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WARNING: Windows Users with a Firewire DUENDE Unit (Classic, Mini) need to connect their unit(s) to the PC and switch them on PRIOR to launching the Installer.
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New Features in Duende software V3
Duende V3 for both the Mac and PC platforms is a significant software upgrade which introduces the following features and improvements:
- New Hybrid Core Processing Engine
- Highly improved driver and communication stability
- Low latency - only determined by the audio device and the host buffer settings
- Higher plug-in counts - up to 128 Plug-In Slots on a single Duende*
- Centralised authorisation system for plug-ins and channel count upgrades
- New optional plug-in exclusively for Duende V3 - X-Verb
Please note that Duende V3 is NOT COMPATIBLE with Power PC Macs (G4/G5) or Tiger OS 10.4. It will only work on Intel Macs running Leopard OS 10.5 or higher.
Duende V3 is also only NOT COMPATIBLE with PC systems using anything less than a Core 2 processor - this includes Core, PentiumD, Pentium and equivalents.
New in Duende 3.5
Windows Platform:
| Global Fixes: | |
| 1 | Projects created with earlier Versions of Duende (before 3.0) did not reload Plug-In Settings correctly. |
| Area: All Hosts on various Windows Versions | |
| 2 | Duende Plug-In GUI's could appear sticky when multpile Windows were opened simultaniously |
| Area: All Hosts on various Windows Versions | |
| 3 | Various Duende Plug-Ins could cause high CPU loads temporarily, even when no Audio was passed through the Plug-Ins. |
| Area: Mainly Steinberg Products on various Windows Versions | |
| 4 | Upon Plug-In instantiation Input/Output Meters of all Plug-Ins were showing 0dBFS for a few seconds. |
| Area: All Hosts on various Windows Versions | |
| 5 | Plug-Ins could cause crash on instantiation or loading of Mixer Files. |
| Area: SSL Soundscape V6 amd Mixer V6 on various Windows Versions | |
| 6 | Some Plug-Ins could cause crash on instantiation (mainly X-Verb). |
| Area: Pro Tools 7.x and 8.x on various Windows Versions | |
| 7 | RTAS Processors could not be fully utilised by Duende Plug-Ins. |
| Area: Pro Tools 7.x and 8.x on various Windows Versions | |
| 8 | Occasional crash of DAW Host when any Duende Parameters are moved. |
| Area: All Hosts on various Windows Versions | |
| 9 | Plug-Ins were not useable as offline processes in Sample Editor Window. |
| Area: Steinberg Software on various Windows Versions | |
| Plug-in specific Fixes: | |
| X-Verb | Crash in Pro-Tools 7.x and 8.x |
| X-EQ | Band On/Off Status visually not reloaded correctly on project load |
| Clicking on Nodes did not reflect in Band Controls | |
| Zipper Noise while moving any Band Control | |
| EQ Graph did not reflect any changes in Type for Band 10 (LP Filter) | |
| Drumstrip | Drumstrip GUI often unresponsive |
| Mono HF Enhancer was always inactive after copy or rload of Preset | |
| Changing Wet/Dry control could cause Timing issues between Dry and Wet Signal | |
| Drumstrip Gate did not become active until touching the Close knob | |
| SSL Channel | Phase switch only operated on one side of the image. Stereo Version. |
| HP filter control could be sticky. | |
| X-Comp | Gain Reduction Meters were often showing incorrect values |
| Vocal Strip | Gain Reduction Meters were often showing incorrect values |
| Performance Improvements: | |
| 1 | Significantly decreased CPU usage for all Plug-In DSP Algorithms with SSL Hybrid Core V3.5. Higher efficiency for Mono Versions. |
| 2 | Significantly increased GUI performance and speed of response. |
| Additions: | |
| 1 | Installer now fully compatible and cerified with Windows 7-64 Bit |
| 2 | VST 3 plug-ins are now available in compatible Hosts alongside VST 2.4 Versions |
| Known Issues not (yet) fixed in this Release | |
| Sonar 7-8.5 | Channel Strip gate Gain Reduction meters constantly blink on/off while showing GR |
| X-Verb morph slider – A & B morph values reversed and different results if A or B is selected while morphing | |
| Cubase 5.x | Projects that used Duende VST2.4 plug-ins, then reloaded with only VST3 versions of the plug-ins present – VST2 settings not reloaded into the VST3 plug-ins | Known Limitations |
| 1 | Plug-Ins are available as 32 Bit Versions only. A bit bridge must be usedto connect to 64 Bit Host in a Windows 64 Bit version. |
