AriesVerb version 0.7.6
released 2011-Apr-7

Copyright (C) 2004-2011 by Christian Schüler
http://www.ariescode.com


Release notes
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This is AriesVerb 0.7.6, a cumulative bugfix release
with a some new and improved features.

The preset handling and the program library got an overhaul and 
you can now organize your own presets alongside factory presets. 
Factory presets are now physically built into AriesVerb and immutable
(on Mac, this has always been the case, but on Windows, this is new). 
User presets can be saved from within the AriesVerb UI and are
stored in a user specific folder (%APPDATA% on Windows, 
~/Library/Application Support on Mac). You don't need to memorize 
this location because there is a handy 'reveal'-button that will 
take you to the folder where your presets are. You can manually
manage your own folder substructure there.

The UI layout was made a little more compact - the buttons to switch
between editor and library have been removed from the front panel.
They are now part of a general right-hand side bar, which is always
visible. The editor navigation has also been moved into a more
compact left-hand side bar. 

The logic of the calculator was rewritten to be more in line 
with the way calculators are expected to work. It also got some
new functions are a backspace button.

There is now mousewheel support for spinner controls, plus/minus
buttons and the scroll lists in the program library.

And many, many bug fixes. Thanks to all people who took the time
to report bugs and test fixes. You can always send feedback to:
feedback@ariescode.com


New presets
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    Bad Encoding
    Basic Overdrive High
    Basic Overdrive Low
    Basic Overdrive Med
    Crow Concert
    Fifths Delay
    Laser Echo 2
    Windy Reverb

	
Changelog for the 0.7 branch
----------------------------

0.7.6
- new program library with support for user programs
- new UI layout in the editor window (2nd sidebar)
- new save feature
- new calculator logic, some new functions
- added mousewheel support
- fixed white screen bug in Live on Mac
- fixed save settings issue on Windows 7
- fixed resizing issue in Sony Vegas 
- fixed numerical issue for presets with high-slope gating
- fixed a division by zero bug for very short delays
- fixed a buffer overrun bug 
- fixed handling bug with spinner controls
- fixed shift-key for text input on Mac
- fixed international characters display on Mac

0.7.5
- added support for the Macintosh OS X platform
- made preset browser handling more simple and less surprising
- removed the display brightness control (was a sucker for GUI performance)
- further CPU optimization for the algorithm
- fixed illegal characters in some preset filenames for Mac OS X
- all platform specific code was abstracted, to facilitate future porting

0.7.4
- GUI multithreading hotfix
- Better performance with many opened GUI windows

0.7.3
- added multilevel undo/redo functionality
- added UI settings page with multiple options:
	* display brightness, GUI size, font, startup page
- added freeze and bypass buttons
- added inverter frequency as modulation target
- added 3 new LFO waveshapes: square, sample&hold and noise.
- added per-delay line half life modifier
- redesigned the library page with revert/load buttons
- consolidated modulation options onto fewer pages
- longer maximum delay (128k samples, about 2.5 seconds)
- waterfall diagram has better handling and labeling
- save dialog has correct default path into the presets folder
- fixed save dialog translates 'forbidden characters' for the filename
- fixed keyboard use in Live and CuBase for entering license key
- fixed keyboard use in Canabile when using keyboard as clavier
- fixed deadlock on exit in Renoise while an editor window is open
- fixed GUI freeze in EnergyXT when moving mouse over the GUI
- fixed assertion failure in large CuBase projects under heavy load
- fixed modulation state changes were not always recognized
- fixed modulation depth gets clamped to the last tap with multitap
- fixed mipmap chain completeness (OpenGL related)
- fixed Gflop/s accounting for info page
- fixed excess modulation noise in SSE2 implementation

0.7.2
- added Algorithm Page to the UI, replacing the Geometry Page
- added new features "filters before output" and "tap outputs"
- added emphasis filters for the nonlinear saturation
- added 23 new presets (total 167)
- changed lfo spread to degrees with extended range
- fixed UI control for angles
- fixed filename dependency, AriesVerb.dll can now be renamed
- fixed front panel texture

0.7.1
- added complete new PDF documentation
- added a new category for legacy AriesVerb presets
- improved the plate presets
- improved performance for the GUI startup time
- improved some UI consistency issues


System Requirements
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* PC with SSE compatible processor (Intel Pentium-3, AMD Athlon-XP, or higher)
* Windows XP/Vista/7 32 bit

* Apple Macintosh with Intel processor
* Mac OS X Leopard 10.5 or higher


Installation
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This software is a VST plugin and cannot run on its own, it needs 
a VST host application to load it, and it needs to be placed into a 
folder where the host can find it.

On Windows, the default is C:\Program Files\VstPlugIns.

On Mac, the default is ~/Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/VST