KV331 Audio releases SynthMaster v2.9.10 - Apple Silicon compatibility and more

KV331 Audio announced the version 2.9.10 update for their SynthMaster 2 and SynthMaster 2 Player software synthesizers. This free update brings native support for Apple Silicon Macs, major usability improvements and critical bug fixes.

The new features in this update are as follows:

• Native Support for Apple Silicon Macs: SynthMaster 2 and SynthMaster 2 Player now run natively on Apple Silicon Macs, provided that the DAW is running natively.
• New Factory Presets: 150 new factory presets by NatLife, Yuli Yola and Selcuk Ergen are now added to SynthMaster's factory library, increasing the presets count to 2000.
• New Skins: All SynthMaster 2 iOS skins are now working inside SynthMaster 2. That adds 4 new skins to SynthMaster 2. SynthMaster Player's skins are updated as well, they're now in line with SynthMaster.
• Keyboard and Velocity Zones: Each layer in SynthMaster 2 has now its own keyboard and velocity zones, letting the users to play different layers on different keyboard/velocity ranges.
• Pitch Quantization using Scales: The pitches of Oscillators or Modulators can now be quantized using a user selected scale. This lets the pitch to stay in tune within that specific scale.
• Larger Popup Windows for Arps, Sequencers and Multisegmented Envelopes: Due to the small areas allocated for Arps, Sequencers or Multisegmented Envelopes, editing those modules were challenging at times. With the introduction of popup windows, users can now press the zoom button to bring up the larger edit window(s) which take up the entire plugin window.
• Sequencer Edit Modes: With the introduction of the "Edit Mode", it is easier to edit steps for a Sequencer:
  • Step: This mode is used to add rectangular steps (initial and final values are the same).
  • Up: This mode is used add upward steps (initial value is always zero).
  • Down: This mode is used to add downward steps (final value is always zero).
  • Freehand: This mode allows the user to draw freehand shapes.

Aside from the new features, there are critical bug fixes in this update:

• Voices termination algorithm is not working correctly for some presets.
• SynthMaster crashes when arpeggiator generates notes lower than MIDI Note 0.
• Switching from basic/additive/vector types to wavetable types for oscillators might crash SynthMaster.
• Switching from wavetable type to basic/additive/vector types for oscillators might crash SynthMaster VST AU AAX iOS Software synthesizer.
• SynthMaster crashes when playing a multisample that contains a region with an invalid wave file.
• SynthMaster crashes when license key file downloaded from KV331 Audio server contains invalid values.
• When a preset is saved under a sub folder under 'Presets' folder, the sub folder name should be interpreted as the bank name.
• SynthMaster doesn't display purchase status of products correctly.
• SynthMaster can not get access token for Google Cloud services.
• Arpeggiator continues recording notes after user switches from Record to Off state.
• In Mono Legato mode, oscillators/modulators don't reset phase/position correctly.
• ADSR Envelopes can generate out of bound outputs when envelope durations are very short.
• Presets using compressor effect with "Layer 1 Dry/Layer 2 Dry" sidechain might sound at different volume level.
• When loading older presets, Sequencers with retrigger enabled are loaded as Global instead of Mono.
• FM doesn't work for Osc2 when Sync is turned on.
• Notes terminate before the envelope(s) complete release stage.
• SynthMaster doesn't filter incoming MIDI messages by channel number.
• Filter keytracking doesn't correctly glide in mono legato mode.
• Older presets with glide LFOs don't load correctly.
• When Arp view is in record mode, it instantly changes the arp mode to "Sequence".
• SynthMaster crashes when a modulation amount is changed for a mod matrix entry which doesn't have any visible targets on the user interface.
• Layer voice stealing should be set to "Steal Released Notes" for older presets.
• Layer clipping should be turned off for older presets.
• When Layer 2 is bypassed when a note was playing, and it was turned on again, hanging notes occur.