| 2 | Duende Slot Usage does not reset after DAW crash. |
| 3 | Under certain circumstances a used Slot is not freed up after deleting a channel in the Host. |
| Note: The DUENDE Hardware is not able to be reset while it is active in a Windows Session. For Firewire DUENDE Units (Classic, Mini) it is safe to powercycle the Unit to reset the No. Of used Slots and restart the Host DAW. PCIe Users need to reboot the Computer or try to deactivate/reactivate the Duende Driver in Device Manager. | |
| There is no safe and simple fix for this situation (eg. a RESET Button in the Duende Control Panel). |
MAC Platform:
| Global Fixes: | |
| 1 | Projects created with earlier Versions of Duende (before 3.0) did not reload Plug-In Settings correctly. |
| Area: All Hosts on Leopard and Snow Leopard | |
| 2 | Duende Plug-In GUI's could appear sticky when multpile windows were opened simultaniously |
| Area: All Hosts on Leopard and Snow Leopard | |
| 3 | Various Duende Plug-Ins could cause high CPU loads temporarily, even when no Audio was passed through the Plug-Ins. |
| Area: Mainly Steinberg Products on ll MAC OS Versions | |
| 4 | Upon Plug-In instantiation Input/Output Meters of all Plug-Ins were showing 0dBFS for a few seconds. |
| Area: All Hosts on Leopard and Snow Leopard | |
| 5 | Unpredicatble reliability on Snow Leopard |
| Area: All Hosts onSnow Leopard | |
| 6 | Changing Screensets with Duende Plug-In Windows opened could cause DAW crash. |
| Area: Logic 8.x and 9.x on Leopard and Snow Leopard. | |
| 7 | Project reloading could result in "failed to load Audio Unit SSL..." |
| Area: Logic 8.x and 9.x on Leopard and Snow Leopard. | |
| 8 | RTAS Processors could not be fully utilised by Duende Plug-Ins. |
| Area: Pro Tools 7.x and 8.x on various MAC OSX Versions. | |
| 9 | Occasional crash of DAW Host when any Duende Parameters are moved. |
| Area: All Hosts on various MAC OSX Versions. | |
| 10 | Plug-Ins were not useable as offline processes in Sample Editor Window. |
| Area: Steinberg Software on various MAC OSX Versions. | |
| Plug-in specific Fixes: | |
| X-EQ | Band On/Off Status visually not reloaded correctly on project load |
| Clicking on Nodes did not reflect in Band Controls | |
| Zipper Noise while moving any Band Control | |
| EQ Graph did not reflect any changes in Type for Band 10 (LP Filter) | |
| Drumstrip | Drumstrip GUI often unresponsive |
| Mono HF Enhancer was always inactive after copy or rload of Preset | |
| Changing Wet/Dry control could cause Timing issues between Dry and Wet Signal | |
| Drumstrip Gate did not become active until touching the Close knob | |
| SSL Channel | Phase switch only operated on one side of the image. Stereo Version. |
| HP filter control could be sticky. | |
| X-Comp | Gain Reduction Meters were often showing incorrect values |
| Vocal Strip | Gain Reduction Meters were often showing incorrect values |
| Performance Improvements: | |
| 1 | Significantly decreased CPU usage for all Plug-In DSP Algorithms with SSL Hybrid Core V3.5. Higher efficiency for Mono Versions. |
| 2 | Significantly increased GUI performance and speed of response. |
| Additions: | |
| 1 | VST 3 plug-ins are now available in compatible Hosts alongside VST 2.4 Versions |
| Known Issues not (yet) fixed in this Release | |
| ProTools 8 (MacOSX 10.6.4) | X-Verb GUI does not auto-update on preset load. User has to interact with the GUI to force update |
| Known Limitations | |
| 1 | DUENDE Driver and Plug-Ins are only available as 32 Bit Version. Duende will not appear when booting into Snow Leopard 64 Bit Kernel. 32 Bit Plug-Ins can be used running the DAW Host in 64 Bit (in Kernel 32 Mode!) using Logics build in AU 32 Bit server or a Bit bridge in any other Host. |
| 2 | Duende Slot Usage does not reset after DAW crash. |
| 3 | Under certain circumstances a used Slot is not freed up after deleting a channel in the Host. |
| Note: The DUENDE Hardware is not able to be reset while it is active in a MAC Session. For Firewire DUENDE Units (Classic, Mini) it is safe to powercycle the Unit to reset the number of used slots and restart the Host DAW. PCIe Users need to reboot their MAC. | |
| There is no safe and simple fix for this situation (eg. a RESET Button in the Duende Control Panel). |
Check our Support site here for up to date information about known issues, compatibility info and general installation tips.