What has changed in the latest version?

Created OnNovember 4, 2017

byNikolai

LiveProfessor Changelog

2022.2.1

Release date: 28 February, 2023

Potential crash when entering bypass mode of a chain
Project load on application startup would be aborted if the program had an abnormal shutdown.

2022.2.0

Release date: 13 February, 2023

Could experience clicks when enabling/disabling bypass
Crash when recalling plugins with plugin order in chains
Issue with rescanning for failed plugins
Fixed a bug with interpreting float numbers and strings in OSC messages
Added better multichannel support in the Chains. Chains will now try to set speaker configuration on the plugins (VST3/AU)
Softube VST3 plugins now re-enabled

2022.1.5

Release date: 15 October, 2022

Issue with triggering cues via OSC
UAD plugins complain about wrong sample rate

2022.1.4

Release date: 30 August, 2022

Duplicating AU V3 plugin inside a chain could lead to freeze
Graphics issue in the navigator window
Freeze when loading projects (Settings audio device) on mac with M1

2022.1.3

Release date: 15 August, 2022

A problem where audio would pass thru on first opening the program.
Buzzing sound could occur when closing projects
Increased the number of side chain channels possible in Chains

2022.1.2

Release date: 08 August, 2022

Freeze when loading some projects
Problems with some AU plugins, leading to a freeze when updating snapshots and duplicating plugins

2022.1.1

Release date: 04 August, 2022

An issue with transport and tempo not working for plugins inside chains after project load.

2022.1

Release date: 24 July, 2022

Completely new audio engine. The new Engine should improve performance and better low latency multi-thread processing
Improved handling of plugins with multiple busses and different channel layouts
Fixed issues with some plugin’s GUIs crashing
Improved Companion support
Fixed bug related to stopping audio cues
Navigator has colours matching the chain colours

2022.0

08.01.2022

Support for Apple M1

Side note for OSX, LiveProfessor now uses a newer version of the OSX SDK. Some plugins might need updating to work with this. This means Plugin Alliance plugins will not work until PA updates.

Chain Snapshots; Chains can have individual snapshots just like plugins. These snapshots store all settings of the plugins within the chain.
Chains can now have up to 16 Channels.
The Listen-bus handles mono/stereo better.
Fixed bug in wire view
If a plugin should crash during project load, there will now be an option to skip this on the next load.
Fixed a crash when loading some midi devices
Possible to select the number of channels for plugins loaded outside chains.
On OSX, prevent app nap and try to avoid being down prioritized.
Updates to plugin scanner
Plugin scanner restarts if a plugin crashes.
Changed the multithreading system, now possible to select between two modes and select the number of threads to use.
Fixed cues not updating graphics
Improvements to ViewSets.
Changes related to licenses and updates.

2020.3

14.05.2021

Crashes on windows with RME USB driver when loading projects.
Issues with input gain
Crashes related to view sets when loading projects

2020.2.1

16.03.2021

An issue with saving companion controller
Wrong latency displayed in plugin after changing sample rate

2020.2

28.10.2020

Fixed Waves V12 plugins on OSX. Had to make a compromise here so the oldest Waves version that works is now 11.0.60
Added support for Companion/Streamdeck (Thanks Romain)
Improved OSC control
Renaming plugins did not refresh names in the wire view
Custom OSC trigger on each cue
Possible to send OSC from a cue
An issue with scaling of plugin windows on Win 10
Disable processing did not keep gain
Added more relative encoder modes
Improved selection of colours in chains
The window could be dragged in full-screen mode
Plugin windows load at screen centre as default
Audio mute affects input not working as it should
OSX 10.12 is the oldest supported Mac OS

OSC Documentation has been updated

2020.1.2

03.06.2020

Fixed a bug where the wrong I/O was activated.

2020.1.1

20.5.2020

Fixes related to the offline-mode.
The idea is that if you have a main rig where you are connected to, lets say a USB-Interface on a mixer.
If you open the project on your laptop, without connection to the USB interface, you will enter a “offline-mode” the connections of the USB will be virtual and any changes to the selection of audio device will not be saved. Once you connect to the right audio device the project will be online and your patch will remain intact.
Last version to support OSX 10.11

2020.1

03.04.2020

Now possible to edit a project while the audio device is not connected
Meters have improved performance.
Possible to open individual plugin windows from controllers
No longer defaults to the onboard sound device if connection lost
Improved plugin compatibility
Improved activation of I/O channels (speed)
Ask to load correct audio device when loading project
Crash when deleting several cues in the cue list in one action
Pops and clicks when clicking on the bypass/enable buttons
Sidechain busses are now labelled correctly in the patch view

