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<div class="infobox news" id="2021-10-17">
<div class="date">October 17th 2021</div>
<div class="announce">released Buffer Override 2.7.1, EQ Sync 1.1.1 (Audio Unit), Geometer 1.2.1, MIDI Gater 2.0.1, Monomaker 1.1.1, Polarizer 1.1.1 (Audio Unit), Rez Synth 2.0.1, Scrubby 1.1.1, Skidder 2.0.1, Transverb 1.5.2</div>
<p>fixed El Capitan (OS X 10.11) crash</p>
<p>Buffer Override, Geometer, MIDI Gater, Rez Synth, Scrubby, Skidder, Transverb: fixed failure to fully restore settings when loading documents in FL Studio or REAPER with the VST versions</p>
<p>Buffer Override, Geometer, MIDI Gater, Rez Synth, Scrubby, Skidder, Transverb: improved memory safety and validation when loading saved settings</p>
<p>MIDI Gater, Monomaker, Rez Synth, Skidder: fixed potential crashes with the VST versions when increasing the host audio buffer size</p>
<p>Buffer Override, MIDI Gater, Rez Synth, Scrubby, Skidder: fixed audio algorithm tuning bugs in the VST versions when changing the host sample rate</p>
</div>
<div class="infobox news" id="2021-09-21">
<div class="date">September 21st 2021</div>
<div class="announce">released Buffer Override 2.7, EQ Sync 1.1, Geometer 1.2, MIDI Gater 2.0, Monomaker 1.1, Polarizer 1.1, Rez Synth 2.0, Scrubby 1.1, Skidder 2.0, Transverb 1.5.1</div>
<p>improvements made to all:</p>
<ul>
<li>support for 64-bit systems (Windows, Apple silicon and Intel-based Macs)</li>
<li>contextual menus providing the features: documentation, parameter randomization, restore default parameter values, save and load preset files, copy and paste settings, generate parameter automation snapshot, MIDI learn</li>
<li>MIDI channel aftertouch can be assigned to control parameters</li>
<li>all parameter value text displays are editable</li>
<li>control surface support (parameter short-name variants)</li>
<li>fixed MIDI-controlled parameter changes causing CPU overloads, leading to audio drop-outs</li>
<li>many minor bug fixes</li>
</ul>
<p>Buffer Override:</p>
<ul>
<li>new graphics by Tom 7</li>
<li>more accurate LFO articulation</li>
<li>handles MIDI pitch bend LSB now (providing 14-bit resolution rather than 7-bit)</li>
<li><b>dry/wet mix</b> parameter value change smoothing/dezippering</li>
<li><b>tempo</b> parameter where the minimum value previously signified <b>sync to host tempo</b> is now split into two discrete parameters for each function</li>
<li><b>rate</b> parameters that were previously combined (for "free" and "tempo sync" modes) are now split into discrete parameters for each function</li>
<li>AU can process any number of audio channels</li>
<li>☠️ <span style="color:red">WARNING:</span> changed parameters in ways that cannot support settings from older versions</li>
</ul>
<p>EQ Sync:</p>
<ul>
<li>updated graphics to mimic Mac OS X 10.3 Panther's system graphics (yes this "update" is landing a little late; Sophia did in fact change it 17 years ago)</li>
<li><b>tempo</b> parameter where the minimum value previously signified <b>sync to host tempo</b> is now split into two discrete parameters for each function</li>
<li>AU can process any number of audio channels</li>
<li>☠️ <span style="color:red">WARNING:</span> changed parameters in ways that cannot support settings from older versions</li>
</ul>
<p>Geometer:</p>
<ul>
<li>changes to <b>window size</b> parameter now take effect immediately</li>
<li>performance optimizations</li>
<li>parameter values are rendered with Tom's own custom font, the way they were always meant to look</li>
<li>fixed occasional crashes</li>
<li>fixed occasional CPU overloads causing audio drop-outs</li>
<li>AU can process any number of audio channels</li>
</ul>
<p>MIDI Gater:</p>
<ul>
<li>added low-pass gate option with new <b>gate mode</b> parameter</li>
<li><b>attack</b> and <b>release</b> times are now two separate parameters</li>
<li><b>floor</b> parameter functions as an actual audio input floor, rather than between-note input gain</li>
<li>new graphics by <a href="http:https://www.brittnell.com">Brittnell Anderson</a></li>
<li>parameter value change smoothing/dezippering</li>
<li>AU can process any number of audio channels</li>
<li>☠️ <span style="color:red">WARNING:</span> changed parameters in ways that cannot support settings from older versions</li>
</ul>
<p>Monomaker:</p>
<ul>
<li>added <b>equal power mode</b> for monomix</li>
<li>added <b>balance mode</b> for pan</li>
<li>added <b>input selection</b> parameter</li>
<li>parameter value change smoothing/dezippering</li>
<li>improved legibility of text</li>
<li>AU added the option to use mono input, in which case only panning is operational</li>
