v1.6.6 (2026-08-19) — tooltips throughout

Improved

• Every control now shows a tooltip. Hover (or long-press) any knob, button, source, or mod-matrix cell to read what it does, right in the app - no need to open the guidebook. Coverage spans the mod matrix (all sources and destinations), Sculpt, Source 2, Modulation, the harmonic gate and envelope, tuning, output, scan, partials, effects, settings, and the preset browser.

v1.6.3 (2026-08-09) — smoother Formant sweeps

Fixed

• Removed a faint clicking when sweeping the Formant control in Sculpt — most audible at larger audio buffer sizes (e.g. on iPad). Per-partial pan now glides at audio rate instead of stepping once per block.

v1.6.2 (2026-08-08) — a better Sculpt panel

A focused pass on the Sculpt panel — the per-partial level and pan editor you spend real time in — mostly around stereo (pan) editing and touch.

New

• Pan editing, reworked. Each partial’s pan shows as a signed bar rising from a centre detent, drawn as a translucent overlay so you can still read the levels underneath it.
• Pan follows Formant. Sculpted pan now travels with the Formant shift instead of collapsing to mono.
• Pan presets in the Reset menu: Pan C (centre), Pan Saw, and Pan Tri — the panning built into those shapes.
• “Copy to…” writes the current curve straight into slot A or B (replaces the old Copy/Paste pair).

Improved

• Level and Pan views each bring their own layer forward, so the one you’re editing reads clearly.
• Touch: drag a partial directly to edit it (scrolling no longer steals the gesture); a paint sweep across partials sets values absolutely while a single-partial drag stays relative; double-tap a partial in Pan mode to recentre it.
• The Poly LFO indicator now animates in the modulation gear on iPad and iPhone.
• A taller Sculpt strip for finer editing.

v1.6.0 (2026-08-08) — the biggest update yet

In our most ambitious update yet, BKS Harmonic now operates as a real-time audio effect, allowing you to mutate overtones and focus on hidden harmony inside anything you feed into its sidechain input.

New

• Formant control (formerly Shift) — a pure formant offset that slides the whole spectrum while keeping pitch, now with a quadratic taper for fine low-end resolution and an appearing-partial attack so fast moves no longer pop.
• Overtone Scan follows the Formant — it scans the shifted material as if the new lowest partial were the fundamental.
• Sample audition — a ▶ on the Audio-In filename plays the raw trimmed sample, so you can hear it without deconstructing the patch.

Fixed

• Bend Range slider now works (it was orphaned and hardcoded to ±7).
• The 293 Hz “silent-partial” sub-tone is gone.
• Show: Level/Pan button reworked (fixed width, no row reflow).

v1.4.4 (2026-08-01)

Movement you can see, modulation you can read.

New

• Per-voice LFO 2 — each held note runs its own copy of LFO 2, so chords shimmer and evolve independently instead of in lockstep.
• Motion in the partials matrix — held notes leave a live per-voice dot and a fading trail, and a routed LFO traces its orbit, so you can watch modulation displace the sound.
• Modulation you can read at a glance — every mod source carries its own color and a tag for the module it lives in (tap to jump there); the Poly LFO pulses at its rate in the picker.
• Re-synth is now modulatable — route anything to the dry-to-resynth blend.
• Show help by default — a Settings toggle to keep or hide the scope’s help readout.

Fixed

• Turning off Latch now stops the note and any noise it was making.
• Tighter layout in the Audio-In panel and the top bar.
• Partials hover-solo now starts off by default.

v1.4.3 (2026-07-30)

A new per-voice movement engine, a big sampler upgrade, and a wave of refinements throughout.

New

• Poly LFO — a per-voice LFO that slowly scrubs through a frozen sound’s spectrum, so held notes drift and evolve on their own. Choose the shape, rate, and depth; run it once per note or loop it; and route its Scrub Rate/Depth from the mod matrix.
• Key Track for the sampler — play a loaded sound at one fixed pitch across the whole keyboard so a chord layers the same texture, or leave it on for a classic pitch-tracking sampler.
• Fold reaches below the fundamental on resynthesis for real sub-octave weight.
• Save or share a preset together with its sound as a single bundle; a marker shows which presets carry audio.
• Routable spectral-freeze scrub — Scrub Rate and Depth are now mod-matrix destinations.

