GSi VB3-II Release Notes


REVISION HISTORY

January 2025 - Version 2.3.1
- All file exporters now select a default file name
- Session Recorder icon now flashes while a Midi File is playing
- Bubble messages can be clicked/touched to enter the manual value entry form
- Several minor improvements
- Fixed minor issue that could lead to audio silence or crash in very rare circumstances
- Fixed Background Audio switch not working (iPad only)


August 2024 - Version 2.3.0
- Added Program reordering by drag and drop of list items (hold mouse down for 1 second to activate)
- Improved Audio Player functionalities:
  - Added "Use MMC" option to respond to Midi Machine Control commands (Play, Stop, Next/Previous song)
  - Added Auto-Play option to chose whether playback should start automatically or not
  - Playlist automatically saved and restored
- Added precise Vu-Meters in all edit pages
- Improved support for screen readers
- Improved user manual export in HTML format
- Several small UI improvements
- Fixed some minor issues


March 25, 2024 - Version 2.2.0
- Added Sub-Presets for Rotary effect and Digital Reverb sections
- JavaScript Midi Processor: added direcrives fromNote() and fromAft() to transform note and aftertouch events
- Added Quick Midi Learn feature for all "performance" controls shown on the Main screen (requires right mouse click)
- Now setting a slider as "Latch" in the Midi-Map will cause the parameter to "snap" to the controller value
- User Manual can now be exported in both HTML or PNG files (desktop only)
- Fixed: Midi-Map "Reset Selected" setting invalid values for some parameters
- Fixed: Midi-Map "Latch" did not work properly


March 1, 2024 - Version 2.1.1
- Added workaround for Ableton Live not restoring parameters after reloading the VST2 plugin in a project
- Fixed issue with AUv3 plugin not responding to Program Change events correctly
- Minor UI improvements


January 15, 2024 - Version 2.1.0
- Midi Channels are now freely assignable for each manual independently
- Sustain Pedal functions now also includes switch between Stop and Fast in both Momentary and Latched mode
- In Split Mode notes are now received on the Upper channel only
- Program Change events are now received on the Upper channel only
- JavaScript processor: added more methods such as fromPB(), withRange() and withToggle()
- Added new automation parameter for separate Rotary Brake Switch, by default assigned to CC #68
- Desktop versions (Mac/Win) UI now supports resizing
- Fixed: malfunctions in JavaScript processor
- Fixed: Sustain pedal malfunction in Organ V1 mode
- Fixed: Lower octave now receives on the Lower channel only
- Fixed: correct match between UI and Midi/Automation value of the Rotary Speed lever
- Fixed: possible stuck notes on the lower manual when Pedal-to-Lower and Sustain Lower were both active
- Fixed: issue with octave transposers in Split mode
- Minor UI corrections and improvements


October 27, 2023 - Version 2.0.0 2023 Edition
- First release of this new version


October 12, 2018 - Version 1.1.1
- Organ model: Improved the keyclick and the cross-talk, introduced the "complex cross-talk on upper manual"
- Organ model: Modified "OLD" resistor wire set to have a better drawbar balance on the top octave
- Organ model: Added new resistor wire set that disables the foldback (Spinet style)
- Rotary Speaker: Extended rotation speed and ramp time ranges, and now displayed in actual Hz and Seconds
- The Pedal-to-Lower function can now work in both Overlay or in Split mode between the pedalboard and the lower manual
- The CC#64 Pedal Speed functions now switches between FAST and <Stop or Slow> according to the previous Speed lever position
- The CC#64 Pedal function can now also be completely disabled, letting CC #64 to be freely assigned
- The Settings Panel now opens inside the main window and no longer creates a new pop-up window
- Updated the PDF Manual with new informations, please have a look at it.
- Minor optimizations and bugfixes that apparently will not please anyone except the developer himself :)


September 24, 2018 - Version 1.1.0
- Now VB3-II comes with GSiRotary, a Rotary Speaker emulation effect free to VB3-II registered users,
  available in 64 bit VST2, VST3, AU (OSX only) and Standalone for both Windows and OSX.
- Added the Spring Reverb effect, which is connected before the rotary simulator and can be used along with
  the digital reverb
- Added 7 new parameters to the Rotary Speaker, 
- New Tube Overdrive algorithm with an exclusive feature called "Tube feedback"


September 2, 2018 - Version 1.0.3
- Fixed problem with automation not being written to host when moving some controls from MIDI
- Fixed problem that could cause the VST2 plugin crash in some OSX hosts
- Minor optimizations


August 7, 2018 - Version 1.0.2
- Added global setting to choose whether the editing windows should be displayed "always on top" (required by some hosts under OSX)
- Fixed problem with parameters not being restored properly when reloading the plugin in some hosts
- Changing the global tuning no longer requires VB3-II to be reloaded
- Switching programs from within the built-in programmer now updates the host's program list properly
- Added "all notes off" to GUI virtual keyboards
- Minor optimizations across the whole program


July 19, 2018 - Version 1.0.1
- Added global setting "Lower Octave Up if Split" to shift lower manual by one octave when the split function is active
- The MIDI CC assigned to the Rotary Speed lever now accepts values <32 for Slow, >95 for Fast and in the middle for Stop
- Added functions to the FILES Menu for resetting the whole Bank or restoring the factory Bank
- Responds to MIDI "All Notes Off" message (CC #123, value 0)
- Changed mouse response to the Program label: left-click for opening the Program list, right click for editing the Program name
- Fixed problem with upper manual responding on both channels 1 and 2 when swapping upper and lower channels
- Fixed problem with editing windows not appearing on the foreground in some hosts under OSX
- Fixed problem with the Program list not being downloaded correctly by some hosts


June 2, 2018 - Version 1.0.0
- First public release