Synchron Player - Version History
Windows 10 and newer
macOS 11 and newer
v1.3.1836 - November 5th, 2024
Added
- Support for Duality Strings Essentials
- New Splash Screen for Standalone
Fixed
- Studio 1 Sound Variations: Fixed Sound Variations on the first loaded Flow Preset
v1.3.1785 - October 23rd, 2024
Fixed
- Crash when opening Surround version
- Windows: Vienna Helper tool opened in Command Line
- Cubase on Windows: Slow GUI closing / crash when closing the session when GUI was open
Improved
- Implemented iLok's workaround for AMD Zen 5 CPUs
v 1.3.1748 - October 14th, 2024
Fixed
- Ocasional Start-Up crash due to corrupted cache file
Added
- Increased Output Channel Count to 11
Improved
- Digital Performer: Player reacts now to MIDI ALLSOUNDSOFF controller
- macOS: Ableton Live VST2 - Hang when loading a preset.
v 1.3.1674 - September 10th, 2024
Fixed
- A crash when closing the GUI of the surround plug-in
- A crash when clicking/moving mouse on specific locations of Flow preset page
- A rare crash on sample loading when hosted in Vienna Ensemble Pro / Vienna Ensemble
- An update issue in the slot xfade editor
- A potential crash during initialization of Flow User Interface
- Keyboard events not passed on to host when in Flow View
- A potential crash upon loading
- Window size being stored/recalled incorrectly
- View size too large for AU plug-in in Digital Performer
- Studio One: Sound Variations not working properly when switching from Flow to Precision mode
- Digital Performer: Articulation Maps didn't work
Improved:
- Performance when automating dimension controllers
- Threading optimizations
v 1.3.1657 - September 3rd, 2024
Fixed
- Various stability fixes
Added
- Flow support for Synchron Prime Edition
- New control switch: Interval
v1.3.1577 - 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
- Studio One: SoundVariations not working correctly for dimensions with slot crossfade enabled
v1.3.1499 - July 12th, 2024
Fixed:
- Possible crash when having multiple plug-ins using the same content
- Possible crash when scanning incompatible files
v1.3.1485 - July 5th, 2024
Fixed:
- Crash when triggering dimensions with a single slot and assigned continuous controller
- Crash when using time stretching
v1.3.1463 - July 2nd, 2024
Fixed:
- Master channel EQ not reset when loading mixer 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 key
Added:
- Support for libraries using Lossless compression
- Slot Crossfade Editor
- New Slot Controller: Sequence
v1.3.1263 - April 11th, 2024
Added
- Vienna Power House support
Fixed
- Crash when scanning volumes with broken permissions/access
- When reloading a previously selected humanize preset, that preset was empty
v1.3.1242 - March 28th, 2024
Fixed
- Clicking User tab in MIDI Loop Player caused a GUI crash
- ADSR Curve: Can increase Sustain value above 0
- Muted Sound and red meters when restarting playback in the middle of a MIDI region in Logic
- Tiny and miscolored menus after moving player to a second monitor
- Return channel names were not properly updated after loading some presets
Improved
- Handling of Transpose spinboxes in Edit view
v1.3.1137 - February 2nd, 2024
Fixed
- A crash when renaming columns in the dimension tree
- Timbre Adjust functionality did not consider octave/tuning settings
- Inconsistent drag-n-drop reordering of slots
- A parameter sync issue which could cause DC offset on the output
- First slot not automatically renaming upon adding new patch
- Mixer channel names not updating properly to reflect the state of loaded presets
- Mixer FX view sync issue, not reflecting loaded preset
- NKS Lightguide not working properly with VST3 plugin
- Slot sometimes sticking to mouse pointer while dragging
- macOS: Bad performance on M1/M2 Ultra CPUs
Improved
- General performance on CPUs with high core counts
Added
- Master Bus
v1.3.810 - August 18th, 2023
Fixed
- Cmd/Ctrl-A command for selecting all text inside text field not working in certain hosts
- Pasting text would paste twice in certain hosts
- Dragging a patch name into a slot should auto-rename the slot, unless slot has been manually renamed
- Clearing the name of a slot does not allow the slot to be auto-renamed
- Loading of pasted sampler data could fail when rangeFrom/rangeTo is missing
- Opened FX editor becoming unresponsive after changing project sample rate
- FX slots not updating when loading Mixer Presets
Improved
- Faster loading of patches/presets (up to 3x faster for largest presets)
- Faster opening of Player GUI
- Faster addition/removal of mixer channels
- Faster switching between mixer BASIC/AUX/FX view
Added
- Patch counter on status bar
v1.3.781 - Jul 26th, 2023
Hotfix
- Clicks in legatos of all Special Editions
v1.3.734 - Jul 4th, 2023
Fixed
- Room Reverb and Plate Reverb modules cutting off sound too early if no input signal is present.
