FB360 Spatial Workstation v3.0 (27 August 2017) * New! ambiX versions of Spatial Workstation plugins (up to 2nd order ambiX) * New! AAX plugins now distributed through Avid v2.2 (15 August 2017) --------------------------- * New! New and improved binaural renderer * New! (Encoder) Notification when a new update is available. The notification can be disabled from the Preference/Option menu. * New! (Video Player) Standalone playback of Opus-MKV files with spatial audio (generated by FB360 Encoder) * Improved: Up to 4x improvement in performance * Fixed/Improved: (Spatialiser) Reconfigured first order coefficients * Fixed: (Control) Binaural processing does not work when plugin is added and removed multiple times v2.1 (17 July 2017) --------------------------- * New! (Encoder) New output format: Oculus Video on Rift * New! (Encoder) New output format: Experimental MKV-opus * New! (Control) Frame delay can now be entered as a timestamp * New! (Video Player) Notifications and guidance for incompatible files and codecs * Improved: To avoid confusion, Video Player no longer automatically connects to the first available Control plugin * Improved: Various UI improvements v2.0 (10 May 2017) --------------------------- * Fixed: Improved plugin stability and reduced crashes * Fixed: Encoder metadata corruption issue on Windows * Fixed: Memory leaks in Video Player * Fixed: Pro Tools crash when enabling instrument tracks * Improved: Refined True Peak calculation * Improved: Pro Tools template project update v2.0 beta3 (20 April 2017) --------------------------- * New! Added new output options in the Converter plugin * New! Added tooltips to Loudness plugins * Fixed: Compass on the Spatialiser Plugin not rotating * Fixed: Crash at 192kHz sample rate * Fixed: Incorrect meter reading in Pro Tools when silence present * Fixed: Nuendo crash when re-opening session * Fixed: Frame offset can now be a decimal value (for 29.97fps) * Improved: Refined Loudness calculation v2.0 beta2 (28 March 2017) --------------------------- * New! Loudness metering plugin for spatial and head-locked audio * Fixed: FFmpeg installation failures on some Windows configurations * Fixed: Crash when multiple Control plugins are opened. New plugin instances are now disabled. * Improved: (Video Player) Buffering in Standalone mode v2.0 beta1 (1 March 2017) --------------------------- * New! Equirectangular video view in the Spatialiser Plugin * New! Color coded objects * New! Standalone video player on Windows * New! (Spatialiser) Shortcuts for panning axis lock and grid visibility * New! (Spatialiser) Option to toggle the size of the plugin for detailed panning * New! (Spatialiser) New "latching" mouse panning behaviour -- click to lock an object to the mouse * Improved: Various UI improvements * Improved codec support on macOS * Fixed: (Encoder) Gain ramp when encoding to quad-binaural * Fixed: Miscellaneous minor bugs v1.3.0 (31 January 2017) --------------------------- * New! FB360 Converter plugin with rotation functionality * New! Focus effects can be set in the FB360 Encoder app and will be rendered correctly in Facebook apps * New! 2nd order ambisonics (FuMa & ambiX) input to FB360 Encoder * New! YouTube output from FB360 Encoder * Improved: room reflection amplitude slider is now set to deciBels - please update existing projects which use this feature * Improved: error detection in FB360 Encoder * Improved: various UI improvements * Fixed: Nuendo template to fix plugin window sizes v1.3 beta4 (27 December 2016) --------------------------- * Fixed: (Encoder) Fixed UI issue that made it impossible to encode ambiX audio or stereoscopic video v1.3 beta3 (16 December 2016) --------------------------- * Fixed: (Encoder) Fixed ffmpeg download and execution on macOS * Fixed: (Control Plugin) Frame delay incorrectly limited to 200 frames * New! Encoder UI v1.3 beta2 (9 December 2016) --------------------------- * Fixed: (Encoder) Incorrect external dependency path on Windows v1.3 beta1 (6 December 2016) --------------------------- * New! New design and user interface * New! Support for Windows 64 bit * New! Support for Oculus Rift and HTC Vive on Windows * New! The Video Player optionally can be run on a computer that is different from the one hosting the DAW * New! Higher order early reflections * New! Adjustable reflection order per source * New! Adjustable