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[James Steele]

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All good, my issue is resolved. It doesn't give me much confidence in NI.

James is far more eloquent on that subject if he wishes to weigh in.

I got nothing... well, other than to say that I got burned pretty bad with that really bad version of Kontakt. NI actually posted a URL to the previous version for users to reinstall, but *something* about that bad version hosed my system SO BADLY, that I had to wipe my system drive and do a full restore to an earlier macOS and then work my way back to where I was before Kontakt messed me up. Since then, I always run a Time Machine backup so that I have an APFS snapshot of my boot drive to quickly restore from just in case. I just won't blindly trust NI updates anymore. That bad version didn't just affect DP, but all other DAWs installed on my system were messed up and couldn't playback properly. How the heck that made it through NI's beta testing I'll never understand.

[James Steele]

Addictive Drums 2.3.7 updated to... what?... 2.3.6??!!

I'd love to tell you what is updated but doesn't look like XLN is keeping their release notes page updated:
https://www.xlnaudio.com/release_notes? ... tive_drums

Okay that's strange... I had 2.3.7 installed according to PlugInfo and it downgraded me??? Huh? I'm going to pull 2.3.7 off of Time Machine and write to XLN tech support and ask what the heck is up with that?!!!

MORE INFO: I had version 2.3.7 dated March 1, 2024 and XLN Online Installer downgraded it to 2.3.6 dated February 26, 2024!

Yeah... writing to Support now.

[James Steele]

Just submitted a note to XLN tech support:

I'd like to know why, just now, XLN Audio Installer told me I had an update and it downgraded my existing Addictive Drums 2.3.7 install (March 1, 2024) to Addictive Drums 2.3.6 (February 26, 2024)?  Was this intentional?  Was there something wrong with 2.3.7, and if so, don't you think users should be notified?  Thanks!

Update: What's very strange is I just now rebooted and ran the XLN Audio Installer and it says everything is up to date. Odd.

[James Steele]

Tracktion/Wavesequencer Updates

Hyperion 1.54 updated to 1.55
Theia 1.11 updated to 1/12

Launch Tracktion Download Manager to update

[James Steele]

Plays nice with Sonoma?

Well so far, so good. I went ahead and did a Time Machine backup as I am wont to do these days as I don't fully trust NI yet. Things are working okay here on Sonoma 14.5. I noticed that I had a few Kontakt instruments I made myself that I was prompted to re-save them for faster loading, which I did. That, however, triggered a "One or more Kontakt instances could not be recalled correctly" error when I opened a project in DP that used one. However, that was easily resolved by opening that instance and reloading the instrument.

So seems to be okay here in DP.

[James Steele]

Just submitted a note to XLN tech support:

I'd like to know why, just now, XLN Audio Installer told me I had an update and it downgraded my existing Addictive Drums 2.3.7 install (March 1, 2024) to Addictive Drums 2.3.6 (February 26, 2024)?  Was this intentional?  Was there something wrong with 2.3.7, and if so, don't you think users should be notified?  Thanks!

Update: What's very strange is I just now rebooted and ran the XLN Audio Installer and it says everything is up to date. Odd.

For anyone following along... it's very odd. I tried opening a DP project tonight that contained Addictive Drums 2 and got an error message about wrong resources and then a series of more error messages that something was wrong with my Addictive Drums install. (I don't know HOW I managed to have 2.3.7 (?) on my system.) I deleted AD2 plugins from their respective folders and then XLN Online Installer did a repair and now all is working again and it's version 2.3.6. Very, very odd. Oh well.

[James Steele]

Well the mystery is cleared up. Got this response today from XLN Audio support:

Thank you for contacting us about this. Our developers had accidentally made a public release of an AD2 version that was for testing a very specific issue. This led to some problems for users with a certain macOS version due to it not being enabled in the backend for that version. So we decided to reverse that release.

Ooopsie! Well, I got my AD2 back to version 2.3.6 and all is good in the Addictive Drums world again.