Improved

• Redesigned Audio-In / sampler — fits one screen, with Freeze and Poly LFO up front and compact pitch controls.
• A clear “Saved” confirmation whenever you save a preset, save a sample, or export a bundle.
• A more playable Freeze — a lit Freeze button, an Off / 1-Shot / Loop mode, and a labelled Freeze Position.
• Wider audio-file support and smoother sample loading inside a host.

Fixed

• More reliable free-trial and purchase handling; your Output level now governs the resynthesis/resonant layers; and loading a sample no longer greys out in certain states.

v1.4.1 (2026-07-17)

Polish and fixes driven by your feedback — thank you to everyone who reported issues.

• Sculpt double-tap is reversible — double-tap the sculpt bars to flatten, and double-tap again to restore your curve.
• The matrix “partials” readout now shows the real number of partials being rendered, not the Open amount.
• Expanded module pop-ups no longer close when you just miss the module’s on/off toggle.
• Report a Problem right from the app — Settings → Get Help.
• Brighter scope labels, and the high-contrast look is now the default (easier to read at low screen brightness).
• The Overtone Scan “NOTES” mode is marked experimental while it’s being finished.

v1.3.1 (2026-07-10)

Critical fix

• Sampled notes now stop when you release the key. Before, a one-shot sample could play to the end of the file no matter how briefly you held the note.

Sampler

• Save your own samples with a preset — record or import a sound, trim it, and it’s recalled when you load the preset.
• New Crop tool trims a sample down to just the part you want (with one-level undo).

Audio editor

• Rebuilt: taller waveform, zoom, one-tap Normalize (instant visual) and Reverse. Loop and trim points no longer move each other, and the loop positions much more finely.

Polish

• Preset save now confirms clearly and won’t stack duplicate copies.

v1.3.0 (2026-07-09)

Our biggest update yet.

New

• HD mode — the additive engine opens up to 128 partials, reaching into frequencies only your dog can hear, with a zoomable editor so you can still grab a single partial by hand.
• Record or import audio — capture a sound from the world around you, or load a file, straight into the harmonic engine and resynthesize it as additive tone.
• Extended Fold — blends the HD upper partials in and out.

Changed

• Even levels across the whole keyboard.
• Smoother, seamless glides — Fold stays musical at the extremes.
• Flip HD off anytime for the classic view; your patches are untouched.

v0.9.3 (2026-06-17)

Fixes

• Scale picker — clicking a scale now selects the one you clicked (it could land a few rows off).
• Sculpt no longer silences Source 2 — with the resonant Blend engaged, your Source 2 layer plays again.
• Converge is now polyphonic — modulating it (e.g. with an envelope) retriggers per note instead of being shared across all notes.
• The Overtone-Scan highlight no longer lingers on a partial when the scanner is off.
• Settings: the Detune label shows a clean “c” instead of a broken character.

New & changed

• Detune range widened (±100¢) and Drive extended for more saturation headroom.
• Source 2 Fine tuning is now a modulation destination (route an LFO/Env for vibrato or sweeps).
• RAND now also exercises Sculpt, Source 2, and the Harmonic Envelope — and leaves Pan where you set it.

v0.9.1 (2026-06-16)

Fixes

• Sculpt waveforms are true now — the Morph shapes account for the engine’s natural harmonic rolloff, so square sounds (and looks) like a square, saw like a saw, triangle like a triangle. Previously a “square” came out as a triangle.
• Resonant noise responds to velocity — it used to play at full level no matter how softly you played, so quiet notes could be drowned in hiss. It now tracks velocity like the partials.
• Morph labels & detents line up — saw / square / triangle / pulse now sit exactly under their positions on the slider and snap to the pure waveform.

v0.9.0 (2026-06-16)

Fixes

• Harmony Wheel on iPhone & iPad — the wheel now tracks what you play (MIDI or the on-screen keys) on mobile. Previously the harmony engine only ran on desktop, so the wheel sat still on phone and tablet.

New

• Sculpt, rebuilt — the bars are an independent multiplier shaped like the sound: a sawtooth reads as a descending ramp, and every harmonic is editable with real headroom to push it louder, not just cut. It no longer mirrors the matrix — Sculpt and the partial matrix are separate tools that stack.
• Mod Matrix — click an existing connection to toggle it off (no more double-click hunting).

v0.8.2 (2026-06-16)

Fixes

• Source 2 off now means off — turning the Source 2 module off used to still leave its “Synth” double quietly doubling your partials. All Source 2 modes now respect the module on/off, so the partials sound clean on their own.

v0.8.1 (2026-06-16)

Fixes

• Stuck note — sliding a note across the on-screen keyboard and lifting (especially in mono mode) could leave it ringing. Fixed at the source: a slide keeps its held-key tracking in sync, so lifting releases cleanly.

v0.8.0 (2026-06-16)

A critical fix-up plus a smarter Sculpt section.

