April 24, 2025
Bliss Sampler 2.9.2 released
Bliss 2.9.2 is out now, featuring MTS-ESP microtuning support, a powerful new Key Mapper view, expanded SFZ compatibility, and major improvements to the Sample Editor with enhanced UI/UX design and performance optimizations.
What's new
- Audio Engine Improvements
- Replaced Lagrange interpolation with B-Spline interpolation, offering better audio quality and frequency response.
- Corrected pitch shifting with 2x/4x engine speeds by compensating for oversampling factor.
- SIMD Optimization for Interpolation
- Added parallel processing for voice interpolation using architecture-specific SIMD instructions (SSE/AVX for x86, NEON for ARM).
- Implemented prefetching to improve cache usage and reduce memory latency.
- Optimized the sinc interpolation code with vectorized calculations for processing multiple samples simultaneously.
- Voice Processing Enhancements
- Modified voice processing to work in batches.
- Added memory prefetching to improve CPU cache efficiency.
- Applied compiler optimization directives for performance-critical functions.
- Expanded Offline Rendering Options
- Added more granular offline bounce quality settings including:
- "Same as Realtime" (default)
- "Fast Quality" (4x Oversample)
- "High Quality" (4x Oversample with SINC 32)
- "Mastering Quality" (SINC 512)
- Added more granular offline bounce quality settings including:
- Bug Fixes
- MTS-ESP critical issue has been resolved and is now functioning properly.
- Added the VST3 path to the Load Instrument VST host sampling path.
Bliss 2.9 is a free upgrade for all existing Bliss 2.x customers and is available as AAX, AU, VST2, VST3, and standalone versions for Windows, macOS, and Linux. More details and download information can be found at Bliss page.
April 15, 2025
Bliss Sampler 2.9 released
Bliss 2.9 is out now, featuring MTS-ESP microtuning support, a powerful new Key Mapper view, expanded SFZ compatibility, and major improvements to the Sample Editor with enhanced UI/UX design and performance optimizations.
What's new
- Key Mapper View
- Introduced a visual Key Mapper grid within the Sample Editor for intuitive zone management.
- Visualize and edit zone key ranges (low/high key), velocity ranges (low/high velocity), and root keys directly on a piano roll-style interface.
- Supports interactive drag-and-drop resizing of zone boundaries on the grid.
- Allows direct dragging of the root key indicator within the grid.
- Provides clear visual feedback for the currently selected zone.
- SFZ Compatibility
- Added import and export support for ampeg_attack, ampeg_decay, ampeg_sustain, and ampeg_release opcodes.
- Corrected SFZ export to place ADSR envelope parameters in the
section for enhanced compatibility.
- Sample Editor Improvements
- Improved visual handling and interaction logic for overlapping Loop Start/End and Cue Point markers.
- Optimized playback cursor performance by reducing the repaint area during playback visualization.
- E-MU .ebl file format support.
- UI/UX Enhancements
- Enhanced knob value display strings (bubbles) for Panning, Tuning, LFO Rate, etc., for improved readability.
- Standardized UI font sizes, removing Windows-specific overrides for better cross-platform consistency.
- Adjusted font sizes in the Zone List Box for better fit.
- Removed separators from the main global menu for a cleaner look.
- Ensured Key Mapper view updates reactively to zone changes and listbox selections.
- Bug Fixes
- Fixed AAX support.
- Sample Editor: Fixed inaccurate playback cursor position reporting when sample pitch shifting was active.
- Macro Editor: Corrected a visual glitch where Min/Max sliders were missing their background color.
- Fixed minor grammatical errors in menu item text.
Bliss 2.9 is a free upgrade for all existing Bliss 2.x customers and is available as AAX, AU, VST2, VST3, and standalone versions for Windows, macOS, and Linux. More details and download information can be found at Bliss page.
April 7, 2025
OB-Xd, Discovery Pro, Corona synths updated
- VST3 is now available on the free version for all platforms. AAX and LV2 are still registered versions only.
- Implemented smooth transitions between all filter modes.
- Added immediate parameter response for controls like the filter mix knob and BP button.
- Completely rewritten filter mode calculation system for Linux compatibility.
- Improved handling of floating-point precision differences between platforms.
- Added Oversampling Lock in Program menu to set different oversampling options in presets and bounce to audio settings.
- Added specialized compiler optimizations for consistent behavior without compromising performance.
- Fixed MIDI channel filtering for bank select and program change messages.
- Resolved an issue where the plugin was processing bank select messages (CC#32) regardless of the configured MIDI channel setting.
- Fixed a bug that caused program change messages to be processed from all MIDI channels, even when a specific channel was selected in the plugin settings.
- Improved MIDI mapping logic for more reliable control.
- Fixed MIDI bindings recall and Custom.xml update after MIDI learn.
- Improved MTS-ESP protocol status handling in Help menu.
- Export Preset improvements: now includes preset name and uses Presets location by default.
- Added 0.75x GUI Size option for better scaling on various display configurations.
- Enhanced license activation system.
- Fixed scale component issue that rendered assets incorrectly.
- Refactored dialog components for better usability.
- Refactored Directory Iterator for MIDI menu.
- Added Playback Quality and Bounce Quality submenu items to the voice configuration.
- Fixed mono play mode clicks.
- Enhanced unison voice allocation in mono/legato mode for consistent detune ordering.
- New Unison detune settings at Voices LED or MENU > Edit > Config, modeled from the Nord Lead 2 detune modes.
- Improved oversampling with critical fix for proper filter coefficients across all modes.
- Optimized New Limiter function with faster DSP processing.
- Added MTS-ESP support for microtuning. Status available at Help Menu.
- Added basic SFZ instrument collection.
- Implemented preliminary SFZ support (Waves > SFZ folder).
- Improved SFZ parsing capabilities.
- Implemented SFZ parser optimizations for better performance.
- Fixed memory leaks related to DWB processing and improper File path handling in Wave Player.
- Optimized DWB loading with 256KB buffers and caching for 5-20MB DWB files.
- WavePlayer DWB caching.
- Fixed Tick to Grid function for more accurate grid interactions.
- Consistently select first wave when switching wave banks.
- Added support for SFZ location subfolders.
- Fixed SFZ wavebank menu: Now displays as submenu instead of flat item.
- Redesigned active gate/mod LED position for better visibility.
- Improved activation dialog and user interface.
- Improved JP-8000/8080 SysEx import.
