Legacy: Vienna Instruments Pro - Version History

v2.7.157 - August 1st, 2023

Fixed

• Auto-Voice feature was prone to cause crashes
• Copying a Matrix inside of Standalone app could cause a crash
• Tail time not properly reported for reverbs
• Older presets loading without algorithmic reverb enabled
• WIN: Bad scaling of standalone player on scaled displays

Improved

• Performance of MIRx engine
• macOS: Added Native Apple Silicon support

Changed

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

v2.6.110 - August 4th, 2022

Fixed

• macOS/Cubase: Conversion of VI / VI Pro elicenser projects was broken (no content was loaded)

Improved

• WIN: Saving speed

v2.6.99 - April 21st, 2022

Fixed

• Could not load VI-Pro exclusive content
• Standalone “Automation” shortcuts and menu not available

v2.6.95 - March 30th, 2022

Fixed

• macOS AU: Vienna Instruments were not loaded/converted reliably when loading old projects

March 17th, 2022

Changed

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

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v2.5.18664 - November 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

v2.5.18650 - July 29th, 2021

Fixed

• A crash in Standalone Player on macOS 10.10 and 10.11
• Missing visual studio runtime requirement on some Windows 10 systems
• Matrix list GUI bug when using lots of matrices
• A GUI freeze when adjusting matrix scale root key

v2.5.18641 - February 2nd, 2021

Fixed

• Wrong MIRx instrument matching for English Horn 2
• Wrong MIRx instrument matching for Harmonium
• Bug in venue display for MIRx venues with Retina resolution images

v2.5.18635 - July 6th, 2020

Added

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

Fixed

• Standalone crash when selecting audio output drivers only supplying mono channel
• Possible crash on exiting standalone or plugin host application when using latest eLicenser Control Center software
• Bad drawing of border for MIRx venue image in Retina modes

v2.5.18624 - May 25, 2020

Fixed

• Plugin GUI not showing in Digital Performer
• Standalone: Crashing when set to soundcards with less than 2 channels of output
• Standalone: Possible eLicenser crash when closing standalone Vienna Instruments

v2.5.18617 - May 13, 2020

Improved

• Automated crash reports

Fixed

• macOS: Bad looks of Directory Manager and Library Installer in Dark Mode
• macOS Catalina: Crash (or eLicenser message) when applying library updates
• WIN: Plug-in GUI scaling

v2.5.18579 (macOS only) - March 26, 2020

Fixed

• Library Installer did not work properly under macOS 10.15 (Catalina)

v2.5.18579 - March 5, 2020

Added

• Retina/HiDPI support (with 100% and 200% scaling options)
• Automated crash report handling for VI Pro Standalone

Optimized

• Installer sizes

Fixed

• macOS: An issue causing GUI to freeze when using context-menus in Cubase
• macOS: Installer look in macOS dark mode

v2.4.18457 - October 28, 2019

Added

• macOS Catalina Support
• Misc. stability fixes

v2.4.18067 - June 28, 2019

Added

• License support for upcoming products.
• Auto-humanization settings for Historic Winds

v2.4.17960 - May 7, 2019

Added

• Support for matrix name displays in VE Pro 7 articulation field.

v2.4.17930 - May 3, 2019

Fixed

• Key commands (1-8) not working when dragging patches from browser into slots

v2.4.17608 - May 2, 2019

Added

• Compatibility improvements for Vienna Ensemble Pro 7

v2.4.16779 - January 4, 2018

Added

• Legato Blur feature (MIDI CC 33)

Fixed

• GUI behavior problem with disabled cells feature

v2.4.16754 - December 20, 2017

Added

• Synchron Strings support
• Synchronize Control Map Option in Settings
• Support for Synchron Series update files in Directory Manager

Fixed

• Miscellaneous bug fixes and updates

v2.4.16399 - September 27, 2017

Attention: New System requirement macOS 10.10

Added

• Compatibility with macOS 10.13 High Sierra
• License support for future products

v2.4.15962 - May 31, 2017

Fixed

• Streaming thread settings not remembered (in VI PRO Settings)

v2.4.15912 - April 24, 2017

Added

• Feature for synchronizing slot mixer across matrix/preset

Fixed

• Slot context menu action "Matrix: Clear Slot" not working

v2.4.15869 - March 31, 2017

Added

• Support for new library products
• MIRx profile matching for several instruments
• Peak meters

Fixed

• Wrong MIRx preset assignments for several instruments
• AutoHumanize not working for certain presets

v2.4.15551 - December 1, 2016

Fixed

• macOS Sierra Preload settings in Directory Manager not remembered.