2019.2

20.08.2019

Fixed a crash when recalling Global Snapshot Cues, without a global snapshot
“Audio mute affects input” option was not properly saved with project
Listen bus was sometimes summed to mono for stereo sources
Recalling a view set, releases the Touch’n turn feature of hardware controllers. Also closing the plugin UI will release the control.
The order of chains in the Patch View now follow the vertical order of chains in the chain view.
New version numbers reflecting year and release number instead of just a number.
It is now possible to rename chains and plugins from multiple new places with in the application.
More program commands (like menus) can be controlled via MIDI/OSC

2.3.4

28.03.2019

Crash with midi only plugins
Added support for MP3 and FLAC in Cue Lists
Fixed potential crash with plugin snapshots recalled from Cue Lists
Issues with audio playback in cues, fade times, wait times etc.
Minor UI changes in cue lists.
Potential crash when closing plugin UI window
Global Snapshots in cues ignores ISO settings while fading
“Stop All” command now stops all waits, fades and audio cues
An issue with recalling workspaces in global snapshots using cues
Possible to use hardware encoders that send “relative midi events”
Updated all plugin hosting frameworks.
Comment cue would blank out during editing.

2.3.3

08.12.2018

Note – this release includes 2.3.1 and 2.3.2 that where hot-fixes on osx

Fixed bug with audio fade cues and audio playback
Fixed crash when recalling view sets in cue lists, also global snapshots in cue lists that recall workspaces or view sets
Fixes for OSX Mojave
Added a checkbox in the DSP meter to show dropouts reported from the sound device.
The usual meter only shows that LiveProfessor was able to process the audio on time, the info from the sound device will show if the audio was interrupted somewhere else (like USB issues), depending on the sound device.
Updated VST/AU Plugin framework and other 3rd-party tools

2.3.0

02.10.2018

Bugfix, an issue with cue list timers not being precise
Added option to fade global snapshots in a cue list
Touch’n turn feature in hardware controllers, if mapped to this, the controller will be assigned to the last plugin parameter clicked on
Bugfix, relative controllers could set parameters beyond their normal range (in some plugins)
When a plugin is added to a chain, recalling a global snapshot without this plugin, will not set the plugin to bypass. (old behaviour can be set in program options)
Option in each plugin window to hide buttons and meters in order to save space on the screen
In hardware controllers, there is now an option to copy the mapping of a plugin to all other plugins of the same type.
Various smaller fixes and improvements.
Possible to organize global snapshots in folders

2.2.2

17.07.2018

Bugfix, crash related to cue lists and midi triggers
Bugfix, crash when opening Global Snapshot filter window

2.2.1

02.07.2018

Improve support for Waves V10. After updating to Waves v10, old projects should load fine in 2.2.1 (2.2.0 will ask for missing plugins)
Changed the global snapshot filter so that plugins inside chains are sorted correctly.
Added options for how new plugins should be filtered in existing global snapshots. (Program options)
Crash after replacing plugins

2.2.0

08.04.2018

New: Option to disable plugins in the plugin manager, they will not show up again on the next scan.
New: Added a “Listen button” on the chains and plugins that are inside chains. When this button is activated, the signal from that chain or plugin is sent directly to a special Listen Bus, this can then be routed to outputs for headphones or similar. There is also an option under Project Options, that lets this button work as a Solo In Place button for the chains.
New: Added Midi triggers directly on Global Snapshots. There is now a midi button on each global snapshot, clicking on it enables you to “Learn” a midi trigger from any open MIDI device.
New: Added a new entry in the Global Snapshot Filter to not load plugin “Chunks” plugins will then only be recalled with the editable parameters, not the entire program with samples and other data.
New: Chains have been added to the Global Snapshot Filter List, this lets you choose to not recall gain, bypass etc for selected chains.
New Cue Type: Audio Stop Cue, Stops playback of selected audio cue
New Cue Type: Audio Fade Cue, Sets a new level (with optional fade time)
New: Chains have been added to the Global Snapshot Filter List, this lets you choose to not recall gain, bypass etc for selected chains.

