July 15, 2026
Bliss, Discovery Pro, OB-Xd, FX Bundle updated

We're pleased to announce updates across our product line, featuring host-wide plugin delay compensation, higher-quality linear-phase offline rendering, a new Custom unison mode, and reverb and delay refinements.

Discovery Pro 8.24

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 8.24 adds a Custom unison mode with a hands-on detune and pan editor, restores the four Layer outputs to the AU, VST3 and VST plugin formats, and reports oversampling latency to the host for sample-accurate delay compensation.

What's New

• Custom Unison Mode: A new unison type with an in-editor overlay where you drag up to four voice dots across a detune x pan plane, setting per-voice pitch spread and continuous stereo placement by hand. Settings are stored per bank and mirrored globally. Open it from Poly ▸ Unison Detune ▸ Custom…
• Multi-core Classic Wavetable Generation: The first-run Classic oscillator cache is now built on a background thread across every CPU core, so plugin load and the interface never block. Output is bit-identical to before.
• Higher-Quality Offline Bounces: The bounce oversampler now uses linear-phase FIR equiripple filtering for cleaner offline renders, while realtime playback keeps its low-latency polyphase IIR path.
• Plugin Delay Compensation: Oversampling latency is now reported to the host, so oversampled playback and bounces stay in sample-accurate sync with the rest of your project.
• Bug Fixes: Restored the four Layer A/B/C/D outputs to the AU, VST3 and VST formats, fixed a bounce oversampling sample-rate miscomputation, a MIDI Out feedback loop, and a Windows-only hang on plugin unload.

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 refinements fix a Pro Tools load crash, let unregistered AAX and LV2 play in real time, and stop a macOS MIDI Out feedback loop.

What's New

• Unregistered AAX/LV2 Playback: These formats now play in real time when unregistered; only bouncing and offline rendering remain disabled until you register.
• Pro Tools Load Crash: Fixed a crash when loading OB-Xd (AAX) on an unregistered install.
• MIDI Out Feedback Loop (macOS): Notes and controller changes sent to the virtual MIDI port no longer echo back and multiply, most commonly seen with the Audio Unit in Logic Pro and GarageBand.

This update is free for all OB-Xd 3 customers.

 

Bliss 3.17

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 3.17 reports plugin delay compensation for effects oversampling and brings reverb, delay and chorus refinements.

What's New

• Plugin Delay Compensation: Effects oversampling latency is now reported to the host using a linear-phase FIR when bouncing.
• Reverb Improvements: Reverb parameters now show in real units instead of percentages and process at the base sample rate for lower CPU use, producing identical results without oversampling.
• Interface Polish: Reworked pitch and mod wheel shading for a rounder 3D look, with consistent button label fonts and dropdown arrow spacing.
• Bug Fixes: Fixed synced delay presets being four times too short, chorus rate and feedback errors, reverb predelay unit and stereo desync, delay cross mode feedback, send effects not flushing on preset load, and loop/cue points not updating when replacing a zone's sample.

This update is free for all Bliss 2.x and 3.x customers.

 

discoDSP FX Bundle 3.10

discoDSP FX Bundle is a collection of mastering and mixing effects including ThrillMe, NightShine, Schroeder, Finalizer, Distortion and EQ10.

Version 3.10 adds bundle-wide host delay compensation, linear-phase oversampling for cleaner renders, and an EQ10 filter-frequency fix.

What's New

• Bundle-wide Delay Compensation: Every oversampled plugin now reports its processing latency to the host, so tracks stay sample-aligned against parallel busses, dry/wet returns and other tracks. Added to ThrillMe 3.12, NightShine 2.6, Schroeder 2.2, Distortion 1.3 and EQ10 1.1.
• Linear-Phase Oversampling: Nonlinear processors now use a linear-phase FIR anti-aliasing filter for cleaner offline exports. ThrillMe, Finalizer and Distortion switch to the FIR only when bouncing, keeping the low-latency IIR for real-time tracking, while NightShine runs the high-quality FIR at all times.
• EQ10 Filter Frequency Accuracy: Corrected a sample-rate scaling error so every band, high-pass and low-pass now lands at exactly the frequency you set.
• Platforms & Formats: EQ10 now ships as an AAX plugin for Pro Tools alongside its existing VST, VST3, AU and standalone builds.

This update is free for all FX Bundle customers.

 

 

July 7, 2026
FX Bundle 3.9 released

FX Bundle is a collection of ten audio plugins for mixing, mastering and sound design: Distortion, EQ10, FFT Analyzer, Finalizer, NightShine 2, Samurai Delay, Schroeder Reverb, Scope, Spectrum and ThrillMe 3.

Version 3.9 adds Finalizer, a complete one-window mastering chain modelled on the classic TC Finalizer, joining the bundle for the first time.

Finalizer 1.2

Finalizer runs your mix through a fixed serial order of eight stages — input, de-esser, gate, three-band multiband compressor, five-band parametric EQ, look-ahead brick-wall limiter, soft clipper and output — entirely oversampled, to get a mix to finished, competitive loudness inside a single plugin instead of stacking six.

What's New

• Eight-Stage Mastering Chain: Input, de-esser, gate, three-band multiband compressor, five-band parametric EQ, look-ahead brick-wall limiter and soft clipper in a fixed order mirroring the TC Finalizer signal flow, every stage oversampled to keep crossovers, dynamics and clipping free of aliasing.
• Auto-Makeup Gain: Automatic makeup gain implemented to the original TC Finalizer spec, so pushing the chain harder raises loudness without chasing output level by hand.
• 30 Factory Presets: A full library reproducing the classic TC Finalizer 96K program material, from transparent mastering to loud, streaming-ready masters. Every parameter is fully DAW-automatable.
• Adaptive Oversampling: 4x during real-time playback for efficient tracking and mixing, automatically stepping up to 8x for offline bounce and render so final exports get the cleanest possible processing.
• Horizontal Metering Panel: Peak-hold input/output metering with cell-level ballistic smoothing, plus SOFTCLIP, LIM and Normalizer LED indicators showing which protection stages are engaging.
• Resizable Interface: The plugin window scales proportionally with a raised maximum size and reliable size recall across sessions, over a cached gradient-and-vignette background.
• Stability: Fixes for IIR crossover and limiter crashes during preset switching (including on ARM64), NaN/denormal and division-by-zero guards throughout the chain, corrected multiband low-end behaviour, and elimination of an audio-thread heap allocation and a metering data race for glitch-free real-time performance.
• Licensing: Finalizer joins the bundle's serial activation with demo restrictions consistent with ThrillMe, Schroeder and NightShine — the demo runs in real time while bounce and offline rendering are disabled until activated.

This update is free for all FX Bundle customers.

 

 

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.