Blue Cat's PatchWork 2.76 [now 2.77] Free Update

[Blue Cat Audio]

Blue Cat's PatchWork 2.76 is here, check it out!



New Features:
- PatchWork's background color can now be customized (tip: choose a color matching your track).
- A missing plug-ins report is now displayed in case plug-ins are missing upon loading a session or presets.
- Windows multitouch support (manipulate multiple controls at the same time with several fingers).

Performance:
- Improved large session loading performance when using some VST3 plug-ins responding slowly to setSpeakerArrangement (such as Fab Filter plug-ins).
- Improved undo performance.
- Windows: multiple GUI display and HiDPI performance improvements.
- Major performance improvements in the DSP thread, especially when used in multichannel modes.
- Reduced the impact of level meters on the DSP thread CPU usage.

Fixes:
- Fixed a crash upon unloading some VST3 plug-ins (Dada Life and probably others).
- Fixed some audio unit plug-ins detected with no audio I/O (Berlin Studio and probably others).
- Fixed VST3 plug-ins not loading when moved to a directory with the same name as the original .vst3 library file.
- Fixed zoom menu sometimes missing check mark for current zoom when follow host option is available.
- Fixed revert current preset not always triggering undo properly.
- Fixed VST3 Instrument plug-in version not routing to aux channels properly in some host applications and sometimes producing white noise instead of silence.
- Fixed a random crash happening when automating the visibility of plug-in editors.
- Fixed issues with undo when loaded as a plug-in inside a Blue Cat Audio host.
- Fixed MIDI Program Change message dismissed when receiving any MIDI CC on the same channel shortly after.
- Windows: fixed context menu not always displayed in the right position when the window spans across several screens with different DPI.
- Windows accessibility: native system widgets are now scaled according to text size settings on Windows 8 and newer in settings windows.
- Windows: fixed return key sometimes unexpectedly forwarded to host while typing in a text edit box.
- Mac: fixed param names background color in plug-in settings window.

Standalone Application:
- Windows: ASIO driver now keeps running when ASIO control panel is opened from the app audio preferences.
- Windows: the application now follows ASIO driver buffer changes made in the ASIO control panel or external ASIO configuration app.
- Performance: application now automatically selects the minimum number of I/O required for the audio driver.

Enjoy!

[original announcement]

[brianflintartist]

Awesome I'll try to benchmark it again as last time i checked BC PatchWork (which functionality was much richer already!) was consuming more CPU than DDMF MetaPlugin for simple (90%+ of my live recording scenarios are using a single FX chain), but now it might have changed with that version ...
Thank you for the update and keep on the good work!

[Blue Cat Audio]

The new version is indeed quite faster in most situations. One thing that may also help in some hosts that do not configure the audio I/O correctly (it happens sometimes...) is to manually select PatchWork's internal I/O config to limit the number of audio inputs and outputs.

[Blue Cat Audio]

PatchWork 2.77 has been released, with several important fixes and a few improvements, check it out!

What's New?
- Some more performance improvements.
- New quiet update mode for built-in delay plug-ins for silent delay length changes.
- Fixed offline oversampling option not working properly in some hosts (Logic).
- Fixed Learn Once issues in Params Map editor (could trigger unwanted plug-in parameters additions).
- Fixed VST3 ppqPosition field not set for midi events (could trigger MIDI issue with some virtual instruments using it).
- Fixed preset wrongly set as modified upon loading sessions with some VST3 plug-ins.
- Fixed user interface settings sometimes not restored properly upon user interface reload, when using some VST3 plug-ins.
- Fixed macro params issues when back-inserting a plug-in (via drag and drop) in a chain that overwrites its previous position.

[sinkmusic]

Thank you, BlueCat !