Fixed: When mapping controllers to plugin parameters not all parameters on the plugin were visible
Fixed: Midi triggers not working on cues that have been copied
Fixed: Graphics issue with Route Cue editor
Fixed: Hanging Midi notes when turning off/on processing on a plugin while holding keys
Fixed: issue with the docking panels on OSX
Improved: Plugins outside chain, now opens all available IO on a plugin (limited to 32/32)
Improved: Updated the underlying coding framework, with many changes.
Improved: The editor for wait times and fade times in the cue lists
Improved: There is now a stop button on the bottom of the cues lists, this stops all running audio cues.
Improved: Audio cues now have 8 stereo outputs instead of 4
Improved: Default folders of Open, Save, Save As are now the path of the last opened project

2.1.5

07.12.2017

Graphics issue where the UI would get cut of at the bottom
Audio Cues would not load when adding many cues

2.1.4

26.11.2017

Save the order of global snapshots
Show active and next cue in the status bar
Crash related to the editor of MIDI route cue
Moved bar with view sets down to make room for more View Sets
Fixed issue with Keyboard shortcuts not working after recalling View Set
Added option to remove and duplicate chain in the right-click menu in the navigator panel
Drag & drop bug

2.1.3

07.11.2017

Fixed issue where plugins would show up with no input or outputs
Fixed issue with selecting audio device on OSX

2.1.2

04.11.2017

Improvements to OSC commands
Audio routing popup menu would show wrong IO names
Improved bus names and IO names in audio patch
MIDI panic command is back
Added command to jump to the first cue and set it as “next”
Program is running with even higher system priority, to get rid of some dropouts
Option to turn on more threads in Audio & Midi setting. This function will use more cores but does not necessarily improve very low latency performance. Depends on the system.
Plugins loaded outside chains would default to mono. Now defaults to max io count.
Enabled audio inputs and outputs are now properly saved with the project.
Added option to save/load the enabled/disabled audio channels to / from a file
Fixed bug with controllers and MIDI channels
Fixed issues with Program Change messages and controller buttons
Added zoom in/out buttons to the Wire View (Also possible to set keyboard shortcut)
Made some changes to the Step Up and Step Down commands in the cue list to make them work even if nothing is selected.
Updated third party frameworks
Had to drop support for Windows XP (sorry)
Popup menus did not work with touch screen on windows 10
Midi channel selection not updated when creating a Midi send cue, with Patch change message

2.1.1

31.07.2017

Crash when loading project with certain midi device setup
Crash of Slate Digital AU plugin
Crash of Sound Toys AU plugin
Some plugins with multi-channel show up as stereo
Pop up menu of Valhalla plugins got hidden
Crash when saving state of certain VST3 plugins
Generic plugin compatibility
The Go Next command will run the first cue if no cue is set as “Next”

2.1.0

09.06.2017

Added Wire View, a new way to make audio connections
Changed plugin window loading to support more plugins
Freeze when changing settings of chains (I/O Count)
Focus the search field in the plugin menu on OSX
Crash when loading controller map pre-sets
MCDSP AE600 Fail
Latest Waves Shell fail.
Cue list auto scroll
Windows like cue lists and plugin disappears after switching off full screen
Crash when replacing plugin
Adding new cue list will show it
Crash when selecting midi trigger device in cue list
Fix crash with OSC controllers
Fix bug when saving while closing
Bug when saving chain to file
Small bugs with controller maps
Changes Cue List windows on OSX to improve resizing

2.0.4

09.03.2017

Added display of project tempo in the top bar
Increased number of view sets that can be recalled my Midi/OSC controller to 32
When a project is opened and a plugin not found, you can now replace it with another plugin.
Ticks/crackles when adjusting input/output gain using controller
Added option (default on) to smooth the MIDI clock. It is now both averaged and rounded to avoid clock/tempo jitter
View Sets no longer hide status bar.
When there is not enough room to show all view sets in the top bar, you can now click on the down arrow button to see all view sets. In this drop-down box, the view sets can be re-arranged by drag and drop.
Issues with slate digital plugins and others related to opening plugin UI
Bug in Midi filter UI on some systems. (apparently related to desktop scale)
The bypass/on/off/mute/etc functions of the selected plugin can now be controlled via keyboard and hardware controllers.
Issue with ISO and global snapshot. Bypass would turn on.

2.0.3

01.02.17

Hotfix for snapshots recalled with all parameters at zero.

