vArranger updated to v1.19

30th October 2018 - KVR Audio News

vArranger, the arranger software that plays many styles formats from different hardware arrangers (Yamaha, Korg, Ketron, Roland, Technics), has been updated to v1.19.

vArranger includes a VST Host and a Software Synthesizer that can load external samples.

Changes in v1.19:

New SFZ Format Support: The vArranger Software Synthesizer can now load SFZ and SF2 instrument files. The SFZ format allows a more in depth synthesis than the SF2 format.
Options / MIDI Ports / Audio Input: New feature to listen in real-time (and record) the sound from the audio input of your audio card. This can be a useful to mix an external stereo synth or player or a mono microphone or a guitar with the vArranger audio engine without need of using a real hardware mixer.
- Just select your ASIO (preferred) or WASAPI audio input channel from the list.
- If you don't need the audio input, select - None - as this will otherwise use some unnecessary resources.
Options / Audio Input: New screen that displays all the options of the audio input.
- You can change the volume of the audio input. Value of 64 mean +0dB. (Can be controlled by a MIDI controller).
- You can Mute the Audio Input with one button (Can be controlled by a MIDI controller).
- There are 3 knobs, to add some FX to the Audio Input. This will send your audio input to the actual 3 FX engines of vArranger synth. This is useful to add some reverb and delay in real-time to your singing voice.
- You can Mute all the FX with one button. (Can be controlled by a MIDI controller) This is useful to remove the reverb and delay when you want to talk to the audience.
- And ... the bonus ... You can also use your preferred ' Channel Strip ' VST plugin to the audio input. This can be a nice EQ / Compressor / Gate plugin or a guitar simulation plugin....
VST instruments to VST plugins: You can now send the 16 VST instruments to the 3 vArranger FX engines, by adjusting the 3 knob level in the VST options screen. This is useful for VSTi that does not include an FX section, or if you want to use the same reverb/chorus/delay... for the vArranger Software Synth and for the VST instruments (and for the audio input). This can save some CPU too, not having to compute many reverbs.
Delay To Reverb: Possibility to send an amount of the FX3 to the FX1. This is especially useful to add some reverb (FX1) to the echoed voices produced by a delay (FX3). The FX1 knob is on the VST options screen of the FX3.
SF2/SFZ Volumes: It is now possible to set a different volume for each SF2 or SFZ file. You can change it to adjust the relative volumes between files from different sources.
New VST Intelligent CPU saver: vArranger now bypasses the VST instruments that are not currently in use in the current patch. This may results in a huge diminution of CPU usage if you load many VSTi, and remove the noises generated by some VST (like the Leslie of VB3) while not currently in use.
Better VST loading / unloading: This can correct some VST plugins that had problems.
- Try to not cut the sound while loading VST snapshots.
- Better handling for stronger stability of the ASIO and WASAPI low latency streams.
INS Track Name: The name of the instruments displayed in the 16 tracks can be taken from an INS file, for every MIDI out.
- A different INS for the drums track can be assigned too.
- More info
VST Controllers: if one MIDI controller is assigned to only one VST instrument, it will be tied to this VSTi, whatever the current selected VSTi.
Options / Controllers for the right tracks, to change
- Filter Resonance (Timbre/Harmonic Intensity) (cc#71).
- Release Time (cc#72).
- Attack time (cc#73).
- Brightness (cc#74).
Harmony Auto mode.
Computer screen never shut down while playing, and ask for the windows best performance mode.
LED Feedback for the Novation Launchkey MKII with their new Incontrol.
Song Chords export to MIDIfile: Add the markers of every section, and the correct signature.
Many more improvements and optimisations.