Outsim SynthMaker v2

The headline feature in version 2.0 is Multi Sample Support.

FREE Version Limitations: The FREE version is limited to schematics with 10000 components or less. ASIO and EXE export are disabled and VST plug-ins created with this version will generate a periodic soft hissing sound. Apart from this the FREE version is fully function with no time limitations.

Pricing:

• Enterprise: £95 / $149* / €115*
• Professional: £195 / $295* / €230*
• Upgrade from Enterprise: £105 / $165* / €125*
• Upgrade from Version 1**: £20 / $31* / €25*

* estimated conversion from British Pounds. ** all version 1 upgrades are to the Professional edition.

Summary of changes

Key features:

• Multi Sample Handling.
• Improved Compatibility with VST Hosts.
• Enhanced Exe Export.
• Refined Voice Management.
• New Code Component Functions.
• Wiimote and Nunchuk Support.
• Direct Sound In.

In addition to a host of other smaller core changes we have the following:

• Fix: crashing and hanging when opening multiple instances of the same plugin in Cubase and some other hosts.
• Fix: problem with plugin GUI not initialising correctly in Samplitude and some other hosts.
• New: option to say whether default audio is selected automatically on launch.
• New: option to show or hide the MIDI/Audio menu.
• New: option to show or hide the right-click menu.
• New: option to exit on ESC key press.
• New: the about box option has been removed.
• New: component reference is fully up to date with primitives and modules together in alphabetical order.
• New: the Developer Mode option has been discontinued.
• New: string to string array component, provides a way of making string arrays which contain commas in the individual elements.
• New: functions for the Code component, pow, exp, abs, sqrt, sign.
• Fix: search was not identifying matching words in module help text which had capitals in them.
• Fix: when using a gate the envelope modules now wait for the gate to signal note off instead of the MIDI note off.
• Fix: the ASIO driver now resets automatically after changes are made in the ASIO settings.
• Fix: the MIDI In Select and MIDI Out Select modules no longer change with preset changes.
• New: option to run in background for the Shell Execute component (the default is now to wait for completion).
• Fix: there were issues with single sample delays which resulted in the delay being off by one sample under certain conditions.
• Fix: the Signal Analyser wasn’t setting the type sometimes on re-load.
• Fix: when zooming fully out using the mouse wheel the zoom level was getting stuck preventing you from zooming back out.
• Fix: the Bool to True and Bool to False components were not setting state until after sending the trigger out which causing problems when used in feedback loops.
• New: sample rate for Direct Sound is no longer fixed at 44100.
• Fix: small issue with flickering connectors when pasting in the Code Component.
• Fix: when deleting a module containing either Direct Sound Out or ASIO In/Out the toolbox was not being updated to allow you to add a new one.
• Fix: ASIO now updates as you change settings where before you would have needed to turn it off and back on again.
• Fix: possible crash when adding a module containing the Wave Array Read to the toolbox.
• Fix: there was an issue with the compression when saving very small schematics that caused the file to be unreadable.
• New: enhanced update check.
• New: small refinements to application appearance.
• New: more compact filter bar with fewer groups but at a higher level.
• New: the MIDI to Voices now defaults to starting a new voice for each note.
• New: the 'Using Samples’ input to the MIDI to Voices has been renamed and allows you to select between reusing the same voice for the same note or starting a new one (default).
• New: option on the MIDI to Voices to specify whether repeating the same note creates new voices or just has one instance when MIDI Sustain is on.
• Fix: problem with not sending the complete sequence of stages when a note passes from on to off in the same audio frame.
• New: updated MIDI to Poly module to reflect changes made to the primitives.

New Primitives:

• MIDI to Multi Voice.
• SFZ Parser.
• Audio Devices.
• Audio Select.
• Set Sample Rate.
• Exe Quit.
• Exe Zoom.
• Open ASIO Settings.
• After Duplicate.
• Audio Devices.
• Audio Select.
• Direct Sound In.
• Exe Zoom.
• Exe Quit.
• Float Array Abs.
• Float Array Subtract.
• Float Queue.
• Hex To String.
• Int Stack.
• Int Queue.
• Max Float Array.
• Mono to Graph (dual, quad and oct).
• Set Sample Rate.
• String Stack.
• String To Hex.
• String Queue.
• Subtract from Float Array.
• Wii Nunchuk.
• Wiimote.
• Wiimote IR.
• XBox360.
• Trigger Blocker for String, Int and Bool.

New Modules:

• Audio Selector.
• Auto Correlation.
• Bool Changed.
• Clipper.
• Cross Correlation.
• De-threader.
• Dual Scope.
• FM De-modulator.
• FM Modulator.
• FFT Display.
• Float Changed.
• Hysteresis Gate.
• Int Changed.
• Inverse Kinematics.
• Key Pad.
• LED Green.
• LED Red.
• LED Yellow.
• LED Knob.
• Mono Boolean Readout.
• Phase Invert.
• PID.
• PWM.
• Running Average.
• Sample Rate Selector.
• Storage Scope.
• Stream Abs.
• String Changed.
• Trigger Counter.
• Trigger Delay.
• Trigger Pulse.
• Multi Sample.
• Multi Sample Advanced.
• Display Window.
• Audio Menu.