<li>☠️ <span style="color:red">WARNING:</span> changed parameters in ways that cannot support settings from older versions</li>
</ul>
<p>Polarizer:</p>
<ul>
<li><b>strength</b> parameter value change smoothing/dezippering</li>
<li>parameter values are rendered with Tom's own custom font, the way they were always meant to look</li>
<li>AU can process any number of audio channels</li>
</ul>
<p>Rez Synth:</p>
<ul>
<li>new graphics by Tom 7</li>
<li>added a <b>resonance algorithm</b> parameter to choose between the original algorithm "no zero" and two new algorithms: "2-zero (radius)" and "2-zero (1)"</li>
<li>added <b>bandwidth mode</b> mode parameter to choose using Q or Hz <b>bandwidth</b> parameters</li>
<li>added <b>decay</b> and <b>sustain</b> parameters, for full ADSR note envelopes</li>
<li><b>envelope fades</b> parameter has a new low-pass filter option</li>
<li>added <b>dry/wet mix mode</b> parameter allowing for a choice between "equal power" or a new "linear" mode for the <b>dry/wet mix</b></li>
<li>parameter value change smoothing/dezippering (excluding <b>resonance algorithm</b> and <b>filter scaling</b> parameters)</li>
<li>AU can process any number of audio channels</li>
<li>fixed a bug where changes to <b>pitch bend range</b> did not take effect until the next MIDI pitch bend event</li>
<li>☠️ <span style="color:red">WARNING:</span> changed parameters in ways that cannot support settings from older versions</li>
</ul>
<p>Scrubby:</p>
<ul>
<li>added <b>dry level</b> and <b>wet level</b> parameters (thank you Mark Angus for suggesting this)</li>
<li><b>octaves</b> limiters now work without pitch constraint and in DJ mode</li>
<li>effect output is high-pass filtered to remove potential sub-audio introduced by pitch down-shifting</li>
<li>new preset "DJ staccato"</li>
<li><b>tempo</b> parameter where the minimum value previously signified <b>sync to host tempo</b> is now split into two discrete parameters for each function</li>
<li><b>rate</b> parameter that was previously combined (for "free" and "tempo sync" modes) is now split into discrete parameters for each function</li>
<li>GUI reorganized to be more logical and intuitive</li>
<li>parameter values are rendered with Tom's own custom font, the way they were always meant to look</li>
<li>AU can process any matched number of input and output audio channels, or mono input fanned out to any number of output channels</li>
<li>☠️ <span style="color:red">WARNING:</span> changed parameters in ways that cannot support settings from older versions</li>
</ul>
<p>Skidder:</p>
<ul>
<li>new graphics by Tom 7</li>
<li>added a <b>crossover mode</b> parameter that defines whether the effect applies to all audio or only the low or high portion of a crossover whose cutoff is defined by the <b>crossover frequency</b> parameter (thank you Nicolas Lefevre for suggesting this)</li>
<li><b>rate random factor</b> is replaced with two random range parameters for <b>rate</b></li>
<li>made the values of the <b>rupture</b> parameter meaningful</li>
<li>parameter value change smoothing/dezippering (excluding <b>floor</b> parameter)</li>
<li><b>tempo</b> parameter where the minimum value previously signified <b>sync to host tempo</b> is now split into two discrete parameters for each function</li>
<li><b>rate</b> parameter that was previously combined (for "free" and "tempo sync" modes) is now split into discrete parameters for each function</li>
<li>AU can process any number of audio channels, as well as mono-in/stereo-out</li>
<li>fixed a crash when toggling the <b>MIDI mode</b> parameter</li>
<li>☠️ <span style="color:red">WARNING:</span> changed parameters in ways that cannot support settings from older versions</li>
</ul>
<p>Transverb:</p>
<ul>
<li>added <b>freeze</b> parameter</li>
<li>slightly retuned "ultra hi-fi" quality to remove a little more sub-audio introduced by delay head playback speed down-shifting</li>
<li>added four presets by <a href="https://styrofoam-music.bandcamp.com">Styrofoam</a></li>
<li>parameter value change smoothing/dezippering</li>
<li>parameter values are rendered with Tom's own custom font, the way they were always meant to look</li>
<li>AU can process any number of audio channels</li>
<li>AU also has special mono-in/stereo-out mode where head #1 is routed to the left channel and head #2 is routed to the right</li>
<li>fixed a bug causing distortion when restarting audio processing while not in <b>TOMSOUND</b> mode and with a <b>speed</b> of zero</li>
<li>fixed a bug causing periods of silence while in <b>TOMSOUND</b> mode and with <b>speed</b> at or very near whole octave values</li>
</ul>
</div>
<div class="infobox news" id="2020-12-28">
<div class="date">December 28th 2020</div>