Added

• Matrix position MIDI dump functionality using CC in VI PRO Settings.

v2.4.15500 - November 17, 2016

Fixed

• Repetition sometimes not working properly
• An issue with timed release samples
• A rare crash in sample background loading
• Broken web URL (Go PRO)
• MIRx default venue not being properly stored/recalled

Added

• Auto-Guess for Violin 2 and Cello 2

v2.4.14074 - February 3, 2016

Fixed

• Sample RAM sometimes not released properly

Added

• Sorting for MIRx Venues

Improved

• Mixdown performance with Cubase Asio Guard 2

v2.4.13845 - October 1, 2015

Fixed

• Percussion release sample loading range extension exception
• MIDI driver installer compatibility

Updated

• MIRx profile matching for Dimension Brass II

Improved

• Humanize matching for Dimension Brass

v2.4.13670 - February 25, 2015

Improved

• humanization settings for certain instruments

Added

• Instrument Profiles and MIRx-Mode Presets for Vienna Whistler and Vienna Solo Voices (new MIRx Venues need to be installed)
• options to deselect Vienna Ensemble and plugin formats in installer

Fixed

• Crash in standalone when replacing patches with Ctrl-Alt-W (Win) / Command-Alt-W (OS X) command
• Fixed a memory leak
• Windows Issue with installer not working on 32-bit systems

v2.4.13477 - November 25, 2014

Added

• support for >2GB .dat files
• support for new update format

Fixed

• Crash in standalone when using a soundcard with more than 160 audio channels
• VI PRO Remote App updated to support new Android and PC web browsers (invalid screen size fixed)

v2.4.13408 - October 16, 2014

Fixed

• Stand-alone version did not support < 256 channel soundcards

Added

• OS X 10.10 Yosemite compatibility

v2.4.13333 - September 10, 2014

Fixed

• Dimension Basses compatibility troubles
• Crash on ProTools 11 exit with active plug-ins

v2.4.13260 - June 3, 2014

Fixed

• Regression in MIRx, causing some instances not to load the proper impulse

v2.4.13245 (OS X only) - May 27, 2014

Fixed

• OS X Library updater bug (CRC error message)

v2.4.13240 - May 26, 2014

Fixed

• Crash when loading plug-in without eLicenser key attached

v2.4.13209 - May 13, 2014

Fixed

• Rare crash when loading sequencer files
• Crash when running library update with lots of content assigned in Directory Manager
• MIRx: Impulse length problem with samplerates other than 44.1kHz

v2.4.13135 - March 5, 2014

Added

• Trumpet Bb muted profile detection for MIRx

Fixed

• Factory preset loading with reverb set to bypass
• Factory preset MIRx autodetection missing for some presets
• MIRx visual position update when loading matrices with a doubleclick
• Missing display of MIRx presets with dashes in the title

v2.4.12844 - December 6, 2013

Fixed

• Some Vienna Konzerthaus Organ patches were not matched to the correct MIRx impulse
• OS X Rare "installation not allowed, minimum OS version required" problem
• OS X Disabled App Nap for stand-alone instances in OSX 10.9 Mavericks

v2.4.12711 - September 2, 2013

Improved

• MIRx loading speed with startup presets
• Lowered MIRx thread count for large setups

Fixed

• Reverb slider handling on VI PRO Remote App
• Silent output when selecting MIRx without available MIRx impulses
• Crash with active MIRx in a startup preset while rapidly loading many instances
• Slow audio engine starts with MIRx activated
• Startup preset not loading GUI metadata
• Windows Digital Performer 8 sometimes not validating plug-in

v2.4.12535 - August 6, 2013

Fixed

• Presets or projects with activated reverb (ALGO) loaded with reverb set to "None".
• Basic View slider mapping for reverb (ALGO) wet/dry was lost when loading presets or projects with this mapping in place.
• Switching MIRx venues or MIRx latency with MIRx and "Synchronize" on changed venue for all plugins, regardless of their synchronization setting (in MIRx Settings)
• Preset browser sometimes showing no presets available until clicked.

v2.4.12517 - August 1, 2013

Added

• MIRx Reverb Mixing Extensions, see separate manual and VI PRO Manual for details

Optimized

• File handle usage to allow loading of super large setups within Vienna Ensemble Pro (>1 million samples)
• Directory Manager extended to handle future (larger) content update files.

v2.3.12337 - June 26, 2013

Added

• RTAS-AAX migration

v2.3.12334 - June 22, 2013

Added

• Full support for Pro Tools 11 (please note: AAX version now requires ProTools v10.3.5 or later).
• AAX known issues: RTAS plugins will not automatically be converted to AAX-64 plugins.
• Support for Dimension Cellos

Fixed

• Rare GUI crash
• Matrix output 5/6 and 7/8 not working if no other outputs are active

v2.3.12173 - April 17, 2013

Updated

• Auto-humanization entries (some patches were missing auto-humanization information)

