Loomer has released version 1.5.0 of Aspect, the semi-modular synthesizer for Mac OS X, Windows and Linux.

This release adds the following fixes and features:

• New oscillators with improved sound due to significantly reduced aliasing.
• Backwards compatibility options (for Registered Users only) to enable the use of legacy oscillators for perfect compatibility with older patches.
• Reduced CPU usage: generally around 10% reduction, but up to 20% in some cases.
• Massively reduced memory usage.
• Aspect oscillators are now tuned down an octave to bring them more into line with other synthesizers. Older patches will still play at the tuning they were created with.
• Fixed bug where very long release envelopes stop rather abruptly.
• Fixed bug in Sonar where notes are left hanging when the Sonar Transport is stopped.
• Factory presets are now categorized and sorted.
• Rotary controls can now be tweaked to a finer degree with the mouse wheel by holding Shift.
• Fixed bug where notes sustained over a sample rate change from 96KHz to 88KHz would play at the incorrect pitch.
• Fixed bug that could cause a lock under some Linux VST hosts the first time Aspect is scanned.