Bass Studio

• Bass Studio is a DAW which supports VST2, VST3 and CLAP plugins.
• Releases are provided for Windows and Linux for the x86_64 architecture.
• Closed Source. Beta versions are free to download and use.

• Supports CLAP, VST3 and VST2 plugins
• Sample accurate latency compensation
• Multithreaded audio processing
• Fast startup and load times
• Internal sample rate is independent from Audio Drivers sample rates
• Sample accurate modulation for plugin parameters
• Sample accurate automation for plugin parameters
• Python scripting support for Midi editing
• Pattern based Midi groove and swing
• Supported sample file formats: WAV, Flac, MP3
• Audio Sample stretching and pitch shifting
• Node based view on project hierarchy, freely routable
• Custom themes including background images
• Multi Monitor support (Second window with note editor i.e.)
• Midi Arpeggiator
• Builtin plugins:
  • Synth: Subtractive Virutal Analog Synth. Supports math formulas for modulations
  • Synth GPU: Experimental Synth that runs on the GPU. Requires Hardware with OpenGL compute shader support. Maximum 32 Polyphonic Voices x 256 Unison voices. Pitch bend is not supported.
  • Synth Mono: Monophonic OSC, no Filter
  • Synth Shaper: Draw your own waveforms, no Filter
  • EQ: Graphic 10 Band Equalizer. 2x Oversampling support.
  • Gain
  • Stereo Width
  • Visualizer (With Python support)
  • LFO (Sample accurate modulation for plugin parameters)
  • Sample Delay
  • Sample Crush
  • Plugin Groups (Hit the tab key while group is selected to open the node view for custom routing)

Bass Studio v0.6.5.0

• Windows: bass-v0.6.5.0-windows-x86_64-setup.exe
• Linux: bass-v0.6.5.0-linux-x86_64.tar.gz
• Linux with Python support: bass-v0.6.5.0-linux-python-3.11-x86_64.tar.gz

Previous Releases: https://github.com/nidefawl/bassstudio/releases

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Changes

• User Library: Added File Browser and File Search
• Improved Drag-and-Drop Functionality: Tracks, Plugins, Samples and Midi Clips can be dragged from and to the User Library Browser.
• Fixed unicode text and filename handling on Windows

Changes

• Add "reverse" command for audio sample clips
• Add VST3 path to settings.json
• Add --no-python command line switch
• Fix midi channel mask in custom midi routing scenarios
• Synth (CPU): Fix pitch
• Enable Audio Engine by default after first installation

Changes

• Fix GPU Synth for AMD GPUs
• The "Apply ARP" command now also applies automation and modulation
• Several minor bug fixes

Synth GPU

• Experimental Synth that runs on the GPU
• Requires a GPU and driver that supports OpenGL 4.3 compute capabilities
• The GLSL source code can be customized for additional waveforms
• Up to 32 Polyphonic Voices and up to 256 Unison Voices
• Uses a blep like algorithm for filtering bandlimited waveforms
• Supports sample accurate per-voice modulation

New experimental Synth that runs on the GPU

Synth Shaper

• Polyphonic Synth with free waveform
  
• No filter and no modulation (yet)

Synth Shaper allows drawing waveforms freely

Synth Mono

• Monophonic Synth with basic waveforms.
• No filter and no modulation (yet)

Synth Mono is a monophonic synth with basic waveforms

Other changes

• Added phase reset parameter to LFO plugin. 0 equals no phase reset (old behaviour)
• Added stats to menu bar
• Skip disabled master tracks in export
• Improved meter text layout and add folded pixel-sized meters
• Improved knob and slider label auto scaling
• Midi Clip Data Processing: Improved performance and robustness. Added filter for notes with len < 64 ticks in playback
• MIDI realtime input processing: Fixed stuck notes, incorrect timing and missing notes
• Render Audio: Fixed the position of the rendered clip being incorrect when the track or project has latency > 0
• Optimized heap allocations in render path and in audio processing graph generation
• Optimized DSP code performance for mixing and effects across the board
• VST3: Fixed render/offline quality
• VST3: Fixed possible null deref and oob array access in VST3 host code
• VST3: Fixed possible incorrect suspend state in combination with PARAM_ENABLE automation
• VST3: Fixed possibly incorrect configuration after switching samplerates
• VST2: Fixed incorrect playback time information when internal samplerate < external samplerate
• Fixed the logfile warnings about incompletly read samples
• Fixed latency compensation on tracks with (parallel) custom routing
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• Rename cmd line parameter --center to --screen
• Fixed a crash when duplicating a clip loop containing CC midi data
• Fixed a rare crash in the audio waveform renderer
• Fixed a possible crash after removing clips (dangling pointer dereference)
• Fixed a possible crash when removing modulation routings on deferred effects

Changes

• Fix incorrect audio output latency compensation
• Fix feedback routing loop detection
• Audio clips: Fix mute/unmute not working
• EQ: Fix incorrect latency compensation
• Synth: Fix midi input delay when oversampling is enabled
• Arp: Fix random time parameter automation
• Freezing Tracks: Tracks now appear in the correct position
• commandline plugin scanner: Fix --help usage output
• Update shader view: Now loads shadertoy shaders. iTime is synchronized to quarter beats.
• Don't run autosave during audio rendering
• Linux: Add installer for linux build without python dependency
• Rendering: Don't render text with fontsize < 2 and improve font atlas usage
• Disable audio block allocation tracking
• Add outline stroke to hovered clips

New Features

• 64 Bit Summing: Summing for tracks and plugins is now done using 64 bit floating points.
• Improved MIDI Multi-Clip Editing
  

  MIDI editing across multiple clips.

• Random LFO: Smooth, Linear, Exponential and Sample & Hold Modes.
  
  
  
• ARP Reset for Notes
  
  
  
• Free MIDI routing: MIDI between tracks can be freely routed in the node graph.
  
  
  
• Per-Plugin Modulation Bypass
  
  
  
• Improved asynchronous audio file loading
  
  
  
• Improved accuracy of cross-modulating LFOs
  
  
  
• Improved shading and selection visibility in note editor
  
  
  

Other changes

• Reduce size of MIDI data in project files
• Fixed modulation settings when routing to bipolar parameters (i.e. pan)
• Fixed modulation routing in groups not getting loaded correctly
• Fixed Midi routing for external hardware devices
• Fixed clip fades sometimes not showing on audio clips
• Fixed a bug with the random number generators entropy
• Fixed "Apply Arp" processing muted notes
• Fixed audio clip length updates when changing BPM
• Fixed some controls not reacting to all keyboard inputs
• Fixed cut/copy/paste commands sometimes getting processed in the wrong editor
• Fixed possible crashes

Changes

• Added VST3 support (sample accurate automation)
• Added Audio sample pitch shifting and time stretching
• Added Midi Grooves
• Added Freeze Track option
• Added Progressbar to export process
• Added .mp3 and .flac file loading support
• Added Apply Arp command
• Implemented recording of MIDI control data and pitchwheel changes
• EQ now has oversampling and sample accurate automation and better UI
• Synth now has oversampling
• Fixed note quantization command
• Fixed mouse scrolling on knobs
• Fixed mouse scrolling on lists
• Fixed a 1-sample bug in LFO modulation processing
• Midi files now load with correct velocities, control data and track names