discoDSP News

Discvovery Pro 8.18 released

We're pleased to announce Discovery Pro 8.18, introducing dual-core voice processing for roughly 2X polyphony on heavy patches, a completely reworked MIDI Learn experience, the Zero Delay Nordic filter model (Beta), a Uniform VA RMS option for matched VA oscillator loudness, enhanced radial LED halos, and DiscoLink MIDI Out for routing Discovery Pro's MIDI stream to external AU MIDI FX plugins and standalone apps.

Discovery Pro is the ultimate virtual analog synthesizer and sampler with 4 layers, 12 oscillators, 20 filter types including Nord Lead 2, Moog, Oberheim SEM, and Phaser models, SFZ/WAV/SoundFont support, PADSynth re-synthesis, and Nord Lead 2 SysEx import/export.

What's New in 8.18

Dual-Core Voice Processing: Voices are split across two CPU cores in parallel, roughly doubling the polyphony your machine can sustain on heavy patches before voices start dropping.
Reworked MIDI Learn: Move a knob, then move a controller, and the assignment is made — no modal dialogs. LCD guides you through every step with messages like "Midi Learn - Move Control", "Waiting For CC", and "CC Set". Layer ABCD LEDs blink during MIDI Learn and flash green to confirm the assignment. Click any ABCD button to cancel MIDI Learn at any time. Existing MIDI assignments stay active while you're assigning a new one. Preset loads and DAW automation no longer accidentally trigger MIDI Learn.
MIDI Board Management: Save As, Rename, Delete, Import, and Export your controller mappings. MIDI boards are now auto-grouped by manufacturer for easier selection.
25 New Hardware MIDI Boards: Arturia MatrixBrute, Arturia PolyBrute, Behringer Deepmind 12, Behringer JT-4000M MICRO, Behringer Pro 800, Black Corporation Deckard's Dream MK2, Dreadbox Artemis, Dreadbox Nymphes, KORG prologue, Moog Muse, Moog Subsequent 25, Moog Subsequent 37, Novation Bass Station II, Novation Summit and Peak, Oberheim OB-X8, Oberheim TEO-5, Roland JU-06A, Roland JX-08, Roland System-8, Sequential Fourm, Sequential Prophet Rev2, Sequential Prophet-5/10, Sequential TAKE 5, Studio Electronics SE-1X, Waldorf Pulse 2.
Zero Delay Nordic Filter (Beta): A high precision, empirically measured, NL2-flavored zero-delay-feedback filter joining the Classic and Zero Delay models.
Uniform VA RMS: Optional per-waveform gain compensation so all VA oscillators have matched loudness. Per-bank setting exposed in the VA Oscillators preset popup alongside Deep FM.
Bank-wide Filter Model Swap: Shift+click the filter model selector to swap models across every program in the bank via MENU > Swap.
Enhanced LED Skinning: Radial glow halo overlay on all LED buttons with skin-driven glow tint for deeper visual feedback. Smoother layer LED glow on ABCD indicators.
DiscoLink MIDI Out: Dedicated shared-memory MIDI bridge under Edit > discoLink that auto-discovers and connects to any DiscoLink MIDI receiver on the system. Three output modes — Passthrough forwards using your active MIDI board's CC numbers, while Nord Lead 2 Translate and Nord Lead 2X Translate rewrite to NL2 factory CCs and send full SysEx patch dumps on program, bank, and state changes. Forwards notes, pitch bend, aftertouch, mod wheel, CCs, program changes, octave shift, and 24 PPQ MIDI clock synced to DAW transport. Per-layer channel routing (layers A–D on channels 1–4) with channel-5 broadcast; pitch bend, aftertouch, and mod wheel broadcast to all four slots to match NL2X hardware behavior. Live connection status and auto-reconnect; linked device persists with the project for session recall.
Improvements: Some text input dialogs now validate in-place instead of reopening on invalid input.

This update is free for all 8.x customers. Discovery Pro is available for Windows, macOS (including Apple Silicon), and Linux in VST, VST3, AU, AAX, and standalone formats.

Corona 6.8 released

Corona is a synth and sampler with pattern arpeggiator, performance controls, and sample library support including WAV, SF2 and DWB formats.

Version 6.8 introduces a comprehensive MIDI Learn system with CC overlay badges on all assignable controls, 55 auto-grouped MIDI boards by manufacturer, 30 mod matrix destination presets, and workflow improvements.

What's New

MIDI Learn System: Full MIDI Learn with state machine, LCD status display, and slow flash feedback. CC number badge overlay on all assignable knobs and controls, extended to cover attribute-based controls. Applies CC value immediately on learn, background click exits learn mode.
MIDI Board Improvements: Auto-group MIDI board list by manufacturer with separator after Custom board for faster navigation.
Mod Matrix Presets: Added 30 mod matrix presets submenu to Destination dropdowns for faster modulation routing setup.
Arpeggiator: Added Show Arpeggiator toggle to Edit > GUI menu. Added ArpSteps scroll wheel support including macOS Natural Scrolling support.

This update is free for all Corona 6.x customers.

Bliss 3.8.4, Retromulator 1.3, discoLink released

We're pleased to announce updates to Bliss and Retromulator, plus the release of discoLink, an open-source cross-plugin data transport framework.

Bliss 3.8.4

Bliss is a professional sampler with VST/AU and hardware instrument recording capabilities, Visual Key Mapper, built-in wave editor, and comprehensive format support including AKAI S1000/S3000/S5000/S6000, AKAI XPM (Keygroup), NKI, EXS, SFZ, SoundFont2, and CD-ROM disk images.

Version 3.8.4 adds Akai MPC Keygroup export, new scaling options, sample editor enhancements, and bank saving improvements.

New Features

Akai MPC Keygroup (XPM) export with Export submenu.
Added 125% and 175% interface scaling options.
Active cue zone waveform highlight with hue-shifted colour during playback.
MIDI note labels displayed at top of cue zone markers.
Recall menu in Sample Editor for quick access to recent actions.
Cue button with smart playback-aware cue insertion.

Improvements

Improved LCD font with corrected character alignment.
Incremental bank saving — reuses unchanged FLAC data for faster saves.
Optimized popup menu performance by eliminating redundant filesystem scans.

Bug Fixes

Fixed AKP importer failing to parse keygroups.
Fixed bank issues when overwriting an existing bank file.
Fixed lazy load flag incorrectly set on active program during bank load.
Fixed clear bank undo losing the bank file reference.
Fixed macro dialog transparency.

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