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James Steele wrote: ↑Wed Aug 16, 2023 7:45 pm
Plugin Alliance pushed out a few updates. These are just the ones that I own that know about. YMMV.
Well I checked today and I have 47 Plugin Alliance plugins (I used to have a little "problem", lol). On their website I read that there's no real way of knowing you're up to date on all your plugins- the PA Manager doesn't indicate that, so they advise to just install them all from time to time. Have any of you guys done this?
I thought it was preposterous, until I remembered that I do that with UAD every time I update. And they put on dozens or hundreds of plugins I don't own or use, every time. At least with PA, you can install only your products.
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The main reason I updated was AAX versions. You can actually determine if PA has an AAX updated version by hovering the mouse pointer over the name of the plug in their plugin manager app and in the info pan on the right you can read the info about the plug and supported formats.
Developers who publish "release notes" or "update logs" or "version descriptions" without putting dates by the versions-- clearly don't understand how this works.
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Developers who publish "release notes" or "update logs" or "version descriptions" without putting dates by the versions-- clearly don't understand how this works.
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James Steele wrote: ↑Wed Aug 16, 2023 7:45 pm
Plugin Alliance pushed out a few updates. These are just the ones that I own that know about. YMMV. I don't know what these add as far as VST, VST3 and AU, but if you also have Pro Tools, the AAX versions of the following are now Apple Silicon native (or more technically correct, Universal Binary 2 - UB2).
bx_masterdesk Pro from v.1.0.0 to v.1.1.0
bx_Meter from v.1.16.2 to v.1.17.0
bx_Oberhausen v.1.5.1 to v.1.6.0
Knifonium v.1.3.1 to v.1.4.0
This was helpful. I found that every one of my PA plug-ins needed updating.
This section a great addition to the forum, James.
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Vienna Ensemble Pro 7 updated from v. 7.3.3335 to 7.3.3358
Recent Changes:
Build (3358)
Fixed: Slow loading of projects that contain Vienna Synchron libraries and Vienna MIR
Pro (3D) plug- ins
Fixed: Legacy MIR Pro could not load impulses
Improved Apple Silicon: Update message when trying to insert outdated versions of
(VSL) sample players
Improved Win: Performance with projects that contain a large number of subfolders
Removed Apple Silicon: Legacy MIR Pro & MIRacle plugins no longer selectable • please use 'Rosetta" version of Vienna Ensemble Pro Server or consider upgrade to MIR Pro 3D
Okay... I'm not going to list the ones I have here, but there are apparently many updated Plugin Alliance plugs, but the update won't be reflected in the PA-Installation Manager app. You have to download the individual installers from their website from here (and you'll have to log in)
Vienna Synchron Player updated from v. 1.3.781 to 1.3.810
Build (810)
Fixed: Cmd/Ctrl-A command for selecting all text inside text field not working in certain hosts
Fixed: Pasting text would paste twice in certain hosts
Fixed: Dragging a patch name into a slot should auto rename the slot, unless slot has been manually renamed
Fixed: Clearing the name of a slot does not allow the slot to be auto-renamed
Fixed: Loading of pasted sampler data could fail when rangeFrom/range To is missing Fixed: Opened FX editor becoming unresponsive after changing project sample rate
Fixed: FX slots not updating when loading Mixer Presets
Improved: Faster loading of patches/presets (up to 3x faster for largest presets)
Improved: Faster opening of Player GUI
Improved: Faster addition/removal of mixer channels
Improved: Faster switching between mixer BASIC/AUX/FX view
Added: Patch counter on status bar
Shadow Hills Industries
Mastering Compressor
Mastering Compressor Class A
SPL
Attack Plus
De-Esser Collection
De-Verb Plus
DrumXchanger
EQ Ranger Plus
Free Ranger
IRON
Mo-Verb Plus
Passeq
PQ
Transient Designer Plus
TwinTube
Vitalizer MK2-T
Thanks to those who posted on the ways to access PA updates. It looks like there are only two ways; do a custom download of an installer for all the plugins you have and install them all whether you need them or not, or plod though the listing on your account page and compare the version numbers to those you have installed.
bayswater wrote: ↑Sun Aug 20, 2023 3:26 pm
Thanks to those who posted on the ways to access PA updates. It looks like there are only two ways; do a custom download of an installer for all the plugins you have and install them all whether you need them or not, or plod though the listing on your account page and compare the version numbers to those you have installed.
mikehalloran wrote: ↑Sun Aug 20, 2023 3:54 pmI click on My Products, in the PA-Installation Manager, then check everything that shows up. It seems to work.
Guys, this is exactly why I posted that list.
In most cases that particular "update" to AS will be the only must-have one of late.
Checking each one's product page was doable for me at first, but before I dialled back my purchasing a year ago (kinda put all my eggs into one basket with PA), I owned all but 3 or 4 of the entire collection.
That's a lot of product-page scanning and simply way-too-much to bother with.
monkey man wrote: ↑Sun Aug 20, 2023 8:17 pmThat's a lot of product-page scanning and simply way-too-much to bother with.
Yes, I figured something like that. It’s too bad they can’t come up with something that just tells you which of them can be updated. At least they don’t make you download everything they have like some providers.