Synapse Audio Orion 8 v8.6 WiN

Orion 8.6 is now available in the service area for all registered users! Orion 8.6 introduces track freeze, new effects, usability enhancements and an update of the skin system. Additionally, many bugs from version 8.5 have been addressed.

The following lists all changes since Orion 8.5.

New:

Track freeze option added in the playlist
New Effect: Fat Space for Orion
New Effect: Stereo Widen Pro

Changes/Enhancements:

Paste to cursor: Selections in the piano roll can now be pasted to the cursor position,
and the pattern size automatically increases as necessary
Both streaming and "live" playback now use the same buffer size, increasing accuracy.
Note this makes the previous "Enable accurate VST automation" switch obsolete
Crash report tool allows you to forward a log to us with further information,
this can help us find the reason
Improved "Clone To Track" between internal modules and VST instruments
"Receive Midi From Generator" can handle every midi channel now
In song mode if track recording has been enabled, the events will be recorded into pattern events instead of song events
Progress bar for Track Freeze
Hints when using Mouse Wheel to change parameters

Bug Fixes:

VST MIDI Arpeggiators did not work properly in Orion, fixed
All UAD VST Plugins now show their GUI properly (previously, the bottom was cut)
Flowstone VST works now, no longer crashes on delete (this fix may help other plugins too)
Some VST Effects didn't redraw properly, fixed
Axon VST plugin should be working properly now
Klanghelm VST compressor now works
(rather a plugin bug but we found a way to make it work)
Serum VST should scan properly now
FX pattern events can no longer get recorded accidentally
Dialog focus fight problem addressed (dialogs were blinking)
Sampler Filter fixed, could bug out in certain extreme settings
VSTs could loose focus randomly, fixed
Orion did not save the playlist zoom ratio, fixed
Undo didn't work for mouse wheel changes, fixed
Cancelling sampler program import crashed, fixed
Mono 24-bit WAV export did not work, fixed
DrumRack multitimbral mode name fixed
Audio track didn't update after missing samples were found
Midi song import could crash, fixed
Orion.exe could hang in task Manager after an ASIO driver problem,
forcing a reboot, should be fixed
Switching DirectSound driver sample rate could crash, fixed
Delay desynchronization on tempo change, fixed
Microsoft Visual C++ Runtime Library Error, fixed
After collecting missed samples for audio tracks the tracks haven't been udpated, fixed
Pattern size on playlist is displayed properly now after a Style is loaded
Piano Roll Lasso fix
Various minor graphical glitches fixed
Setting a high UI refresh rate caused the compressor VU meters to blink, fixed
Fix for missing "Songs" directory
Song events work properly now with other timesignatures than 4/4
Wasp ignored notes in some cases, fixed
Roland SH-2 crashed Orion after insert, fixed
When cloning a track, Orion could crash in some cases, fixed
Mixer menus should work properly now
Drawing issues in the pianoroll and playlist are fixed
Plugins with resizeable GUIs should work properly now
Project load deactivates all track's recording flags now
In song mode Pitch Bend was recording to the pattern events instead of the song events, fixed
When closing Orion, Orion could crash with the error message "Exception on N/i", fixed
Groove slicer allowed 24/32-bit OSP files which crashed Orion, fixed

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