- High CPU load of room reverb DSP module
- Phasing issues when clicking with mouse on slots while using Dim.Ctrl/XFade
- Rare crash in voice triggering
- WIN: Volumes with file paths longer than 260 characters not working
- WIN: Clipboard could end up non-functional after paste operation
Improved
- Increased loading speed of presets/projects
- Lower realtime peak CPU usage
- Slot title now kept when creating folder from slot
- Last location now remembered when saving/loading mixer presets
Changed
- Renamed the classic “Dynamic Range” Controller to “Dynamic Compression” for all existing products
Added
- Support for new libraries
- New “Dynamic Range” Controller that can now compress and expand the Dynamic Range
- Clear Slot option
- Humanize settings for upcoming libraries
v1.3.636 - May 15th, 2023
Fixed
- Losing mixer settings after adjusting sample rate or buffer size
Improved
- Removed option to use buffer size 32 in standalone
v1.3.602 - April 25th, 2023
Fixed
- Possible crash when using the Rotary DSP plugin followed by another plugin in a mixer channel
- Occasional distorted sound in DSP module Delay
- Crash when loading Vienna Power Drums Presets
- Occasionally not loading background image after changing preset
v1.3.526 - March 9th, 2023
Fixed
- Delay FX plug-in could lead to sound bursts
- Sound Variations for Studio One didn't work (VST3)
- Program Changes were not handled
- After long idle time release samples were not triggered anymore
Improved WIN
- CPU performance when using XFade
v1.3.518 - March 1st, 2023
Improved macOS
- Apple Silicon ready
Improved
- Faster plug-in instantiation times
- Faster convolution engine
Fixed
- Occasional crashes related to a now obsolete engine part
- A rare crash upon exit
Changed
- Attention Win: Windows 10 is the new minimum system requirement
v1.2.229 - January 30th, 2023
Fixed
- Possible delay when closing the plugin
Fixed 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
v1.2.220 - December 13th, 2022
Fixed
- Possible crash when checking plugin updates while the plugin is being closed
- 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
- GUI hang when loading certain user presets
- Occasionally, GUI would not correctly load background & controllers
- 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: Possible crash during installation and subsequently when opening in Logic
- macOS: Correctly reset the Vienna Assistant popup during installation
- Win: Possible crash during installation
Improved
- Mouseovers
- Logging
v1.2.197 - October 3rd, 2022
Fixed
- Crash when moving FX plugins on AUX channels
- Occasional crash during plugin close
- MIDI Loop Player not showing MIDI files
- macOS: Prevent Vienna Assistant from opening when using AU plugin
Improved
- Performance and behavior of Velocity Xfade
- Copy/Paste on PERFORM and CONTROL pages now only acts on its own page, added option to copy/paste settings of both
v1.2.174 - 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
v1.2.171 - August 25th, 2022
Fixed
- Loading a project with missing impulse (missing content), and then saving it, caused the impulse information to be lost
- Some older user presets not loading
- Some elements in the "Perform" tab were greyed out, even though they were still functional
- 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 and patches
- 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
- Performance of Vel.XF use with very large presets
- Performance of pitch shifting with very large presets
v1.2.124 - July 14th, 2022
Fixed
- macOS: Sound Variations not working at all
v1.2.123 - July 8th, 2022
Added
- Auto-guessing MIR instrument profiles when loading SYNCHRON-ized presets in VE Pro
Fixed
- Potential crash when loading certain presets
v1.2.112 - March 30th, 2022
Added
- Silent installer
Fixed
- macOS: Magenta colored popup menus in plug-in menus in Logic on Apple M1
March 17th, 2022
Changed
- Switch from eLicenser to iLok protection
- Attention: All newer versions are iLok only
v1.1.2063 - Dec 9th, 2021
Improved
- General optimizations and maintenance
v1.1.2060 - Nov 24th, 2021
Fixed
- MIDI Loop Player did not open
v1.1.2053 - Nov 15th, 2021
Fixed
- Mac: Plugin GUI not showing on macOS Monterey
Improved
- General imorovements and stability updates
v1.1.2046 - Sept 20th, 2021
Added
- Auto-humanize settings for new instruments
Fixed
- Offset error in Control Change parameters for VST3
- A rare crash when loading presets
v1.1.2037 - July 13th, 2021
Added
- Possibility to "set collapsed/expanded by default" for Factory and User Presets (right-click the folder to see the options)
Fixed
