Synchron Piano Player - Version History

v1.3.1079 - October 23rd, 2024

Fixed

• Crash when opening Surround version
• Slow preset changes
• Windows: Vienna Helper tool opened in Command Line
• Cubase unter Windows: Langsames Schließen der Benutzeroberfläche / Absturzursache beim Schließen einer Session, wenn die Benutzeroberfläche offen war

Improved

• Implemented iLok's workaround for AMD Zen 5 CPUs

v 1.3.1052 - October 14th, 2024

Fixed

• Occasional erratic behaviour regarding (re-)pedal noises
• Hang when enabling/disabling Continuous Pedal in settings
• macOS: Ableton Live VST2 - Hang when loading a preset.

Improved

• Digital Performer: Player reacts now to ALLSOUNDSOFF controller message

Added

• Increased Output Channel Count to 11

v1.3.973 - 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

v1.3.936 - 12. Juli 2024

Fixed:

• Possible crash when using multiple instances of Synchron Piano Player
• Possible crash when scanning incompatible files

v1.3.925 - July 1st, 2024

Fixed:

• A possible stack memory corruption when using lossless Synchron Pianos libraries
• Master channel EQ not reset when loading new presets
• Compressor, Limiter and Expander losing sound after copying effect or restarting audio engine
• Limiter make-up gain ignored on bounce
• Possible exit crash
• Possible crash when unplugging iLok

v1.3.878 - May 31st, 2024

Fixed

• AU plug-in would not validate in Logic Pro 11
• Rare crash related to headphone outputs

Improved

• General stability

v1.3.858 - May 17th, 2024

Hotfix

• Possible crash on exit

v1.3.849 - May 14th, 2024

Improved

• Multithreading performance on Apple Silicon

v1.3.816 - April 12th, 2024

Improved

• Multicore Processing Support

Fixed

• On very rare occasions ilok Cloud license was not recognized
• Crash when scanning volumes with broken permissions/access

Changed macOS

• macOS Big Sur (11) is the new minimum system requirement

v1.3.720 - February 13th, 2024

Fixed

• Occasional crashes on exit
• Minor adjustments to the Play page
• AAX: Potential hang when re-opening ProTools projects
• macOS: Poor performance on M1/M2 Ultra CPUs

Improved

• General performance on CPUs with high core counts
• More accurate handling of key release noises

Added

• New Master Bus on the Mix page
• Support for upcoming Synchron Pianos

v1.3.453 - September 13th, 2023

Improved

• Reduced CPU load when triggering voices
• More descriptive error message when no license is found

v1.3.407 - May 23rd, 2023

Hotfix

• High CPU load of algorithmic reverb
• High CPU load of room reverb DSP module

v1.3.395 - May 15th, 2023

Fixed

• Losing mixer settings after adjusting sample rate or buffer size

Improved

• Removed option to use buffer size 32 in standalone

v1.3.368 - April 26th, 2023

Fixed

• Occasional distorted sound in DSP module Delay
• Too loud release samples for sample rates other than 44100 Hz
• Occasional crashes

v1.3.301 - March 14th, 2023

Improved

• macOS: Apple Silicon ready
• Faster plug-in instantiation times

Fixed

• Occasional crashes related to a now obsolete and replaced part of the player engine
• A rare crash upon exit
• Other minor bug fixes

Changed

• Attention Win: Windows 10 is the new minimum system requirement

v1.2.158 - February 13th, 2023

Fixed

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

Improved

• Option in settings to hide the Steinway D-274 Light, if one has access to the normal version as well
• Logging

Changed

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

v1.2.142 - December 20th, 2022

Fixed

• macOS: Audio dropouts when using the plugin in a DAW with the plugin's window closed

v1.2.122 - December 12th, 2022

Fixed

• "Set as default preset" in preset browser's right-click menu didn't work
• Well-hidden GUI crash when loading a default preset at startup

v1.2.118 - December 8th, 2022

Fixed

• Possible crash when launching the player, if content on an external SSD is scanned
• Correctly reset the Vienna Assistant popup during Mac installation
• Possible crash during Win installation

v1.2.116 - December 6th, 2022

Fixed

• Possible crash when checking plugin updates while the plugin is being closed
• Possible crash during installation and subsequently when opening in Logic
• Crash when moving FX plugins on AUX channels
• Occasional crash during plugin close
• Possible crash on startup when an older version of Vienna Assistant is installed
• Possible crash when having unlicensed data volumes present
• Rare crash on preset loading
• macOS: Prevent Vienna Assistant from opening when using AU plugin

Improved

• Support for Fazioli F308 and its Fourth Pedal
• Configurable pedal CCs in Preferences
• Logging
• Mouseovers
• Streaming performance of freshly loaded presets/projects

Changed

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

v1.2.85 - August 30th, 2022

Hotfix

• Recently saved user presets could not be opened

Improved

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

v1.2.83 - August 25th, 2022

Fixed

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

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

v1.2.68 - June 15th, 2022

Fixed

• A crash when releasing sustain pedal after holding certain notes for very long
• An issue with NKS playable range reporting when using the Timbre parameter
• VST3 bypass parameter not responding in certain situations
• Loading certain old presets/projects didn't work

