July 1, 2026
Discovery 8.23, OB-Xd 3.23, Bliss 3.16 released
We're pleased to announce updates across our product line, featuring full multicore voice rendering, additional GUI sizes with crisp Lanczos resampling, and new sampler key mapping tools.
Discovery Pro 8.23
Discovery Pro is the ultimate virtual analog synthesizer and sampler with 4 layers, 12 oscillators, SFZ/WAV/SoundFont support, PADSynth re-synthesis, and Nord Lead 2 SysEx import/export.
Version 8.23 upgrades the previous dual-core engine to full multicore, spreading voice rendering across every CPU core for far more headroom on big polyphonic patches and stacked layers.
What's New
- Full Multicore Voice Rendering: A new cross-layer voice thread pool shares active voices across all CPU cores instead of just two, so heavy patches with high polyphony, multiple layers, and oversampling reach the CPU protection ladder much later and keep more of the notes you play.
- Edit Workflow: Reorganized Edit submenu grouping Copy, Paste, Randomize, Reset and Unison, snapshot-based undo/redo for menu and preset edits, standard keyboard shortcuts, and a richer layer right-click menu.
- Improvements: Native DPI-aware text dialogs on Windows, faster vectorized PADsynth rendering, SIMD-optimized Advanced Limiter, and assorted GUI refinements.
- Bug Fixes: Fixed crashes when switching presets quickly with PADsynth layers and when closing during a PADsynth render; rendering now runs in the background with a "Rendering..." indicator.
This update is free for all 8.x customers.
OB-Xd 3.23
OB-Xd is a classic virtual analog synthesizer that recreates the Oberheim OB-X with enhancements like micro random detuning, unison, and bi-directional MIDI control.
Version 3.23 adds two new GUI sizes and upgrades 0.75x to high-quality Lanczos resampling, keeping the interface crisp at every size on standard and Retina displays.
What's New
- More GUI Sizes: New 1.25x and 1.75x sizes for five selectable sizes in total, plus a sharper 0.75x, all rendered with Lanczos resampling from high-resolution artwork. Assets are generated at your display's true pixel density for crisp results on Retina and HiDPI screens, prepared once on a background thread and reused instantly afterwards.
- Fixes: Fixed a preset browsing crash after loading a bank, corrected Voices/Poly/Legato LED readouts at every GUI size, removed a slowdown when changing size on large themes, and cleared a harmless oversampling asset warning.
Bliss 3.16
Bliss is a professional sampler with VST/AU instrument recording capabilities, Visual Key Mapper, built-in wave editor, and comprehensive format support including AKAI S1000/S3000/S5000/S6000, NKI, EXS, SFZ, and SoundFont2.
Version 3.16 brings new key mapping tools and smoother sample editing.
What's New
- Clickable Keyboard Auditioning: Click the on-screen keyboard in the key mapper to audition, with click height setting velocity.
- Smart Root-Note Detection: Filename and metadata root-note detection when dropping samples, mapping multisamples and kits automatically.
- Improvements: Optimized waveform rendering for smoother editing, playing zones highlighted in the key mapper and synced with the sample list, and mouse wheel scrolling in the zoomed view.
- Bug Fixes: Added output level safety to Spectral Mirror, fixed the Replace Sample dialog hiding behind the detached editor, corrected zone selection on overlapping zones, and stabilized zone list width.
This update is free for all Bliss 2.x and 3.x customers.