<div class="announce">released Ambience 1.0.8 (Audio Unit)</div>
<p>a reverb plugin by <a href="http:https://magnus.smartelectronix.com">Magnus @ Smartelectronix</a></p>
<p>Updated to run on Apple silicon Macs.</p>
<p>Fixed audio drop-outs that sometimes occurred while adjusting parameters.</p>
</div>
<div class="infobox news" id="2020-12-19">
<div class="date">December 19th 2020</div>
<div class="announce">released RMS Buddy 1.2.0 (Audio Unit)</div>
<p>Updated to run on Apple silicon Macs.</p>
<p>No longer providing custom graphics; instead all features are communicated through generic UI parameters and meters.</p>
</div>
<div class="infobox news" id="2020-11-29">
<div class="date">November 29th 2020</div>
<div class="announce">released Freeverb 1.0.7</div>
<p>Updated to run on Apple silicon Macs.</p>
</div>
<div class="infobox news" id="2020-09-26">
<div class="date">September 26th 2020</div>
<div class="announce">released fake app 0.0.5</div>
<p>It will now "run" (aka do nothing when launched) on any type of Mac CPU
architecture — past, present, or future. 🔮</p>
</div>
<div class="infobox news" id="2007-12-07">
<div class="date">December 7th 2007</div>
<div class="announce">released RMS Buddy 1.1.5 (Audio Unit)</div>
<p>Fixed a problem that caused the value read-outs to not update in Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard).</p>
</div>
<div class="infobox news" id="2007-11-06">
<div class="date">November 6th 2007</div>
<div class="announce">released RMS Buddy 1.1.4 (Audio Unit)</div>
<p>Added support for "full compatibility mode" running on Logic Nodes.</p>
</div>
<div class="infobox news" id="2006-06-30">
<div class="date">June 30th 2006</div>
<div class="announce">released RMS Buddy 1.1.3 (Audio Unit)</div>
<p>Fixed a bug when running on Intel-based Macs where all of the controls and text displays
appeared as black rectangles.</p>
</div>
<div class="infobox news" id="2005-09-09">
<div class="date">September 9th 2005</div>
<div class="announce">released Geometer 1.1.1 for Windows</div>
<p>Fixed a bug that lead to settings corruption when switching between
"programs". The Mac VST versions also suffer from this problem, but they will not
be updated since they have been discontinued in favor of the Audio Unit version, which has
never had this bug. (thank you PaPQH8 for
<a href="http:https://www.kvraudio.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=89715">pointing out this problem</a>)</p>
</div>
<div class="infobox news" id="2005-08-21">
<div class="date">August 21st 2005</div>
<div class="announce">released RMS Buddy 1.1.2 (Audio Unit)</div>
<p>Fixed an audio rendering bug that caused it to fail Apple's AUValidation.</p>
<p>It is now a "universal binary" (runs natively on PowerPC and Intel Macs,
though note that this now means that <i>Mac OS X 10.3.9 is the minimum system requirement</i>).</p>
<p>Redesigned the interface slightly.</p>
<p>All of the text is now localizable.</p>
<p>Now using the modern notification mechanism for parameter change gestures.</p>
</div>
<div class="infobox news" id="2003-11-16">
<div class="date">November 16th 2003</div>
<div class="tidbit">Smart Electronix interview at d-i-r-t-y.com</div>
<p>There's an interview with the entire Smart Electronix crew (including Tom and Sophia) at the French
online music magazine <a href="http:https://www.d-i-r-t-y.com/textes/int_smartelectronix.html">d-i-r-t-y.com</a>
(though our interview is in English).</p>
</div>
<div class="infobox news" id="2003-11-12">
<div class="date">November 12th 2003</div>
<div class="announce">released RMS Buddy 1.1.1 (Audio Unit)</div>
<p>The GUI now adapts itself automatically when the number of audio channels changes.</p>
<p>The GUI now works properly in compositing windows.</p>
<p>Fixed a bug where, in some circumstances, the GUI text displays showed bogus values when
initially opened.</p>
</div>
<div class="infobox news" id="2003-04-24">
<div class="date">April 24th 2003</div>
<div class="tidbit">Destroy FX review in May issue of Electronic Musician</div>
<p>There is a review of the Destroy FX plugins collection (focusing on Buffer Override,
Geometer, and Rez Synth) in the May 2003 issue of <a href="http:https://emusician.com/">Electronic Musician</a>
magazine. It is a lovely review. We got 4 out of 5 goodness points. They even made
<a href="http:https://emusician.com/ar/emusic_em_web_clips_8/index.htm">sound clips</a> for the article.</p>
</div>
<div class="infobox news" id="2003-02-25">
<div class="date">February 25th 2003</div>
<div class="announce">released RMS Buddy 1.1</div>
<p>The most important improvement in this update is that the RMS values are now correct.
