Vaporizer2 Change Log

Version 3.2.0

  • New major version
  • macOS Big Sur support, runs also under ARM (Rosetta) 
  • 20 new high quality wavetables
  • Fixes glitch with manual value editing
  • Several improvements

Version 3.1.8 

  • New major version
  • macOS Big Sur support, runs also under ARM (Rosetta) 
  • Several improvements

Version 3.1.4

  • Fix: Stability of wavetable engine when quickly modulating wavetable positions (start of wavetable position)
  • Fix: Solo mode now working again in wavetable editor (show and play only selected positions)
  • Fix: Glitch when dragging wavetable position in wavetable editor for larger waveteables

Version 3.1.3

  • Support for MIDI Polyphonic Expression (MPE) 
    • Receive MPE MIDI dimensions (X/Y/Z) pitchbend, aftertouch (freely assignable), release velocity / lift (controlled via MSEG) and brightness / timbre (freely assignable) form supported controllers (e.g. ROLI Seaboard Block, ...) for highly expressive control options
    • MPE mode and bend range stored per preset
    • New modulation sources for MPE Timbre (MinMax, Min, Max)
  • Major UI update
    • New UI theme: Dark - we like it so much that we made it the new default for Vaporizer2
    • Polyphonic real-time visualization of parameter modulations around modulatable knobs
    • Polyphonic real-time visualization of modulation matrix curve values in the matrix section
    • Polyphonic real-time visualization of wavetable position in wavertable perspective display
    • Choose GUI font size - normal, smaller, larger
    • New modulation drag sources directly in the tabstrips for MSEG1-5, LFO1-5, STEPSEQ1-3
    • Several fixes, beautifications and CPU/performance improvements in the GUI

Version 3.1.2

  • Improved Windows installer that allows to change folders for presets, wavetables and noises and it stores the selection for later updates
  • Installer now detects CPU support for SSE2 / AVX vector extensions and suggests installation option
  • New standard licensing system based on serial numbers (all existing licenses remain untouched)
  • MIDI program change now freely definable across four banks (A-D) in the preset editor
  • MIDI learn also for wavetable editor GUI functions to allow wavetable editing with MIDI controllers
  • UI fixes in the frequency bin / harmonics editor
  • Stability improvements, e.g. fix for issue with Cubase 10

Version 3.1.1

  • Fully signed macOS Catalina support

Version 3.1.0

  • AAX plugin support (for Avid ProTools) for Mac OS and Windows - 64bit only for now
  • Record wavetable editor changes into single cycles of a new wavetable
  • Major improvements with oscillator pitch modulation and phase modulation now capable for very fast modulations (up to ~ 2kHz)
  • New frequency bin edit modes: drag & shift and drag & stretch (drag left and right to move or scale spectrum) 
  • GUI scalability and MSEG, LFO, STEPSEQ, ARP position display enhancements
  • Changing wavetables / presets while playing cause no artifacts or clicks
  • New Future Bounce style factory presets

Version 3.0.4

  • New preset browser with favorites and tags management with broad rating, search and filter functions
  • New effect in the FX busses: waveshaper with multiple waveshape modes and oversampling
  • Several usability improvements: 
    • New selection options in the wavetable editor (e.g. using mousewheel) based on zero crossings or grid
    • Adding and deleting larger numbers of wavetable positions by dragging the '+' sign
    • New selection options in the sample editor with new checkbox 'snap' displaying and snapping to zero crossings
    • New scale options when slicing samples to wavetables (in the sampler context menu)
    • Function to copy all oscillator parameters to another oscillator
    • Scroll through tabstrips via mousewheel
    • Larger fonts in menus and submenus
    • Improved graphics performance

Version 3.0.3

  • Added real FM synthesis, stackable across four oscillator banks
  • Added Granular synthesis
  • Added 30 real-time wavetable effects for each oscillator bank
  • Now including 410 quality factory presets and 780 wavetables and single cycles 
  • This could be easily a new major release or even a Vaporizer3 - but we loved the version number 303 so much ;-)

