Synchron Piano Player - Version History
Windows 10 and newer
macOS 11 and newer
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 PerformerWIN
Problem displaying GUI in Digital PerformerWIN
Standalone: Broken channel loadingWIN
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 CubasemacOS
: Bad looks of Synchron Library Installer in Dark ModeWIN
: An issue that could cause a crash when closing host appWIN
: 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 locationWindows
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"