The prior versions of RMS Buddy did the RMS calculations backwards. Woops. (thank you Hans
Sjöblad for pointing out this problem)</p>
<p>This update also adds a new analysis display field: continual peak (thank you Maan Hamze
for suggesting that feature)</p>
<p>
The Audio Unit version also has some other nice improvements:
</p>
<ul>
<li>The value read-outs are much more reliable and occur on a dependable periodic basis.
The behavior is consistent between different host apps.</li>
<li>Because the AU format allows for that reliability, I also added an analysis window
size parameter that lets you adjust the rate at which calculations occur and get
displayed.</li>
<li>Also, the Audio Unit version can process any number of channels, not just stereo. The
graphical interface adapts to the number of channels being processed.</li>
<li>The Audio Unit version is also a bit more efficient.</li>
</ul>
<p>
None of those improvements were possible using the VST plugin format, that's why only the
Audio Unit version gets them.
</p>
</div>
<div class="infobox news" id="2003-02-04">
<div class="date">February 4th 2003</div>
<div class="tidbit">article about Audio Units in March issue of KEYBOARDS (including statement from Sophia)</div>
<p>There is an article about Audio Units in the March 2003 issue of the German magazine
<a href="http:https://www.keyboards.de/">KEYBOARDS</a>.
The article includes a statement from Sophia about Audio Units in general and Destroy FX
Audio Units. I don't think that there's a way to view the article online, but I did find
<a href="http:https://www1.keyboards.de/magazine/m0303/303104.html">this link</a> which says something
about the article and has a couple photos of Sophia.</p>
</div>
<div class="infobox news" id="2003-01-08">
<div class="date">January 8th 2003</div>
<div class="announce">released Geometer 1.1</div>
<p>Geometer VST now processes in stereo rather than mono. There are no other new features,
so if you prefer mono processing, don't update to version 1.1. (Note: The Audio Unit
version can still process any number of channels.)</p>
</div>
<div class="infobox news" id="2002-12-02">
<div class="date">December 2nd 2002</div>
<div class="tidbit"><a href="http:https://destroyfx.org/">destroyfx.org</a></div>
</div>
<div class="infobox news" id="2002-09-11">
<div class="date">September 11th 2002</div>
<div class="tidbit">Destroy FX externals for PD</div>
<p>Martin Pi has kindly taken the time to port a few of our plugins to PD externals.
They have been compiled for the GNU-Linux version of <a href="http:https://msp.ucsd.edu/software.html">PD</a>.
So far the collection includes Transverb, Skidder, Buffer Override, and Polarizer. The
externals are available <a href="http:https://attacksyour.net/pi/pd/">here</a>. Thank you Martin!</p>
</div>
<div class="infobox news" id="2002-09-10">
<div class="date">September 10th 2002</div>
<div class="tidbit">Logic X review at osxAudio.com (including interview bit with Sophia)</div>
<p>There is a review of Emagic's Logic for Mac OS X at <a href="http:https://osxaudio.com/">osxAudio.com</a>.
The review includes a little interview with Sophia about Logic X and music plugins in Mac
OS X.</p>
</div>
<div class="infobox news" id="2002-08-09">
<div class="date">August 9th 2002</div>
<div class="announce">released Geometer 1.0</div>
<p>Geometer is a new effect by Tom.</p>
</div>
<div class="infobox news" id="2002-08-05">
<div class="date">August 5th 2002</div>
<div class="announce">released Polarizer 1.0.1 VST and Audio Unit</div>
<p>Polarizer changed a little bit since 1.0, but I can't remember what changed. The main
reason for releasing this update was to include an "experimental" Audio Unit
version of Polarizer. This is just for curious folks; there's currently no custom graphical
interface and there may be weird bugs. We'll try harder next time...</p>
</div>
<div class="infobox news" id="2002-07-08">
<div class="date">July 8th 2002</div>
<div class="announce">released Scrubby 1.0</div>
<div class="announce">released Buffer Override 2.0</div>
<div class="announce">released Transverb 1.4, Skidder 1.4, and Rez Synth 1.2</div>
<p>Scrubby is a brand new effect plugin by Sophia</p>
<p> Buffer Override 2.0 is major update of Buffer Override. The main improvements are:</p>
<ul>
<li>LFOs to modulate the buffer divisor and forced buffer size (thank you Arne Van Petegem for the idea)</li>
<li>Buffer Interrupt™ technologiez</li>
<li>beautiful new graphics by <a href="http:https://code404.com/">Justin Maxwell</a></li>
<li>assignable MIDI control of every parameter</li>
</ul>
<p>Rez Synth, Skidder, and Transverb also now feature assignable MIDI control of parameters</p>
<p>Skidder has a new MIDI note control mode called "MIDI apply" and an option for
having note velocity control the floor (thank you Sascha Kujawa for the ideas).</p>
<p>Skidder also has easier to use "range slider" controls for the pulsewidth and
floor parameters.</p>
<p>Fixed the denormals problems in Transverb which could sometimes cause CPU spikes while
processing a silent signal (thank you Christian Beißwenger for pointing out that
problem).</p>
<p>The dry/wet mix in Buffer Override 2 and Rez Synth is now "even power".</p>
<p>Fixed a problem that Transverb, Skidder, and Rez Synth had with updating certain
displays in response to automation.</p>
