What's new in The Drop 1.8.3
Dec 19, 2023
- Fix: Env Trig mode on x86 macOS builds fixed.
New in The Drop 1.8.1 (Nov 8, 2023)
- Fix: text entry on modulation depth section knobs causing crash.
New in The Drop 1.7.11 (Dec 12, 2022)
- Fix: moving knobs and buttons no longer crashes the under the hood but not used undo system.
New in The Drop 1.7.10 (Dec 11, 2022)
- New: server now prompts to update if a more recent version is available to install online – can still
- Authorise older versions using the manual authorisation method via web page accounts.
- Fix: Changed to using Windows Cryptography Key instead of primary MAC address for machine id
- For better authorisation stability when using VPNs or other network devices changes. On macOS no
- Changes have been made.
New in The Drop 1.7.8 (May 11, 2022)
- Fix: Obfuscated strings with extended characters now terminated correctly.
- Fix: Corrected some undefined behaviours in Juce v3 code
New in The Drop 1.7.7 (Apr 20, 2022)
- Fix: Found and removed more uses of possibly uninitialised static variables for path separators, which caused crashes on some systems
New in The Drop 1.7.5 (Feb 16, 2022)
- Fix: Updated Juce Library File class to not use possibly uninitialised static variables for path
- separators, which caused crashes on some systems.
New in The Drop 1.7.2 (Feb 5, 2022)
- Fixed: Plugin reset now also happens just before first playback.
New in The Drop 1.7.0 (Nov 13, 2021)
- Fixed: Plugin now resets all parameters correctly when requested by DAW (eg Reaper Take FX when looping).
- Fixed: Machine ID on Windows now more reliable when changing network devices.
New in The Drop 1.6.8 (Feb 5, 2021)
- Fixed: LFO1 now back to Sin shape (was pulse for testing).
- Fixed: DESTVAL control label how uses correct units for its destination.
New in The Drop 1.6.7 (Jan 26, 2021)
New in The Drop 1.6.5 (Aug 10, 2020)
- Fixed: audio unit version plist has been updated so Logic can find the plugin without a reboot
New in The Drop 1.6.4 (Jun 4, 2020)
- New: Added extra checks on number of authorisation files saved. Old ones are now deleted to make room for new ones if needed
New in The Drop 1.6.2 (May 9, 2020)
- New: Drive Boost buttons that boost the level of the signal with increasing Drive. This will prevent the overall level becoming more quiet when lots of drive is happening inside the filter.
New in The Drop 1.5.8 (Mar 18, 2020)
- New: basic expression evaluation for all numeric text input on controls eg: you can type “4*(1+1/3)”to get “5.3333333”
- Fixed: upper bound on Pre and Post gain knobs back to +24 dB (was +36 dB)
New in The Drop 1.5.7 (Mar 18, 2020)
- New: Beat 1 legato beat sync for LFO1 and LFO2
- Fixed: more stable song position for beat sync of LFOs
- Fixed: midi message processing causing possible buffer overruns and odd random issues
- Fixed: resizing window on Windows 7/8 with below 150% desktop scaling on HiDPI displays
New in The Drop 1.5.6 (Mar 18, 2020)
- Fixed: sidechain input broken with oversampling
- Fixed: trigger to LFO2 now re-randomises even if full cycle hasn’t completed yet
New in The Drop 1.5.5 (Mar 18, 2020)
- New: added MOD button to enable / disable the entire mod section and change the size of the user interface to hide all the mods when bypassed
- New: Res Shift trimpot for adjusting the LP and HP resonance together, useful for DJ applications
- New: reduced oversampler latency to use the lowest possible to support current realtime and render oversampling amounts
- New: added advanced setting to allow dynamic updating of latency when switching between realtimeand render – note: very few hosts support this, so this setting has to be manually changed in the settings.xml config file
- Fixed: the cutoff of the filters now remain strictly mono for mono inputs if SHIFT or stereo modulation aren’t used
- Fixed: uninitialised variable in linear phase oversampler
New in The Drop 1.5.4 (Mar 18, 2020)
- Fixed: uninitialised variable in minimum and intermediate phase oversampler
- Note: switched to using VS2015 for Windows Builds to work around static c runtime shutdown problems with the Juce library using VS2012
New in The Drop 1.5.3 (Mar 18, 2020)
- New: minimum phase and intermediate phase modes for oversampling
- New: global CPU meter
- New: AAX build with new filters types
- Fixed: drive led on MS1 circuit
New in The Drop 1.5.2 (Mar 18, 2020)
- Fixed: Shift / Spread in Wide mode didn't recall correctly
New in The Drop 1.5.1 (Mar 18, 2020)
- Fixed: trig and gate modes not working in Env1 and Env2
New in The Drop 1.5.0 (Mar 18, 2020)
- New: filter models KSM, WSP, AMU
- New: resonance boost “trimpot” to increase self oscillation range from 125% to 200% (the 0%-100%operation stays constant)
- New: MD and HD modes for all filters
- New: SSE optimised over-sampler
- New: CPU meters
- New: cramped responses properly drawn in visualiser
- New: LFO1 phase control and advanced triggering
- New: improved beat triggering of LFOs
- New: wide button to increase the range of the shift and spread knobs•New: improved machine id generation on Win and Mac
- Note: Win XP support has ended with this build
New in The Drop 1.0.16 (Mar 18, 2020)
- New: HiDPI support on Win
- Fixed: changed library calls so plugin loads on Win XP
New in The Drop 1.0.15 (Mar 18, 2020)
- Fixed: Mono SC (side-chain) oversampling working again
New in The Drop 1.0.14 (Mar 18, 2020)
- Fixed: presets from older versions now recall properly in Cubase song files
New in The Drop 1.0.13 (Mar 18, 2020)
- Fixed: Win plugin will now load on machines without Visual Studio 2012 redistributable installed
- Fixed: Mac VST plugin now gets keyboard focus when when entering text values
New in The Drop 1.0.12 (Mar 18, 2020)
- Fixed: filter resonance display
- Fixed: filters back in correct order
New in The Drop 1.0.11 (Mar 18, 2020)
- New: AAX Native version
- Fixed: pad button now recalls correctly in songs
- Fixed: mono AU working in DP 7/8
- Fixed: updated generation of machine id to avoid clashes
- Trying: removed PACE signing on VST builds to see if that helps with customers having issues getting Studio One v2 on Win 8 and Cubase 6.5 on Win 7 to be recognised.