Fixes

• Stuck notes — sliding across the on-screen keyboard and lifting could leave a note ringing. Fixed; slide-and-lift releases cleanly.
• Resonant blend — it was adding broadband hiss regardless of what you played. It now reinforces only the partials you’re actually generating, so a note resonates around itself instead of hissing everywhere.
• Sculpt at “saw” — the far-left morph position is the identity again: Sculpt on at saw is identical to Sculpt off.

New

• Air — a new Sculpt control that widens (breathy) or narrows (focused) the resonant peaks; also a modulation destination.
• The additive↔resonant Blend is now a modulation destination.
• The Sculpt bars show the actual resulting harmonic levels (structure × your multiplier), like the matrix, and you can boost any partial up — not just cut.
• EQ, Delay, and Reverb are color-coded so they read apart at a glance.
• Taller default window (desktop) and a mobile touch-target pass.

v0.7.0 (2026-06-15)

A Sculpt update — the harmonic editor is now honest, and the resonant-noise mode grew up.

Sculpt

• What you draw is what you hear. The drawbars map straight to the sound — no more hidden weighting where two bars at the same height held different levels, or upper partials that were audible but invisible. 100% is always at the top, and every bar pulls the full height.
• Quiet partials are dialable. A gentle taper gives low levels real height, so “a little” and “none” are easy to tell apart and place. The editor is taller, too.
• Your sculpt curve now saves. Hand-drawn spectra travel with Copy/Paste presets and with your DAW project — they used to be lost on reload.
• Morph shapes are true spectra. Saw and square taper at 1/n, triangle at 1/n², pulse is flat — so the shapes look like the waveforms and leave headroom to push an upper partial up.

Resonant Noise

• Stretch and the Harmonic Envelope now shape the resonant partials, like they do the additive engine — so the breathy/resonant mode retunes and swells with the rest of the synth instead of sitting still.

Coming next

• More of the synth (Converge, Harmonic Gate, Overtone Scan) acting on the resonant partials, and an Air control for the breathy mode.

v0.6.0 (2026-06-12)

New

• String scope mode — draws the synth’s live harmonics as a vibrating string, with three views to flip between, swelling and decaying with each note.

Fixes

• Partials Advanced sliders now respond on desktop.

v0.5.0 (2026-06-03)

The chord-function Harmony Wheel is now built into the synth, with a full scope overhaul.

New

• Harmony scope mode — the BKS Harmony Wheel’s functional-harmony display, right inside the synth’s scope. It reads what you play and shows each chord’s role (I, V7, V/V, ♭VII, vii°…) and the active space (HOME / SUB / PAR / REL / BLUES). Click a wedge to play that chord. The key follows the synth’s Scale Root; “lock wheel” freezes the space; bonus wedges appear on demand.

Scope

• Goniometer — the lissajous now rotates 45° (mid vertical, side horizontal) with a phase correlation meter along the bottom.
• True-sawtooth oscilloscope — plots the full L+R mix (previously showed odd partials only at stereo width).
• Steadier display — fills the scope at any level without pumping, round circles, width-keyed mono/stereo.

Other

• Standalone MIDI volume (CC7) — your controller’s volume fader now works in the standalone app (the plugin defers to the host in a DAW).
• Click a scope title to jump straight to that view; the key badge is now a dropdown key picker.

Note: the plugin is now named BKS Harmonic (was “BK Harmonic”). Saved DAW projects keep working — only the display name changed. macOS (Universal); Windows VST3 coming shortly.

v0.4.0 (2026-05-18)

New

• Harmonic Envelope — a new section: pick a group of partials in a 24-cell grid, then shape that group’s level with its own ADSR, plus Fade, Depth, and Attack Height controls. A polarity invert flips it — the group blooms up on release instead of fading.
• Source 2 “Synth” mode — a detuned, independent double of the partials matrix for unison and chorus, with a Track Morph toggle to follow or ignore Converge / Stretch / Unison.
• Global Transpose — a new Output control with octave buttons for exact jumps.
• Filter “Key” slider — true keyboard tracking (bipolar), scaling cutoff with note pitch. Modulation-routable.

