What's new in Blue Cat's Phaser 3.43
Feb 15, 2024
- Fixed GUI performance issues on MacOS 14 (Codename Sonoma).
New in Blue Cat's Phaser 3.42 (Dec 11, 2022)
- Added Apple Silicon support for AAX Plug-in Format.
New in Blue Cat's Phaser 3.41 (Sep 3, 2022)
- Added an option in global & preset input settings to send MIDI events when MIDI-enabled parameters are modified in the plug-in (to update control surfaces accordingly).
- Improved undo management and automation when using the mouse wheel to move knobs.
- VST: improved parameter value display in some host applications.
- Mac: installers and plug-ins have been notarized to avoid security warnings on Mac OS Catalina and newer.
- Mac: fixed user interface display issues on early versions of MacOS 10.9.
- VST3: fixed some parameter update issues in some hosts.
New in Blue Cat's Phaser 3.4 (Jan 3, 2022)
- Native Apple Silicon (M1 processor) support.
- Dropped 32-bit support on Mac.
- Now requires MacOS 10.9 and newer.
- Added MIDI control support (MIDI CC messages) for Next and Previous Preset commands, with MIDI learn.
- Improved MIDI & automation control settings with lock, reset and "save as global setting" capabilities.
- Unicode support.
- Reduced the number of threads used by the plug-in.
- Reduced memory footprint.
- VST3: fixed random crash in Ableton Live 11 upon load.
- VST3: fixed parameters update issues in Studio One when bouncing tracks.
New in Blue Cat's Phaser 3.32 (Dec 15, 2020)
- Arrow keys can now be used to navigate presets.
- Improved smooth plug-in bypass (faster and smoother transition).
- New high resolution graphics for knobs.
- Reduced disk footprint.
- Misc DSP performance enhancements.
- Windows: improved GUI loading performance.
- Mac Audio Unit: fixed plug-in listing in some host applications (Plogue Bidule).
- Mac: fixed GUI performance issues on native P3 displays and improved performance on other displays.
- Mac: fixed mouse wheel that required large movements to change parameter values.
- Mac: fixed mouse cursor flickering issues.
- Mac: fixed Esc key not closing fine edit parameter dialog.
New in Blue Cat's Phaser 3.31 (Dec 20, 2019)
- MIDI Program Change preference is now saved into session instead of global preferences, so each instance can now use different MIDI channels. It is also saved in the user default preset.
- VST3: added program change support for VST3 plug-in format.
- Mac: much faster GUI rendering on recent Mac OS systems.
- Mac: fixed user interface not properly shown on retina displays in some applications built with the 10.14 Mac OS SDK (Cubase 10.5 for example).
- Mac: fixed settings panel rendering issues in dark mode on Mac OS Mojave and newer.
- VST: the user interface is now properly resized in Cubase on Windows when loading skins.
- Dropped support for legacy RTAS plug-in format.
New in Blue Cat's Phaser 3.3 (Dec 14, 2018)
- Refreshed GUI design, with improved usability and improved touchscreen support.
- The GUI can now be zoomed from 70% to 200%.
- Added Retina displays support on Mac (text and graphs using high resolution).
- Last loaded preset is now remembered in session and displayed in the presets menu.
- Plug-in state can now be reverted to the last loaded preset.
- New installer on Mac.
- Fixed minor compatibility issues with Mac OS High Sierra and Mojave.
- Dropped support for Windows XP and Mac OS X 10.6 and earlier.
- Dropped support for legacy DirectX plug-in format.
- Fully compatible with previous versions of the plug-in (except for VST3 on Mac, as explained below).
- Warning: because of a bug of the initial VST3 release, this new version may not work with existing sessions that used the VST3 format. See this blog post for more details and how to fix it.
New in Blue Cat's Phaser 3.1 (Jan 14, 2014)
- New Features:
- Copy/paste the plug-in's current state from the presets menu using the system clipboard.
- Improvements:
- Reduced the plug-in's memory usage.
- Windows VST Installer now remembers where the plug-in was initially installed to simplify upgrades.
