discoDSP has announced that HighLife has been updated is now available again commercially (€45 / $69), Phantom has been reduced in price to €45 / $69 and the Discovery Pro R3 update for Receptor owners is now available via Plugorama.

HighLife 1.4 has the following enhancements over HighLife Open Source R1, the last remaining freeware version:

• Library browser:
  • Disk based program managing.
  • (fxp, sfz, akp) for quick and easy access to frozen instruments, fxp, akp, sfz programs.
  • Frozen VSTis are stored in their own folder automatically.
  • Sample content library (260 MB).
  • Auto-cue marker (cue options in zone wave editor).
• SFZ opcodes "bendup", "benddown", "offset", "end" supported.
• More accurate SFZ format loading.
• Sfz's "loopstart" and "loopend" opcodes export.
• Native FXP Program save format.
• AIFF file support.
• Arrow spinners for easy navigation of VSTi program, zone and library folder files.
• * displayed in global LCD when working in Global Edit mode.
• .cfg file for recall of previous freeze settings and new library startup folder.
• Zone sample rate selector drop-down menu.
• Sample editor autotuner, sample root tuning and pitch shifter.
• File browser WAV preview (using MME).
• MIDI sustain.
• One shot sample type.
• Blackman windowing for SINC interpolations resulting in a richer sound.
• Selectable autodrum behavior under Options.
• Program Global Edit enabled by default.
• Freeze range maps top and bottom key range to the full scale.
• Freeze length ranged from 1 to 16 seconds.
• Pitchbend message reception.
• Master volume settings value is stored.