Version 3.0.2

  • Great UI loading and graphics performance improvements
  • Fix: Issue with velocity modulation source, phaser FX sync intervals and oscilloscope display corrections, standalone icon
  • Option to type in magnitude and phase of partial / harmonics bin in frequency mode editor (context menu)
  • Store preset browser sort preferences in settings file and added clear search filter button
  • Factory presets now including 392 quality presets, wavetables and single cycles now including 780 wavetables

Version 3.0.0

  • Audio out oscilloscope display
  • Snap to zero crossings mode in wavetable editor
  • Major performance improvements in wavetable editor
  • Hotkey to toggle draw mode in wavetable editor (Shift + d)
  • UI improvements, maximize buttons for editor sections
  • Significantly improved MSEG envelopes, can now be synchronized with DAW timecode – also for loops, option to run MSEG in single mode
  • Added two new random drift automation sources
  • Significantly improved filter section (sound and CPU consumption)
  • Added wavetable modulation function CONVOLUTION, TIME > FREQUENCY and FREQUENCY > TIME
  • Significantly improved modulation system
  • General setting of wavetable frequency characteristics: sharp (ideal filtering), soft (butterworth filtering), dull (linear) – saved to settings file
  • Fixed sampler normalization issue
  • Fixed MSEG to wavetable functions

Version 2.6.3

  • Significantly improved MSEG envelopes – Can now be synchronized with DAW timecode – also for loops – Option to run MSEG in single mode (not per voice but one global instance) – Improved MSEG display. • Added two new random drift automation sources
  • Larger performance improvements in wavetable engine
  • UI improvements (slider value popup)

Version 2.6.2

  • Added two new random drift automation sources
  • Larger performance improvements in wavetable engine
  • Corrected bitcrush FX and sampler cents / root key automation issues

Version 2.6.0

  • Significantly improved filter section (sound and CPU consumption)
  • Significantly improved real-time filter response display
  • Added wavetable modulation function CONVOLUTION (use with additional convolution tables in tables folder) to add custom wavteable effects like delay, reverb and filters
  • Added wavetable modulation functions TIME > FREQUENCY and FREQUENCY > TIME to smoothly change between time and frequency domain (use together with grid function)
  • Improved frequency bin editor now allows smoothly editing of magnitude and angle of harmonics while playing Significantly improved modulation system Improved mono legato mode
  • General setting of wavetable frequency characteristics: sharp (ideal filtering), soft (butterworth filtering), dull (linear) – saved to settings file
  • Many other new features and numerous bug fixes and removed clicks

Version 2.5.5

  • Significantly improved modulation system
  • New parameters: Polarity of modulation matrix slot - unipolar (new), bipolar (as before) – helps to create modulation from current value to target value.
  • Real-time display of current modulation values in modulation matrix.
  • Display of unipolar modulation around sliders.
  • Type in modulation values including polarity.
  • General setting of wavetable frequency characteristics: sharp (ideal filtering), soft (butterworth filtering), dull (linear) – saved to settings file.
  • Added wavetable generator LOWPASS SOFT for smoothly filtered wavetables with low resonance.
  • Improved sample to wavetable processing.
  • Improved undo management now able to undo last wavetable changes.
  • Improved wavetable morph function to smooth or sharpen wavetable transitions.
  • New feature: automatically create wavetable patch from sample including MSEG or LFO, mono and stereo.
  • New feature: reverse sample selection.
  • Fixed ARP synchronization when DAW is off.
  • Fixed MSEG compatibility bug with older presets.
  • Standalone version now supports ASIO.
  • Installer allows changing plugin install paths.
  • Several UI usability and performance improvements.