- A bug concerning Velocity used as a controller to switch between slots in a dimension
- Removed CC1 a "default controller" from mouseover description
v1.1.2032 - July 6th, 2021
Added
- Timbre Adjust feature
- Dark Mode support for Standalone Player
- Fullscreen Mode for Standalone Player
- Larger buttons for adding mixer channels
- Autohumanize settings for new libraries
- Widener insert effect
Improved
- Sound of patches with Velocity X-fade filtering
- Performance when triggering >256 voices at once
- Scripting performance
Fixed
- A forward compatibility issue causing GUI hang when loading presets created with a newer version of Player
- Wrong position of preset button
- Slot output routing configuration could fail when switching between similar presets with different routing
- Visual Studio redistributable sometimes not installed
Changed
- Attention macOS: High Sierra (10.13) is the new minimum system requirement
v1.1.1976 - April 7th, 2021
Improved
- Poly Legato behavior
Fixed
- A crash in Standalone Player on macOS 10.10 and 10.11
- Missing visual studio runtime requirement on some Windows 10 systems
- Possibly wrong slot output routing matrix when loading presets created prior to the introduction of this feature
v1.1.1967 - March 7th, 2021
Hotfix
- Polyphonic legato not working as intended
v1.1.1966 - March 5th, 2021
Added
- Legato transition threshold support for upcoming content
- Humanization settings for new instruments
Fixed
- A crash when increasing buffersize from small to large while playing
- A crash when hovering mouse on different presets in preset browser
- Improved behavior of file dialogs
- Using the "Disable MIR" option in VE Pro could cause unexpected behavior in mixer
- Excessive GUI logging causing lag for certain operations
- Clicking "info" buttons could cause multiple tabs to open in browser
v1.1.1954 - August 20th, 2020
Fixed
- A memory leak in the key information window
- A memory leak in insert FX editors
- Possible crash when adjusting sample start offset parameter while playing
- Sample start offset parameter showing the wrong value when switching between slots
- MIDI Dump: Dumping current keyswitches and controllers (through midi driver) didn't work properly for slots having keyswitch set to "white notes"
- Updating player software on Windows uninstalling any installed VSL NKS content
v1.1.1949 - August 7th, 2020
Added
- Missing mouseover help texts for various elements
- Slot Legato Mode "Off"
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
- Mixing stacked slots with and without legato behaving improperly. A new option in the SLOT Legato Mode option (Off) solves this.
v1.1.1939 - July 17th, 2020
Added
- Autohumanize entries for newer BBO: Brass products
Fixed
- Flaw in the behaviour of Velocity XFade (introduced with 1.1.1937)
- An issue that sometimes no enabled keyswitch was found on NKS keyboard
v1.1.1937 - July 7th, 2020
Added
- Feedback dialog upon application crash
- Link to online manuals in plugin header (
?
-Button)
Improved
- Visibility of Xfade mode in the PERFORM Tab
Fixed
- NKS keyswitches now latching when appropriate
WIN
Crash when scanning VST3 plug-in with Cubase 8.5
v1.1.1906 - May 25th, 2020
Fixed
- Some preset descriptions not showing up when hovering over preset name in browser
- Problem displaying presets using international characters
WIN
Problem displaying GUI in Digital PerformerWIN
GUI positioning in Digital PerformerWIN
Standalone: Broken channel loading
Fixed
- HotFix
WIN
: Possible Crash during update check on some systems
v1.1.1892 - May 13th, 2020
Added
- Output slot routing for multi-mic patches
Windows
HiDPI installers
Improved
- Plugin opening times
- Automated crash reporting
macOS
: GUI responsiveness in CubaseWIN
: Switched to more modern folder selection dialogs
Fixed
- Handling of plugin scaling in multi-monitor setups with mixed resolutions
- Crash when using samplerate other than 44.1kHz and leaving project idle for a long time
- Hang when pressing "Refresh" on context menu below preset/patch browsers
- Crash when repeatedly opening mixer context menu
- Copy/paste clipboard issues
- Non-legato samples not shut down when triggering legato samples
- Buggy window resizing behavior in certain VST/VST3 hosts
- Sample start offset attack initialized to 0ms even though 5ms was displayed
- Custom names of Perform page sliders behaving irregularly when adding/removing sliders
- Last mixer channel title not updating under certain circumstances
- 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
- Settings in the "Invert" insert effect not updating properly after bypass on/off.
