New Sonic Arts updates Freestyle to v1.5, with introductory special offer

New Sonic Arts has updated Freestyle, a VST host for stage and studio, to version 1.5.

Until March 15th, Freestyle is available to buy at a special price of 79 EUR (regular price 129 EUR).

Improvements:

• New 'Group' container module, plus Encapsulate/Expand options.
• New 'Track Bar' for enhanced navigation in Edit View.
• 'New Project' quick start dialog.
• VST View: Unified VST view with integrated preset browser and parameter search.
• Add button for context-sensitive module insertion ('+' key shortcut).
• Event Player: various editing/selection improvement.
• 'VST Properties' dialog for VST name and vendor correction.
• Structure View: improved keyboard navigation (cursor keys + enter/exit).
• PatchCloud: Faster downloading and synchronization (no more timeouts).
• PatchCloud: Added option to pre-download VST previews.
• My Samples / My Presets: Improved background scanning.
• My Samples / My Presets: 'Open Location' and 'Delete' (via shift) context-menu options.
• Database back-end optimizations.
• Standalone and VST: MIDI out.
• Assignment Manager: set MIDI CC and Automation IDs by text input.
• File Browser: automatic folder content monitoring.
• File Browser: improved keyboard navigation.
• Plugin 'Embed Samples in Host Project' added 'Max Size' option.
• Instrument Freeze (Freeze to Nuance) engine enhancements and fixes.
• VST 'Select Version' menu allows switching between plugins with identical UIDs (typically Novation AutoMap plugins).
• Structure View 'Disconnect' context-menu option.
• Improved in-app SoundPack downloads.
• UI rendering optimizations.
• Various other UI and workflow improvements.

Fixes:

• Some VST hosting fixes.
• Several UI rendering crash / corruption issues.
• Various PatchCloud / database fixes.
• OS X: Fixed an AU crash on exit / Logic X AU validation issue.
• Waveform displays: show right channel was not working.
• Browser: Audition controls were sometimes 'stuck'.
• Automated Macro's were sometimes not updated in host after Snapshot recall.
• Several local database corruption issues.
• Various other stability fixes.

This free update is available now in the User Area. A free demo is also available to download here.