the Player for the first time after installing content on a new drive could lead to a GUI crash
• Occasional crashes on exit
• Occasional wrong window size of standalone in multi-screen systems
• AAX: Potential hang when re-opening ProTools projects
• macOS: Poor performance on M1/M2 Ultra CPUs
• Win: Uninstall routine would not fully remove all files from system drive
• Win: Uninstall routine would not fully remove all files from system drive

Improved

• General performance on CPUs with high core counts
• Behavior of mouse cursor when dragging knob, spin and slider elements now more consistent
• Removed option to use buffer size 32 in standalone
• macOS: Player GUI no longer requires accessibility permission

Added

• New Master Bus on the 'MIX' page

v1.3.182 - June 16th, 2023

Fixed

• macOS: Plugin validation failing in Logic Pro X

Improved

• Reduced CPU load when triggering voices

v1.3.159 - May 31st, 2023

Fixed

• Occasional crashes related to an obsolete and now replaced part of the player engine
• Possible loss of mixer settings after making adjustments to sample rate or buffer size
• Wrong settings file handling (affecting Synchorn Player)
• Mangled text on GUI elements when operating certain audio parameters
• A rare crash upon exit

Improved

• Faster plug-in instantiation times
• Reduced CPU load
• Removed option to use buffer size 32 in Standalone
• macOS: Apple Silicon ready

v1.2.92 - February 13th, 2023

Fixed

• Possible delay when closing the plugin
• Win: Crash at start, if the Windows user name contains special characters

Improved

• Logging

Changed

• Attention macOS: Mojave (10.14) is the new minimum system requirement

v1.2.88 - December 13th, 2022

Fixed

• Recently saved user presets could not be opened
• Status of "Unload samples with mixer channels" settings not recalled, correctly
• Crash when moving FX plugins on AUX channels
• Occasional crash during plugin close
• Possible crash when having unlicensed volumes present
• Possible crash on startup when an older version of Vienna Assistant is installed
• Rare crash on preset loading
• Possible crash when checking plugin updates while the plugin is being closed
• Possible crash during installation and subsequently when opening in Logic
• Possible crash when launching the player, if content on an external SSD is scanned
• Repaired "Set as default preset" in preset browser's right-click menu
• macOS: Prevent Vienna Assistant from opening when using AU plugin
• macOS: Correctly reset the Vienna Assistant popup during installation
• Win: Possible crash during installation

Improved

• Mouseovers
• Logging
• macOS: Prevent GUI from opening during installation in Vienna Assistant on systems older than Monterey

v1.2.79 - August 25th, 2022

Fixed

• Master Volume could load with wrong value in certain situations
• Standalone App not showing complete version number
• Digital Performer: VST2/VST3 plugins sometimes failing plugin scan
• macOS: Missing VST3 surround plugins
• macOS: Arrow keys not working inside of edit boxes in Standalone player

Improved

• Loading speed of presets
• Instantiation speed of plug-in
• Faster operation when using iLOK Cloud
• Drag-and-drop of multiple paths from Finder/Explorer now works in database settings
• Software update check now using Vienna Assistant

v1.2.64 - July 20th, 2022

Fixed

• MIDI Dump functionality, with minimal distance between keyswitches
• Rare crash involving keyswitches with multiple instances
• Crash when canceling save-as dialog in quit dialog
• Some typos in mouse-overs
• Background image of mixer FX windows

Added

• macOS: MIDI Driver (has been missing until now)
• Keyboard shortcuts for quit dialog in standalone, including mouse-overs

Removed

• Checking for updates in standalone, will be handled in Vienna Assistant
• Unintentional activation of Sound Variations (Studio One)

v1.2.54 - March 30th, 2022

Fixed

• Magenta colored popup menus in plug-in menus in Logic on Apple M1

Added

• Silent installer

March 17th, 2022

Changed

• Switch from eLicenser to iLok protection
• Attention: All newer versions are iLok only

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v1.1.77 - March 8th, 2022

Fixed

• Open last playmode when relaunching GUI
• Don't act on keyswitches set to "None"
• Correct keyswitch symbols for octave -2 when using C3 as middle C
• Correctly recall scale settings on DAW project launch in VST3
• Only play one release sample after release of sustain pedal, when playing repetitions
• Crash when GUI restarts with mixer in FX or AUX state

Changed

• Disable Sound Variations
• Faster load time by using pre-defined blurred background and compiling/creating cache after installation

Added

• Allow DAW plugin to set a default preset, not only standalone version
• MIDI Dump functionality

v1.1.61 - January 24th, 2022

Hotfix

• Pedaling Bank Window showed wrong keyswitches

Fixed

• Correctly open latest used play mode when re-opening plugin GUI in DAW
• Blurred background image not created on the fly anymore -> accelerates launch
• Remember user's controller assignment choice for master volume
• Correctly update scale picker, after preset load, to reflect changes in keyswitch assignment
• Don't act on keyswitches set to None

Added

• Enable "Set default preset" functionality for plugins in DAW, to allow to start a new instance with user-defined defaults

v1.1.59 - January 4th, 2022

Fixed

• Crashes that occured when tweaking audio parameters in the DAW
• Keyswitch labels were not updated properly when changing Middle C in Settings
• Cosmetic bugs in Settings
• macOS: AU Plug-in sometimes not validating correctly in Logic Pro

v1.1.52 - December 21st, 2021

Fixed

• Pedaling auto-save functionality didn't work, also improved wording
• "Always use velocity controller for Bisbigliando" functionality was broken
• Backwards stepper going forward
• Wrong pedaling load when switching to first bank
• Wrong URL to online manual

Changed

• Smaller installer size (removed obsolete images)
• Smaller RAM footprint (made streaming pool size smaller)