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Silent Way Changelog

What's new in Silent Way 2.7.2

Aug 6, 2018
  • Fixes a display issue in the SW Learner plug-in on Retina displays.

New in Silent Way 2.5.4 (May 23, 2016)

  • Fixed crash when starting the DAW transport if the SW Step LFO Beats parameter was set to zero.

New in Silent Way 2.5.1 (Nov 5, 2015)

  • Fixed UI behavior in multiple monitor setups with a mix of Retina and non-Retina displays.
  • Fixed MIDI output on Gates 6/1-6/8 in Silent Way ES-5 Controller.
  • Enabled full support for the Expert Sleepers MIDI & OSC Lua scripting system.

New in Silent Way 2.4.4 (Feb 18, 2015)

  • Compatibility with some older OS X installs.

New in Silent Way 2.4.3 (Feb 3, 2015)

  • Added support for MIDI output of Song Position Pointer.
  • Added support for MIDI output of sysex data to the AAX version.
  • Fixed a possible crash when using the OSC browse dialog in 64 bit hosts.
  • Added ‘Match Note Offs’ feature to Silent Way ES-4 Controller and Silent Way ES-5 Controller.

New in Silent Way 2.4.2 (Sep 2, 2014)

  • New in this version:
  • The ES-4 Controller now supports MIDI output at 192kHz.
  • The ES-5 Controller now supports MIDI output at all sample rates, including when used with SMUX.

New in Silent Way 2.4.1 (Mar 14, 2014)

  • This update adds Retina-resolution rendering when the plug-ins are used in a compatible host (pretty much anything except 32 bit VST hosts).

New in Silent Way 2.4.0 (Feb 12, 2014)

  • Added new Run modes and a periodic reset feature to Silent Way Sync.
  • Added virtual MIDI input ports to Silent Way ES-4 Controller and ES-5 Controller.
  • Added ‘Manual DAC’ feature to Silent Way Step LFO.
  • The Audio Unit version now implements Apple’s newer Audio Component API, allowing usage in modern (post-OS X 10.6) hosts that do not support the older Component Manager API.
  • Updated Silent Way Soundplane’s OSC support for the new t3d format in the Soundplane Client v1.0 and above.

New in Silent Way 2.3.0 (Dec 23, 2013)

  • Added Silent Way ESX-8CV Combiner.
  • Added polyphonic MIDI splitting to Silent Way ES-4 Controller and Silent Way ES-5 Controller.
  • Added ESX-8CV mode to Silent Way Voice Controller.
  • Fixed a bug which was causing glitches in the paraphonic envelope outputs of Silent Way Voice Controller in poly master mode.

New in Silent Way 2.2.2 (Sep 3, 2013)

  • This fixes an issue with some 64 bit hosts, notably Presonus Studio One.

New in Silent Way 2.2.1 (Aug 20, 2013)

  • A 32 & 64 bit release compatible with ProTools 11, as well as maintaining compatibility with ProTools 10.3.6.

New in Silent Way 2.2.0 (Apr 10, 2013)

  • Added Silent Way Logic Project.
  • Added controls for Interface Categories.
  • Silent Way Step LFO can now be reset and/or triggered by MIDI notes and/or incoming CVs.
  • Added ‘Gate Length’ control to Silent Way Step LFO.
  • Added ‘Random’ feature to Silent Way Step LFO.
  • Silent Way CV To MIDI, VST version, can now output MIDI direct to the host.
  • Silent Way CV To MIDI can now output MIDI directly to Silent Way Learner.
  • Silent Way Learner now supports MIDI polyphonic pressure messages.
  • Added ‘SMUX Proof’ mode for Silent Way ESX-4CV Combiner.
  • Fixed Silent Way Learner, VST and AU versions, to correctly output silence.

New in Silent Way 2.1.0 (Jan 24, 2013)

  • Added a new plug-in: Silent Way Function. SW Function applies simple mathematical operations to incoming CVs. It is intended to be particularly useful in conjunction with the forthcoming ES-6 and ES-7 modules.
  • Added "Calibrated" mode to Silent Way Follower, allowing it to use calibration profiles generated in SW Voice Controller, for accurate pitch tracking from incoming audio to your analogue VCOs.
  • Added "Transport2" sync mode to Silent Way LFO. Like the existing Transport mode, but stops when the host transport stops.
  • Added a “Transfer” button to Silent Way Soundplane and Silent Way Follower, allowing one click transfer of a calibration from Voice Controller to another plug-in that uses is, without having to save the calibration to disk and load it back in.
  • Added support for the Expert Sleepers ES-5 module to Silent Way Sync.
  • Added sustain pedal support to Silent Way Voice Controller.
  • Fixed a bug that would cause Silent Way Follower to lock up the host application.

New in Silent Way 2.0.3 (Dec 20, 2012)

  • Added support for Avid’s AAX format (for Pro Tools 10).

New in Silent Way 2.0.1 (Sep 7, 2012)

  • Fixed a problem that prevented use of the plug-in status bar (mute, presets etc.) in Cubase Mac OS X 32 bit.
  • Added the ability to skin the colours of the various graph elements in the UIs (e.g. envelope displays).