- Bug Fixes:
- (Win) Alt-Click on a control now resets the value to default in Pro Tools, as expected.
- Fixed version number reported to host application for VST and Audio Unit versions.
New in Blue Cat's Phaser 3.02 (Jun 27, 2013)
- New Features:
- 64-bit AAX support for Pro Tools 11.
- Audio Suite support for offline processing in Pro Tools (AAX).
- Bug Fixes:
- Fixed AAX version not showing up in Pro Tools 10.3.5 on Windows.
- (RTAS) Fixed parameters control with EUCON control surfaces in Pro Tools.
- Fixed user interface issues in Final Cut Pro X.
- Fixed compare button issues in Pro Tools.
New in Blue Cat's Phaser 3.01 (Apr 30, 2012)
- Bug Fixes:
- Performance improvement when running under high CPU load for other platforms.
New in Blue Cat's Phaser 3.0 (Mar 29, 2012)
- New Features:
- New user interface.
- New integrated presets manager
- Load/save presets from the plug-in's user interface.
- Organize presets with folders.
- Customize the default preset.
- Exchange presets easily.
- Automation range and response curve can now be customized for each parameter.
- Automation and MIDI settings (channel, MIDI learn etc.) are now accessible from the main user interface.
- AAX plug-in format is now also supported on Windows.
- Improvements:
- Plug-in name has been shortened for a clearer display in mixer view for most host applications.
- The plug-in now appears in the "Modulation" category in Pro Tools.
- Changed the default VST install path on Windows.
- Improved default response curve for automation and MIDI control.
- Added new presets.
- Improved value display in fine edit window.
- Improved user manual.
- This product now includes both the mono and stereo versions.
- Optimizations and Performance Improvements:
- Reduced VST plug-in loading time.
- Improved parameters precision (now stored as 64-bit).
- More compact presets format (uses less space and loads faster).
New in Blue Cat's Phaser 2.63 (Mar 20, 2011)
- Fixed keyboard focus stealing issue in Pro Tools and several other host applications.
New in Blue Cat's Phaser 2.62 (Mar 23, 2010)
- RTAS plug-in bug fix: when using both the mono and stereo versions in the same session, the controls of the instances were linked together.
New in Blue Cat's Phaser 2.61 (Feb 26, 2010)
- Space bar does not trigger plug-in buttons anymore (avoids conflict with transport control in most applications).
- Win x64: fixed issue with some hosts not opening the plugins.
- Win x64: fixed issue with settings window that was not displayed properly in some hosts.
New in Blue Cat's Phaser 2.6 (Jan 30, 2010)
- RTAS plugin format support for Pro Tools
- 64-bit applications support for Windows DX and VST under Windows x64.
- Fixed MIDI learn issues.
New in Blue Cat's Phaser 2.5 (Nov 27, 2009)
- Factory presets are now available from the plugin menu.
- RTAS plugin format support (final beta stage - currently available with the Free Pack only).
New in Blue Cat's Phaser 2.4 (Sep 22, 2009)
- New Windows Installer (much faster install, improved upgrades).
- Bug Fix: Cubase freezes when loading a preset using a different skin while the plugin window is open.
- Blue Cat's Skinning Language 1.6.1 support.
New in Blue Cat's Phaser 2.3 (May 5, 2009)
- New skins with enhanced usability and new look and feel.
- New toolbar to access main features.
- Undo/Redo.
- Import/Export presets in a host and platform independent format.
- Smooth Bypass: activate/deactivate the plugin with absolutely no noise.
- Improved parameters display in host application and settings window.
- Performance improvements.
New in Blue Cat's Phaser 2.2 (Nov 6, 2007)
- Now supports Blue Cat's Skinnning language 1.2.4.
- Parameters can be fine tuned when the shift key is down.
- CPU efficiency improvement: no processing occurs when input is silent.
- Settings window now loads faster.
- (Bug fix): in some plug-in adapters (such as FxPansion's VST to RTAS adapter) the GUI did not display properly when first loaded.
- (Bug fix): when reinstalling the software in another directory, the "skin not found" message was displayed.