Added

• Support for upcoming piano models

v1.2.51 - March 30th, 2022

Fixed

• macOS: Magenta colored popup menus in plug-ins under Logic on Apple M1

Added

• Silent installer

v1.2.48 - March 22nd, 2022

Fixed

• Greyed out "Ext" mixer channels in Concert D-274

March 17th, 2022

Changed

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

---

v1.1.1555 - January 4th, 2022

Fixed

• Keyboard was one octave off when playing external keyboard

v1.1.1539 - Nov 15th, 2021

Fixed

• Mac: Plugin GUI not showing on macOS Monterey

Improved

• General imorovements and stability updates

Changed

• Mac: Minimum macOS version is now 10.13

v1.1.1529 - March 5th, 2021

Fixed

• A crash when increasing buffersize from small to large while playing
• Certain Velocity Map settings could improperly affect release sample volumes

v1.1.1527 - March 3rd, 2021

Added

• Smooth Attack feature (PLAY Tab)
• Velocity Map Editor (EDIT Tab)
• Half Pedal Editor (EDIT Tab)

Improved

• Cleaned up some GUI elements

Fixed

• Insert FX windows could sometimes pop outside of screen
• Sympathetic Resonance not applied on all close channels on some piano models
• EQ parameters on Edit page are not correctly rounded

v1.1.1522 - February 2nd, 2021

Added

• Support for Bösendorfer 280VC

Improved

• Sound of master resampler (when running at samplerates other than 44.1kHz)
• Voice stealing algorithm

Fixed

• Sympathetic resonance was not applied correctly to pedalled notes
• Occasional GUI crash on internal FX-Plug-ins

v1.1.1518 - August 7th, 2020

Added

• VST3 plug-in version
• Missing mouseover help texts for various elements

Improved

• Lowered RAM usage per player

Fixed

• An issue that could cause streaming to drop out on machines with many CPU cores
• An issue that could cause a crash when setting a default preset in Synchron Pianos

v1.1.1508 - July 7th, 2020

Added

• Feedback dialog upon application crash
• Link to online manuals in plugin header (?-Button)

Fixed

• Keyboard range display not considering Timbre Shift
• Missing key release noises on Boesendorfer Imperial
• WIN Crash when scanning VST3 plug-in with Cubase 8.5

v1.1.1496 - May 25th, 2020

Added

• Support for new Synchron Pianos
• Standalone: Default preset settings (right-click preset in Preset Browser)

Fixed

• Selecting keys in editor with Shift selects last key as well
• Problem displaying presets using international characters
• GUI bug showed wrong octave on the keyboard
• Keyboard didn't respond to octave/semitone transpositions
• Strange behavior when tweaking multiple values in key editor at once
• Some preset descriptions not showing up when hovering over preset name in browser
• Selecting "refresh" on the preset browser (right-click => context menu) doesn't switch to preset root mode
• WIN GUI positioning in Digital Performer
• WIN Problem displaying GUI in Digital Performer
• WIN Standalone: Broken channel loading
• WIN Standalone: Crashing when checking for update on some systems

v1.1.1470 (Windows only) - May 14th, 2020

Fixed

• HotFix WIN: Possible Crash during update check on some systems

v1.1.1469 - May 13th, 2020

Added

• Automatic Crash Reporting
• Windows HiDPI installers

Improved

• Plugin opening times
• macOS: GUI responsiveness in Cubase

Fixed

• Crash when using samplerate other than 44.1kHz and leaving project idle for a long time
• Handling of plugin scaling in multi-monitor setups with mixed resolutions
• Crash when repeatedly opening mixer context menu
• Copy/paste clipboard issues
• Buggy window resizing behavior in certain VST/VST3 hosts
• Last mixer channel title not updating under certain circumstances
• Crash when loading presets while playing
• (Rare) crash when hosted in Komplete Kontrol
• A possible crash in context menu handling
• Scaling of Standalone when loaded on a non-primary display
• Folder- and file-dialogs not respecting monitor scale settings
• GUI bug when refreshing preset browser
• macOS: Graphical glitch occuring when hosted in Cubase
• macOS: Bad looks of Synchron Library Installer in Dark Mode
• WIN: An issue that could cause a crash when closing host app
• WIN: Mouse pointer position being off after tweaking knobs/spinboxes with display scaling

v1.1.1413 - January 16th, 2020

Fixed

• Possible crash in Standalone when starting automatic update
• Crash after 12.5h of playback at 48kHz (6.25h at 96kHz)
• Reverb output setting not recalled properly

v1.1.1408 - December 16th, 2019

Added

• Support for Bösendorfer Upright Piano
• Drag-n-drop of folders into database (Preferences)