Modulation

• Every envelope is now per-note. The Harmonic Envelope and Env 1 shape each note independently from velocity, envelopes and Note position. Harmonic Envelope attack height is now a modulation target too, with a floor so velocity can’t drive a soft note to silence.
• Env 2 → VCA and VCF — Env 2 can now shape amplitude and filter cutoff per voice, with its own bypass toggle.
• Env 2 and Harmonic Envelope polarity invert — inverted, the envelope blooms up on release.
• Partials Floor toggle in the modulation gear popup.

Sound

• Phase is now bipolar. Positive sweeps a uniform pitch bend (harmonic ratios preserved); negative sweeps a spectral tilt — two distinct motions from one control.
• Noise envelope range widened to 1 ms – 10 s — low attack values are noticeably snappier.

Fixes

• Fixed the static blowup. If the signal goes out of range the FX chain now recovers instantly, instead of circulating garbage until it decays.
• Fixed CPU overload from voice stacking. Fast and repeated notes used to pile up voices that never got reclaimed; superseded voices now fast-release and inaudible decayed voices are freed.
• Fixed clicks on filter sweeps — filter coefficients now interpolate every sample instead of stepping at block boundaries.
• Fixed zipper noise on Phase sweeps — the phase offset now interpolates every sample.
• Fixed dead short attacks — Env 2 and the Noise envelope silently skipped any attack shorter than ~100 ms; they now work down to 1 ms.
• Fixed the Sum button — it was wired to mono/legato by mistake; it now does a true stereo-to-mono sum (the scope still shows the pre-sum stereo).

UI

• Per-note matrix animation — playing a note fires a landing-burst marker at its spot in the partials matrix, fading over about half a second.
• New Source 2 selector with a Synth-mode reticule icon.
• Filter “Track” slider renamed “Scan” — it pulls cutoff toward the scanner’s selected partial; the old label and help text were wrong.
• Help-text pass throughout, including the modulation gear (drag to adjust the focused route, Alt-click to bypass, Shift-click to zero).

v0.3.9 (2026-05-12)

Audio

• Noise generator now scales with velocity by default — soft notes get soft noise, no more constant hiss on quiet keys.

UI

• New V (voices) and O (oscillators) meters in the scope, next to L/R level. Hover any bar — including the limiter triangle — for a one-line explanation.
• Polyphony slider in Settings (1–16, default 8) — cap voice count to control CPU vs. dense-chord coverage.
• Mod-matrix gear feedback: Fold and Partials gears in the partials matrix now color-shift to their assigned mod source and draw a small arc showing amount. Empty routes stay gray.

Quality of life

• Patch share button now copies a markdown link (“BK Harmonic patch”) instead of a giant URL. Paste handler still accepts bare URLs.

Coming next: still chasing the onset click through the filter under some conditions.

v0.3.8 (2026-05-12)

Audio

• VCA release fix: notes always fade to zero on key-off, regardless of VCA depth. Previously, low VCA settings let voices play at near-full volume through the entire release phase before snapping off.
• VCA default raised from 75 → 100 (full envelope by default on fresh patches).

UI

• VCA help text updated: “0 = flat (organ). 100 = full envelope. Release always fades to zero.”

v0.3.7 (2026-04-22)

Audio

• VCA restored to linear blend — eva=100 now means full envelope depth (matches legacy preset semantics). No more power-curve “punch mode” at high values.

UI

• Oscilloscope sawtooth display fixed (coherent partial phases on fresh notes)
• Shift+hover partial mute restored (works as modifier on top of hover mode pill)
• Per-button help text for scan section (wave shapes, retrig, 1-shot, mode, sync)
• Modulated slider position more visible (contrasting line, taller, dark border)

v0.3.6 (2026-04-17)

Audio

• Per-sample envelope processing (smoother note-on/off transitions)
• Voice steal cleanup (no more amplitude burst on reused voices)
• Fold and converge drag smoothing (per-sample layer weight interpolation)

Scanner

• Scale mode fixed: filters partials by actual played note pitch class
• Mode button shows ALL / NOTES / SCALE with distinct colors

v0.3.5 (2026-04-09)

Critical Fix

• Eliminated speaker-damaging gain spike during overtone scan (uninitialized partial gain array caused 10^16 amplitude spikes when scanner re-spotlighted a previously muted partial)

v0.3.4 (2026-04-09)