2.0.2

17.01.17

OSC Controllers, please see this article on possible OSC commands
Possible to apply an exponential curve to controllers. This will improve the mapping for gain knobs for example.
Controller output (feedback to the hardware device) did not work properly with controller transforms in some situations.
Basic, written manual in PDF-format
Latency label in plugins would sometimes show negative values
Some plugins did not get their settings saved in snapshots
Issues with snapshots + fading in cues
Improvements to plugins that have multiple busses / IO
Various plugin compatibility issues
Updated 3rd-party frameworks

2.0.1

28.11.16

Fixed bug introduced in 2.0.0 breaking some plugins with multiple I/O

2.0.0

03.11.16

Improvements to Global Snapshot filter
Crash when adding chains
Label of audio channel does not show in the New Chain dialog

RC 2.1

07.09.16

New plugin scanner, should improve scan time and stability
Fixed bug in Midi Show Control, related to device ids

RC 2.0.1

25.08.16

Bug related to viewsets, where plugin windows won’t close
Fix for ASIO driver for Behringer x32 that was broken in 2.0

RC 2.0

03.08.16

Undocked windows stay on top of other applications on OSX
Loading/Close Project dialog stays on top of other applications on OSX
Crash when closing/switching view set
Snapshot filter in Plugin Snapshot Cue not saved
“Don’t load chunks” can’t be turned off in Plugin Snapshot Cue.

RC 1.9

16.07.16

Changes to plugin window show/hide code, to avoid rare crashes.
Settings does not get cloned when duplicating plugins/chains
Removed option to change plugin type in global snapshot. Not working as it should.
Avoided a crash in the global snapshot filter list
Updates to third party components.

RC 1.8

02.07.16

Isolated plugins did not get loaded correctly from saved project
Crash related to midi learn
Added a delay when closing plugin windows, needed for some plugins
Midi filter did not get saved in project
Controller transformations now show 1-127 for midi input transformation
Improvements to plugin scanner

RC 1.7

22.06.16

Fixed a few bugs in the Hardware Controller Editor
Fixed a bug where removing some types of plugins could lead to a crash

RC 1.6

16.06.16

Improved the MIDI panic code to avoid crash in Arturia (and maybe other) plugins.

RC 1.5

10.06.16

Fixed bug related to saving audio device settings
Fixed bug when recalling snapshots in the cue list (Kontakt 5 would crash) Kontakt still does not like to get rapid snapshot recalls without it finishing the load. Working with NI on this.

RC 1.4

06.15.16

Added option to send crash reports
Fixed bug when adding new chains
Removed ASIO DirectX driver from the list, as it crashes and is useless anyway.

RC 1.3

31.05.16

Improved colors of cue lists. The last fired cue is now marked as blue
Fixed a small bug where MIDI learn would work even if no midi device was selected
Bug with send windows to front/back on osx

RC 1.2

23.05.16

Cues got triggered twice when using buttons sending controller messages
Some improvements to the Cue Lists, step up/down, colours, etc
Possible crash with midi learn
New Audio Cues get file name as cue name
Possible crash when re-opening the plugin manager, right after scanning for plugins.
Crash on deleting a cue that is currently running, such as an audio or fade cue.

V2 RC 1.1

19.05.16

Fixed a bug where some plugins crash LiveProfessor when added to a chain. This was a corner case occurring if you tried to load a plugin with more outputs then inputs, and more outputs then the number of channels in a chain
Added option to set Cue List Numbers. For use with Midi Show Control
Fixed bug with transpose + key-zones
Cue lists no longer need to be “Armed” to be controlled by midi. If you need this functionality it can be turned on in the cue list settings window. (Cogwheel on the lower right)
In the controller transforms window, it is now possible to change values by entering text next to the sliders.
iZotope VST3 plugins would not show editor window
Added option to send Bank / Patch /Program change in Midi Send Cues. Select this message type in the dropdown on the left.

V2 RC 1

12.05.16

Audio Cues now have an option for stopping all other audio cues when starting, this can be used to create a «playlist-style» cue list.
Audio Cues can now loop
Chains now have an icon indicating the number of channels in the chain bus
Templates no longer shows up under Recent Projects
First cue list created in a project is now armed by default
Renaming chains, now updates the names of plugins that have their UI-windows open.
Fixed several issues with the plugin manager.
Failed plugins can now be re-scanned by right clicking on them (If you forgot to put in the iLok or something)

V2 Beta 1.1

Date 12.04.16

Improvements to hardware controllers

Save / Load hardware controller to/from file (In controller settings window)
Save controller map presets along with controllers
Bug related to button toggle
Added option to delete controller by right click
Removed duplicate “Recall View Set1”

Other improvements

Added auto save feature under program options
Selecting chain scrolls it in view
Remove plugin from project in the navigator window could cause crash
Midi learn now ignores various special messages like active sense.
Updated underlying framework, and OSX SDK