<p>Changed velocity influence in Rez Synth to not be exponentially scaled (because that was
stupid).</p>
<p>Rez Synth can utilize MIDI sustain pedal (probably, although I don't have a sustain
pedal so I haven't actually tested this)</p>
<p>We have discontinued the "food" plugins for the Mac versions of Rez Synth,
Skidder, and Buffer Override because they made the plugins incompatible with dual-CPU
processing mode in Mac OS 9 and they are also unnecessary now that Logic 5 supports routing
MIDI to VST effects.</p>
</div>
<div class="infobox news" id="2002-06-19">
<div class="date">June 19th 2002</div>
<div class="tidbit">interview at osxAudio.com</div>
<p>Tom & Sophia are interviewed at <a href="http:https://osxaudio.com/">osxAudio.com</a></p>
</div>
<div class="infobox news" id="2002-05-02">
<div class="date">May 2nd 2002</div>
<div class="announce">released EQ Sync 1.0.1</div>
<p>Fixed a problem where the CPU usage could dramatically increase when processing a silent
audio signal (denormals problem).</p>
<p>Fixed a bug that could cause messed up audio when using EQ Sync as a "send"
effect in Cubase or other hosts that handle send effects in the way that Cubase does.</p>
<p>The autonomous, moving faders now ought to update properly in more (if not all) hosts.</p>
</div>
<div class="infobox news" id="2002-03-16">
<div class="date">March 16th 2002</div>
<div class="announce">released Rez Synth 1.1, Skidder 1.3, & Transverb 1.3</div>
<p>Transverb, Rez Synth, and Skidder all support MIDI program change messages for switching
between presets</p>
<p>Transverb has a random "preset" now. Combined with the MIDI program support, this means
that you can now automate randomization using MIDI program change messages. See the updated
documentation for more information about that.</p>
<p>I fixed a few little display bugs in Skidder (there were sometimes wrong displays when
the host automated certain parameters)</p>
<p>Skidder's tempo syncing is more compatible with Cubase now.</p>
<p>Rez Synth handles pitchbend LSB now.</p>
<p>The fades parameter on Rez Synth has been reversed, which can affect presets or saved
songs that you have made with Rez Synth.</p>
<p>The classic Mac OS distributions of Rez Synth and Skidder now include separate versions
of the plugins in the Logic 4 workarounds folder. This is because I learned that some
aspects of the workaround that I developed are not compatible with dual-processor Macs, so
people not using Logic 4 might as well not use those special versions (thank you Carty Fox
for telling me about this problem). Also, these workarounds are no longer necessary in
Logic 5. See the updated documentation for more about how to use Rez Synth and Skidder (and
also MIDI Gater and Buffer Override) in Logic 5.</p>
<p>all of these plugins now have slightly more complete support of the VST standard</p>
</div>
<div class="infobox news" id="2002-03-01">
<div class="date">March 1st 2002</div>
<div class="announce">released RMS Buddy 1.0.1</div>
<p>RMS Buddy didn't always update its displays well, if at all, in some hosts (Massiva,
FXpansion adapter, BUZZ adapter), but now it does. (thanks for telling me about this
problem, Maan Hamze)</p>
<p>RMS Buddy's continuous RMS displays are now always accurate, even in hosts that give
infrequent idle processor time to plugins</p>
</div>
<div class="infobox news" id="2002-02-25">
<div class="date">February 25th 2002</div>
<div class="announce">released Transverb 1.2.3</div>
<p>When Transverb uses a highpass filter in ultra hi-fi mode (to avoid aliasing noise), the
filter cutoff is a little higher so that things sound less muffled.</p>
<p>It's now easier to click on the quality, randomize, and TOMSOUND buttons because their
neighboring text labels are now also clickable.</p>
</div>
<div class="infobox news" id="2002-02-13">
<div class="date">February 13th 2002</div>
<div class="announce">released block test 1.0.1</div>
<p>The writing of log files is now gentler in the Mac OS X and Windows versions.</p>
<p>Block test's graphics should open properly in all hosts (particularly an unreleased host
that may have previously not been able to open the graphics properly).</p>
</div>
<div class="infobox news" id="2002-01-28">
<div class="date">January 28th 2002</div>
<div class="announce">released Transverb 1.2.2</div>
<p>Transverb's performance with high delay speeds in ultra hi-fi mode has been hugely
improved.</p>
<p>The sound quality with high speeds in ultra hi-fi mode has been significantly improved,
too.</p>
<p>Transverb now uses highpass filters on the delay heads when their speeds are below 0 in
ultra hi-fi mode. This is done in order to cut out super-low sub-audio bass frequencies
that can result from the speed down. (thanks for the suggestion, Arne Van Petegem)</p>
</div>
<div class="infobox news" id="2002-01-21">
<div class="date">January 21st 2002</div>
<div class="announce">released Transverb 1.2.1 for Windows</div>
<p>Whoops. The new quality button was missing altogether from the Windows release of
Transverb 1.2. Sorry about that. Here's a working version.</p>
</div>
<div class="infobox news" id="2002-01-19">
<div class="date">January 19th 2002</div>
<div class="tidbit">article in Sound On Sound</div>
<p>The February 2002 issue of Sound On Sound magazine features an article about Destroy FX.