reflection level per source * Fixed: Control plugin not visible on displays with a lower resolution. The plugin is now scrollable. * Fixed: Standalone Video Player UI does not resize correctly when changing the window size * Fixed: Seeking through the progress bar does not work in the Standalone Video Player if the file has finished playing * Fixed: Automation rewrite in latch or touch/latch mode * Miscellaneous performance improvements v1.2 (10 October 2016) --------------------------- * New! (Encoder) Encode audio and video for Facebook 360 * New! (Encoder) Encoder supports drag/drop of files * New! (Encoder) Improved look and feel * Fixed: (Encoder) Quad-binaural files were incorrectly overwritten when the overwrite dialog was cancelled * Fixed: Reduced level mismatch when using B-format audio across different 360 video platforms * Changed/Fixed: (Spatialiser Plugin) All b-format audio will be 6dB quieter compared to previous versions * Changed/Fixed: "Stereo Master" has been renamed to "Head-locked Stereo" in template projects v1.1.6 (15 September 2016) --------------------------- * New! Listener pitch, roll and yaw sliders are automatable if "Get From Video" is disabled * New! "Get From Video" state is now persistent if the plugin is closed and reopened * Fixed: (Video Player) Incorrect video colours on some OSX systems * Fixed: (Video Player) Would crash when used with a multichannel audio interface in standalone mode * Fixed: In the Pro Tools template Stereo Master not being sent to Stereo Stem * In the Reaper template the Control Plugin has been moved to the new CONTROL PLUGIN channel. It is no longer necessary to disable "Decode Binaural" to render the 3D mix. v1.1.5 (20 June 2016) --------------------------- * Version numbers for all components (Plugins, Video Player and Encoder) are now unified * Updated text in Reaper template * New/Improved: (Video Player) Improved video performance and compatibility * New! (Encoder) Now supports audio with any sample rate * Fixed: Video Player is not responsive on some OSX systems v1.1.4 (23 May 2016) --------------------------- * Updated names :) * Removed all license key restrictions :) * New! Encoder is now included in the installer * New! ambiX B-Format input to spatialiser plugin * New! Updated documentation to include more information on Ambisonics * Improved: "B-format" renamed to "B-format (FuMa)" * Fixed: Incorrect mapping of SBS videos (introduced in 1.1.3) * Fixed: Improved FuMa B-format gain structuring v1.1.3 (17 May 2016) --------------------------- * New! Offline license activation * New! (Video Player) Rift display is now mirrored on the desktop as a single eye/mono view * New! (Video Player) GPU accelerated decoding, upto 3x improvement in performance * Improved: (Video Player) Improved responsiveness and optimisations for ProRes videos * Improved: (Video Player) Improved playback for high resolution videos * Improved: (Video Player) Improved support for DK1 and DK2 * Improved: (Video Player) Improved stability and support for older OSX versions * Improved: Focus control algorithms * Improved: Minor performance and quality improvements * Improved: Minor improvements to B-format spatialisation * Improved: Improvements to the License Manager UI * Fixed: (Video Player) Incorrect focus * Fixed: (Video Player) Frozen frame when using DK2 * Fixed: (Video Player) Incorrect GUI rendering on some OSX configurations * Fixed: Asymetric panning when a source is positioned in front of the listener v1.1.11 (5 April 2016) --------------------------- * Fixed: Pinned meters/noise in channels 4-8 on B-format tracks * Fixed: License Manager does not respond to some license keys v1.1.0 (11 January 2016) --------------------------- * New! Mix focus control, based on gaze or real-time app parameters * New! Time code to video player can now be offset from the Control plugin * New! Support for multi-channel inputs and surround formats — surround reverbs yes! * New! Surround input virtualisation * New! Video player includes a preview mode to preview videos with encoded mixes (beta) * Improved: UI is more readable, panner is now larger * Improved: (Video Player) 3D video rendering * Improved: (Video Player) Video resolution, quality and projection * Improved: Plugins can be upto 2x faster on some systems * Fixed: Documentation missing when installer is run * Fixed: Video player