Version History

The following section lists all additions, changes and fixes of each software version through time.


1.8.10 - 25. November 2024
NEWEST

Windows only.

Fixes:
  • After license import the "Successful" message window opened multiple times.

1.8.9 - 22. November 2024
NEWEST

Additions:
  • Improved DAW compatibility.
  • OS SDK Updates.
Fixes:
  • Various UI & windowing edge-cases in some DAWs.
Changes:
  • Removal of 32-Bit (x86) binary versions on Windows.
    Rationale is to focus on modern 64-bit systems. This ensures better performance and compatibility while eliminating the overhead of maintaining outdated architectures rarely used today.
Note: For macOS, this version has been temporarily rolled back. If you encountered issues activating your license, we recommend downloading 1.8.8 until the next version, 1.9.0, is released and resolves the issues.

1.8.8 - 19. November 2023

Additions:
  • Display the current value when setting a sequence step.
Fixes:
  • Improved slow preset loading in Ableton with VST3 caused by many parameter changes, especially with connected MIDI hardware controllers.
  • Adjusted note trigger timing, for loop cases, that resulted in note drop/hang in some DAWs.
  • Text Editors in Edit Window wrongly lost their highlight when using mouse clicks.
  • Adjusted HiDPI UI scaling for some DAWs.
  • Restored compatibility for some Windows 7 SDK versions.
  • Changed mouse cursor hide behavior for AU in Logic & GarageBand.
  • Avoid crash during activation in ARM64 host caused by message window.
  • Updated general compatibility for VST3, DAWs and OSs.

1.8.7 - 23. December 2022

Additions:
  • Quick import for oscillator content drag and drop.
Changes:
  • Oscillator source browser now opens the page of the selected content.
  • Hold command or control key during quick import to choose multi-sample method.
  • Warning message on drag and drop import if no user library exists.
Fixes:
  • Initial UI scaling on non auto-scale was doubled in some DAWs.
  • Use scaled assets and texture filtering to reduce magnification artifacts if the OS uses additional dpi scaling.
  • Edit Preset Info in 1.8.6. was not working correctly in multiple instances.
  • Various VST3 compatibility updates.
Visual:
  • More performant voicing display waveform drawing with GPU renderer.
  • Redraw functions are now triggered by monitor vblank.

1.8.6 - 20. November 2022

Additions:
  • VST3 Support.
  • Preset Browser: Right arrow key loads the currently selected preset.
  • Routing: Insert/Remove Routing Entries.
  • OpenGL Capability Test, to get information about the used graphics driver, in case of problems with GPU Renderer mode.
Changes:
  • Removed framerate options. This is now adaptive.
  • Lastly saved or loaded preset locations are now memorized seperately.
  • Moved the macro +Route drag icon to the right of the knob to avoid overlap.
  • Changed preset information and MIDI import dialogs to internally managed dialogs.
  • Preset browser information is only shown when hovering over entries and holding ctrl or command key.
Fixes:
  • Tooltips setting was not saved.
  • Presets with # character in their name couldn't be marked as favorite.
  • Reduced OpenGL surface slowdown in DAWs that couldn't handle multiple open accelerated UI instances at the same time.
  • Improved Glitch time jump declick.
  • Adjusted sample accuracy of Glitch sequences for high PPQ values.
  • Improved smoothing for Multiband Saturator gain modulatiom.
  • Routing selection behavior on load, resize and reopen.
  • Don't grab keyboard focus on layer button label click.
  • Various DAW compatibility additions.
Visual:
  • Dynamic colour tint for editor windows and source browser theme.
  • HDR bloom effect added. Normal and Fancy mode.

1.8.5 - 15. December 2020

Additions:
  • New effect: Chorus X.
  • New effect: Vintagizer.
  • New insert: Sample and Hold.
  • Preset search: Sort by type, name, bank or date.
  • Filter presets by type tags, keywords, bank or author.
  • Copy, Paste, Duplicate, Rename and Browse functionality for preset entries in the browser.
  • Drag and Drop preset entries to other banks.
  • Preset favorites: Can be marked by a star and are now browsable in the favorite view.
  • Preset collections: Reference presets in multiple favorite lists.
  • Layer Loading: Drag and Drop preset entries onto layer buttons to load the first layer.
  • New Options: Set the default output level to 0, -3, -6, -9 or -12 dBFS.
  • Compability for MacOS 11 (Big Sur) and Apple Silicon (ARM64) platform.
Changes:
  • Increased bitcrusher fx rate reduction accuracy at high frequencies.
  • Currently selected bank and preset row is now restored if the plugin instance is reloaded or duplicated.
  • Deleting user library samples will now move the files to the trash bin.
  • Removed preset browser "One-Click" loading option. This can be done now by using the middle mouse button, or shift key + left click, or command key + left click.
Fixes:
  • Changing the bank/preset sort order will now retain the selected row.
  • Hanging note events in some DAWs that unusually triggered on/off when stopping or using a visual keyboard.
  • Hanging notes due to small loops in arpeggiator MIDIs that had adjacent notes at the end of the loop.
  • Avoid out of bounds index access when resynthesizing samples with very low root note resampling ratios.
Visual:
  • Changed the oscillator source browser colour scheme to a dark theme.
  • Added hover states for preset and content lists.
Presets:
  • 54 Chorus X Presets.
  • 45 Vintagizer Presets.
  • 29 Rapid FX Presets.
  • 9 Feature Presets.

