Tone2 Audio releases RayBlaster 2.8

Tone2 Audio has updated their Impulse Modeling Synthesizer (IMS) RayBlaster to version 2.8. They say:

IMS is a radically different approach to synthetic sound generation. It creates its distinctive sound by overlapping many short bursts of energy to form a complex sound.

The update to v2.8 is available for free for all RayBlaster users. It adds native Apple M1 ARM support for Mac.

New features:

• AudioUnit version supports M1 native.
• VSTi version supports M1 native.
• Help->'Show version info' displays the mode in which the plugin is running (ARM/Intel).

Enhancements:

• Much faster loading times on M1 Macs.
• The native M1 support results in 20% lower CPU use compared to Rosetta2 Mode.
• More responsive GUI on M1 Macs.
• The ideal GUI size is detected automatically.
• Several small enhancements.

Fixes:

• Workaround for the 'unusual' designed audio architecture of FL Studio. It is not longer necessary to enable 'Use fixed size buffers' to avoid crackles.
• Clicking on the stars in the patch browser did not always work when GUI was set to big.
• Several small compatibility fixes for MacOS 11 and MacOS 12.
• Workaround for Apple's unreliable AudioUnit validation. It is not longer necessary to reboot the Mac after an installation.

Changes:

• AudioUnit is now an AUv2 plugin.
• AudioUnit and VSTi are now a Universal Binary for 64-bit Intel and M1.
• Apple's development tools are unable to build 32-bit Intel binaries when you support M1.
• Apple's Notarisation and the M1 support requires a MacOS version higher or equal than 10.11. If you still use an older version you must stick with RayBlaster v2.6.