- Playing range display bug when using stacked patches in a slot
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
v1.1.1838 - March 6th, 2020
Added
- Slot real-time time-stretching
Improved
- Design of slot editor
Fixed
- Slot Editor not updating after copy/pasting slot settings
- Slot Editor not updating when switching between certain presets
- Impulse bypass not properly restored
- Crash when loading presets while playing
- (Rare) crash when hosted in Komplete Kontrol
v1.1.1780 - January 23rd, 2020
Improved
- Preset/Patch folder structures for all products
Fixed
- Possible crash when loading Standalone
- 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
v1.1.1765 - December 16th, 2019
Added
- Drag-n-drop of folders into database
Fixed
- A problem with handling international characters in content paths, causing plugin to crash on open
v1.1.1760 - December 9th, 2019
Improved
- GUI Browser stability
Added
- Possibility to label PERFORM page sliders
Fixed
- Presets were loaded incorrectly on PERFORM page
- "Auto Select Slot on keyswitch" turned off by default (Preferences)
- Bugs when updating GUI elements like keyboard
- Lower part of active keyboard range now shows correct color
Windows
Logging
v1.1.1744 - November 18th, 2019
Fixed
- Vel.XF parameter affecting voice xfade, gain and filter after voice has been released.
v1.1.1740 (macOS only) - November 13th, 2019
Fixed
MacOS (AU)
Plug-in window could crash host upon closing.
v1.1.1735 - October 29th, 2019
Improved
- Release Samples now follow humanize settings
- Visibility of browser tabs
NKS
Visibility of active dimension
Fixed
- A bug in the VST3 plugins, causing undefined behavior
- Potential crash when loading a preset
- Wrong keyboard colours if a white note keyswitch is present
- Wrong scaling of child windows on differently scaled monitors
- Load mixer settings from disk on blank instance didn't work
Windows
Junction Point paths not resolving for volume scan pathsWindows
Crashes when scanning plugin in Cubase 8.5 Vienna Symphonic Library
v1.1.1709 - October 8th, 2019
Added
MacOS
Catalina support- Support for new library updates
v1.1.1702 - September 25th, 2019
Added
- Auto-humanization entries for English Horn
- File-system type detection in library installer
Improved
- behavior of Settings/Database
- Preset browser now always open with Factory presets open
Fixed
- Menu behavior behaving erratically in EQ Window
- Impulse not loading after changing buffersize in host (Cubase and certain other hosts)
- Root drive not allowed as library location (Windows)
- Library installer sometimes not showing 100% upon completing installation
- Presets with disabled cells not loading on midi activity when using standalone player
v1.1.1680 - July 30th, 2019
Added
- Standalone app
Improved
- MIDI Dump behaviour
Fixed
- Midi Dump CC not synchronized between instances
v1.1.1644 - July 2nd, 2019
Added
- Mixer Presets as separate browser tab
- Midi Dump
Improved
- Convolution backend
- Light Convolution sound
- Streaming optimization for Optane drives
v1.1.1621 - June 4th, 2019
Added
- Search function for Presets and Patches
Improved
- Added "Light Convolution" Setting for CPU friendly convolution (Preferences / Engine)
- Setting for Auto selecting played slot in Slot Editor
- Added copy / paste function for mixer EQs only
- Slot Editor: Pitch, Volume, and Pan settings are viewed with the correct values, that are influenced from parent slots' values
- Can see full Mixer Preset name on hover
Fixed
- Dimension Control not updating correctly when switching to another Dimension Control
v1.1.1559 - April 8th, 2019
Fixed
- GUI bug when removing Impulse Response Reverb in integrated mixer
Added
- Compatibility Improvements for Vienna Ensemble Pro 7
v1.1.1552 - April 3rd, 2019
Improved
- Faster saving speed
- Faster GUI creation / opening speed
- Responsiveness of the preset/patch browsers
- Added compression for data save, drastically reducing project sizes
- Smoothness of Velocity XFade
- Better logging
Fixed
- Installer not compatible with macOS Mojave dark mode
VST3
"Dancing" parameters bug when loading certain presets- Humanize tuning bug with certain release samples
- Bugs in slot copy/paste functionality
- User preset description not shown properly when hovering over preset name
Windows/Cubase
Possible hang when loading certain presets
Added
- Compatibility improvements for upcoming Vienna Ensemble Pro 7
v1.1.1491 - February 18th, 2019
Improved
- When in help mode, help area shows current preset description when mouse is hovering over the description field (below the Preset Browser)
Fixed
- User preset description not shown properly when hovering over preset name