1.8.0 - 23. July 2020

Additions:
  • Granular Synthesis.
  • Value indicator in the top information display now shows the value of the lastly changed parameter.
  • Dropdown parameters (e.g Filter Type) now support the mouse wheel input to quickly scroll through values.
  • Force Loop options is now available when importing singe samples without a loop.
Optimizations:
  • Massively reduced wavetable load times!!!
  • Multi-Sample loading improved. Decoder is now multi-threaded.
Changes:
  • Voicing display waveform sample rate is now synced up to the currently played note.
  • Master Compressor now displays the gain reduction curves if active.
  • Added Constant and Constant x 0.1 to context menu modulations sources.
  • If a sample is shown in the oscillator display, the phase position is now settable by clicking into it.
  • Increased maximum number of preset author characters from 16 to 24.
Fixes:
  • Phase Bend Mid A table calculation was out of range at 180 degrees.
  • Very short duplicated note on/off events within a buffer got stuck at the end of pattern loops.
  • Allow internal stereo processing if plugin is inserted on mono channel configurations.
  • Show "bypassed" warning instead of license check button.
  • Blurry context menu icons are now sharper at scales above 100%.
  • Avoid visible waveform glitches in voicing and multi-band display.
  • If monophon, legato, always glide off and voice is in release state, don't glide the note pitch.
  • The initial aftertouch value of new arpeggiator notes is now correctly redirected from the previous note.
Presets:
  • Free sound package "Granular Elements".
  • 155 Multi-Samples.
  • 59 Sounds Presets.

1.7.0 - 29. October 2019

Additions:
  • New oscillator insert effect: Sync Bend A & B.
  • New oscillator insert effect: Organic Drift.
  • New filter: Lowpass-Pro 12dB and 24dB.
  • New filter: Xtreme Lowpass II.
  • New insert: Attack Booster.
  • New insert: Lowpass Highpass 12dB. Serial & Parallel.
  • New Reverb models: Nuclear, Solar, Nova and Space.
  • New Talker FX formant modes "Mate", "Babe" and "Daft".
  • Modulations targets now show an icon in the top left corner when routed.
  • Routing amount is now directly settable from the corresponding target knob.
  • Solo layers. Right-click the layer button LED to toggle solo states. Holding Command-key (CTRL) to un-solo all.
  • BPM synced rates in modulators and other modules are now routable as target.
  • Oscillator context menu now contains a reset function.
  • New Option: One-Click loading of sound presets within the preset browser.
  • Quickly change dropdown parameters with Command-key (CTRL) plus Left- or Right-click to select the previous or next parameter value.
Changes:
  • Increased modulation value interpolation accuracy.
  • Increased sub-buffer midi offset accuracy.
  • Smoother UI parameter change interpolation.
  • Voice stealing now has an immediate effect on active voices according to the voice limit.
  • Improved voice stealing heuristic, so oldest voices are robbed first.
  • Arpeggiator timing is now modulatable.
  • If a routing entry gets in focus, the position is now always in a visible area.
  • Reordered context menu entries in the routing target selection.
  • Additional DC Filter on Glitch declick values greater than 50%.
  • Increased layer name character maximum to 10.
Fixes:
  • Very high MIDI mode arpeggiator loops used an invalid note index.
  • MIDI note events are now cleared when switching from a preset with MIDI data to one without.
  • MB Saturator. Corrected per band ring modulator phases.
  • Moving the sequence loop point now avoids unpredictable jumps.
  • When changing BPM synced rates in modulators the index now continues at the correct position.
  • Sequences now begin at the start of each step when using a mode with random phase.
  • Arpeggiator phase in UI now shows a more precise shuffle timing.
  • Arpeggiator MIDI note off events at the end of the sequence, on rare occasions, were not triggered correctly.
  • Improved monophonic voice mode. Phases and envelopes now continue smoothly when retriggering a note.
  • Improved fade out of robbed voice release state when the voice limit is reached.
  • After reloading, Ensemble FX damping was only updated when changing the knob value.
  • Time based effect interpolations are now correctly initialized on preset/state change.
Visual:
  • Added new "Modern" theme as default.
  • Replaced and unified all fonts.
  • Moved master compressor display up and band control knobs down.
  • Changed layout of master modifiers.
  • Added beat markers to trancegate display.
  • Arpeggiator note tooltip shows note key value and velocity percent.
  • Increased frame count of knobs and wheels.
  • Polaris and Crimson theme don't use pattern backgrounds anymore.
  • Replaced "Gold" theme with "Titanium".
  • Removed "Paradise" and "Retro" theme.
  • Various layout adjustments of knob and label positions.
  • Various small pixel enhancement and rounded corners.
  • Various color adjustments in different color themes.
  • Style Data version changed to 1.7.
Presets:
  • 93 Rapid FX Presets.
  • 18 Rapid FX Templates.
  • 24 Feature Presets.
  • 14 Sound Presets.
  • 75 Sequences.
  • 38 Reverb Presets.
  • 17 Dual Delay Presets.
  • 17 Saturator Presets.
  • 13 Delay Presets.
  • 7 Trancegate Presets.