Fixed

• Switching between cells while using the auto voice feature can cause strange results.
• Fixed in the Matrix Controller "Interval Map": Interval threshold not being stored/recalled properly.
• Keyboard envelope not updating properly after pasting or loading matrices
• Keyboard envelope values not exactly matching with graph
• Rare crash when loading new patches during playback

v2.3.11989 - February 11, 2013

Added

• Support for "load cells disabled" in Vienna Ensemble PRO 5

v2.3.11896 - December 5, 2012

Fixed

• Transposing low patches outside of keyboard range could cause a crash
• Reverb not controllable with VI PRO Remote App

v2.3.11859 - November 22, 2012

Added

• AAX plug-in version
• VI Pro Remote app and virtual Vienna Instruments MIDI driver (MIDI Dump)
• "Compact cell" context menu option to Matrix / Slot Rack (closes gaps between articulations in cell rows 1 and 2)
• Allow two hosts to run Vienna Instruments Pro on the same machine

Fixed

• Rare hang issue when loading certain patches from updated libraries
• Rare crash when loading large matrices/presets
• Rare crash in keyboard state updates
• Auto-enable cells feature unsynchronized at startup
• Rare volume bug in voice processing
• Switching between matrix cells could cause clicks & pops
• Switching cells with auto-enable cells active could cause a crash

Removed

• OS X Dropped support for OS X 10.5 Leopard

v2.3.11630 - October 4, 2012

Fixed

- Switching between matrix cells could cause clicks & pops

Switching cells with auto-enable cells active could cause a crash

v2.3.11515 - September 17, 2012

Added

• Increased number of available slots from 8 to 16
• Optimized wave triggering, reducing peak CPU loads
• Updated abbreviation list for correct cell names
• "Enable Cells on MIDI Activity" option to the Settings menu. Default: Disabled
• possibility to define middle C as C3, C4 or C5 in the Settings Menu. Default: C4
• link-volume function to slot mixer, linking A and B slots volumes
• link-pan function to slot mixer, linking A and B slots pans
• context functions to slot mixer: "Replicate Mixer State (Matrix)" and "Replicate Mixer State (All Matrices)"
• loading progress call for Vienna Ensemble Pro
• APP Sequencer: Added possibility to merge sequences by holding Shift when pressing import/load
• Optimized loading times of patch data roughly 30%
• Clearing a matrix now turns off APP Sequencer
• Changed negation sign in browser search to "!"

Fixed

• Slot mask scaling problem
• Instantiation of plug-ins in several threads can cause lockup
• Sequenced notes do not auto-activate cells
• refresh bug in Directory Manager
• Keyswitch C~ not assignable
• OS X invalid gatekeeper signature issue

v2.2.11242 - August 4, 2012

Fixed

• Problem with volume increase for the first note played after silence
• Installer and applications are now compatible with Gatekeeper in Mountain Lion OS X 10.8

Added

• Realtime tuning sysex support to standalone

v2.2.11091 - July 11, 2012

Added

• Setting for loading legacy presets and projects with monophonic legato (Settings)

Fixed

• Instrument can crash when enabling/disabling built-in reverb
• Upright Bass legato not playing when loaded

v2.2.10738 - May 14, 2012

Fixed

• License Special Edition DVD Installation not working properly
• Keyswitch velocity for Y-axis cannot be selected from Vasic View page
• Meters not resetting when switching between silent instruments in VE/VE Pro

v2.2.10674 - May 9, 2012

Fixed

• Installer now doesn't install 32-bit standalone on 64-bit systems
• Bug in sequencer piano roll updates
• Sequencer stays ON when loading a legacy VI matrix

Improved

• Brightness utility removed, now accessible from settings inside the instrument
• Rewritten sample streaming core, voices are now shared between all instances
• Drastically lowered memory usage per instance
• GUI performance

Added

• engine control settings (see manual)
• unlimited polyphony on bounce (Settings)
• voice and dropout meter to Perform tab

v2.0.10217 - February 22, 2012

Fixed

• GUI performance improvements
• Sustain pedal sometimes behaving improperly
• Some legato patch sustains were improperly timestretched
• Velocity Xfade controller assignment not loading properly.
• Slot Octave/Semitone transpose giving strange results with legato patches
• Disable EQ/Reverb not recalled properly in combination with MIR
• Directory manager did not clear "red" directories after rescan
• Sequence not updated after "load sequence" operation
• Clearing matrix did not remove sequences
• Repeat first note not recalled properly
• Stand-alone crash with certain MIDI Sysex input

Added

• context menu options to enable/disable row/column of matrix
• options for confirm/overwrite preset/matrix