[James Steele]

Carbon Copy Cloner updated to Version 7

I had a license for version 6, so upgrade was $25 for me, but I paid it as it sounded like it had some things I would find useful. Here's a list of what's new:

https://support.bombich.com/hc/en-us/ar ... w-in-CCC-7

One of the things that caught my eye was the ability to conveniently view the snapshot files that are stored on your attached drives. Yes, you can do this from Terminal, but as I recall it's a PITA and I don't even remember how. Seems like this would be useful for me to verify I have a snapshot available to restore from if I'm living dangerously and installing the latest version of Kontakt!

The other thing that's intriguing to me about this, is it will let you easily mark a snapshot file to be permanently retained. It may be one that is rather important as your system may have been at a very significant state at the time and you want to save it. I know that by default it seems that macOS immediately deletes a snapshot file after you restore from it. I'm not sure why that is. I don't know if this would prevent that and if it's advisable, but the feature is there.

[James Steele]

Newfangled EQuivocate updated to 1.13.2

• Fixed a crash on preset save under certain conditions

Newfangled Invigorate updated to 1.3.3

• Preset name is now saved with Session
• Fixed reveal preset folder on Windows
• Unknown is now No Category
• Enter button saves preset on preset save page
• User Bank is added to the preset drop down list
• Added cycle UI message to OpenGL Button
• Added IMPORT button for presets
• Favorite flags are now persistent load and save, even when modified
• Made logos render more clearly on Windows
• Passes Windows Smart Screen

Newfanged Recirculate updated to 1.1.2

• Passes Windows Smartscreen

Newfanged Saturate updated to 1.13.2

• Fixed a crash on preset save under certain conditions

[mikehalloran]

https://www.celemony.com/en/start

New in Version 5.4
The update to Version 5.4 contains improvements and bug fixes, which is why we recommend it to all users.

Pro Tools and Cubase with ARA: When opening a project with Melodyne, crashes sometimes occurred.
Pro Tools with ARA: Deleting a clip from a stereo track with Melodyne ARA during playback sometimes led to a crash.
All versions under Windows: In the event of a faulty connection with the Celemony server, a crash sometimes occurred.
Studio One with ARA: When using the Fade Tool or closing a session, crashes sometimes occurred.
ARA: Opening a second tab after opening the Sound Editor sometimes resulted in either a blank user interface or a crash.
Stand-alone implementation: Under macOS, invoking the Undo function during a copy operation sometimes led to a crash.
Stand-alone implementation: Crashes sometimes occurred when activating Melodyne.
Stand-alone implementation: The command “Save and Replace Audio” sometimes resulted in a crash when the audio file being edited was at the same time being used and played back in a DAW.
Trial version of Melodyne: Interrupting activation under Windows sometimes led to a crash.
All versions: In the Japanese user interface, an incorrect localization for “Sibilant Handling” was displayed in Note Assignment Mode.
ARA: The ARA mode is now also displayed correctly in the “About Melodyne” window.
Stand-alone implementation: Activating the record-enable function via the track view in the Note Editor had no effect on the track pane, where the Record Enable button remained grayed out.

[James Steele]

Launched Arturia Software Center and see that, for me, the following plugs have updates:

• Chorus JUN-6 Update from 1.4.0.4457 to 1.5.0.5460

New features:
• Improved GUI
• Added Pro Tools Automation Shortcuts
• Added the ability to Save as opening preset

Bug fixes:
• No more freezes on Windows and Mac with CPU intensive FX's
• No more issues when using AMD GPU's
• Chorus Jun-6V no longer sends multiple outputs in Pro Tools
• Exporting a Bank of presets now works perfectly
• Changing parameters using an inverted mouse scroll now works as expected
• Visualizers are now working correctly in offline mode in Cubase
• Undo/Redo History is now working as expected when using the A>B feature

• Efx REFRACT Update from 1.0.0.5002 to 1.1.0.5460

New features:
• Improved GUI
• Added Pro Tools Automation Shortcuts
• Added the ability to Save as opening preset

Bug fixes:
• No more freezes on Windows and Mac with CPU intensive FX's
• No more issues when using AMD GPU's
• Dry/Wet knob is now correctly recalled when locked
• Exporting a Bank of presets now works perfectly
• Changing parameters using an inverted mouse scroll now works as expected
• Visualizers are now working correctly in offline mode in Cubase
• Undo/Redo History is now working as expected when using the A>B feature