v1.1.1469 - February 5th, 2019
Added
- "Enable all slots" now available in the context menu of the root slot
Fixed
- Occasional freeze when closing the plug-in or the session
- Channel FX not working after sample rate change
- Synchron Player showing too many control mapping parameters
Windows
Hang when closing Cubase
v1.1.1445 - January 9th, 2019
Fixed
- 'Modulation/Auto Gain' mixer effect didn't correctly work with the Sync Option "N8"
v1.1.1443 - January 8th, 2019
Added
- 'Modulation/Auto Gain' mixer effect for modulation of gain and stereo balance
Improved
- Performance when running at a sample rate higher than 44.1k
Fixed
- Potential crashes when switching preset
- Broken sync behavior in 'Modulation / Flanger/Chorus' and 'Modulation / Phaser' mixer effects
- Missing controller assignment context menu for master volume knob in top bar
- Learning of new parameter assignment from Control tab add button not working properly
- Rendering producing silence in FL Studio
- Crash when sending VST3 note expression events to plug-in
v1.1.1336 - November 27th, 2018
Fixed
- A possible crash when browsing MIDI loops (Synchron Power Drums)
Windows
VST2 plug-in editor showing blank in Cubase 10
v1.1.1327 - November 22nd, 2018
Improved
- Preset loading speeds
Added
- Support for Synchron Power Drums
v1.1.1275 - October 26th, 2018
Fixed
- When loading presets, the Dry/Wet Values of the impulse response module snapped to the default value.
v1.1.1268 - October 24th, 2018
Fixed
- Missing items in PERFORM slider target context menu
- PERFORM page not updating when loading certain presets
- Possible silent outputs when quickly switching between presets
- Potential crash when enabling/disabling mixer channels
Optimized
- FX Plug-in performance
v1.1.1226 - October 5th, 2018
Added
- New, improved Noise Gate effect module
Fixed
- potential crash when closing GUI
- Bug that could cause multi-microphone voices to have a filtered sound
- Broken delay and latency compensation for surround channels
- Slot Editor not showing current slot on first open
- Mixer channels not being reset to default settings when removing/adding mixer/aux channels
Improved
- Mixer can have up to 32 channels
v1.1.1172 - September 10th, 2018
Added
- Effects rack per mixer channel
- Mixer Aux Sends and Returns
- Key Range Adjustment and Extension (one octave up/down)
Fixed
- Possible Crash when switching presets
- Keyboard shortcuts not going through to host application when popup windows visible
Improved
- Playable keys visibility in parallel dimensions
- Key description visibility in parallel dimensions
v1.0.1141 - September 3rd, 2018
Fixed
- Highest Preload setting causing clicks with certain waves (in Preferences).
v1.0.1140 - August 31st, 2018
Added
- Separate LFE (mix) setting to surround panner
Fixed
- Possible crash when activating disabled slots
- Release controls not functional for some slots
- Hanging notes when stopping playback in certain hosts
- Slot Velocity XFade mode (global/on/off) not respected
v1.0.1118 - July 30th, 2018
Improved
- GUI opening speed
- Impulse parameter control map naming
Added
- Feature to synchronize slot colors when dimension name and level matches
Fixed
- Crash that could occur while simultaneously playing many notes
- Possible crash when using multiple disabled slots
v1.0.1080 - July 13th, 2018
Fixed
- Broken legato when using slot transpose functions
- GUI hang when double-clicking CPU meter icon
- (Rare) crash when playing back while loading
- An issue that could cause the wrong release velocity for repetition-legato notes
- Legato being triggered with a keyswitch placed close to a following note
- Drop-down menus not working in Ableton Live 10
Added
- Auto-Naming slots (can be deactivated in Preferences => Interface)
- "SYNCHRON-ized" Impulse Reverb plug-in to mixer channel (available with SYNHRON-ized products only!)
Improved
- Memory usage when using the same patch in several slots - Improved: Loading speed
- Streaming performance
- Memory handling
v1.0.1036 - June 19th, 2018
Fixed
- VelXFade On/Off can be learned on Perform Page
- Notes that were held down were released on Sustain Pedal up
- Fixed Hanging notes. When Playback stops, all Notes will receive a Note Off
- Occasional crashes on loading large sessions
- Freezes during offline bounces
Added
- Disable all slots (in Root Slot context menu)
Improved
- General Stability
v1.0.919 - May 23rd, 2018
Fixed
- Gain offset (6 dB louder)
- Voice Limit is now Global Voice Limit, not per Mic
Added
- Copy/Paste on root slot context menu
- Copy/Paste for PERFORM tab context menu (right-click on menu item)