Improved

• project/preset/matrix loading and saving speed
• performance of disk streaming
• CPU usage of inactive instances
• Added Keyswitch Range as controller for Matrix Y-axis.
• Windows Added signing to installer and executables

v2.0.9753 - November 28, 2011

Fixed

• Normalize powerpan not behaving correctly for certain patches
• Library installer not adding installation directory to Directory Manager
• OS X Library installer crashing on ending installation

v2.0.9735 - November 25, 2011

Fixed

• RTAS plugin outputs < 7+8 not working

Added

• Windows Added separate folder install for 32- and 64-bit plugins

v2.0.9687 - November 23, 2011

Fixed

• Powerpan values not updating on copy/paste of cells.
• Sequencer not updating immediately after import of midi file
• Sequencer Import MIDI causing crash
• Auto-Voicing not working
• Normalize Powerpan operations do not update internal slot mixer pan matrix properly
• Directory Manager update format mismatch

Improved

• autonaming of cells
• distribution of auto-voicing feature

v2.0.9624 - November 16, 2011

Added

• Multiple features added in Version 2, see manual for details

v1.1.8778 (OS X 10.5.7 and higher only) - August 23, 2011

Added

• OS X: Library Installer updated to work with OS X 10.7 (Lion)

v1.1.8008 - April 12, 2011

Fixed

• bug causing crash after library updates

Added

• support for new download instruments
• splashscreen to standalone (shows up while scanning licenses on start-up)

v1.1.7846 - March 11, 2011

Fixed

• "Vel.XF" and "Release" On/Off buttons sometimes displayed as ON even if engine status was OFF
• some keypresses (on the computer keyboard) not being recognized properly
• bug causing certain Dimension Brass patches to make audio engine go silent

Improved

• support for MIDI Realtime tuning messages
• OS X Improved loading speed

Added

• support for MIDI Bulk tuning messages
• OS X VST Added Cocoa view for VST 64-bit

v1.1.7644 - January 20, 2011

Fixed

• Loading of certain patches caused eLicenser error messages
• Powerpan pots in slot rack mixer constantly repainting
• Controller mapping list does not update between instances in VEPro
• Timestretched patches produce silent output

v1.1.7516 - December 20, 2010

Fixed

• bug causing auto-voicing setup page not to update properly
• File-Browser now updates on any filesystem event, including saving presets or matrices in other instances.
• small refresh bug in Matrix when using with VE Pro - Audio engine optimizations, about 15-20% lower CPU usage.
• OS X Fixed improper platform detection on mac installer for 64-bit kernel
• OS X Changed location of cache file to proper location

Added

• Added option to auto-scroll matrix list to selection

Improved

• streaming performance
• Optimizations to project/patch loading speeds, especially for SSD drives
• Linked cell position of matrixes with same dimensions

v1.1.7349 - November 23, 2010

Fixed

• unclear naming in Pro Tools 9 insert slots
• occasional latent clicks in release samples
• Library Updates are now made through directory manager (by dragging a file on top of directory list)
• hang when loading a time-stretched patch
• Prevent abrupt volume jump when switching cells with different velocity curve in VelXF mode
• Display current played repetition
• Allow manual entry to integer spin boxes
• Matrix Keyswitch Entry is allowed
• Legacy VI presets will now load with 64 polyphony for consistency
• Correct restoring of panning with matrix preset
• lack of looping playback on several patches
• incorrect Just Intonation scale values
• OS X Ctrl-click not working as right click in Cocoa AU view

Added

• ability to disable tooltips (version info menu)
• Copy/Paste/Reset for master filter settings
• Copy/Paste/Reset for mixer parameters
• Copy/Paste/Reset for keyboard curve and range
• Copy/Paste/Clear for Humanize Settings

Removed

• manual and download manager from installation procedure

v1.1.7043 - September 24, 2010

Added

• backwards compatibility for Directory Manager

Fixed

• repetition problem for selected patches with more than 12 repetitions in VI PRO

v1.0.7030 - September 23, 2010

Fixed

• audio burst/silence when playing a note before any previous processing occurred
• Added ability to change custom data folder
• All Directory Manager settings are now per-user
• incorrect displaying of loaded waves count
• crashes when hosted in Notion
• Humanize Preset name not being preserved when copying a slot
• Program changes over 100 are now interpreted correctly.
• OS X Fixed right click or Ctrl-click not working in RTAS

v1.0.6853 - August 28, 2010

Fixed

• internal state of powerpan not properly restoring on preset load (Slot Mixer Tab)
• OS X right click or Ctrl-click not working in RTAS
• Windows Fixed crashes on Windows XP32 and Win XP64. Win XP64 is not actively supported, but works.

v1.0.6844 - August 25, 2010

Added

• Vienna Instruments PRO Brightness application that lets you adjust the contrast of VI PRO

Fixed

• looping patches cutting off abruptly in some circumstances
• Delete key printing a "turtle" character in VI Pro editor
• Windows Showing proper build revision in installer and application name
• Windows Fixed RTAS version not working on some Pro Tools configurations page