• Filter MINI Update from 1.8.0.4457 to 1.9.0.5460

New features:
• Improved GUI
• Added Pro Tools Automation Shortcuts
• Added the ability to Save as opening preset

Bug fixes:
• No more freezes on Windows and Mac with CPU intensive FX's
• No more issues when using AMD GPU's
• No more processing when filter Mini is fully Dry (will change the sound after updating)
• Exporting a Bank of presets now works perfectly
• Changing parameters using an inverted mouse scroll now works as expected
• Visualizers are now working correctly in offline mode in Cubase
• Undo/Redo History is now working as expected when using the A>B feature

• Filter MS-20 Updated from 1.1.0.4459 to 1.2.0.5462

New features:
• Improved GUI
• Added Pro Tools Automation Shortcuts
• Added the ability to Save as opening preset

Bug fixes:
• No more freezes on Windows and Mac with CPU intensive FX's
• No more issues when using AMD GPU's
• Exporting a Bank of presets now works perfectly
• Changing parameters using an inverted mouse scroll now works as expected
• Visualizers are now working correctly in offline mode in Cubase
• Undo/Redo History is now working as expected when using the A>B feature

[James Steele]

https://www.celemony.com/en/start

New in Version 5.4
The update to Version 5.4 contains improvements and bug fixes, which is why we recommend it to all users.

Pro Tools and Cubase with ARA: When opening a project with Melodyne, crashes sometimes occurred.
Pro Tools with ARA: Deleting a clip from a stereo track with Melodyne ARA during playback sometimes led to a crash.
All versions under Windows: In the event of a faulty connection with the Celemony server, a crash sometimes occurred.
Studio One with ARA: When using the Fade Tool or closing a session, crashes sometimes occurred.
ARA: Opening a second tab after opening the Sound Editor sometimes resulted in either a blank user interface or a crash.
Stand-alone implementation: Under macOS, invoking the Undo function during a copy operation sometimes led to a crash.
Stand-alone implementation: Crashes sometimes occurred when activating Melodyne.
Stand-alone implementation: The command “Save and Replace Audio” sometimes resulted in a crash when the audio file being edited was at the same time being used and played back in a DAW.
Trial version of Melodyne: Interrupting activation under Windows sometimes led to a crash.
All versions: In the Japanese user interface, an incorrect localization for “Sibilant Handling” was displayed in Note Assignment Mode.
ARA: The ARA mode is now also displayed correctly in the “About Melodyne” window.
Stand-alone implementation: Activating the record-enable function via the track view in the Note Editor had no effect on the track pane, where the Record Enable button remained grayed out.

Thanks for this, Mike! Celemony isn't great about notifying users so I appreciate it.

FYI, I replaced the link you posted with a generic one and users will need to log in at Celemony site and navigate to udpate. The link you posted appeared to contain your serial number so I replaced it for obvious security reasons. I've done that myself before! Yikes!

[James Steele]

Just ran Flux Center

• IRCAM Verb 23.08.0 updated to 24.6.0
• IRCAM Verb Session 23.08.0 updated to 24.6.0

[James Steele]

Voxengo Elephant updated to 5.5

https://www.voxengo.com/cp/updates/

This update includes the following changes:

* Further fix to HiDPI VST3 GUI resizing issue in Cubase, on Windows.
* Fixed an issue with gain knob's inverse linking.

[Tritonemusic]

https://www.pspaudioware.com/products/psp-608md

PSP 608 MultiDelay v. 1.8.5 (AAX, AudioUnit & VST3)

NEW:
- Presets
- Controls behavior has been rebuilt

BUGFIXES:
- Overall stability improved

AudioUnit:

- Fixed warning window with recover button issue when loading plugin in Logic Pro X (native ARM)
- Resizing problem fixed

VST3:

- Fixed issue with channels routing in Adobe Premiere and Digital Performer
- Fixed automation issue in Cakewalk and Digital Performer
- Fixed controls issue after preset selection in Digital Performer
- Plugin now opens correctly without full-screen window issue in Cubase 13

AAX

- minor bugs fixed

NO LONGER SUPPORTED:

- macOS 10.13 and earlier versions