Blue Cat Audio updates Plug'n Script Audio and MIDI Scripting Plugin to v3.6

Blue Cat Audio has released Blue Cat's Plug'n Script 3.6, a free update for its audio and MIDI scripting software that can be programmed to create your own effects or virtual instruments.

This major update brings long-awaited features including private output parameters, DSP state persistency, enhanced MIDI control, Windows multitouch support, performance improvements, numerous fixes, and a lot more.

New In Plug'n Script 3.6:

Scripting / Audio DSP:

• Private output params support (same as outputParams, but not exposed to host).
• Script state persistency API to save the dsp script's internal state.
• Fixed DSP script sometimes reloaded twice upon preset load.
• Fixed rare "Internal error" popup messages upon loading the user interface under heavy memory load and many user interface scripts.
• Fixed VST3 Instrument plug-in version not routing to aux channels properly in some host applications and sometimes producing white noise instead of silence.
• Reduced CPU usage in DSP thread.
• Fixed output strings corruption and random crashes when switching quickly between scripts that use different output string sizes.

User Interface:

• Added 20 new knobs styles, and 3 types of sliders for automatically generated user interfaces.
• New scalable vector graphics for parameters groups.
• New graphics for built-in analog meters.
• Windows multitouch support (manipulate multiple controls at the same time with several fingers).
• Export plug-in windows is now non-modal, fixing crashes when trying to export a plug-in while hosted in Logic Pro.
• Reload script icon is back in the main toolbar.
• Windows accessibility: native system widgets are now scaled according to text size settings on Windows 8 and newer in settings windows.
• Minor Graphics optimizations for Hi resolution displays.
• Improved user interface loading time on slow hard drives.
• Optimized size of image resources for GUIs.
• Fixed window opacity changes not shown in plug-in when host application modifies it.
• Fixed selected text in text edit box sometimes not easy to read on Mac depending on the color scheme.
• Fixed text edit boxes sometimes loosing focus when hovering mouse over other controls.
• Fixed Mac installers not showing brand image in dark mode.
• Fixed audio I/O selection not always appearing in audio/MIDI settings for exported standalone applications.
• Fixed some exported plug-ins starting with no parameters upon launch.
• Fixed 3D Views openGL issues on retina displays for recent versions of MacOS.
• Windows: multiple GUI display and HiDPI performance improvements.
• Windows: fixed context menu not always displayed in the right position when the window spans across several screens with different DPI.
• Windows: fixed return key sometimes unexpectedly forwarded to host while typing in a text edit box.
• Fixed revert current preset not always triggering undo properly.
• Fixed gradients not displayed properly on MacOS Tahoe when loaded in applications built with older versions of the MacOS SDK (Apple Bug).

MIDI Control:

• All plug-in parameters can now be controlled with MIDI notes, pitch bend, NRPN, 14-bit CCs, aftertouch or channel pressure, in addition to MIDI CC.
• MIDI settings window can now be resized to display more parameters.
• Optimized MIDI settings window display on Windows (load time and scroll).
• MIDI Settings window now splits parameters into multiple pages for faster access.
• MIDI Settings window now shows custom display names if any.
• Optimized preset load upon MIDI messages when using several hundreds of user presets.
• Fixed plug-in sending Bank number 0 when loading a preset that is not located in a bank.
• Fixed audio dropouts when navigating presets via next/previous and plug-in set to send MIDI Program Change messages.

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 from the driver.
• Fixed audio dropouts when selecting MIDI output devices in preferences while using many MIDI devices.

Pricing & Availability

The update is free for registered V3 customers and can be downloaded from the same location as the original full version. Demo versions are available for download on www.bluecataudio.com for Mac and PC, and a special offer (20% off) is in place until March 31st (79 EUR or $79 instead of 99).

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