1.6.1 - 7. December 2018

Fixes:
  • The UI is now correctly scaled when using the OpenGL Renderer on High DPI displays on certain Mac versions.
No changes on Windows.

1.6.0 - 6. December 2018

Additions:
  • New oscillator insert effect: Phase Modulation from Oscillator.
  • New oscillator insert effect: Ring Modulation from Oscillator.
  • New oscillator insert effect: Phase Modulation Feedback.
  • New effect: Multiband Saturator.
  • New effect: Glitch.
  • New effect: Tonal Delay.
  • New effect: Tapestop.
  • Reverb size mode: "Pipe". Even shorter than "Room".
Changes:
  • Changed the 1/12 & 1/16 sequencer grid to variable steps.
  • The label text of FX-AMOUNT & FX-FACTOR is now dependent on the selected insert effect.
  • Modulator & effect presets starting with the same word are now grouped into a sub menu.
  • Previous and next browsing for sound presets now jumps relative to the lastly selected preset.
  • Style Data version changed to 1.6.
Fixes:
  • Disable non-valid insert effect knobs when switching to multi-sample sources.
  • Aftertouch on LFO/Sequence speed was ignored for global voices. Thanks G.P. !
  • Preset type string "Solo" was not displayed after clicking apply.
  • Modulation preview of oscillator fx-factor was sometimes hidden.
  • Selected presets now stay highlighted when plugin UI is reopened or resized.
  • Send FX Volume Slider was sometimes dependent on the previous channel value.
Presets:
  • 134 Arpeggiator patterns.
  • 86 Sequences.
  • 76 Saturator presets.
  • 11 Tapestop presets.
  • 21 Tonal Delay presets.

1.5.1 - 25. September 2018

Additions:
  • Copy & Paste filter settings.
  • Copy & Paste for effect slots.
Changes:
  • Allow GUI resize down to 50%.
  • Oscillator insert effect amount now uses an uni- bipolar knob, depending on the selected type.
  • Copy & Paste of modulator/effect presets now resets parameters not contained to their default value.
Fixes:
  • Removed clicks in Random Glide LFO on active Mono|Arp when switching a random values.
  • Module slots in the effects can be set be to empty again.
  • At 210% and above, the pre-rendered display images are now correctly resampled.
  • GUI size is now correctly restored some hosts (e.g. Apple Logic).
  • Added missing tooltips for insert effect Mirror A, B, C.
  • Corrected various tooltips.

