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Spectrasonics Trillian major update (free)


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Some serious stuff https://www.spectrasonics.net/support/ua-updates.php?product=trilian&view=software-history

 

 

  • Major Interface Update 

New high-resolution GUI with support for HiDPI displays 

New interface design is easier to use

Up to 2X GUI Magnification options

Windows Multitouch Support

New Live Mode interface for touch screens

New Show Modulation pane opens modulation routings/sources on left side

New Layer Level Meters

New Stereo Part Level Meters

  • New Synthesis Possibilities:

11 new filter types:

State Variable Filter 12db and 24db

LPF Power 12db and 24db

HPF Power 12db and 24db

Bandpass Power 12db and 24db

Formant

Resonator-

Resonator+

Filter Variant control creates unique panning effects or changes the tone depending on Filter type.

Waveshaper with Crusher, Shaper and Reducer sections for versatile and musical polyphonic distortion.

Timbre Crush Mode for Polyphonic Bit-Crushing (Distortion) and filtering

Soundsource Reversing

Ring Modulation

Boost switch for deeper FM and RM capabilities and more aggressive timbres

Shape, Symmetry and Sync functions for FM and RM

Doubled Harmonia voices

Doubled Mod Matrix

New Mod Matrix All Layers capability: when enabled, modulation applies to the relevant parameter in all layers

New Modulation sources: Bias, 3-Step and 4-Step, Constant, Constant Bipolar, multiple Random and Unipolar sources 

Expanded Glide range

Phase Invert button on sublayer mixer in Soundsource Zoom

  • Enhanced Browsing Experience:

New Mini-Browser lets you browse and edit sounds without switching pages

New Full Browser has a cleaner layout

Sound Match™ feature instantly locates any related sounds in the library

Sound Lock™ allows endless useful variations by locking sound aspects while you browse

Remote control loading of patches and multis via MIDI Program Change, CCs or Notes

Fast Progressive Loading allows rapid auditioning

Boolean search options

New Audition Auto-Play feature enhancements

  • New Arpeggiator Features

New Functions menu (Duplicate, Rotate, Reverse, Shuffle)

New Speed knob controls the offset to the host tempo

New Note Patterns (Join, Spread, Stairs Up, Stairs Down + 4 more)

New Play Modes (Loop, Chaos, Once)

New Octave options

New Step Modifiers (Transpose, Slide, Chords, Hi-Low & Step Dividers)

New Latch button

New Capture feature records the output of the Arpeggiator and exports it as a MIDI file

Arp Reset button can be modulated

  • Flexible New FX Features:

New Aux FX rack per patch with Pre/Post fader sends

FX Parameters are Fully Modulatable

Bypass all effects by pressing the LED below FX button

Lock FX while browsing  

Move effects within effects rack by dragging 

New FX Unit Preset steppers

  • New Sharing Options

Easy Sound/Project Sharing for collaborators and third party libraries

Publish Library feature allows developers to easily export a library in a single .trilian package

  • Improvements/Special Features:

Improved authorization process

Redo/Undo functionality

New Clear All Browser Learns action on Utility menu

Mode Stack Mode Note Regions option for Key Splits in Live Mode

Global Clock Speed (Halftime, Doubletime, etc)

Live Mode: New Single Sound option added to MIDI CC Mode and Key Select Mode menus

Use mouse wheel to scroll over menus items

Enable mouse-wheel scrolling on mod target Bias Point note menu

Show indication of when a control is waiting for MIDI learn to complete

Use mouse wheel to scroll over menus items

Enter Parameter Value feature 

MIDI CC learn and host automation can now be used for parameters controlled by menus and radio buttons 

Improved resolution of Attack, Decay & Release sliders

Increased resolution when using Shift key to adjust knobs/sliders values

Enlarge clickable region for some steppers to be more user-friendly

Adds up/down stepper arrows to Filter preset menu on Layer Page

Support for foreign-languages in patch names, tags, search, etc.

Utilize different tunings, including historical temperaments, microtonal scales, and user-created temperaments as well

New Pitch Options in the System page allows saving master tuning and scale selections in multis or host sessions

New Startup Directory menu in the System page allows you to select the Patch directory that is loaded at startup

Auto Recall option remembers the last library/directory from which user loaded a patch

New indicator on patch name showing if patch needs to be saved (asterisk after name)

Support for high-resolution CC values

Display Master Filter Frequency in Hz

Streaming improvements

Note Stealing improvements

macOS Big Sur compatibility

64 Bit Only

 

* NOTE: Patches saved in Trilian 1.5 are not compatible with earlier versions.

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2 minutes ago, cclarry said:

Wow...they almost never do updates (or sales for that matter)

They re migrating slowly all, their stuff to omnisphere features (resize and all) 

That said not a fan of the smoothness of omnisphere since .5 update ...can be super slow in s1

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7 minutes ago, Zo said:

New interface design is easier to use

I'll believe it when I see it. User-friendliness isn't exactly Spectrasonic's forte.

I'll be downloading the update today, regardless. Anything that improves that resource hog's efficiency will be much appreciated. Although I use it a lot, the decision to do so is often predicated on track count. Combine Trilian with Omnisphere and you can almost hear the CPU wheezing from the effort.

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1 minute ago, bitflipper said:

I'll believe it when I see it. User-friendliness isn't exactly Spectrasonic's forte.

I'll be downloading the update today, regardless. Anything that improves that resource hog's efficiency will be much appreciated. Although I use it a lot, the decision to do so is often predicated on track count. Combine Trilian with Omnisphere and you can almost hear the CPU wheezing from the effort.

So you re saying that this update made the thing worst ?

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Installed the update and was reminded of another Spectrasonics annoyance - the need to re-authorize after every update. I just went through this a couple weeks ago when I moved Trilian and Omnisphere to another drive. Sneeze, and you have to re-authorize.

Anyhow, I checked my version numbers and did indeed need to re-install the patch library but not the samples.

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I hear @bitflipper ‘s reservations and respect that, but I personally have not had issues with usability. But I just dial in presets mainly, a tweak here and there and I am good to go. Also, my four year old i7 has never had problems with running Omnisphere and Trillian alongside each other in terms of CPU. Dave, you actually introduced me to Omnisphere a few years back and I have to say I’ve become a bit of Spectrasonics fanboy ?, can’t wait to dive in with this update! 

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Yeh, I'm still a Spectrasonics fan boy. I just checked my most recently worked-on project, and although Kontakt remains king here, Spectrasonics is all over it. No Trilian on this one, though. For this one I used Orange Tree's Jaco. Here's the VI list:

  • Omnisphere x 5
  • Keyscape
  • Kontakt x 9
  • Zebra2 x 4
  • Superior Drummer
  • IKM Hammond B-3X
  • SWAM Alto Sax

Why so many instruments? Half of these fall under the category of "ear candy", decorations that only happen once or twice in the song. Omnisphere is great for that. I use separate instances so that I can freeze as I go. It's mainly a piano piece, so of course Keyscape's Steinway is the centerpiece.

 

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