You can read it online <a href="http:https://www.sospubs.co.uk/sos/feb02/articles/plugin0202.asp">here</a>.</p>
</div>
<div class="infobox news" id="2002-01-19">
<div class="date">January 19th 2002</div>
<div class="announce">released Transverb 1.2</div>
<p>Transverb has a new quality mode that reduces aliasing noise when speeding up delay
heads past 0. This is the "ultra hi-fi" mode that you can turn on by clicking the quality
button until you see an exclamation point (!). An X indicates the old hi-fi mode (with no
protection against aliasing) and an empty box indicates the old "dirt-fi" mode. Note that
using ultra hi-fi quality will impose an extra processing load as you speed up a delay head
past 0. You reach the maximum load at about +4 octaves.</p>
<p>Transverb doesn't "blow out" (i.e. big pop and then silence) from high feedback levels
nearly as often. It's still possible (that is just the nature of digital feedback), but
it's a lot harder to do now.</p>
<p>Fixed a display bug with Transverb's speed parameters where semitone values higher than
11.5 would be displayed as 0.0.</p>
<p>Transverb's graphics should open properly in all hosts (particularly an unreleased host
that may have previously not been able to open the graphics properly).</p>
<p>Fixed a little something in Transverb that could sometimes cause a crash in old versions
of Logic for Windows if you switched the plugin to "controls" view.</p>
</div>
<div class="infobox news" id="2002-01-03">
<div class="date">January 3rd 2002</div>
<div class="announce">released Buffer Override 1.1.2</div>
<p>Buffer Override now properly responds to the "all notes off" MIDI message. Previously,
this could cause some problems (like stuck notes) when using "MIDI trigger" control of
Buffer Override in Cubase and maybe other hosts. (thank you John Audette for making me
aware of this problem)</p>
</div>
<div class="infobox news" id="2002-01-01">
<div class="date">January 1st 2002</div>
<div class="announce">released Skidder 1.2.2, Rez Synth 1.0.8, & Monomaker 1.0.1</div>
<p>Woops, our first bad bug... There was a problem with the graphics in the last versions
of Skidder and Rez Synth that could cause crashes when you opened, closed, and then
reopened their editor windows. The crashes only seemed to happen under Windows, but I've
updated the Mac versions, too. (thanks for pointing that problem out to me, Mashino Jun)</p>
<p>I also changed a little something in Skidder that could sometimes cause a crash in old
versions of Logic for Windows if you switched the plugin to "controls" view.</p>
<p>Fixed a little problem in Monomaker where the handle on the pan fader wouldn't move when
that parameter got automated.</p>
</div>
<div class="infobox news" id="2001-12-12">
<div class="date">December 12th 2001</div>
<div class="announce">released Skidder 1.2.1 & Rez Synth 1.0.7</div>
<p>Internet links in Skidder and Rez Synth are no longer based on VST parameters.