1.5.0 - 20. September 2018

Additions:
  • Resizeable GUI.
  • GUI 'Themes' are now switchable via options menu.
  • Draggable GUI resizer in the bottom right corner.
  • Graphics rendering via OpenGL (CPU is still available via options).
  • Pitch and modulation wheels on master page.
  • Stereo balance for mixer and send channels.
  • Individual oscillators can now enable skip of filter and insert.
  • Key ranges are now move- and resizeable via mouse wheel.
  • Quick Modifier for Pitch, Mix-Voice, Mix-Delay and Mix-Reverb on master page.
  • Sidechain position marker and preview.
  • Holding shift when setting sequence steps now locks the selected shape.
  • New types Formant A & B for filter module.
  • New oscillator insert effects : Asymmetric Clip.
  • New oscillator insert effects : Sync Add & Formant Shift.
  • New oscillator insert effects : Bend Side/Mid/Double/Mirror.
  • New oscillator insert effects : Overlap 2x/3x.
  • Layer context menu can now reset all macros.
  • Modulator context menu now contains a reset function.
  • Oscillator display now previews wavetable insert effects in realtime.
  • Oscillator display now shows random range, position, phase and loop marker.
  • LFO and Sequences can now use retrigger modes 'First Note' and 'First Input'.
  • Velocity meter plus note value in headline.
  • Previous and next buttons for modulator and effect presets.
  • Added various copy & paste context menus for textfields.
Changes:
  • Application options menu is now available by clicking the RAPID logo.
  • Mix modules uses gain parameter from insert plus balance per voice.
  • Mix module can reorder the processing of filter and insert.
  • Reduced key range minimum to one. Double click to reset to a default range.
  • Adding a modulation via drag and drop now uses a default routing amount greater than zero.
  • When loading another preset the current layer now stays selected.
  • If the voicing count is set to 1, mono legato now uses a monophonic mode and retriggers envelopes.
  • Voicing wavescope is turned off if scale is set to zero.
  • Popup Menu for BPM Sync times (normal, triplet, dotted ) now uses three columns.
Fixes:
  • Envelope position marker now also previews delay time phase.
  • LFO waveform now displays the actual output value as marker with circle head.
  • LFO waveform now uses a different fill method when in bipolar mode.
  • LFO waveform now displays the actual random values for hold and glide mode.
  • Sequences now display a time phase marker at rates below 8Hz.
  • Preset browser now shows ellipses if the text is too long to display.
  • Increased arpeggiator octaves control mouse drag sensibility.
  • Reduced phase artifacts in oscillator insert under certain conditions.
  • Sample playback preview is now displayed relative to pitch.
  • Invalid or zero loop ranges now correctly play oneshots instead of silent loops.
  • Increased comb filter accuracy at high frequencies.
  • Copy & Paste in context menu for most parameters.
  • Midi Learn is now available for almost all external parameters.
Optimizations:
  • Multi-Sample preview is only rendered when displayed, decreasing preset loading times.
  • Pre-Render of multi-sample previews is now multi-threaded.
  • Reduced unnecessary re-draws of running arpeggiator patterns.
  • Reduced re-draw performance of wavescope buffers.
  • Removed modulator preview value runtime alloctations.
  • Removed legato voice nodes runtime allocations.
  • Speedup voice buffer mixing process.

1.1.0 - 26. August 2017

Additions:
  • New source browser design.
  • Support for user content libraries.
  • Wavetable import (incl. resampling to table root frequency).
  • Sample import (incl. loop points, at any input samplerate).
  • Sample Resynthesis. Converts the spectral content of an input sample into a multi-sample.
  • Drag & Drop sound files onto oscillator displays to quickly import new content.
  • Auto map multiple input samples to the whole keyboard range.
  • Import formats (RIFF WAV, AIFF).
  • Sortable and renamable source browser categories and entries.
Changes:
  • Separate Wavetable & Multi-Sample tabs.
  • Remove modulation option in context menu now shows all routings of a control.
Fixes:
  • Tooltips typos.
  • Default VST program name, needed for some VST hosts/wrappers.
  • Increased loop wrap accuracy.
  • Left and right channel was swapped during resampling.
  • Sample playback preview now shows the actual waveform when oscillator keytrack is turned off.
Optimizations:
  • Reduced Wavetable load times.
  • Reduced Multi-Sampler load times.
  • Faster drawing for source browser entries.
  • Removed some runtime allocations.
  • Reduced preset parser load times.
Removed:
  • Multisample pre-render Quality option. There was no real improvement on high setting.

1.0.4 - 15. March 2017

Additions:
  • Sustain Pedal Hold.
  • Aftertouch & Channel Pressure.
  • Midi CC Learn/Unlearn.
  • VST/AU Parameter recording.
Changes:
  • Named MIDI CC.
  • Master mixer faders now also use a context menu.
  • Preset info box now disappears after a few seconds.
Fixes:
  • Poly note now retriggers sustained note.
  • Rare note off miss in arpeggiator patterns.

1.0.3 - 17. December 2016

Additions:
  • Support for Audio Unit and VST on MacOS X.
No changes on Windows.

1.0.2 - 12. November 2016

Additions:
  • Copy & Paste oscillator settings.
Fixes:
  • Some hosts ignored MIDI notes on samplerates greater than 44kHz.

1.0.1 - 26. October 2016

Additions:
  • Enable/Disable tooltip messages.
Fixes:
  • String errors.
  • Tooltip errors.
  • Rare layer change crash.
  • Content browser cover image leak.

1.0.0 - 2. October 2016

  • Official Public Release