Imitone -- wow! Most embarassing post I ever started

[ReleaseCandidate]

Oh, that's still a thing?
I remember having payed 25 USD 5 years ago (ah, 2014).

[whyterabbyt]

Oh, that's still a thing?

No, not yet. And the dev is still trying to rationalise why not, by blowing his own horn every six months, as though not having a clue about how to finish their project is a major life achievement.

[highkoo]

perhaps contrary to entrepreneurial wisdom

I think the project has transformed into a long form performance art piece now.

[Weasel-Boy]

highkoo wrote:

I think the project has transformed into a long form performance art piece now.

Now that’s truly funny.

[Local Man]

This is like the audio plugin version of HBO’s Silicon Valley.

[Shabdahbriah]

I do love the constant pseudo-philosophy he peppers his excuses with, with their amazing simultaneous combination of dunning-kruger fuelled condescension and back-slapping-for-failure ...

This vision requires us to play the long game — inventing a new technology, a new design, and changing the standards for computer music. Certain heights can't be reached without first building a strong foundation, and we're putting in that work (perhaps contrary to entrepreneurial wisdom).

Wouldn't have been a bad pitch 6-years ago, albeit calculated. But now? ... no. Your description fits.

I hope he doesn't go into politics.

[tonedef71]

A new version of imitone studio is available: 0.12.0

This update integrates imitone's designer interface into the VST plugins, and introduces a more intuitive way to manage voices and devices in imitone studio using a tabbed interface similar to your desktop web browser.

Making this update involved extensive changes under the hood, and we are expecting some bugs to crop up. Our plugin controls are also a work in progress, and somewhat unconventional (the imitone app "docks" with your DAW to control the plugin). Don't hesitate to use the in-app feedback form to tell us about any bugs or workflow issues you encounter!

VST Plugin Changes:

- VST2 and VST3 plugins now have a full UI (provided by the imitone app).
- imitone is docked with the DAW while the plugin is visible.
(we are still working the kinks out of this fusion)
- For now, several buttons (eg, mute) do nothing to the plugin.
- For now, the plugin is still limited to our classic technology.
- We may break project file compatibility in a near-future plugin update.
- For now, the plugin is limited to one instance per DAW.

App Changes:

- Voices are presented as 'tabs', similar to pages in a web browser.
- Voices may be deleted or cloned to new MIDI channels using X and + buttons.
(Multiple voices are only available in imitone studio.)
- If the app is opened separately, the plugin will appear as a tab.
- In this mode the setup tab can be used to jump to the DAW.
- Audio mode is now either "shared" or "exclusive", for both input & output.
- A tooltip provides some explanation about the difference between modes.
- ASIO drivers are listed under 'exclusive', regardless of multi-client features.
- imitone now supports duplex audio (ie, input & output) when using ASIO.
- Note that ASIO only allows an app to use one driver at a time.
Windows exclusive audio may be used at the same time as ASIO however.
- Improved "tattle", our tool for update checks, feedback & error reports.
- Queries & reports to imitone.com now use TLS encryption for enhanced privacy.
- Improved the tool's design and data transparency via the "view contents" menu.
- Update and error dialogs now include a "don't show again" checkbox.
- This applies individually to each update version and error message.

Fixes:

- Fixed an issue when changing a voice's MIDI channel.
- Fixed a crash when using one-way MIDI devices, especially under WINE.
- Various other fixes.

Known bugs:

- The mute function does not take effect when closing and reopening the app.
- The plugin GUI may behave oddly with certain DAWs such as FL Studio.
- Volume auto-adjust doesn't currently work when using the plugin.

[tonedef71]

A new version of imitone studio is available: 0.13.0

This update moves our Windows VST plugins into beta, overhauling the general workflow when you run imitone inside your DAW. We worked the kinks out of imitone's "pop-out" window made several one-time breaking changes to the VST2 and VST3 in order to fix old bugs and make room for future growth. As a result, you might need to make some adjustments to any projects that previously used alpha versions of the plugin. As we move forward we'll be working on Mac versions of the plugin and native support for Apple Silicon.

Also check out the imitone manual, which has been updated with information about hotkeys and operation of the plugin.

App changes:

- Updated the manual with information about plugins & hotkeys.
- Added hotkey 'M' to toggle mute/listening.
- You may now relay MIDI from plugins to any MIDI output.
- This is set up automatically when using imitone (but not studio).
- Switching MIDI channels no longer interrupts imitone's algorithms.

VST changes:

- Combined the two VST plugin variations into one.
- There are still VST2 and VST3 versions and 32/64 bit builds.
- The new plugins always pass audio through.
- The new plugins always output MIDI events and MIDI control changes.
- App-to-app MIDI can also be used while the GUI is running.
- You may open the app before your DAW to have app-to-app MIDI ready.
- Projects using the old app-to-app plugin may to be reconfigured.
- Re-assigned some parameters related to key & scale.
- VST2 index for Pitch Bend Range and Scale subset were revised.
- VST3 ID for Key Transpose was revised.
- Separated 32-bit and 64-bit plugins in the installer.
- imitone studio is required in order to use multiple instances of the plugin.

VST fixes:

- Minor scale presets no longer load a similar major scale.
- Scale presets no longer reset plugins to the key of C.
- Fixed lingering borderless window when closing the VST.

App fixes:

- Increased time limit for app closing before reporting it as an error.
- Prevented "quit unexpectedly" message when reopening afterwards.

Known issues:

- Voice tabs may become 'jumbled' when restoring a multi-voice setup.
- Some versions of GarageBand get stuck notes when rapidly changing MIDI channel.
- Rare crash when outputting to uni-directional MIDI drivers on Windows / WINE.
- B wholetone scales are related to the key of C# rather than B in other scales.

[tonedef71]

A new version of imitone studio + VST is available: 0.13.1

This update doesn't bring any new features and breaks support for some older systems (representing fewer than 1% of imitone users in the last year). Under the hood, it's a total code refresh. This might fix some bugs not listed below, because we've updated to the latest versions of various code libraries used in imitone.

Changes:

- Universal Mac OS build with Apple Silicon support.
- Mac OS 10.12 is no longer supported.
- Windows XP is no longer supported.
- 32-bit Windows is no longer supported.

Fixes:

- Sound can now be played to devices with more than two channels.
- Note, imitone only plays sound on channels 1 and 2.
- Fixed some issues when restarting audio devices.
- Fixed an issue when number of ASIO channels is changed.
- It's still necessary to refresh if channels are increased.

[No_Use]

Is there a price for slowest software development?
Imitone would well deserve it I think. Ten years of development and still in beta.

[Uncle E]

You have to admire the man’s perseverance. He absolutely will fulfill the Kickstarter promise some day.

[Krakatau]

this reminds of the long awaited release of the last version of orange vocoder ?

[whyterabbyt]

Sponsored by Duke Nukem?

[ThomasHelzle]

I don't wish anything like this on anybody but I involuntarily had to giggle when he wrote that he suffered from long covid...
Get well man and I hope to see the day when the VST (or CLAP even?) is fully there!

[tonedef71]

this reminds of the long awaited release of the last version of orange vocoder ?

Are you referring to this or the original Prosoniq version (before Zynaptiq acquired the IP)?