Blue Cat's Free Amp

V1.3

Mon, 09 Sep 2024 00:00:00 +0200

Windows: Multi monitor High DPI scaling support for high resolution displays (4K monitors, hi-res laptops...) for Windows 10 version 1607 (Anniversary Edition) and newer.
Mac: Improved Retina display support, with crispier graphics at all resolutions and zoom levels.
Mac: fixed random GUI refresh issues in Reaper on Retina displays.

Thu, 15 Feb 2024 00:00:00 +0100

Mon, 12 Dec 2022 00:00:00 +0100

Fri, 02 Sep 2022 00:00:00 +0200

Added an option in global & preset input settings to send MIDI events when MIDI-enabled parameters are modified in the plug-in (to update control surfaces accordingly).
Improved undo management and automation when using the mouse wheel to move knobs.
VST: improved parameter value display in some host applications.
Mac: installers and plug-ins have been notarized to avoid security warnings on Mac OS Catalina and newer.
Mac: fixed user interface display issues on early versions of MacOS 10.9.
VST3: fixed some parameter update issues in some hosts.

Mon, 03 Jan 2022 00:00:00 +0100

Native Apple Silicon (M1 processor) support.
Dropped 32-bit support on Mac.
Now requires MacOS 10.9 and newer.
Added MIDI control support (MIDI CC messages) for Next and Previous Preset commands, with MIDI learn.
Improved MIDI & automation control settings with lock, reset and "save as global setting" capabilities.
Unicode support.
Reduced the number of threads used by the plug-in.
Reduced memory footprint.
VST3: fixed random crash in Ableton Live 11 upon load.
VST3: fixed parameters update issues in Studio One when bouncing tracks.

Tue, 15 Dec 2020 00:00:00 +0100

Arrow keys can now be used to navigate presets.
Improved smooth plug-in bypass (faster and smoother transition).
New high resolution graphics for knobs.
Reduced disk footprint.
Misc DSP performance enhancements.
Windows: improved GUI loading performance.
Mac Audio Unit: fixed plug-in listing in some host applications (Plogue Bidule).
Mac: fixed GUI performance issues on native P3 displays and improved performance on other displays.
Mac: fixed mouse wheel that required large movements to change parameter values.
Mac: fixed mouse cursor flickering issues.
Mac: fixed Esc key not closing fine edit parameter dialog.

Fri, 20 Dec 2019 00:00:00 +0100

Improved convolution performance for large impulse responses.
MIDI Program Change preference is now saved into session instead of global preferences, so each instance can now use different MIDI channels. It is also saved in the user default preset.
VST3: added program change support for VST3 plug-in format.
Mac: much faster GUI rendering on recent Mac OS systems.
Mac: fixed user interface not properly shown on retina displays in some applications built with the 10.14 Mac OS SDK (Cubase 10.5 for example).
Mac: fixed settings panel rendering issues in dark mode on Mac OS Mojave and newer.
VST: the user interface is now properly resized in Cubase on Windows when loading skins.
Dropped support for legacy RTAS plug-in format.

Thu, 13 Dec 2018 00:00:00 +0100

Improved convolution performance for the impulse response loader on multicore processors.
Now included in the Free Pack bundle.

Tue, 09 Oct 2018 00:00:00 +0200

Tue, 10 Jul 2018 00:00:00 +0200

First release.