New in Silent Way 2.0.0 (Aug 29, 2012)

  • Added 5 new plug-ins: Silent Way ES-5 Controller, Silent Way ESX-4CV Combiner, Silent Way Follower, Silent Way Learner and Silent Way Soundplane.
  • 64 bit support (OS X and Windows).
  • New GUI look.
  • Added skinning - fully customisable GUIs.
  • Added MIDI learn for easy remote control from MIDI control surfaces.
  • Added new OSC control features for trivial setup with popular OSC apps such as TouchOSC.
  • All plug-ins are now installed in a single bundle (OS X)/dll (Windows).
  • Numerous other small fixes and enhancements.

New in Silent Way 2.0.0 Beta 5 (Aug 1, 2012)

  • new plug-in: SW Learner, providing centralised MIDI learn and OSC support.
  • new plug-in: SW Follower, providing pitch and envelope tracking
  • new plug-in: SW Soundplane, providing support for the Madrona Labs Soundplane instrument
  • v2 beta 5 now uses a Silent Way v2 licence.
  • v2 licences are available to purchase now.
  • v2 is $59.
  • an upgrade from v1 to v2 is $20.
  • if you purchased v1 in 2012, the upgrade is $10. Contact Expert Sleepers for a discount coupon.
  • a new Licence Manager (1.0.18) is required
  • SW Sync in beta 5 now has the same Logic bug workaround as v1.7.3
  • SW Sync has new parameters: Mute Clock, Multiplier and the option to invert signals when using an ES-5 or ESX-8GT
  • SW Trigger has an envelope multiplier (as in the Voice Controller)
  • there's now an effect version of SW Trigger which can be triggered by incoming CV (this is useful when using the Step LFO for sequencing, so you can derive an envelope from the LFO's gate output)

New in Silent Way 1.7.3 (Jul 24, 2012)

  • This version adds a workaround to the Silent Way Sync plug-in for a Logic Pro bug which could cause erratic clock output.

New in Silent Way 2.0.0 Beta 2 (May 23, 2012)

  • Added workaround for a REAPER bug which would show most of the Silent Way VSTis as VSTs in the plug-in lists.
  • Added the 6 channel version of SW AC Encoder.
  • Fixed AU Validation fail with SW Quantizer.
  • First usable version of SW ESX-4CV Combiner.
  • Added SysEx support in ES-4 Controller MIDI output.
  • Fixed bug in ES-4 Controller which could corrupt the outputs once the plug-in had timed out.

New in Silent Way 1.7.1 (Nov 25, 2011)

  • This version fixes the behavior of the Silent Way Sync plug-in when the host’s transport is in cycle mode.

New in Silent Way 1.7.0 (Nov 25, 2011)

  • A new plug-in, Silent Way Sync, is added to the suite. This takes the DIN sync generator from the ES-4 Controller plug-in and expands on it to become a general purpose clock/trigger/sync plug-in.
  • Fixes various issues with parameter automation and GUI updates.
  • Fixes the ES-4 Controller plug-in’s response to MIDI channels (previously it would respond to mes- sages on any and all MIDI channels) and adds a ‘Channelise’ capability to the MIDI Out section.

New in Silent Way 1.6.14 (Nov 10, 2011)

  • Added Trigger Length control to Silent Way Voice Controller and Silent Way Trigger.
  • Fixed a bug in the behaviour of Newest note priority mode in Silent Way Voice Con-
  • troller.

New in Silent Way 1.6.11 (Oct 18, 2011)

  • The AU Generator variants of the Silent Way DC, Silent Way CV Input, Silent Way LFO and Silent Way Step LFO plug-ins have been replaced by AU Instrument vari- ants, so as to be compatible with AU validation under OS X Lion.
  • Added ‘Reset By Note’ option to Silent Way LFO.
  • Added visual feedback of the LFO’s position in its cycle to Silent Way LFO.
  • Added a ‘Create ES-4 Calibration’ button to Silent Way Quantizer.

New in Silent Way 1.6.10 (Sep 20, 2011)

  • Added ‘Transpose’ and ES-4 mode options to Silent Way Voice Controller.

New in Silent Way 1.6.7 (Apr 28, 2011)

  • Adds an 'output configuration' option to the VST versions of the Silent Way Voice Controller plug-in, allowing the plug-in's outputs to be presented to the host as either a 6-channel bus, three stereo busses or six mono busses. Note that there is an updated version of the user manual for this release.

New in Silent Way 1.6.4 (Nov 23, 2010)

  • Added support for the Expert Sleepers ES-2-2 module to the Silent Way CV Input plug-in.
  • Added a 6 channel variant of the Silent Way AC Encoder VST plug-in, for convenience of use in Cubase where a 6 channel bus is being used for the Silent Way Voice Controller plug-in.

New in Silent Way 1.6.1 (Aug 4, 2010)

  • This update increases the maximum range of the Silent Way Voice Controller's pitch bend function.

New in Silent Way 1.6.0 (Jun 29, 2010)

  • Added support for musical scales to Silent Way Quantizer.
  • Changed all the plug-in names (that appear in host UIs) from "Silent Way ..." to "SW ...", so that more of the actual name is visible when space is limited.