Blue Cat's Digital Peak Meter Pro

V3.0

Mon, 03 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0700

New user interface design.
Bob Katz's K-System scales support (K-12 / K-14 / K-20).
You can now blend RMS and Peak envelopes for the tranformed output.
New mid-side mode: you can now easily switch from Left-Right to Mid-Side stereo mode for instant mono compatibility check.
Average values display.
The output envelope can now be a combination of the peak and RMS envelopes.
Main MIDI settings are now available from the main panel.
Undo/Redo support.
Import/Export presets in a host independent format and share them between the directX and VST versions.
Window Opacity Management: make the plugin window transparent and see behind.
New toolbar to access main functionalities.
Main MIDI settings are now available from the plugin user interface.
Curves are now anti-aliased.
Improved the display of parameters values in the MIDI settings panel and the host application.
Improved graphs refresh rate.
Reduced memory consumption when using several instances.
Improved Skins loading performance.
Default values for MIDI controllers have been changed to be more convenient.
Blue Cat's Skinning Language 1.4.2 support.
Warning: this new version has so many new features that it is installed as a new plug-in. If you have a previous version installed and do not want to keep it, just uninstall it.

Mon, 11 Dec 2006 00:00:00 -0700

(Bug fix): the preset MIDI output settings were not restored correctly when re-opening a project or changing a preset.

Wed, 29 Nov 2006 00:00:00 -0700

Now supports Blue Cat's Skinnning language 1.2.4.
Curves are now antialiased.
Parameters can be fine tuned when the shift key is down.
CPU efficiency improvement: no processing occurs when input is silent.
Settings window now loads faster.
(Bug fix): in some plug-in adapters (such as FxPansion's VST to RTAS adapter) the GUI did not display properly when first loaded.
(Bug fix): when reinstalling the software in another directory, the "skin not found" message was displayed.

Wed, 27 Sep 2006 00:00:00 -0600

Minor UI enhancement for hosts not supporting Windows XP Theme.
(Bug fix): presets load/save did not always work properly in Sonar 5 for some european versions of Windows XP.

Tue, 05 Sep 2006 00:00:00 -0600

VST version bug-fix: some host applications did not see the MIDI output of the plug-in.

Mon, 04 Sep 2006 00:00:00 -0600

The plug-in is now 100% real time thanks to the MIDI output capability: generated envelopes can be used to control any MIDI device or plug-in.
Advanced MIDI control with customizable parameters curve response and MIDI learn.
Skinnable User Interface with Blue Cat's Skinning language V1.2.1 support.
RMS value
Real time envelopes display
All parameters can now be fine tuned thanks to a text-edit popup window that appears when double clicking on user interface widgets.
Warning: because it now supports MIDI events, the DirectX plug-in may appear in the "Synth" or "DXi" category instead of "effects" in some hosts (such as Cakewalk Sonar). If it does not appear in you host, you might want to use our DXi Manager to de-activate MIDI features.
Warning: this new version breaks the presets compatibility, and is thus installed as a new plug-in. If you have a previous version installed and do not want to keep it, just uninstall it manually.

Mon, 10 Jan 2005 00:00:00 -0700

VST Version released.
GUI Improvement: now supports non-standard DPI Settings.
The plug-in now also records clip information.
The parameters have been simplified.
Version info now shown in about box (click on logo).
(Bug fix): host may crash when stopping playback and the "Off" button of the peak meter is pressed.
decay time can be set up to 1000 ms.

Mon, 01 Nov 2004 00:00:00 -0700

First DirectX Version