RayBlaster Changelog
What's new in RayBlaster 3.0
Oct 31, 2023- New features:
- GUI with 22 different sizes (with and without keys).
- Native support for WQHD, 4K, 5K and 8K UHD displays.
- You can now drag & drop wav files on the wave displays to import them.
- Support for hardware-acceleration.
- Ultrasharp graphics with enhanced HiDpi and Retina Display support.
- Automatic detection of the ideal GUI size.
- GUI can be scaled from 100% up to 450% by clicking in the lower right corner.
- Patch browser can now also be opened by clicking on 'Browser' or the display on the upper left.
- Higher sound-quality:
- More transparent and clear over-all sound.
- The synth 'sits better in the mix', especially when it is combined with other instruments.
- The audio-engine now uses 64-bit precision instead of 32-bit, which results in a higher sound-quality.
- Enhanced sound of the automatic micro-tuning.
- More precise pitch calculation.
- Higher quality resampling in 44 and 88 kHz sample-rate.
- More linear frequency-response for certain configurations.
- Enhanced sound of the Reverb Large. It has a more transparent tail and sounds less detuned.
- Enhanned sound of Reverb Huge. It has a more transparent tail and sounds less detuned.
- Enhanced sound of Reverb Small. It sounds less detuned.
- Enhanced sound of Reverb Ultra. It has a more transparent tail and sounds less detuned.
- Enhanced sound of Reverb Big. It has a more transparent tail and sounds less detuned.
- Enhanced sound of Reverb Infinite. It has a more transparent tail and sounds less detuned.
- Enhanced sound of Reverb Trance. It has a more transparent tail.
- Enhanced sound of Reverb Band. It sounds less detuned.
- Enhanced sound of Reverb Glass. It sounds less detuned.
- Enhanced sound of Reverb Spring. It sounds less detuned.
- Enhanced sound of Delay. It has a more precise interpolation and sounds less detuned.
- Enhanced sound of Delay Band. It has a more precise interpolation and sounds less detuned.
- Enhanced sound of PingPong. It has a more precise interpolation and sounds less detuned.
- Enhanced sound of Delay Fat. It has a more precise interpolation.
- Enhanced sound of Delay Diffuse. It has a more precise interpolation and sounds less detuned.
- Enhanced sound of Delay Dual. It sounds less detuned.
- Enhanced sound of Tape Delay. It sounds less detuned.
- Enhanced sound of Chorus. It has a more precise interpolation now.
- Enhanced sound of Hypersaw. It has a more precise interpolation now.
- Enhanced sound of Chorus2. It has a more precise interpolation now.
- Enhancements:
- Higher performance.
- Reworked and enhanced graphics.
- Smoother animations and more responisve controls.
- Several small enhancemets for the patch-selector and patch-browser.
- Completely rewritten GUI code.
- More contrast for the LCD displays.
- Several small enhancements for the VST3 and AU version.
- Reworked some tool-tips.
- More beautiful sectors for knob-modulation.
- Fine-tuned some coordinates in the interface.
- Re-sizing the VST3, Standalone and Audiounit works more reliable.
- Enhanced stability.
- Smarter installer.
- Re-renderd the background bitpmap skin with a higher resulution.
- More beautiful font for the patch-browser for certain configurations.
- Fine-tuned some colors.
- Added Color bleeding for the glowing displays on the main screen.
- The installers come with a Microsoft/Apple approved certificate.
- Lots of further small enhancements.
- Changes:
- Removed the demo-version timeout and added a voice-over.
- Fixes:
- Some DAWs could show the VST3 version on PC with an incorrect size when Windows scaling was used.
- Downward compatibility:
- All patches created with previous versions can be loaded with RayBlaster3.
- All existing songs and patches will benfit from the enhanced sound quality.
- The Vst2 and Vst3 versions are downward compatible with all previous versions
- The Audiounit version is downward compatible with RayBlaster 2.9 or later
- Further notes:
- RayBlaster v3.x will be the final version. There will be no RayBlaster4.
New in RayBlaster 3.0 Beta (Apr 28, 2023)
- New features - interface:
- GUI with 22 different sizes (with and without keys).
- Native support for WQHD, 4K, 5K and 8K UHD displays.
- GUI can be scaled from 100% up to 450% by clicking in the lower right corner.
- You can now drag & drop wav files on the wave displays to import them.
- Reworked and enhanced graphics.
- Smoother animations and more responisve controls.
- Support for hardware-acceleration.
- Ultrasharp graphics with enhanced HiDpi and Retina Display support.
- Automatic detection of the ideal GUI size.
- Completely rewritten GUI code.
- More contrast for the LCD displays.
- The animations are faster and smoother.
- Fine-tuned some coordinates in the interface.
- Re-sizing the VST3, Standalone and Audiounit works more reliable.
- Fine-tuned some colors.
- Removed the demo-version timeout and added a voice-over.
- Patch browser can now also be opened by clicking on 'Browser' or the display on the upper left.
- Lots of further small enhancements.
- Enhancements - sound quality:
- The audio-engine now uses 64-bit precision instead of 32-bit, which results in a higher sound-quality.
- Slightly enhanced sound of the automatic micro-tuning.
- Enhanced sound of the Reverb Large, Huge, Small, Ultra, Big, Infinite, Trance, Band, Glass and Spring.
- Enhanced sound of Delay, Band, PingPong, Fat Diffuse, Dual and Tape.
- Enhanced sound of Chorus, Hypersaw and Chorus2.
- Fixes:
- Some DAWs could show the VST3 version on PC with an incorrect size when Windows scaling was used.
- Downward compatibility:
- All patches created with previous versions can be loaded with RayBlaster3.
- The Vst2 and Vst3 versions are downward compatible with all previous versions
- The Audiounit version is downward compatible with RayBlaster 2.9 or later