Audio

• Envelope clicks eliminated (per-sample interpolation at all ADSR breakpoints)
• Fold/open zipper eliminated (per-sample partial gain interpolation)
• Voice stealing picks the quietest voice instead of round-robin
• Auto-gain snaps correctly on first note from silence

New

• JI Root Lock: LOCK button pins just intonation tuning to the selected scale root
• Single-click scale selection
• Drive always active regardless of FX bypass setting

Help

• Per-button help for GIN, TONIC, LOCK, hover mode, scale browser
• Partials Advanced controls (converge, phase, re-excite) fully documented
• Help bar wraps to multiple lines, brighter text

Architecture

• ADSRState shared struct replaces three copy-pasted envelope blocks
• Speculative fixes from debugging cleaned up

v0.3.3 (2026-04-07)

Fixes

• Voice retrigger click eliminated (stale gain state was causing pop on repeated notes)
• Same-note retrigger preserves envelope (no longer cuts release tail)
• Releasing voices no longer stolen (release tails play out naturally)
• Onset ramp changed from linear to exponential (removes zipper on note attack)
• Gain staging: velocity normalized to 0-1 range (volume slider usable across full range)
• Scanner shape smoothing extended (click only in top 10% of slider)

UI

• “PARTIALS: SOLO” label on hover mode button
• Vodka and Sub controls removed (pending redesign)

v0.3.2 (2026-04-07)

Fixes

• Envelope timing restored (attack, decay, release were too fast in v0.3.0)
• Phase coherence restored (sawtooth displays correctly in oscilloscope)
• Decay-to-sustain transition smoothed on all three envelopes (no click at breakpoint)
• Debug file access removed (no more Desktop/Downloads permission prompts)

New

• Per-slider help text (hover any control for a description of what it does)
• Noise ADSR envelope with curve display and draggable handles (same UI as Env 1/2)
• Windows VST3 updated to current codebase

v0.3.0 (2026-04-05)

First signed and notarized release. macOS 11.0+ (Big Sur and later).

New

• Pluck — per-voice filter bypass transient. Bypasses the lowpass filter for a configurable duration on each noteOn, creating a bright harmonic attack that settles into the filtered tone. Lives in the Noise section, routable via mod matrix.
• Noise ADSR — dedicated per-voice envelope for the noise generator, independent from Env 1. Full ADSR with curve display and draggable handles. Enables breath attacks, percussive noise bursts, and sustained noise textures.
• LFO2 delay — paraphonic fade-in for LFO2 modulation. Resets on the first note of a phrase, cubic ramp curve, 50ms to 10s range.
• VCA intensity — bipolar envelope depth control. Below 75% flattens the contour, above 75% exaggerates it. Default 75% = normal envelope.
• 4 new presets: Koto Guitar, Spooky Drops, Strange Sitar, Brashness

Sound

• Envelope timing matched to web version (attack, decay, release all use correct formula)
• Envelope applied per-sample (preserves exponential release curve)
• Zero attack = instant onset at noteOn
• Filter cutoff resets on preset switch (eliminates first-note brightness bug)
• Reverb and delay buffers cleared on preset switch (no bleed between presets)
• Limiter lookahead prevents first-note overshoot
• Random phase initialization prevents constructive interference transient
• Converge and stretch smoothed to prevent zipper noise
• Scanner shape slider scales smoothing: click at max isolate, smooth crossfade when backed off

UI

• Gear fill arc centered at 12 o’clock (was offset)
• Off-default dots positioned left of track (clear of gear icons)
• Help text rewritten with actual explanations
• Scan mode help shows current mode description
• Wave buttons: saw+/saw- labels
• Fold/partials gear drag-to-adjust in matrix HUD
• Panic button hard-kills all voices
• Window size persists across launches
• Default window height increased (no scrolling needed)
• Keyboard and display block fixed height (only controls stretch on resize)
• Auto-deploy to Desktop on every build

Build

• JUCE 8.0.9
• macOS 11.0 deployment target (runs on Big Sur through Sequoia)
• Apple Developer ID signed and notarized
• .pkg installer (AU + VST3 + Standalone)

v0.2.1-beta (2026-04-02)

Modulation

• Mod matrix routes fully reflected in DSP
• Mod wheel → LFO2 Depth → Temperament chain for expressive JI vibrato
• Live modulation visualization on every routed slider
• LFO2 depth slider shows live bipolar sweep at LFO rate

