Satin 1.3.3 RC4 15721 & Filterscape 1.5.1 RC1 15664

[tasmaniandevil]

Hello everyone,

and happy international women's day!

We are about to release minor updates for Satin and Filterscape soon, and as usual, we'd like to do a little sanity check and give you the opportunity to already make use of the new versions by posting release candidates here on KVR. Your support is crucial in finding any remaining bugs and quirks, so please give it a go and let us know if you come across any oddities.

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Satin 1.3.3

The jump from version 1.3.2 to 1.3.3 seems small, but for us, it's quite a significant update, adding CLAP and native Silicon AAX support, dealing with a peculiar sample rate issue, fixing many more bugs and quirks as well as adding lots of overall improvements.

With this update, Satin gets the eagerly awaited native Silicon AAX support. A big thank you for your patience, we know it took a while. Additionally, lots of Pro Tools specific issues have been dealt with, so please give it a good spin if you are an avid Pro Tools user.

Satin also gets official CLAP support with this update. Please let us know if anything doesn't work as expected in your CLAP hosts.

The update also deals with a sample rate issue a user made us aware of. Some parts of the plugin will naturally cause slight differences in sound depending on the used sample rate, there is no way around it. But we tried to minimize or eradicate any differences in sound and in the analyser display wherever possible. If you want to know more, there is a dedicated page in the user guide explaining the issue.

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Filterscape 1.5.1

Filterscape receives a small bugfix update, correcting a few oopsies that slipped into the 1.5.0 update.
The AU version now works in Digital Performer. The registration dialog works on more Linux systems. And dialogs scale better on Windows.

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VST3 migration support

There is one more quite important detail to mention.
Both Satin and Filterscape got VST3 migration support with this update.
Projects created using the VST2 version can now replace it with the VST3 version automatically if the VST2 is no longer installed AND if your host supports this feature.
Currently many hosts either don't support VST3 migration at all, or they do not properly support the IPluginCompatibility method yet.
It works well in Steinberg and Native Instruments hosts. If you know of any other hosts that already support this method, please let us know, so we can test it.
If it doesn't work in your host, but you'd very much like to replace VST2 with VST3, please consider asking the host developers to have a look at the IPluginCompatibility interface and to integrate it in a future update.
Changes in licensing force us to fade out VST2 support from new releases in the coming months, so VST3 migration support is crucial if you want to continue working on older projects while using the latest versions of u-he plugins. VST2 versions of u-he plugins won't be around for much longer, so the time to urge host developers to properly support all migration methods is now. If you want to keep using the VST2 plugin format for any good reason, then please consider contacting Steinberg, explaining your situation. This thread is not the place to discuss this, as it's simply not in our power to do anything about it.

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Downloads:

Filterscape 1.5.1 RC1 15664 Mac
Filterscape 1.5.1 RC1 15664 Windows
Filterscape 1.5.1 RC1 15664 Linux

Satin 1.3.3 RC4 15721 Mac updated to RC4
Satin 1.3.3 RC4 15721 Windows updated to RC4
Satin 1.3.3 RC4 15721 Linux updated to RC4

Fixed in Satin RC2: tape hiss noise was mono.

These updates are recommended for all Mac, Windows and Linux users.

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Filterscape 1.5.1 changelog:

Improvements:

* u-he badge menu Twitter link replaced with link to Mastodon
* VST2 > VST3 migration support for hosts using the IPluginCompatibility interface

Fixed Bugs:

* Fixed: AU scan issue in Digital Performer
* Fixed: Junk setting not remembered in hidden folders menu
* Fixed: GUI loading issue if Windows account username contained special characters
* Fixed: Dialogs could appear behind plugin GUI in Cubase (Windows only)
* Fixed: registration dialog was not working in some Linux distributions
* Fixed: Windows system scaling was messing with positioning of dialog windows
* Fixed: Using Cmd+A in dialogs could lead to GUI disappearing (Logic only)

Known Issues:

* CLAP note expression in legato/mono mode always using value of the first note
* RND button can get stuck if clicked too fast repeatedly (Windows only; close and reopen GUI to fix)

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Satin 1.3.3 changelog:

Improvements:

* Support for CLAP
* Support for native Silicon AAX
* Support for latest macOS Sonoma
* Updated VST3 SDK to 3.7.8
* Improved GUI performance
* Improved dialog handling
* Browser: New option to show/hide folders in the context menu
* Browser: Saving search results now works via drag&drop as well
* Browser: Description and usage fields now scroll during text input in preset save dialog
* Browser: Folders can now be dragged & dropped onto tag smart folders
* Improved parameter automation in Pro Tools
* Registration dialog now purges unsupported characters (e.g. accidental spaces)
* Ctrl A/B "Set as Default" option added to MIDI Table page
* Windows installer now includes uninstaller
* Windows installer now remembers last used options
* Windows installer blocks installation to "C:\ProgramData" location
* u-he badge menu Twitter link replaced with link to Mastodon
* VST2 > VST3 migration support for hosts using the IPluginCompatibility interface

Fixed Bugs:

