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Virtual ANS Changelog

What's new in Virtual ANS 3.0.3

Oct 23, 2023
  • IOS 11 support has been dropped; now the minimum is 12;
  • Now you can load audio files in the following formats: WAV (PCM, uncompressed), AIFF (PCM, uncompressed), OGG (Vorbis), MP3, FLAC;
  • Auto-repeat in the virtual (on-screen) text keyboard;
  • Bug fixes.

New in Virtual ANS 3.0.2d (Jun 29, 2023)

  • ARM/ARM64 Linux support;
  • Bug fixes.

New in Virtual ANS 3.0.2c (Apr 12, 2020)

  • bug fixes.

New in Virtual ANS 3.0.2b (Mar 18, 2020)

  • iOS and Android: bug fixes.

New in Virtual ANS 3.0.2 (Feb 20, 2020)

  • Bug fixes.

New in Virtual ANS 3.0.1 (Aug 13, 2019)

  • Project -> Export/Import -> new option "Optimize image size when importing": large picture height will be reduced to the optimal value (1024 or 2048, depending on the device);
  • New AU/MIDI parameters: Layer 1-6 opacity;
  • Bug fixes.

New in Virtual ANS 3.0b (Jun 3, 2019)

  • fixed bug with WAV export.

New in Virtual ANS 3.0 (Jun 3, 2019)

  • IOS: Audio Unit Extension (AUv3) has been added;
  • IOS: user files are now available through the Files app;
  • IOS: partial USB/Bluetooth keyboard support (no key release, no Home/End, no F1/F2/...);
  • IOS, macOS: public MIDI IN port (visible for other apps);
  • IOS: high resolution screen support;
  • IOS, Android: now any Virtual ANS compatible files (ans, jpg, png, gif, wav) can be opened from other apps (Mail, Browser, Files, etc.);
  • Android 6+: USB MIDI support;
  • Android: arm64 and x86_64 support;
  • Android 2.3 support has been dropped; now the minimum is 4.1;
  • Linux: multitouch support;
  • New mode with Polyphonic Synth and real-time parameters;
  • Settings -> MIDI Mapping: functions for assigning MIDI knobs and buttons to the Virtual ANS parameters;
  • Audio export options: 44 - 192 kHz, 16-bit (default) or 32-bit (high quality interpolation, reduced noise level);
  • Ability to set your own template;
  • New brushes;
  • New layering mode - "Lighten Only": each pixel of the current layer is compared with the pixel of the lower layer, then the brightest one is selected from them;
  • New layering mode - "Darken Only": each pixel of the current layer is compared with the pixel of the lower layer, then the darkest one is selected from them;
  • Palette selection options have been added to the Visualization settings;
  • Max pixels per beat has been increased to 256;
  • Any number of notes per octave is possible now (for the pitch keyboard);
  • Double click (or right mouse button click) on any parameter opens a text input dialog to enter the exact value;
  • New recording mode - "from ANS to Audio File";
  • New parameter: Settings -> Sound Quality -> "Rec.Resolution (rhythm...melody)" (-100 - high time resolution; 0 - optimal mode; 100 - high frequency resolution);
  • Improved export of PhonoPaper codes of any length;
  • New buttons in the Navigation mode: "Center" and "Fit to screen";
  • New functions in the Selection menu: "Make a Loop", "Save Selection to the ANS file";
  • New effects (Selection -> Effects): Posterize (reduce the number of colors), Edge Detect;
  • UP/DOWN shortcuts can now also move the view (in all modes, except the selection mode);
  • Alternative shortcuts to decrease/increase octave: SHIFT + "-" / SHIFT + "+";
  • New shortcut: SHIFT + C - center the view;
  • New shortcut: SHIFT + F - make the sonogram fit to screen;
  • New shortcut: SHIFT + T - load template;
  • Many interface improvements;
  • Bug fixes.

New in Virtual ANS 2.3 (Jul 14, 2015)

  • additional UI language - Russian; you can change it in System Preferences -> Interface
  • new drawing modes: * (lighting), / (darkening)
  • Xor, Add and Sub modes has been renamed to ^, + and -
  • new operation in the Selection Mode: Duplicate (CTRL + D)
  • compressor has been added to the audio engine
  • bugs fixed

New in Virtual ANS 2.2 (Sep 8, 2014)

  • improved audio import quality;
  • multi-core support for audio import;
  • new high quality audio import mode - Filter Bank; you can enable it in the settings -> Sound Quality -> Rec.Quality;
  • new effect: Gamma Correction;
  • PhonoPaper export;
  • bugs fixed

New in Virtual ANS 2.1 (Dec 9, 2013)

  • added Panic button (in the Project menu) - press it to stop all audio and MIDI tasks;
  • new Visualization settings: Pitch Panel (Show/Hide), Time Panel (Show/Hide);
  • added ability to change screen orientation manually (only for Android): Preferences -> Interface -> Angle;
  • additional File Browser functions: Remove, Rename, Cut, Copy, Paste, Create Directory;
  • now you can see the file size in the File Browser;
  • iOS: Audio Copy/Paste (Project -> Export/Import -> ...);

New in Virtual ANS 2.1 Beta 2 (Nov 26, 2013)

  • fixed bugs in the Brush Manager.

New in Virtual ANS 2.1 Beta (Nov 25, 2013)

  • What is new:
  • layers;
  • multi-level undo buffer (default number of levels - 2, but you can change it in the app Settings);
  • improved brush manager (with such options as Load From JPG/PNG/GIF file, Save to PNG);
  • now any selection can be converted to brush;
  • new effects: Gain, Noise, Vibrato;
  • new keyboard shortcut: CTRL + Y (redo);
  • new keyboard shortcut: CTRL + A (select/unselect all);
  • new keyboard shortcuts: SHIFT + LEFT / RIGHT / UP / DOWN (faster movement);
  • now it is possible to move the selection (in the Selection mode only) by pressing LEFT, RIGHT, UP and DOWN button;
  • new Visualization settings: Pitch Panel (Show/Hide), Time Panel (Show/Hide);
  • progressive JPEG support;
  • AIFF support (load only);
  • bugs fixed.

New in Virtual ANS 2.0 (Oct 1, 2013)

  • rewritten from scratch
  • optimized for realtime playing
  • version 2 can load *.vns files from version 1, but not vice versa

New in Virtual ANS 1.1 (Oct 1, 2013)

  • UI redesign
  • improved sound quality
  • bugs fixed