Previously this could cause problems for people using things like Pluggo or Max/MSP to
randomize parameters. (thanks for pointing that problem out to me, Greg Davis)</p>
<p>Rez Synth has more "sensible" gain parameters now.</p>
</div>
<div class="infobox news" id="2001-12-02">
<div class="date">December 2nd 2001</div>
<div class="announce">released Buffer Override 1.1.1</div>
<p>Buffer Override now has a "memory" of which MIDI notes are active and also the order in
which they were played (i.e. which came first, which came after that, etc.). This means
that if, for example, you play one note, press another note while still holding down the
first note, and then release the second note, Buffer Override will remember that the first
note is still active and go back to that note. Previously, Buffer Override only heeded
notes when they first started. Now you can play quick trills and such and Buffer Override
will more accurately reproduce what you play.</p>
<p>Internet links are no longer based on VST parameters. Previously this could cause
problems for people using things like Pluggo or Max/MSP to randomize parameters. (thanks
for pointing that problem out to me, Greg Davis)</p>
</div>
<div class="infobox news" id="2001-11-28">
<div class="date">November 28th 2001</div>
<div class="announce">Destroy FX extras</div>
<p>We announced our <a href="extras.html">Destroy FX extras</a> collection with Monomaker,
RMS Buddy, Polarizer, EQ Sync, block test, MIDI Gater, & VST GUI Tester.</p>
</div>
<div class="infobox news" id="2001-11-27">
<div class="date">November 27th 2001</div>
<div class="announce">released Buffer Override 1.1 for classic Mac OS, OS X, & Windows
& Buffer Food 1.0.1 for classic Mac OS</div>
<div class="announce">released Monomaker 1.0 for classic Mac OS, OS X, & Windows</div>
<p>Buffer Override has a new MIDI note control mode called MIDI trigger. In this mode, the
effect turns on and off when you play notes. This way you can use MIDI notes to not only
change the buffer divisor, but also to apply the effect only at certain moments. The old
mode is now called "MIDI nudge." Check the updated documentation for more details about
MIDI trigger mode. (thank you Sascha Kujawa for suggesting this)</p>
<p>Again, as with the recent Rez Synth and Skidder updates, I enhanced the same unimportant
little VST things and did the same thing with Buffer Food that didn't matter.</p>
</div>
<div class="infobox news" id="2001-11-25">
<div class="date">November 25th 2001</div>
<div class="announce">released Skidder 1.2 for classic Mac OS, OS X, & Windows</div>
<p>Skidder has a new parameter: floor random minimum. This is a lot like the pulsewidth
random minimum except that it randomizes the floor. (thank you James Dashow for suggesting
this feature)</p>
<p>The "rate random factor range" display now gets updated properly when you type in a
tempo value.</p>
<p>The rupture parameter's fader doesn't act "funny" anymore.</p>
</div>
<div class="infobox news" id="2001-11-23">
<div class="date">November 23rd 2001</div>
<div class="announce">released Rez Synth 1.0.6 & Skidder 1.1.2 for classic Mac OS, OS
X, & Windows</div>
<p>Rez Synth's dry/wet mix now works correctly when Rez Synth is used as a send effect.</p>
<p>Rez Synth now always properly clears the feedback buffers of new notes.</p>
<p>Note-offs with Skidder in MIDI trigger mode used to sometimes cause slight audio
glitches, but not anymore.</p>
</div>
<div class="infobox news" id="2001-11-19">
<div class="date">November 19th 2001</div>
<div class="announce">released Polarizer, MIDI Gater, RMS Buddy, EQ Sync, & block test
1.0 for classic Mac OS, OS X, & Windows & VST GUI Tester 1.0 for classic Mac OS</div>
<p>released but not announced yet (deescreet)</p>
</div>
<div class="infobox news" id="2001-11-16">
<div class="date">November 16th 2001</div>
<div class="announce">released Rez Synth 1.0.5 for classic Mac OS, OS X, & Windows
& Rez Food 1.0.1 for classic Mac OS</div>
<p>Rez Synth consumes slightly less processing power now.</p>
<p>The same mundane stuff as with the previous Skidder update: enhanced some unimportant
little VST things and did something with Rez Food that didn't matter.</p>
</div>
<div class="infobox news" id="2001-11-13">
<div class="date">November 13th 2001</div>
<div class="announce">released Skidder 1.1.1 for classic Mac OS, OS X, & Windows &
Skidder Food 1.0.1 for classic Mac OS</div>
<p>Fixed a problem using Skidder with Logic for Mac where the "connect to food" button
showed up in the wrong place and therefore wouldn't work. (thank you Igor for informing me
about this problem)</p>
<p>Enhanced some minor VST things a bit. Programs are now more thoroughly supported and
host communication about what the plugin can do is a little more thorough, too. This stuff
probably won't make any difference in hardly any hosts.</p>
<p>I can't remember what I changed about Skidder Food, but it didn't make any difference, I
remember that much.</p>
</div>
<div class="infobox news" id="2001-10-29">
<div class="date">October 29th 2001</div>
<div class="announce">released Transverb 1.1 for classic Mac OS, OS X, & Windows</div>
<p>Transverb's speed parameters have been changed and greatly enhanced so that they
function in a much more musically useful fashion. Check the updated documentation for full
details (you really ought to if you want to get the most out of Transverb).</p>
<p>Note that, because the speed parameters work very differently in version 1.1, old
presets or saved song settings from version 1.0 or 1.0.1 of Transverb will not sound the
same with version 1.1. But don't worry because there's now a little button in the lower
right corner that you can press to update your speed parameter settings from the old style
to the new style.</p>
<p>Fixed the problem with the OS X version that prevented the internet links from working.</p>
<p>The Windows version uses the non-beta VST graphics library now (the Mac versions have
all along).</p>
</div>
<div class="infobox news" id="2001-10-26">
<div class="date">October 26th 2001</div>
<div class="announce">released Skidder 1.1, Rez Synth 1.0.4, & Buffer Override 1.0.4
for classic Mac OS, OS X, & Windows</div>
<p>Skidder has a new parameter called "floor." This is the gain level in between skids.