* Fixed: Sound and analyser differences when switching to different sample rate (see notes in user guide)
* Fixed: Problem with parameter automation of a few parameters (Pro Tools only)
* Fixed: Group setting wasn't always remembered on project reload (Pro Tools only)
* Fixed: Adding new instance was deleting the group labeling (Pro Tools only)
* Fixed: Some parameter changes were not recorded in the undo/redo chain (Pro Tools only)
* Fixed: GUI glitch when switching to smaller GUI size (Pro Tools only)
* Fixed: Preset search input field did not receive mouse input (Pro Tools only)
* Fixed: Using Cmd+A in dialogs could lead to GUI disappearing (Logic only)
* Fixed: Plugin stayed mono when using "Mono > Stereo" option in Logic (native Silicon only)
* Fixed: Aborted preset save operation could lead to displaying wrong meta data in inspector
* Fixed: Using "duplicate" option in browser could crash if user permissions were missing
* Fixed: Renoise no longer needs "enable keyboard" option for menus to work
* Fixed: Plugin focus no longer needed for dropdown menus to work (Mac only)
* Fixed: Problem when loading init preset immediately after loading plugin (Mac only)
* Fixed: Scroll wheel not working on second display under some conditions (Windows only)
* Fixed: Installer now scaled correctly on high-resolution displays (Windows only)
* Fixed: Preset overwrite dialog was not showing up (Linux only)
* Fixed: Default Author was set to preset name (Linux only)
* Fixed: Auto versioning feature wasn't working (Linux only)
* Fixed: Right-click preset selection frame wasn't disappearing (Linux only)
* Fixed: Input field was empty when editing preset search result (Linux only)
* Fixed: Double-clicking menus could lead to crash (Linux only)
* Fixed: Dialogs always opened at left edge of the screen (Linux only)
* Fixed: Dialogs could be opened multiple times (Linux only)
* Other small fixes and improvements

Known Issues:

* Parameter automation issue with a few parameters in Ableton Live when using AU (as a workaround, you can use the VST3 instead)

Cheers,
the u-he crew

[jnchristp]

Just checked out the updated Satin. It seems to work as it did for me before the update, but it's great to have it back in Pro Tools AAX.

Only thing: When I insert Satin in Logic there's a big "Legacy"-Text behind the presetname. What's that about? It's not there in Cubase or Pro Tools.

Cheers,
Jan

[jnchristp]

Just checked out the updated Satin. It seems to work as it did for me before the update, but it's great to have it back in Pro Tools AAX.

Only thing: When I insert Satin in Logic there's a big "Legacy"-Text behind the presetname. What's that about? It's not there in Cubase or Pro Tools.

Cheers,
Jan

Never mind: Found the passage about Legacy-mode in the new user guide. Logic used my saved default-preset, that was created in an earlier version, so Satin used the Legacy-mode.

[ralfrobert]

Good to see small but significant updates coming in.

[achapi]

I was hoping for a CLAP version of SATIN.
I also expect Presswerk to CLAP.
Thank you.

[gauderbock]

Just to confirm that the Filterscape dialog issue is fixed for me on Ubuntu 23.10 XFCE. Thanks!

[Viktor [TUC]]

I was hoping for a CLAP version of SATIN.

Satin 1.3.3
... adding CLAP and native Silicon AAX support, ...

[40watt]

Thanks guys, I have been using Diva (unofficially) in VST3 migration mode in Cubase and Komplete Kontrol since you guys stealthily added it in a couple of betas back (I simply deleted the VST2 that the installer insists on installing). Have had no issues and don't expect I will with these either. Many thanks for the continued support and your hard work.

[tasmaniandevil]

Thanks guys, I have been using Diva (unofficially) in VST3 migration mode in Cubase and Komplete Kontrol since you guys stealthily added it in a couple of betas back ...

It was still work in progress back then. We further improved it by now, so the next Diva update will also get official VST3 migration support.

[drzhnn]

Have there been changes to the behavior of the Hiss and Azimuth parameters? The Hiss is now consistently mono, and adjustments to the Azimuth settings no longer influence it's stereo width. Linux, CLAP/VST3, Bitwig, Reaper.

[Urs]

Have there been changes to the behavior of the Hiss and Azimuth parameters? The Hiss is now consistently mono, and adjustments to the Azimuth settings no longer influence it's stereo width. Linux, CLAP/VST3, Bitwig, Reaper.

No change as far as I know. We'll look in to it!

[Mercado_Negro]

Have there been changes to the behavior of the Hiss and Azimuth parameters? The Hiss is now consistently mono, and adjustments to the Azimuth settings no longer influence it's stereo width. Linux, CLAP/VST3, Bitwig, Reaper.

Confirmed here

[Genetic_Junk]

Have there been changes to the behavior of the Hiss and Azimuth parameters? The Hiss is now consistently mono, and adjustments to the Azimuth settings no longer influence it's stereo width. Linux, CLAP/VST3, Bitwig, Reaper.

Same issue on Windows CLAP using Reaper.

[DNnX]

The update also deals with a sample rate issue a user made us aware of. Some parts of the plugin will naturally cause slight differences in sound depending on the used sample rate, there is no way around it. But we tried to minimize or eradicate any differences in sound and in the analyser display wherever possible. If you want to know more, there is a dedicated page in the user guide explaining the issue.

Been waiting for this, thank you

[tasmaniandevil]

Satin has been updated to RC2, revsion 15680, fixing the problem with hiss noise being mono that occurred in RC1.
You can download the new RC2 from the first post of this thread.
And thanks to drzhnn for finding this.