New

• Tonic button, mono legato, chord label above keyboard
• LFO2 waveform preview canvas
• Sync rate shows musical divisions
• FFT 2048 resolution with C note markers

v0.2.0-beta (2026-04-01)

New

• Dual-thumb Clamp slider in Partials Advanced (harmonic floor/ceiling)
• Dual-thumb Range slider in Scanner
• Sculpt phase toggle row (24 per-partial phase inversion buttons)
• Scale matching with percentage scores and color coding
• Harmonic gate capture mode (freeze chord, click button to re-capture)
• Green scale indicators on keyboard
• Draggable fold/partials HUD values on matrix with gear icons
• Tonic button fully wired (ducks non-root intervals, boosts root overtones)
• LFO2 waveform preview canvas with shape selector inside
• LFO2 Depth is a mod destination (mod wheel → LFO2 → temperament chain)
• Morph is a mod destination with gear icon
• Mono legato with glide return to held note

Sound

• Mod matrix actually works — all routes now affect DSP (was computed but never applied)
• Stretch, converge, fold, temperament all respond to mod routes
• Scanner spotlight smoothing (no clicking on step transitions)
• Harmonic gate matches web binary pitch-class matching
• Per-sample volume interpolation (no zippering)
• Cubic volume taper (better low-end resolution)
• Converge crash fix (divide-by-zero guard, Windows/Ableton)
• NaN output safety net at final stage
• JI temperament modulatable by LFO/expression for unique vibrato effects

UI

• Output section reorganized: Width, Drive, Output, Pan + SUM/AUTO toggles
• Gear icons: web-matched rendering, drag to adjust amount, shift-click to zero, double-click to zero
• Matrix display reflects GIN (no-sub) and clamp (floor/ceiling)
• Keyboard display reflects sculpt gains (square wave hides even partials)
• LFO rate extended to 500 (nonlinear curve, useful range preserved)
• Scope waveform: normalized to peak, cross-correlation trigger lock
• Brighter Lissajous (direct screen draw + phosphor trail)
• Mod matrix collapsible with visible chevron (moved to center column)
• Default layout: Filter, Gate, Noise, Matrix, Settings, Effects, Modulation collapsed
• Slider tracks wider (more throw for fine adjustments)
• Scale selector with manual double-click detection
• Partials list shows up to 24 (was 15)
• Help bar font larger

Coming next: Column spacing polish, standalone preset save, scope waveform view improvements

v0.1.9-beta (2026-03-31)

Sound Quality

• Drive at zero = clean passthrough (was always distorting)
• Volume/gain taper matches web version
• Per-sample envelope interpolation eliminates zippering
• Single-knob limiter/compressor with draggable threshold on scope meter
• Same-note retrigger preserves oscillator continuity (no click)
• Instant release at zero (percussive cutoff)
• Hard attack at zero (no onset softening)

Envelope

• Zone-based ADSR canvas: 25% attack, 25% decay, 50% sustain+release
• Zero values = true vertical lines (right angles)
• 3 draggable handles with large hit targets
• Horizontal ADSR sliders (2×2 compact grid)
• Blue curve + dots matching web

UI

• Slider reorganization: Output = Width + Gain, Settings = Drive/Pan/Detune/Glide/Mono
• RAND button in preset bar
• Scope: analog glow, brighter traces, cleaner info text
• Phase slider now bipolar (fills from center)
• Tab switching fixed (can return to Partials from Scale)
• Slider tracks visible against background
• Solo doesn’t activate on held notes

v0.1.8-beta (2026-03-30)

Fixes

• Sustain pedal: notes now release when pedal comes up
• Smoother envelope release (exponential, tighter cutoff)

New

• Draggable ADSR handles — click and drag breakpoints on the envelope canvas
• Horizontal ADSR sliders (A+D / S+R in compact 2×2 grid)
• VCA and VCF are mod matrix targets with gear icons
• Envelope curve and dots are blue (matching web)

v0.1.7-beta (2026-03-30)

Fixes

• Universal binary (Intel + Apple Silicon) — fixes “incompatible” in Logic on M-series Macs
• License key works in either activation field
• Residents auto-provisioned on first activation (no setup needed)
• All license types accepted (was rejecting purchasers in 2FA flow)