This way, you can make it so that Skidder doesn't switch your sound completely on and off;
it can be quiet/loud instead (or even loud/loud if that's what you really want). The
documentation has been updated with more details about this new parameter. (thank you James
Dashow for suggesting this feature)</p>
<p>Fixed the problem with the OS X versions that prevented the internet links from working.</p>
<p>Beat-sync in Skidder and Buffer Override is slightly more reliable now.</p>
<p>The Windows versions all use the non-beta VST graphics library now (the Mac versions
have all along).</p>
<p>I slightly enhanced Rez Synth's and Buffer Override's graphics (most significantly, you
can now manually type in values for Rez Synth's band separation parameter, in case you need
totally precise values).</p>
</div>
<div class="infobox news" id="2001-10-10">
<div class="date">October 10th 2001</div>
<div class="announce">released Skidder, Rez Synth, & Buffer Override 1.0.3 &
Transverb 1.0.1 for classic Mac OS, OS X, & Windows</div>
<p>All of our plugins now support loading and saving preset banks. (thank you Ian for the suggesting this)</p>
<p>Skidder and Buffer Override now, when syncing to host tempo, start their cycles at the
beginnings of measures (in hosts that support sending tempo and time information to
plugins). (thank you Luke Skirenko for suggesting this)</p>
<p>The Mac versions of our plugins have improved icons for OS X.</p>
</div>
<div class="infobox news" id="2001-10-06">
<div class="date">October 6th 2001</div>
<div class="announce">released VST MIDI 1.1.1</div>
<p>This version adds support for loading, saving, and browsing preset bank files.</p>
</div>
<div class="infobox news" id="2001-09-30">
<div class="date">September 30th 2001</div>
<div class="announce">released Transverb 1.0 for classic Mac OS, OS X, & Windows</div>
<div class="announce">released Skidder & Rez Synth 1.0.2 for Mac OS X</div>
<p>Version 1.0.2 of Skidder and Rez Synth makes the words "Destroy FX" and "Smart
Electronix" links that will take you to those web pages when you click on them.</p>
</div>
<div class="infobox news" id="2001-09-29">
<div class="date">September 29th 2001</div>
<div class="announce">released Skidder, Rez Synth, & Buffer Override 1.0.2 for classic
Mac OS & Windows & Buffer Override 1.0.2 for OS X</div>
<p>Version 1.0.2 makes the words "Destroy FX" and "Smart Electronix" links that will take
you to those web pages when you click on them.</p>
<p>Version 1.0.2 of Skidder also makes the random panning more random.</p>
</div>
<div class="infobox news" id="2001-09-26">
<div class="date">September 26th 2001</div>
<div class="announce">released Buffer Override 1.0 for Mac OS X</div>
<div class="announce">released Skidder, Rez Synth, & Buffer Override 1.0.1 for classic Mac OS</div>
<p>Version 1.0.1 fixes a problem where under Mac OS where the plugins would not load if you
didn't have the Internet Config Extension installed. (thank you Craig for telling me about
this problem)</p>
</div>
<div class="infobox news" id="2001-09-20">
<div class="date">September 20th 2001</div>
<div class="announce">released VST MIDI 1.1</div>
<p>This version can load and save plugin presets.</p>
</div>
<div class="infobox news" id="2001-09-19">
<div class="date">September 19th 2001</div>
<div class="announce">Hello.</div>
<p>We publicly announced our web page and plugins!</p>
</div>
<div class="infobox news" id="2001-09-18">
<div class="date">September 18th 2001</div>
<div class="announce">released Skidder, Rez Synth, & Buffer Override 1.0 for Mac & Windows</div>
</div>
<div class="infobox news" id="2001-09-12">
<div class="date">September 12th 2001</div>
<div class="announce">released VST MIDI 1.0</div>
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