Version: 2.5.0

  • Improved sample to wavetable processing
  • New feature: automatically create wavetable patch from sample including MSEG or LFO, mono and stereo
  • New feature: reverse sample selection

Version: 2.4.8

  • New feature: reverb high frequencies cut parameter
  • New feature: delay high frequencies cut parameter

Version 2.4.5 

  • New feature: undo last wavetable changes
  • New feature: stretch and interpolate selected wavetable positions (Ctrl + s)
  • New feature: thin out odd wavetable cycles (Ctrl + t)
  • New feature: reverse order of selected cycles (Ctrl + r)
  • Bug fixes in wavetable amplitude modulation function 
  • Bug fixes in MSEG default values
  • Fixed MIDI program change messages

Version 2.4.2

  • Bug fixes in wavetable editor when editing while playing and when dragging wavetables to editor
  • Preset browser improvements, now keeps sort order, displays preset date

Version 2.4.1

  • Usability improvements in wavetable editor: dropdown boxes for edit mode, grid, frequency domain edit functions
  • New featue: editing frequency domain bins in multi selection (multiple wavetable positions simultaneously)
  • Added sample and hold waveform in wavetable editor
  • Corrected LFO MSEG enevelopes (now working for LFO 2-5)

Version 2.4.0

  • Additional filter section with 14 versatile high quality, low CPU filters with waveshapers
  • New feature: Oscillator drift mode (exciter option in oscillator section)
  • New feature: LFO MSEG enevelopes with loop support (only active in "per voice" mode)
  • Added 300 high-quality wavetables
  • Improvements to additional colour schemes and skins: IceCubes and BloodTech!

Version 2.3.4

  • Two additional colour schemes and skins: IceCubes and BloodTech!
  • New feature: change the sequence of effects within FX bus
  • New feature: perpective wavetable display (right mouseclick on wavetable display)
  • New feature: sync gridlines for LFOs and step sequencers
  • New feature: drag and drop MIDI file (.mid) to arpeggiator
  • Fixed chorus effect
  • Stability and UI improvements
  • Several bug fixes in the sound engine, step sequencers DAW sync and wave table generators

Version 2.2.6

  • Added Win32 SSE2 versions
  • Corrected wavetable position copy and paste behavior (CTRL + v: replace with copied positions, CTRL + insert: insert copied positions)
  • Bugfixes for preset changes and an issue in the WT engine causing sporadically low frequency distortion
  • Stability improvements in Renoise 3.1

Version 2.2.1

  • New feature: solo mode in wavetable editor to play only selected wavetable positions
  • New feature: freehand wavetable draw mode
  • New feature: slider display of selected range from default value
  • New feature: type in exact MSEG values
  • Corrected wavetable position copy and paste behavior (CTRL + v: replace with copied positions, CTRL + insert: insert copied positions)

Version 2.1.12

  • 20% less CPU resource consumption

Version 2.1.8

  • Fixed: LDF filter issues
  • Fixed: Keyboard input to MIDI keyboard
  • Fixed: Save preset as FXP, FLS files

Version 2.1.5

  • New feature: added SSE compatibility versions for systems that do not support AVX
  • Fixed: Display of snap to grid in wavetable editor
  • Fixed: Arp & StepSeq also playing in sync mode when transport is off
  • Documentation: added keyboard shortcuts
  • GUI fixes: resize icon in bottom right corner not always shown

Version: 2.1.4

  • New feature: MIDI learn
  • New feature: Channel pressure / aftertouch
  • Fixed: waveform quick select buttons and reverse, invert were not applied to all selected wavetable positions
  • Fixed: DC offset of bitcrush effect
  • Fixed: Improved behavior when changing presets (caused issues in some DAWs) - now working fine
  • Fixed: Corrected the naming of the MSEG templates (ADR, ADSR)

Version 2.1.3

  • New feature: MIDI learn
  • New feature: Channel pressure / aftertouch

Version 2.1.2

  • Improved installer for MacOSX 64bit
  • Stability improvements
  • GUI fixes
  • Bug fixes
Published: 
2020-04-15