Improved

• GUI Browser stability

Fixed

• A problem with handling international characters in content paths, causing plugin to crash on open
• MacOS (AU) Plug-in window could crash host upon closing.
• Windows Logging

v1.1.1387 (MacOS only) - November 13th, 2019

Fixed

• MacOS (AU) Plug-in window could crash host upon closing.

v1.1.1386 - October 28th, 2019

Added

• macOS Catalina support

Fixed

• A bug in the VST3 plugins, causing undefined behavior
• Inconsistent behavior in EQ menu
• Possible inconsistent latency compensation
• Windows Not possible to use drive root as library location
• Windows Junction Point paths not resolving for volume scan paths

v1.1.1375 - July 26th, 2019

Added

• Standalone app
• Built-in effects for mixer

v1.1.1333 - June 4th, 2019

Added

• Support for upcoming products

v1.1.1257 - May 2nd, 2019

Added

• Compatibility Improvements for Vienna Ensemble Pro 7 Vienna Symphonic Library

v1.1.1160 - December 25th, 2018

Added

• Modifier keys for extended selection in the key editor

Fixed

• Panning sometimes nonfunctional in mixer
• Steinway D Extremely high voice count when playback stops on some hosts
• An issue which could cause parameters not to update properly
• Inverted reverb damping control

v1.1.1127 - December 12th, 2018

Fixed

• Steinway D Extremely high voice count when playback stops on some hosts

v1.1.1124 - December 12th, 2018

Added

• Timbre Shift Feature

Fixed

• No release samples played when soft pedal is pressed

v1.1.1103 - December 6th, 2018

Added

• Support for Steinway D

Improved

• Performance when releasing sustain pedal
• Rare crashes when closing sessions

v1.0.1062 - November 27th, 2018

Fixed

• Rare crash when switching presets
• VST2 GUI showing blank in Cubase 10 (Win)

v1.0.1058 - November 24th, 2018

Fixed

• Mixer View was not accessible in previous version.

v1.0.1056 - November 23rd, 2018

Added

• Compatibility with current Vienna Ensemble and Vienna Ensemble Pro versions.

v1.0.1034 - November 12th, 2018

Improved

• Selecting a key in key editor only works when holding Shift or Command/Ctrl. Clicking without a modifier will play the key
• General stability improvements

v1.0.915 - September 21st, 2018

Fixed

• Possibly broken half-pedal feature after toggling "Activate Continuous Sustain Pedal" on and off in Preferences

v1.0.841 - July 30th, 2018

Fixed

• "Force disable all slots" setting in Synchron Player affecting Synchron Pianos

v1.0.835 - July 24th, 2018

Improved

• GUI opening speed
• Preset loading times
• CPU usage of built-in mixer

Fixed

• Some notes having an unnatural fade-in
• Possible hang during mixdown
• An issue which could cause a hang on a disk streaming dropout
• Flickering voice counter in status bar
• A crash when double-clicking the CPU meter

v1.0.750 - June 12th, 2018

Added

• "Release Extension" algorithm and parameters (EDIT View)
• "Release Sample level" parameter (EDIT View)

Fixed

• Folder selection bug in library installer
• Occasional crashes on plug-in insert

v1.0.636 - May 19th, 2018

Fixed

• Faulty ini/plist file sometimes crashing plug-in validation

v1.0.582 - May 16th, 2018

Added

• Per-note tuning parameters (Edit View)

Improved

• Release sample behaviour
• Half-pedal sound behaviour
• Error handling of Synchron Library Installer
• CPU usage

Fixed

• GUI bug "floating X" when opening settings window
• Sometimes, too short/soft release sample were picked for louder velocities
• Presets now also have correct default frequencies for the note equalizers (Edit View)
• Broken delay On/Off switch in Mixer
• Click on pitch bending
• Deactivated half-pedaling logic when continuous sustain pedal is deactivated in Synchron Pianos Settings.

v1.0.530 - May 10th, 2018

Improved

• Half-pedaling sound and behaviour
• Release Sample behaviour
• Low-Latency CPU usage

Adjusted

• Trigger-points for Sus/Soft/Sost pedals, should now be compatible with certain scoring apps

Added

• Streaming dropout detection and notification

Fixed

• Broken sustain pedal behaviour when using transpose feature
• An issue that could cause a crash while loading
• EDIT view page per-note controls not functioning properly
• Sometimes notes without EQ applied could get EQ applied anyway
• Glitchy noises on streaming dropouts
• Equalizer bypass sometimes not respected after audio engine change
• Possible crash on exiting host application while voices are playing
• Default frequencies for keys off by one note in EDIT view

v1.0.464 - May 2nd, 2018

Fixed

• Release sample behaviour when using Sustain pedal
• Improper release samples triggered for very short notes with pedal up
• Dynamics parameter not affecting release samples
• Pedal noises not working properly
• Hang when instantiating plugin without eLicenser key, containing the corresponding license, connected

Changed

• User presets path is now "userDataPath/VSL/Vienna Synchron Pianos/Presets" instead of "userDataPath/Presets"