New

• Copy Diagnostics button — copies crash logs + system info to clipboard for support
• Admin tools: /plugin-license, /plugin-deactivate in Discord
• Harmonic Synth role auto-provisions licenses for residents and instructors
• Spreadsheet tracks active machines, IPs, and check-in times

v0.1.6-beta (2026-03-30)

Visual Refresh

• Colored left accent borders on all modules matching the web version
• Section headers: accent-colored uppercase text with chevron fold + ON button
• Near-transparent module backgrounds (glass effect, not solid grey)
• Thinner slider tracks (3px) with full-opacity accent fills
• Consistent internal padding across all sections
• Gear icons properly spaced from labels
• Uppercase slider labels matching web typography

New

• Tempo sync for scanner rate and delay time (locks to DAW BPM)
• 9 mod sources: added Aftertouch, Expression, Pitch Bend
• Scale search in partials/scale panel (type to filter)
• Report Issue button in Settings opens Discord
• /plugin-license Discord command for admin key generation

Layout

• Partials Advanced section: blue accent, Re-Excite first
• Module spacing increased for readability

v0.1.5-beta (2026-03-29)

New

• Mod matrix with gear icons on every routable parameter (9 sources: LFO 1/2, Env 1/2, Velocity, Mod Wheel, Aftertouch, Expression, Pitch Bend)
• Click any gear icon to assign a mod source — no need to find it in the grid
• Scale search — type to filter all 39 scales by name, including world music aliases
• Scanner highlights current partial in real-time (sculpt bars, matrix XY pad, partials list)
• Partials Advanced section (Converge, Phase, Re-Excite) separated from Tuning
• Tempo sync for scanner rate and delay time — locks to DAW BPM with musical divisions
• Support button in Settings — opens Discord from inside the plugin
• Windows VST3 build (untested)

Improved

• Note-on transient eliminated (5ms onset ramp per voice)
• Effects bus no longer distorts (delay buffer clamping, reverb gain compensation)
• Limiter only catches true peaks (-1dB threshold, was over-compressing at -12dB)
• Slider values show on hover instead of always visible
• More vertical space between sliders
• Wider column gaps prevent sections from overlapping

Fixed

• Activation UI renders reliably on all launches (rewrote as paint-based, not JUCE components)
• Discord verification codes delivered via private threads (not public forum)
• Username resolution — enter Discord display name, not just snowflake ID
• Purchase flow returns to correct page with working download links

Known Issues

• Note-on still has slight compressor character on some patches
• Scanner partial transitions can click
• Fundamental may ring after note release on certain sounds
• Visual layout differs from web version (accent borders, header styling, proportions)
• Scale/root selectors still use arrows in Tuning (dropdown planned)
• Not code-signed — macOS users need to right-click → Open on first launch

v0.1.4-beta (2026-03-29)

New

• Keyboard scale clamping — notes snap to selected scale
• Keyboard pitch glide — drag across keys for smooth pitch slides
• Scale detection persists after notes release
• Help text bar below the display panels
• Paste button loads presets from clipboard (copy URL from web synth)
• Share button exports current sound as web URL

Improved

• Harmonic levels tuned to match the web synth
• Smoother note release
• Scanner wave order corrected (saw/tri/saw-/rnd)
• Better visual contrast and brighter scope traces
• FFT display uses line graph matching the web
• Slider values always visible

Fixed

• Fold crossfade sub-bass energy
• Filter tracking follows scanner position
• Effects bypass passthrough
• Drive parameter controls saturation amount
• Keyboard harmonics display on MIDI input

v0.1.3-beta (2026-03-28)

New

• Mod matrix (6 sources × 26 destinations)
• Chord detection in partials panel
• Scale matching with ranked results
• Settings section (transpose, pitch bend range, BPM, randomizer)
• Info scope mode with help text
• Harmonic gate capture/follow/split modes
• LFO 2 delay, sync, shape controls
• Envelope 2 one-shot and invert

Improved

• Per-voice polyphonic filter with VCF envelope
• Keyboard range extended to A0–C9
• 13 factory presets from web synth
• Scan step highlighting in sculpt bars
• Gin/Tonic buttons on matrix display

v0.1.0-beta (2026-03-28)

Initial beta release.

• Additive synthesis with 24 partials, 8 octave layers
• Fold crossfade, overtone scanner, harmonic gate
• Sculpt morph (saw/square/triangle/pulse)
• AU + VST3 for macOS