New in The Drop 1.0.8 (Apr 2, 2015)
- Fixed: Loading presets now defaults Routing to Serial and Step ShSp to off so that Factory presets load as expected
New in The Drop 1.0.7 (Apr 2, 2015)
- New: Parallel and Serial processing, previously only Serial
- New: Smoothing of Shift and Spread knobs with Glide, addition of Step button to bypass this smoothing
- New: Mouse wheel support for changing Hp/Lp Circuit, Lfo2 Pattern, and Lfo2 Steps
- Fixed: AU version not recalling parameters correctly (most evident in Live)
- Fixed: Level controls for LFO1/2 now work properly once Env1/2 finish
New in The Drop 1.0.6 (Nov 3, 2014)
- New: Everything
- Fixed: Oversampling now stays put when loading presets
- Fixed: Silence detection now works properly for fast decaying sources, previously a chunk of non- silent buffer was looped creating a buzzing sound on the tail of fast decaying sources
New in The Drop 0.9.18 Beta (Sep 10, 2013)
- New: popup menus to pick circuit type
- New: can now click to reset the state of the I/O checking indicator
- Fixed: random crashes in re-sampler, mostly on 32-bit version
- Fixed: sometimes reporting incorrect oversampling latency when base sample rate higher than 48 khz
New in The Drop 0.9.17 Beta (Aug 5, 2013)
- New: optional checking of all input and output buffers for invalid numbers
- Fixed: intermittently uninitialized glide voltage that could cause cutoff frequencies to be locked to 0 Hz and so cause silencing of a channel
- Fixed: re-connected host bypass button for VST version (was lost in Juce update)
- Fixed: re-connected latency reporting for AU version (was lost in Juce update)
New in The Drop 0.9.16 Beta (Jul 19, 2013)
- New:
- preset menu now contains a list of available presets sorted by categories
- New:
- filters are now “warmed up” to prevent clicks when switching circuits
- Fixed:
- bug in oversampling that could cause silence or crashes under certain conditions
New in The Drop 0.9.14 Beta (Jul 19, 2013)
- New: Cascade and Cascade SH low pass, Cascade high pass (Cascade SH high pass needs more work)
- New: Increased maximum possible resonance
- New: increased snap to zero range on modulation depth knobs
- New: updated smoothing algorithm to be more responsive to small quick movements
- Fixed:
- Updated to the most recent version of the Juce framework for various bug fixes and greater compatibility
- Fixed: Startup bug introduced in v0.9.12 that set all control values to zero on inserting a new instance of the plugin
New in The Drop 0.9.9 Beta (Jul 19, 2013)
- Fixed:
- Bug in voicing code that caused random crashes with more than one instance of The Drop in a project
New in The Drop 0.9.8 Beta (Jul 19, 2013)
- New:
- Glide now working
- New: Note priority working, handles multiple midi notes and uses newest note priority to pick which one to voice
- New:
- Installation and Quickstart Guide
- Fixed:
- Renamed the two key parameters that change the overall shape of the Lfo, they are now called Lfo Asym (was Lfo Width) and Lfo Curve (was Lfo Shape)
- Fixed: Improved convergence of the numerical solver for slightly lower cpu and better results with the Sallen Key circuit model
New in The Drop 0.9.7 Beta (Jul 19, 2013)
- New: Sallen Key circuit model added, which has less detail and but also uses less cpu than the MS2 version.
- Fixed: The Lfo Rate now shows note values when in Sync modeFixed: Input clipping is now a more useful shape so it passes audio cleanly when not driven
- Fixed: Env2 now works with Audio SC as source
- Fixed: Buzzing when switched off using the “Cytom” power button with oversampling at x2.
- Fixed: All modulation of the filter cutoff Spacing control is now mono only, using the left modulation signal as the source.
- Fixed: LFO modulation of amplitude can now be used for panning effects with the Spacing contro