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Blue Cat's PatchWork 2.5 Released: Multicore Engine, Improved Performance and More! 2021-04-06T08:49:35+00:00 Blue Cat's PatchWork 2.5 is here! :party: https://www.bluecataudio.com/Blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Patchwork-Multicore-1024.png With a new multicore processing engine , many performance , plug-ins/hosts compatibility improvements and many other new features (full list below), this free update will let you load even more plug-ins at even lower latencies! An optimized build for the new Apple M1 Macs is also available to customers as a preview , and it's definitely worth it, as shown in our Apple M1 vs Intel comparison . As usual, get the update from the same location as the original full version (link received by email). A Re-introduction offer is available to new customers (10% off) until May 6th , don't miss it! And if you are an existing Blue Cat Audio customer, you will receive an even better deal by email shortly. New Features & Improvements: - Up to 8 times more processing power with the new multicore engine that processes each parallel chain on a separate core. - New DSP workload meter that displays the DSP activity and CPU load. - Added MIDI control support (MIDI CC messages) for Next and Previous Preset commands, with MIDI learn. - Reduced time to load PatchWork or any built-in plug-in. - Multiple DSP performance improvements. - Improved buffer management in standalone application on Mac, reducing both latency and CPU usage. - Level meters are not updated anymore when the user interface is closed, reducing CPU usage. - Reduced the number of threads used by the plug-in. - Improved global and preset settings window loading time on Windows. - Added ability to select the plug-in to load when a shell plug-in file is dragged and dropped onto a slot. - Full unicode support. - Preset files can now be dropped onto the preset LCD area to be loaded. - Improved "Tone Maps" user interface (available for 9 built-in effects). Fixes: - Fixed standalone app not always asking for Microphone access on most recent MacOS systems. - Fixed host loop end value not properly passed to hosted plug-ins, for the VST2 version. - Fixed several crashes upon load for multiple third party plug-ins (mostly VST3). - Fixed display issues with Waves plug-ins V12 in Mac standalone application. - Fixed MIDI control for hosted plug-ins not always working when fed with silence. - Fixed VST3 (and sometimes VST) version freezing Ableton Live upon save on Windows. - Fixed harmonizer and Pitch Shifter built-in plug-ins that did not always flush their buffer upon bypass (short sounds could be heard when getting out of bypass) Enjoy! Blue Cat Audio https://www.kvraudio.com/forum/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=39981

mmann mmann https://www.kvraudio.com/forum/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=370067: KVRist; 51 posts since 22 Nov, 2015

Post by mmann » Sat Jul 31, 2021 4:30 pm

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Not necessarily saying it is the multicore engine; it could be one of the other changes that all of these also received:
- New DSP workload meter
- Multiple DSP performance improvements
- Reduced the number of threads used by the plug-in
- or some other change they all received with these latest updates

Something changed in these plugins to cause the loading of the UJAM's Finisher plug-ins to fail.

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