browser does not remember folder * Fixed: Keyboard input for some slider values might not work * Fixed: License Manager fails if password is greater than 16 characters * Fixed: Automation values do not reflect actual values in automation lanes (Pro Tools) * Fixed: Encoder crashes when sample rate is incorrect * Fixed: Encoder does not remember folder locations * Changed: Input dropdown/type is no longer automatable v1.0.5 (16 November 2015) --------------------------- * Improved! Spatialisation improvements and optimisations: improved front/back, elevation and externalisation * New! Sound spread parameter in Spatialisation plugin * New! Envelopment control for B-format * New! Template/example project for Nuendo * New! Zoom into video with mouse scroll wheel * Fixed: Crash if license manager is incorrectly installed * Fixed: Incorrect time code from Nuendo * Fixed: No b-format decoding in Nuendo * Misc: Product and folder names are now correctly called Spatial Workstation :) v1.0.41 (24 September 2015) --------------------------- * Fixed: Licensing issue with 32 bit hosts v1.0.4 (23 September 2015) --------------------------- * New! Streamlined license management system * New! 32 bit AAX support * Improved: Automation support for all parameters * Improved: State saving in VSTs * Improved: Stability and room modelling accuracy * Fixed: (Spatialiser) Room modelling not enabled on some systems * Fixed: Missing inputs in Pro Tools template * Fixed: (Video Player) Window not scaling to fit Oculus Rift * Fixed: (Video Player) Synchronisation error with H.264 * Fixed: (Video Player) Video does not restart after end of video is reached v1.0.3 (18 August 2015) (Video Player Update Release) ----------------------------------------------------- * New! Revamped video player (v0.9.1) * New! (Video Player) Support for side-by-side (SBS) videos * Improved: (Video Player) Supports a range of video formats * Improved: (Video Player) Video window can now be resized * Improved: (Video Player) Improved user interface * Fixed: (Video Player) Seek latency (with recommended codecs) * Fixed: (Video Player) Crash on quit * Fixed: (Video Player) Does not follow timeline selection (now works with recommended codecs) v1.0.3 (12 August 2015) ------------------------- * Fixed: Noise during session load with b-format input * Fixed: B-format panning is inverted v1.0.2 (7 August 2015) ------------------------- * New! Support for Ableton Live through internal bussing v1.0.1 (4 August 2015) ------------------------- * Fixed: Issue with Pro Tools not saving some parameters * Fixed: (Control Plugin) UI does not update with automation * Fixed: (Control Plugin) Right-click context menu for parameters now works in Pro Tools * Fixed: (Spatialiser Plugin) Channel input selection is not saved in Reaper * Fixed: (Spatialiser Plugin) B-format UI labels are incorrect * Fixed: (Spatialiser Plugin) Switching to B-format input does not update audio * Fixed: (Spatialiser Plugin) Zoom buttons are inverted v1.0.0 (3 August 2015) ------------------------- * New! AAX plugins for Pro Tools HD 11+ * New! Plugin automation parameters now show actual values, rather than a default range of 0 to 1 * New! (Spatialiser Plugin) Zoom buttons and co-ordinate mapping for 2D panner * New! (Spatialiser Plugin) Input channel options are dynamic based on channel/track configuration * New! Support for Retina displays * New! Spatial audio system. Channel count reduced from 10 to 8 * New! Compatibility for OSX 10.7 and 10.8 * Improved: (Control Plugin) No longer needs to be minimised or open in the background * Improved: (Spatialiser Plugin) Spatialisation quality improved for B-format and mono/stereo sources * Fixed: (Spatialiser Plugin) Crackling when B-format recordings are rotated * Fixed: Plugin parameter labels are now the same as automation labels * Fixed: Parameter values can now be entered through a keyboard v0.9.0 (22 July 2015) ------------------------- * New! (Spatialiser Plugin) Support for B-format ambisonics v0.8.1 (17 June 2015) ------------------------- * Fixed: (Control Plugin) Clicking in some cases when the rotation of the listener is changed * Fixed: (Spatialiser Plugin) Does not respond to input menu selection * Fixed: (Video Player) Reset "R" shortcut does not work with the Oculus Rift in some cases v0.8.0b (8 June 2015) ———------------------------ Limited Public Release